Letter Of a Commoner. Destination Unknown.

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May 27, 2016

National Science and Social Studies Investigators (NSSSI) Report

These messages were found in a cave on the coast of Florida. The messages were rotting but the container was not. We pieced together what we could of the messages and deleted any sentences we could not read. The documents were found in 2015 and were written in 1568, roughly the Elizabethan time period. Having your last name be your middle name was a common thing for commoners. That explains the “Francis Francis” what we can not explain is his why he did not stay a nobleman. He could have continued being a nobleman and gotten an education. We are just glad we got to see the messages. The originals are in the National Elizabethan Times Museum. The copied versions, in common English, are on the desk of Professor Garcher. She is analyzing them further.

 

6 May, 1568

This is the letter of John Francis Francis. I am still a commoner in London. When I was younger, my family was a middle class family. However, when they died in 1560, I was left a commoner. I learned to live on my own at age 13. I had a limited education, reading and writing, nothing more. I managed to get eight sheets of paper from one of my friends who is a nobleman. I have to be careful about who I send this to and who sees this. It is very dangerous for a commoner to have paper in mass quantities. If the queen sees it she could have me and my friend killed. I am planning on writing this journal once every week. I will most likely start my entries tomorrow. I have to trust that you will not report my whereabouts to the queen.Do not let anyone know I sent this to you or else you, me, and my noble friend will be in danger. I wish you hope and good life.

John Francis Francis

13 May, 1568

As promised, I am writing another journal entry. Today I am going to be taking a look at the outside of the queen's house. I tried to get inside but I was not allowed because I am a commoner. The queen’s house is made out of red bricks. I can only imagine that the inside of her house is amazing. My house is a simple, homemade brick house. I made the bricks out of mud and straw. My house holds together against the elements, but still, I am jealous of the queen’s house. Many people like myself have access granted to food and water. If the queen was not so generous, we could starve. Times are tough right now. The queen has now been in power for ten years and many are starting to plot against her. If they try, but fail, London could be looking at a civil war. Oh no, someone is knocking at my door. I have to stop writing now. As always, I wish you hope and a good life.

John Francis Francis

 

20 May, 1568

I am writing this letter in between orders at the candle shop. My father, before he died, was a candle maker. I felt it necessary to take his job in remembrance to him. My mother was a housemaid who decided to work for commoners for little pay. She married my dad after three years of service, working in his house. I still miss my parents but then again there is a sense of freedom without my parents on my back. It is getting more and more risky writing these letters to you. People are starting to get suspicious about the fifteen minutes of work I take off once every week. Apparently there is suspicion that I am getting married. That is totally incorrect. No one knows I am writing this to you and I do not want them to know. Just be happy where you are at. Not having to keep secrets is very nice and I wish I had that pleasure. Well, my 15 minutes is almost up. Stay safe and live long.

John Francis Francis

27 May, 1568

Today was a very strange day. I got an order of one hundred candles from one of the queen’s servants. I will have to start working on those soon so this letter will not be as in depth. When the queen’s servants came in, guns in hand, I was scared I was going to be arrested. When they asked for candles I almost didn’t believe them. If I had been killed or arrested, my family line would be over. It is always scary when you see a queen’s servant coming.  I hope that you can  come and visit me sometime.  I need to see a friendly face right now. I am getting kind of lonely being by myself in the shop all the time. Maybe, once the queen gets out of power, I can come and visit you in America. We could build a house in the woods, then hunt the air and land creatures over there. Life would be good. Sadly, I do not think it is possible. I will write to you next week.

John Francis Francis

 

3 June, 1568

Just yesterday a group of Scots tried to invade London. They were unsuccessful. Our defenses crushed them like they were a bunch of bugs. I am not sure right now is the best time to write to you. There is a lot of distrust in London right now. The horseback-mail-services have come to a halt for the commoners. I can only send this to you because of my noble friend. Today my sister, who wants nothing to do with me, Got her hair done; When she came out from the hair architect, or whatever they are called, she had pink hair. She did not look that good after that. I still hope I can visit you soon. Business is still in high demand as usual. I am making around minimum wage per day so that is good. Sorry, but I have a customer. I will have to write you later.

John Francis Francis  

 

 

After this final letter we found no more. Our best guess is that he was discovered and executed. We wished we could have found more letters. Also, we have no idea who John was sending the letters to.

 

 

This story IS fictitious. There are many true aspects but there was, to the best of my knowledge, no John Francis Francis. Some of the details are from my school such as the "pink hair". The day I was writing this after school, my teacher, Mr. Brumit, got his hair died pink because of a fundraiser. I then incorporated it into the letter.

 

 

 

 

 

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Did you like this idea for a writing? 

Should I continue doing this style?

Edited June 16, 2016 by Night-Sisters

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-made basic grammar and punctuation fixes. Nicely done.

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Nice!

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-made basic grammar and punctuation fixes. Nicely done.

 

Nice!

Thank you.

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Considering that style is what I do best, this might come off as being a bit biased...

 

YES YOU SHOULD DO MORE LIKE THAT.

[snipe3000 678]

Considering that style is what I do best, this might come off as being a bit biased...

 

YES YOU SHOULD DO MORE LIKE THAT.

:D I will consider writing something else like it. Any topic for it?

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:D I will consider writing something else like it. Any topic for it?

I typically find that writing stories centered more in the past allows more freedom to write about things, what with sci-i being a rather cliche'd genre.