A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 |
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... returned to their friends at Leyden , with the best terms It is deeply regretted that the early history of Robert Cushman and his col- leagues , in the great work of establishing religious liberty and of founding a nation , is so little ...
... returned to their friends at Leyden , with the best terms It is deeply regretted that the early history of Robert Cushman and his col- leagues , in the great work of establishing religious liberty and of founding a nation , is so little ...
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... returned in Nov. 1617 , for they carried with them a letter from Sir Edwin Sandys , directed to Mr. John Robinson and Mr. William Brewster , dated Nov. 12 , 1617 , in which he says , " After my hearty saluta- tions , The agents of your ...
... returned in Nov. 1617 , for they carried with them a letter from Sir Edwin Sandys , directed to Mr. John Robinson and Mr. William Brewster , dated Nov. 12 , 1617 , in which he says , " After my hearty saluta- tions , The agents of your ...
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... returning with them . " The probabilities are , that in determining who should go , the strong , resolute and healthy were selected ; and the others of an opposite health and temperament remained . Robert Cushman , having been one of ...
... returning with them . " The probabilities are , that in determining who should go , the strong , resolute and healthy were selected ; and the others of an opposite health and temperament remained . Robert Cushman , having been one of ...
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... returned to London in the Speedwell , which Dr. Young , in his valuable work , — " Chronicles of the Pilgrims , " has very fully refuted . As Robert Cushman was one of that number , we quote Dr. Young's remarks in extenso . Neal , in ...
... returned to London in the Speedwell , which Dr. Young , in his valuable work , — " Chronicles of the Pilgrims , " has very fully refuted . As Robert Cushman was one of that number , we quote Dr. Young's remarks in extenso . Neal , in ...
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... returned to London , we now leave this little Pilgrim band of one hundred1 persons ( twenty having returned in the Speedwell ) and the ship in which they had taken passage and which in after years became so famous , to meet them again ...
... returned to London , we now leave this little Pilgrim band of one hundred1 persons ( twenty having returned in the Speedwell ) and the ship in which they had taken passage and which in after years became so famous , to meet them again ...
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