letter written by him to Governor Winthrop, from his seat at "Careswell, this 17th of the last month, 1639." The original is in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and it was printed by Hutchinson in his Collection of Original Papers, page 110. The map of Plymouth, on page 160, is copied by permission, on an enlarged scale, from the accurate map of the State, now in preparation under the direction of Simeon Borden, Esq., and the map of Cape Cod, on page 116, is partly reduced from Major Graham's beautiful chart, and partly composed from recent surveys made for the State map. The engraving of the Mayflower on page 108 is copied from one of Sir Walter Raleigh's ships in De Bure, and is a correct representation of the vessels of that day. The chairs of Winslow, Carver, and Brewster, are faithfully drawn from the originals, the first of which is preserved in the Hall of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the last two in the Pilgrim Hall, at Plymouth. The seal of the Colony is taken from the title-page of the Book of the General Laws of New Plymouth, printed in 1685. Judge Davis says, "it originated probably in Mr. Cushman's advice to Governor Bradford in a letter from England, Dec. 18, 1624: 'Make your corporation as formal as you can, under the name of the Society in Plymouth in New England.' Of this seal the Colony was deprived in the rapacious days of Andros. On a return to the old paths, the Governor was requested to procure its restoration. If this application were successful, the seal has since been lost." In regard to the minuteness of some of the particulars recorded in the ensuing pages, no better apology can be offered than that of the Roman annalist : "Pleraque eorum quæ referam parva forsitan et levia memoratu videri, non nescius sum. Non tamen sine usu fuerit introspicere illa, primo adspectu levia, ex quis magnarum sæpe rerum motus oriuntur."-" If any tax me for wasting paper with recording these small matters, such may consider that small commonwealths bring forth matters of small moment; the reading whereof yet is not to be despised by the judicious, because small things in the beginning of natural or politic bodies are as remarkable as greater in bodies full grown." 9 2 BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1841. 1 TACITUS, Ann. lib. iv. 32. 2 Gov. DUDLEY'S Letter to the Countess of Lincoln. CONTENTS. СНАР Gov. BRADFORD'S HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY I. The first beginnings of this church and people II. Their departure into Holland, and their troubles there- 19 IV. The reasons and causes of their removal from Holland VIII. The troubles that befell them on the coast of England, IX. The first planters' combination by entering into a body a place for their settlement and habitation . X. Their landing and settling at New Plymouth XII. A Voyage to the kingdom of Nauset, to seek a boy that XIV. A Relation of their voyage to the Massachusetts, and XV. A Letter from Edward Winslow to a friend in England, setting forth a brief and true declaration of the worth of the Plantation at Plymouth; as also certain useful directions for such as intend a voyage into New Eng- XVI. Robert Cushman's reasons and considerations touching XVII. The state of the Colony, and the need of public spirit in WINSLOW'S RELATION GOOD NEWES FROM NE XVIII. The first planters menaced by the Narragansetts, and their second voyage to the Massachusetts 230 239 253 255 . 269 280 296 313 XX. Winslow's second journey to Pokanoket, to visit Massa- XXI. Standish's expedition against the Indians of Weymouth, and the breaking up of Weston's Colony at that place 327 XXII. The first allotment of lands, and the distressed state of the XXIII. The manners, customs, religious opinions and ceremonies XXIV. The situation, climate, soil, and productions of New Eng- . 409 XXVI. A Dialogue, or the Sum of a Conference between some Young Men born in New England, and sundry Ancient |