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WHEREAS, |
The English Explorer, Bartholomew Gosnold set out from
Falmouth, England on March 26, 1602 (of the Julian Calendar) in the good ship,
Concord, being sponsored by the Earl of Southampton, who also was then a patron
of William Shakespeare; and |
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| WHEREAS, |
Captain Gosnold made landfall after 49 days at sea, according
to fellow voyager Gabriel Archer, in said compatriot's account of the
expedition; and |
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| WHEREAS, |
Captain Gosnold gave to this land, names we use to this day,
being, to wit: Cape Cod (for its abundance of fish), Martha's Vineyard (for his
beloved daughter, Martha), and the Elizabeth Islands (for his queen, Elizabeth
I); and |
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| WHEREAS, |
Captain Gosnold also explored New Bedford Harbor, landing at a
place called "Smoking Rocks;" and these events were later
commemorated in great paintings by famed New Bedford artists, William Allen
Wall and Albert Bierstadt; and |
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| WHEREAS, |
Captain Gosnold constructed a stockade fort upon the little
islet in West End Pond on the Island of Cuttyhunk, now seat of the Town of
Gosnold, Massachusetts (incorporated as such in 1864) and where now stands the
Gosnold Monument, as proposed by New Bedford historian, Daniel Ricketson and
duly erected by the intrepid members of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in
1902-1903 (the tercentenary of said landing); and |
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| WHEREAS, |
During this Quadricentennial Year, now being the 400th
Anniversary of the Cuttyhunk Landing of Bartholomew Gosnold, we look to the new
century with pride in our shared heritage, with hope in our connected futures,
and with a renewed commitment toward the loving stewardship of these, our
Buzzards Bay Area Communities: |
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| NOW THEREFORE, I, FREDERICK M. KALISZ, JR.,
Mayor of the City of New Bedford, do hereby proclaim this day, August 17, 2002,
Bartholomew Gosnold Day throughout the City of New Bedford, and on behalf of
all the citizens therein, extend felicitations to our good neighbors of the
Town of Gosnold on this milestone day in our common history. |
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| Hon. Frederick M. Kalisz, Jr.,
Mayor |
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