May 5, 1621
Dearest Aunt Martha, I am writing to you from our village. Today we traded and made peace with the Natives. I am very glad that we got to make peace with the Natives so they won't attack us. We also needed all of that fur. We need it because we will be able to give this to the company that is in England so that they can get money. The points for the peace treedy were no Pilgrim could hurt a Native or else they will be turned over to the Natives and be punished, no Native could a Pilgrim or else they would be turned over to the Pilgrims and would be punished. The other ones were each group help each other in war and no weapons carried during a meeting or trading. These all make sense that they were in the peace agreement because these are all examples of peace. I am very happy for that peace treedy. When we traded with the Natives we got 2 barrels of fur. Each barrel held 20 furs so we got 40 furs. Sadly, during this time we have lost 11 colonists. At least we didn't lose any of my family. Well that's it. I hope you have a good day. Sincerely, William Bradford Jr.
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November 5, 1620
Dearest Aunt Martha, This is your nephew William Bradford Jr. I am writing after a hard day of work. We just finished building our houses. We finished 8 houses but 4 of our colony members died. We first started with our common house. This is necessary because this holds all of our resources and food because all of the houses only had one room. This meant that there wasn't a lot of space to store all of your resources. When we were building, one person went into the woods to fell trees, while we built the houses using logs from the trees. Before we got off the vessel, we made the Columbia Compact. It said that the leaders would be elected by everyone voting. This would give everyone who wants to be a leader can be because it's anonymous. The Columbia Compact said "Our leaders will have the power to make the laws and decisions. One law is no stealing anything." That is a good law because then no one will have less things than other people. The last thing the Columbia Compact said was "If problems arise with our leaders, we will get together and try to fix the problem. One way we could do this is by voting to see who is right." This is good because then we will not start a war between each other. At the end of the Columbia Compact was where we all signed. Well, overall it was a pretty good day. We built houses and I told you about the Columbia Compact. The bad part was when we lost 4 colony members. Well that's it. Hope you have a good day. Sincerely, William Bradford Jr. October 5, 1620
Dearest Aunt Martha, This is your nephew William Bradford Jr. We just arrived in the New World. I am with my family William Bradford, Briget Bradford, and Anne Bradford. We are just washing our clothes because we couldn't do that for 2 months! Luckily, we didn't lose any passengers on the way. The ship had 6 sails and 55 different lines to sail the vessel. We had oatmeal, peas, pork, beans, and cheese were on board during the journey. When we were on the vessel we had a lot of challenges during the journey. Some of them are that we were extremely bored, only use the chamber pots for toilets, and that we got injured by the boat rocking back in fourth from the wind. I felt scared because I was with one hundred strangers with me in a tiny space. I wish we could stay on the deck but the crew were on there. I didn't like emptying the chamber pots either. In the hold, there was wine, water, sugar, spices, rice, oatmeal, meat, and cheese. In the hold was where almost all of our food was. I am glad we had that hold. If we didn't, where would all the food be? The ship was steered by the whipstaff. Some problems with steering the ship are that you can't see and it is a 100- foot ship. That would be very hard for you to steer a ship that's 100 feet long and you can't see. On the vessel, there is the Great Cabin. In the Great Cabin there is the master or captain, his chief officers, and the ships apprentice. In the Great Cabin is where they steered the ship. My family doesn't think it is fair that they can have a good cabin and we just have a cramped space under the deck. The Great Cabin was also closer to the deck than us so they could get fresh air when ever they wanted. But we could only get fresh air when we emptied our chamber pots. When we were sailing, they had to chart the ships movement so they knew where we were. They charted the the course of the vessel by using the stars and the horizon to see what longitude and latitude we were at. That could tell us where we were on the map. Well that's it for now. I can't wait for new adventures. Sincerely, your nephew, William Bradford Jr Dearest Cousin Martha,
This is your nephew William Bradford Jr. I left with my father, William Bradford, my mother, Briget Bradford, and my sister Anne Bradford. We are going to leave England tomorrow. We left because we wanted to worship God in a new way. We didn't like the way they were forcing us to worship the Church of England and how they were thinking of God. They were worshiping God by their religion, which we didn't like. The Separatists (us) went to Holland because the children were forgetting English. This wasn't good because they wouldn't remember what language they had when they were born. We argreed to go to the New World because we wanted a better life by keeping our supplies. Dear, your nephew, William Bradford Jr. |