Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-09-18
Here Lycih Yc Body of EDWARD GRAY, Gent, Aged About j2 Year and Departed this life yc Last of
 June, 1881.

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 June, 1881.
 A little to the south is n lot sacred to the great missionary, Adoniran .Iudson and family. still few feet east is tablet marking the spot where the old fort was erected.
 Descending the hill. we passed along Court street. reaching the court house after short walk. It is an unusually beautiful building, erected in Is2O, and rcmodclcd in 1857. Here are kept all of the earliest records of Plymouth col ony. in the very handwriting of the men who are held in reverence the world over. Here we see the signatures i of Brewster. Standish. Bradford and many others. The original patent to ] ihr company from the Earl of Warwick with the Great Seal engraved for the purpose. and the very wooden box m which it crossed the ocean is here here also. Then there are some ancient deeds. written in the Indian language. as put in form by Eliot md Mayo.
 We proceeded further up Court street; there turnedto the left. and | climbed another hill. where is the Na. tional monument to the Forcfaihcrs.
 It is an imposing structure. I, ,s built entirely of granite. the stone coming from the Maine quarrirs. Its height is sl feet. Tho plan of the pedestal is octagonal. with four large and four small faces From the small faces four bu,trcsscs or wing pelcstals. On the main pedestal stands figure of Faith. One foot rests upon Fore, fathers rock. In her left hand she holds n Bible, with the right. upliftcd she points to heaven. On each of tho four smaller or wing pcdcstals. i' n seated figure; each is cmblcmatic of the principles upon which the Pil' grims proposed to found their common wealth. The first is Morality, holding the Decalogue in her left hand, and the Scroll of Revelation in ncr righ, hand; her book is upward toward ih' impcrsonation of the Spirit of Relig ion, above; in n niche, on one side ot her throne, is T prophet, and in th' other, one of the Evangalists. Tn, second of these figures is Law; on on' side, Justice, on the other, Mercy. Th' ! third is Educaton; on one side, Wis , dom, ripe with years, on the other Youth, led by Experience. Tho fourtl : figure k Freedom; on the one side , Peace rests under its protection; on tin other, Tyranny is ovcrthrown by it
 powers. On each of the four faces c the main pedestal is a large panel fo records. That in front contains tn ! general inscription of the monument |, viz: National Monument to th ! Forcfathers. Erected by Gratcfu ' People in remcmbcrance of Thci b iabors, Sacrifices and Suiferings fo r the Cause of Civii and Religious lii To crty.' The right and left panels cor n tain the names of those who cam T over in tho Mayflower. The req
 panel is plain, to have m inscriptio h at some future date. The figure is c Q 'i pieces of grahitc, each weighing l V tons, and 1t is 2i6 times life size. 0 Returning to Court street, ws 500 f come 10 "Pilgrim Hall" It was bui in ls2i by the Pilgrim Society, and r, IT built and much improved by .Ioscp 't Henry Stickncy of Baltimore, at n co. n of &l5,O00, A great deal might ! 10 said about the building and it's co, IT tents, but we have space for very Ii c tlc. II has Doric porch, and this 'e surmounted with m allegorical ped r ment, "The Landing" In the inter-, 'S are many fine and valuable painting
 and relics, Illustrating nearly eveI v phase of lif. of the time of the Pi