Mourt’s Relation

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Mourt’s Relation is a 1622 pamphlet chronicling the early experiences of the Plymouth colonists in New England, including their interactions with Indigenous leaders and the first Thanksgiving.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
pamphlet
primary source
travel narrative
alternativeTitle A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England
linked to: Mourt’s Relation
author Edward Winslow
William Bradford
chroniclesEvent first winter at Plymouth
harvest celebration later known as the first Thanksgiving
settlement at Plymouth
voyage of the Mayflower
countryOfOrigin England
describes early diplomacy with Indigenous nations
political organization of Plymouth Colony
religious motivations of the Pilgrims
describesGroup Wampanoag Confederacy
linked to: Wampanoag people
describesPerson Massasoit
Samoset
Squanto
documentsInteractionBetween Indigenous leaders in New England
Plymouth colonists
linked to: Pilgrim Separatists
editor George Morton
genre colonial narrative
journal
historicalSignificance earliest published account of Plymouth Colony
primary narrative source for the event later called the first Thanksgiving
language English
namedAfter George Morton
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1622
publisher John Bellamy
relatedWork Of Plymouth Plantation
religiousContext Separatist Puritan
subject Indigenous peoples of New England
New England colonization
Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony
Wampanoag people
early colonial-Indian relations
first Thanksgiving
timePeriod early 17th century
timePeriodCovered 1620
1621
title Mourt’s Relation
usedAsSourceIn histories of the first Thanksgiving
scholarship on early New England colonization

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Massasoit mentionedIn Mourt’s Relation
Edward Winslow notableWork Mourt's Relation
linked to: Mourt’s Relation
Mourt’s Relation title Mourt’s Relation
Mourt’s Relation alternativeTitle A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England
linked to: Mourt’s Relation
First Thanksgiving (1621) hasPrimarySource Edward Winslow’s Mourt’s Relation
linked to: Mourt’s Relation
Good News from New England follows Mourt's Relation
linked to: Mourt’s Relation