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... thought would be secured through " trade , traffic , trucking , working and fishing " in the New World . These arrangements completed , a small sailing craft , the Speedwell , was provided to take the colonists from Delft - Haven , the ...
... thought would be secured through " trade , traffic , trucking , working and fishing " in the New World . These arrangements completed , a small sailing craft , the Speedwell , was provided to take the colonists from Delft - Haven , the ...
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... thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie , unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " Here were not scholars or stu- dents of institutions ; here was no delving into the ruins of the past to ...
... thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie , unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " Here were not scholars or stu- dents of institutions ; here was no delving into the ruins of the past to ...
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... thought that among themselves would they frame and enact justly the laws of the society which they constituted . To the laws thus made they promised obedience . The compact signed , they elected John Carver their Governor for one year ...
... thought that among themselves would they frame and enact justly the laws of the society which they constituted . To the laws thus made they promised obedience . The compact signed , they elected John Carver their Governor for one year ...
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... thought and toiled . Centuries have passed since their animated bodies became dust , and monuments to them have value only for the living . None can be so sufficient , or so suggestive , of the Mayflower Pilgrims as the simple stone ...
... thought and toiled . Centuries have passed since their animated bodies became dust , and monuments to them have value only for the living . None can be so sufficient , or so suggestive , of the Mayflower Pilgrims as the simple stone ...
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... thought to possess sufficient courage were sought . All declined until request was made of Captain Hale . Proofs of his daring were not wanting . Once he had led a few companions in an enterprise of great risk . In a rowboat under cover ...
... thought to possess sufficient courage were sought . All declined until request was made of Captain Hale . Proofs of his daring were not wanting . Once he had led a few companions in an enterprise of great risk . In a rowboat under cover ...
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