But recent writers do not even admit the reservation of Hutch inson of a prior though vanishing Jamestown. That ancient settle ment, with all that it stands for, is actually to be snubbed out of recognition, and the claim is now boldly advanced that the Ply mouth settlement was the first colony and all Americans the virtual output of that plantation. Jamestown is not to be allowed even a share in the upbuilding of America. Can anything be more astonishing, and where is the New England conscience that it does not revolt against this perversion of the truth?