September 10, 1792

September 10, 1792

Dear Diary,

I have been sneaking out to the news stand almost every day. I feel really bad about lying to mama and papa…but…I have no choice. I know my plan was a one hit wonder but…I can’t help myself. It’s a win win + an extra win. 1: I get great stories for my book. 2: I get sooooo much exercise from walking there and back- hence- it’s HEALTHY for me. 3: I get to meet new people and make new friends.

Oh, and guess what Diary!

The news stand is getting really busy and crowded…so…they…are…making…a…NEWS…STORE!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it?!?!

Now they aren’t just going to sell news papers; they are going to sell postcard, stamps, and handy nick- knacks.

How great is that???

Ok, I’ll tell you…IT’S AMAZING!!!

Well anyways…

To get to the point, I have been taking a notebook to the news stand and writing down all the important news. So I think I should record them in you right now. The first story I got is STILL about Loyalists. And I hope you aren’t the kind of Diary that gets bored easily because Loyalist stories are in right now. Plus I don’t really care because I’m going to write the stories in you anyways…whether you like it or not.

But I will still try to make them more interesting.

Ok Diary, I will start off with the stories that I never got a chance to record. I will do my best with remembering so…bare with me. :)

Ok well…a bunch of Loyalists were upset that they weren’t getting enough attention, so they sent a letter to the British Government and they replied with a yes to the Constitutional Act of 1791. Well I know you hate these stories so to make the long story short; the Constitutional Act divided Quebec into two different parts, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. And then they talked about the different governments and how they work, and a bunch of other stuff like that. But I don’t really listen to it because I don’t know what it means. And I know what you’re thinking Diary…you’re thinking that I should still listen and tell my parents about it so they know how the Government works, and you’re probably thinking that I’m really dumb right now. Well think again because if I told my parents about that, they would say…well sweetie, how do you know that. And then I would be …BUSTED…Dun dun dun. So yeah…end of story.

Anyways…my next story is on John Graves Simcoe.

This one I actually wrote down Diary so it might be a bit long.

So John’s career actually started when he married a wealthy woman named Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim. After he got married, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. When Simcoe went to the capital of the colony-Newark- he realized that it was very close to the American boarder and that it would be an easy target for war. In other words…he thought that Newark wasn’t the best idea for the capital of the colony. Simcoe had many dreams that he wanted to fulfill. He wanted to build a colony like England and he wanted it to be called London; he even reserved land for it. Another dream Simcoe had was building a military base in York because York was far from the American Boarder.

Well it’s getting kind of late Diary and I have to wake up early to milk the cows. I know I know…EVEN MORE CHORES.

Well I promise I will finish the story tomorrow.

Love,

Samantha Jones