The history and antiquities of Boston .. . othe History of Boston, no one, I think, willwish it had been omitted.•^ // jA ^ John Holmes was taxed in Plymouth, in •-T^t4-^^yC 1G33 and 1G34. The name has always been *^</ common in Duxbury. Lieut. William Holmes the letter extracted mile, p. 132. For an ac- was admitted a resident of Plymouth, of this early physician, see iV. Eng. He was an officer in the Pequot war.—SeeHist, and Gen. Reg. ii. 240. His will is con- Mr. Winsors Hist. Duxbury, 267-8 ; N. in the same work, vol. iv. 33.—See, also, H. and Gen. Reg. iv.
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . othe History of Boston, no one, I think, willwish it had been omitted.•^ // jA ^ John Holmes was taxed in Plymouth, in •-T^t4-^^yC 1G33 and 1G34. The name has always been *^</ common in Duxbury. Lieut. William Holmes the letter extracted mile, p. 132. For an ac- was admitted a resident of Plymouth, of this early physician, see iV. Eng. He was an officer in the Pequot war.—SeeHist, and Gen. Reg. ii. 240. His will is con- Mr. Winsors Hist. Duxbury, 267-8 ; N. in the same work, vol. iv. 33.—See, also, H. and Gen. Reg. iv. , Eliot, Allen, Thacher (Afe^. || Mr. Prince, Chronology, 407, supposes^iog.), and Russells Guide to Plymouth. this was what was afterwards called North I By this phraseology, the manner in which river, between Pembroke and Hanover,the floor of the house was constructed is easily T The name of Ludden occurs on the Wey-conjectured. To those acquainted with the mouth records, 1080. 19 ^jmnS^ 146 HISTORY OF BOSTON. [ WINTHROP CROSSING THE RIVKR. comfortably entertained, as before, with store of turkies, geese, ducks,&c., and next day came safe to Boston. To go from Boston to Plymouth in themiddle of the nineteenth century is toosmall a matter to be mentioned, though ifone were obliged to walk over the ground,even now, on a good road, it would be talkedabout some, probably; especially if per-formed by a citizen of the Metropolis ; andit is more than probable that the circum-stance would be talked about in thenewspapers. But to go through forty milesof wilderness in 1632, be obliged to tarryover night on the way, and be carried overa river on a mans back,* is a differentaffair altogether. A voyage to Iceland orCape Horn would not excite half the curi-osity to the people of Boston now, as thejourney to Plymouth did then to the inhab-itants of that this progress of the great Boston chief, he observes, in theexcellent account of it which he has left for
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