Paydirt
For those of you who have seen the rock itself... pretty disappointing, no? I was expecting Gibralter. It was, however, a lesson seeing this modest little stone. These fearless men and women were wayfarers happening upon God's complex providence and they knew it. They were humble, thankful. And they had a great wardrobe, doing black and white well before Chanel. Unlike Madame Coco, probably would have been anti-vichy. Just a thought. Anyway, Christianity and civility. And class with a stiff collar. Truly from little acorns do giant oaks grow-- so remember: Don't forget where you came from.. don't forget the Maker who brought you thus far.. and also, little things DO count.. God does the part we cannot. He did it for them and continues to do it for us. Can you say "thank you God!" ? Don't forget your stiff collar. Note the nifty sigs below-- John Alden and Miles Standish.... stars of Longfellow's hit poem.. soon to be released on a Blog near you.. (better than punkin' pie)
The Mayflower Compact
On November 11, 1620, before they came ashore on Cape Cod, the Mayflower passengers made an agreement to join together as a “civil body politic.” They also agreed to submit to the government which would be chosen by common consent, and to obey all laws made for the common good of the colony. While the original document no longer exists, the text was included in a book about Plymouth Colony printed in 1622, known as Mourt’s Relation. Governor William Bradford also copied it into is history of Plymouth Colony. The list of 41 signers first appeared in a book by another colonist, Nathaniel Morton, New England’s Memoriall, published in 1669. No one knows if he copied it from the original document or not, but it included the names of all male heads of families, the free single men and three of the male servants.
The agreement (first called the Mayflower Compact in 1793) didn’t get much official attention until after the American Revolution. Politicians struggling to establish the government of the newly-created United States looked to the early Plymouth colonists for precedent. The Loyalists who supported peace with England pointed to their loyalty to King James and the laws of England. Pro-revolutionists saw the document as an example of pure democracy. John Quincy Adams, described the agreement in 1802 as “the only instance in human history of that positive, original social compact,” which many believed to be the only legitimate source for government. Adams’ view won out, and the Mayflower Compact has been viewed since as a cornerstone of American democracy.
Original Text:
"In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc.
Haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte lawes, ordinances, acts constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11th. of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne lord, King James, of England, France, & Ireland ye eighteenth, and of Scotland, ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom. 1620."
The text is taken from Gov. Bradford's Of Plimoth Plantation, as the original document no longer exists. Nathaniel Morton, Bradford's nephew and Plymouth Colony's first published historian, gives the following names as signers of the document:
John Carver Edward Tilly Digery Priest
William Bradford John Tilly Thomas Williams
Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow
William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margeson
Isaac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Brown
Miles Standish John Rigdale Richard Bitteridge
John Alden Edward Fuller George Soule
Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clark
Christopher Martin Francis Eaton William Mullins
James Chilton John Allerton William White
John Craxton Thomas English Richard Warren
John Billington Edward Doten John Howland
Moses Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins
John Goodman Richard Gardiner
The Mayflower Compact
On November 11, 1620, before they came ashore on Cape Cod, the Mayflower passengers made an agreement to join together as a “civil body politic.” They also agreed to submit to the government which would be chosen by common consent, and to obey all laws made for the common good of the colony. While the original document no longer exists, the text was included in a book about Plymouth Colony printed in 1622, known as Mourt’s Relation. Governor William Bradford also copied it into is history of Plymouth Colony. The list of 41 signers first appeared in a book by another colonist, Nathaniel Morton, New England’s Memoriall, published in 1669. No one knows if he copied it from the original document or not, but it included the names of all male heads of families, the free single men and three of the male servants.
The agreement (first called the Mayflower Compact in 1793) didn’t get much official attention until after the American Revolution. Politicians struggling to establish the government of the newly-created United States looked to the early Plymouth colonists for precedent. The Loyalists who supported peace with England pointed to their loyalty to King James and the laws of England. Pro-revolutionists saw the document as an example of pure democracy. John Quincy Adams, described the agreement in 1802 as “the only instance in human history of that positive, original social compact,” which many believed to be the only legitimate source for government. Adams’ view won out, and the Mayflower Compact has been viewed since as a cornerstone of American democracy.
Original Text:
"In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc.
Haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte lawes, ordinances, acts constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11th. of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne lord, King James, of England, France, & Ireland ye eighteenth, and of Scotland, ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom. 1620."
The text is taken from Gov. Bradford's Of Plimoth Plantation, as the original document no longer exists. Nathaniel Morton, Bradford's nephew and Plymouth Colony's first published historian, gives the following names as signers of the document:
John Carver Edward Tilly Digery Priest
William Bradford John Tilly Thomas Williams
Edward Winslow Francis Cooke Gilbert Winslow
William Brewster Thomas Rogers Edmund Margeson
Isaac Allerton Thomas Tinker Peter Brown
Miles Standish John Rigdale Richard Bitteridge
John Alden Edward Fuller George Soule
Samuel Fuller John Turner Richard Clark
Christopher Martin Francis Eaton William Mullins
James Chilton John Allerton William White
John Craxton Thomas English Richard Warren
John Billington Edward Doten John Howland
Moses Fletcher Edward Leister Stephen Hopkins
John Goodman Richard Gardiner
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