Excerpt from The Proceedings at the Cushman Celebration, at Plymouth, August 15, 1855: In Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Plymouth Pilgrims From Southampton, England; Together With an Account of the Services at the Grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, August 16, 1855 After long and tedious negotiations, wherein the prudence and skill of Mr. Cushman were of incalculable service, arrangements were made in London for the transportation of the adventurers to America, and Mr. Cushman and Deacon Carver, that excellent man, who afterwards became the first Governor of the Plymouth Colony, were charged with the duty of procuring vessels for the enterprise and of providing for the voyage. 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.