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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from The Proceedings at the Cushman Celebration, at Plymouth, August 15, 1855: In Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Plymouth Pilgrims From Southampton, England, Together With an Account of the Services at the Grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, August 16, 1855After long and tedious negotiations, wherein the prudence and skill of Mr. Cushman were of incalculable service, arrangements were made in London for the transportation of the ad...

Excerpt from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Printed by Order of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe earliest marriages on record in the colony Will be found entered among the Court Orders. All the births, marriages, and deaths which were returned for record anterior to the year 1647, with the above-mentioned exception, have been lost by the decay of the first part of the original volume in which they ...

Excerpt from A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Elder Thomas Leverett, of BostonThe necessity of this memoir may become more apparent, when it is known that the name of Leverett has within a very few years entirely disappeared from our midst, and that our citizens no longer find it among those of the registered inhabitants of this ancient metropolis, so long the almost ex elusive residence of the family.About the PublisherForgotten Books p...

Excerpt from A Perpetual Calendar for Old and New StyleBy the Julian Calendar the year consisted of 365 days and 6 hours, instead of the true time. Of the duration of a solar year, thus making the year too long by about 11 minutes. From the time of the Council of Nice to the time of Gregory, this differ ence had amounted to ten days. In order to obviate this error, it was ordained that the year 1582 should consist of 365 days only, and that te...

Excerpt from A Perpetual Calendar for Old and New StyleBy the Julian Calendar the year consisted of 365 days and 6 hours, instead of the true time. Of the duration of a solar year, thus making the year too long by about 11 minutes. From the time of the Council of Nice to the time of Gregory, this differ ence had amounted to ten days. In order to obviate this error, it was ordained that the year 1582 should consist of 365 days only, and that te...

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Excerpt from Brief Notice of William Shurtleff, of MarshfieldThe Thomas Clarke, to whom young Shurtleff was apprenticed, was by trade a carpenter. He came to Plymouth in the Ann, in the summer of 1623, where he dwelt until his decease in 1697. His grave-stone, one of the oldest on Plymouth burying hill, marks his earthly resting place. Without any apparent evidence, he has been confounded by many with the mate, or rather pilot, of the renowned...

Excerpt from Memorial of the Inauguration of the Statue of FranklinIt was the object of the compiler - however well or ill it has been accomplished - to be faithful to fact, and to ren der impartial justice to all who participated in the memo rable event, or who lent aid to its successful achievement, and if he has failed, through inadequacy, or the meagreness of material, of describing any notable particular, or of giving su¿icient prominence...

Excerpt from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Vol. 1: Court Orders, 1633-1640The volumes of Plymouth Records consist of the original minutes of proceedings at the General Court of that colony and of the Courts of Assistants, all held in the town of Plymouth. Consequently they con tain the Court Orders, grants of land, the laws, the judicial acts of the Courts, all recorded matters relating to the probate of wills and the a...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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