Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-08-12
MR.. GEORGE SUMMERS SPEECH.


landed at Plymouth rock, that Of Mr.. George
Sumner is eminently noticeable.
After a toast to Holland, the President al
luded to the researches of Mr.. Sumner upon
the Pilgrims in Leyden. and called upon
that gentleman to reply. which he did, as
follows -
After the glowing eloquence to which we
have listened this day from 50 many orators,
! should shrink from uttering word, were
il not in order to bring to this brilliant feast
that homely New England commodity, a few
ldcts-iacts, heretofore, if | am not mistak-
en-, hidden, and which throw some little ad-
ditional light upon that truly good man, the
early pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robin
son.
You have alluded. sr. IN hattering terms,
to researches made by me at Leyden. Since
the publication of my first memoir, il has
been nav Dot To- make two other pilgrimagcs
f, ttut twrrarv tone of the Pilgrims
each ti;ar cleaning some little information.
trivial perhaps To- the stranger. bat interest
ing, | believe, to all their sons.
And first. OF the family Of Robinson.
Scarce anything has been told Us ot them by
bradford or the early chronicers. We
know that one son. Isaac. came from Leyden
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/ Will, in I6jj preserved iH vJud"r court
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I hohlnson-hin>tlI. h'- VIE. six chIi8Ien
and one maid-Scrvaut. Thus stands the rec
ord
Jan EIbu6rs5n, preacher.
BrGgetH tBuEaO Robertson, his NItc.
Jaun. Bridget. Isaac. Mercy Favor. ia
c,' B,brars.n, hischildren
Maria Ilariy, lis maIi-servant
Fir IA this We learn thar Robinson was blessed
with ot4er children than Isaac but of their
subs quent home, or LOT In life, we know
nothing.
Another fact has interest, as it leaves room
u suppose tuat Robisous worldly p1sitionwas
more comfortable yan other facts may have
Led us t, infer. Ia the year I6ll, he with some
friends, bought house in L"yden. and this
house was no doubt the place where these
faithful Pilgrims met, three times q week,
70 listen To Robinson : teachings, and where
taey assembled az that s'rrowiul feast the
night before their departure from Leyden.
In the record Of Robinson intermen,, the
place OF his residence Is given, and the deed,
a copy OF which l hold IN my hand, shows
that the house purchased by him corresponds
IN ITS locality with that in which be died
by TINS deed, which found recorded in
the Registry at Leyden Stadt-House, 1t ap-
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ms, preacher OF the Divine Word Of the En-
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tlat Z, Lpsc9plus was at that very moment
Ilke hider brewster, the onlect oil the perSe-
Gqtlon OF the british Amnassador al tne
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ma any pleasure IN the memory n OF ,.l tnese
controversies, ana nearly all WILL oeileVe'
oe gIad 10 thlnK that II hoolnson appeared IN
them' 1t WIS not to ada fuel to the name ol
religious strife, but rather to allaV 1t by the /