Note 89 — Chapter VI · SIX YEARS 1845-1851

Whether or no this started Mr. Gay on an historical investigation, he did inquire into the matter; for thirty years later he published in the Atlantic for November, 1881, an article entitled, “When did the Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth?” in which he established to his own satisfaction that the first landing was neither on the 21st or 22d, but on the 4th of January, 1621.