Pilgrim Guide Book to Plymouth, Massachusetts / With a Brief Outline of the Pilgrim Migration and Settlement at Plymouth
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HISTORIC PILGRIM PLYMOUTH A GUIDE MAP SHOWING PRINCIPAL STREETS AND HISTORIC SHRINES
With a Brief Outline of The Pilgrim Migration and Settlement at Plymouth
By William Franklin Atwood
“ What your fathers with so much difficulty attained, do not basely relinquish. ” Inscription on gravestone of Gov. William Bradford on Burial Hill.
Copyright, 1940, by PAUL W. BITTINGER, Plymouth, Mass. All Rights Reserved. Sixth Edition, May, 1957
Facsimile of original Seal of the Plymouth Colony. It disappeared during the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, who, in 1686 was sent by King James to rule over the Dominion of New England. It has never been recovered.
Note: Dates used, except those in quotations, accord with the new style calendar adopted by England in 1752, although having been in use in Holland since 1583.
For those who may desire further information regarding the Pilgrims in England and Holland, their motives and aspirations leading to the migration and final settlement at Plymouth, reference is suggested to The Pilgrim Story, of the Pilgrim Book Series, a condensed history from the writings of Governor Bradford, Governor Winslow and other authoritative sources, by William F. Atwood.
Cover design by Leo Schrieber, Plymouth, Mass. Cover photo from oil painting in Pilgrim Hall depicting Departure of Pilgrims from Delfthaven. Illustration, inside front cover, scene of two modern Pilgrim Misses from annual Thanksgiving Pageant held in Plymouth Memorial Building on Thanksgiving Day.
William Franklin Atwood
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
CONTENTS
PLYMOUTH—THE TOWN
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE MONUMENT
PLIMOTH PLANTATION—MAYFLOWER II
BURIAL HILL
A TRIBUTE IN VERSE FROM PILGRIM PLYMOUTH
TOWN SQUARE AND CHURCHES
LEYDEN STREET
PLYMOUTH ROCK
COLE’S HILL
THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS
AN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
THE PILGRIM SOCIETY
WATSON’S HILL
SUMMER STREET AND MORTON PARK
THE TRAINING GREEN
SANDWICH STREET, OLD HOUSES
THE HARLOW HOUSE
THE KENDALL HOLMES HOUSE
THE MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS
LAND DIVIDED
THEY CARRY ON
CONTENTS
Transcriber’s Notes