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Signers of the Mayflower compact

Annie Arnoux Haxtun · 1896 · Scanned text · Free in the US

150,550 words · about 10 h 33 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
Annie Arnoux Haxtun
Language
English
Published
1896
Length
150,550 words · about 10 h 33 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 2 min
  2. PART I. Signers of the about 3 h 19 min
  3. PART II. Signers of the about 42 min
  4. I. John Thompson about 2 h 29 min
  5. Part III. Reprinted From about 4 h 1 min

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Front matter

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THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

On the iith day ot November, 1620 (old style), there was drawn on the lid of a chest on board of the Mayflower in Plymouth harbor, and signed by forty-one of the principal men of the first band of Pilgrims, a platform of government known as the Compact, and which gave to these people the claim of being the first "signers" of this great and free United States of America.

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