Martyn follows the English Separatists from their exodus to Holland and their halt at Leyden, through the decision to sail and the farewell at Delfthaven, to the frozen wilderness of Plymouth. Later chapters describe pioneer life, the first summer, dealings with the Indians, the arrival of reinforcements and the colony’s slow struggle to pay off its debt to the London adventurers.
A warm nineteenth-century telling of the Plymouth story, written frankly in praise of its founders. Download the free EPUB.