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 BRIEF GUIDE 
 
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 PLYMOUTH 
 
 For AUTOMOBILISTS For PEDESTRIANS 
 
 Giving the history and the location 
 of the principal places of interest 
 
 PLYMOUTH ROCK, THE MONUMENT 
 
 PILGRIM HALL, BURIAL HILL 
 
 OLD HOUSES, HARBOR, ETC. 
 
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 Copyright 1913 by 
 KENNETH COLE, PLYMOUTH, MASS. 
 
PILGRIM 
 
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 A set of 12 including 
 
 The Rock, Burial Hill, 
 
 Pilgrim Hall, The Monument, 
 
 Oldest House, Etc. 
 
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 KENNETH COLE, 
 7 Whiting St., Plymouth, Mass. 
 
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 17 Main Street 
 
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 each, Kenneth Cole, publisher, 
 7 Whiting: St.,PIymouth, Mass* 
 
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 AYe carry a full line of souvenirs 
 and local postal cards. 
 
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 50 Main Street, 
 
 Plymoutli. 
 
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 (Further information about most of the 
 places printed in italics zvill be found 
 on other pages of this Guide.) 
 
 Starting from Plymouth Rock with 
 Cole's Hill on the right, turn up the 
 first street to the right. This is Leyden 
 Street. Half way up the hill, on the 
 left, is the site of the First or Common 
 House. On reaching the car line several 
 points of interest may be seen from the 
 corner. In front, at the head of Ley- 
 den street, is Tozvn Square. The build- 
 ings on the Square are the Unitarian 
 Church, The Church of the Pilgrimage, 
 the Town House, and the Governor 
 Bradford Building. The sites of the 
 First Meeting House and Governor 
 Bradford's House are recorded by tab- 
 lets on the last named building. On 
 the right is the main business street of 
 the town. On the left is the Baptist 
 Church, which is the site of the new 
 Post-office Building. The water flowing 
 from the pipes is from Pilgrim Spring. 
 
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 KEY TO MAP. 
 Pilgrim Monumnt. 
 R. R. Station. 
 Pilgrim Hall. 
 County Court House. 
 Burial Hill. 
 
 Site of Gov. Bradford's House. 
 Pilgrim Spring. 
 Site of First House. 
 Cole's Hill. 
 Plymouth Rock. 
 Watson's Hill. 
 
 Training Green and Soldier's Menu- 
 lent. 
 Plymouth Garage. 
 Harlow House. 
 Pilgrim Garage. 
 Howland House, 1666. 
 
 Turn to the left and follow the car 
 line. Just beyond the foot of the hill, 
 on the right, is the Howland House, 
 i666. At the top of the next hill, on 
 the right, is Training Green, so called 
 because it was formerly used as a 
 training ground by the soldiers. About 
 a quarter of a mile farther, the second 
 building on the right after passing the 
 Ply>nouth Garage is the Harlow House, 
 1677. 
 
 Return to Plymouth Rock and with 
 Cole's Hill on the left, pass up the first 
 street which is North Street. The large 
 yellow house on the right, half way up 
 the hill is the Winslozv House, 1754. A 
 little farther on the left, is the Public 
 Library. At the head of North Street 
 on the left corner is an old house built 
 in 1730. It was occupied by General 
 John Winslow, second in command of 
 the expedition against the Acadians. 
 Turning to the right you enter Court 
 Street. On the left you pass the County 
 Court House. Near it are the Old 
 County Jail and the Registry of Deeds 
 Building. 
 
 A short distance farther on Court 
 Street, on the right, is Pilgrim Hall. 
 About one-quarter of a mile beyond 
 Pilgrim Hall take the first street to the 
 left after passing the Sa)noset House 
 which is also on the left. At the head 
 of this street turn to the right, which 
 leads to the National Monument to the 
 Forefathers. On leaving the monument 
 turn to the right and follow this street. 
 At its head is the rear entrance to Bur- 
 ial Hill. Take any street to the left to 
 again reach Court Street 
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 II Places of Historic || 
 II Interest to Visit || 
 
 PLYMOUTH ROCK. 
 
 The portion of this historic rock now 
 in view under the Canopy has been in 
 this position only since 1880. This por- 
 tion is about one third of the whole 
 rock, the remainder being directly be- 
 neath. In 1620 the rock was in the 
 same position as it is now, except that 
 it was lower down by about eight feet. 
 It was raised from its original position 
 in the year 1741 in order to save it from 
 being buried by the building of a wharf 
 around it. The rock was positively 
 identified at this time by Thomas Faunce 
 who was born in 1646. When he was a 
 youth, his father, who came over in the 
 ship Anne in 1623, told him repeatedly 
 the story of the landing of the Pilgrims. 
 Some of the Pilgrims themselves point- 
 ed the rock out to him and told him of 
 their landing upon it. For this reason 
 he loved and respected the rock and in 
 1741 when he heard that it was about 
 to be biiried, although then an old man 
 ninety-five years of age, he had his sons 
 carry him down to the shore. There he 
 told a large crowd of people the story 
 of the rock as related by his father and 
 the Pilgrims. With tears in his eyes 
 he begged them to respect and preserve 
 it, which they did. 
 
