. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . Sutton, or South Town. In the time of Queen Elizabeth it became thechief port of England, and Devonshire became the most important county. The latest exchange of greetings between Plj-mouth, England, and PljTnouth,Massachusetts, took place June 24, 1920, when A. N. HoUely, official representa-tive of Plymouth, England, after being conducted to Plymouth Rock where hewas formally welcomed, and then proceeding to the Town Square, presented tothe Board of Selectmen of the Massachusetts town the following set of resolu-tions commemorati
. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . Sutton, or South Town. In the time of Queen Elizabeth it became thechief port of England, and Devonshire became the most important county. The latest exchange of greetings between Plj-mouth, England, and PljTnouth,Massachusetts, took place June 24, 1920, when A. N. HoUely, official representa-tive of Plymouth, England, after being conducted to Plymouth Rock where hewas formally welcomed, and then proceeding to the Town Square, presented tothe Board of Selectmen of the Massachusetts town the following set of resolu-tions commemorating the Tercentenary:— DuNSTAN, Mayor At a meeting of the Council of the Borough of Plymouth held on Monday, the 12thday of April, 1920. We, the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Plymouth inCouncil assembled send sincere and hearty greetings to the Selectmen, Plymouth, Mas-sachusetts, United States of America, on the occasion of the Tercentenary of the Sail-ing of the Mayflower from the Barbican, Plymouth, England. PLYMOUTH and SOUTHAMPTON 39. Prom a print owned by a Boston collector Formerly in the collection of J. H. Seers, Essex, England THE WALLS OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND Our records show that on this 6th day of September, 1620, during the jVIayority ofThomas Townes, after being kindly entertained and courteously used by divers friendsthere dwelling the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Phonouth in the Mayflower in the provi-dence of God to settle in New Plymouth and to lay the foundation of the New EnglandStates. Even before the saihng of the Mayflower many expeditions sailed from this ancientBorough on voyages of discovery, notably in 1562-4-6-7 Sir John Hawkins to the WestIndies; in 1570 Sir Humphrey Gilbert to North America; in 1575 John Oxenham toMexico; in 1577 Sir Francis Drake in the Pehcan on his tour of circumnavigation; in1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert to Newfoundland, and Sir Richard Grenville to Virginia; in1587 Sir Walter Raleighs expedition to \irginia unde
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