The term Bradford in the crossword solution refers to William Bradford, who was a leader and governor of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. He was also a passenger on the MAYFLOWER, which was the ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The MAYFLOWER was a three-masted sailing vessel that carried 102 passengers and a crew of about 30.