 In 1775 at the beginning of the Revo- 
 lution the men planned to move the rock 
 to Town Square, in the centre of the 
 town, thinking that enthusiasm could be 
 aroused by holding enlistments around 
 it. In raising the rock it was split, and 
 only the upper portion was moved to 
 the square. It was drawn by a yoke of 
 twenty oxen. The splitting of the boul- 
 der was taken as an omen signifying 
 that the colonies would succeed in sepa- 
 rating themselves from the mother 
 country. In the year 1834 the part of 
 the rock in Town Square was moved 
 to Pilgrim Hall and enclosed by the 
 iron fence which now surrounds the 
 Compact Memorial. In 1880 it was 
 carried back to the original spot and 
 joined to the other portion, over which 
 the Canopy had been erected in 1867. It 
 is said that a policeman stood over the 
 masons who joined the two pieces in 
 order to keep people from taking the 
 chips. The gates of the Canopj' are 
 locked every night to protect the rock 
 from unscrupulous souvenir hunters. In 
 the top of the Canopy there is a hollow 
 place in which rest the remains of five 
 skeletons which were found on Cole's 
 Hill in 1855, which experts have de- 
 clared are the bones of white men. 
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COLE'S HILL. 
 
 Directly above the rock is Cole's Hill, 
 the first l)urying ground of the Pil- 
 grims. All the Pilgrims who died the 
 first winter were Ijuried on this hill. 
 When spring came those who survived 
 planted corn on the graves so that the 
 Indians would not know how many had 
 died. In 1883 more bones were discov- 
 ered on the hill, and instead of being 
 put with the others in the Canopy over 
 the rock, they were placed in the spot 
 where they were found, and a tablet 
 was placed over the graves, which may 
 
 were built on this street. It was well 
 protected by the fort on Burial Hill. 
 On the corner of Leyden and Main 
 Streets there is a public drinking foun- 
 tain. This is the well known Pilgrim 
 Spring. The spring itself is on the 
 banks of Town Brook, the water being 
 pumped up. This corner is the site of 
 a large Federal building, which is to be 
 erected in the near future. 
 
 TOWN SQUAEE. 
 
 At the head of Leyden Street is Town 
 Square. It was here that part of the 
 rock rested from 1775 to 1834. At the 
 
 Town Brook. 
 Courtesy of P.. & P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
 now be seen there. The Lind;n tree 
 standing on the corner of the Hill is 
 said to have been planted in the year 
 1809. 
 
 LEYDEN STREET. 
 
 Extending from the water side to 
 Town Square at the foot of Burial Hill 
 is Leyden Street. This street was orig- 
 inally named First Street. Since then 
 it has been called Great Street and 
 Broad Street. In 1823 it was named 
 Leyden Street by the town, in honor of 
 the tovvn in Holland in which the Pil- 
 grims lived from 1609 to 1620. On one 
 of the houses on Leyden Street there 
 is a tablet marking the site of the First 
 or Common House. All the first houses 
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 head of the square is the Unitarian 
 Church. The present building was com- 
 pleted in 1899. At the left of the Uni- 
 tarian Church is the Congregational 
 Church, called the "Church of the Pil- 
 grimage." The present church was 
 built in 1840. 
 
 Below this church is a large brick 
 block, built in 1905, which is called the 
 Governor Bradford building. Upon it 
 are tablets marking the site of the First 
 Meeting-house, built in 1638, and the 
 house of Governor Bradford. 
 
 Opposite the Congregational Church 
 is a large wooden building which is 
 now (1913) the Town House. It was 
 built in 1749, and from then to 1820 it 
 
was the county court house. In 1820 
 the town bought the building and has 
 used it ever since as the Town House. 
 
 OLD HOUSES. 
 
 The oldest hcnsc i'l Piymouth still 
 standing is the Crewe house, built in 
 1664. It is located abcut two miles 
 from the centre of the town, near the 
 Cordage Company. 
 
 The Hcwiand hous'\ 1666, is the only 
 house new standing in which it is 
 known that any Pilgrim has entered 
 It was occupied by Jabez, the son of 
 John Hcwiand, the Pilgrim, while the 
 
 is the Winslcw house, built by Edward 
 Winslcw in the year 1754. The frame 
 of the house was made in England. It 
 is said that the carpenters who erected 
 the frame made a mistake and put it 
 together upside down, so that the walls 
 in the rooms upstairs are higher than 
 the walls in the rooms downstairs. Ralph 
 Waldo Emerson married Lydia Jack- 
 sen in this house in the year 1832. Her 
 brother. Dr. Jackson, who discovered 
 the use of ether as an anaesthetic, occu- 
 pied the house almost opposite the Wins- 
 lcw house, which is called the Jackson 
 
 v'ohn Alden House, Duxbury. 
 Courtesy of Nantasket Steamboat Co. 
 
 latter was still living, so that it is very 
 probable that the father came to this 
 house many times. 
 
 General John Winslcw, who removed 
 the Acadians from Nova Scotia, occu- 
 pied the house on the corner of North 
 and Main streets, built in 1730. James 
 Warren, President of the Provincial 
 Ccngrcss also lived there. 
 
 The Harlcw house, 1677, was built 
 part'y of timbers from the old fort on 
 Burial Hill. 
 
 THE WINSLOW HOUSE. 
 
 The large yellow house on Winslow 
 Street, easily seen from North Street, 
 
 house. The chair in which he is said 
 to have sat while making the discovery 
 is now down stairs in Pilgrim Hall. 
 
 THE COUNTY BUILDINGS. 
 
 The Court House is on Court Street, 
 abeut four minutes walk from the 
 Winslow House or Plymouth Rock. It 
 was built in 1820 and was extensively al- 
 tered in 1857. 
 
 Until 1904 this was also used as a 
 Registry of Deeds. In 1904 the new 
 Registry of Deeds building was erected 
 opposite the Court House on Russell 
 Stree t. 
 
