This letter was given to the Pilgrims by Pastor John Robinson, to be read to everyone before they embarked for America. Robert Cushman to Edward Southworth . Letter from August 1620, discussing the extreme difficulties the Pilgrims were having with their ship the Speedwell . William Bradford's Letter-book . This book of William Bradford's contains most of the Plymouth Colony's important correspondence.
Most letters are of a business rather than personal nature.
William Hilton to family . William Hilton, who came on the ship Fortune in 1621, writes to his family and friends encouraging them to come to America. A Description of Plymouth . John Pory visited Plymouth from Virginia in 1622, and reports on the current state of the Colony in this letter. Describes events following the arrival of the Anne and Little James .