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LevelSeries
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JRH/1/1
TitlePress cuttings and research notes
Extent6 series
Date1680-1930s
DescriptionScrapbooks of press cuttings, notes, and correspondence relating to temperance, archaeology, and the history of the Pilgrim Fathers' ship, the Mayflower.
NotesJames Rendel Harris was interested in the local tradition suggesting that the timbers of a barn built at Jordans, Buckinghamshire are the timbers of the Mayflower. His research involved tracing the history of the breaking up of the ship, its passengers, owners, and crew, and studying the architecture of the barn and the history of the area surrounding it.
ArrangementArtificial series
Access StatusOpen

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