History of the town of Plymouth : from its first settlement in 1620, to the year 1832 . ea shore. It is situated in latitude 41° 58,and is 38 miles south of Boston. The bay, or har-bor, at the head of which the town stands is formed bya narrow beach, which extends from Marshfield south-erly six miles, the head of which is a high knoll, calledGurnet, on which stands the light-house; and byanother beach, which extends from the mouth of EelRiver in Plymouth, northerly about three the Gurnet nose, and not very remote from thepoint of Plymouth beach, is situated Saquish and ClarksIslan
History of the town of Plymouth : from its first settlement in 1620, to the year 1832 . ea shore. It is situated in latitude 41° 58,and is 38 miles south of Boston. The bay, or har-bor, at the head of which the town stands is formed bya narrow beach, which extends from Marshfield south-erly six miles, the head of which is a high knoll, calledGurnet, on which stands the light-house; and byanother beach, which extends from the mouth of EelRiver in Plymouth, northerly about three the Gurnet nose, and not very remote from thepoint of Plymouth beach, is situated Saquish and ClarksIsland. Saquish is connected with the Gurnet by anarrow beach. On the shores of this bay, northerly,are situated the villages of Duxbury and Kingston. History. The imperious causes justly assigned bythe Pilgrims for their abandonment of their native soil,the numerous obstacles which they were called to en-2 References. A Pilgrim JfaUIS. Court-MouseC. <JdilJO. BunkE. Church, JF. Town House <k MarketG. Church H. Forefathers RockL. ChurchfN. Toot ChurchP. Church. .. Scale,_ 50 Rods to an Inch. W183 2 P) ?pah.**}, Marsh, Capen ^S^l ^ -^ Fertdleton\r Litfiog . Eoxto, HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH This ancient town, the cradle of New England, com-prised, in its original limits, the present town, togetherwith Kingston, Plympton, Carver, that part of Ware-ham called Agawam, and part of Halifax. Its Indianname was Patuxet. In its present state, it is 16 mileslong, from north to south, and from 5 to 16 miles inbreadth. It is bounded by Kingston on the north,Plympton and Carver west, Wareham southwest, andSandwich, south. The whole extent on the east is bound-ed by the sea shore. It is situated in latitude 41° 58,and is 38 miles south of Boston. The bay, or har-bor, at the head of which the town stands is formed bya narrow beach, which extends from Marshfield south-erly six miles, the head of which is a high knoll, calledGurnet, on which stands the light-house; and
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