THE

PILGRIM REPUBLIC

An Historical Review

OF THE

COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH

WITH

SKETCHES Of the rise of other nEW ENGLAND SETTLEMENTS,
THE HISTORY OF CONGREGATIONALISM, and the

CREEDS OF THE PERIOD

BY

JOHN A. GOODWIN

"A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants"

MACAULAY: History of England

BOSTON

TICKNOR AND COMPANY

LONDON: TRÜBNER AND CO.

U S 1 2 6 97.2

To the Memory

OF

BRADFORD, STANDISH, AND WINSLOW,

THE WISE, THE BRAVE, the able,

TRIUMVIRS

OF

THE PILGRIM REPUBLIC,

THIS RECORD of their SUCCESSFUL WORK

Is Dedicated.