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  2. Plymouth Colony - Wikipedia

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    Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by Captain John Smith .

  3. The Courtship of Miles Standish - Wikipedia

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    A scene from The Courtship of Miles Standish, showing Standish looking upon Alden and Mullins during the bridal procession. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims.

  4. John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites - Wikipedia

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    The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts.Both properties are significant for their association with John Alden, one of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony who came to America on board the Mayflower and held numerous posts of importance in the colony.

  5. History of education in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    All the New England colonies required towns to set up schools. The Mayflower Pilgrims made a law in Plymouth Colony that each family was responsible to teach their children how to read and write, for the express purpose of reading the Bible. In 1642, the Massachusetts Bay Colony made education compulsory, and other New England colonies followed.

  6. William Brewster (Mayflower passenger) - Wikipedia

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    William Brewster (c. 1566/67 – 10 April 1644) was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the Netherlands, being a Brownist (or Puritan Separatist).

  7. Pilgrim Hall Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Pilgrim Society, established in 1820, runs the museum. The museum tells the story of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. Architect Alexander Parris designed the museum building, which is built of Quincy granite and opened in 1824. Russell Warren constructed a wooden portico in 1834, which had Doric columns supporting a triangular pediment ...

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  9. Mayflower Compact signatories - Wikipedia

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    In Plymouth Colony, Brewster was Ruling Elder of the Plymouth Church until his death in 1644 at age 80. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Isaac Allerton - A Leiden Separatist and Merchant Adventurer originally from London who boarded the Mayflower with his wife and three children.