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| v A littl e turk , A littl e j erk,
A little clerks A little dirk ,
I Will make a little dirmer.
. f .
¦1P^ __^" HE" first Thanksgiving: in New England is de-
"i^^^B^
scribed in a letter
wri
tten
to a "loving and old
j^|j§f|5i| friend" and dated at "Plymouth, this 11th
P?1|1I»K of November, 1621." This "loving and old
friend " is supposed to have been a certain
George Morton, who had married a sister of Goyernor
Bradford and who came over to Plymouth in July, 1623.
The letter is signed E. W., and these are taken to be the
initials of Edward Winslow. Of the 102 emigrants who
landed on the 11th (old style) of December, 1620, on the
bleak coast of Cape Cod, almost one-half had died and
nearly all of the remainder had suffered seriously from desti-tution
and the rigors of the winter, for which they were ill
prepared. The reward, however, of the industry of the
few who were not disabled was so abundant as to call
forth the thankfulness of this very religious colony. The
letter alluded to says: "You shall understand that in this
little time that a few of us have been here we have built
seven dwelling, houses and four for the use of tj ie plantation
and have made preparation for seven others. We net the
last spring some twenty, acres of barley and peas, and, ac-cording
to the manner of the Indians, we manured our
ground with, herrings, or, rather, shads, which we have in
great abundance and take with ease at our doors. Our
corn did prove well,, and, God be praised, we had a good
increase of Indian com, and our barley indifferent good, but
our peas not worth the gathering."
Uf ae First
Thanksgiving
Object Description
| Title | The Hershey Press 1910-11-23 |
| Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
| Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
| Date | 1910-11-23 |
| Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
| Type | Text |
| Original Format | Newspapers |
| Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
| Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
| Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
| Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
| Title | The Hershey Press 1910-11-23 |
| Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
| Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
| Date | 1910-11-23 |
| Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
| Type | Text |
| Original Format | Newspapers |
| Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
| Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
| Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
| Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| Full Text | | v A littl e turk , A littl e j erk, A little clerks A little dirk , I Will make a little dirmer. . f . ¦1P^ __^" HE" first Thanksgiving: in New England is de- "i^^^B^ scribed in a letter wri tten to a "loving and old j^|j§f|5i| friend" and dated at "Plymouth, this 11th P?1|1I»K of November, 1621." This "loving and old friend " is supposed to have been a certain George Morton, who had married a sister of Goyernor Bradford and who came over to Plymouth in July, 1623. The letter is signed E. W., and these are taken to be the initials of Edward Winslow. Of the 102 emigrants who landed on the 11th (old style) of December, 1620, on the bleak coast of Cape Cod, almost one-half had died and nearly all of the remainder had suffered seriously from desti-tution and the rigors of the winter, for which they were ill prepared. The reward, however, of the industry of the few who were not disabled was so abundant as to call forth the thankfulness of this very religious colony. The letter alluded to says: "You shall understand that in this little time that a few of us have been here we have built seven dwelling, houses and four for the use of tj ie plantation and have made preparation for seven others. We net the last spring some twenty, acres of barley and peas, and, ac-cording to the manner of the Indians, we manured our ground with, herrings, or, rather, shads, which we have in great abundance and take with ease at our doors. Our corn did prove well,, and, God be praised, we had a good increase of Indian com, and our barley indifferent good, but our peas not worth the gathering." Uf ae First Thanksgiving |
