Describe the social hierarchy that existed in the Americas during the period of colonization.

At the top we had: the gentry

In the middle we had: the middle class

Lastly: the poor

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.