Plymouth Company
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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.
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In 1620 the Plymouth Company got a new charter, which made it independent of the London Company.
From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by Fiske, John
In 1628, therefore, some of the leading Puritans formed a trading company and, having bought a tract of land in America from the Plymouth Company, sent out settlers to occupy it.
From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk
May 23, 1609, a new charter was granted to the company, constituting it a corporation entirely independent of the North Virginia or Plymouth Company.
From England in America, 1580-1652 by Tyler, Lyon Gardiner
The Plymouth Company now conferred upon him the title of Admiral of New England.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
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