Dr. Larry Schweikart

Nice squares, because everything had finally been surveyed by the time they got out west.

Yeah, I mean, you would get your title deed for a lot in the city.

I think Bradford's lot is still there.

And it might take a while, but eventually you would get that piece of paper, which was, it's crucial.

It's amazing how one little piece of paper can be so important, said every man who's ever been married.

I think the reason they waited, and I can't prove this, but I think the reason they waited was it's always dangerous to try to restructure a government at sea.

At sea, the captain is the government.

He's the sole government.

And so they didn't want any conflict between a newly elected governor from the body of people and the captain.

You saw the same thing actually in Jamestown where Captain John Smith

had been put in the brig on board ship for being a little too boisterous about what he was going to do.

But his name was one of the seven administrators that was named there from England.

So I think that they didn't want to rock the boat, so to speak.

But we do need to get back to this because the Mayflower Compact is very important.

right but uh but he's he's talking about the proclamation line of 1763 not the landlord yes