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The term “First Thanksgiving” refers to the account of the 1621 event as given by the Plymouth Colony’s chroniclers William Bradford (l. 1590-1657) and Edward Winslow (l. 1595-1655) in Mourt’s Relation.
Painting by JLG Ferris, 1932
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