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Quotation from Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

“the living were scarce able to burie the dead”

William Bradford

Of Plymouth Plantation, A later recollection of the first sickness (1898 Wright & Potter official manuscript edition)

Bradford returns to the first winter when answering blame about the work of the living, and he says they could barely bury their dead.

Citation: "the living were scarce able to burie the dead" — William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, A later recollection of the first sickness (1898 Wright & Potter official manuscript edition). (id of-plymouth-plantation-q5)

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