The great events by famous historians : a comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians ... . t. Morton, in his memorial, asserts that the Mayflower putin at this cape, partly by reason of a storm by which she wasforced in, but more especially by the fraudulency and contrivanceof the aforesaid Mr. Jones, the master of the ship; for their in-tention and his engagement was to Hudsons river; but some ofthe Dutch having notice of their intention, and ha
The great events by famous historians : a comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians ... . t. Morton, in his memorial, asserts that the Mayflower putin at this cape, partly by reason of a storm by which she wasforced in, but more especially by the fraudulency and contrivanceof the aforesaid Mr. Jones, the master of the ship; for their in-tention and his engagement was to Hudsons river; but some ofthe Dutch having notice of their intention, and having thoughtsabout the same time of erecting a plantation there likewise, theyfraudulently hired the said Jones, by delays, while they were inEngland, and now under the pretence of the sholes, etc., to dis-appoint them in their going thither. Of this plot betwixt theDutch and Mr. Jones I have had late and certain intelligenceThe explicitness of this assertion has caused charge of treachery—brought by no one but Morton—to be repeated by almostevery historian down to the present period; and it is only withina few years that its correctness has been questioned by writerswhose judgment is entitled to respect. But notwithstanding the. PILGRIMS SETTLE AT PLYMOUTH 107 plausibility of the arguments urged to disprove this charge, andeven the explicit assertion that it is a Parthian calumny, anda sheer falsehood, we must frankly own that, in our estima-tion, the veracity of Morton yet remains unimpeached. Factsprove that the Dutch were contemplating permanent settlementof New Netherland, and the early Pilgrim writers assert thatovertures were made to the Leyden Church by the merchants ofHolland to join them in that movement, and the petition to theStates-General, when presented by those merchants, was finallyrejected, and the Mayflower commenced her voyage intend-ing to proceed to the Hudson. Is it improbable that steps mayhave been taken to frustrate their intention, and that arrang
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