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William Bradford

2007-03-23T23:55:23Z

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William Bradford lived from March 1590 to May 9, 1657. He was the governor of the [[Plymouth Plantation|Plymouth colony]] for 30 years.

Bradford fled England when he was 17 years old, and along with other persecuted Pilgrims went to Holland. When he was 30, he sailed to America with the other Pilgrims on the Mayflower, and he helped draft the [[Mayflower Compact]]. The Pilgrims elected him governor in 1621. He was so popular that he was reelected 30 more times, until he died.

He wrote the leading book about the Pilgrim settlement in his ''History of the Plymouth Plantation'' (1650). There he said:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-19&view=View</ref>

:Since ye first breaking out of ye lighte of ye gospell in our Honourable Nation of England ... what warrs and opposissions ... Satan hath raised ... against the Saints ... by bloody death and cruell torments ... imprisonments, banishments ... What could now sustaine them but ye spirite of God and His grace? ... Ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: Our fathers ... came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto ye Lord, and He heard their voyce. ... All great and honourable actions are accompanied with great difficulties ... Out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing ... and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise.

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Talk:Jonathan Edwards

2007-03-23T23:55:21Z

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There's a third JE; the 'medium,' Jon Edwards. Don't know if he's worth an article here or not, but it may be worth mentioning that neither of these JEs are him. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 10:17, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

Hi.
Smallpox vaccination, which involves the administration of attenuated live virus, (and has well-recognized dangers) was not in use at this time.
Smallpox itself killed millions...the first successful preventative strategy, other than isolation, was ''innoculation'', which involved taking material from the pox of an ill patient, and injecting it into the skin of a healthy patient. One of the first successful human trials was done on this, and used actual statistics. Unfortunately, it was done on prisoners and orphans. It did, however, provide decent protection, but there was, by today's standards, a very high rate of illness and death (lower than the rate of smallpox, though, during epidemic times).

Eventually, vaccination was developed, which was actually more of a form of innoculation, as modern genetics had not yet been developed. An attenuated live virus (of Cowpox, not smallpox) was used. This had a much lower rate of complications than using smallpox itself, but still could lead to serious illness, especially in young or unhealthy people exposed to the virus, or to those recently vaccinated.

I'd be happy to share more, if anyone is interested.
[[User:Palmd001|Palmd001]] 14:52, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

Patrick Henry

2007-03-23T23:55:18Z

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Patrick Henry (1736-1799) was a Patriot during the American Revolution, and an anti-Federalist who opposed ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]] afterwards. An attorney, he prevailed in the Parsons' Cause by defending the right of the [[Virginia]] colony to fix the price of the tobacco to be paid to the clergy in violation of a contrary ruling in England.<ref>http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/HENRY.HTM</ref>

Patrick Henry is best known today for the rousing speech that he gave on March 23, 1775 to the 2nd Virginia Convention at Richmond's St. John's Church:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-23&view=View</ref>

:I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ... We have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated ... We have prostrated ourselves before the throne ... Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence. ...

:There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations ... who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! '''I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.'''

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