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Excerpt from The Life and Recollections of John Howland: Late President of the Rhode Island Historical Society Tms volume was mostly written as the recreation of invalid hours, during the winter succeeding Mr. Howland's decease. On the return of health, a press of professional duties caused it to be laid aside, to be completed at a more convenient season. Until recently the Opportunity has not occurred. Delay, how ever, has been attended with advantage. By it, valuable mate rials have come into the author's possession which otherwise would not have been available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... beth Howland, my debts and legacies being first paid, my whole estate, viz: lands, houses, goods, chattels, or any thing else that belongeth or appertaineth unto me, undisposed of, be it either in Plymouth, Duxborough, Middleborough, or any other place whatever, I do freely and absolutely give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife, Elizabeth Howland, whom I do by these presents make, ordain and constitute to be the sole executrix of this my last will and testament, to see the same truly and faithfully performed according to the tenor thereof. In witness whereof, I, the said John Howland, senior, have hereunto set my hand and seal, the aforesaid twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand six hundred seventy and two, 1672. THE PILGRIM JOHN HOWLAND'S ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.--Note H --p. 6. Gov. Bradford, speaking of the storms the Mayflowerencountered on her voyage to Plymouth, says, "In sundrie of these stormes the winds were so feirce, and ye seas so high, as they could not beare a knote of saile, but were forced to hull, for diverce days togither. And in one of them, as they lay thus at hull, in a mightie storme, a liis.. tie yonge man (called John Howland) coming upon some occasion above ye grattings, was, with a seele of ye shipe throwne into [ye] sea; but it pleased God yt he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards which hunge over board, and rane out at length; yet he hild his hould (though he was sundrie fadomes under water) till he was hald up by ye same rope to ye brime of ye water, and then with a boat hooke and other means got into ye ship againe, and his life saved; and though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after, and became a profitable member, both in church and comone wealth."* GEJtEALOGY OF THE IIOWLAND...
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