. Americana. .J^ ft i^ ^■.-—a^V - The Original peregrne v/hpte , cestep s»esHFiELD, M ELD, 1 ?! n ■ JS I. HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND TOWNS REVISITED 133 size of a small hickory nut and have since been sold at twentyfive cents each; smaller pieces have been sold at ten cents a visit to Pilgrim Hall about fifteen years ago, as al-ready mentioned, I purchased four pieces of this Rock, three atten cents and one at twenty-five cents, each. A Society so wellbacked, financially, would be, and is, under no sort ot necessityof grossly deceiving visitors to Plymouth by selling them
. Americana. .J^ ft i^ ^■.-—a^V - The Original peregrne v/hpte , cestep s»esHFiELD, M ELD, 1 ?! n ■ JS I. HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND TOWNS REVISITED 133 size of a small hickory nut and have since been sold at twentyfive cents each; smaller pieces have been sold at ten cents a visit to Pilgrim Hall about fifteen years ago, as al-ready mentioned, I purchased four pieces of this Rock, three atten cents and one at twenty-five cents, each. A Society so wellbacked, financially, would be, and is, under no sort ot necessityof grossly deceiving visitors to Plymouth by selling them spur-ious fragments of the Rock on which the Pilgrims landed aftertheir courageous voyage across the tumultuous ocean. A few words concerning the landing place selected by the Pil-grim Fathers. After careful examination by sea faring men itwas deliberately selected as the most suitable rock along thecoast at the particular point where the Pilgrims had concludedto make a landing; and had our Pilgrim forefathers beenblessed with second sight they could not have selected a moresuitable place for landi
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