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GUIDE TO HIST
ORIC PLYMOUTH
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OFFICIAL GUIDE
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The Compact

Signed in the Cabiw of the "Matfloveb," Nov. 11th,
Olb Sttlb, Nov. 21st, New Style, 1620. :
"In the name of God, amen, we whose names are under
written, the loyal subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord,
King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Franc
and Ireland King, defender of the faith, etc., having under
taken, for the glorie of God, and advancemente of the
Christian faith, and honor of our king and countrie, a voy
age to plant the first colonie in the Northerne parts of Vir
ginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in the
presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine
ourselves together into" a civil! body politick, for our better
ordering and preservation and furtherence of the ends
aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute and
frame such just and equall laws, ordenances, acts, constitu
tions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most
meete and convenient for the general good of the colonie,
unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names
at Cap-Codd the 11 of November, in the year of the raigne
of our soveraigne lord, King James of England, Franc and
Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland tbe fifty-iourth,
ANO DOM 1620." i

GUIDE

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Historic Plymouth

Localities and Objects of Interest

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PLYMOUTH, MASS.
Copyrighted, and Published B«
A. S. BURBANK

Copyright, 1921, by A. S. Buibank.
Printed by the Memorial Press.

Contents.
Beaeh Point  61
Burial Hill  46
Church of the First Parish  46
Church of the Pilgrimage  45
Clark 'a Island  78
Cole's Hill  37
Compact  Inside front cover
Court House  25
Gov. Bradford's House in 1621  44
Gurnet  35
Harbor  61
Industries  ,  74
landing of the Pilgrims  34
leyden Street  39
Members of the Mayflower Company  80
Morton Park  64
ISTational Monument  '  Frontispiece and page 8
Old Fort and First Meeting House, 1621  56
Old Houses  67
Pilgrim Antiquities  16-24
Pilgrim Hall  13
Plymouth as a Summer Eesort  77
Plymouth in 1627  43
Plymouth Bock  30
Post Office  42
Prison  29
Public Library  ^  71
Begistry Building  26
Seal of the Old Colony  Inside back cover
The Town  '   70
Town Brook  66
Town Square  44 ¦
Voyage of the Mayflower Shallop  62
Watch Tower  ,  58
Watson 's Hill  58

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NATIONAL MOXUMEVT TO THE FOREFATHEHS.

Historic Plymouth

"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."
HE introduction of visitors to Plymouth as
they come by rail, is at Seaside, a station in.
the extreme north part of the town, at the
dividing line between Kingston and Plym
outh. As the cars slow up passengers see
the beautiful panorama of Plymouth Harbor spread out
before their eyes. At the near left, across the bay appears
Captain's Hill, so called from its being the home of Capt.
Myles Standish, and on its crest is a monument in honor
of the Pilgrim warrior, surmounted by his statue fourteen
feet in height. Farther along is seen House's Hummock,

PLYMOUTH ROCK.
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the American terminus of the French Atlantic cable. The
next prominent object is Clark's Island, where the Pil
grims spent their first Sabbath in Plymouth. Next to this
is the headland of Saquish, and beyond is the Gurnet with
its twin lighthouses. Opposite these the bold bluff of Mano-
met thrusts itself out into the bay, while nearer inland the
long, thin ribbon of Plymouth Beach runs across the har-

STANDISH HOUSE, BUILT BY SON OF MYLES STANDISH, 1666.
CAPTAIN'S HILL, DUXBURY.
bor, like an artificial breakwater, to arrest the waves of
the ocean.
Few scenes can -surpass this in loveliness, if the visitor
is fortunate enough to arrive when the tide is in. Although
by the configuration of the land Plymouth Harbor seems
to have been designed for a perfect haven against every
wind that blows, unfortunately it is dependent upon a full
sea for depth enough of water to float vessels of large
draft to the wharves. With the assistance of the State
of Massachusetts a channel 150 feet wide with eighteen
feet depth at mean low water, was opened in 1913 from

Beach Point to the fine new stone pier of the Plymouth
Cordage Co., and by it that great industrial plant now
brings its fibre, for manufacture, direct from Mexico to its
mills in steamships of 3500 tons measurement. In 1876
the United States Government dug a small channel from
Broad channel to the wharves, where none had existed.
In 1914-15 the Government and State co-operated in im
proving the old "Mayflower channel," from deep water
at Beach Point along the inside of the Beach and up Broad
channel to the town wharves, so that for the entire dis
tance there is a width of 200 feet and depth of 18 feet at
mean low water. This allows steamers and light draft
vessels to land at any time of tide, while at high water
barges and heavy freight carriers drawing 25 feet or more
can have easy access to the piers. These harbor improve
ments accommodate any vessels that can pass through the
Cape Cod Canal which opens into the bay 16 miles below
Plymouth and are of great advantage to the Pilgrim port.
Important changes are now being made on the water
front to provide appropriate surroundings for Plymouth
Rock. When these are completed, the Rock lowered to its
original bed and the new Portico, presented by the Colo
nial Dames of America, erected over it, this portion of the
water front will become a part of the State Park System.
Immediately upon leaving the station of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, on arrival in Plymouth,
and while traversing Old Colony park to Court street, the
main street of the town, the Samoset House is in full view
in the front. Looking towards the Samoset House on the
way through the park the first street on its right leading-
f rom Court street is Cushman street ; and the walk contin
ued up Cushman street and little northward along Aller-
ton street, will shortly bring the visitor to the National
Monument to the Forefathers.

The National Monument to the
Forefathers
HE corner stone of the National Monument
was laid Aug. 2, 1859, and the work en
trusted to Hammatt Billings who drew the
design for the Monument in all its details.
The main pedestal was put in position in
1876, and in the following summer the statue of Faith
was erected. The monument was completed in October,
1888, and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies August
1, 1889. It is built entirely of granite, the statues all com
ing from the quarries of the Hallowell Granite Company
of Maine. (See frontispiece.)
The idea of building the monument to the memory of
the Pilgrim Fathers was early entertained in the town, and
was formed into a definite object by the incorporation of
the Pilgrim Society in January, 1820; which object was
kept steadily in view and prosecuted to successful con
clusion. The plan of the principal pedestal is octagonal, with four
small and four large faces; from the small faces project
four buttresses or wing pedestals. On the main pedestal
stands the figure of Faith. One foot rests upon Forefath
ers' Rock; in her left hand she holds a Bible; with the
right uplifted she points to heaven. Looking downward, as
to those she is addressing, she seems to call to them to
trust in a higher power. On each of the four buttresses
or wing pedestals is a seated figure; they are emblematic
of the principles upon which the Pilgrims proposed to
found their commonwealth. The first is Morality, holdmg
the Decalogue in her left, and the scroll of Revelation in
her right hand ; her look is upward toward the impersona
tion of the Spirit of Religion above; in a niche, on one

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THE FIRST TREATY WITH THE INDIANS.
Alto Relief on National Monument.

side of her throne, is a prophet, and in the other, one of
the Evangelists. The second of these figures is Law: on
one side Justice; on the other Mercy. The third is Edu
cation : on one side Wisdom, ripe with years ; on the other
Youth, led by Experience. The fourth figure is Freedom :

MORALITY.

on one side Peace rests under its Protection ; on the other
Tyranny is overthrown by its powers. Below these seat
ed figures are marble alto-reliefs, representing scenes from
the history of the Pilgrims : — the Departure from Delft
Haven; the first Treaty with the Indians; Signing of the
Social Compact; and the Landing at Plymouth. On each
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of the four faces of the main pedestal is a large panel for
records. That in front contains the general inscription of
the monument, viz., "National Monument to the Forefath
ers. Erected by a grateful people in remembrance of their
labors, sacrifices and sufferings for the cause of civil and
religious liberty." The right and left panel contain the

names of those who came over in the "Mayflower." The
rear panel is plain, to have an inscription at some future
day. The total height of the Monument is eighty-one feel.
from the ground to the top of the head of the statue of
Faith. The following are some of the dimensions of this
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great piece of work, said, on good authority, to be the larg
est and finest piece of granite statuary in the world: the
height of the base is forty-five feet ; height of statue, thir
ty-six feet. The outstretched arm measures from shoulder
to elbow, ten feet one and one-half inches; from elbow to
the tip of finger, nine feet nine inches ; total length of arm,
nineteen feet ten and one-half inches. The head meas
ures around the forehead thirteen feet seven inches. The
points of the star in the wreath around the head are just
one foot across. The arm, just below the short sleeve,
measures six feet ten inches around; below the elbow, six
feet two inches. The wrist is four feet around. The length
of the finger pointing upwards is two feet one inch, and is
one foot eight and one-half inches around. The thumb
measures one foot eight and one-half inches around. The
circumference of the neck is nine feet two inches and the
nose is one foot four inches long. From centre to centre
of the eyes is one foot six inches. The figure is two hun
dred and sixteen times life size and its weight one hundred
and eighty tons. A bolt of lightning ran down the arm and
figure Aug. 23, 1912, splitting and displacing two blocks
of the central section. They were restored to position,
without taking down the monument; lay Mr. George W.
Bradford, a Plymouth contractor, a feat which Ireflected
much credit upon his engineering skill.
The statue of Faith was the gift of the late Oliver Ames,
a native of Plymouth, and" its cost was $31,300. The total
cost of the Monument was $150,000, contributed by more
than 11,000 people of the United States and other countries.

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Pilgrim Hall

ETURNING to Court street (the main
street) from the Monument grounds, and
passing the head of Old Colony park, we
soon see on our left a building with a Doric
portico, standing a little way from the
street. This is Pilgrim Hall, erected in 1824 by the Pil
grim Society as a monumental hall to the memory of the
Pilgrims. In 1880, without taking down the walls, it was
re-roofed and refloored with steel beams and terra cotta

ELDER BREWSTER'S OHAIR— ANCIENT SPINNING WHEEL, PILGRIM HALL.
blocks at a cost of over $15,000 by Joseph Henry Stickney,
Esq., a wealthy Baltimore merchant of Boston nativity,
who on a casual visit to Plymouth became so impressed
of preserving with greatest care the interesting relics of
the Pilgrims there deposited, that he most liberally made
this large expenditure to secure these precious memorials
from loss by fire. At the same time he provided for better
classification and exhibition of the articles, those immedi-

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ately connected with the Pilgrims being deposited, mostly
in glass cases, in the main hall, while an interesting
museum of antique curiosities was arranged in the room
below. Exteriorly, marked improvement was made by
raising the Doric porch to the height of the main building,
and repainting and sanding the whole front in imitation
of stone. Quite a change was made at the same time in
the front area by the removal back to the Landing-place
of the portion of Plymouth Rock, which for forty -six years
had here been a prominent object.
The hall is kept open daily for the accommodation of
visitors, an admission of twenty-five cents being charged.
This fund together with the fees for joining the Pilgrim
Society, — any person may become a life member on the
payment of five dollars, with no annual or other dues —
are the only income of the Society. This is devoted to the
care of the Pilgrim relics, the Monument and grounds,
Cole's Hill and other points of historic interest in Plym
outh. A new granite front, a replica of the Doric entrance
portico, is now being erected at a cost of about fifty thous
and dollars, the gift of the New England Society of the
City of New York. This will make Pilgrim Hall, in its
entirety, a complete and harmonious memorial of the Fore
fathers and one of the most perfectly fireproof buildings
in the country.
The interior, with marble floors and wainscots, and walls
freshly colored in neutral tints which set off the pictures
to much advantage, presents a very neat and attractive
appearance. In the marble vestibule hangs a large picture of the
"Landing," done in distemper, which was presented to the
Society by Robert G. Shaw of Boston. At the right is the
curator's room, on the walls of which hang a portrait of
King James I., together with a number of maps and local

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views of Plymouth, illustrative of changes which have
taken place. ¦ Over the entrance to the main hall is a large
gilded copy of the seal of the Colony, reproduced from the
"Book of Laws," printed in 1685. The original seal was
adopted probably in 1625. It was taken away during the
administration of the infamous Governor Andros, and
never recovered, as far as is known. This copy is supposed
to have been the gift of Samuel Nicholson, of the Boston

LANDINiG OF THE PILGRIMS.
Common Council, a native of Plymouth. At the left of
the entrance is the stairway to the lower hall, and the
sanitary conveniences of the building.
The main hall is forty-six by thirty -nine feet, with walls
twenty-two feet high, and is lighted entirely from the
roof. At the east end is the large picture of the ' ' Land
ing, " thirteen by sixteen feet, painted by Henry Sargent,
of Boston, an amateur artist, and presented by him to the
Society in 1834. Its estimated value was $3,000, and the
massive frame cost about $400. At the left is a portrait
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of the venerable Dr. James Thacher, the first secretary of
the Pilgrim Society. He was the author 6f Thacher 's
Military Journal and a History of Plymouth, which has
been considered one of the best ever published. The pic
ture upon the right is a fine painting and most excellent
likeness of the gentleman who in 1880 so disinterestedly
and generously remodeled and beautified Pilgrim Hall,—
Joseph Henry Stickney, Esq., of Baltimore. The portrait
was painted by D. G. Pope, a Baltimore artist, and in sub
ject and execution is worthy of its place in this Pilgrim
temple. Beneath the picture the Society has placed a
bronze memorial tablet in grateful remembrance of Mr.
Stickney 's benefactions.
In the middle of the south wall is hung the large copy
of Weir's Embarkation from Delft Haven, from the large
painting in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington,
done for the Society by Edgar Parker. It is flanked by
several large portraits designated in the catalogue, includ
ing one of Hon. Daniel Webster.
In the centre of the west side hangs the noble gift of
ex-Gov. Alexander H. Rice, of Massachusetts, Charles
Lucy's large painting of the Departure from Delft Haven.
It is of great value, and at a prize exhibition in England
won the first premium of a thousand guineas. It is alto
gether different in color and tone from either of the others,
and will bear close study. On its right and left are por
traits of Washington and Edward Everett, with pictures
of the house at Austerfield, England, where Governor
Bradford was born, and the only copy extant of the earli
est map of New England territory, made by William Hack
about 1663.
On the north wall at the left of the entrance to the
library the fine historical painting of the Mayflower in
Plymouth Harbor by W. F. Halsall occupies a prominent
position, and grouped around it are the portraits of the

