Plymouth Patent Surrender (March 2, 1640) to King Charter I by William Bradford and associates:
<Whereas the said William Bradford and divers others the first Instruments of God in the beginning of this Great work of Plantation together with such as the All Ordering God in his Providence added unto them have been at very great charges to procure the said lands privileges and freedoms...now for the better settling of the state of the said land...surrender into the hands of the whole court consisting of the Freemen of this Corporation of New Plymouth...the said Letters Patents...except the said Lands before excepted.> 1640PP001
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Endnotes:
1640PP001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Plymouth Patent, March 2, 1640, surrendered to King Charter I by William Bradford and associates.