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Standish.
"Spake, in the pride of his heart, Myles Standish, the captain of Plymouth,'This is the sword ol Damascus
fought with in Flanders.' "
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List of Illustrations.
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Sword
Myles Standish.
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Powder Point Bridge.
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Captain's Hill.
Group of Winslow Relics, Pilgrim Hall.
Winslow Gravestone. Grave of Daniel Web-
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The Mayflower
in
Plymouth Harbor.
The
Gurnet.
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Clark's Island.
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Myles Standish Spring Hotel.
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Standish
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Statue of
ment
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Monument,
etc.
to Pilgrims.
House.
Priscilla
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John Alden House, [653.
Winslow House.
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Fireplace, Secret Closet,
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and John Alden.
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The Embarkation
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Pilgrim Exiles.
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Mayflower
Courtship.
and Doorway, Wins-
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Relics.
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POWDER POINT BRIDGK, DUXBURY
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Hall.
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of the Pilgrims.
Powder Point School.
Site of Daniel Webster House.
Fannx
Davenport House.
20 Partridge Academy.
21
View of Duxbury from Standish Monument.
22 Standish Street, South Duxbury Post-office.
23 Site of Peregrine White House.
24 "The Old Oaken Bucket" House, Scituate.
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Myles Standish and National Monu-
Site of Standish
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from Plymouth to Duxbury
was so named for the famous Pilgrim Captain, Myles Standish, who removed
picture was built by his son
in
this
shown
house
The
His farm comprised several acres covering the slope of the hill.
in i6«.
it, erected to the memory
surmounts
which
monument
the
and
high
feet
eighty
and
hundred
Alexander in 1666. The hill is one
of Myles Standish. is one hundred and sixteen feet in height.
CAPTAIN'S HILL
;
THE MAYFLOWER
Pilgrim Hall.
time she
left
the distance.
(
IN PLYMOt HI HARBOR. This painting, by W. F. Halsall, is among the art treasures of
The Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth harbor on Dec. 26, 1620, just a hundred days from the
)ld Plymouth in England.
The vessel lies midway of the broad channel. Plymouth beach is seen in
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CLARK'S ISLAND.
THE GURNET.
the exploring party from the
says the legend, their
and a
first
life-saving station.
Clark's Island
Mayflower spent
their first
sermon was preached.
is
known
to
all
readers of Pilgrim history as the spot where
Sabbath, Dec. 20,
The Gurnet headland
1620.
at the
From
Pulpit
Rock on
this
island,
entrance to the harbor has a lighthouse
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M VLES STANDISH SPRING
summer
and
is
resort.
Hi >TEL, situated upon a bluff of the old Myles Standish farm, celebrated now as a high-class
Directly on the property
sold throughout the United States.
is
the
famous Myles Standish Spring, which supplies
all
the water for the hotel,
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MEMORIALS OF MVLES STANDISH.
Hill,
Duxbury.
Standish,
son
It
of
South Duxbury.
is
surmounted by
Myles.
The grave
of
a
The monument
statue of
memory of the
The Standish house was
erected to the
Standish.
Myles Standish, discovered
in
recent
years,
is
Pilgrim leader
built
in
in
the
is
on Captain's
1666 by Alexander
old
burial-ground
at
THE STATUE
by
S. J.
OP M\ LES STANDISH. The statue which surmounts the
It is of Cape Ann granite, fourteen feet in height,
0' Kelly, of Boston.
hundred and sixteen
feet.
It
Standish
Monument
at
Duxbury was designed
the total height of the monument being one
faces the east, the right hand holding the charter of the Pilgrim Colony, pointing across the
waters of the harbor towards Plymouth.
THE NATIONAL M0N1 MENT TO THE
solid granite, eighty-one feet in height.
figure,
The
PILGRIMS.
statue of
Faith
is
emblematic of Morality, Law, Education, and Freedom.
The
Pilgrim
thirty-six feet.
Monument
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at Plymouth, dedicated in 1889, is of
each of the smaller pedestals is a seated
about 1631, and the following year built a
Capt. Myles Standish settled in Duxbury
Situated to the southknown to this day as Captain's Hill. The house was
house on the peninsula from which arises the hill
His son Alexander succeeded to
was occupied by him until his death in ,656.
east of the hill on a knoll near the shore, and
History of Duxbury.
The dwelling was destroyed by fire about 1665.- Whuet's
the estate.
SITE OF ST\NDISH HOUSE.
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JOHN'
with
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ALDEN AND PRISCILLA.
laughter,
said
in
a
walked, with a strange, indefinite feeling
of Myles Standish."
THE COURTSHIP.
tremulous voice,
'Why
...
don't
you
'-Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning
speak for yourself,
in the blessing
and smile
John?''
"Homeward
of the sunshine."
together they
— Longfellow's
"Courtship
THE ALDEN HOUSE.
little to
John Alden settled
in
Duxbury about the same time
as Standish.
He
built
a house in
the eastward of the present Alden homestead, which was erected by his grandson, Col. John Alden.
has always remained
in the
Alden family, and
is still
occupied by a descendant of John and
Priscilla.
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The house
THE WINSLOW HOUSE.
This dwelling was built about the year 1700 by Hon. Isaac Winslow, son of Gov. Josiah
His son, Gen. John Winslow, who inherited the estate, was commander in charge at Fort William Henry on
Lake Erie in 1756. Dr. Isaac Winslow, who died in 1819, was the last of the name who resided in the old mansion. The
Winslow.
house
is
located
in
Marshiield about half a mile south of the Daniel Webster house.