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Winslow family. These consist of Edward Winslow, of
the Mayflower company who was Governor of Plymouth
Colony in 1633-1636 and 1644. This portrait and that of
Josiah Winslow, who was born in Plymouth in 1628, son
of Governor Edward, and who became the first native
governor of the Colony 1673 to 1680, were probably paint
ed in London by Robert Walker in 1651, the first is there
fore regarded as undoubtedly a life-like portrait of a
Mayflower Pilgrim. Others of the group are Penelope,
(wife of Gov. Josiah Winslow) and Gen. John Winslow,
great grandson of Gov. Edward Winslow. The general
is depicted in the scarlet uniform of the British Army. He
was second in command in the expedition which removed
the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755. The house in
which he lived, built in 1730, is still standing in Plymouth,
on the corner of Main and North streets. It was also the
home of James Warren, president of the Provincial Con
gress. At the right of the library entrance hangs the original
of Robert W. Weir's Embarkation of the Pilgrims from
Delft Haven, purchased by the Society in 1914. From this
study. Weir produced the larger painting for the Canitol
rotunda at Washington. Above it is an engraving of the
Sailing of the Mayflower, from Cope's original painting,
which hangs in the House of Lords in London. There are
also engravings of the Signing of the Compact, and the
Landing by different artists, and a colored lithograph by
Allebe of a picture representing the First Religious serv
ice held by the Pilgrims, painted in 1859 by Schwarz of
Amsterdam. The vessel bringing the painting to the Unit
ed States was burned at sea by a Confederate privateer
during the Civil War. Over the library door is The Royal
Arms, which before the Revolution hung over the judges
bench in the Plymouth Colonial Court House, now our old
Town House, and was carried to Shelburne. Nova Scotia,
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by Captain Gideon White, a royal refugee of those times.
Across the head of the hall, under the Sargent picture,
are important historical articles, as the Patent of Plymouth
Colony, the chairs of Elder Brewster and Gov. Carver,
which were brought by them in the Mayflower, the Pere
grine White cradle and the Fuller cradle, a chest which
belonged to Myles Standish, a carved pew back from the
ancient parish church at Scrooby, a chair once owned by
Gov. Winslow, and the keystone from an arch in Scrooby
Manor. Just inside the door from the curator's office is a
small steel safe containing Gov. William Bradford's Bible,
printed at Geneva in 1592. During visiting hours the
sacred volume mav be seen.

SWORD, POT AXD PLATTER OF MYLES STANDISH.

Arranged about the hall on handsome steel tables are
exhibition eases of the finest plate glass in America, and in
these are displayed and numbered conveniently for recog
nition by catalogue, very many authentic relics and per
sonal belongings of the Pilgrims and their households.
The first at the right on entering contains articles of the
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White family, among them a cabinet brought in the May
flower by William White, father of Peregrine, a cane and
a candlestick, which he once owned, also a bond written
and signed by Peregrine White,, who was bom on the
Mayflower in Cape Cod harbor in 1620, and died in
Marshfield, 1704. Next is the Alden case and in it is seen
John Alden 's bible dated 1661, a halberd found in a house
he once occupied in Duxbury, a deed signed by this fond
lover of Priseilla, a christening bowl which belonged to
Elder William Brewster, etc. The Standish ease is next,
and most interesting, for the reason that there is deposited
the famous Damascus sword of the military chieftain of
the Pilgrims, together with a large pewter platter and
iron pot which he brought in the Mayflower. There are
fragments of a quilt which belonged to Rose, his wife, and
a specimen of embroidery -or ' ' sampler ' ' worked by Lorea,
his daughter, in 1653, with this verse :
Lorea Standish is my name,
Lord, guide my hart that I may doe Thy will:
Also fill my hands with such convenient skill
As will conduce to virtu void of shame,
And 1 will give the glory to thy name.
The baby cap and bib worked for her little daughter
Lorea by Barbara Standish has lately been added to the
collection. The sword of Myles Standish is one of the most
valuable articles in Pilgrim Hall. General Grant on his
visit to Plymouth, October 14, 1880, was much interested
in this ancient weapon, and handled it with evident satis
faction. The Arabic inscriptions on the blade have always
been a puzzle, and, notwithstanding many attempts, re
mained undeciphered until the visit to the town, June 7,
1881, of Prof. James Rosedale, of Jerusalem, with a troupe
of Arabs from Palestine. Mr. Roiedale being an excellent
linguist, was shown the sword, and pronounced the in
scriptions to be of different dates; one of them in Cufic,
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very old, and the other in mediaeval Arabic of a later
period, but still very ancient. To the last he readily gave
the following translation : —
"With peace God ruled His slaves {creatures) and with
ihe judgment of His arm He troubled the mighty of. the
wicked." He had no doubt that the weapon dated back two or
three centuries before the Christian era, and might be
much older. It was captured from the Persians at Jeru-

WTNSLOW RELICS, PILGRIM HALL.

salem in 637 by the Saracens, and it is probable that this
famous blade came down to Capt." Standish from the Cru
saders, and possessed an interesting history in his day.
The next case contains numerous valuable books and
literary works of ancient date, the most precious being a
copy of John Eliot 's Indian bible 1685, of which but four
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copies are now known to be extant. A Dutch bible and a
"Breeches" bible 1599, an Indian vocabulary by Josiah
Cotton, New England's Memorial by Nathaniel Morton,
and the original records of the Old Colony Club from 1769
to 1773, are also interesting.
The Winslow case at the right of the Library entrance
displays many belongings of that illustrious family, nota
bly, a part of a chest, a mortar and pewter plate, brought
by Edward Winslow in the Mayflower, a gold ring and
ancient trencher which belonged to Governor Edward
Winslow, General John Winslow 's sword, a dressing case
once owned by Penelope, wife of Governor Josiah Wins
low, and bead purse wrought by that gentle lady, a pair
of stiff little shoes worn by Governor Josiah Winslow
when an infant, a slipper and cape once owned by Mrs.
Susannah White, widow of William White, and second
wife of Governor Edward Winslow, and other articles
which the catalogues will identify.
The case at the left of the Library contains many papers
and documents of much interest, but of especial note are
swords of Gov. John Carver, Elder William Brewster and
Capt. Myles Standish, loaned by the Massachusetts His
torical Society. < A novel reminder of the days of slavery
in Massachusetts is a bill of sale of a negro boy in Plym
outh in 1753.
The next case has valuable autographs, note books, and
a service of ancient silver tankards and goblets not now
in use, but belonging to the First Church of Christ in
Plymouth. There are also the first volume of the ancient
records of the First Church in Plymouth, and the works
of Pastor John Robinson, of Leyden.
The north ante-room is worthy attention of visitors, and
contains, with other things, an old sofa formerly owned by
Gov. Hancock, upon which he probably sat and plotted
treason with Samuel Adams -against the English crown.
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There are pictures of Plymouth, England, and other places
in that country, of Pilgrim interest, together with various
commissions, etchings, views, etc.; and a case containing
seven swords of notable personages, which are described
in the catalogues.
A fire-proof annex for the valuable library of the Pil
grim Society was built on the northerly side of the hall
in 1904, and on the steel shelves behind substantial metal
lattices, found necessary to protect the books from persons
of predatory inclinations, some 3000 volumes are arranged
in handsome cabinets. Some of these books are very rare
indeed, and if lost or destroyed could not be replaced.
The oldest volume bears the imprint 1559.
Above the bookcases are portraits; among them those
of Hon. Joshua Thomas, the first president of the Pilgrim
Society; Hon. John Davis, editor of Morton's New Eng
land Memorial, and former president of the Massachusetts
Historical Society; and Ephraim Spooner, who was for
thirty-four years deacon of the First Church, in Plym
outh, and a very prominent citizen of the town. He was
chairman of the Selectmen through the Revolutionary
War, in which capacity he rendered the country efficient
service, and was likewise for fifty-one years town clerk
of Plymouth. A very quaint painting is the portrait of
Elizabeth Wensley, hanging over the fireplace. She was
a daughter of William Paddy, and was born in Plymouth
1641. Her daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Dr. Isaac
Winslow, whose portrait appears in the Winslow group
in the main hall. The great centre table in the library
was owned by Gov. Edward Winslow, and stood in the
Council Chamber when he governed the Colony. On top
of one of the book cases is a model of a ship of the "May
flower" period, illustrative of the naval architecture and
rig of her time.
One of the cases at the foot of the Hall between the
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ante-rooms holds the gun barrel with which King Philip
was killed, also the original manuscript of Mrs. Felicia
Hemans* celebrated ode, "The breaking waves dashed
high, ' ' and William Cullen Bryant 's poem, ' ' Wild was the
day, the wintry sea," both presented by the late James T.
Fields of Boston. A piece of a mulberry tree, planted in
the garden of the Manor house at Scrooby by Cardinal
Wolsey, and the trowel used in laying the corner stone of
the National Monument to the Pilgrims, August 2, 1859,
are seen in this case among other . articles. In the other
there is a book given to Gov. Bradford by Pastor John
Robinson, brought over in the "Mayflower" by Bradford
and afterwards given by him to the church. A book
printed by Elder Brewster and a copy of Seneca's works
owned by Brewster likewise find place in this case, to
gether with a copy of the first edition of "Mourt's Rela
tion," written in Plymouth in 1621 and published in Lon
don in 1622.
A special case at the head of the Hall contains the old
est state document in New England, and probably in the
United States. This is the first patent granted to the:
Plymouth Colonists by the Northern Virginia Company.
A patent was granted by the Virginia Company in the
name of John Yincob, but never used. About the time of
the departure of the Forefathers from England for this
country a new company was created by a royal charter,
within the limits of which Plymouth was included, and
this patent dated June 1, 1621 was granted to John Pierce
by the Northern Virginia Company and sent over in the
"Fortune," arriving here in November of that year. This;
patent was found in the land office in Boston, among a
mass of old papers, by William Smith, Esq., one of the-
land committee. The Hon. John Davis, then editing a new
edition of Morton's New England Memorials, obtained it:
for his use in that book, and from him it came into the
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possession of the late Nathaniel Morton Davis, Esq., in
whose family it remained until deposited in the hall by
Mrs. William H. Whitman. It bears the seals and signa
tures of the Duke of Lenox, the Marquis of Hamilton, the
Earl of Warwick, Lord Sheffield and Sir Ferdinando
Gorges, with the exception that the seal of Hamilton is
missing. A sixth signature, probably that of John Peirce,
the party of the second part, is broken out of the parch
ment, leaving but a trace of the letter J. The seal to this
signature is also torn away.
From the curator's office a flight of stairs conducts to
the basement, where all desired conveniences for visitors
will be found. In the lower hall is an interesting museum
of articles which have been separated from the Pilgrim
collection, and as pertaining to ancient days in many in
stances or as curiosities will well repay examination.
Among them is the frame of the "SparrowHawk, " wrecked
on Cape Cod, at Orleans, in 1626, her company finding
refuge and assistance at Plymouth. Her history is re
markable, as being the first known vessel stranded on the
Cape, which since that time has been the grave yard of
fully 2,000 sea-going craft, with a loss of hundreds of lives.
A large placard attached to the old wreck gives the story.
To see these remains of a vessel as old as the Mayflower,
though much smaller, is very suggestive of the perils of
an ocean passage in the days of the Pilgrims.
The bones of the Indian Chief Iyanough are preserved
in a special case in the lower hall, together with a large
brass kettle and other implements found with the skeleton
which was discovered at Hyannis in Barnstable in May,
1861. During the past year the Pilgrim Society has acquired
the lot in the rear of the Hall and converted it into a small
park for the use of its patrons. It has been provided with
seats, a drinking fountain, a beautiful memorial fountain,
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the gift of the General Society, Daughters of tho Revolu
tion, a Sun Dial, the gift of the Colonial Daughters of
the Seventeenth Century, and it is hoped that visitors
will make use of it for luncheon parties and a place of
rest.

The Court House

"Though justice be thy plea, consider this, —
That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation."
T our right hand, sooir after leaving Pilgrim
Hall, we see a large building with a hand
some brick facade, standing a little back
from the street, and fronted by a small
park. This is the County Court House,
erected in 1820, and remodeled in 1857. It is one of the
finest buildings of the kind in the State, and the judges of
the different courts give it precedence in point of beauty,
convenience, etc., over all they visit. It has two entrances.
The northerly one leads. to a marble corridor, from which
is the stairway to the large court room above, admittance
• to witness rooms and the Third District Court. The south
erly entrance is to a corridor paved with Vermont marble,
and from which leads a flight of stairs for the court, the
bar, officers and jurymen, main court room, district at
torney's office, and grand jury room. On the left, below,
is the room of the Clerk of Courts, with the room of the
County Treasurer opposite; beyond are rooms for various
uses together with that of the County Commissioners, and
the Law Library. The Library opens from the Commis
sioner's room, and also connects by a stairway with the
upper corridor.

