PLYMOUTH. A town. port of entry, and the county-seat of Plymouth County, Mass., 37 miles southeast of Boston; extending for 18 miles along Plymouth Harbor, an arm of Massachusetts Bay, and along Cape Cod Bay, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Slap: Mas sachusetts, F 4). It is the oldest town in New England, having been the landing-place of the Pilgrims. Among the features of interest are the so-called Plymouth Rock, now covered by an open granite structure; Burial Hill and Cole's Hill, where many early settlers were buried; Pilgrim Hall. with its collection of paintings and relics; and the National Monu ment to the Pilgrims, dedicated in 1889. A statue of "Faith," 36 feet in height, is mounted on a granite base, 45 feet high. and is surrounded by massive tributary figures of 'Morality.' Law; `Freedom,' and 'Education.' Morton Park is the chief pleasure ground: and there is a public li brary with over 13,000 volumes. Plymouth is a
well-known summer resort, and is of consider able industrial importance. The principal !manu factures include cordage, tacks. rivets, woolen and knit goods, duck, stoves, foundry products, ruhher goods, wire, etc. Plymouth Harbor is large but shallow, and there is little commerce other than coastwise trade. A number of vessels are employed in the fisheries. The government is administered by town meetings. There are municipal water-works. Population, in 1890. 7314; in 1900, 9592. Consult: Davis. History of the Town of Plymouth (Philadelphia, ISS5) ; Records of the Town of Plymouth (Plymouth, 1889-92) : and. especially for early history. Brad ford, History of Plymouth Plantation, last cd. (Boston, 1898). See MASSACHUSETTS.