DOORWAY AND SECRET
secret
chamber was discovered.
A
right of the fireplace.
cellar.
Tradition has
lutionary days.
it
CLOSET, WINSLOW HOUSE.
The entrance
is
Within the old Winslow house not many years ago a
from the south-east corner room of the second story, through
sliding panel at the top of the closet discloses a large apartment extending
that
it
was intended as
a possible refuge for the Tories,
who were numerous
in
a closet at the
from the roof
Marshfield
in
to the
Revo-
WINSLOW
RELICS, PILGRIM HALL. Winslow coat of arms; picture of Gen. Josiah Winslow mortar and pestle,
and pewter plate, brought in the Mayflower by Edward Winslow; dressing-case, once owned by Penelope, wife of Gov.
Josiah Winslow: ancient Winslow salt-cellar; ancient porringer, which belonged to the Warren family; gold ring of Gov.
Edward Winslow; bracelets and mourning ring of the Warren family; sword, once belonged to Gen. John Winslow; ancient
Bible, long owned in the Winslow family; shoes, worn by Gov. Josiah Winslow when an infant; table, once owned by
Gov. Edward Winslow; bead purse, wrought by Penelope, wife of Gov. Josiah Winslow.
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THE WINSLOW TOMBSTONE.
supposed
to
Near the centre
whose remains
were
is the Winslow tomb,
exhumed and deposited
Burial Hill. Marshfield.
The
inscription reads, " Daniel
of the hill in the old burial-ground at
have been constructed by Isaac Winslow, son of Gov. Josiah,
Marshfield
therein.
THE GRAVE OF DANIEL WEBSTER
Webster, born January
iS, 1782,
is
in the
Webster
died October 24, 1852."
lot at
THE EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS.
It
shows the Pilgrims
William Bradford
the open Bible.
is
at their devotions,
at his left,
as
This painting, a copy of the original by Weir, hangs
they are about
Myles Standish and
his wife,
to
leave
Rose, at
in
Pilgrim Hall.
John Robinson is offering prayer.
the extreme right, and William Bradford holds
Delft-Haven.
PILGRIM EXILES.
It
homeward voyage, about
fatherland.
was a sad moment when the
the middle of
April,
George H. Boughton has made
1621.
this
It
Pilgrim band watched the Mayflower set sail on her
was the severing of the last link that bound them to the
little
scene the subject for his painting.
MAYFLOWER
RELICS, PILGRIM HALL.
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One group
represents
the
sword, pot
and
platter
of
Myles Standish;
another, an ancient spinning-wheel, and Gov. Carver's chair; a third. Elder Brewster's chair, and the cradle of Peregrine
White, the
first
white child horn
in
New England
:
and the
fourth,
articles of furniture
owned by William White.
Town
Powder Point School.
Hall.
Site of Daniel Webstei
House.
THE ORIGINAL WEBSTER MANSION
Fanny Davenport House.
was purchased by Daniel Webster of Capt. John Thomas in 1830. It was
Mr. Webster enlarged the
1774-75 as the headquarters of Capt. Balfour, commanding the Queen's Guards.
The house was burned in 1S76, and the
house, and added to his estate until it amounted to fifteen hundred or more acres.
present building erected on the site.
famous
in
PARTRIDGE VCADEMY.
dollarsforthispurpo.se.
Duxbury
It
The Academy was founded by Hon. George
was opened January
to be used as a high school.
28,
1845.
who died in 1828, and left
Academy was turned over to
Partridge,
In April, 1874. the
ten thousand
the town of
DUXBURY FROM STANDISH MONUMENT.
harbor and surrounding country.
At
its
From
summit of Captain's Hill a beautiful view is obtained of the
Duxbury and Marshfield, the homesteads of Standish, Alden,
the
foot are the towns of
Brewster. Winslow, and others of the famous Mayflower voyagers.
Sabbath, the Saquish, the Gurnet, and
in the
To
the south
is
Clark's Island, scene of the
distance the harbor and town of Plymouth.
first
Pilgrim
STANDISH STREET, HALL'S CORNER.
Among
Duxbury was
first
settled about the year
[632 by the people of Plymouth.
the earliest settlers were Standish, Brewster, Alden, Eaton, Soule, Sampson, and Prence.
Duxbury
out
of
respect
town was incorporated
for
in 16
Captain Standish, from Duxbury
;;
Eiall,
It
received the
one of the seats of the Standish family
in
name of
The
England.
PEREGRINE WHITE HOUSE.
His father died the
on the "Careswell
on
a
first
" estate at
Peregrine White,
known
as the
first
mother married Edward Winslow.
Marshfield, where Winslow settled in 1632.
winter,
and
farm not far from "Careswell."
his
His homestead
the scene of the reunions of his numerous descendants.
is
marked by
a
Pilgrim baby, was born on board the Mayflower.
Peregrine's boyhood was spent in
He
Plymouth and
married Elizabeth Bassett in 1648. and settled
house half
a mile east of
Telegraph
Hill,
and
is
often
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET HOUSE. "The Old Oaken Bucket" premises are situated on Pond Street, Scituate, and
owned by Henry Northey. On this site stood the house of Henry Ewell, which was burned by the Indians in 1676, during
King Philip's War; and the babe left in the cradle was the ancestor of Samuel Wadsworth, the author of the poem of worldwide
fame'.
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