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100 1 _aJames, Sydney V.,
_d1929-1993
245 1 0 _aThree Visitors to Early Plymouth :
_bLetters about the Pilgrim settlement in New England during its first seven years
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2021-08-25
508 _aSteve Mattern, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Three Visitors to Early Plymouth" by John Pory, Emmanuel Altham, and Isaack de Rasieres is a historical account edited by Sydney V. James Jr., written in the mid-20th century. The work compiles letters from three outsiders who visited the Plymouth Colony between 1622 and 1627, providing an important, candid perspective on the early settlement and its inhabitants. The letters reveal the perceptions and observations of the visitors, shedding light on the Pilgrims’ lifestyle, their interactions with Native Americans, and the resources available in the New World. At the start of the publication, an introduction sets the stage by explaining that the letters provide a unique outsider view of the Pilgrim settlement, previously overshadowed by accounts from the settlers themselves. The letters, attributed to John Pory, Emmanuel Altham, and Isaack de Rasieres, include vivid descriptions of the abundant natural resources, such as fish and game, and offer insights into the social dynamics between the colonists and Indigenous people, illustrating moments of camaraderie and tension alike. These early perspectives serve to enrich the historical understanding of the settlement's development and the challenges faced by its founders during their initial years in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Plimoth Plantation, Inc., 1963
653 _aMassachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691
700 1 _aAltham, Emmanuel,
_d1600-1636?
700 1 _aPory, John,
_d1572-1636
700 1 _aRasieres, Isaack de,
_d1595-
700 1 _aMorison, Samuel Eliot,
_d1887-1976
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66135
999 _c106957
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