Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow (18 October 15958 May 1655) was a
Separatist and
New England political leader who traveled on the ''
Mayflower'' in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at
Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the
Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number of governmental positions such as assistant governor, three times was governor and also was the colony's agent in London. In early 1621 he had been one of several key leaders on whom Governor
Bradford depended after the death of
John Carver. He was the author of several important pamphlets, including ''Good Newes from New England'' and co-wrote with William Bradford the historic ''
Mourt's Relation'', which ends with an account of the
First Thanksgiving and the abundance of the
New World. In 1655 he died of fever while on an English naval expedition in the Caribbean against the Spanish.
He is the only original Plymouth colonist with an extant portrait painted from life. This, along with portraits of Winslow's son and daughter-in-law, and various Winslow family artifacts, are in the
Pilgrim Hall Museum, in
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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