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Title: Fifty Photographic Views of Plymouth

Compiler: John F. Murphy

Release date: January 23, 2022 [eBook #67232]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: John F Murphy, 1898

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FIFTY
PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS
OF
PLYMOUTH.



BOSTON:

JOHN F. MURPHY, Publisher,

NEWS AGENT, NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RY., OLD COLONY SYSTEM, NEW ENGLAND R. R.,
FALL RIVER LINE STEAMERS, WINTHROP STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
NANTASKET STEAMBOAT COMPANY, ETC.
1898.

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CONTENTS.

  Page.
Alden House29
Boston Steamboat “Plymouth”31
Bradford Monument24
Burial Hill6, 21,22
Canopy over Plymouth Rock13
Clarke, Grave of Thomas23
Clark’s Island30
Cole’s Blacksmith Shop27
Cole’s Hill13
Common House10
Compact15
County Court House20
Court Street11
Crow House26
Cushman Monument19
Departure of the Pilgrims—Painting17
Doten House8
Elms, The28
Embarkation of the Pilgrims—Painting17
First or Common House10
First Street Laid Out in New England10
Governor Carver’s Chair16
Governor Winthrop’s Chair16
Gray, Grave of Edward23
Harlow House25
Hotel Pilgrim28
Howland, Grave of John22
Howland House26
Landing of the Pilgrims—Painting18
Leonard House25
Leyden Street10
Mayflower, The3
National Monument4, 5
Morton Park32
North Street12
Oldest House in Plymouth8
Old Fort, Site of21
Paintings in Pilgrim Hall17, 18
Pilgrim Hall15, 16
Pilgrim Meersteads7
Plymouth Rock13
Plymouth Rock Hotel13
Pulpit Rock30
Relics in Pilgrim Hall16
Samoset House14
Soldiers’ Monument9
Standish Monument29
Standish Sword, Pot and Platter18
Town Brook7
Town, from the South6
Training Green9

Copyrighted 1898, by John F. Murphy.{3}

THE “MAYFLOWER” IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR.—From painting by W. F. Hallsall, Pilgrim Hall.

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NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS.

Designed by Hammatt Billings—Joseph Archie, Sculptor.

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1. MORALITY. 2. LAW. 3. FREEDOM. 4. EDUCATION.

STATUES, NATIONAL MONUMENT.

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BURIAL HILL.

THE TOWN FROM THE SOUTH.

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PILGRIM MEERSTEADS, TOWN BROOK.

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THE DOTEN HOUSE, 1660—The oldest house in Plymouth. Built by William Harlow.

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SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT.

THE TRAINING GREEN.

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SITE OF THE FIRST, OR COMMON HOUSE.

LEYDEN STREET, FIRST STREET LAID OUT IN NEW ENGLAND.

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COURT STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM MURRAY STREET.

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NORTH STREET.

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COLE’S HILL.

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PLYMOUTH ROCK. HOTEL. CANOPY OVER PLYMOUTH ROCK.

SAMOSET HOUSE—Court Street.

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COMPACT.

PILGRIM HALL.

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RELICS IN PILGRIM HALL.

1. GOVERNOR WINTHROP’S CHAIR.

2. GOVERNOR CARVER’S CHAIR AND SPINNING WHEEL, BROUGHT OVER IN THE “MAYFLOWER.”

3. MODEL OF THE “MAYFLOWER.{17}

THE DEPARTURE OF THE PILGRIMS FROM DELFT HAVEN.

Painting by Charles Lucy. Pilgrim Hall.

THE EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS.

Copy by Edgar Parker of the painting by Robert Weir in Rotunda of Capitol at Washington. Pilgrim Hall.

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LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.

Painting by Henry Sargent. Pilgrim Hall.

SWORD, POT AND PLATTER OF MYLES STANDISH.

Brought over in the “Mayflower.” Pilgrim Hall.

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ROBERT CUSHMAN MONUMENT.

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COUNTY COURT HOUSE—Earliest records of the Plymouth Colony in Register of Deeds’ office.

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SITE OF OLD FORT.

BURIAL HILL.

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BURIAL HILL.

GRAVE OF JOHN HOWLAND.

Died 1672.

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GRAVE OF EDWARD GRAY.

Died 1681. Oldest stone on Burial Hill.

GRAVE OF THOMAS CLARKE.

Died 1697.

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GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD MONUMENT.

Burial Hill.

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WILLIAM HARLOW HOUSE.

Built in 1677 from timbers of the old fort on Burial Hill.

REV. NATHANIEL LEONARD HOUSE.

Built in 1734. Leyden Street.

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THE CROW HOUSE.

Built in 1664 by William Crow.

THE HOWLAND HOUSE.

Built in 1666 by Jacob Mitchell.

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COLE’S BLACKSMITH SHOP.

Built in 1686.

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THE ELMS—Court Street.

HOTEL PILGRIM—Near Warren Cove.

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JOHN ALDEN HOUSE (1653) AND MYLES STANDISH MONUMENT—Duxbury.

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PULPIT ROCK.

CLARK’S ISLAND—The Pilgrims spent their first Sunday on Clark’s Island, and from Pulpit Rock the first sermon was Preached.

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THE BOSTON STEAMBOAT “PLYMOUTH.{32}

LITTLE POND, MORTON PARK.