The caption for this illustration dating to 1902 reads: “From that Heroic yet Feeble Folk”-settlement of America. Here are members of an early English colony in New England. In American history, the Pilgrims were the founders of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. The key members of the group were English separatists who had moved to Holland in 1607-08. They obtained a charter from London Co. and, with the help of London merchants, sailed on the Mayflower in 16

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