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The New Registry Building
PPOSITE the Court House, on Russell street,
in 1904, the County erected a very fine and
conveniently appointed fireproof building
for the Probate Court and Registry of
Deeds. The latter is on the lower floor,
with a large hall for the records and necessary desks and
tables to facilitate the examination of the books. There
are also commodious rooms for the Register and his as
sistants and the corps of recorders.

THE NEW REGISTRY BUILDING.

In the Registry of Deeds are the earliest records of
Plymouth Colony, in the handwriting of the men who are
now held in reverence the world over for their courage
in braving the perils of an unknown sea and an equally
unknown shore, to face the dangers of savage men and sav
age beasts, in their constancy to what they believed to be
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their duty, and for planting on this spot the great princi
ples of a government by the people, —
"A church without a bishop,
A state without a king."
Here is their writing, some of it quaint and crabbed,
some fair and legible. Here, on these very pages, rested
the hands fresh from handling the sword and the musket
or the peaceful implements of husbandry, of Bradford
and Brewster and Standish and others of that heroic
band. Here is the original laying-out of the first street,—
Leyden street. Here is the plan of the plots of ground
first assigned for yearly use, which they called, in the tinge
of the Dutch tongue they had acquired in their long resi
dence in Holland, "meersteads." Here are the simple and
yet wise rules — laws they can hardly be called — laid down
for the government of the infant colony.
Here is the order establishing jury trial in Governor
Bradford's writing, the order for the first custom laws,
the division of cattle into lots, one cow being divided
into thirteen lots. It was four years after the Landing
before any domestic cattle were brought over, and in order
to equalize them they were divided into lots, each family
having one. It must have been a pretty nice affair to
divide the milk of one cow among thirteen parties, to sat
isfy all.
Here also is the second patent to the company from the
Earl of Warwick, granted in 1629, with its great wax seal
engraved for the purpose, and the original box in Avhich it
came from England. Here are signatures, also, of nearly
as much interest as those of the Pilgrims themselves, — the
marks of the original proprietors of all these broad fields
and forests, whose names are represented by signs of bows
and tortoises, of reptiles and animals.
Here are also ancient deeds written in the Indian lan
guage, as put in form by Eliot and Mayo. The record clerk
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must have had his patience severely taxed when they were
copied. The Registry of Probate is on the second floor, where
with the several offices there is a beautiful court room for
the Probate sessions. The filing and registry room is a
model for convenience in safe keeping and reference to
papers concerning estates.
Opposite Court Square is the Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church, a fine building erected in 1885-86, which
is an ornamental and prominent feature of the locality.
The building at the right of the church is the Old Col
ony Club, instituted in 1769. Next beyond is Russell
Building, in which is located the Pilgrim Bookstore, where
will be found a large and varied collection of souvenirs,
views of interesting localities, books of Pilgrim story and
history, post cards and mementos of a visit to "Pilgrim
Land."

Pn.GRIM MEERSTEADS.

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The Prison

"I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs —
A palace and a prison on each hand."
N the rear of the Court House stands the
former County Prison, a substantial brick
building, with granite trimmings. It is now
used for temporary detention of prisoners
at trial, and by agreement with the Com
missioners the town of Plymouth leases a portion of the
building for a police station.

-^egSSC**&*2S* ¦_

_  : 

COUNTY PRISON.
In May, 1908, the County purchased a large farm at the
south part of the town, and erected suitable buildings of
cement concrete, and prisoners convicted of minor offences
are there kept at work with the design of making the penal
institution self-supporting, as well as contributing to the
health and general welfare of offenders detained for short
terms. The new prison is light, commodious and airy, and

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has 140 cells for men, and 12 for women. The. number of
prisoners averages about 120, about half of them being
"trusties," who perform the farm labor cheerfully, with
but little oversight other than that necessary for direction.
The prisoners were transferred from the old jail in the
middle of July, 1911. Sheriff Earl P. Blake rules humane
ly but firmly, and is as popular with his criminal house
hold as he is throughout the county. This rational em
ployment of prison labor for self support, is working
splendidly, and the farm, the first of the kind in this
country to be established on such a basis, is visited with
much interest by officials connected with the criminal
institutions of this and other states for the purpose of "
learning the methods of administration.

The Rock

"A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires
Prom bondage far over the dark rolling sea;
On that holy altar they kindled the fires,
Jehovah, which glow in our bosoms for thee."
ONTINUING our way along Court Street a
little farther, we come to North Street, at
which point the name' of the main thorough
fare changes to Main Street, the business
section of the town. Turning down North
Street, leading to the water, in a little distance we come to
the brow of the hill. On the left, Winslow Street winds
northward, and on it we see an old mansion, partially
hidden by two noble old linden trees. This house was built
by Edward Winslow, brother to Gen. John Winslow in
1754. He had the frame got out in England and brought
over for this purpose. The trees in front were planted
by his daughter about 1760. Additions were made to the
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house in 1898, which is now owned and occupied by Mrs.
C. L. Willoughby.
Descending the hill the visitor will find the entire har
bor front changed in accordance with the comprehensive
plans of the State Tercentenary Commission. The canopy
which, for forty years, has stood above Plymouth Rock
has been removed, the rock lowered to its original bed and

WINSLOW HOUSE, BUILT IN 1754.

the new portico, the gift of the National Society of Colo
nial Dames of America, under process of construction,
over the Rock. The wharves and buildings have been
removed and, as stated before, this part of the water
front will become a part of the State Park system.
The upper portion of the renowned boulder, nearly
all of that Avhich is now in sight, was for one hundred and
six years separated from the original Rock, and during
this long period occupied localities remote from the Land
ing-place. In 1774, during the series of events leading to
the Revolution, an attempt to raise the Rock for transpor
tation to Town Square disclosed the fact that the upper
portion had become separated from the lower, probably
through action of frost. It was taken to the Square where
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it was deposited at the foot of a liberty pole from which
waved a flag bearing the motto, "Liberty or death." It
remained there until 1834, when at a celebration of the
Fourth of July it was carried in procession to Pilgrim
Hall, deposited in the front area, and inclosed by an iron
fence. Here the separated part of the Rock remained
forty-six years, its incongruous position away from the

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PORTICO OVER PLYMOUTH ROCK— UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 1921.

water not being understood by visitors without lengthy
explanation. Mr. Stickney, the gentleman by whose liber
ality the alterations in Pilgrim Hall were being made in
the summer of 1880, recognized the impropriety of this
condition, and proposed reuniting the parts at the original
Landing-place. The Pilgrim Society readily acceded to
this proposition, and accordingly on Monday, September
27, 1880, without ceremony, this part of the Rock was
placed beneath the Monumental Canopy at the waterside,
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the reunited pieces, after a separation of one hundred and
six years, probably now presenting much the same ap
pearance as when the Pilgrim shallop grazed its side. As
to the identity of this Rock, and the certainty of its being
the very one consecrated by the first touch of Pilgrim feet
on this shore, there is not the slightest loophole for a
doubt. Ancient records, now accessible, refer to it as an
object of prominence on the shore, before the building of
the wharf about it in the year 1741. Thomas Faunce, the
elder of the church, who was born in 1647 and died in
1746, at the age of 99, was the son of John Faunce, who
came over in the "Ann" in 1623. At the age of ninety-
five years hearing that the Rock, which from youth he had
venerated, was to be disturbed, he visited the locality, re
lated the history of the Rock as told him by his father and
contemporary Pilgrims, and in the presence of many wit
nesses declared it to be that upon which the Forefathers
landed in 1620. Thus it has been pointed out and identi
fied from one generation to another, and from the days of
the first comers to the present time. Not a shadow of
distrust rests upon it as being the identical spot where
the first landing was effected on the shore of Plymouth.
About a century and three-fourths have elapsed since
Elder Faunce gave his personal testimony, and the lives of
two or three elderly people cover that period, so the evi
dence is of positive rather than traditional character.
The Rock was originally a solid boulder of about seven
tons, and undoubtedly a glacial deposit. It is greenish
syenite, very hard, and bears high polish when its frag
ments are worked for various purposes.

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The Landing

*ET us picture to ourselves the scene on that
Monday morning, when, after the rest on
Clark's Island they came in their shallop to
inspect the new country that they had provi
dentially found. The wharves and build
ings and every trace of civilization vanish. All is wild and
unknown. Across the harbor comes the boat and every eye
anxiously and keenly scanning the strange
shore to discover the presence of human
beings, who will be sure to
be enemies. They coast
along the shore by cliff and
lowland, hand on weapon,
every sense alert for the
expected warwhoop
and attack, a steep
and sandy cliff,
(Cole's Hill) the base
of which is washed by
the water meets their
eyes; at its foot a great
boulder, brought from some
far-away coast by a glacier, in some long-gone age. Oval in
form, with a flat top, it seems the very place to bring the
great clumsy boat up to, as from its crest they can spring
to the shore, dry-shod, a matter which, after their previous
wading in the ice-cold water at the Cape, is of no small
moment. The shallop is steered to its side; the company'
steps upon the Rock, and the Landing of the Forefath
ers, now so reverently commemorated, is completed. Look
along the shore at this day, north or south, and you may
see cliffs as Cole's Hill was then, with the mouth of Town

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Brook near by the Rock, which later made a safe little
harbor for their boats in the rear of the dwellings which
they erected on the south side of Leyden Street. Divested
of romance thrown around it by time, it should be remein-
hered that the "Landing," Dec. 21, 1620, was that of the
exploring party which had coasted around the bay, the
"Mayflower" then being in Cape Cod Harbor.

THE GURNET.

This party was made up of " ten of their principal men, ' '
according to Bradford, whose names, as given in "Mourt's
Relation," were Captain Standish, Governor Carver,
William Bradford, Edward Winslow, John Tilley,
Edward Tilley, John Howland, from Leyden: with Richard
Warren, Stephen Hopkins and Edward Dotey from
London, and also two of the Pilgrim's seamen, John
Allerton and Thomas English. In addition to these,
Captain Jones of the ' ' Mayflower ' ' sent three of his seamen,
with his two mates and pilots named Clarke and Coppin.
The master gunner of the ship by importunity also got
leave to accompany them. Thup the shallop contained
eighteen men, twelve of the "Mayflower" company and
six of Jones' men.
According to "Mourt's Relation," the exploring party,
having landed from the Rock, "marched also into the
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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 the people, which
did much comfort their hearts. ' '
The "Mayflower" weighs her anchor, Dec. 26, 1620, and
spreading sail moves across the bay. Feeling carefully
their way, they pass the Gurnet and navigate along the
channel inside the beach, until in the wide bend towards
the town just above the present Beach wharf, as is believed
by those who have studied the situation, the anchor is
dropped, not to be again disturbed until the following
spring. But the location is not yet settled. Some,
with the alarm of the recent encounters vividly impressed
upon them, think the Island, surrounded by water and
easily defended, would be a good place. Jones river,
sending its unimpeded waters to meet the waves of the
bay, attracts the attention of others. "So in the morning,
after we had called on God for direction, we came to this
resolution, to go presently ashore again, and to take a
better view of two places which we thought most fitting
for us ; for we could not now take time for further search
or consideration, our vituals being much spent, especially
our beer, and it being now the 19th of December (old
style). After our landing and visiting the places, so well
as we could, we came to a conclusion, by most voices, to
set on a high ground, where there is a great deal of land
cleared, and hath been planted with corn three or four
years ago ; and there is a very sweet brook runs under the
hillside, and many delicate springs of as good water as can
be drunk, and where we may harbor our shallops and boats
exceedingly well; and in this brook fish in their season;
on the further side of the river also much corn ground
cleared. In one field is a great hill on which we point to
make a platform, and plant our ordnance, which will com
mand all around about. From thence we may see into the
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bay, and far into the sea ; and we may see thence Cape Cod.
Our greatest labor will be the fetching of our wood, which
is half a quarter of an English mile ; but there is enough so
far off. What people inhabit here we yet know not, for as
yet we have seen none. So there we made our rendezvous,
and a place for some of our people, about twenty, resolving
in the morning to come all ashore and to build houses."

