Pages IIII and V

     Our attentions are now being turned to page IIII. It's intriguing to me that he chose to write the Roman numeral for four like that and yet he did. The title of the page is; "Discovered or Invented."
-1487, on the 30th of January the glockenspiel is invented.
-1650, on the 22nd of February the air pump is invented.
-1609, 25th of March, the discovery of the Hudson River.
-1517, the start of the Protestant Reformation.
-1751, on the 30th of December, New Zealand is discovered.
-1791, opening of the first bank in America.
-1551, the first railway in England.
-1833, the first railway in America.
-1441, the printing press is invented.
-1505, Luther entered the monastery.
-1619, first legislative assembly in America.
-1513, discovery of the Pacific Ocean.
-1663, establishment of first printed newspaper.
-1763, Florida is sold to England.
-1460, the art of woodcarving is invented.
-1640, Diet of Worms
-1492, Columbus returned to Spain.
-1550, first English tram.
-570, the birth of Muhammad.
-329, the city of Constantinople is founded.
-970, first ever jury trial.
-1530, Diet of Augsburg.
-1665, England occupies Jamaica.
-1792, France becomes a Republic.
-1775, the start of the revolution in the U.S.
-1765, the Stampact is put into place.
-1767, tea is being taxed.
-1600, the founding of the East India Trading Company.

     Page V is yet another list of facts and figures and carries the title; "Different things."
-1790 The patent law is implemented.
-1780 Riots in London.
-1314 Battle of Bannockburn.
-1750 Corsica is sold to France.
-1690 Bank of England is founded.
-(1650) 1812
-1879 Opening of the Suez Canal.
-1819 Alabama becomes a state.
-1845 Texas becomes a state.
-1837 Michigan becomes a state.
-1803 Ohio becomes a state.
-1870 Virginia becomes a state.
-1899 Cuba is transferred to the U.S.
-1897 Sinking of the USS Maine in Havana's harbor.
-1815 Peace between England and the U.S.
-1840 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are married on the 10th of February.
-1754 On the 7th of April France captures Pittsburg which back then was called Fort Duquesne.
-1788 A group of New Englanders started a colony in Ohio.
-1798 Congress formed the Mississippi territories.
-1818 General Andrew Jackson captured the fort in St. Marks Florida.
-1831 Pedro I of Brazil abdicates.

Even more dates, people and places. He obviously copied this information from somewhere since he wasn't alive for a majority of these events. While this information is very interesting, it seemingly has very little to do with this immigrants story or life as a whole. So why include it and why is it of interest to us now. Perhaps we should not focus on the jumbled collection of information and spend more time thinking about the source of this wealth of information. The where will allow us some valuable insights into who the author was as a person and what motivated him to create his own collection of random knowledge. For now I'll let you ponder where this info came from and rest assured that all will be revealed once the next two pages come around.