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The Mayflower Compact
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November 11, 1620 [This was November 21, old style calendar]
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In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten,
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the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James,
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by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland,
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King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
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Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of
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the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country,
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a Voyage to plant the first colony in the Northerne Parts
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of Virginia; doe, by these Presents, solemnly and mutually
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in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and
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combine ourselves together into a civill Body Politick,
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for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance
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of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact,
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constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances,
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Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time,
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as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the
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Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise
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all due Submission and Obedience.
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In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names
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at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our
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Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland,
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the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth,
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Anno. Domini, 1620.
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Mr. John Carver Mr. Stephen Hopkins
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Mr. William Bradford Digery Priest
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Mr. Edward Winslow Thomas Williams
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Mr. William Brewster Gilbert Winslow
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Isaac Allerton Edmund Margesson
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Miles Standish Peter Brown
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John Alden Richard Bitteridge
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John Turner George Soule
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Francis Eaton Edward Tilly
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James Chilton John Tilly
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John Craxton Francis Cooke
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John Billington Thomas Rogers
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Joses Fletcher Thomas Tinker
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John Goodman John Ridgate
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Mr. Samuel Fuller Edward Fuller
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Mr. Christopher Martin Richard Clark
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Mr. William Mullins Richard Gardiner
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Mr. William White Mr. John Allerton
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Mr. Richard Warren Thomas English
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John Howland Edward Doten
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Edward Liester
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