PLYMOUTH (crate), a t. in s.e. Massachusetts, a port of entry in Cape Cod bay, the landing-place of the Pilgrim fathers from the Mayflower Dec. 21, 1620,where they founded the first settlement in New England; pop. 'SO. 7,094. It is 37 m. s.e. of Boston, at the terminus of a division of the Old Colony railroad, and stretches along the coast for 18 m., from 5 to 9 in. in width. The principal village is built on several hills rising grad ually from the beach, the houses standing compactly on beautifully shaded streets, with concrete walks. It has a fine harbor, protected by a beach with a sea-wall 3 in. long, ru»niug n. and s., separating the harbor from Cape Cod bay. The depth of the water at high tide will admit vessels of 12 ft. draught, a.t low tide those drawing 6 feet. The sea-wall was built by the Plymouth beach lottery, the last lottery tolerated in the state. Adjacent to the breakwater is Clark's island, where the Pilgrims spent their first sabbath; now becoming popular as a summer residence. Near l y is the Gurnet light, and opposite this is .)Ianomet bluff and hills, and the Manomet house, a resort for sportsmen. The Clifford house is at the hen ll of Plymouth beach. The court house contains the registry of deeds, with the earliest fecords of the colony, the original patent to the company granted 1629, from the earl of Warwick, the plan of the town, the order for the first jury, trial, etc. It has a horse. of a town hall, 12 churches, a soldiers' monument, an odd fellows' hall, masonic and good templars lodges, and a grand army post. It has private schools, public schools, and a public library; 2 national banks with an aggregate capital of 2 savings banks with deposits amounting to $2,500,000; and 2 weekly newspapers. The leading industries, besides is number of vessels employed in the fisheries, and some commercial business, are the manufacture of woolen goods, iron, boots and shoes, cotton goods, duck, stoves, iron and zinc plate, nails and tacks, steel shanks, kegs, boxes, barrels, etc. The manufacto ries utilize the extensive waterpower which the river affords. The national to the Pilgrims is still unfinished; the corner-stone was laid in 1859, the base placed in position, 1870. In 1877 Oliver Ames, of Easton, Mass.. gave $30,000 for the statue of
" Faith," cut out of granite from Hallowell, Me., by Italian workmen, the largest granite figure in the world, being 36 ft. in height, and 216 times life-size. The statue of given by the state of Massachusetts, costing 810,000, occupies one of the wing pedestals, and one of "Education" with an appropriate tablet, presented to the Pilgrim society by a gentlemen of Hartford, is approaching completion. The monument stands on an eminence surrounded by 9 acres of land, constituting the 'monument park. Plymouth has a fire department with 50 hydrants, and water-works, completed 1855; water from Little South pond 34..m., having a receiving reservoir capable of holding 1,500,000 gallons of water; total cost, $175,000. Pilgrim hallcontains valuable relics, books, furniture, pictures, etc. The portion of the rock which, having been acci dentally split off in 1774, was inclosed by an iron railing in front of the hole, in 1834, has been replaced on the original bowlder beneath the canopy, on the beach, a granite structure supported by 4 columns, completed in 1867, in the top of which are the bones of the original settlers, removed from Coles's hill, now ascended by broad flights of steps, the site of a battery in 1742, and a fort in 1775, followed by another in 1814. The rail. lug which once inclosed the fragment of rock, now guards a tablet on which is cut the compact; the names of the signers having been long inscribed on the " heraldric cur tains" at the tops of the iron bags. Within the hall are Edgar Parker's copy of Weir's " Embarkation;" "The Landing," by Henry Sargent; and portraits of the early settlers, among them Ephraim Spooner, town clerk 51 years, and Alcock's copy of the portrait of sir Walter Raleigh, 1775. A recent addition is the gift by lion. A. H. Rice, of a representation of the ship lying at Delfthaven the departure on July 22, 1620, painted by Charles Lucy, 1846, which received in 1848 the prize of £1000 given by the British government at the Westminster exhibition. On Burial hill are the graves of Carver, Bradford, etc., and the stones which mark the site of the old forts and the brick watch-tower, 1643. •