SC - Children's homework weirdness

Etain1263 at aol.com Etain1263 at aol.com
Thu Nov 9 20:49:25 PST 2000 

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In a message dated 11/9/00 5:32:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
margali at 99main.com writes:


> <<I always consider most of what I read about the pilgims in school texts
> to be a lot of hooey. IIRC, in the mid 80s a great scandal was caused by
> Yankee magazine printing a transcript of a diary written by one of our
> pigrim founders, >>
> 
> I think we need to keep in mind that the Puritans only made up about 40% of 
> the passengers on the Mayflower.  The rest were craftsmen, seekers of 
> fortune and other persons seeking a life in the "new world".  I'm sure that 
> they had their own ideas of what was "needed" in a colony.  
> 
> 



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<HTML><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/9/00 5:32:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR>margali at 99main.com writes:
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<BR>I think we need to keep in mind that the Puritans only made up about 40% of <BR>the passengers on the Mayflower.  The rest were craftsmen, seekers of <BR>fortune and other persons seeking a life in the "new world".  I'm sure that <BR>they had their own ideas of what was "needed" in a colony.  
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