Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646, Volume 10 (Google eBook)

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C. Scribner's Sons, 1908 - Massachusetts - 435 pages
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Preface Admited Pariot. Bradford's personal tale laying dormant for almost 300 years! And then we get 435 pages of first person American History, Why is this not the most important American Journal written? It may be because it describes an America ( the first 40 years) that is not known to modern, liberal historians.  

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Page 94 - And for the season it was winter; and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent...
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