Notes • August 13, 2025by johnataylor on TwosFun Fact: On August 13, 1604, the ship "Gift of God", sent by the Plymouth Company, arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River in what is now Maine. This was part of early English attempts to establish a settlement in North America and represents one of the earliest steps in the long story of Anglo-American colonization, which eventually led to the founding of Plymouth Colony and broader English settlement in New England.