My Journey To The Colonies

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I have just arrived at the plymouth colonies and thought that i should tell you how my journey and my life has been like in the colonies. The journey up here was rough and a lot of people were getting sick. Most of the crew was drunk and they were very rude to myself and my family. Once we arrived on land things didn't get any easier.

The first winter here was horrible because we didn't have our settlement completely finished and we didn't expect it to be so cold and miserable. I really miss england and didn't realize how lonely it would be here without you and jessica. All of this hard work also made me realize how lucky i was in england when i just read books and hung out with you guys.

I hope everyone back home is doing amazing ad

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