Coles' Hill
"Not Winter's sullen face,
Not the fierce, tawny race
In arms arrayed,
Not hunger shook their faith;
Not sickness' baleful breath,
Not Carver's early death,
Their souls dismayed."
SCENDING the broad flight of steps leading
to the brow of the hill, and turning to the
left, we tread upon sacred, hallowed ground.
Here were buried, in that dark, sad winter
in which they landed, half of their little
band. The terrible tale is told concisely by the narrator
already quoted. "This month (March) thirteen of our
number die. And in three months past dies half our
company — the greatest part in the depth of winter, want
ing houses and other comforts, being afflicted with the
scurvy and other diseases which their long voyage and
unaccommodate condition brought upon them, so as there
die sometimes two or three a day. Of a hundred persons
scarce fifty remaining; the living scarce able to bury the
dead; the well not sufficient to tend the sick, there being
in their time of greatest distress, but six or seven, who
spare no pains to help them. ' ' They buried them on this
hill, and levelled the graves, and in the spring following
planted grain above them, that the Indians might not
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know the extent of their great loss. At four different
times the remains have been discovered. In- 1735, in a
great rain, the water, rushing down Middle Street to the
harbor, caused a deep gully there , exposing human
remains and washing them into the sea. In 1855, work
men engaged in digging trenches for the water works found
parts of five skeletons. The graves were in the roadway,

PILGRIM EXILES.

about five rods south of the foot of Middle Street. One
of the skulls was sent to a competent anatomist in Boston,
and was pronounced to be of the Caucasian race.
All of the remains which have been found from time to
time have been carefully preserved, and will be buried
beneath the Sarcophagus now under process of construc
tion, the gift of the General Society of Mayflower
Descendants, as a memorial to those who died during the
first year.
Tbe street has been changed so that it will not pass over
the graves of the Pilgrims, necessitating the removal of
some, of the houses at the corner of Middle and Carver
Streets, and on this site will be placed the statue of the
Pilgrim Maiden, designed and made by the sculptor,
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Kitson, the gift of the National Society of New England
Women. On the brow of the Hill overlooking the Rock and facing
the East, will be placed the Statue of Massasoit, designed
by the eminent sculptor, Cyrus E. Dallin, noted for his
Indian figures, the gift of the Independent order of Red
Men of America.
Cole's Hill has other histories, also. From the first
days its position above and commanding the harbor led to
its being selected as a place of defence. In 1742 the
General Court granted a sum of money to the town to
erect a battery here. In 1775, the old defence having
gone to decay, a new one was built and manned, and con
tinued to be kept up during the war. In 1814 still
another fort was thrown up here, and placed in charge of
companies of soldiers stationed in the town. In 1915-16
the brow of the hill southeast of Middle Street was filled
off, continuing the esplanade from North to Leyden Street,
much improving former conditions.

Leyden .Street

(Originally named First Street, afterwards in the Records called
Great and Broad Street; named Leyden Street in 1823.)
"There first was heard the welcome strain
Of axe and hammer, saw and plane. ' '
ALKING around the brow of the hill
through Carver Street, we pass the hand
some vestry of the Baptist church, built in
1915, and next the Universalist church,
erected in 1826 on the spot where stood
the ancient Allyne House, one of the last of
its architecture to disappear in the colony. Standing on
this elevation, we can see the reason for the selection of
this place for the settlement. There below us, are the
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waters of "the very sweet brook," into which the "many
delicate springs" still continue to run. How sweet they
must have tasted to the palates of those poor stormtossed
wayfarers, who for months had been drinking the ship's
stale water ! Sweet and pure they are now as they were
then. Then the brook came to the sea in its natural wild-
ness, unfettered by bridge or dam. Where it met the
waters of the ocean was quite a wide estuary, so that
before the lower bridge was built schooners of considerable
size were wintered here nearly up to the second bridge.
Beyond it is the land where there was "much corn land
cleared." Just below the junction of Carver and Leyden
streets they built their first building, a ' ' common house. ' '
In 1801, in digging a cellar at that place, several tools and
a plate of iron were found, which without doubt were in
this ' ' common house. ' ' This house was about twenty feet
square, and thatched. It took fire in the roof Jan. 14,
1621, and the thatch was burnt. It was a common log house,
such as built now by Western pioneers, and probably was
not used many years, these articles found were probably
left in it unnoticed when vacated and only came to light
when the little colony to whom they were so useful had
expanded into a great nation. A sign and bronze tablet
now mark this spot.
"Mourt's Relation" furnishes us an interesting
record : —
"Thursday, the 28th (old style) of December, so many as
could went to work on the hill, where we proposed to build
our platform for our ordnance, and which doth command
all the plain and the bay, and from whence we may see
far into the sea, and might be easier impaled, having two
rows of houses and a fair street. So in the afternoon we
went to measure out the grounds ; and first we took notice
how many families there were, willing all single men that
had no wives to join with some family, as they thought fit,
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so that we might build fewer houses; which done, and we
reduced them to nineteen families.
"To greater families we alloted larger plots; to every
person half a pole in breadth and three in length, and so
lots were cast where every man should lie ; which was done
and staked out, ' ' and this was laying out of Leyden Street,
so named in 1823. An unfinished plan of this street is to
be seen on the old records of the Colony, at the Registry of
Deeds. The full plot of the little settlement was about as
shown in the annexed line drawing.

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Continuing up Leyden street to Main street, we pass on
our left the V. S. Government post office and custom house
building, a handsome Colonial edifice completed in 1915.
This site is peculiarly and historically appropriate for the
Federal building, as it is the lot assigned to William

POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE.
Brewster, Dec. 28, 1620, (old style), in the laying out just
described. He was the elder or spiritual teacher of the
Pilgrims, so on his homestead where he taught religious
liberty which distinguishes our country, the Nation places
its representative cornerstone — a most happy coincidence
of the marking of Colonial and National beginnings. The
public fountain at the corner gives invitation to "freely
drink and quench your thirst" from the Pilgrim Spring
on the Brewster meerstead, the water of which is sent by
electric power from the cool, copiously gushing source near
the bank of Town Brook, 200 feet away.

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Plymouth in 1627
N 1627, Isaac DeRaiseres, an officer from the
Dutch Colony of New Netherland, now New
York, visited Plymouth, and in a letter to
Holland sends the following description of
appearance of the place : —
"New Plymouth lies on the slope of a hill stretching east
toward the sea coast, with a broad street about a cannon
shot of eight hundred (yards) long, leading down the hill,
with a (street ) crossing in the middle northwards to the
rivulet and southwards to the land.*
The houses are constructed of hewn
planks, with gardens also enclosed be
hind and at the sides with hewn planks,
so that their houses and court-yards are
arranged in very good order, with a
stockade against a sudden attack; and at
Jthe ends of the street are three
I wooden gates. In the centre, on
I the cross street, stands the
Governor 's house, before which
is a square enclosure, upon
which four patereros (steen-stucken) are mounted, so as
to flank along the streets. Upon the hill they have a large
square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks,
stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have
six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds,
and command the surrounding country."

*An error in statement of the points of the compass is here evident.
be "southwards to the rivulet and northwards to the land."

It should

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Town Square

BOVE Main and Market streets we enter
Town Square, shaded by its noble elms,
planted in 1784. On the corner of Main
Street, a large building was built in 1875 by
Mayflower Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., covering the
spot on which stood the house of William Bradford, so
many years, the Pilgrim governor. It was burned January
10, 1904, and the ' ' Governor Bradford Building, ' ' a hand
some brick structure with stores and offices took its place.
A bronze tablet calls attention to the locality.

GOV. BRADFORD'S HOUSE IN 1621.
Above this is the Congregational Church, known as
the "Church of the Pilgrimage."
The present building was erected in 1840, and stands
very near the site of the First Meeting-house in Plymouth,
built in 1638.
Opposite is an old building, now the Town House, on
which is a historical bronze tablet. It was built in 1749 as
a court house, the town contributing a part of the cost for
the privilege of using it. When the new court house was
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the town and in it most of the town officers are located, also
public sanitary conveniences. At the head of the square is
the First Parish Church, the original church of the
Pilgrims.

CHURCH OF THE PHX3RIMACE.
The first "Meeting-house," as the Pilgrims called church
edifices, to distinguish them from houses of worship of the
established church, has been proved, by the investigations
of Mr. W. T. Davis, to have stood on the north side of the
square, near the spot occupied by the present Governor
Bradford building. Of this we know but little, except that
it was erected in 1638, (the Forefathers before that time
worshipping in the fort on the hill), and had a bell. In
1683 a new building was erected, not on the same lot, but
farther out at the head of the square. This was forty-five
by forty feet, sixteen feet in the walls, had a Gothic roof,
diamond window glass and a bell.
In 1744, still another church was built on or near the
same site. This remained until 1830, when a Gothic

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edifice was erected. This stood farther up the hill than the
previous one, and was destroyed by fire Nov. 22, 1892.
The present stone building was completed and dedicated on
December 21, 1899, and has on its front, tablets designating
it as the first church. Its entrance portal is a fine repro
duction of the arched doorway of the old church at Auster-
field, England, in which Gov. Bradford was christened.

CHURCH OF THE FIRST PARIblL.

Burial Hill

"The Pilgrim Fathers are at rest;
When Summer's throned on high,
And the world's warm breast is in verdure dressed,
Go, stand on the hill where they lie."
\ EYOND and above Town Square stretches
the verdant slope consecrated from the
earliest years of the Colony as a place of
sepulture. Here repose the ashes of those
who survived the first winter. "In one
field a great hill, on which we point to make a platform and
plant our ordnance, which will command all round about.

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From thence we may see into the bay and far into the sea. ' '
Marble tablets mark the location of the Old Fort and Watch
Tower, while numerous stones and monuments, which can
easily be deciphered, point out resting places of Pilgrims
and descendants.
All of the most interesting graves and points of interest
have been marked with colonial yellow signs for the benefit
of the visitors to this historic spot.

GOV. BRADFORD'S MONUMENT, BURIAL HILL.
The marble obelisk in memory of Gov. William
Bradford, the second governor, with its Hebrew text, now
difficult to decipher, but translated by good authority to
read: "Let the right hand of the Lord awake," together
with a Latin inscription, freely rendered : "Do not basely
relinquish v.hat the Fathers with difficulty attained,"
erected in 1825, is near to us, and around it are numerous
stones, marking the graves of his descendants. On the
south side of the Governor 's obelisk is inscribed :
H I William Bradford of Austerfield Yorkshire England. Was
the son of William and Alice Bradford. He was Governor of
Plymouth Colony from 1621 to 1633 1635 1637 1639 to 1643 1645 to
1657

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On the north side:
Under this stone rest the ashes of William Bradford a zealous
Puritan & sincere Christian Gov. of Ply. Col. from 1621 to 1657,
(the year he died) aged 69, except 5 yrs, which he declined.
A little back, on a path to the rear entrance to the hill is
the oldest stone in the cemetery. It must be remembered
that for many years the colonists had far other cares, and

GRAVE OF THOMAS CLARK, 1697.

many other uses for their little savings, than to provide
stones to mark their graves. These had to be imported
from England at much cost, and consequently it was some
years before any were able to afford the expense. The
oldest stone is that to the memory of Edward Gray, 1681.
Mr. Gray was a merchant, and one of the wealthiest men
in the colony. Near the head of this path is a stone to
William Crowe, 1683-84. Near by is one to Thomas Clark,
1697, erroneously reputed to have been the mate of the
"Mayflower," but who came in the "Ann," in 1623.
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Clark's Island received its name from John Clark, now
known to have been the mate of the "Mayflower." Beside
the grave of Thomas Clark is that of his son, Nathaniel,
who was one of the councillors of Sir Edward Andros,
Governor of New England. Other old stones are those
of Mrs. Hannah Clark, 1697: and John Cotton, 1699.
These are all the original stones bearing dates in the
seventeenth century. There are some with dates of that
century which have been erected since, by descendants,
including the monument to Governor Bradford, before
alluded to ; the fine granite shaft to Robert Cushman ; and
the stone over the remains of John Howland. The
inscription on the latter stone reads as follows: —
Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN HOWLAND who died Feb
ruary 23, 167 2-3, aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth
daughter of JOHN TILLEY who came with him in the Mayflower
Dec. 1620. From them are descended a numerous posterity.
"Hee was a godly man and an ancient professor in the wayes
of Christ. Hee was one of the first comers into this land and was
the last man that was left of those that came over in the Shipp
called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth." — (Plymouth Eec-
ords.) Near the Bradford monument are the graves of his
family. The face of the stone at the grave of his son,
Major William Bradford, shelled off in 1876-77, but the
inscription has since been retraced. The cut following is
reproduced from a view taken of the original, and is an
exact facsimile —
Here lyes ye body of ye honourable Major William Bradford,
who expired Feb' ye 20th, 1703-4, aged 79 years.
He lived long, but still was doing good,
And in his country's service lost much blood,
And a life well spent, he's now at rest,
His very name and memory is blest.
At the grave of another son the headstone reads as
follows :
Here lyes interred ye body of Mr. Joseph Bradford, son of the
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late Honorable William Bradford, Esq., Governor of Plymouth
Colony, who departed this life July the 10th, 1715 in- the eighty-
fifth year of his age.

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GRAVE OF MAJOR WILLIAM BRADFORD. .
The following are some of the inscriptions of the older
stones :
Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Hannah Sturtevant, aged about sixty-
four years. Dec. in March, 1708-9.
Here lyes buried the body of Mr. Thomas Faunce, ruling elder of.
the First Church of Christ in Plymouth. Deceased Feb 'y, 27, 1745,
in the ninety-ninth year of his age.
The fathers — where are they?
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
(Elder Faunce was the last who held the office of ruling
elder in the church. He was contemporary with many of
the first comers, and from him comes much of the informa
tion we possess about the localities now venerated.)

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The epitaphs in old graveyards possess much interest to
the lovers of the quaint and curious, and this first cemetery
of New England is not without its attraction of that kind.
The following are some of the most interesting : —
This stone is erected to the memory of that unbiased judge,
faithful officer, sincere friend, and honest man, Col. Isaac Lothrop
who resigned his life on the 26th day of April, 1750, in the forty-
third year of his age.
Had Virtue's charms the power to save
Its faithful votaries from the grave,
This stone had ne'er possessed the fame
Of being marked with Lothrop 's name.

