More About Colonial Life

Dear Future Reader,


     I don't know what you do to pass the time, but let me tellyou about us.  During the week we are so exhausted from working the fields and tending the animals we can barely keep our head up to eat dinner.  My brother gets to go to school when he finishes his morning chores but not me.  I am a girl so I have to stay home and work around the house from dawn to dusk.  When we are finished inthegarden we have to clean the house and wash the clothes in the river.  Every summer we shave the wool off the ship and use it to spin thread and then make cloth for clothes.    One Saturdays and Sundays we get to finish our work early and read the bible.  We are Quakers,so we do not believe in war or fighting.  We are greatful to be in the new world so we can pray and read our bible in peace.