November 11, 1620
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal
Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the
Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant
the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents,
solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, convenant
and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better
Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by
Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws,
Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall
be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony;
unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscibed our names at Cape Cod the
eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of
England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the
fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.
| John Alden
| Issac Allerton
| John Allerton
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| John Billington
| William Bradford
| William Brewster
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| Richard Britteridge
| Peter Browne
| John Carver
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| James Chilton
| Richard Clarke
| Francis Cooke
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| John Crackston
| Edward Dotey
| Francis Eaton
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| Thomas English
| Moses Fletcher
| Edward Fuller
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| Samuel Fuller
| Richard Gardiner
| John Goodman
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| Stephen Hopkins
| John Howland
| Edward Leister
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| Edward Tilley
| Edmund Margeson
| Christopher Martin
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| William Mullins
| Degory Priest
| Thomas Rogers
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| John Rigdale
| Georoe Soule
| Myles Standish
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| Thomas Tinker
| John Tilley
| John Turner
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| Richard Warren
| Thomas Williams
| Edward Winslow
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| Gilbert Winslow
| William White
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