Thanksgiving Source Documents: Bradford, from Family Christmas OnlineTMThis record of the "First Thanksgiving" was written 1641 in William Bradford's memoir, Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford was an early governor of Plymouth whose memoir covers not only the 1621 feast, but also the 1637 Puritan massacre of the Pequot village. This document was apparently taken from Boston by the British during the Revolutionary War. In 1854, scholars tracking down a lead found it a library in Fulham, England. Republication of the book stirred much interest in Plymouth's early history, including the harvest festival that became known as Thanksgiving.Ironically, some of the bloggers who quote Bradford's memoirs at length to portray the atrocity of the 1637 attack on the Pequot and the celebration that followed claim that there is no credible historical record of the 1621 feast, although the following text is from the same document.
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