Hi... this is Mary. My husband's at work and... um... I happened to find this... diary/journal. At first I was pretty surprised that my husband had such a thing, but after a while I thought that it was pretty neat, and since he had it ever since he was young, I realized how much this meant to him. So... I decided to surprise him by writing what else has happened so far. Well... something that I should add is that it was pretty awkward when I found out that Pierre was French and when he found out that I was British. We both believe very strongly that out own country is the best. But... by the time we found that out, we already loved each other too much. So we just came to the resolution that we slightly loosen our beliefs. My name is actually Mary Simcoe. My father is the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. He's a very strict man, and he's sort of the military discipline sort of guy. Well, he has recently been stationed in Quebec because of something (I think), and I don't think he likes the fact that Newark is the capital of the colony. I know that he likes York a lot because of it's location. He's thinking about making York the military stronghold. He wants me to come live in York. I haven't told Pierre about it, but I have a feeling that he might not like the idea.
-Mary
This is true, John Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth Simcoe are trying to make York the capital and the military stronghold. His wife (your mother I'm guessing) has been recording what's been happening in journals, paintings, letters etc.
ReplyDeletewow. you know my mother very well. Even I din't know that...
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