Mourt's Relation
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Mourt's Relation, journal of the voyage of the
Mayflower, record of its Compact, and description of the earliest days of Plymouth Colony. This anonymous document, published in England (1622) as
A Relation or Journall of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Setled at Plimoth in New England, has received its usual name from the signature “G. Mourt,” attributed to
George Morton, who at that time used the name Mourt. It may be the work of Edward Winslow and William Bradford, with Morton merely acting as publisher, or a compilation by Morton of their narratives and information from other colonists. This first account of the Plymouth settlement is a vivid piece of prose, but the fact that it consists of extemporaneous jottings has caused it to be overshadowed by subsequent works.
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