GRAVE OF DR. FRANCIS LEBARON.
"THE NAMELESS NOBLEMAN."

A row of stones on the top of the hill, near the marble
tablet marking the locality of the Watch Tower, is raised to
the memory of the ministers of the First Parish. Back of
these is the Judson lot, where the sculptor's chisel has
perpetuated the remembrance of Rev. Adoniram Judson,
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the celebrated missionary to Burmah, whose body was
committed to the keeping of Old Ocean. On the westerly
side of the hill is a monument erected by Stephen Gale of
Portland, Me.: —
To the memory of seventy-two seamen, who perished in Plymouth
Harbor, on the 26th and 27th days of December, 1778, on board
the private armed brig, General Arnold, of twenty guns, James
Magee, of Boston, Commander; sixty of whom were buried in this
spot. About midway on the easterly slope a little to the north
of the main path up the hill, on the stone to a child aged
one month: — He glanced into our world to see
A sample of our miserie.
On a stone a little farther north, to the memory of four
children, aged respectively thirty-six, twenty-one, seventeen
and two years : - —
Stop traveller and shed a tear
Upon the fate of children dear.
On the path towards the schoolhouse on a stone to a
woman with an infant child by her side: —
Come view the seen, 'twill fill you with surprise,
Behold the loveliest form in nature dies;
At noon she flourished, blooming, fair and gay;
At evening an extended corpse she lay.
Near the entrance to this path is the grave of a Revolu
tionary soldier, Capt. Jacob Taylor ; died 1788 : —
Through life he braved her foe, if great or small,
And marched out foremust at his country's call.
On this path is the grave of Joseph Bartlett, who died in
1703 :— Thousands of years after blest Abel's fall,
, 'Twas said of him, being dead he speaketh yet;
From silent grave methinks I hear a call: —
Pray, fellow mortals, don't your death forget.
You that your eyes cast on this grave,
Know you a dying time must have.
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Near the same place is a curious stone, to the memory of
John Cotton: —
Here lyes interred three children, viz., three sons of Bev. Mr.- John
Cotton, who died in the work of the gospel ministry at
Charlestown, South Carolina, Sept.
ye 18th, 1869, where he had great success, and seven sons of
Josiah Cotton, Esq., who died in their infancy.

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FANNIE CROMBIE.
As young as beautiful and soft as young,
And gay as soft; and innocent as gay.
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On the southerly slope of the hill, near a pine grove, is
a stone to a child: —
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are
set on edge.
On the stone, to the memory of Thomas Jackson, died in
1794 :— The spider's most attenuated thread
Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie.
MARTHA COTTON, 1796.
Many years I lived
Many painful scenes I passed,
Till God at last
Called me home.

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GRAVE OF NATHANIEL GOODWIN.
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In a long lot enclosed with an iron fence : —
F. W. Jackson, obit M. C. H. 23, 1797, 1 yr. 7 dys.,
Heav 'n knows what man
He might have made. But we
He died a most rare boy.
A little farther on in this path is the stone to Tabitha
Plasket, 1807, the epitaph on which, written supposedly
by herself, breaths such a spirit of defiance that it attracts
much attention: —
Adieu, vain world, I've seen enough of thee;
And I am careless what thou say'st of me;
Thy smiles I wish not,
Nor thy frowns I fear,
I am now at rest, my head lies quiet here.
Mrs. Plasket, in her widowhood, taught a private school
for small children, at the same time, as was the custom of
her day, doing her spinning. Her mode of punishment
was to pass skeins of yarn under the arms of the little
culprits, and hang them upon pegs. A suspended row
was a ludicrous sight.
Mr. Joseph Plasket (husband of Tabitha) died in 1794,
at the age of forty-eight years. The widow wrote his epi
taph as follows: —
All you that doth behold my stone,
Consider how soon I was gone.
Death does not always warning give,
Therefore be careful how you live.
Eepent in time, no time delay,
I in my prime was called away.
Nearly opposite this is one on a very young child: —
The babe that's caught from womb and breast,
Claim right to sing above the rest,
Because they found the happy shore
They never saw or sought before.
As this path comes out on the brow of the hill, near a
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white fence, is a stone to Elizabeth Savery, 1831 :—
Remember me as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so you will be,
Therefore prepare to follow me.
On the path by the fence in the rear of the hill : —
The father and the children dead, •
We hope to Heaven tlieir souls have fled.
The widow now alone is left,
Of all her family bereft.
May she now put her trust in God,
To heal the wound made by His rod.
On a stone raised to the memory of a child:—
He listened for a while to hear
Our mortal griefs; then turned his ear
To angel harps and songs, and cried
To join their notes celestial, sigh'd and died.

THE OLD FORT AND FIRST MEETING HOUSE, 1621.
A little from the path up Burial Hill to the left, just
below the tall Cushman monument, a marble tablet desig
nates the spot where the fort of the little colony was sit
uated, quite a portion of its outline still being distinct,
particularly at the easterly corner. We can see at once

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with what sagacity the site was chosen, undoubtedly by
Standish. It commanded Leyden Street, and the ap
proaches from the brook over which the Indians came.
On the little elevation at the extreme western part of
the hill, the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution have, during the past year, built
and presented to the town a perfect replica of the Old
Powder House, built in 1770 and demolished in 1861 or
1862. Standing here, we have a view of the southern part of
the town. The blue heights of Manomet Hills shut in the
horizon. Beyond them lies the little hamlet of South Plym
outh, a rural village with summer hotels, the Ardmore Inn
and Idlewild hotels of considerable celebrity, especially
among sportsmen, to which the very spacious and beauti
ful Mayflower Inn has been added in 1917. On this side is
the village of Chiltonville, with its churches and factories.
Far down to the shore, near the head of the Beach, is the
Hotel Pilgrim. Just south of the hotel are the beautiful
level lawns and attractive cozy club-house of the Plymouth
Country Club, the golf links being situated on the opposite
side of Warren avenue, running over high, clear, breezy
fields and commanding a splendid view of ocean and of
land. Near lies the southerly portion of the main part of
the town, divided by the brook. Across the stream,/6r
pond, just beyond Main Street extension with its bridge
built in 1907-8, is the public common, laid out very early
as a "Training Green," the name it bears today. \ It is an
attractive square surrounded with large elm trees, and in
its centre stands the monument erected in 1869 to the
memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Plymouth, who gave
their lives for the country in the Civil War. Before the
Pilgrims came the Green was an Indian cornfield.

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Watson's Hill

BOVE the Green is Watson's Hill, now cov
ered with houses. This was the "Cantau-
ganteest" of the Indians, one of their favor
ite resorts where they had their summer
camps, and on the level below planted their
corn. It is famous as the opening scene of the treaty with
Massasoit, made April 1, 1621. Gov. Bradford had a tract

WATSON'S HILL.

of land assigned him here on which to raise corn, and to
this day portions of the hill remain in the Bradford name
and others of direct descent from him.

The Watch Tower
A little to the north of the site of the old fort another
tablet marks the plaoe of the brick watch tower erected in
1643. The locality of this tower is indicated by four stone
posts set in the ground to mark its corners. The brick
foundations are still there, about a foot below the surface,

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and the old hearthstone on which the Pilgrims built their
watch fires still lies where they placed it, on the southerly
side of the enclosure. The location of the tower was dis
covered many years ago in digging a grave, when the sex
ton came upon the foundation. The town records of Sept.
23, 1643, have the following entry in regard to it : "It is

SITE OF THE WATCH TOWER, 1643.
Back of this is seen the lot of Rev. Adoniram Judson,
the famous missionary to Burmah.

agreed upon the whole that there shall be a watch house
forthwith, built of brick, and that Mr. Grimes will sell us
the brick at eleven shillings a thousand. ' '
This is the first mention of brick in the records of the
colony, and it is to be presumed that this marks about the
time of the first brickyards. The cause of the tower being
built was probably^ the threat.enings of the Indians, which
resulted in the Narragansett war.
Still later, in 1676, another fortification was erected on
the hill, presumably covering the same area, enclosing a
hundred feet square, "with palisadoes ten and one half
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The town agreed with Nathaniel Southworth to build a
watch house, "which is to be sixteen feet in length, twelve
feet in breadth, and eight feet stud, to be walled with
feet high, and three pieces of ordnance planted on it."
boards, and to have two floors, the upper floor to be six
feet above the tower, to batten the walls and make a small
pair of stairs in it, the roof to be covered with shingles,

ALONG THE WHARVES.

and a chimney to be built in it. For the said work he is
to have eight pounds, either in money or other pay equiva
lent." This being only thirty-two years after the build
ing of the brick tower, it would seem as if the latter could
hardly have fallen or been taken down, and it is possible
if not probable, that the wooden watch tower was built
upon the old brick one ; but of this we can only conjecture.
This was in the period of King Philip's War in 1675.
From here might have been seen the blaze of the houses of
Eel River (now Chiltonville), and the terrible warwhoop
almost heard as the savages burst upon the little hamlet
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near Bramhall's corner on that peaceful Sabbath in
March, 1676, when they left eleven dead bodies of women
and children and smoking ruins to mark tlieir savage on
slaught.

The Harbor

E have, from the easterly brow of Burial
Hill, a beautiful picture of the harbor and
its surroundings. Below us the ground
slopes to the water, cut into terrace below
terrace, with the buildings upon them. At
its foot are the wharves and harbor, and below it the Beach
near which the "Mayflower" swung at her anchors.

OFF BEACH POINT.

Manomet is the range of misty blue hills stretching into
the bay on the right. Kingston and Duxbury, with Cap
tain's Hill are on the left, and far out Clark's Island,
Saquish, and the Gurnet, with the thin, sandy strip of
beach joining the latter headlands. On the Gurnet is Fort
Andrew, and at Saquish is Fort Standish, both earthworks,
built by the Government during the Civil War of 1861-65,
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but now dismantled and unused. These sites are the pro
perty of the United States. The Gurnet, it is said, takes
its name from a somewhat similar promontory in the Eng
lish channel, near Plymouth, England. On it are located
a United States life-saving station, twin lighthouses and
a Dabol trumpet fog signal. A whistling buoy at the
entrance of the harbor, opposite the Gurnet, gives warning
in thick weather, of the dangerous Brown's Island shoal.
Saquish is an Indian word signifying an abundance of
clams. Clark's Island was named from the mate of the
"Mayflower," who commanded the shallop on the expedi
tion when the island was discovered.
The following statistics were furnished by Capt. A. M.
Harrison from the United States Survey of 1853-57:
From the shore end of Long Wharf, in a straight line, to
Gurnet Light, the distance is four and seven-sixteenths
statute miles, or, three and seven-eighths nautical miles.
The length of Plymouth Beach, from the foot of Manomet
Hills to the beacon on extreme point, is three and five-
sixteenths statute miles, or two and seven-eights nautical
miles. The length of the Beach from its junction with the
mainland to the beacon, is two and five^eighths statute
miles, or two and one-fotirth nautical miles.

Voyage of the Maflower Shallop
. ROM Burial Hill we can overlook the whole
course of that boat expedition which started
on its voyage of discovery from the ' ' May
flower" in Provincetown Harbor, directly
opposite us across the bay. Coasting along
the inside of Cape Cod at the right, its sandy shore hidden
by distance from our sight, some of the exploring party on
foot, forcing their way through the tangled wilderness,
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sometimes wading in half frozen water through the surf
or across brooks, they slowly make their way. Constantly
on the alert, and two or three times attacked ahd beating
off their assailants, the shallop now with all the party
aboard nears Manomet point. It begins to snow and rain
and the wind to blow and the seas to rise. Now the hinge
of the rudder breaks, and oars are got out to steer with.
Master Coppin, the pilot, bids them to be of good cheer, for

THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR.

he sees the harbor which he had promised them. Across
the bay they drive, keeping on a press of sail to make the
desired harbor before nightfall when crash goes the mast,
broken into three pieces, and the shallop is near being
wrecked. Now the flood-tide takes them and bears them
in past the Gurnet nose, and Master Coppin, finding him
self in a strange place that he had never seen before,
throws up his hands and exclaims : ' ' The Lord be merciful
to us, I never saw this place before," and in his terror
would have run the boat on shore, "in a cove full of
breakers," between the Gurnet and Saquish; "but a lusty
seaman which steered bade those that rowed if they were
men, about with her, or else they were all cast away. ' ' The
short twilight of the winter day had faded into darkness,
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as the storm-tossed and dispirited company found them
selves "under the lee of a small island." There it is
before us, the third highland to the left — the first being
the Gurnet and the second Saquish. They landed, and
kept their watch that night in a rain. Gov. Bradford, in
his history, gives us a few more particulars: "In the
morning they find the place to be a small island secure
from Indians. And this being the last day of the week,
they here dry their stuff, fix their pieces, rest themselves,
return God thanks for their many deliverances and here
the next day keep their Christian Sabbath." Tradition
says that from a large rock with a flat top that is there
now, bearing the inscription, "On the Sabbath day we
rested, ' ' the first prayer ascended on this shore ; and there,
for the first time in New England, praise and thanks were
given to that watchful Providence that had guided and
guarded them. The next day, Monday, they sailed up to
the shore below us, andj. stepping on Plymouth Rock, made
the exploration which ultimately determined them to fix
upon this place for their plantation.

