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... vessels , 345 . Cattle and goats distributed , 81 . Civic Festival , 224 . Careswell , 109 . Centennial celebration , 246 . Centennial birth day of Washing- ton . 278 . Cole's Hill , 29 , 206 , 355 . Compact of the Pilgrims , 16 ...
... vessels , 345 . Cattle and goats distributed , 81 . Civic Festival , 224 . Careswell , 109 . Centennial celebration , 246 . Centennial birth day of Washing- ton . 278 . Cole's Hill , 29 , 206 , 355 . Compact of the Pilgrims , 16 ...
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... vessels on that shore , and he knew by name most of those commanders . This was the first savage with whom the whites had obtained an interview . No incident could have diffused greater joy into the hearts of the discon- solate and the ...
... vessels on that shore , and he knew by name most of those commanders . This was the first savage with whom the whites had obtained an interview . No incident could have diffused greater joy into the hearts of the discon- solate and the ...
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... vessel of fifty - five tons burthen , arrived at Cape Cod , bring- ing Mr. Robert Cushman , and thirty - five more passen- gers , whose names follow : - Robert Cushman William Hilton John Winslow William Coner John Adams William Tench ...
... vessel of fifty - five tons burthen , arrived at Cape Cod , bring- ing Mr. Robert Cushman , and thirty - five more passen- gers , whose names follow : - Robert Cushman William Hilton John Winslow William Coner John Adams William Tench ...
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... vessel , the property of Thomas Weston , a merchant in London , which , with about thirty others , was employed in the fishing business , on the eastern shore near Penobscot . This was in the month of May , when the whole colony was ...
... vessel , the property of Thomas Weston , a merchant in London , which , with about thirty others , was employed in the fishing business , on the eastern shore near Penobscot . This was in the month of May , when the whole colony was ...
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... vessels from London to be added to the planters , but no supply of provisions . Governor Bradford dispatched Edward Winslow to purchase articles of provision of the fishermen , but none could be obtained , excepting from the generosity ...
... vessels from London to be added to the planters , but no supply of provisions . Governor Bradford dispatched Edward Winslow to purchase articles of provision of the fishermen , but none could be obtained , excepting from the generosity ...
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Page viii - God, and of one another, 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 viii - 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 165 - For He •established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of •God, but keep His commandments...
Page 333 - THE pilgrim fathers — where are they ? The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray As they break along the shore : Still roll in the bay, as they rolled that day, When the Mayflower moored below, When the sea around was black with storms, And white the shore with snow.
Page 334 - The pilgrim exile, — sainted name ! The hill whose icy brow Rejoiced, when he came, in the morning's flame, In the morning's flame burns now. And the moon's cold light, as it lay that night On the hillside and the sea, Still lies where he laid his houseless head, — But the Pilgrim! where is he? The Pilgrim Fathers are at rest: When summer's throned on high, And the world's warm breast is in verdure drest, Go, stand on the hill where they lie.
Page viii - ... 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. In witness whereof we have...
Page 159 - Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Page 114 - The Book of the General Laws Of the Inhabitants of the Jurisdiction of New-Plimouth...
Page viii - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Page 121 - I think I can clearly say that before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess one foot of land in this colony but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors.