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Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact,, considered the New World’s first example of self-government. (Matteson, Tompkins H., 1853.)
Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact,, considered the New World’s first example of self-government. (Matteson, Tompkins H., 1853.)