OFFICIAL PILGRIM
GUIDE BOOK
To Plymouth, Massachusetts
25¢
HISTORIC PILGRIM PLYMOUTH
A GUIDE MAP SHOWING PRINCIPAL STREETS AND HISTORIC SHRINES
Pilgrim GUIDE Book
To
PLYMOUTH
MASSACHUSETTS
With a Brief Outline of The Pilgrim Migration and Settlement at Plymouth
By William Franklin Atwood
“What your fathers with so much difficultyattained, do not basely relinquish.”Inscription on gravestone of Gov. William Bradford on Burial Hill.
Copyright, 1940, by PAUL W. BITTINGER, Plymouth, Mass.
All Rights Reserved.
Sixth Edition, May, 1957
Facsimile of original Seal of the Plymouth Colony. It disappearedduring the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, who, in 1686was sent by King James to rule over the Dominion of NewEngland. It has never been recovered.
Note: Dates used, except those in quotations, accordwith the new style calendar adopted by England in 1752,although having been in use in Holland since 1583.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
For those who may desire further information regardingthe Pilgrims in England and Holland, their motivesand aspirations leading to the migration and final settlementat Plymouth, reference is suggested to The PilgrimStory, of the Pilgrim Book Series, a condensed historyfrom the writings of Governor Bradford, Governor Winslowand other authoritative sources, by William F. Atwood.
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Cover design by Leo Schrieber, Plymouth, Mass. Cover photofrom oil painting in Pilgrim Hall depicting Departure of Pilgrimsfrom Delfthaven. Illustration, inside front cover, scene of twomodern Pilgrim Misses from annual Thanksgiving Pageant heldin Plymouth Memorial Building on Thanksgiving Day.
Published by
THE MEMORIAL PRESS
Plymouth, Mass.
This publication is one in the Pilgrim Book Series.