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PRESIDENT CHARLES W. ELIOT OF HARVARD COLLEGE
From his oration at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Monument to the Pilgrims, Provincetown, 1910.
"The conceptions and ideals which dominated the lives of the Pilgrims have profoundly influenced the lives of the best part of ten subsequent generations in this Hemisphere. They still exhibit today, under social and industrial con- ditions very different from those of the 17th century, an abounding and apparently inexhaustible vitality. They held, as a very fruitful conception, that of unlimited pro- gress as the law of human institutions, both civil and re-
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ligious. This means the progressive discovery and applica- tion of Truth to the conduct of human life. They also exhibited a deepseated, comprehensive and inextinguishable love of freedom. The fruits and issues of their pioneering are the most prodigious in all history.
"From the signing of the Compact was to spring not only a stable government for the little Colony, but a great series of Constitutions for Free States. The Pilgrims never accept- ed a governor appointed by a king. They started, on this Continent the practice of electing the Head of the State, for a limited period, and by manhood suffrage. It was a small beginning, but who can comprehend or describe the immensity of the outcome?
"They disregarded all authority which they had not themselves instituted or accepted. Religious toleration has been wrought out through infinite human suffering in many countries, but no single community ever made so great a contribution to its ultimate triumph as the Pilgrim State. They had no vision of the ultimate triumph, on a prodigious scale, of the social and governmental principles in support of which they left home and country, and strug- gled, all their lives, to establish new homes and a new social order, on the edge of an unexplored wilderness, in a severe climate, and in constant apprehension from savage neigh- bors, domestic enemies, and foreign oppressors.
"They ran visible risks of the most serious character, and made the gravest sacrifices that human beings can make, to their own religious, social and political ideals. All this on hope and faith, without any assurance of success, either for themselves or their descendants. They established a com- munity and a government solidly founded on love of free- dom and belief in progress, on civil liberty and religious toleration, on industrial cooperation, and individual hon- esty and industry, on even-handed justice and a real equal- ity before the laws, on peace and good will, supported by protective force.
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"The personal and social virtues of the Mayflower Pil- grims are the surest foundations on which great states may be securely maintained. Therefore they are to be forever remembered with love and honor by the Great Republic which has inherited their ideals."
SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE Ending of oration in Plymouth at the celebration held on December 21, 1920
'Yet they did not live in vain. They strove to do their best on earth and to make it, so far as they could in their short existence, a better place for their fellow-men. They were not slothful in business, working hard and toiling in their fields and on the stormy northern seas. They sought to give men freedom both in body and mind. They tried to reduce the sum of human misery, the suffering inseparable from human existence. Whatever our faith, whatever our belief in progress, there can be no nobler purposes for man than thus to deal with the only earth he knows and the fragment of time awarded him for his existence here. As we think of them in this the only true way, our reverence and our ad- miration alike grow ever stronger. We turn to them in gratitude, and we commend what they did and their ex- ample to those who come after us. While the great republic is true in heart and deed to the memory of the Pilgrims of Plymouth, it will take no detriment even from the hand of Time."
GOVERNOR (LATER PRESIDENT) COOLIDGE Tribute to the Pilgrim Fathers delivered at the celebration held in Plymouth on December 21, 1920
"Three centuries ago today the Pilgrims of the Mayflower made final landing at Plymouth Rock. They came not merely from the shores of the Old World. It will be in vain to search among recorded maps and history for their origin. They sailed up out of the infinite.
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"There were among them small trace of the vanities of life. They came undecked with orders of nobility. They were not children of fortune, but of tribulation. Persecution, not preference, brought them hither. But it was a persecution in which they found a stern satisfaction. They cared little for titles, still less for the goods of this earth, but for an idea they would die.
"Measured by the standard of men of their time, they were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accom- plishments, they were the mighty. In appearance weak and persecuted they came, rejected, despised, an insignificant band, in reality strong and independent, a mighty host, of whom the world was not worthy, destined to free mankind. No captain ever led his forces to such a conquest. Oblivious to rank, yet men trace to them their lineage as to a royal house.
"Forces not ruled by man had laid their unwilling course. As they landed, a sentinel of Providence, humbler, nearer to nature than themselves, welcomed them in their own tongue. They came seeking an abiding place only on earth, 'but lifted up their eyes to heaven, their dearest country,' says Governor Bradford, 'where God hath prepared for them a city.' On that abiding faith has been reared an empire magnificent beyond their dreams of paradise.