 In the rear of the Court House is a 
 
large brick building, formerly the Coun- 
 ty Jail, but now used as tlie Plymoutb 
 Police Station. A new County Jail was 
 erected in tbe south part of the town in 
 1910, where the prisoners are kept busy 
 working on the county farm. 
 
 PILGEIM HALL. 
 
 Pilgrim Hall was erected in the year 
 1824 by the Pilgrim Society. In 1880 
 it was rebuilt, so as to make it fire- 
 proof, at an expense of about $15,000. A 
 fire-proof annex for the Society's valu- 
 able library was added in 1904. Since 
 then the whole interior of the Hall has 
 
 in the United States ; A copy of the 
 first edition of Monrt's Relation, writ- 
 ten in Plymouth in 1620-1, and published 
 in England in 1622 ; The chairs of Gov- 
 ernor Carver and Elder Brewster; The 
 cradle of Peregrine White, the trrst 
 "White" child born in America ; The 
 original manuscript of "The Breaking 
 Waves Dashed High" ; The first vol- 
 ume of the Ancient Records of the First 
 Church; Eliot's Indian Bible of which 
 there are probobly not more than four or 
 five copies now existing. The collec- 
 tion of portraits and pictures is very in- 
 
 Pilgrim 
 Courtesy of B. & 
 
 been changed, and now it is entirely 
 fire-proof. Visitors are admitted daily 
 during regular hours (except Sundays 
 in the winter season), the charge being 
 tweaty-five cents. 
 
 Among the interesting old relics are : 
 The Bible of Governor Bradford, 
 printed in 1592; The sword of Captain 
 Myles Standish ; A Commission bearing 
 the date 1654 issued by Oliver Cromwell 
 to Ed^vard Winslow and others, ap- 
 pointing them as arbitrators between 
 the English Nation and the United 
 Provinces of Holland; The first patent 
 granted to the Plymouth colonists in 
 1621, the oldest state paper in existence 
 
 Hall. 
 
 P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
 teresting and valuable. It includes the 
 original portraits of Governor Edward 
 Winslow, his son, Governor Josiali 
 Winslow, and Jcsiah's wife, Penelope. 
 These were probably painted in 1651. 
 
 There is a large picture of the Land- 
 ing by Henry Sargent, an amateur art- 
 ist of Boston ; a large copy of Wier's 
 Embarkation from Delft Haven, from 
 the original now in Washington, D. C. ; 
 and the original painting of the Em- 
 barkation by Charles Lucy. 
 
 Downstairs in the Hall is the frame 
 of a vessel, the "Sparrowhawk," which 
 was wrecked on Cape Crd in 1626 and 
 buried in the sand. In 1863 it was ex- 
 humed by a storm. 
 
THE NATIONAL MONUMENT 
 TO THE FOREFATHERS. 
 
 '1 Iiis mominieiil is considered, i)\' go(;d 
 authorities, to be the finest as w.ll as 
 the largest piece of granite statuary ii 
 tlie world. It was designed by Ham- 
 matt Billings. Mcney to pay for it 
 was solicited all over the country. The 
 monument was dedicated in the year 
 1889. 
 
 The principal figure is Faith. Tier 
 feet rests on Pl3'mouth Rock. In her 
 left hand she holds a Bilile and her 
 
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 1 In se four figures were each made 
 fr. in a single jiiece of granite and are 
 sixteen feet in lieight 
 
 Upon tl:e faces of the four projecting 
 pedastals are alto-reliefs representing; 
 the Departure from Delft Haven — the 
 Signing of the Compact — the Landing 
 at Plymouth — and the Treaty with the 
 Indians. 
 
 During a severe thund:r storm in the 
 summer cf 1912 the monument was 
 i^truck by lightning and a number of 
 the sections of the figure of Faith were 
 disturbed. The difficult work of re- 
 pairing the statue was very successfully 
 accomplished without taking apart, and 
 new there is hardly any trace of the 
 damage visible from the ground. 
 
 Belcw are a few dimensions of the 
 figure cf Faith : 
 
 
 
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 Fa'th Monument. 
 Courtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
 riglit hand is printing to Heaven. This 
 statue alone ccst over $30,030, and was 
 given by Oliver Ames. It is made cf 
 fourteen separate pieces of granite and 
 weighs about 175 tons. 
 
 The small figures are of Freed. im. 
 Morality, Law, and Education. On 
 cither side of each of thsee statues, in 
 small niches, are various smaller figur.;s 
 including Peace, under the protection of 
 Freedom, and Tyranny overthrown by 
 it; Wisdom ripe with years, and Youth 
 led by Experience; Justice and M-ercy ; 
 a prophet, and one of the Evangelists. 
 
 Clarke's Island. 
 Courtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
 Height, 36 feet; Wrist, 4 feet in cir- 
 eumfrrence; Nose, i foot. 4 inches in 
 '.ength; Forefinger, 201-2 inches in cir- 
 cumference; Arm, 19 feet 10 1-2 inches 
 long; Neck, 9 feet 2 inches in circum- 
 ference. 
 
 Frcm the monument cue has a fine 
 view cf 
 
 THE HARBOR. 
 
 The Icng narnvv sand bar in the fore- 
 ground is Plymouth Beach. This was 
 frrmerly ccv^-red with summer cottages. 
 They were destroyed in the November 
 gale of i8g8. 
 
 Of the pieces of land beyond the 
 
 Beach, the one that projects the farthest 
 
 from the mainland is the Gurnet, which 
 
 was named frcm a similarly shaped 
 
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headland in England called by the same 
 name. The land to the left of the Gur- 
 net is called Saquish, an Indian word 
 meaning "many clams." To the left of 
 Saquish is Clarke's Island, named for 
 John Clarke, the mate on the Mayflow- 
 er. Still further to the left is Duxbury. 
 
