Summary Of A Diary Entry On An American Ship
Dear Diary
Its 1687 and I just left Barbados and I’m heading to Connecticut and I’m coming to live with my family who I never met .They are unaware that I’m coming. On the ship, I met Nathaniel Eaton, the first mate and the Captains’ son. I also met John Holbrook who is coming to study in Connecticut and I also saw the Cruff family. A little girl I saw on the ship named Prudence dropped her doll in the water I dove in after it. All the passengers got mad and a lady named Goodwife Cruff says that I am a witch because I didn’t sink.
Dear Diary
I’ve finally got to Connecticut and I inform the captain that my aunt and uncle don’t know that I’m coming. This angers the captain who needs to haul her seven trunks and find her aunt and uncles house. …show more content…
Though surprised and shocked my aunt gives me a warm welcome. My uncle Matthew was not so welcoming, especially when he saw my seven trunks of clothing. It was then when my Uncle Matthew realized that I’m not here for a visit but I’m here to stay. I told them that when my grandfather died I had to sell everything to pay all the workers from the plantation. I also told Uncle Matthew I have no other place to go.
Dear Diary
I soon realize that my clothing and possessions do not fit into a Puritan
Connecticut lifestyle. My cousins were Judith and Mercy and they have a lot of fun trying on my dresses. When my uncle comes in they get in a lot of trouble and they return to doing their chores. I began to learn how to process wool. I find that the chores never end and I’m not very good at any of them. I overheard my cousin
Judith complaining about me. She said that she rather would have a boy as a cousin than a girl. I felt very
Its 1687 and I just left Barbados and I’m heading to Connecticut and I’m coming to live with my family who I never met .They are unaware that I’m coming. On the ship, I met Nathaniel Eaton, the first mate and the Captains’ son. I also met John Holbrook who is coming to study in Connecticut and I also saw the Cruff family. A little girl I saw on the ship named Prudence dropped her doll in the water I dove in after it. All the passengers got mad and a lady named Goodwife Cruff says that I am a witch because I didn’t sink.
Dear Diary
I’ve finally got to Connecticut and I inform the captain that my aunt and uncle don’t know that I’m coming. This angers the captain who needs to haul her seven trunks and find her aunt and uncles house. …show more content…
Though surprised and shocked my aunt gives me a warm welcome. My uncle Matthew was not so welcoming, especially when he saw my seven trunks of clothing. It was then when my Uncle Matthew realized that I’m not here for a visit but I’m here to stay. I told them that when my grandfather died I had to sell everything to pay all the workers from the plantation. I also told Uncle Matthew I have no other place to go.
Dear Diary
I soon realize that my clothing and possessions do not fit into a Puritan
Connecticut lifestyle. My cousins were Judith and Mercy and they have a lot of fun trying on my dresses. When my uncle comes in they get in a lot of trouble and they return to doing their chores. I began to learn how to process wool. I find that the chores never end and I’m not very good at any of them. I overheard my cousin
Judith complaining about me. She said that she rather would have a boy as a cousin than a girl. I felt very