A rare XIX Century antique American book, The Pilgrim Fathers. Or, The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, New England, in 1620, With Historical and Local Illustrations of Principles, Providences and Persons, by D. D. George B. Cheever, Author of Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc and the Jungfran Alp. Lectures of The Pilgrims Progress, and on The Life and Times of John Bunyan. Published by William Collins, Glasgow, and London. Inscribed, First Printed in Londn 1622, Cheever Reprint 1847 to 1849, and dated 1849 in pencil, lower to the center on the title page. Hardcover. Language: English. Signed and dated on the flyleaf. Collins Series of Valuable and Popular Works. Stamped. Scottish Old Folks Home, inside. The fine engraving on steel of which a small reproduction appears on the front cover of this Catalogue was made by Joseph Andrews after a painting by Rothermel. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who came to North America on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownists, or Separatist Puritans, who had fled religious persecution in England for the tolerance of 17th century Holland in the Netherlands. After several years living in exile in Holland, they eventually determined to establish a new settlement in the New World and arranged with investors to fund them. They established Plymouth Colony in 1620. The Pilgrims story became a central theme in the history and culture of the United States. George Barrell Cheever, American, 1807 to 1890, was a well known and controversial abolitionist minister and writer. Antique American USA Books, Historical Books, Original Artifact for Collectors.