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3 unusual facts about The Maypole of Merry Mount


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The Maypole of Merry Mount, a Nathaniel Hawthorne story inspired by the history of Merrymount

The Maypole of Merry Mount

Their festivities are interrupted by the arrival of John Endicott and his Puritan followers.

Being a descendant of the earliest arrivals who were seeking freedom over 200 years before, Hawthorne must have known well the stories that typically lie behind official tales, such as those that we find from William Bradford, John Endicott, John Winthrop, and others.



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