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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
six mornings together, with some saltpeter dissolved in it, and a little grated or sliced nutmeg.
I will here break off. I am sorry to part with thee so soon since we meet so seldom and my much business hath made me too often forget Mondays and Fridays. I will say nothing of my love to thee and of my longing desire towards thee; thou knowest my heart. Grace and peace be with you all.
Thine,
John Winthrop
Music. — “ Margaret ” motif.
Meredith. — We do not know how Margaret replied to these letters from the colony. But we do know how she felt when she finally received word that she might sail. She wrote to her son John in London:
Margaret. — Blessed be our good God for the good news which we have heard out of New England. I am glad that thy self and the rest of my company are willing to accompany me; we shall all join together, I hope, and be of one mind to suffer what God hath layed out for us and to rejoice together.
Meredith. — So in August, 1631, Margaret Winthrop sailed to America. On the fourth of November John Winthrop and his wife were reunited. There was great rejoicing on the part of the colonists; cannons were set off in celebration of the ship’s arrival, and presents brought to the Governor’s house as symbols of welcome.
What did John Winthrop say? He could not trust himself beyond the 12 simple words which he wrote in his journal.
John Winthrop. — November the eleventh, 1631. We kept a day of Thanksgiving at Boston.
Music. — Chord.
Margaret. — There is a time to plant and a time to pull up that which is planted, which I could desire might not be yet, but the Lord knoweth what is best and His will be done.
Music . — C onclusion.
Applause.
Meredith. — Thank you, Ruth Gordon and Philip Merivale. We’d like to return, for a moment, to that nine-year-old editor, who wrote in his home magazine on the subject of The Pursuit of Happiness. He went on to say:
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