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Leyden St. and Plymouth Settlement

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Leyden St
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Looking west along Leyden St toward Fort Hill – the original settlement homes no longer exists. 6/20/2012 4:06:31 PM


Leyden St.
41.956033°N 70.663603°W

Looking east along Leyden St near Fort Hill – the original settlement homes no longer exists. 6/20/2012 4:08:53 PM

Modern day Leyden St. is where the pilgrims built 7 of the original Plymouth Colony homes along with 4 other common buildings in early 1621.

In December 1620, about a month after they left the Mayflower, the pilgrims decided to build 19 homes for their Plymouth settlement. But the deaths of 52 of the original 102 pilgrims that sailed on the Mayflower over the winter limited the pilgrims to building 7 homes from the base of Fort Hill to approximately where Cole’s Hill ends along what is now Leyden St. in Plymouth, MA.

On Mar. 22, 1621, through the help of translations by Squanto, Governor John Carver negotiated a treaty with sachem Massasoit. Although Massasoit had many more warriors than there were pilgrim fighting men, Massasoit saw the treaty as an allegiance against other enemy tribes. Certainly the pilgrims gun powder and cannons played a major role in the treaty. It is also believed that Squanto misinterpreted what the pilgrims were attempting to convey to Massasoit by telling him that the pilgrims kept the plague, which had decimated the Native American tribes throughout New England, buried in graves. The incorrect translation noticeably upset Massasoit.

Jack Crane

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Court Street, Plymouth Center, 2009

Plymouth (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers of the famous ship the Mayflower. Plymouth is where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States.

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