Bradford's History 'Of Plimoth Plantation.' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth]

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1901 reprint. Minor wear to corners, a few minor scuffs on boards. lxxvii, 555 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and rules. Frontispiece image of original bound manuscript, several portrait plates. A facsimile reproduction of Bradford's manuscript, detailing the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Plantation, including many of the hardships the early settlers faced. Bradford was a founding member of Plymouth Plantation and became its second governor. It remains an important early source for historians of colonial America, and was a strong influence on future writers of history and religion, most notably Cotton Mather. Included with this edition is an account of how the manuscript was returned to Massachusetts.