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    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

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    Hester’s Diary Entry I couldn’t believe what was happening‚ for the first time I come face to face with my husband when he was called to my prison cell to provide me medical assistance. Its about time he did something‚ he’s done nothing but left me alone in darkness of this evil cold cell. He then offers me a cup of medicine‚ at this point I then become speechless. However‚ I know his true identity therefore I refuse to drink his potion. He assures me that there is no poison and claims that he

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    Entry 1 I am John Grant. I’ve never had a journal before‚ but I feel like I need to document this hard and dangerous journey I am about to go on. Yesterday I was eating with my wife Mary and my three children Degory 15‚ Wrestling 13‚ and Florence 4. Then I heard a knock on the door‚ I answered well dressed man and he said he was a farmer from the southern part of Missouri. He offered me $900 for my house‚ my land in a bit of my farming equipment. I was overwhelmed by the amount of happily

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    1038 A.D. Dear Diary‚ I cannot help but find myself thinking about the three witches prophesies. Part of me thinks it is complete nonsense that I will become king of Scotland. The other part of me thinks it could be so. To accomplish the position of king I would need to commit murder. My dearest Lady Macbeth urges me to control my own future and murder Duncan to obtain the position. But to imagine myself‚ dagger in hand‚ scares me. Our plan seems foolproof but‚ if we should fail‚ I will surely

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    28/02/24 Dear Diary My name is Professor Sharon Jung and I am the first person in the WORLD to travel through time. I have been studying Ancient Greece for some time and I have been waiting for this moment for AGES. With all my courage‚ I took a deep breath and stepped into the time machine. 448 BCE As soon as I stepped out of the time machine‚ it was as if I was walking into a whole new world. Loud‚ busy and dirty. The streets of Athens‚ or Aktaio as you may call it in Ancient Greece‚ were amazing

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    August‚ 1492. We set sail early this morning. Early for me anyway. The wind was strong and felt good in my face. I’d never been on a ship before so I was hoping this would go well for me‚ so I would get picked more often to go. ‘Course‚ I only have Mamá that is my family and it would break her heart if I died out at sea. The rudder of ‘da Pinta slipped so we had to make an unthought-of stop at the Canary Island. Columbus ordered the other captain to stay there and try to fix it while we went to Gomera

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    Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen

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    Dear Diary‚ Sinning is bad‚ definitely not allowed here in Salem. Well‚ I have committed a very bad sin a couple of days ago. John Proctor‚ a married man. I should be very sorry for this sin I had committed and regret it‚ but I just can’t. I love John Proctor‚ and I know he loves me‚ deep down in his heart. Who has asked me to meet him at the barn? John Proctor. Why else would he do it if he hadn’t loved me? September 1st was when it had first happened. While working at the Proctor home for about

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    “Scorched earth. Abandoned farms. Skies black with dust. Houses buried under great dunes of earth. Decades after the drought and depression of the 1930s ended‚ images of the Dust Bowl are still familiar to millions of people worldwide” (Wesson.) That is what a normal day during the 1930’s was like. Back then people farmed to get their profit‚ especially in the southern plains of the U.S. People’s lives revolved around farming. If they didn’t get their crops planted on time‚ there wouldn’t be food

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    really close at all. We just talk about normal day things‚ and I never really tell them my feelings or secrets. Therefore‚ I’m rather glad I have you‚ as you can be someone I can talk to when I’m feeling down‚ or when something has happened. I want my diary to be my friend‚ and I am going to call this friend kitty. Wednesday‚ 24th June 1942 Dearest Kitty‚ Oh what a day! A very very hot day it is‚ I’ve never really been grateful for the tram‚ but now I’ve realised just how pleasant it is instead of

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