The following excerpt is from a letter that colonist Edward Winslow wrote in December of 1621, after having spent a little more than a year in the New World.
"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our labors...And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty."
When I reflect on how much the people we now call the Pilgrims suffered during that first winter of 1620-1621, I am humbled beyond measure by their perseverance and their thankfulness.
(The above photo comes from the Plimoth Plantation website.)
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