Mourt’s Relation

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historical document pamphlet primary source travel narrative

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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Surface form	Occurrences
A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England	1
Edward Winslow’s Mourt’s Relation	1
Mourt's Relation	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical document ⓘ pamphlet ⓘ primary source ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Mourt’s Relation ⓘ surface form: A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England
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 people ⓘ surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
describesPerson	Massasoit ⓘ Samoset ⓘ Squanto ⓘ
documentsInteractionBetween	Indigenous leaders in New England ⓘ Pilgrim Separatists ⓘ surface form: Plymouth colonists
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, England ⓘ surface form: London
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 self-link ⓘ
usedAsSourceIn	histories of the first Thanksgiving ⓘ scholarship on early New England colonization ⓘ

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this entity surface form: A Relation or Journal of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimoth in New England

First Thanksgiving (1621) → hasPrimarySource → Mourt’s Relation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Winslow’s Mourt’s Relation

Massasoit → mentionedIn → Mourt’s Relation ⓘ

Edward Winslow → notableWork → Mourt’s Relation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mourt's Relation

Mourt’s Relation → title → Mourt’s Relation self-link ⓘ