Morton Park

NE of the most attractive spots in old Plym
outh and one that the casual visitor does
not always see, is Morton Park. Lying a
little more than a mile from the town centre
it makes a convenient pleasure-ground for
Plymouth people, and the beauty of the place is such as to
attract all lovers of woodland scenery. Nature has done
her most to make the park charming, and man has very
wisely made little attempt to improve it. Nearly 200 acres
there are, consisting of deep woods and open country,
hills and valleys, brooks and ponds.
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The park nearly surrounds Little Pond, consisting of
forty acres, and borders for a mile on the historic Billing-
ton Sea, which has 308 acres. Roads and paths have been
laid out in romantic situations, and some trees planted,
but otherwise the wild woodland cleared of underbrush

ENTRANCE TO MORTON PARK.
remains in its natural state. In 1SS9 the land was given
to the town by several public-spirited citizens, and the
park was named for Nathaniel Morton, Esq., one of its
principal donors, who during his life made it his special
pride, and gave his money generously for its improvement.

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own

Brook

"And there is a very sweet brooke runnes under the hillside,
and many delicate springs of as good water as can be dnmke."
—GOV. BBADFOBD.
T the foot of Burial HilL on the south side,
the Town Brook flows through the centre of
the town, "vexed in all its seaward course
by bridges, dams and mills." Along the
banks the Pilgrims erected their first dwell
ing houses and brought water from "the very sweet
brooke" below, into which the "many delicate springs"
still continue to run. It is a favorite resort for artists who

OUTLET OF BILLINGTOX SEA.
delight in sketching the picturesque scenery and ancient
architecture. One of these springs of deliciously clear cold
water is forced up from near the brook by electric power,
and runs out in a fountain at the corner of Leyden and
Main Streets, on land once owned bv Elder Brewster as

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previously noted. During the summer many thousands
are here refreshed, and while citizens much enjoy the
cooling draughts, visitors highly commend the public pro
vision which enables them to partake of the waters of a
spring, from which the Pilgrims themselves daily obtained
tlieir supply "of as good water as can be drunke. "
The stream proceeds from Billington Sea about two
miles distant from the town. It furnishes a valuable water
power at the present, and in the days of the Pilgrims, and
for nearly two centuries after, it abounded with alewives
almost at their doors, affording an important resource for
the supply of their wants. The tide flowed for some dis
tance up this stream and formed a convenient basin for
the reception and safe shelter of the shallops and other
vessels employed in their earlier enterprises of fishing and
traffic. Under authority of a Legislative act the Town of
Plymouth purchased this estuary in 1909 that the area
and surrovuiding may be subject to public improvements.
From Watson's Hill, over this brook, where Market Street
crosses it. came the great sachem Massasoit, with twenty
of his braves, on a visit to the Pilgrims, when was conclud
ed that -treaty April 1, 1621. which during nearly fifty-five
years conduced so effectually to the safety and permanence
of the colonv.

Old Houses
LYMOUTH contains many old buildings
ante-dating the Revolution, but they have
been repaired and modernized so that they
do not have that appearance at present, and
visitors are often disappointed in not find
ing the antique structures which they expected. Old peo
ple, now living, can remember when several of these
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buildings had "Dutch ovens" and chimneys built on the
outside. Old houses still remaining are the Kendall Holmes house
on Winter street, built in 1666 ; the Leach house, on Sum
mer street, built in 1679; the Howland house, 1666; the
Shurtleff house, 1698 ; the Crowe house, 1664 ; and the Wil
liam Harlow house, built in 1677, partly of the material
of the old fort on Burial Hill. The Howland descendants
recently purchased the old homestead on Sandwich street,

WM. CROWE HOUSE, 1664.
and in the spring of 1913 put it in complete repair, de
signing it as a place of annual meeting, and for public
visitation in the summer season. The Cole blacksmith
shop, 1684, which composed part of a building at the cor
ner of Leyden and Main streets, and was regarded with
much interest by visitors, was badly damaged by fire
April 16, 1913, and has been replaced by a very handsome
store building. It is a coincidence that this old smithy
which the Pilgrims knew on the first Pilgrim street, should
have burned on the anniversary of the day the "Mayflow
er" sailed on her return voyage, after passing the winter
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The Winslow house on North street is a good example of
the colonial style of architecture. It was built about 1754
by Edward Winslow, who was a great-grandson of Gov.
Winslow, of the colony. He purchased the land from
Consider, a grandson of John Howland, who was one of
the "Mayflower" passengers. Additions have recently been
made to the house which is now owned and occupied by

WILLIAM HARLOW HOUSE, 1677.
Mrs. C. L. Willoughby. In this house then owned by her
father, Charles Jackson, Miss Lydia Jackson was married
to the famed scholar and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Em
erson. The Sergeant William Harlow House was built in 1677
of timbers from the fort on Burial Hill, which was taken
down at the close of the King Philip War. It has recently
been purchased by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society and
is now open to the public.
On the corner of Main and North streets, built in 1730,
still stands the house of General John Winslow, who re
moved the Acadians from Nova Scotia. This was also the
home of James Warren, President of the Provincial Con
gress. 69

The Town

pY the State census of 1920 the population of
Plymouth was 13,032. The total valuation
in January, 1921, was $20,864,825, of which
$15,567,225 was real estate, and $5,297,600
personal. The number of polls assessed in
1920 was 3,523, and the acres of land, 50,269. Tax rate,
$22.80 on $1,000. The funded debt January 1, 1921, was
$157,366, of which amount $37,666 was water debt, leaving
but $119,700 funded for other purposes. This is extremely
moderate in comparison with the value of . the town 's
municipal property and assets, which are not aggregated.

PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
Few towns are better provided with city conveniences.
A system of public works, introduced in 1855, supplies the
inhabitants with pure water from the great ponds that lie
in the woods a few miles south of the town. Excellent
drainage is secured by an extensive system of sewers, the
main outlets discharging in deep water of the harbor 1500

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feet from the shore. The main thoroughfares are lighted
by electricity, and both electricity and gas are in use for
illuminants in public buildings, stores, factories and
dwellings. Court Street and Main Street, from the N. Y.,
N. H. & H. railroad station to the head of Water Street,
comprise the "Great Whiteway" system of arc lighting
from underground wires, with very satisfactory results.
These lights were turned on in the evening of March 1st,
1916, the occasion having been made an impromptu cele-

PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.

bration, in which several thousands of citizens of Plym
outh and neighboring towns took part. Electric street
railways furnish connection with the adjacent towns, and
are a source of much pleasure in summer for trolley trips
to the beaches, hotels, and suburbs.
The town has a public library incorporated in 1880, con
taining nearly 16,000 volumes and a valuable collection of
4,000 large photographs from the finest art subjects in
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European galleries. Its schools rank among the best in
the State, and its high-school building, erected in 1891 at
a cost of forty thousand dollars, and enlarged in 1914 at a
cost of more than thirty thousand dollars, has accommoda
tion for over three hundred pupils. In its religious de
nominations holding regular services are represented the
Unitarian, Congregational, Baptist, Universalist, Metho
dist, Catholic, Episcopal, Advent, German Lutheran,
Christian Scientist, Spiritualist, Latter Day Saints and
Jewish faiths.
Plymouth has good streets, her principal thoroughfares
being macadamized. The sidewalks throughout the centre
'of the town are concreted. Her stores are kept abreast of
the times, and a weekly newspaper, the Old Colony Memo
rial established May, 1822, chronicles the happenings of lo
cal and neighborhood interest.
The town contains five banking institutions, — Old Colony
and the Plymouth National banks ; the Plymouth, the Plym
outh Five Cents and the Plymouth Co-operative savings
banks, occupying two fine brick buildings on Main Street.
There are six excellent hotels within the town limits, four
of them well known as summer resorts. To the credit of
the town be it said, that its citizens are so law abiding that
only a small but very efficient uniformed police force is
required, and there is seldom occasion of arrest for any
serious offense.
The fire department has a first-class alarm and motor
system, and is run in regular city style. The town voted
in March, 1916, to reorganize the department under a
single Commissioner, and appropriated about $17,000 for
new motor apparatus. Of the four "auto" pieces, going
into commission in 1917, two are combined chemical and
hose; one a powerful three stream pump, hose and ladder
combination ; and one a first-class ladder truck. This mod
ern outfit, in charge of a chief and permanent force at the
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Central station, is so quickly effective as to meet emergen
cies ; but two steamers, one ladder truck and a hose wagon
of the old department, are kept available in case of need.
The military establishment consists of a fine State armory
which cost $30,000 in which the "Standish Guards," now
the 10th Company 1st Coast Defence Command, char
tered in 1818, had their quarters. The "Guards" were
one of the best companies in the dandy Fifth Regiment,
and their past history in the Civil and Spanish Wars is

ARMORY.
highly creditable. They were "Minute Men of 1861," re
sponding under Capt. Charles C. Doten on the first call
for troops the morning of April 16, 1861, and with their
regiment, then the Third Massachusetts, were the very
first of any troops of the war, either National or Volun
teer, to go within the rebel lines as they did when on the
gunboat "Pawnee" they ran the rebel batteries and de
stroyed the Norfolk navy yard, and rescued the frigate
"Cumberland" on the night of April 20, 1861. In the
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Spanish War, commanded by Capt. W. C. Butler, they
were in camp in the South, but the regiment, the Fifth,
was not sent to Cuba, while all the while in instant readi
ness for active service. Again, June 21, 1916, as Company
D of the Fifth, they at once responded to the call for
State troops to defend the Mexican border, and splendidly
maintained their patriotic record, under the command of
Capt. Charles H. Bobbins, — the Lieut. Col. of the regiment
being their former commander, Capt. W. C. Butler. The
company returned Oct. 21, 1916, and received a hearty
welcome from the townspeople. As part of the National
Guard, the company was mustered into the United States
service for the European War, Aug. 8, 1917, under
command of Capt. A. J. Carr, and with 141 men went into
camp at Framingham, Aug. 17, where the 5th and 9th
regiments were consolidated and became the 101st U. S.
N. G. Infantry, in the 26th Division, embarking for serv
ice in Europe, Sept. 7, 1917.
The 10th Company, is now under the leadership of Capt.
A. J. Carr.

Its Industries
HE character of Plymouth's industrial life
has entirely changed within a half century.
Within the memory of men now living, the
time was when the .town boasted a fleet of
seventy-five fishermen, and enjoyed pres
tige as a fishing port. In common with other seaport
towns of New England, this industry has departed, but
thriving manufactories have risen in its place and coal
barges and steamships are doing business at the port, su
perseding the old fishing schooners which once crowded
the wharves or whitened the harbor with their sails.
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Plymouth's manufacturing industries show great di
versity of character, and are exceedingly prosperous. The
yearly value of their total product is not far from fifteen
million dollars. The great cordage works at North Plym
outh are the very largest concern of the kind in the world,
employing above 2,000 hands, and have built up a flour
ishing corporation hamlet in that quarter of the town.
Their manufacturing product is over $10,000,000 a year,
and their big steamships bringing from Yucatan directly
to Plymouth great cargoes of fibre as raw material, give
the port, as one of foreign import, rank in Massachusetts
over all other ports of the state directly next to Boston.
There are three large mills engaged in the production of
woolen and worsted cloths, one busy concern making rugs
and mats, while three extensive factories keep many of
Plymouth's inhabitants employed in the manufacture of
tacks, nails, and rivets. An iron foundry does a large
business in stovemaking, and at Chiltonville there is a big
branch plant of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Com
pany, under Plymouth management, which supports quite
a village of its own. Besides these are the manufactories
of insulated wire for electrical purposes, zinc and copper,
saw gummers and swages, barrels, boxes, kegs and kits,
and numerous smaller enterprises. The Plymouth Elec
tric Light and. Power Company furnishes current to sev
eral of these establishments, besides sending current to
Kingston, Duxbury and Marshfield, Middleboro and Car
ver for domestic and street lighting. It also lights Plym
outh, having in its circuits of the several towns, nearly
9,000 miles of wire.
Plymouth's manufactured products bear an excellent
name in the markets of the world, her cordage and woolen
goods being particularly well known as of the very best
character. In 1912 the town granted to Andrew Kerr a large area
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of the sand flats in the harbor for propagation of clams,
proving a good enterprise for the town. The herring fish
ery, employing many small boats each autumn at the
mouth of the harbor, is also a productive industry of many
thousands of dollars a season.
Of late years many Plymouth residents have engaged in
cranberry culture on an extensive scale, and their ventures
have been exceedingly profitable, amounting to about
$400,000 yearly. Together with the adjoining town of Car
ver, which is still more extensively engaged in cranberry
raising, the two towns produce more than one-fourth of the
cranberries grown in the entire United States. An indus
try, which is of large proportions, is the raising of brook
trout and spawn for the markets.
The recent harbor improvements, and the railroad facili
ties which will necessarily be increased (during the Ter
centenary Celebration) Avill be likely to attract other man
ufacturing and business interests to the town, while its
residential advantages are so apparent, that its eligible
locations are now rapidly being appropriated.

