as one of the publishers of this 400 anniversary edition of william bradford's work of plymouth plantation we are excited to hear from two of the editors today. this new edition offers a transcription of the original manuscript with annotations that incorporate a recently discovered information, and it also includes a very special introduction by the historian. to learn more about this story of the pilgrims and the mayflower and to purchase a copy of this newly published addition, i encourage you to visit. it's now my pleasure to introduce the moderator for today's event executive editor of the works of jonathan edwards and of the center and online archive at yale university. also a member of the research faculty and reese's associate at the university of the free state south africa he offers seminars and early religious history as well as reading courses in all periods of history he is also edited or co-edited several works too many to name here on the sermons of jonathan edwards and other colonials. please join me in welcoming. >> thankou you very much. it's my pleasure to introduce fran

governor bradford's plymouth plantation. the significant part from england to plymouth, massachusetts. the editorial team, including ken of yale, paula peters of the nation and myself three of us here are pictured along with jeremy of the american pilgrams museum. and the manuscript included hebrew vocabulary from the government trying to teach himself that. we row lied on the interpretation of that material. the inclues is a striking departure from traditional, but not the only one. i'd like to discuss what makes this volume unique and move on to talk about working on it helped me to revise my understanding of bradford and his writings. william bradford began to compile his history in 1630, 10 years after the arrival on the mayflower and the same time that john arrived in massachusetts to take charge of the colony that would become the dominant puritan presence in new england. while bradford composed the work in a way that suggested he was preparing for public education, it was not published in his lifetime. passed on in ma

this is called a swivel gun and i wasn't aware they had these weapons until again plymouth plantation. we had two original weapons in the re-creation of the houses, and these were small, tiny, miniature cannon balls and the idea was they would be used to repel attackers if they were attacked at sea. much more of that in education and historical tool, and we live in hope. >> before we exit the 360 can you talk a little bit about what the crossing would've been like? you make and they would've below deck most of the time. what of the details if you did gain this out would you want to include? >> one of the original ambitions of the virtual mayflower project was to almost re-create part of the ceiling virtually but do it hand in hand with navy schools in massachusetts based in the plymouth area. because it would be great if we could then use the mayflower in plymouth to show schools and yes what it was like in early part of the journey and then we could work with schools and institutions in massachusetts so that they could show us what it was like when the mayflower actually arrived. the

the state of massachusetts, mass.gov has a downloadable copy of bradford's manuscript of plymouth plantation. you can download the digitized version of that and take a look through the chapters that alan brings up, mass.gov. surely in harvey, louisiana is up next. good morning. caller: good morning. i called a couple of months ago and talked to you concerning my mother. i'm the one that said she took the covid shot and it didn't go well and she had a blood clot in her legs. she's not able to walk, but i am thankful and i'm thankful to god that she is still here today. and guess what? on this day is her birthday. she was born in 1921. today she's going to be 100 years old. host: what's her first name? caller: her name is miss willie mae. and she lives in houma, louisiana. we are thankful that she is still here. she may not be able to walk, but her mind is still there. she is just as safe as ever and i say -- i pray to god for that host: will you wish her a very happy birthday from us? a very happy 100 earth day. sherry -- birthday. sherry and portsmouth, virginia. caller: happy thanksgiving t

and that with that would sever the plantation. but that failed miserably. [laughter] but initially we came here so i am somewhat acquainted with these persons. that yet after that plantation dissolved for god's wishes that it be so but i watched ten stars before my eyes and then the natives killed two others and we hanged one of our own. so this is before as well for the rest of those persons they were near 60 of us eventually many of them fled back to england some even fled into the forest perhaps they are even living among the natives. some have died and then for being an a english person with the natives you will not live long. and beyond that, i came here. i was the only one who remained. and hopefully here i can secure a legacy for myself. and that things are a bit more secure. >> what were your interactions with the natives? >> and that initially they were quite friendly. and they came to understand that we could not care for ourselves. that they came to see us not as man. but morris children or women and they began to threaten us. so this thing with