 Piipi'" 
 
 '^m' '''W!'» 
 
 Myles Standish Monumer.t, Duxbury. 
 Courtesy of Nai.ta&ket Steamboat Co. 
 
 which is noticeable for the tall shaft 
 with the figure of Myles Standish at 
 the top. The home of Myles Standish 
 was in Duxbury. 
 
 BURIAL HILL. 
 
 The oldest marked grave on the hill 
 is Governor Bradford's. His grave is 
 on the top of the hill jmd is marked by 
 an obelisk erected about 1825. It is not 
 known positively just where Governor 
 Bradford was buried, but it is probable 
 that he was buried near wliere the mon- 
 ument now is. The Hebrew inscription 
 on the north side of the monument is 
 said to mean, "Jehovah is our help," 
 and the translation of the Latin is, 
 "What our Fathers with great difficulty 
 accomplished, let us not basely relin- 
 quish." The rest of the inscription on 
 the north side is as follows : 
 
 larder this stone rest the ashes of 
 WILI m BRADFORD a zealous puritau 
 :ind sincei'e christian Cov. of Ply. Gol. 
 from April 1621 to 1657 [the year he died 
 aged 6 ] except 5 yrs. which he declined. 
 
 B-side the grave of the Governor is 
 tlie original stone marking the grave of 
 his son. The inscription is given be- 
 low : 
 
 Here I'es the body of ye honorable 
 Major William Bradford who expired 
 • eh. ye 20th ITf^S-t, apred 79 yrs. 
 
 He I'ved long but still was doing good 
 & in his cou try's service lost much blood; 
 
 j^fter a life well spent he's now at rest 
 
 His very 1 ame and memory is blest. 
 
 Bur:al Hin. 
 
 Courte.sv of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
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MAP or 
 
 BURIAL HILL 
 
 PLYMOUTH 
 
 s/iOiv/AjG ■sroA/es 
 
 c/iuac/i 
 
 TOWN 
 SQUARE 
 
 KEY 
 
 TO LOCATION OF 
 GRA VE-S TONES 
 
 CHURCH OF THC 
 • P/i.Gff/ffA6£ 
 
 SITE OF FIRST 
 MECTINO-HOUSE 
 
 SITE OF GOVERNOR 
 BRADFORD'S HOUSE 
 
 I. Gov. Wm. Bradford 
 Z-Slte of Old Fort 
 
 3. Site of iMj-tch House 
 
 4. Edward Gray 
 SJohn Horrhnd 
 &William Crowe 
 
 7. Thomas Cushman 
 & Thomas Clarh 
 
 9. Hannah How/and 
 
 10. Magee Monument 
 II.DrFranas Le Baron 
 /2. TTiomas Faunce 
 
 13. Sarah" Spoaner 
 
 K Andrew Farm// 
 IS.Iirs. Mehltable Atnvod 
 /&/kv. Chandler ffobbins 
 n.N.JacHson (l^sonic^ 
 18. Fannie Cromb/e 
 laFUV. Jackson 
 BQJosiah Coffon 
 2LJoftn Fyder 
 8Z.CapT. Simeon Saa^aon 
 ZiBamsheba J. Holmes 
 24 Rev. James Hendall 
 2SJoseph Barr/eft 
 26. Gen. Jas. Mirren 
 
Near the Cushman monument is a 
 marble tablet marking the site of the 
 Old Fort built in 1621. It was right at 
 the head of Leyden Street and protected 
 it very well. It was from here that the 
 Indians were first seen on Watson's Hill. 
 Until 1638 the church services were prob- 
 ably held in the Fort. 
 
 Not far from the site of the Fort is 
 a similar tablet marking the site of the 
 
 Watch House. This was erected in 1643. 
 It was used as a look-out for Indians. 
 At the foot of the hill near the main 
 entrance is a shed in which is kept a 
 very interesting old hearse which is well 
 worth seeing. It was built about 1825. 
 
 Additional copies of this Guide by mail, 
 postpaid, 10 cents each. Kenneth Cole, 
 7 Whiting St., Plymouth, Mass. 
 
 Quaint ELpitapKs 
 
 [Oldest Marked Grave] 
 Under this stone rest the ashes ot 
 WILiLm BRAD. ORD a zeaious puritan 
 and sincere christian Gov. of Ply. Col. 
 from April 1621 to 1657 [the year he died 
 aged 6i(] except 5 yrs. which he declined. 
 
 [Son of Gov. Bradford and an Indian 
 Fighter.] 
 
 Here lies the body of ye honorable 
 Major William Bradford who expired 
 Feb. ye 20th 1703-4, aged 79 yrs. 
 
 He lived long but still was doing good 
 & in his country's service lost much blood; 
 
 After a life well spent he's now at rest 
 
 His very name and memory is blest. 
 
 [Oldest Original Stone] 
 Here Lyeth ye Body of EDWARD 
 GRAY, Gent. Aged about 52 years & 
 Departed this life ye Last of June 1681. 
 
 Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN 
 HOWLAND who died February 23, 1672-3 
 aged above 80 years. He married Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of JOHN TILLEY who 
 same with him in the Mayflower Dec. 
 1620. From them are descended a num- 
 erous 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 
 12 
 
 called the Mayflower that lived in Ply- 
 mouth." — Plymouth Records. 
 
 Here Ives bur'ed ye body of Mr. 
 WILLIAM CROWE Aged about 55 
 years who deed January 1683-4. 
 
