[Tommies] John Thompson and David's fishing post

[maaisha at aol.com]

 Thank you, Nancy.  I shall get the book.  I have found it perplexing that a country with so much shoreline would need to import fish from a continent away.  Your message and the book will help me understand this.
Lois


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Thomson <nancythomson at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson and David's fishing post













Re: Fish

There’s a recent book (available on Amazon) called Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World that explains why English sailors came to New England looking for codfish. According to the online review: “The cod helped inspire the discovery and exploration of North America. It had a profound impact upon the economic development of New England and eastern Canada from the earliest times.” Haven’t read the book but I heard the author on the radio. As I recall, the Europeans had over-fished cod (it was a VERY popular dish then) and sailed our way looking for new sources of the valuable catch.



Nancy





On 2/22/09 2:57 PM, "maaisha at aol.com" <maaisha at aol.com> wrote:




 Thank you very much, Dick.  I can see that the British would want an outpost for servicing their vessels.  That makes sense.  The fish don't.  Surely the British had plenty of fish, and still do.  Why would codfish be sent back to England - or were they not sent back?  Was it only to feed arriving sailors?

Lois


 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Dick Hodgman <dick.hodgman at gmail.com>

Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 3:29 pm

Subject: Re: [Tommies] John Thompson and David's fishing post



Lois,



David and Amyes were in the New World to support the British fishing fleet.  Their providing provisions and services allowed the fleet to stay off North America for the entire season.  The British came to the New World for the fish before they came for religious freedom.  



--Dick

============================

Dick Hodgman

dick at hodgman.org

http://hodgman.org/





On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM,  <maaisha at aol.com> wrote:


 Hi All,

  I have two questions.  

  I noticed in John Thompson's will, that he mentions his son-in-law, John Aldrich.  I have only two children for John Thompson and Sarah Trevore - Mehitable Thompson Hayward (Haywood) and son, John.  Where does John Aldrich fit in?  I must be missing a daughter.  I am descended from both the son, John, and the daughter, Mehitable.  Who was their sibling?

  This second question must have an obvious answer than I am too dense to see.  Why was David Thomson setting up a fishing station, drying cod and sending them back to England?  Isn't that like sending coal to Newcastle?  What am I missing here?

   Thanks for any help.

Sincerely,  Lois



  

 

 



 




Access 350+ 
FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! 



_______________________________________________

Tommies mailing list

Tommies at wellswooster.com

http://lists.hostedbyisg.com/mailman/listinfo/tommies





 

_______________________________________________



Tommies mailing list



Tommies at wellswooster.com



http://lists.hostedbyisg.com/mailman/listinfo/tommies



 

 



Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar <http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000035> ! 





_______________________________________________

Tommies mailing list

Tommies at wellswooster.com

http://lists.hostedbyisg.com/mailman/listinfo/tommies






 





_______________________________________________
Tommies mailing list
Tommies at wellswooster.com
http://lists.hostedbyisg.com/mailman/listinfo/tommies



 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.hostedbyisg.com/pipermail/tommies/attachments/20090222/24a2c780/attachment.html