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Excerpt from Governor William Bradford: And His Son, Major William Bradford It is an honor to any person to have descended from such a worthy ancestor as Governor William Bradford. Without detracting in any degree the praises due any of the Mayflower Pilgrims, I may truly say that after a careful study of Bradford, there was no man among them whose ancestry can confer a greater honor. It is not necessary for me to speak his praise, that has already been well done by many others. But these praises, and the facts of his life are scattered with other matter through many different volumes where they can only be found by weary and patient labor. This work is published in order to do honor to such a noble sire, and to enable others to find in a single book the substance of what has been written of him, although I had no intention of publishing the same when the material was collected and first put into form. The views of the Ancient Chapel and the Bradford house at Austerfield are from photographs by the Rev. W. W. Leete of Rockford, III. The other illustrations are from drawings by the author's assistant, Mr. A. W. Stipek, and from photographs in 1898, by the author. I hereby express my sincere thanks to the authors and proprietors of the several copyrights, by whose kind favors, in permitting me to quote from their works, I am enabled to present this book so largely in their words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.