Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, From 1602 to 1625: Now First Collected From Original Records and Contemporaneous Printed Documents, and Illustrated with Notes (Classic Rep

Excerpt from Chronicles: Of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, From 1602 to 1625By the favor Of the Plymouth Church I was permitted to make a new transcript Of this very important paper, the entire accuracy of which has been secured by its careful collation with another copy made by the Rev. William P. Lunt, of Quincy, who kindly favored me with the loan of it. The value Of this document de pends upon its authorship, and cannot be over-esti mated. It takes precedence of every thing else relat ing to the Pilgrims, in time, authority, and interest. It will be found to contain a detailed history of their rise in the north of England, their persecutions there, their difficult and perilous escape into Holland, their residence in that hospitable land for twelve years, the causes which led - to their emigration, and the means which they adopted to transport themselves to Ame rica.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.