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Therefore if the curious spelling of his history strikes us as unscholarly, we must remember that at that time there was no fixed standard for English orthography. THEREFORE IF THE CURIOUS SPELLING OF HIS HISTORY STRIKES US AS UNSCHOLARLY WE MUST REMEMBER THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO FIXED STANDARD FOR ENGLISH ORTHOGRAPHY
 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. Governor Bradford, who was Governor for thirty-seven years, was a man of remarkable erudition. Cotton Mather says of him: "The Dutch tongue was become almost as vernacular to him as the English; the French tongue he could also manage; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered; but the Hebrew he most of all studied. 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 GOVERNOR BRADFORD WHO WAS GOVERNOR FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS WAS A MAN OF REMARKABLE ERUDITION COTTON MATHER SAYS OF HIM THE DUTCH TONGUE WAS BECOME ALMOST AS VERNACULAR TO HIM AS THE ENGLISH THE FRENCH TONGUE HE COULD ALSO MANAGE THE LATIN AND GREEK HE HAD MASTERED BUT THE HEBREW HE MOST OF ALL STUDIED
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