As a Summer Resort
Viewed simply as the landing-place of the Pilgrims,
Plymouth has an interest which attaches to no other spot
in America. The number of visitors from all parts of the
country increases with each year, as historic sentiment
becomes more widespread and facilities for travel are mul
tiplied. It is estimated that over 125,000 strangers visit
the town in a year. It is not alone on account of its his
tory that Plymouth is attractive to the visitor. The beau-
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ty of its scenery, the unusual healthfulness of its air, the
purity of its water, the variety of its drives, the number of
ponds within its limits, and its unbounded resources for
the sportsman and pleasure-seeker, have been more widely
recognized with each recurring season. It combines the
most interesting features of town and country, and has
direct connection with Boston by the Old Colony Railroad
built in 1845, and now leased by the New York, New

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Haven and Hartford R. R. Co., also directly with Provi
dence and New York, by the Fall River Line, and the
Plymouth & Middleboro Railroad, built by the towns in
1892 and sold to the N. Y., N. H. & H. corporation in
1911. The distance from Boston is thirty-seven miles by
rail, with frequent trains ; and during the summer months
a daily steamer capable of carrying 2,000 passengers is on
the route between the two places, the sail being a delight
ful one.
As a summer resort for health and pleasure, Plymouth
has great attractions. Plymouth and the adjoining towns
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of Kingston and Duxbury nearly encircle a harbor of
almost unrivalled beauty, a source of endless pleasure to
the summer visitor. There are good sand beaches for surf
and smooth-water sea bathing, bath houses being provided
by the town. In the bay are opportunities for fine sport in
the mackerel season, and a haul of sea-perch, tautog, cod
or haddock is always to be had. Plymouth extends over a
territory about eighteen miles long, and from five to nine
miles wide, and beyond the settled parts of the town is a
succession of wooded hills. This large tract is interspersed
with hundreds of large and small ponds (or lakes) stocked
with fish, furnishing limitless fields for the lover of nature
or seeker of pleasure, in walking, riding, fishing, or hunt
ing. Wealthy residents of other places have fine summer
seats at the town overlooking the harbor and bay.

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Members of the Mayflower Company.

John Carver.
Katherine Carver, his wife.
Desire Minter.
8 John Howland.
Roger Wilder.
William Latham.
Maid Servant.
Jasper More.
"William Brewster.
Mary Brewster, his wife.
6 Love Brewster.
Wrestling Brewster.
Richard More.
His Brother.
Edward Winslow.
Elizabeth Winslow, his wife.
6 George Soule.
EJias Story.
EUen More.
2 William Bradford.
Dorothy Bradford, his wife.
Isaac Allerton.
Mary Allerton, his wife.
6 Bartholomew Allerton.
Remember Allerton.
Mary Allerton.
John Hooke.
1 Richard Warren.
John Billington.
4 Eleanor Billington, his wife.
John Billington.
Francis Billington.
Edward Tilley.
4 Ann Tilley, his wife.
Henry Sampson.
Humilit3" Oooper.
- John Tillev.
3 His wife.
Elizabeth Tilley.
2 Francis Cooke.
John Cooke.
2 Thomas Rogers.
Joseph Rogers.
Thomas Tinker.
3 His wife.
His! son.
2 John Rigdale.
Alice Rigdale, his wife.
James Chilton.
3 nSs wife.
Mary Chilton.
1 Samuel Fuller.
2 John Crackston.
John Crackston, Jt.

2 Miles Standish.
Rose Standish, his wife.
Christopher Martin.
4 His wife.
Solomon Power.
John Langemore.
William Mullins.
Alice Mullins, his wife.
5 Joseph Mullins.
Robert Carter.
Priscilla Mullins.
William White.
Susanna White, his wife.
6 Resolved White.
Peregrine White.
William Holbeck.
Edward Thompson.
Stephen Hopkins.
Elizabeth Hopkins, his wife.
Giles Hopkins.
S Constance Hopkins.
Da marius Hopkins
Oceanus Hopkins.
Edward Doty.
Edward Leister.
Edward Fuller.
3 His wife.
Samuel Fuller.
John Turner.
3 His son.
Another son.
Francis Eaton.
3 Sarah Eaton, his wife.
Samuel Eaton.
1 Moses Fletcher.
1 Thomas Williams.
1 Digory Priest.
1 John Goodman.
1 Edmund Margeson.
1 Richard Britteridge.
1 Richard Clarke.
1 Richard Gardner.
1' Gilbert Winslow.
Peter Browne.
1 John Alden.
1 Thomas English.
1 John Allerton.
1 William Trevore.
1  Ely.
1 William Butten, who died at sea,
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VIEWS
IN AND ABOUT PLYMOUTH.
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1 Plymouth Rock.
3 The Rock and Harbor from Cole s Hill.
4 Cole's Hill, first burial-place of the Pilgrims.
5 Plymouth Harbor as seen from Cole's Hill.
6 Leyden Street, first street in New England.
7 Site of the Common House, Leyden Street, first
house erected by the Pilgrims.
8 Leyden Street in 1622, showing first or Common
House, Gov. Bradford's House, and the buildings
assigned to Brown, Goodman, Brewster, Billington,
Allerton, Cooke, and Winslow.
9 Town Square showing Church of the First Parish,
Town House, formerly the Old. Colonial Court
House, built 1749. Site of Gov. Bradford's House.
10 Old Burial Hill, the Entrance.
11 Site of the Watch Tower, Burial Hill, erected in
1643. View also shows the lot of Rev. Adoniram
Judson, the celebrated missionary to Burmah.
12 Site of the Old Fort, Burial Hill, built in 1621 as a
defence against the Indians, and also used as a
place of worship.
13 The Old Fort and First Meeting-house, 1621.
14 Gov. Bradford 's Monument, Burial Hill, showing also
the graves of his family.
15 Grave of Edward Gray, 1681.
16 Grave of John Howland, 1672.
17 Grave of Thomas Clarke, 1697.
18 Cushman Monument.
19 Grave of Elder Thomas Cushman.
20 Grave of Dr. Francis LeBaron, "The Nameless
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21 Pilgrim Hall.
22 Interior of Pilgrim Hall, showing Charles Lucy's
famous ' painting of the Departure from Delft
Haven, also smaller pictures and relics.
23 Interior of Pilgrim Hall, showing Sargent's painting
of the Landing and Weir's Embarkation, also relics
and portraits.
24 Landing of the Pilgrims, painting by Sargent.
25 Departure from Delft Haven, painting by Charles
Lucy.
26 Embarkation of the Pilgrims, painting by Weir.
27 Gov. Carver's Chair; Ancient Spinning-wheel.
28 Elder Brewster's Chair; Cradle of Peregrine White,
the first Pilgrim baby.
29 Sword of Myles Standish; Iron Pot and Pewter
Platter, brought by Standish in the "Mayflower."
30 The "Mayflower" in Plymouth Harbor, from paint
ing by W. F. Halsall, Pilgrim Hall.
31 Group of Winslow Relics, Pilgrim Hall.
32 Group of White Relics, Pilgrim Hall.
33 National Monument to the Forefathers.
34 Statue of Freedom, National Monument.
35 Statue of Law, National Monument.
36 Statue of Education, National Monument.
37 Statue of Morality, National Monument.
38 Treaty with Massasoit, alto-relief on National Monu
ment.
39 Landing of the Pilgrims, alto-relief on National
Monument.
40 Clark's Island, where the Pilgrims spent their first
Sabbath in Plymouth.
41 Pulpit Rock, Clark's Island, from which the first
sermon was preached.
42 The Gurnet, headland at entrance of harbor.
43 Signing of the Compact, alto-relief on National
Monument.
44 North Street.
45 Court Street.
46 County Court House and Registry Building.
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47 County Prison.
48 Town Brook.
49 Diagram of Plymouth Streets showing Points of
Interest.
50 Departure from Delft Haven, alto-relief on National
Monument.
51 Pilgrim Meersteads along Town Brook.
52 Off Beach Point, Captain's Hill.
53 Post Office and Custom House.
54 Corridor, Post Office.
55 Outlet, Billington Sea.
56 Duxbury Pier Light — Duxbury.
57 Powder Point Bridge — Duxbury.
58 Boot Pond.
59 Church of the Pilgrimage (Congregational).
60 Morton Park, Entrance.
61 The First Church (Unitarian).
62 Plymouth Mayflowers (Trailing Arbutus).
63 Mayflower Inn, Manomet Bluffs.
64 Manomet Bluffs.
65 Rocky Shore, Manomet.
66 Plymouth Rock House.
67 Hotel Pilgrim.
68 Samoset House.
69 Main Street.
70 Town Square in 1870.
71 Town Square in 1812.
72 Font in Austerfield Church where Gov. Wm. Brad
ford was baptized.
73 Plymouth in 1622, — a combination picture, showing
Leyden Street, the Old Fort, Landing from the
Shallop, Plymouth Rock, and the "Mayflower."
74 Gov. Bradford's House, Plymouth, 1621.
75 Birthplace of Gov. William Bradford, Austerfield.
76 Austerfield Church.
77 Page of the Register, Austerfield Church, showing
record of the Baptism of Gov. William Bradford.
78 A page from Gov. Bradford's Bible, 1592, Pilgrim
Hall. 83

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79 Scrooby Church.
80 Interior Scrooby Church.
81 Scrooby Manor House — Elder William Brewster's.
82 Bawtry Church.
83 High Street, Bawtry.
84 Site of John Robinson's House at Leyden.
85 Church at Leyden where John Robinson was buried.

BRADFORD HOUSE, ENGLAND.
86 Memorial Tablet to John Robinson on Church at
Leyden.
87 Old Church at Delft Have5i, where the Pilgrims held
their last service before the embarkation.
88 The Pilgrim Fathers holding their first meeting for
public worship in North America.
89 "The March of Myles Standish."
90 The Pilgrims Sighting Land, mural painting, State
House, Boston.
91 Statue of "The Puritan" at Springfield, Mass.

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92 Landing of the Pilgrims, by Gisbert.
93 Peregrine White House, Marshfield.
94 Old Oaken Bucket House, Scituate.
95 The Kendall Holmes House, 1666.
96 Crow House, built by William Crow, 1664.
97 The Howland House, built by Jacob Mitchell, 1666.
98 William Harlow House, built of timber from the Old
Burial Hill Fort, by William Harlow, 1677.
99 Homestead of Gen. John Winslow, 1726.
100 The Town House, formerly the Old Colonial Court
House, built in 1749.
101 The Winslow House, built in 1754' by Edward Wins-_
low. Colonial architecture.
102 Picturesque Old Houses at foot of North Street.
103 Leach House, 1679.
104 Statue of Myles Standish.
105 Myles Standish Monument.
106 Standish House, Duxbury, built by son of Myles
Standish, 1666.
' 107 Captain 's Hill, Duxbury, the Home of Myles Stand
ish, showing Standish House and Monument.
108 Grave of Daniel Webster, Marshfield.
109 Winslow House, Marshfield, built about 1700.
110 Fireplace and Secret Closet in Winslow House
111 Colonial Doorway, Winslow House, Marshfield.
112 John Alden House, Duxbury, 1653.
113 Bradford House, Kingston, 1675.
114 Site of Myles Standish House, Duxbury.
115 Grave of Myles Standish, Duxbury.
116 Winslow Tombstone, Marshfield.
117 Will of Peregrine White.
118 John Hancock Sofa, Pilgrim Hall.
119 Memorial Tablet, Gov. William Bradford Estate,
Kingston.
120 Sailing of the Mayflower, by Charles West Cope.
121 Priscilla and John Alden, painting by Boughton.
122 "Why don't you Speak for Yourself, John?"
123 The Courtship. John Alden and Priscilla. From
painting by George H. Boughton.
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132

Departure of the "Mayflower," painting by A. W.
Bayes.
Priscilla, from painting by G. H. Boughton.
Pilgrim Exiles, from painting by Boughton.
Pilgrims going to Church, by Boughton.
Two Farewells, from painting by Boughton.
Return of the "Mayflower," by Boughton.
Portrait of Edward Winslow, Governor of Plymouth
Colony, one of the "Mayflower" company. The
only authentic portrait of a "Mayflower" Pilgrim.
Portrait of Josiah Winslow, Governor of Plymouth
Colony, 1673 to 1680.
Portrait of Penelope, wife of Gov. Josiah Winslow.

march of myles standish..
133 Portrait of Gen. John Winslow, second in command
of expedition against the Acadians in 1755.
134 Portrait of Isaac Winslow, son of John Winslow.
135 Portrait of Elizabeth Wensley, born in Plymouth
1641, mother of Sarah, wife of Isaac Winslow.
136 Portrait of John Winslow, 1774, son of Isaac.
137 Portrait of John Alden, great grandson of John and
Priscilla.
138 The Library, Pilgrim Hall.
139 Lorea Standish Sampler, Pilgrim Hall.

