History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . e given. The shipping merchant, Thomas Gofife of London, hasbeen the reputed owner of the Mayflower, both on this tripand ten years later, when as is supposed the same ship camein Winthrops fleet to Salem and Boston, as well as in theinterim, when she brought over another contingent of LeydenPilgrims, whose names show that many of these were ofnon-English birth or descent. Some in their twentieth century environment and ideasthink it strange that no records were found in Pilgrim ar-chives of the na
History of the Pilgrims and Puritans, their ancestry and descendants; basis of Americanization . e given. The shipping merchant, Thomas Gofife of London, hasbeen the reputed owner of the Mayflower, both on this tripand ten years later, when as is supposed the same ship camein Winthrops fleet to Salem and Boston, as well as in theinterim, when she brought over another contingent of LeydenPilgrims, whose names show that many of these were ofnon-English birth or descent. Some in their twentieth century environment and ideasthink it strange that no records were found in Pilgrim ar-chives of the names of the two vessels, the Mayflower andthe Speedwell, until years afterward. They are referred toas the big and little shippe. Yet we must ever remember that most of the romanticatmosphere and delightful traditions, such for example asLongfellow has glorified in charming verse, are purely thecreation of quite modern times. Even the phrase PilgrimFathers occurs first in 1799, and the popular use of theword Pilgrim, except in the spiritual sense, in which THE PILGRIMS JOURNEY TO VIRGINIA 285. BOOK CONTAINING THE NAMEMAYFLOWER. MEMORIALO A ;;:.ri;...-; n .?( O H. P L A N T E R S .5\(_e:rr En^.Miff in jjiiicrka ; Wi;li (pcd.;l Kclucn:. ;oi;.; C>lony , Calkd:;.N H \V-1 I. 1 M O U ?- H. j As jiln .. \ ,i:,iiMi!-l ??r n , t-rli .i ( I/::. ;? lriri! (wr,.nr,i:;;, .• I .. . rl ; ilie n ui. ft ;)1 s M 1 l:( 111!! |:.ni!-.!-it InilriimcntSjTinr, .vcil h, 1 r,;.ivfj ir. thi lU-bhllKJ !?.: :l:!--H:of pels ? .1 t^ uiv - !;. _ . j.^*. i j V 1 . > , , , . • ? ^ J .. iiiity ???,.,?• ... , , ., :?..:. • ... ^ ,; . i, ? - ,v ,. .? .^ 7::, ..:fe ? r,:rJt- S ..^ .:??:: ?• ,^-. j^^ ,. ^ NATHANIEL :\IORT() HOOK. Bradford employs it—quoting from the Epistle to theHebrews—is also a recent afifair. These facts in no wayaffect real history. Heroism was a habit with these people;they n
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