Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-06
CAREER or THOMAS +. BAYARD

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sccopdad nv Ambassador Raynrd md
woro .,naorsoI hv ,hc ArobIisb,n ~
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Tho nnostion was heforc tho consistorv
C,,,,rt ~ tbo Djoccse If London ana Mr.
Hovard nresented n nctit;on on hrhoif az
,he Presidpnt and citizcns az tho limited
states which set forth tho n,.t,r,. ~ Tho
book ann the nrosu,nn,;one ne tn how II
cnma INTO tho me- scs Ian AZ So ~ T opdon
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After hearing of the matter. the Lord
Chancellor road long iudcment.. dur.
mo witch ba cot forth that tbe lo,, was
nn,t az large nnmbera Of manuscr;nts in
Fu.hom pa,oce relating to the Enp,ish
nossoss;ons In tho Amarican colonios
wbjtb heforc lsbe, Declaration of indie.
nendence formed nnrt If Tho biorcsc
a. london Tn inc history of the dio.
ceae thare wos bnt one nrecedont ~ n
netition snch. as +bjs On tho ground
tha, Il was a mottnr of pubIic interest.
In 1s53 he oxnlajned Lord John Rus
sc,, ret;t,oned tho D,ocese of Iondon
70 ro.toro ~, Frorcn The vii .nd codi.
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order, on me undertaking gwen
ny MT. bayard. 10 pace the iog IN III
pace where persons concerned can nave
acess theretco. ana a proper certincated
COPY heing deposited at Fniham, that
the original be given mp to Mr.. Bayard
\ for transmission to the President of the
7 United States, and that n copy OF this
Judgment under seal be sent with thu
book whenever Mr.. Baynrd or Some one
from tho United States Embassy cnn
attend. In the meanwhile it will re-
main in the diocesan strong-room." 7
The manuscript referred to in the
above proceedings is the manuscript
'History-of the Plymouth Plantation
Containing an Account of the Voyage
OF the Mayfiower, written by William
bradford, 'onA of the Founders am
Second Governor. the famous docu
mcnt which was discovered III Londol
III 1910 ma published IN this couinrs
MS the third volume 81 the fourth series
OF the massachusetts Historical So
cicty's publications. so far MS is known
thete Is no such th'ns IN existence n
cven n ono oy;strd II is douhtfnI yrhotha,
it would be Of any great value. as i
would naturally relate only tn the saini
Of the vessel which brought the Pilgrim
TO this country. II might. however, cea
up one disputed point. as tn which May
flower 1t was that came To this country
for upon This point neither history no
tradition sheds much light. Several yes
se's with the name of the May1 owe
existed in the cary part of the seven
tctnth century, and il has never beel
determined exactly which boat of TIL
name found harbor in Massa clhusctt
bay. The work is of several hundre,
pages, and covers the history of tn
Plymouth colony from 1902 to 16iG
X, with several annotations and addition
\ made in later years. une of these writ
ten notes is to the effect that Tive.
persons living of the Old stock this presen
year 1610.' while just below this is th
inscription: 1.-Two persons living tina
came over in the first shipe, 1920, tn
present year, 1890"
The manuscript is supposed to hav
been taken from Princes New Englan
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