14.3.1780
To My Dearest Mother,
This trip has turned out to be horrid
Grandfather has been drinking a lot more than normal from this new liquid he found, he calls it beer and hes been drinking with a lot of other women and men
Now he is very ill and i don't think he will last long, he says he is fine but he is going green and looking like a bug.
We are in the middle of nowhere, we can't find land, so i sent this letter to you in a bottle and i hope to see you very soon.
Signed: your favourite child, Grace.
