{"id":10602,"date":"2015-05-19T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=10602"},"modified":"2020-04-03T11:52:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:52:30","slug":"full-list-of-mayflower-passengers-in-gov-bradfords-newly-restored-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/full-list-of-mayflower-passengers-in-gov-bradfords-newly-restored-journal.html","title":{"rendered":"Full List of Mayflower Passengers in Gov. Bradford\u2019s Newly-Restored Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor William Bradford\u2019s (ca. 1590-1657) handwritten Of Plymouth Plantation<\/em> is well known to genealogists as the earliest journal history of the Mayflower<\/em><\/a> passengers, their voyage across the Atlantic, and the settlement in Plymouth<\/a> Plantation.<\/p>\n

According to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)<\/a>, the Bradford Manuscript contains 580 pages, is hand sewn, \u201cand bound in a parchment-covered binding.\u201d It is housed in the State Library of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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Photo: the Bradford Manuscript. Source: Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click here to read the State Library\u2019s guide to the Bradford Manuscript<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Northeast Document Conservation Center took on the task of conserving, repairing and restoring this historic manuscript. The NEDCC has now put a detailed article about the conservation process for this important document online.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the NEDCC\u2019s account of their work on the Bradford Manuscript<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Northeast Document Conservation Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conservation work was done to prevent further deterioration of the historical journal, and to make it more accessible to the public by the creation of two facsimile volumes.<\/p>\n

A digitized version<\/a> of the Bradford Manuscript is available online.<\/p>\n

Of special interest to genealogists, the Bradford Manuscript contains a multipage list of the passengers on the Mayflower<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Bradford Manuscript page showing the list of Mayflower passengers. Source: State Library of Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having this invaluable historical Mayflower<\/em> resource protected \u2013 and having a digital copy of the manuscript online \u2013 is a great benefit to genealogists.<\/p>\n

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