The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
"LOG OF THE MAYFLOWER,,
REiLLYGor. BRdDFoRD,S" ISToa
OF PLYMOUTH PLINTI TOM

VT bfHOt fL-tNlJ IION.'
Fac-.ln,iics OF tho Manuscript Just Turp.,
Over tn Mr. fBn3hrd Are III tho New Work
Librnrirs-Thnt Manuscript itself IL uroh.
Rbiy Not Governor Hrndford's Original.
There arc fac.s.milcs in several New York civ
libraries of the so.callcd clog OF the Maynowcr"
which was turned over to former Ambassadors
Bnyard by the Bishop OF London on Thursday.
The so-calicd loS is the wcll.known HISTORY q,
Plymouth Plantation written by William Brad.
ford, tlrst OF the Pilgrim Governors. 1t is 10
lievcd by many authorities that tho manuscript
turned over TO Mr.. Bayard is the original write,
by Gov. Bradford's own hand. Others, and their
contention has been supported by many English
and American newspapers, believe that tho
Bishop OF London's Fulham Ms. is an carly copy
Of the history ms written by Gov. Bradford. Thi,
opinion Is based upon the opinions Of those
learned in difrcrentinting hand writings. Thev
believe that the Bishop OF Lon ions Ms. is 1
copy made within twenty or thirty years of
Bradtord's time.
Gov. Bradford had tho historian ins;inrt-he
Kept records OF events, and took every Orion.
tunity to collect letters bearing upon Pilgrim
history. In lBi7 and l6iS he compiled he his.
tory OF the colony from 1902 UP to the iimr o.
writing. This manuscript history was handel
down, il Is believed, in his own family. Nor.
tons New Englanl's Memorial" publ she'd in
1863, is almost altogether made up OF iib, raj
quotations from Gov. Bradforl's chronicle,
Late in the seventeenth century the history
came into the hands OF the Rev. Thomas Prince,
who put 1t in the Old South Church collection.
The Rev. Mr.. Prince said that this copy was tie
original. as writ by the hand OF GOV. WI.
liam Bradford" But Prince was unNcrar.o1s
when holding forth upon the value of hi. collie.
Stance siS4, G rpsts ms the T r5sira cd IN ,niT pa ri ,Sa H..
thcnticity Of the Bishop of Londons Ms.
While 1t was in the possession Of Prince f. ~,s
also used as material for Gov. HuiChlnsrns
History of New England When Prince "a,
in 1858, II. WAS lcl' 10 the Old South Church. "a
the care Of the dea,ons.
After the evacuation o. Boston in IT, Tho
British soldiery, ransackcd the museum N tho
ford,s letter book. which was part of The h]l.o~j.
cal treasure kept there. was ]CarriCi 70 Np'l
sSSii1 re SS iss bFi GsH, Ara Sn,T 5 p Iig," q, ~,
ffties samuel wiloerNorie,: B!shop Of OXFORD.
pal Church in America On page 81 Of ,ha:
work is "A reference to a Ms, His;or! % 'hs
There were citations from the volume thu, re-
fcrrcd to. They were observed to be- iGcni!,l
t wi1h the @ %siis'l 6y P 5FGm 'h M iSs' nb and Hpi In.
inson: John wingate Thornton 9; Boston,
the correspondence between the ancient AMI
modern citations. Soon after this the Aias7t.
Dcane. obtained from the Bishop of London.
whose property the Fulham Library is. the prlvl.
fishing the us. Their publication is cointainel
in that s~ociety's COLLECTIONS. Fourth series.
li64ari tll1 have T9 copies hs'o Of this k RSiam "Hd Columbia
Within a year the London Ms. has been copied
IL fac-simile by a photo-lithpgrarhiG process.
ton, by William Bradford" these fac-similes
may be seen at the Lenox and Columbia libra
The portions of Bradford's history which
record the voyage OF the MaSt!ower are con
been reprinted. Samples showing how different
the chronicle is from the ordinary conception Of
"a ships log may be seen in the following:
EXTRACTS from a letter OF hobart Cushman 10
f. S, dated, Dartmouth. Aug. l.. 1920. incor.
porated in the history.l
thinke we had been halle way at Virginia, our
Wage hither hath been as full of crosses. as our
selves have been full of crokednes.
who shall be meate first for We rshes: but we
Jesus after ye flesh no more but looking unto ye
joy VI is before us. we will endure all. these
things and accounte them ligh; in comparison
of Vt joye we horc for
From the ninth chapter OF the history.J
And l may not omite, hear a spetiall worke
protanc yonge man, one OF ye sea-men. of a hustle
able body which made him the more hauty; he
their sickness s cursing them dayly with greeous
excavations and did not let TO tell them, that he
hoped TO help 10 cast halle of them overbord be-
fore they came 10 their jurney,s end and to make
merry with what they had: and If he were by any
gently rcproVed. he would curse ana swear most
bitterly. But it plased God, before they came
halle seas over TO smite this yong man with "a
Grecveous disease of which hedied in a desperate
manner and SO was himselfe ye first VI was
throwne overhord. Thus his curses light on his
ownc head: and II was an establishments 10 all
his fellows. for they noted it to be ye just hand
o! God upon him."
In the irst few fiylcaves of the Ms. is a He
brew glossary. in the same handwriting as The
of the history. 1t purports 10 be written
by Gov. Bradford because OF his longing desire
TO see with "owne eyes something of that most
lanUmnupa and holy tongue in which ina
Law the oracles OF God were wrote. and n
God and his angels spakc 10 the holy
of old time" In the back is "A lis: Of
the Mayfowcr's company. the original o; al
since, published. and after that a record OF the
parish of Fuiham. added after the volume VS.
to England. The entire Ms. has many
by the Rev. Thomas Prince.