History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . pre-sentations, with not a few ele-ments hardly appropriate fromthe Separatists view; notably,in theatrical pieces on thestage of the Pilgrim story andthe Mayflower venture. Today one follows the Pilgrims route through the West Gate ofthe ancient town to the West Quay, from which the pioneerssailed from Southampton, August 16, 1620. At Southampton John Carver spent some seven thou-sand pounds in purchasing supplies for the journey, whileCushman was handling the funds of the organization inLondon. T
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . pre-sentations, with not a few ele-ments hardly appropriate fromthe Separatists view; notably,in theatrical pieces on thestage of the Pilgrim story andthe Mayflower venture. Today one follows the Pilgrims route through the West Gate ofthe ancient town to the West Quay, from which the pioneerssailed from Southampton, August 16, 1620. At Southampton John Carver spent some seven thou-sand pounds in purchasing supplies for the journey, whileCushman was handling the funds of the organization inLondon. The only one known to have embarked at South-ampton to throw in his lot with the Pilgrims was JohnAlden. His trade being that of a cooper, and the statutes of the realm requiring that asmany staves of timber as weretaken out must be broughtback, the presence of such acraftsman was a adds its charm torecord. It is not unfair toassume that as Alden strodedown the quay the fair Pris-cilla may have proved asstrong a factor in adding an-other passenger as the oppor-tunity THE HUGUENOT WHO ESCAPED FROMFRANCE IN A CASK. THE PILGRIMS JOURNEY TO VIRGINIA 265 John Aldens sentence to sit in the Southampton stocks—evidently not unpardonable in the eyes of the fair Priscilla,who is pictured as viewing the victim—expired in time for
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