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280:Mayflower
272:Mayflower
194:Mayflower
131:departed
129:Mayflower
122:Mayflower
100:Mayflower
92:Mayflower
87:Mayflower
83:Mayflower
68:Mayflower
43:Mayflower
1031:Harwich
634:Pilgrims
586:List of
133:Plymouth
74:family.
1002:Society
962:Fortune
947:Related
923:Samoset
918:Squanto
572:General
243:Fortune
210:Fortune
169:Fortune
98:On the
72:Mullins
60:Dorking
64:Surrey
29:(1882)
979:and
977:Anne
975:The
127:The
116:1899
25:by
1099::
492:^
466:^
450:^
399:^
366:^
350:^
322:^
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62:,
50:.
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