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Governor Bradford's great chair

Today, a long-awaited personal goal of mine was fulfilled: an exact duplicate of the "great chair" used by my ancestor, Governor William Bradford," was delivered to me a short time ago. Meticulously recreated by master joiner Peter Follansbee, it was constructed to exact specifications in the same ash wood as the original, made in Plymouth Colony, 1630-1670 (and is on display at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts). I have loaned it to the New England Historic Genealogica

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