Rosie o Brien Letter'

CAPETOWN, Wednesday, July 18th,1804. Dear Laura, No doubt you will be wondering how I came by pen and paper and am writing to you when I should be sailing to the world’s edge. Well, so much has happened, I barely know where to begin. Let me see. Our ship is now in berth in Capetown on the Afican coast. We have put in for supplies and fresh water, and as far as I can reckon we have been at sea for two months now. (It feels more like two years.) _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________