. History of the Society of descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Incorporated December 11, 1909. We find him, notin the foreground of this picture, but modestly at one side,and the only prominent feature that shows what he hasdone for the Society is his hands; good, firm, capable handsthat have held the rudder of the good ship Robert Bartlet in its voyage so far, and which we hope may continue to sohold it for many a year to come. rhe photographer who shows up all our defects, or allour points, with cruel distinctness has emphasized thosehands to an appalling extent p
. History of the Society of descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Incorporated December 11, 1909. We find him, notin the foreground of this picture, but modestly at one side,and the only prominent feature that shows what he hasdone for the Society is his hands; good, firm, capable handsthat have held the rudder of the good ship Robert Bartlet in its voyage so far, and which we hope may continue to sohold it for many a year to come. rhe photographer who shows up all our defects, or allour points, with cruel distinctness has emphasized thosehands to an appalling extent physically; metaphoricallythose hands have been large indeed in their power and help-fulness toward the Society of the Descendants of RobertBartlet of Plymouth. It becomes my duty to speak a little more of Mancjmctthan to merely mention it as the place where the Bartlettsheld their second reunion. Manomet is a charming seaside \illage in the historic oldtown of Plymouth, one of the journals of the day tells us, andWhite Horse Beach the finest of Phniouths beaches, and buta minutes walk from Hotel Crescent. [ 55 ]. In 1628 Robert Bartlel married Mary Warren, a daui^htcrof the emigrant, Richard Warren, one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, and thus two old famihes, both ofwhich entered England under the standard of William theConqueror, were united. Robert Bartlet li\ed at Mano-met; here he held property and here he died. Only a shortwalk across the fields, the paper goes on to relate, is the sec-ond Bartlet house built by Roberts son, Joseph, in was at this meeting that the descendants of Robert Bartletvoted to erect a suitable memorial on the spot where theoriginal Bartlet home once stood, at the foot of the PineHills, near Eel Ri\er. I wonder how many persons who havefor years turned to Bartletts Familiar Quotations forinformation, know that its author, John Bartlett, was adescendant of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth. John Bartlettwas of the eighth generation. James
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