The authority created by this document was superseded by the Peirce Patent, as this document was only meant to be temporary.
The authority created by this document was superseded by the Peirce Patent, as this document was only meant to be temporary. It was necessitated by the signatories northward turn outside the boundaries granted to the Virginia Company by the Council of New England. Now lost, its text is known because of a hand-written copy included in a book published by William Bradford, who was a signatory to this document. Of Plymouth Plantation includes the text of, FTP, what 1620 text, the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony, signed by pilgrims on the namesake ship before landing.
The authority created by this document was superseded by the Peirce Patent, as this document was only meant to be temporary.
Mayflower Compact