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Bradford, William (Governor author was born)

governor, author, was born in March, 1588, in England. He was governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-57. He left in manuscript a History of Plymouth Plantation, the leisurely composition of twenty years, which was drawn from by Morton, Prince, and Hutchinson as a basis for their respective histories, and after being lost for nearly a century was found in the library of the bishop of London in 1855, and published soon after. He was the earliest American historian, and his work exhibits judicial impartiality, broad conceptions, and a direct, vigorous style.

He died May 9, 1657, in Plymouth, Mass.