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A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation: A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, by Certain English adventurers both merchants and others

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A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation: A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, by Certain English adventurers both merchants and others

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Chapters

16 total

A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth

1:21

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION - Background

26:13

ARELATION OR Journal of the beginning and proceedings of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, by certain English adventurers both merchants and others. With their difficult passage, their safe arrival, their joyful building of, and comfortable planting themselves in the now well defended town of New Plymouth

1:21

TO HIS MUCH respected friend, Mr. I. P.

1:58

To the Reader

2:25

CERTAIN USEFUL ADVERTISEMENTS SENT in a Letter written by a discreet friend unto the Planters in New England, at their first setting sail from Southampton, who earnestly desireth the prosperity of that their new Plantation.

8:01

A RELATION OR JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANTATION settled at Plymouth in New England.

1:22:37

A Journey to Pokanoket, the habitation of the great King MASSASOIT; as also our message, the answer and entertainment we had of him.

16:40

A VOYAGE MADE BY TEN of our men to the Kingdom of Nauset, to seek a boy that had lost himself in the woods; with such accidents as befell us in that voyage.

5:56

A JOURNEY TO THE Kingdom of Nemasket in defense of the great King Massasoit, against the Narragansets, and to revenge the supposed death of our interpreter Squanto.

5:41

Description

This rare 1622 journal offers a day‑by‑day chronicle of the first English settlers who landed at Plymouth in 1620. Written by participants themselves, it captures the uneasy mix of devout separatists and pragmatic “Strangers” as they left Europe, braved the Atlantic, and set foot on an unfamiliar shore. The opening entries reveal their hopes for religious freedom, economic opportunity, and the uneasy negotiations that marked the very first steps of the colony.

Beyond the ship’s decks, the journal records early encounters with the native peoples, the hard‑won agreements that would become the famous Mayflower Compact, and the relentless struggle to survive a brutal New England winter. Its candid tone shows both the resourcefulness and the sorrow of a community losing half its members within the first year. For listeners, the text serves as a vivid primary source that brings the texture of 17th‑century colonial life to life.

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Duration

~3 hours (201K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Corinth Books, 1963.

Credits

Steve Mattern, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2021-09-22

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Early works to 1800 F001