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Show PILGRIM DOCUMENTS FOUND Give New Light on Residence of Fa-by Fa-by Prof- Eekhof. nnllnnd New "Pht is I'ey'1Cnn'n ,1 e e l.noe of the Pi-thrWF,tl"or Pi-thrWF,tl"or Tin Ilonanrl by three old Srii l'atlu rs f Eoi;i,0f discov- tiou hei-e. One of the documents is n contract sisned by John Kobinson, lender of (lie I'llgrlms. declared to bp the only signature of Itohinson which has been preserved, and this discovery may lead to the identification of other writings by him. The second document Is a letter written by William Bradford a nhort time before his departure from Holland. Hol-land. He v.as afterward povcrnor of Massachusetts Bay colony. The third paper Dr. F.okhof discovered discov-ered Is the last will of Bridget White, John Robinson's wife, and contains a considerable quantity of interesting information in-formation about Kobinson's household. Dr. Eekhof has ndded to his work the facsimiles of the three documents. |