Commemorating the sailing of the 'Mayflower', founding the New England States & visit July 1891 of Pilgrim Fathers descendants & representatives
Two plaques. The first reads: On the 6th of September 1620 in the Mayoralty of Thomas Townes after being kindly entertained and courteously used by divers Friends there dwelling the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower in the Providence of God to Settle in NEW PLYMOUTH and to lay the foundation of the NEW ENGLAND STATES - The Ancient Cawsey whence they embarked was destroyed not many Years afterwards, but the Site of their Embarkation is marked by the Stone bearing the name of the MAYFLOWER in the pavement of the adjacent Pier. This Tablet was erected in the Mayoralty of Bond 1891, to commemorate their Departure, and the visit to Plymouth in July of that Year of a number of their descendants and Representatives. And the second: This memorial presented by Alderman Sir Frederick Winnicott was unveiled by the Right Worshipful The Mayor of Plymouth (Mr. Councillor E. Stanley Leatherby) on the 5th September 1934
Size: 3442px × 2294px
Location: Plymouth, England, UK
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