"Amid the solitude they set up heartstone and altar; the home and the church. With arms in their hands they wrung from the soil their bread. With arms they gathered in the congregation to worship Almighty God. But they were armed that, in peace, they might seek divine guidance in righteousness, not that they might prevail by force, but that they might do right though they perished.
"What an increase, material and spiritual, 300 years has brought that little company known to all the earth. No like body ever cast so great an influence on human history. Civilization has made of their landing place a shrine. Unto the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been intrusted the
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keeping of that shrine. To her has come the precious heri- tage. It will be kept as it was created, or it will perish, not with an earthly pride, but with a heavenly vision.
"Plymouth Rock does not mark a beginning or an end. It marks a revelation of that which is without beginning and without end, a purpose, shining through eternity with a resplendent light, undimmed even by the imperfections of men, and a response, an answering purpose, from those who, oblivious, disdainful of all else, sailed hither seeking only for an avenue for the immortal soul." (See S2).
On Cole's Hill, in Plymouth, overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims landed, there is a sarcophagus, containing the bones of the first Pilgrim dead. On it is this
INSCRIPTION:
"This monument marks the first burying ground in Ply- mouth of the Passengers of the Mayflower. Here, under cover of darkness, the fast dwindling Company laid their dead; levelling the earth above them lest the Indians should learn how many were the graves.
"READER, History records no nobler venture for Faith and Freedom than that of this Pilgrim band. In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and cold they laid the foundations of a State wherein every man, through countless ages, should have liberty to worship God in his own way. May their example inspire thee to do thy part in perpetuating and spreading throughout the World the lofty Ideals of our Republic."
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CP - John Masefield, "Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers," Every- man's Library, 1910.
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DG - Ethan Doty, "Descendants of Edward Doty, an Emigrant on the Mayflower, 1620," 1897.
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DO - Morton Dexter, "Story of the Pilgrims. Scrooby Club Sketches," Boston, 1894.
DR - Benjamin Drew, "Burial Hill," Plymouth.
DW - George Francis Dow, "Domestic Life in New England in the Seventeenth Century," Topsfield, Mass., 1925.
DY - George Francis Dow, "Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony," Boston, 1935.
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FA - Francis H. Fuller, "Early New England Fullers," New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol. 55, page 192.
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FH - Thomas Harrington, "Dr. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower," Baltimore, 1903.
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FT - William H. Fuller, "Some Descendants of Captain Mathew Fuller," Fuller Genealogy, Vol. III; 1914.
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GM - G. Mourt-William Bradford and Edward Winslow, "A Rela- tion, or Journall, of the Beginnings and Proceedings of the English Plantation settled at Plimoth, in New England," Lon- don, 1622.
GN - "A Brief Relation of the Discovery and Plantation of New England," reprinted in Mass. Hist. Society Coll., XIX, 1-25.
GO - Thomas Robbins, "Historical View of the First Planters," 1815.
GP - Joseph D. Sawyer, "History of the Pilgrims and Puritans," 3 Vols., Century History Co., New York, 1922.
GQ - Alexander Mackennal, "Homes and Haunts of the Pilgrim Fathers," London, 1899, and 1910.
GR - Martin S. Briggs, "Homes of the Pilgrims in England and America, 1620-1685," London and New York, 1932.
GS - J. Ewing Ritchie, "On the Track of the Pilgrim Fathers; or Holidays in Holland," 1866.
GT - Nina M. Tiffany, "Pilgrims and Puritans: Story of the Planting of Plymouth and Boston," Boston, 1896.
GU - William E. Griffis, "Pilgrims in Their Three Homes; England, Holland and America," Riverside Library, 1898.
GV - William E. Griffis, "Young People's History of the Pilgrims," Boston, 1920.
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HA - D. H. Hurd, "History of Plymouth County," 2 Volumes, 1884.
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HC - William Howland, "Pilgrim John Howland, A Mayflower Pilgrim," Pilgrim John Howland Society, 1926.
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HD - Charles S. Hanks, "Our Plymouth Forefathers, The Real Founders of Our Republic," Boston, 1897.