 Here lyeth buried ye body of that 
 precious servant of God, Mr. THOM.\S 
 CUSHMAN, who after he had served 
 his generation according to the will of 
 (lOd, and particularly the church of 
 Plymouth for many years in the ofllce 
 of a ruleing elder fell asleep in Jesus 
 Decmr ye 10, 161)1 & In ye 84 year of 
 his age. 
 
 [Original Stone of the "Mate of the 
 Mavflower"] 
 
 Here lyes ye body of Mr. THOMAS 
 CLARK aged P8 years departed this 
 life March ye 24th 16a7. 
 
 To the memory of Miss Hannah How- 
 land who died of a Languishment, 
 January ye 25th 1780 AEtatis 26. 
 For us they languish, & for us they die 
 And shall they languish, shall they die in 
 vain? 
 
 [The death of the following is depicted 
 In "Dr. LeBaron and His Daughters." 
 One of the seamen is said to have 
 been the lover of Miss Hannah How- 
 land whore epitaph is given above.] 
 
In memory of Seventy two Seamen 
 who perished in Plymouth harbor on ihe 
 26, and 27 days of December, 1778, on 
 board the private armed Brig, Gen. 
 Arr.old, of twenty guns, James Magee of 
 Boston, Commander, sixty of whom were 
 buried on this spot. 
 "Oh falsely flattering were yon billows 
 
 smooth 
 When forth, elated, sailed in evil hour 
 That vessel whose disastrous fate, when 
 
 told, 
 Fill'd every breast with sorrow and eacn 
 
 eye 
 With piteous tears." 
 
 [The Hero of "A Nameless Nobleman."] 
 Here lyes ye body of Mr. FRANCI.^ 
 LEBARRAN pliytician who departed 
 this life Augst ye 18th 1704, in ye 36 
 years of his age. 
 
 [The grave of Elder Faunce, to whom 
 we are indebted for the history of 
 the Plymouth Rock and for its 
 preservation.] 
 
 Here lyes buried the Body of Mr. 
 THOMAS FAUNCE ruling Elder of thi> 
 first Church of CHRIST in Plymouth 
 deceased Fcbry 27th An: Dom. 1745-6 
 in the 9fith year of his age. 
 
 The fathers where are they? 
 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 
 
 Son of Capt. Ellis Brewster and Mrs. 
 Nancy his wife died Dec. 13 1800 aged 
 4 years. 
 
 He listen'd for a while to hear 
 Cur mortal griefs, then tun'd his ear 
 To a 'gel harps and pongs and cried 
 To join their notes celestial, sigh'd and 
 dy'd. 
 
 Here lies Interred 
 
 The Body of Mrs. 
 
 SARAH SPOON- 
 
 ER who dece- 
 
 afed January 
 
 ye 25th A. D. 1767 
 
 In the 72d year of 
 
 her age. Sh e ws 
 
 widow to iSlilP" 
 
 [Pointing to the next stone.] 
 
 THOMAS SPOONER. 
 
 ANDREW FARRELL, of respectable 
 connections in IRELAND, aged 38 years, 
 Ow: er ard Commarder of the ship 
 Hibernia, sailed from Boston Jany 26 
 And was wrecked on Plymouth Beach 
 Jany. 28 1805. His remains With five 
 of seven seamen Who perished with him 
 are here interred. 
 
 O piteous lot of man's uncertain state! 
 What woes on life's eventful journey 
 
 wait! 
 By sea what treacherous calms, what 
 
 sudden storms! 
 And death attendant in a thousand 
 
 forms. 
 
 Erected to the memory of Mrs. 
 
 MEHITVBLE wife of Capt. Thos At- 
 
 wood who died Jan 14, 1801 in the 38 
 
 year of her age. In early life her feeble 
 
 constitution gave pairful premonitiors 
 of her early exit. She however unex- 
 pectedly passed the meridian of life, dis- 
 charging in a very laudable manner 
 filial, parental & conjugal duties. At 
 length the seeds of death were planted 
 in her vitals she sickened, languished & 
 expired in hopes of a blessed immortality. 
 
 Short is our longest day of life, 
 
 And soon its prospect ends. 
 
 Yet on that day's uncertain date 
 
 Eternity depends. 
 
 This Stone Consecrated to the memory 
 of the Revd Chandler Robbins D D was 
 erected By the inhabitants of the first 
 Re'igious Society in Plymouth As their 
 last grateful tribute of Respect For his 
 eminent labors In the ministry of JESUS 
 Christ Which commenced January 30th 
 1760 And continued till his death June 
 30th 17:»9 AEtatis 61. When he entered 
 into everlasting rest Prepared for the 
 fftithful ambassadors Of the most high 
 God. 
 Ah come heaven's radiant Offspring 
 
 hither throng 
 Behold your prophet your Elijah fled 
 Let sacred symphony attune each tongue 
 To chant hosannahs with the virtuous 
 
 dead. 
 
 (The inscription on the stone said to be 
 the oldest Masonic Sto^e in this country.) 
 
 Here lyes buried The Bodv of Mi. • 
 Nath. Jackson. Who died July ye 14th 
 1743 in the 79th year of his age. 
 
 In memory of Four Children of Mr. 
 Zacheus Kempton & Sarah his wife viz 
 Sally, as'ed 36 years, Charles, aged 21 
 years, Woodard, aged 17 years, Robin- 
 so'\ aged 2 years. They died between 
 1802 & 1820. 
 
 Stop, traveler, and shed a tear 
 Upon the sod of Children dear. 
 
