Post 5: New Interests?

July 14, 1782

It seems I was able to write my new entry earlier than I thought I would, especially since they are usually months apart. In any case, I have realized that I have a strong passion for helping the loyalists. Though some of my friends and neighbors disapprove of my kindness to them, my beliefs stay the same. After all, Jeffery is a loyalist, and we spend a lot of time together laughing and discussing the news of the day. He is a great friend, and it doesn't matter where he came from. Not to mention they were on our side, weren’t they? Anyways, at times where loyalists come to our settlement in search of a place to rest for the night, I am the first to offer my house. Despite the dirty looks from the other settlers give me, I still give them a hand. I have tried countless times to convince the others against it but they refuse to listen. I guess that's just the way life is, not everyone will always agree with you... I must go; there is a loyalist in outside asking for help. Until next time.

August 3, 1782

My friend Jeffery has recently told me some of the stories of some of the other loyalists he has met. I have recorded some of them below.

James Robertson came to the Thirteen Colonies in 1766 from Scotland. His brother, Alexander, came as well two years later. Together, they created and published the Royal American Gazette, a newspaper. They had chosen not to support the rebels in the revolution, so they were forced out of their homes. They moved 4 times in their struggles, and eventually settled in Shelburne, Nova Scotia when the war ended.

Jacob Waggoner was a German man who immigrated to the Thirteen Colonies. When the war started, he felt that the British had helped him come to North America in the first place, so he was more loyal to them. He joined the war on the side of the British. When the war ended, he and his family moved to Quebec.

Though these people haven’t been through nearly as much as Jeffery did, I still fell quite bad for them. If those crazy rebels had thought for a moment about what they were planning to do, so many loyalists could have not had to go through such things. The thought of it still makes me sick. That is all I have to write for now, I have work to do.