HE - Marcus B. Huish, "The American Pilgrim's Way in England," 1907.
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K
- Bradford Kingman, "Epitaphs from Burial Hill," Brookline, 1893.
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LD - Arthur Lord, "Plymouth and the Pilgrims," Boston, 1920.
LH - W. Sears Nickerson, "Land Ho-1620," Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1931.
LI - Charles Thornton Libby, "Mary Chilton's Title to Celebrity," Boston, 1926.
LJ - W. D. Love, "The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New Eng- land," Boston, 1895.
M - Nathaniel Morton, "New England's Memorial," Cambridge, 1669. Editions 1826, 1903, 1937.
MA - Albert C. Addison, "Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pil- grims," Boston, 1911.
MB - Rendel J. Harris, "Finding of the Mayflower," 1920.
MC - Rendel J. Harris, "Last of the Mayflower."
MD - "Mayflower Descendant," published by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899 to 1935; 33 volumes.
MH - Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings, 2nd Series, Vol. 5.
MI - William Alexander McAuslan, "Mayflower Index," 1932.
MJ - M. R. G. Marsden, "Captain Christopher Jones and the May- flower," English Review, XIX, October, 1904.
MK - Rendel J. Harris, "Return of the Mayflower," 1919.
ML - Jacob B. Moore, "Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay," Boston, 1851.
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MM - Annie R. Marble, "The Women Who Came in the Mayflower," 1920.
MO - Perry Miller, "Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650," Cam- bridge, 1933.
MP - Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts," Boston, 1900.
MQ - Mayflower Quarterly.
MR - Mourt, "Relation or Journal of the Plantation at Plymouth," with introd. & notes, by Henry Martyn Dexter, Boston, 1865.
MS - Henry Justin Smith, "The Master of the Mayflower," Plimpton Press, 1936.
MT - Albert Matthews, "The Term Pilgrim Fathers," Vol. XVII, Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
MW - E. Prescott Sherrill, "The House of Edward Winslow," Ply- mouth, 1931.
MX - "The Winslow House," pamphlet.
MY - Walter Merriam Pratt, "The Mayflower Society House," Cam- bridge, 1949.
MZ - Basic Mathews, "Adventures of the Mayflower Pilgrims, The Argonauts of Faith," 1920.
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NG - Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary of New England," 1860.
NL - Thomas W. Mason and B. Nightingale, "New Light on the Pilgrim Story," London, 1920.
NO - Albert J. Nock, "Our Enemy, the State," New York, 1935.
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NU -- Frederick A. Noble, "The Pilgrims," Boston, 1907.
NY - "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record."
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PB - Albert H. Plumb, "William Bradford of Plymouth," Boston, 1920.
PC - D. Plooy, "The Pilgrim Fathers from a Dutch Point of View," New York, 1932.
PCL - Plymouth Colony Laws; Boston, 1836.
PCR - Plymouth Colony Records, 1633, 1697, 12 volumes, edited by W. B. Shurteff and D. Pulsifer, 1855-1861.
PP - "Phinehas Pratt and Some of His Descendants," Boston, 1897. PSB - "Plymouth Scrapbook," 1918.
PTR - Plymouth Town Records.
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PW - "The Pilgrim Festival Held on Forefather's Day, Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1845"; published by Gen. Soc., M. D.
PX - "Plymouth Plantation," Plymouth, 1948.
R - William S. Russell, "Pilgrim Memorials and Guide to Ply- mouth," Boston, 1860. Several editions, 1864-1866.
RS - Isaac de Rasieres, Letter, Collections of the New York Histori- cal Society, Second series, II, 351.
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SG - Samuel G. Webber, "A Genealogy of the Southworths," Boston, 1905.
SH - J. A. Vinton, "Henry Samson. Genealogical Memoirs of the Sampson Family in America," Boston, 1864.
SN - Henry Hallam Saunderson, "Puritan Principles and American Ideals," The Pilgrim Press, 1930.
SR - G. T. Ridlon, "George Soule. Soule Genealogy."
SV - "Sailor's Narratives of New England Voyages, 1524-1624," Bos- ton, 1905.
SW - Myles Standish, "Myles Standish. Standishes of America," Boston, 1895.
SX - E. J. Huigan, "Graves of Myles Standish and Other Pilgrims," 1914.
