Virginia

1607



Dear Sir,

Come to our beautiful Virginia colony and enjoy the good life! Our colony has a wonderful climate, lots of jobs, and is in great locations. When you come to Virginia there are many jobs you can do to make money. One of our busiest businesses is farming tobacco in fields. Then we load the tobacco onto ships and send the tobacco to Europe. You can also make lumber, glass, barrels, boats, and tar.

Next I am going to tell you about the climate. Winters are usually mild. There are often hot summers. Virginia’s rainfall averages near 40 inches per year with 50 or more inches in the higher elevations of the mountains and in the southeast. So in the winter you could just wear normal clothes and in the summer bring regular clothes and you should also bring rain clothes for when it rains.

Now I will tell you where we are located. It is not very hard to find us. Virginia is on the Atlantic coast. Eastern Virginia is a low coastal plain and central Virginia is a plateau. To the north of Virginia is Maryland and to south of Virginia is North Carolina. The lat, and long, of Jamesville is 36˚ 69 N, 83˚ 10 W.

But you should be aware of the hardships. I will tell you some of the hardships there are. There is Native Americans that start wars and in the winter we have to store lots of food. Beware of diseases like yellow fever, small pox, measles and even the bubonic plague.


Once again sir, Virginia has a wonderful climate, lots of jobs, in great locations, and has some hardships. So, I hope you find this letter well and I look forward to seeing you in Jamestown.



Sincerely,



Layne Henson and Rose Willms