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Plymouth Company

American  

noun

  1. a company, formed in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America and that founded a colony in Maine in 1607.


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Those who felt reform could only be achieved outside the established church were Separatists, and from their number came the Pilgrim "saints" of the Plymouth Company.

From Time Magazine Archive

The northern branch of the great English trading company was called the Plymouth Company.

From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French

The Plymouth Company had made no permanent settlement in its domain.

From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean

The northern included all lands between the 38th and 45th degrees of north latitude, and was granted to the Plymouth Company.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

Massachusetts now set up a claim to the southern portion of Vermont, founded on an ancient grant of the Plymouth Company.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

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