Tourists' Guide to Down the Harbor, Hull and Nantasket, Downer Landing, Hingham, Cohasset, Marshfield, Scituate, Duxbury, the Famous Jerusalem Road, Historic Plymouth, Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Summer Resorts of Cape Cod
Tourists' Guide to Down the Harbor, Hull and Nantasket, Downer Landing, Hingham, Cohasset, Marshfield, Scituate, Duxbury, the Famous Jerusalem Road, Historic Plymouth, Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Summer Resorts of Cape Cod
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...we come to Cole's Hill where, in the severe winter that followed the Pilgrims' landing they buried half of their number, levelling the graves, and in the ensuing spring planting corn above them, so that the Indians might not be able to count the mounds and so learn the terrible story. The cause of the rapid mortality ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...we come to Cole's Hill where, in the severe winter that followed the Pilgrims' landing they buried half of their number, levelling the graves, and in the ensuing spring planting corn above them, so that the Indians might not be able to count the mounds and so learn the terrible story. The cause of the rapid mortality among the Pilgrims was scurvy, and other diseases induced by exposure to the weather, poor and insufficient food and clothing, and hastily built dwellings. The commanding position of the hill, overlooking the harbor as it does, led to its selection in 1742 for the location of a battery. The first fortifications were replaced by others in 1775, and still a third fort was thrown up here in 1814. But the visitor will not let the recollection of these matters too long fix his attention to the hill, for before him, at the foot of the grassy slope, is situated Plymouth Rock--the corner stone of a great nation. Descending the flight of steps which leads down the hill, the sightseer stands face to face with the most interesting historical relic on this continent. The piece of rock which is in view of the visitor lay for many years in front of Pilgrim Hall. In 1774 an attempt to remove the rock to the foot of the liberty pole in Town Square, resulted in its separation and while the upper half alone was removed, the lower remained in its bed. On the 4th of July, 1834, the severed portion, which since 1774 had remained in the square, and by the side of which an elm tree was planted in 1784, was removed to the front yard of Pilgrim Hall, and the next year enclosed by the iron fence which now on another spot surrounds the stone slab bearing the text of the compact. The remainder of the rock continued in its bed, merely showing its surface above the earth un...
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