TWO BABY’S CRADLES, one belonging to Peregrine White, the first child born in the Colony, and the other to the Fuller family. Among the books and documents are: A copy of John Eliot’s Indian Bible. A volume of John Robinson’s “Observations,” printed in Leyden in 1625. A copy of the Psalms, with paraphrases and music; compiled by Henry Ainsworth, and used by the Pilgrim congregation in Holland and at Plymouth. A pamphlet by Sir Edwin Sandys, marking a noted ecclesiastical controversy. Sir Edwin Sandys was a patron of New England colonization. A Commission from Oliver Cromwell to Edward Winslow, 1654. Deeds and bonds with the signatures of John Alden and Peregrine White. State Document--The oldest in New England and probably in the United States;--the charter granted to the Plymouth colonists by the Northern Virginia Company, dated June 1, 1621. Granted to John Pierce and sent over in the Fortune. Indian arrow heads and relics. Paintings of the Mayflower, and a beautiful modern model of the ship. Paintings, drawings, and photographs illustrative of early Pilgrim history, and hundreds of objects showing the growth and continuance of the Colony. [Illustration] The Old Colony Club A bronze tablet affixed to a boulder on the lawn of the Old Colony Club declares: The Old Colony Club Organized January 13 1769 Founders Isaac Lothrop Pelham Winslow Elkanah Cushman John Thomas Edwards Winslow Jr. John Watson Corneilius White Alexander Scammel Thomas Mayhew Jr. Samuel Adams This Club had the distinction of holding the first public observance of Forefathers’ Day, on Dec. 22, 1769. At one of the first meetings it was voted: “that Friday, December 22 be kept by this Club in commemoration of the landing of our worthy ancestors in this place.” The day was celebrated by the firing of a cannon, the display of a handsome flag upon the Club house, a procession of the members, who were greeted by a volley of small arms and a patriotic song by assembled school children, a dinner, and an evening entertainment. The next year, 1770, at the anniversary celebration, Edward Winslow Jr. delivered a short address, which may be considered the first public commemoration of the Pilgrims. This inaugurated a series of speeches and orations given for many years by prominent men, sponsored at first by the Old Colony Club, later by the town and the parish of the First Church, and continued by the Pilgrim Society and the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. Due to an error in reckoning the date, December 22 was long celebrated as Forefathers’ Day. The anniversary actually falls on December 21, and is now so observed.