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In this intriguing passage from a letter sent by James Sherley, one of the Pilgrims’ key business contacts, Sherley tell the Pilgrims that England has changed greatly since the 1610s: the country is becoming more overtly Protestant, shedding some of the Catholic ritualism that inspired the English reformers to migrate to Leyden in the first place. He raises the possibility that, someday, the Pilgrims will return to England.
Although Bradford doesn’t comment on Sherley’s suggestion, it’s immediately understood that his suggestion isn’t worth entertaining. By this time, the Pilgrims have built a society for themselves in America: they have their…