 Died Captain Simeon Sampson June 
 
 22, 1721 Aged fifty three years. 
 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains 
 
 Draw near with pious reverence and at- 
 tend 
 
 Here lie the loving Husband's dear re- 
 mains. 
 
 The tender Father and the courteous 
 friend. 
 
 The dauntless heart yet touched by 
 human woe, 
 
 A Friend to man, to vice alone a Foe. 
 
 To the memory of Mr. Moses Breck 
 who departed this life May 1st 1807 in 
 the 40th year of his age. 
 Strangers and friends while you gaze on 
 
 my urn, 
 Remember death will call you in your 
 
 turn. 
 Therefore prepare to meet your God on 
 
 high 
 When he ri#es through the upper sky. 
 
 In memory of Mary Simmons God- 
 
 dard Daughter of Mr. Daniel & Mrs. 
 
 Beulah Goddard who died Octr 19th 
 
 1718, aged 3 years. 10 months, & 19 days. 
 
 Here lies the flower of our youth. 
 
 Great God forgive our morning sin! 
 
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Sacred to the memory of Phebe -1 
 Bramhall. A native of Virginia & wife 
 of Benjn Bramhall Jun who died August 
 27, 1817, aged 21 years. 
 Possess'd of an amiable disposition, She 
 endeared herself to all around her 
 "but" 
 Weep not for her, in her Springtime he 
 
 flew 
 To that land, where the wings of the 
 
 soul are unfurl'd. 
 And now, like a star, beyond evening's 
 
 cold dew 
 Looks radiantly down on the tears of 
 
 this world. 
 
 In memory of Mrs. Polly Ho'.mes wife 
 of Joseph Holmes who died July 3rd, 1794, 
 aged 26 years. 
 
 Death is a debt to nature due. 
 Which I have paid and so must you. 
 
 In Memory of Mr. William Hueston, 
 who died Dec. 25, 1804 Aged 79 years. 
 Fled from the rageing storms of time. 
 And wafted to a warmer clime. 
 
 In memory of John W. Howard son 
 of Capt. James Howard & Mrs. Hannah 
 his wife born March 20, 1815, died April 
 2 1815. 
 
 He glarc'd into the world to see 
 
 A sample of our misery. 
 
 In memory of William Brewster Son 
 of Capt. William Brewster & Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth his wife died April 5th, 1804 aged 1 
 year, 5 months and 17 days. 
 
 The father and the children dead 
 
 We hope to heaven their souls are fled 
 
 The widow now alone is left 
 
 Of all her family bereft. 
 
 May she now put her trust in God 
 
 To heal the wounds made by his rod. 
 
 In memory of Ezra Thayer Jackson 
 son of Mr. Thomas Jackson 2d & Mrs. 
 Lucy his wife who died Novr 23d 1783 
 Aged 25 days. 
 
 What did the Little hasty Sojourner 
 find so forbidding & disgustful in our 
 upper World to occasion his precipitant 
 exit? 
 
 MARY 
 widow of Elder Cushman and daughter of 
 
 ISTac Mlerton, 
 Died-XXVIII-November, MDCXCIX, aged 
 
 about -XC-years, 
 
 The last survivor of the first comers in 
 
 the Mayflower. 
 
 F. W. Jackson Obiit March 23 17'^ 
 Aged One Year 7 days. 
 Hcav'n krows What man 
 He might have made. But we, 
 He died a most rare boy. 
 
 To the memory of Priscilla Davea 
 daughter of Capt. Robert and Mrs. Jeru- 
 fha Davea who died Octr 11, 1802 aged 
 1 year 7 mo- ths & 11 days. 
 Babes rather caught from Womb and 
 
 breft 
 Claim a Right to fing above the reft; 
 Because they found that happv snore, 
 They never faw nor faugh t be'fore. 
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 In memory of Frederick son of Mr. 
 Thomas Jackson and Mrs. Lucy his wife 
 who died March J5, J788, aged J year & 
 5 days. 
 
 O! happy Probationer! accepted with 
 out being exercised, it was thy peculiar 
 Privilege not to feel the slightest of 
 those Evils, which oppress thy surviv- 
 ing kindred. 
 
 In Memory of Mr. JOSEPH PLASKET 
 
 who died August 1, A. D. 1794 in the 48 
 
 year of his age. 
 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. 
 Repent in time, no time delay 
 I in my prime was called away. 
 [The above epitaph was written by 
 
 Mrs. Tabitha Plasket who was the wife 
 
 of the deceased. After her husband's 
 
 dealh she became a school teacher. She 
 
 wrote the epitaph below for her own 
 
 stone.] 
 
 In memory of Mrs. Tabitha Plasket 
 
 who died June 10, 1807, aged 64 years. 
 
 Adieu, vain world, I have 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. 
 
 In memory of Elizabeth Savery wife of 
 Lemuel Savery who died August 1, 1831, 
 aged 71 years. 
 
 Remember me as you pass by; 
 
 As you are now so once was I; 
 
 As I am row so you must be. 
 
 Prepare for death and follow me. 
 
 To the memory of Mr. John Ryder 
 who dec. March the 11 1756 aged 47 
 years Wanting 4 days. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of MISS SALLY 
 C. ROBBINS dau'r of Capt. Samuel & 
 Mrs. Sarah Bobbins. She deceased by a 
 fall from a chaise, Aug. 14, 1828, aged 
 25 years, 5 months and 10 days. 
 Our hon^e is in the grave; 
 Here dvyfells the multitude; we gaze 
 
 around. 
 We read their monuments, we sigh, and 
 while we sigh, we sink. 
 
