. The story of a pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, Rev. John Alden in his 83rd year . handshe holds an open Bible; her right is raised and pointingheavenward. Her feet are planted on Plymouth statue is two hundred and sixteen times life size, andis composed of fourteen blocks of granite, weighing in allone hundred and eighty tons. Four other statues adornthe pedestal; Morality, Education, Law and these, in panels, are alto-reliefs in marble, represent- 428 AUTOBIOGRA
. The story of a pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, Rev. John Alden in his 83rd year . handshe holds an open Bible; her right is raised and pointingheavenward. Her feet are planted on Plymouth statue is two hundred and sixteen times life size, andis composed of fourteen blocks of granite, weighing in allone hundred and eighty tons. Four other statues adornthe pedestal; Morality, Education, Law and these, in panels, are alto-reliefs in marble, represent- 428 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALDEN. ing the Departure from Delft Haven, the Signing of theCompact, the Landing of the Pilgrims, and the Treaty withMassasoit. Other panels extend to the top of the shaft,and on these are engraved the names of the Mayflower pas-sengers. Pilgrim Hall was built in 1824 by the Pilgrim 1880, J. Henry Stickney, of Baltimore, a liberal and pat-riotic friend, expended a large sum in enlarging andimproving the buildiug and grounds. A day spent herewould be too short a time to satisfy lovers of the antiqueand historical in studying the relics contained in PLYMOUTH ROCK CANOPY. The walls of the large hall are hung with rare and inter-esting pictures, many of which are portraits of the earlysettlers. Cases around the room contain articles once belongingto Bradford, Standish, Winslow, Brewster, Alden andothers. Chairs owned by Carver and Brewster, the cradles ofPeregrine White and Samuel Fuller, and a model of theMayflower, are among the objects of interest here pre-served. Enclosed in an iron railing near the building, is a tabletbearing a copy of the Immortal Compact, and on the PLYMOUTH. 429 fence surrounding it is inscribed the names of the forty-onesigners. Plymouth, or Forefathers Rock is the point towardwhich the tourist turns with the greatest eagerness. Herebeneath a granite canopy is the identical rock upon whichthe Pilgrim feet first touche
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