George Morton (pilgrim Father)
George Morton or George Mourt (ca. 1585 – 1624) was an English Puritan Separatist. He was the publisher of, and perhaps helped write, the first account in Great Britain of the founding of Plymouth Colony, called Mourt's Relation.
Read more about George Morton (pilgrim Father): Biography, Family, Notable Descendants, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words george and/or morton:
“The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation—the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honour, Duty, Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.”
—David Lloyd George (1863–1945)
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
—Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904)