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In this clip, from a silent film telling the story of the Puritans, a pilgrim family go to hear Governor Winthrop preach to cheer up after the burial of their daughter, who recently died of fever.In LS, a little boy hands his father his pilgrim hat as the man holds his wife. The boy then give him his shotgun. They walk off screen. LS of Governor Winthrop’s house, then Governor Winthrop pulling two boys near. Two men stand by in MS, looking on. Both wear wide brim hats and one has an Elizabethan collar. MCU of this man, Thomas Dudley. The other man is identified as Richard Saltonstall. Saltonstall tells Winthrop to speak to the people. The family from earlier comes to the area outside the house. Winthrop begins to preach, he speaks about suffering.