Source:Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Mayflower Compact
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Source Mayflower Compact
Author Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Place Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Year range 1620 -
Subject Institutional records
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Type Government / Church records
Place issued Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Mayflower Compact. (Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States).
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WeRelateMayflower CompactFree website
The Avalon Project : 18th to 21st Century DocumentsMayflower Compact : 1620Free website
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The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. The Puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by King James I of England.

The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on , 1620. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers[1][2] while the Mayflower was anchored in Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.[3]

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