Question

Why would Bradford write Of Plymouth Plantation in the third-person point of view, despite the fact that he was a participant in the events?

Answer 1

Most importantly, the William Bradford was among the first the arrive in Plymouth on the Mayflower.

He helped the five years as the Govenor's Assistant and many texts about Plymouth Plantation, including A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and called the Dialogues about church government and later the Massachusetts Historical Society's Publications.