This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. Age at the time of his Emigration--Constitution--Import of his first Letters--Old Planters not satisfied--Compromise with them--Suggests various things for the benefit of the Colony--Confirmed Governor--His Orchard--Old Pear Tree--Model of Government--His Temperament--Sickness among the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. Age at the time of his Emigration--Constitution--Import of his first Letters--Old Planters not satisfied--Compromise with them--Suggests various things for the benefit of the Colony--Confirmed Governor--His Orchard--Old Pear Tree--Model of Government--His Temperament--Sickness among the Planters--Death of his Wife--Letter to Gov. Bradford--Visits Mt. Wollaston. At the period of Mr. Endecott's emigration, he was just forty years1 of age, possessed of a firm and robust constitution, well calculated to contend with the hardships and privations, which met the first pioneers of this western wilderness at every step. His health was, however, gradually undermined, no doubt by the influence of the climate, as we learn by his frequent intimations of bodily infirmity, in his letters to Gov. Winthrop and others. From his first landing on these shores, until the time of his death, his history is full of incident. In this new field of duty, he was destined to perform not only a conspicuous, but a very responsible part in the drama of life. "His various talents, attainments and virtues were to be severely tested." From henceforth almost every action was to stand out in bold relief upon the pages of history, to be conned over by future generations, while unfortunately for his fame, the motives which influenced and controlled many of the most important, were never recorded, and are now known only to the great searcher of all hearts. His first letters, written a few days after his arrival at Naumkeag, speak in very encouraging terms of the new country, which was to be his future home, and for which he had forsaken the fair and fertile fields of Old England, and torn asuuder all the ties which bound him to his native land. These tidings were...
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