If you have read even a little about the Pilgrims, you will have heard that Captain Myles Standish, their military
The Salem Witch Trials are one of the most infamous events in the history of Puritan New England. What really
Lincoln Cathedral from Lincoln Castle. Bradford may have never come to Lincoln, but some of the other Pilgrims seem to
An aerial view of Southampton, the first departure port of the Pilgrims on their journey to America A monument to
The Salem Witch Trials are the most famous witch trials in history, but they actually were quite small compared to
Plymouth, England was the final departure point of the Pilgrims on their voyage to the New World. It was also
If you are familiar with the Pilgrim story you will know that they departed for America three different times. Dartmouth
No research trip on William Bradford is complete without a visit to Austerfield Manor, his purported ancestral home. Unfortunately we
Early one morning I visited a London street where there is some chance Bradford lived A scant modern reference to
One of the hottest topics in modern history is slavery. This has bled over into study of the Pilgrims, even
I’ve reached a milestone in my Bradford biography – I’ve finished a draft of the first chapter. I still have
I recently came across this poem by John Quincy Adams on the Mayflower Pilgrims. It doesn’t seem readily available on