<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.<br>
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There’s a recent book (available on Amazon) called </span></font><font size="6"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World</span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> that explains why English sailors came to New England looking for codfish. According to the online review: “T</span><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 13px;">he 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.<br>
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On 2/22/09 2:57 PM, "<a href="mailto:maaisha@aol.com">maaisha@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:maaisha@aol.com">maaisha@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span></font><blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font><span style="font-size: 12px;"><font face="Arial">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?<br>
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Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 3:29 pm<br>
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Lois,<br>
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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. <br>
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I have two questions. <br>
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?<br>
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?<br>
Thanks for any help.<br>
Sincerely, Lois<br>
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