shininess. it was 1630 when john said we must consider where we should be a city upon a hill the eyes of all people are upon us. winthrop was talking about the massachusetts bay colony. at the start of the book, "the wordy shipmates" with no caption there's this. and i thought at first this was maybe something funny that sarah drew herself. it is not. it turns out pilgrims and founders of our country established their foot hold here under this seal. this official massachusetts bay seal says come over and help us. come over and help us. that was the idea? native americans saying hey, english people come over to