For Lord Witmore, March 16th, 1494

Dear Lord Witmore,
I Jacob Francis, the world-famous explorer who You hired am writing to inform thee of a most interesting discovery. Your Lordship would be very interested to find out that upon our arrival at this New World we met brutal savages who we could not even understand. They seemed to have no jobs and simply sit around all day doing God knows what. They have obviously not embraced Christianity which is preposterous and right down silly. We must do all in our power to educate these savages who probably do not even have any traditions. We are located in a place north of some islands, a place we now refer to as New England. It is a gorgeous land with many resources and with the exception of the heathen savages I believe it is a wonderful new start for the people who believe the Church is beyond reform. As I am an exceptionally wealthy man and so are You I propose that we put together our enormous capital and rebuild the Old World upon this new continent. Here we can be kings, gods even. We can use these pathetic and disgusting savage people as slaves for labor. As You know we travelled here by ship but encountered several storms during the way so if your Lordship plans to come over to see the land himself I would advise to use caution. We can also ship slaves from Africa as I hear they have some of the best there. We are currently inspecting for any diseases we might not know of but I believe there is nothing to worry about. It has been only two years since Columbus returned from this world and already I can see vast cities stretching over the land. We can burn down the forests and construct an economic spine for a new more prosperous nation. The climate here is a bit drier than jolly old Britain. I miss home very much and hope that You will receive this message with the next ship. I intend to stay a little bit longer and explore the further use of these savage brutes in our new continental empire. And perhaps one day a world empire… consider it!
Sincerely,
Sir Jacob Jonathan Francis