The Pilgrim story

The Pilgrim story is largely a compilation from the documents of Governor Bradford and Governor Winslow, together with a list of Mayflower passengers, compiled and written by William Franklin Atwood. The contents list the chapters Scrooby: Persecution and Escape: Holland, among others. One quoted account names Mr. William Brewster, their reverend elder, and Myles Standish, their Captain and military commander, as persons who were not at all infected either with sickness or lameness in a general calamity.

The book says it is intended to include only such events as may prove of interest and value to the reader as adduced from the recognized authorities. The listed authorities include History of Plimouth Plantation by Bradford and Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers by Young. Under the heading Conclusion, the writer says it would be interesting to follow in detail the development of the Plymouth Colony, but that this is a Pilgrim story and the writer bows to the limitations of time and space.