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Quotation from Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
“ther dyed some times 2. or 3. of a day, in y^e foresaid time; that of 100. & odd persons, scarce 50. remained.”
Of Plymouth Plantation, The first winter, 1620–1621 (1898 Wright & Potter official manuscript edition)
The same passage gives the measure of the loss: of a little more than a hundred persons, fewer than fifty remained.
Citation: "ther dyed some times 2. or 3. of a day, in y^e foresaid time; that of 100. & odd persons, scarce 50. remained." — William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, The first winter, 1620–1621 (1898 Wright & Potter official manuscript edition). (id of-plymouth-plantation-q4)
