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Name: Myles Standish
Birth Date: c. 1584
Death Date: October 3, 1656
Place of Birth: Lancashire, England
Place of Death: Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: soldier

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Biography of Myles Standish
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Myles Standish (ca. 1584-1656), a professional English soldier hired by the Pilgrims to direct their military affairs, gave great service to New Plymouth in America and won personal glory. Little is known of Myles Standish's early life, other than that...


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Myles Standish Information
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Captain Myles Standish Kt. (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656), (sometimes spelled Miles Standish) was an English born military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth colony. Arriving on the Mayflower, he worked on colonial...


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The Washington Post
Thank You, Myles Standish
11/25/1997: 603 words, approx. 2 pages
It was as if Myles Standish had handed us a personal invitation to Thanksgiving dinner. It began in August, 1938, well before my family came to the United States. The Italian Fascist authorities had just issued a decree severely limiting the freedoms Italian...
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The Boston Globe
Controlled Burn Planned For Myles Standish Forest
03/11/2001: 884 words, approx. 3 pages
PLYMOUTH - Flames race through a small forest area, growing more intense with each second, the fury fueled by scrub pine and huckleberry brush. This is not California or Montana where wildfires are known to flame out of control, destroying thousands of acres and...
 


 

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