These points are made in a letter of John Robinson, the Pilgrim pastor, to John Carver, the agent in England, dated July 14, 1620 (Bradford, 69, 70). "Aboute the conditions ... let this spetially be borne in minde; that the greatest parte of the collonie is like to be imployed constantly, not upon dressing ther perticuler [individual] land, and building houses, _but upon fishing_, _trading_, etc. So as the land and house will be but a trifell for advantage to the adventurers [London capitalists]; and yet the devission of it a great discouragemente to the planters [colonists], who would with singuler care make it comfortable with borowed houres from their sleep." For the fallacy in this view, cf. _American History and Government_, ## 49, 52.] 45. From the Farewell Letter of John Robinson Bradford's _Plymouth Plantation_ (Original Narratives edition), 84-86. Robinson was the pastor of the Separatist congregation at Leyden. This letter was written to that part of the congregation which had just embarked for America, soon to found Plymouth colony. It is not dated. Bradford gives the full text. This extract shows that the charter which the Pilgrims had secured from the London Company, but which they were never to use (No. 43 note, and _American History and Government_, # 51 note), had guaranteed them a large measure of self-government. The letter would fill some five pages of this book. ... Lastly, whereas you are become a body politik, using amongst yourselves civill governmente, and are not furnished with any persons of spetiall eminence above the rest, to be chosen by you into office, let your wisdome and godlines appear, not only in chusing shuch persons as do entirely love and will promote the commone good, but also in yeelding unto them all due honour and obedience ... and this dutie you may the more willingly ... performe, because you are at least for the present to have onely them for your ordinarie governours which your selves shall make choyse of for that worke. 46. The Mayflower Compact November 11/21, 1620 Bradford's _Plymouth Plantation_ (Original Narratives edition), 107. The original document is lost. Bradford gives no signatures. However, another copy, in Mourt's _Relation_, has the signatures, forty-two in number.