Bradford Research

On Bradford’s Trail: Delftshaven

Bradford and the Pilgrims left the Netherlands from Delftshaven. Today it a quaint street with an historic feel The harbor…

1 week ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Home in Leiden

One interesting place that we visited during our trip to Leiden was the American Pilgrim Museum. It was a house…

2 weeks ago

An Update on My William Bradford Biography

Since I announced several years ago that I was writing a new biography of William Bradford, I’ve had quite a…

3 weeks ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Leiden

Bradford lived in Leiden during a truly formative period of his life, and we spent several days here. It has…

3 weeks ago

Semper Reformanda Taught by the Pilgrim Pastor

Delftshaven, from which the Pilgrims departed Many Reformed churches today hold dearly to the principle of Semper Reformanda, or Always…

4 months ago

Rediscovering a Thanksgiving Poem – “The Mayflower Pilgrims”

While researching for my Bradford biography, I just came across a short poem about the Pilgrims. Seeing that it was…

6 months ago

The Mystery of a Missing Bradford Letter

Image by Jeff Nelson under CC BY-SA 2.0 I recently came across a snippet from a letter by Bradford that…

6 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Amsterdam

One of Amsterdam's famous canals Nieuwe Kerk, on Amsterdam's central square, was built in the 1300s. Bradford would have certainly…

7 months ago

Closing the Door on Pilgrims and Abortion

Painting of a Dutch Woman from this period by Rembrandt Two years ago I wrote a short article on the…

8 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Crossing to the Netherlands

This is the start of a series of post from a second research trip to Europe. This time we flew…

8 months ago

A Look into Bradford’s Weaving Workshop

As those familiar with the story of the life of William Bradford may already know, he lived in Leiden, Netherlands…

9 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: The Humber

The Humber is the tidal estuary from which Pilgrims (very likely including Bradford) made their escape to Holland. The traditional…

11 months ago