TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD’S LETTER BOOK REPRINTED FROM THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT PUBLISHED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1906 THOMAS TODD, PRINTER 14 Beacon St., Boston PUBLICATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS Editor GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN Committee on Publication CHARLES A. HOPKINS EDWARD H. WHORF NATHANIEL U. WALKER STANLEY W. SMITH GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography. (Begun in January, 1899.) Subscription price, $2.00 per year, in advance. Single current numbers, 60 cents each. Single Bound Volumes, $3.00 each. Complete Set of 7 Bound Volumes (1899-1905) $14.00 Complete Set of 7 Bound Volumes (1899-1905), with Subscription for Volume VIII (1906) 15.00 TOWN RECORDS (Each volume contains a literal copy of all the entries of births, intentions of marriage, marriages and deaths found on the records of the town.) Vital Records of Brewster, Mass., to 1850 $2.00 Vital Records of Halifax, Mass., to 1850 2.00 Vital Records of Eastham, Mass., to 1850 (In press) 3.00 Vital Records of Truro, Mass., to 1850 (In press) 3.00 GRAVESTONE RECORDS Death Records from the Ancient Burial Ground at Kingston, Mass., to 1860. Over 900 Inscriptions. (Limited Edition of 200 Copies only, printed from type and Numbered) $1.00 Gravestone Records from the “Ancient” and “Woodside” Cemeteries at Yarmouth, Mass., to 1851. Over 900 Inscriptions. (Limited Edition of 300 Copies only, printed from type and Numbered, of which only 250 are for sale) 1.00 MISCELLANEOUS Governor Bradford’s Letter Book $1.00 INTRODUCTORY NOTE.