But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead. - William Bradford

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But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead.

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William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was a leader of the Pilgrim settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts who became Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He was the second signer and primary architect of the Mayflower Compact. As Governor of Plymouth, Bradford is also credited as being the first to proclaim what popular American culture viewed as the first Thanksgiving.

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