Bradford Research

A Tale of Two “First Encounters” – Champlain vs Standish

The Pilgrim’s “First Encounter,” with the Natives, as they themselves called it, is rather famous. I recently came across a…

3 years ago

The Five Trading Posts of the Pilgrims

The fur trade saved the Pilgrims’ Plymouth colony from financial ruin. Setting up a new colony wasn’t cheap, and the…

3 years ago

When Historians Get in the Way: The Search for Real History

There have been many times while deep in research, that I have found myself scanning a historian’s account, searching for…

3 years ago

Why the Pilgrims Should Have Been Baptists

During my continuing studies on the Pilgrims, I came across a passage that bears on the continuing debate over infant…

3 years ago

What Makes a Successful Colony?

Many groups attempted to settle the New World – the Spanish, English, French, Dutch and others. Some succeeded and some…

3 years ago

The Best Edition of Of Plymouth Plantation

Of Plymouth Plantation is a classic of early American literature, and the manuscript has a story to rival that of Plymouth…

3 years ago

Project Announcement: A New Biography of William Bradford

Our blog here on the site hasn't really gotten much attention as of late. I wanted to go ahead and…

3 years ago