William Bradford of Plymouth is a classic William Bradford biography by Albert Hale Plumb. William Bradford (c. 19 March 1590 - May 9, 1657) was an English Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of...