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140 The Pilgrim Compact, signed in the cabin of the
Mayflower, Nov. 21, 1620.
141 Signing of the Compact, by Edwin White.
142 Signing of the Compact, by Percy Moran.
143 Original Manuscript of Mrs. Heman's "The Break
ing Waves Dashed High," Pilgrim Hall.
144 Squanto, the Friend and Interpreter of the Pilgrims
— bronze bust in Pilgrim Hall.
145 Deed, 1655, bearing signature of Myles Standish,
Pilgrim Hall.
146 Gov. Edw. Winslow 's Table, Pilgrim Hall.
147 Gov. Edw. Winslow 's Chair, 1614, Pilgrim Hall.
148 Landing of the Pilgrims, by Chas. Lucy.
149 Cabinet brought in Mayflower, by Wm. White.
150 Frame of the ship "Sparrowhawk" wrecked on
Cape Cod 1626— Pilgrim Hall.
151 The Pilgrim Charter, oldest State Document in New
England.
152 Statue of Massasoit, by Cyrus E. Dallin.
153 The Ship Mayflower at Sea.
154 Landing from the Shallop of the Mayflower
155 The Fuller Cradle.
156 Staircase Edw. Winslow House, 1754.
157 Doorway Edw. Winslow House, 1754.
158 A Colonial Doorway on North Street.
159 A Colonial Doorway on Court Street.
160 The Howland Pulpit in First . Church.
161 Signing of the Compact, stained glass window in the"
First Church.
162 Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Provincetown.
163 The Pilgrim Mothers' First Washing Day, Prov
incetown.
164 Old Powder House, 1770, Burial Hill.
165 Original Daniel Webster House, 1859, Marshfield.
166 Vice President Calvin Coolidge occupying the Chair
of Gov. Wm. Bradford, at Plymouth, Dec. 21, 1920.

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leave in the child's mind correct impressions about the fundamental factors in
Pilgrim history. Illustiated, by mail, $1.60.
THE PILOT OF THE MAYFLOWER,
A Tale of the Children of the Pilgrim Republic. By Hezekiah Butterworth.
Illustrated by H. Winthrop Peirce and otheis. 12mo, cloth. By mail, $2.15.
THE STORY OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS,
Retold for Young Folks by H. B. Tunniclifl. Illustrated. By mail, $1.35.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE PILGRIMS,
By William Elliot Griffis. Illustrated. A complete story of the Pilgrims in
which prominence is given to Une things that must have keenly interested the
Pilgrim boys and girls. By mail, $3.15.
LETTERS FROM COLONIAL CHILDREN,
By Eva March Tappan. TheEe letters give an idea of life in Plymouth and
other representative colonies seen through a child's eyes, presenting a vivid and
historically accurate picture of the times. By mail; $2.65.
PILGRIM STORIES,
For Children, illustrated, postpaid, $1.00.
STORIES OF COLONIAL CHILDREN,
By Mara L. Pratt. 223 pages, illustrated. Postpaid, $1'.00.
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PILGRIM GIFTS.
of artistic excellence prized for historic and sentimental value.
STERLING SILVER PILGRIM SPOONS.
Your selection from seven artistic designs — the ship Mayflower — Priscilla —
Myles Standish — Pilgrim Monument — Plymouth Rock — Landing of the Pilgrims
— Standish Monument. Tea size, $4.50, coffee size, $2.25, postpaid, tax
included.
PILGRIM CHAIR,
Hand made models of Gov. Carver's chair, brought in the Mayflower and now
in Pilgrim Hall. Height 7 inches. Ety mail, $2.00 each.
COAT.S OF ARMS OF MAYFLOWER FAMILIES,
Bradford, Howland, Standish, Alden, Brewster, Fuller, Winslow, Warren, Cooke
and White. Hand colored, $2.00 each, plain 25 cents, postpaid.
"PENELOPE WINSLOW" BODKIN,
A perfect copy in sterling silver, of the bodkin once owned by Penelope
Winslow, and now in Pilgrim Hall. Price, by mail, $1.00.
PRISCILLA CAPS,
In white, pink, blue, lavender and yellow. Very desirable for use at fairs,
pageants, Thanksgiving or New England dinners. Price, by mail, $1'.00.
White Kerchiefs and Guffs, $1'.00 the set. Aprons, $2.00. Complete set, $3.00.
PRISCILLA BROOCH,
A neat and artistic brooch, carrying a portrait of Priscilla Alden. Attractively
colored, with the appearance of being hand-painted. Price, by mail, 30 cents.
PLYMOUTH ROCK RINGS,
Sterling silver finger rings— Plymouth Rock 1620 design— by mail, $1.35— state
size in ordering.
PLYMOUTH PENNANTS
Suitable for decorating a den or student's room. In attractive colors. Price
of various sizes: 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $2.00, $3100.
SOUVENIR WATCH FOBS,
With leather guards and metal pendants bearirg designs in relief—
"Plymouth Rock" — "Pilgrim Monument." By mail, 50 cents each.
PILGRIM PENCIL TIPS,
For protecting the pencil point. A pleasing novelty, band painted, in repre
sentation of Priscilla and of John Alden. By mail 70c the pair, or 35c single.
MAYFLOWER NAPKINS,
Paper napkins bearing a design of "The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, 1620."
Dainty for us'j in giving a Pilgrim lundh or tea. The price, 30c for 50 nap
kins by mail.
PILGRIM CREPE PAPER,
A decorative design in duplicate of "The Pilgrims Going to Church." Width,
20 inches, length, 10 feet. Price postpaid, 40c.
PILGRIM PLACE CARDS,
12 Designs in a package— artistic and pleasing— 50c the package.
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PLASTIC CASTS,
Wall decorations of historic value. In plaster, not colored. Desirable for
studio or den. Securely- packed, by mail — 7 inch plaques: Priscilla, John
Alden, Squanto, 90c each: 4 l-2xS inch panel. Priscilla and John Alden, 90c;
7x14 inch panel, Landing cf The Pilgrims, $2.C0.
PLYMOUTH BOCK PAPER WEIGHTS,
Moulded in the shape of Plymouth Rock, with date 1620. A -useful memento of
historic valuf*. Genuine bionze, $2.C0. Sclid glass Soc; — add 10c each for
mailing.
PILGRIM TERCENTENARY MEDAL 1620-1920.
A beautifully executed scuvenir in genuice bronze, 2 3-4 inches in diameter,
bearing on one side a model of the ship Mayflower and on the reverse a relief
of The Landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 21, 1620. By mail, $4.00 each."
THE CAPE COB FIRE LIGHTER.
Everybody loves a log fire and here is a way to start the blaze quickly without
the use of kirdling. Made of brass §4.50, or with tray $5.75. Add 15c for
mailing.
PLYMOUTH ROCK BAYBER&Y
A miniature model of Plymouth Rock moulded in genuine
baybeiry wax with the date 1620. A real novelty for
milady's work bag-. Each one in a box, 30c.
BAYBERRY CANDLES,
Genuine hand dipped, 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c each. On less than six candles add
10c for postage.
A PLYMOUTH CLAM.
A pincushion made from Plymouth clam shells, 25c- postpaid.
PILGRIM PAPER DOLLS.
Packet by mail. 15c.
PLYMOUTH MAPS,
With Historic Points marked — outlying- districts, ponds and woods roads.
THE PILGRIM FOLDER.
20 Pictures in colors, by mail, 12c.
PILGRIM ALPHABET RHYMES,
Fun for a Dinner Party— a simple way of amusing your guests. By mail, 15c.
DRIFTWOOD BLAZE.
A powder which imparts to an open wood fire a combination of beautiful
colors fully equal to driftwood. By mail, 85c.
PLYMOUTH ROCK CHOCOLATES.
A solid piece of sweet chocolate moulded into the shape of Plymouth Rock,
with the date 1620. Postpaid &-50 the pound; 75c the half, 25c the sample
box.
YE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC.
By mail, 17c.
MAHOGANY TRAYS,
5x7 inches with Pilgrim pictures in colors under the glass bottom. Postpaid,
$L40.
OFFICIAL MEDAL OF THE
PLYMOUTH TERCENTENARY, 1620-1920,
Bronze or silver finish, by mail 37c. 92

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YE SWORDE OF MYLES STANDISH.
"Spake, in the pride of his heart, Myles S'andish, the Captain
of Plymouth,—
'This is the swocd of Damascus 1 fought with in Flanders.' "
—Longfellow.
The famous Damascus blade of the redoubtable Pilgrim
Captain is one of the most valuable relics to be seen in Pilgrim
Hall. It was handed down to Myles Standish from the 'Cru
saders, and possessed an interesting history even in his day.
Our swords are perfectly copied from the original, even in the
engraving of the curious Arabic inscription on the blade. Prices
by mail, tax included.
Paper Cutter, eteriing silver, $3.25

MUGS, CREAM JUGS,

"PILGRIM SPRING'*
AND LOVING CUPS.
$1.05 each, postpaid. The spring is located on land assigned
in 1C21 to Elder Wm. Brewster, and the fountain beais the lines
which appear on these wares.
"Freely drink and quench your thirst
Here drank the Pilgrim Fathers fiist"
THE MAYFLOWER CANDLESTICK.
An exact copy of a brass candlestick brought over in the
Mayflower by AVilliam White, father of Peregrine White, The
original candlestick is now in Pilgrim Hall, price $3.75 each.
If by mail add 15 cents postage.
THE COMPACT.
Signed in the cabin of the Mayflower, November 21, 1620, with
the names of the signers.
Printed in old style type on a parchment paper made by
hand in 1856, and mounted on rollers in fo):m of a scroll.
Price, securely packed, by mail, 40 cents.

STERLING SILVER PINS.
Correct representation of Plymouth' Rock and of the ship
Mayflower in the shape of stick pins and brooches. Price of
any one design, postpaid, 80 cents, tax included.
BANJO CLOCKS.
A miniature reproduction of a Colonial design with glass panel painting of the
ship Mayflower. The clock is 17 inches high, beautifully finished with brass trim
mings, and is a good timekeeper. Will make a distinctive and useful gift. Priced
at $12.25; by mail, 35 cents extra. Without brass trimmings and center panel,
111.25; by mail, 35 cents extra. Full size Clock, $50.00.

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PILGRIM DOLLS.
A happy reminder of "the
good old days of John
Alden and the days of
Priscilla the spinner," are
the John and Priscilla
dolls. Dressed in ye cos
tumes of 1620, they make
delightful souvenirs for
little ones. Twelve inches
in height, $2.50 each.
By marl, $2.65 each, or
$5.25 the pair.
Miniature size by mail,
75c the pair.

Post Cards reproduced from
Water Color Sketches by H. C. Dunham
5c each — the set of 12, 60c
The Harlow House, 1677, built of timber from the Old
Burial Hill Fort.
Town Square — Colonial Court House, 1749 — Entrance to
Burial Hill.
Plymouth Antiquarian Society House.
Picturesque Old Houses at foot of North Street.
The Gurnet — Headland at entrance Plymouth Harbor.
Site of Old Fort, 1621, Burial Hill.
Gov. Bradford's Monument, Burial Hill.
North Street — the way to Plymouth Bock.
The William Crow House, 1664.
Site of the Common House, Leyden Street — First House
erected by the Pilgrims.
John Alden House, 1653.
Pilgrim Meersteads along Town Brook.

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Coats of Arms of Mayflower Families
Bradford, Howland, Standish, Alden,
Brewster, Fuller, "Winslow, White,
, , , Cook, Warren.
Water Colors, 12x15  $18.00
Water Colors, 12x15, framed .... 23.00
Water Colors, 8x10  5.00
Water Colors, 8x10, framed  .7.00
Water Colors, 4x5  2.00

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Pilgrim Pictures

Artotype prints, on 22x28 paper, $1.65 each postpaid.
Plymouth Colony in 1622.
Return of the Mayflower, by Bougrhton.
Pilgrim Exiles., by Boughton.
The Two Farewells, by Boughton.
Departure of the Mayiflower, by Bayes.
Priscilla and John Alden, by Fredericks.
Carbon prints, 11x14, 50c each postpaid.
Plymouth Colony in 1622.
Mayflower ir. Plymouth Harbor.
Plymouth Rock.
National Monument to the Forefathers.
Color prints, 8x11, 65c each postpaid. Or on 13x16 mounts,
80c postpaid.
The Pilgrims Going to Qhufrch.
Landing from the Shallop of the Mayflower.
The First Thanksgiving.
Priscilla.
"The First Thanksgiving, Plymouth, 1621," by Jennie
Brownscombe — hand colored photogravure, 19x30,
$20.00.
"The Pilgrims Going to Church," by Boughton, carbon
print 14x2f, $2.00. Hand colored, $6.00.
Engravings. A few copies of out of print engravings and
etchings from paintings of Pilgrim subjects by Boughton,
Weir and Turner, $15.00 to $25.00 each. Ask for special
list.

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Old Blue Pilgrim Wares

A set of e:g-ht 10-inch plates and a 16-inch platter made
to our order in England — an exact reproduction of the Old
Blue Staffordshire wares of a century ago — a most effective
setting for a New England Dinner.
The platter bears a picture of Plymouth Colony as it
appeared 300 years ago. The plate subjects are: "The
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor," "The Landing of the
Pilgrims," "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John,"
"Pilgrim Hall," "Myles Standish House, 1666," "John
Alden House, 1653," "National Monument to the Fore
fathers," "Priscilla and John Alden."
Price of plates $1.00 each. Platter $3.50. Set of 8
plates and platter $10.50 securely packed, express collect.
Single plates can be mailed at zone rates, weight when
packed three pounds.
In same old blue ware we have Teapots at $1.25, Sugars
at $1.00, and Cream Jugs, 75c. or.

SEAL OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY.
Under the administration of Sir Edmund Andros in 1686,
the original seal was taken: from the archives and never
restored. It represents fonr men kneeling with implnmed
hearts in their hands, and the legend "Plimovth Nov-
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