PLYMOUTH 



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PLYMOUTH COLONY 



little colony were buried. In Pilgrim Hall, a 

 fine granite structure in the Greek style of 

 architecture, the depository of Mayflower relics, 

 are paintings of events of the early days, and 

 such treasures as the original colonial charter, 

 dated June 1, 1621, the sword of Miles Stand- 

 ish and Governor Bradford's Bible. 



A national monument to the Pilgrims was 

 dedicated in 1889. Appropriate tablets mark 

 various historic sites, and a few old colonial 

 houses still stand. Prominent modern struc- 

 tures are an $85,000 Federal building, occupy- 

 ing the site of Elder Brewster's homestead; 

 and a courthouse, state armory, public library, 

 Jordan Hospital and several hotels. Morton 

 Park is a beautiful wooded reserve of 200 acres. 



Plymouth is an important industrial center. 

 Its cordage works are among the largest in the 

 world, having an annual output worth $10,000,- 



the manufacture of mining machinery are al- 

 most the only occupations of the people. Plym- 

 outh was settled in 1768, and during the trouble 

 between Pennsylvania and Connecticut over 

 the state boundaries, in 1799, it was claimed by 

 both states. The Delaware & Lackawanna Rail- 

 road serves the borough and electric lines op- 

 erate to cities and towns northwest and south- 

 west. In 1910 the population was 16,996; in 

 1916 it was 19,100 (Federal estimate). 



Down to the Plymouth Rock, that had been to their feet as a doorstep, 

 Into a world unknown. the corner stone of a nation ! 



LONGFELLOW : Courtship of Miles Standish. 



The historic rock on which it is said the Pilgrims first set their feet on landing in the New 

 World is preserved under a marble canopy in the city of Plymouth. 



000. Other manufactures are woolen and worsted 

 goods, zinc and copper products, insulated wire, 

 rugs and mats. The cultivation of clams is a 

 new industry. Plymouth and its neighbor town 

 Can iior harvest about one-fourth of 



all the cranberries grown in the United States. 

 This crop has an annual value of about $300,- 

 000. 



The town was named for Plymouth, England. 

 in the seat of government of the colony un- 

 til 1692. when it was united to Massachusetts. 

 See illustration, in article PLYMOUTH COLONY. 



PLYMOUTH, PA. a borough in Lurernc 

 County in the northeastern part of the state, 

 chiefly engaged in the coal industry. It is lo- 

 cated four miles west of Wilkcs-Barre, on the 

 Suaqueha m a region rich in anthra- 



coal. The mining and shipping of coal and 



PLYMOUTH COLONY, next to Jamestown, 

 the oldest permanent English settlement in 

 America. It was founded in 1620 at Plymouth, 

 in what is now Massachusetts, by a body of 

 English Separatists, whom Governor Bradford 

 was wont to speak of as "pilgrims upen the 

 nth." One hundred two of their number 

 sailed in the Mayflower and th* ,s> .dwell 

 from Holland, whith.r they had fled twelve 

 years before to escape persecution in England. 

 The Speedwell was obliged to return, but after 

 a stormy voyage of nine weeks, the Mayflower 

 entered Cape Cod Bay. It was by accident 

 that the Pilgrims reached this part of the coun- 

 try, for they had planned to settle near the 

 mouth of the Hudson, within the jurisdiction 

 of the London Company. See PLYMOUTH, page 

 4712; PLYMOUTH ROCK, page 4715. 



