Rhode Island Letter

1663
Dear Sir,

I myself would like to ask you if you and your family would like to move to Rhode Island. If you would I will tell you some information to live here.

First you need to be careful of the water. The water must be clean before you drink it. Narragansett’s live near the great swamp. The Narragansett’s are indies. The great swamp is by the bay. The Narragansett Bay.
Now I am going to tell you where we are located. Rhode Island is located west of New York and north of Connecticut and is also south of Plymouth. Plymouth is in Boston.

Next I need to tell you what types of weather to be prepared for. The warmest weather is in July and August. The weather gets in the 80s but the coldest weather here is in the 30s and is in the month of January. You can bring shorts and t-shirts for summer and spring. And sweat shirts and sweat pants and a coat for winter and some boots too.

When you move to the Colony it will be easy to find a job. The jobs you can do is farm tobacco. When you are done growing the food sail it to England you can make a lot of money. If you do not want to do that job you can be a carpenter. The carpenters make all of the houses and barns and docks also ships and fences you can also make stores.

So- now you know how to live on Rhode Island. Hope to see you soon!


Your colonial friend,

Alexis Nicole