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Governor Bradford, who was Governor for thirty seven years, was a man of remarkable erudition. GOVERNOR BRADFORD WHO WAS GOVERNOR FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS WAS A MAN OF REMARKABLE ERUDITION
a great deal of ground to keep them: all striving to increase their stocks. By which means they were scattered all over y^e bay, quickly, and y^e towne, in which they had lived compactly till now [1632] was left very thine, and in a short time almost desolate." Governor Bradford seems to deplore this moving out of Plymouth, but as a matter of fact he was among the first to go, and his estate on Jones River comprised such a goodly portion of what is now Kingston that when he died he was the richest man in the Colony! A boulder marks the place which he, with that unerring eye for a fine view which distinguished the early settlers, chose for his estate. From here one catches a glimpse of water, open fields, trees, the Myles Standish Monument to the left, the sound of the passing automobiles behind. The distant smokestacks would be unfamiliar to Governor Bradford's eye, but the fragrant Kingston air which permeates it all would greet him as sweetly to-day as it did three hundred years ago.  CATTLE AND A GREAT DEAL OF GROUND TO KEEP THEM ALL STRIVING TO INCREASE THEIR STOCKS BY WHICH MEANS THEY WERE SCATTERED ALL OVER YE BAY QUICKLY AND G TOWN IN WHICH THEY HAD LIVED COMPACTLY UNTIL NOW SIXTEEN THIRTY TWO WAS LEFT VERY THINE AND IN A SHORT TIME ALMOST DESOLATE GOVERNOR BRADFORD SEEMS TO DEPLORE THIS MOVING OUT OF PLYMOUTH BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO GO AND HIS ESTATE ON JONES RIVER COMPRISED SUCH A GOODLY PORTION OF WHAT IS NOW KINGSTON THAT WHEN HE DIED HE WAS THE RICHEST MAN IN THE COLONY A BOULDER MARKS THE PLACE WHICH HE WITH THAT UNERRING EYE FOR A FINE VIEW WHICH DISTINGUISHED THE EARLY SETTLERS CHOSE FOR HIS ESTATE FROM THERE ONE CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF WATER OPEN FIELDS TREES THE MILE STANDISH MONUMENT TO THE LEFT THE SOUND OF THE PASSING AUTOMOBILES BEHIND THE DISTANT SMOKESTACKS WOULD BE UNFAMILIAR TO GOVERNOR BRADFORD'S EYE BUT THE FRAGRANT KINGSTON AIR WHICH PERMEATES IT ALL WOULD GREET HIM AS SWEETLY TO DAY AS IT DID THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
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