 This stone is erected to the memory 
 of that unbiased Judge, faithful officer, 
 sincere friei.d a*"d honest man Col. 
 Isaac Lothrop, who resigned his life on 
 'he 26th day of April, 1750, in the forty- 
 third year of his age. 
 
 Had Virtue's charms the power to save 
 Its faithful Votaries fiom the giave. 
 This stone had ne'er possessed the fame 
 Of being marked with Lothrop's name. 
 
 I am erected by Josieh Cotton Esq in 
 remimbra ee of Rachel his pious and 
 Virtuous Wife, who died January 19th 
 1808 aged 50 years. 
 In belief of Christianity I lived 
 In hope of a glorious Resurrection J 
 died. 
 
To perpetuate the memory of Charles 
 Henry Bacon, son of David Bacon and 
 Mrs. Abigail his wife who died Septem- 
 ber 20 1802 in the sixth year of his age. 
 In early life prepared for Death, 
 Heaven called and I resigned my breath. 
 Weep rot, dear friends, your tears dis- 
 miss. 
 Nor wish me from the realms of Bliss. 
 
 In memory of William Drew Tufts 
 Son of .Joi a & Priscilla Tufts born Nov. 
 9 17M Died at the Island of Cuba March 
 21 1811 aged 19 years. 
 
 Green as the bay tree, ever green, 
 
 With its new foliage or, 
 The you- g, the healthful 1 have seen, 
 I pass'd, and they were gone. 
 
 Consecrated to the memory of MRS. 
 PECGY HOLBROOK wife of Mr. Jere- 
 miah Holbrook who departed this life 
 August 28th 1811 aged 26 years. 
 
 Her amiable disposition endeared her 
 to her friends and died lamented by all 
 who knew her. 
 Though harsh the strike and most severe 
 
 the rod 
 Cease, mourners. Cease, it was a strike 
 from God. 
 
 Here lyes ye body of William Ring 
 who deed sum time in April 172J in ye 
 77th year of his age. 
 
 In memory of Deborah Lucas Daughter 
 of Mr. Alden Lucas and Mrs. Deborah 
 his wife Died July 24Lh 1810 aged 1 year 
 & days. 
 The irfant's soul has begot her clay; 
 
 We hope to heaven has winged away. 
 
 To the memory of Isaac Eames Cobb 
 who was born Jan. 19, 1789, and died 
 Jan. 14, 1821. 
 
 Possess'd he talents ten, or five or one. 
 The work he had to do that work was 
 
 dore; 
 Improv'd his mind, in wisdom's ways he 
 
 trod. 
 Reluctant died, but died resigned to God. 
 
 In memory of Mr. Benjamin Harlow 
 who died November 18th 1816 aged 34 
 years. 
 
 Friends and physician's could not save 
 My mortal Pody from the Grave 
 Nor can the Grave conflre me here 
 When Christ the son of God appears. 
 
 To the memory of Mrs. ANNA JACK- 
 SCN, Obiit July 20, 17 4, Aged 18 years. 
 Death is the privilege of human nature. 
 And life without it were not worth our 
 
 taking 
 Thither the poor, the unfortunate, and 
 
 ^^ourner. 
 Fly for relief & lay their burdens dowi'. 
 
 To the memory of Alvan B. Holmes 
 Fon of Ell's Holmes, Jr. & Catherine 
 his wife died October 12, 1825, aged 2 
 years ard 11 months. 
 
 Sweet babe no more, but seraph now 
 Pefore the throne behold him bow 
 His soul enlara-ed to Argel size 
 Joins in the triumph of the Skies. 
 
 Here lyeth buried ye body of Joseph 
 Bart'ett wiio departed this life April ye 
 1 th 1703 in ye 38th year of his age. 
 
 J B 
 
 inousands of years after blest Abell's 
 
 fall 
 Twas said of him being dead he speaketh 
 
 yet 
 From silent grave methinks I hear a 
 
 call 
 Pray , fellow mortall, don't your death 
 
 forget 
 
 You that your eyes cast on this grave 
 
 Know you a dying time must have. 
 
 (A Copy of the original inscription of a 
 gravestone now almost destroyed.) 
 Here lyeth ten Children Viz three sons 
 of Rev. Mr. John Cotton who Died in the 
 Work of the Gospel Ministry at Charles- 
 ton in South Carolina Sept. 18th 1699. 
 Where he had great success and 7 sons 
 of .Tosiah Cotton, Esq. who deceased in 
 their infancy. 
 
 To the memory of Lemuel Cobb Rcb- 
 bins, son of Capt. Ansel Robbins and 
 Hannah his wife who died Oct. 2nd 180J, 
 aged 1 year 10 days. 
 
 We have no reason for to mourn 
 For god's will must be done 
 
 He lent him for a little space 
 Then sudden Called him home. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Mrs. ABI- 
 GAIL widow of the late Rev. Adoniram 
 Judson who died Jan. 31, 1842, aged 62 
 years. 
 
 Her hope was in the gospel of our 
 Lord ard Savious Jesus Christ. She felt 
 the balm and efficacy of those leaves 
 which are for the healing of the na- 
 tior s! 
 
 A guilty weak and help'ess worm. 
 On thy kind Arms I fall 
 
 Be thou my guide and righteousness 
 My Jesus and my all. 
 
 To the memory of the amiable Mrs. 
 Jane Dogget co'^sort of Mr. Seth Dog- 
 get who died May 31 17P4 in the 26th 
 year of her age. Also an infant Daughter 
 by her side. 
 Come view the seen twill fill you with 
 
 surprise 
 Behold the lovliest form in nature dies 
 At noon she flourish'd blooming fair and 
 
 gay 
 At evening an extended corpse she lay. 
 
