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adventurers aforesaid Allerton appointed Barnes Benjamin Benjamin Warren born in Plymouth Boston Brewster brook Burial Hill called Capt Carver Charles church Churchill Clark Cobb corp council Court Cushman died Doten Dunham Duxbury Ebenezer Edward Winslow England enlisted Ephraim Morton Faunce Finney George Gideon White Governor granted harbor Harlow heirs and successors Henry Holmes hundred inhabitants Isaac Jackson James Warren John Dyer John Howland John Torrey jurisdiction King laborer land laws Lazarus Le Baron Lemuel Leyden lieut Lothrop Massachusetts Mayflower miles Nathaniel Morton Old Colony pastor patent persons Pilgrim Society Pilgrims plantation Plym Plymouth Colony Pond present Regt Rhode Island river Robbins Robert Russell Sampson Samuel Samuel Fuller sergt shoemaker South Southworth Standish Stephen Street thence thereof Thomas Mayhew tion town of Plymouth unto Watson wife William Bradford William Brewster William Davis Zabdiel Sampson
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Page 19 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 19 - Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 145 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.
Page 29 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. '24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience' sake : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
Page 19 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony : Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience...
Page 17 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 20 - Monday we sounded the harbour, and found it a very good harbour for our shipping. We marched also into the land, and found divers cornfields, and little running brooks, a place very good for situation. So we returned to our ship again with good news to the rest of our people, .which did much comfort their hearts.
Page 139 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 72 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Page 146 - Warwick and others, to the number of forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen, by the name 'of the Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling and governing of New England in America...