Ancient Pemaquid Author:John Wingate Thornton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. llelation of Femaquid to English Commerce — Bristol on the Avon — Political Elements of the Colony — A private not a royal enterprise—' The Aldwor... more »ths — They befriend Hakluyt —Thomas Aldworth's death — Robert Aid worth equips Pringin 1603 — His description of Monhegan and Pemaquid — Families of Aldworth and Elbridge — Thomas El- bridge comes to Pemaquid. The history of Ancient Pemaquid has a peculiar interest not belonging to any other point on our shores. It unites us intimately to one of the principal commercial cities of England, for a lengthened period, second only to 'London; and, with singular happiness, this historical affiliation is perpetuated in her recent corporate name, Bristol. Seldom has a simple name transmitted greater and richer histor1cal associations. There is a moral beauty in the present quiet and solitude of this ancient capital, whither the man of reflection may retire and more freely contemplate the wonderful history of his country. No other point, no other name, in our land, concentrates so entire a view of the historical connection between America and England. In its colonial period, and by its Patentees, we are at once introduced to the statesmen who guidedour mother country in the most critical period of her mod- era history; to Walsingham, the father of the Protestant policy of England, the great promoter of English commerce, and the patron of Gilbert and Hakluyt; to Cecil, the prime minister, and to some of the best names in the annals of Bristol commerce. 1 McCulloch's Diet. Art. Bristol. The merchants of Bristol were early and deeply engaged in the enterprises of American discovery,1 and England's most distinguished navigator was from that port. "In the year 1497, the 24th day of June, on St. John's day, was New Found...« less