Show NEW YORK GOAL OF PILGRIMS their original intention was to found a colony there but birt piana were frustrated alrica ar j Q Titers the pilgrim r am 11 leathers might have founded new york it if it had not been for the bribing of the mayflower mayflower A skipper by the dutch w ho ars abed him to keep the pilgrims from the mouth of the great river which they planned to settle with a colony of 0 their own the ancient charter of the pilgrims gave them land which probably included new york the patent was granted to them after they fled from the virginia company this grant was not exactly the instrument the pilgrims wanted because of its religious provisions the pilgrims wished to get n patent that would permit them the fullest liberty of worship but the king refused to give them a charter in which a stipulation of religious freedom was contained so they were forced to content themselves with the he virginia af pf p tent it being suggested by their sympathizers that in the wilderness they would probably dot bof he be 1 I II 11 str rh aa t |