Show NEW YORK GOAL OF PILGRIMS their original intention was to found a colony there but plans were vere frustrated the pilgrim fathers might have founded new york if it had not boon been for the bribing of the Alay mayflower flower skipper by the dutch who persuaded him to keep the pilgrims grinis from tile the mouth of the great river which they planned to settle with a colony of their on the ancient charter of tile the pilgrims gave them land which probably included new york the patent was granted to them after they lied fled from the virginia company this grant was not exactly the instrument the pilgrims arlins wanted because of its religious provisions the pilgrims wished to get a patent that would permit them the fullest liberty of worship but tile king refused to give thern them a charter in chich a definite nite stipulation of rell religious freedom was contained so they were forced to content the themselves with the virginia patent it being suggested by their sympathizers that in the wilderness they would probably not be disturbed |