Dear Sarah,
We are starving. The winters were really rough, but its nothing compared to this. Just recently the British just decided to stop supporting the loyalists. Now, we are not supplied with tools, clothes, or even food. We are starving. We are all weak, and struggle to do many basic things. Food is scarce, and the crops we have planted haven't grown much due to the bad weather. We will survive, but we have to find a better way to get food. Loyalists that have settled in Quebec are not happy. They believe that they should have the same rights as other British citizens because the Quebec Act is still in place there. The Loyalists think that the land system is offensive towards them because farmers only had tenure and did not actually own the land. They sent a petition to the king of England in 1785. I hope that we will make it through these rough times.
Your brother,
George Davis Lanott
P.S. We are still searching for you and will find you.
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