Assertion: manuscript's book | /r/CapableOf | use newly-signed mayflower compact
Facets:
value: as the colony’s governing document
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Written by William Bradford, a Pilgrim leader in the religious Separatist movement, the book presents in manuscript format the initial authoritative account of the Mayflower voyage and the settling of what would become the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England, using the newly-signed Mayflower Compact as the colony’s governing document.