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The Story of the "Old Colony" of New Plymouth
The Story of the Old Colony of New Plymouth Author:Samuel Eliot Morison A realistic portrait of the people who established Plymouth Colony from its founding through 1692, when the Plymouth Plantation became part of Massachusetts. By 1630, the Pilgrims had survived the rugged challenge of settling in a new land and were on the verge of prosperity. They were successful fur traders, with posts in Maine and Connecticut,... more » and were expanding into Cape Cod. The settlers' choices in housing, clothing, food, manners, customs and hobbies were based on necessity and occasionally on follies.« less