SY - Henry Johnson, "The Exploits of Myles Standish," New York, 1897.
SZ - Harry B. Sherman, "Mayflower Pilgrim Declamations," 1948.
T - James Thacher, "History of the Town of Plymouth," Second Edition, Boston, 1835.
TM - Thomas Morton, "New England Canaan," Amsterdam, 1637; Prince Society reprint, Boston, 1883.
TN - Banks, "Thomas Morton of Merrymount," (Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., Dec. 1924; Nov. 1925) .
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U - Roland G. Usher, "The Pilgrims and Their History," New York, 1918.
W - Edward Winslow, "Good Newes from New England," London, 1624. (MD XXV 151-163) (MD XXVI 11-23, 68-80, 128-138, 150-161) .
WD - Waddington, "Congregational History, 1567-1700," London, 1874.
WE - Weeden, "Economic and Social History of New England," 1620- 1789.
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WF - William C. Winslow, "The Pilgrim Fathers in Holland," 1891.
WG - Letter written by Winslow at Barbadoes preserved in Sec. Thurlow's State Papers, III, 250.
WH - Edward Winslow, "Hypocrisie Unmasked," London, 1646.
WI - Three letters from Winslow to Governor Winthrop, one to Commissioners of United Colonies and one to Secretary Thur- low in Hutchinson's Collection of Papers, pp. 60, 110, 153, 228, 268. See also MD XXVI, 97.
WJ - Edward Winslow, "The Glorious Progress of the Gospell amongst the Indians in New England," London, 1649.
WK - Walker, "History of the Congregational Churches," New York, 1894.
WN - Edward Winslow, "New England's Salamander," London, 1647.
WR - Thomas Goddard Wright, "Literary Culture in Early New England," 1620-1730, New Haven, 1920.
WS - Winsor, "The Earliest Printed Sources of New England His- tory," 1602-1629.
WT - Maria W. Bryant, "Edward Winslow of the Mayflower and His Descendants from 1620 to 1865," 1915.
WU - William C. Winslow, "Governor Edward Winslow, His Part and Place in the Plymouth Colony," New York, 1896.
WV - Roebling, "Richard Warren of the Mayflower and Some of His Descendants," Boston, 1901. (See N.E. Vol. 55, pages 70-78; 161-170) .
WW - Thomas and Samuel White, "Descendants of William White," 1895.
WX - Daniel Webster, "Discourse Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820." Boston, 1821.
WY - Edward Winslow, "True Reasons for Founding of New Ply- mouth," London, 1846.
WZ - "Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration, December 21, 1920," Uni- versity of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1921.
Y - Alexander Young, "Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth," Boston, 1841.
The following are interesting.
YA - Ruth Gardiner Hall, "Descendants of Governor William Brad- ford," 1951.
ZA - Gleason L. Archer, "Mayflower Heroes," a dramatic presenta- tion of what happened during the first three years of Plymouth Colony, New York, 1935.
ZB - Gleason L. Archer, "With Axe and Musket at Plymouth," a dramatic presentation of the succeeding years to 1630, New York, 1936.
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NOTE CONCERNING THE ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Portrait of Governor Edward Winslow is in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth. It is the only known portrait of any member of the Mayflower company. It was probably painted in London by Robert Walker in 1651.
2. The picture of the Rock shows it as it appears today. There is no known picture of it as it was originally, be- fore any part of it had broken away.
3. The Bradford Bible is one of the most prized possessions of the Pilgrim Society in Pilgrim Hall. It was printed in London in 1594 by Christopher Barker, and was from a translation made by English exiles in Geneva, known as the "Breeches" Bible.
4. Alden house, in Duxbury, is where John and Priscilla Alden passed the last years of their lives and where they died. It was built by their son Jonathan in 1653. It is maintained today as a museum.
5. Howland house, on Sandwish Street, Plymouth, was built about 1667 and was acquired by Jabez Howland in 1669. John and Elizabeth Howland, parents of Jabez, are said to have lived there for a time. It has been restored so as to appear as it was originally. It is main- tained as a museum.
6. The White cabinet is in Pilgrim Hall and tradition ascribes the ownership to William White.
7. The Elder Brewster chair is made of ash. It is much more ornate than the Governor Carver chair which has given a name to the type.
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