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Collection Reference Number GLC07954
From Archive Folder Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Exploration and Settlement 
Title Land petition
Date 1 June 1669
Author Pope, Sarah (fl. 1669)  
Document Type Legal document; Land transaction document
Content Description Petition for one of the first English children born in the New World, signed by Sarah Pope, a passenger aboard the third ship to arrive at Plymouth, the Anne.
Subjects Land Transaction  Woman Author  Women's History  Petition  Children and Family  Immigration and Migration  
People Pope, Sarah (fl. 1669)  
Place written Plymouth
Theme Women in American History; Naval & Maritime; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859