Todays history lesson: On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower anchored in Provincetown Harbor. The document now known as the Mayflower Compact was drawn up and signed by most of the men (including my ancestor, Edward Fuller.) This established a provisional governmental structure until a new patent could be obtained from the New England Company. The Mayflower Compact is now considered to be one of the most important documents in our nations history, and is widely felt to have been a foundation for the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. It reads, in its entirety: In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:54:12 +0000
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