 PATIENCE C. HOLMES,daug. of 
 Nathan & Ruth Holmes, died April 1, 
 1845, in her 24 y'r. 
 Shed not for her the bitter tear 
 Nor give the heart to vain regret 
 'Tis but the casket that lies here 
 The gem that fill'd it sparkles yet. 
 
 In mem.ory of Ichabod Shaw Holmes 
 son of Capt. Chandler Holmes and Mrs. 
 Phebe his wife who died Novr. 1st 1802 
 aged 1 year and 4 months. 
 
 a 
 Tho tender Parants have Scrse time to 
 
 wipe 
 Their weeping eyes, loe heaven cauls &. 
 the other dies. 
 
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BATHSHEBA JAMES widow of Capl. 
 William Holmes 3cl Mariner and daugh- 
 ter to Capt. Josepli Doten Do. She was 
 killed instantaneously in a thunder 
 Strom bv the electrich fluid of lightning 
 on the 6th of July 1S30 aged 35 years, 
 and 26 days. 
 
 She was an affectionate wife, a dutiful 
 daughter, a happy mother, a kind and 
 sincere friend. Alas, sweet Blossom, 
 short was the period that thy enlivenmg 
 virtues contributed to the happiness ot 
 those connectioi.s: But oh, how long 
 have they to mourn the loss of so much 
 worth and Excellence. 
 Farewell dear wife until that day more 
 
 blest 
 When if deserving I with thee shall rest. 
 With thee shall rise, with thee shall 
 
 live above 
 In worlds of endless bliss and boundless 
 love. 
 
 Erected to the memory of Mr. William 
 Keen who died Feb. 18, 1825, aged 6i 
 This modest stone what few vain mar- 
 bles can 
 May truly say — Here lies an horest man. 
 Calmly he looked on either life, and here 
 Saw rothing to regret or there to fear. 
 From Nature's temperate feast rose sat- 
 isfied, 
 Tharkcd heaven that he had lived, a: d 
 that he died. 
 
 Fannie Crcmbie daughter cf Mr. Calvii; 
 Crombie & Mrs. Naomi his w.fe de- 
 parted this life June 25th 1804 in the 8th 
 year of her age. 
 
 As yourg as beautiful! and soft as 
 young 
 
 And gay as soft! and innocent as gay. 
 
 To the memory of Mrs. Sarah T. Rob- 
 bins corfort of Mr. Jessie Bobbins who 
 died Novr. 6th 1802 in the 24th year of 
 her age. 
 Here lies intombed within this house of 
 
 clay 
 The n ortal part of an er gaging wife 
 Whofe virtue fho. e amid the blaze of 
 
 day 
 Whofe kind affection ended with her 
 
 life. 
 
 Till Gabriel's trumpet's animating found 
 Bid foul aid body meet and reunite 
 Heie reft in filence in the vaulted ground 
 Then meet thy God with rapture & do- 
 light. 
 
 In the memory of THOMAS JACK 
 
 SON Esqr. This monument is erected 
 
 Obiit September 10, 17: 4, aged 67 years. 
 
 The Spider's most attei uated thread 
 
 Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie. 
 
 Here lyes buried ye body of Mr. Thomas 
 Little, Practitioi er in Physick & Chyrur- 
 gery. Aged 58 years. Deed Decemr. ye 
 22, 1712. 
 
 Here lyes ye body of Mrs. HANNAH 
 CLARK wife to Mr. William Clark deca 
 Febry ye 20th 1687 in ye 2jth year of 
 her age. 
 
 Grave of Myles Standish, Duxb ry. 
 
 (^ourtesy of B. & P. St. Ry. Co. 
 
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THERE IS 
 
 HEALTH, LIFE AND STRENGTH 
 
 UNDER THE PINES 
 
 cziai men 
 
 ^ au( 
 
 Everybody welcomes the invigorating odor which greets them 
 as they enter a grove of good old pine trees, and many a weak, dis- 
 couraged invalid has found new life and new spirit from living 
 among them with a soft bed of pine needles under and the pure air 
 and starry heavens above. 
 
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 There are wonderful healing properties in the Pine. From it 
 have made a salve ; it is marvelous in its power ; we call it just 
 what it is 
 
 PINE NEEDLE SALVE 
 
 It has no equal for Bums, Piles, Pimples, Eczema, Salt Rheum, 
 or any Skin Troubles. You can buy it of your Druggist for 25 cents 
 — you would not sell it at any price after once using. 
 
 Prom the Pine we have also made the 
 
 PINE NEEDLE LINIMENT 
 
 Rheumatism, Backache, Neuralgia, Sore ITiroat, Croup, Colds 
 or Sprains have no place in the home where there is a bottle of this 
 healing extract of the woods. 
 
 Grocers and Druggists sell this Liniment for 25 cents. 
 
 Both Salve and Liniment are guaranteed under the Pure Food 
 and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, and are absolutely pure and 
 harmless. 
 
 If your dealer does not keep them, send us his name, and we will 
 see you are supplied. 
 
 PINE NEEDLE CO., 
 
 HAVERHILL, c^ MASS. 
 
014 079 366 8 ^ 
 
 Brockton & Plymouth St. Ry. Co. 
 
 Electric Express and Freight to All Points. 
 
 LOW RATES QUICK SERVICE. 
 
 Oince 109 Sandwich St., Plymouth, Mass. 
 
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