A friend talked me into buying RAMBLES IN THE PEE DEE, a great book on the
early colonists who wound their way up the Pee Dee from the Georgetown, SC
area.  It mentions some of the ships that docked there and what they were
unloading  as well as what was being  exported.  It mentioned all of the
casks of rum, sugar and lime juice that came in from Barbados.  LIME JUICE?
Does anyone know why so much lime juice?  I could not relate it to sailors
that used fruit to ward off scurvy .  Would early colonist have had a
shortage of sources for Vitamin C?

By the way, it does mention a lot of early settlers and who some of the
earliest land owners were.  I am learning how much livestock they had.
Always assumed they were all farming.

Joanne H.
New Bern,NC

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