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Mohegan
Novr 21: 1765
The
Honorable Commiſsioners In Connecticut New England for
propigating
Chriſtian Knowledge &
Letterature among the Indians hav
ing Maturely Conſulted the Expeediancy
of Sending Some fit Perſon to
Europe to Cali
[illegible][guess: ect]
aſsiſtance from God's People
at Home in this Heavy and good Work —
and
appointed the Rev
d
Nathaniel
Whetaker to go — and thought it
good to Send me to acompany him
—
and Acordingly, not Doubting the
Call of god, and my Duty to go, on
Thirdſday the
21 of Novr as above;
in obediance to the Strange Call
of Providence, having Commited
my Self Family and Friends to
the Care of Almighty God, took
Lieve of them about 11 A:M: and
went on my Journey towards
Boſton
Boſton in order to take a
voige from thence to
Europe —
Saturday Novr 23
ariv'd
at Boſton about 3 in the
after noon, and put up at
M
r
Moſes Peck's and was
very kindly receiv'd by him
— on Wedneſday following
Mr
Whetaker,
^with^
whome I was to tra
vel return'd to
Boſton from
Portſmouth, met with good
incouragement by Friends
Eaſtward, he Brought with
him, almoſt Enough for our
voige
Paſage, — He
a^r^e we Stay
^d^ in
Boſton near 5 weeks, —
Friends in this place to the
affair we are upon appear
as
[illegible] near
[illegible]and Sincere as
ever and increace Daily —
The Adverſaries Stand at
a Diſtance Like Shemei,
But they don't Speak a
Loud as they did, they now
Contrive their Projects in
Secret, — and
it is Suppoſe
^d^ they are preparing whips
for us (Letters)
for us to
Send to Europe by the Same
Ship, we are to
igo
in —
Monday Decr 23
a bout
9 in the Morning went
a Bo
^a^rd in
Boſton Pa
[illegible]cket
a Ship,
John Marſhall
Cap
t, and at 9 and half
we Spread Sail to wind — Truſt
ing in
^ye^ Living god — there was
four Paſanger of us M
r
John Williams and M
r
Thomas Brom field of Boſton,
Mr
Whetaker and I —
we had very agreeable Company,
The worſhip of god was Caried on
Daily, and had a Sermon every
Sabbath, the goodneſs of god is very
great to us, — we had favourable
Winds except 3
Short Spells of hard
Gail, we lay tow, and when we
got within
[illegible][guess: 3]200 Leagues of
Lands End, moderate Eaſterly winds
met us,
SAnd Stopt us
1520 days
and remarkable warm weather
we had moſt of the Time — and
then we had Some favourable
winds, — and
Sabbath the
2d day of Feruary
^1766^ about 10 in the
morning we diſcover'd the land
of
England, — and
the wind head
ed us again, and the next
wDay
which was y
e
3 of Febr we wen
^t^ a Shore on
great Briton in
a
[illegible]Fiſh Boat, and land at
a Place Call'd
Bricksham,
[illegible]
in
Tar Bay
1200 mil
s from Lan
^d^
Juſt after Sun Set, and put
at one widow womans Houſe —
Beſsed be thiy great Name oi
god for thy goodneſs to us over
the waters and hast brought
us upon the Land, Lord
wri
[illegible][guess: g]^[illegible][guess: te]^ a Law of thankfullneſs in our
Hearts, and preſerve me on
the Land as
wthou hast done
on the
[illegible]Seas, and deliver
me from all Evil, eſpecially
from the Eve
tl of Sin — —
Febr 4
went on our Journey
Early in the Morning on Horſe
Back, got to
Exon about 4 pm
30 M' from
Bricksham —
we were Calld up half after 10 in
the Night, & went off in a Coach
^of [illegible][guess: Six]
Horſe^ at 11, from
Exon
prety Large
City and reachd to a City Call'd
Salsbury about 10 in the even
^g^ we went a 100 miles this Day
But we had very Cold Day,—
Thanks be to god for his goodneſs to
us heatherto —
[illegible]
Thirdsday
Fer 6
we were Calld up again Juſt before 2 and at 2 in the Morning we went on our Journey — and by
the goodneſs of [illegible]God, ^we^
ariv'd to London about 7 in the
Evening, and we Call'd upon Mr
Debert, and were Kin^d^ ly
re[illegible][guess: ie]ivd, and Lodg'd there, in
ye Morning Mr Smith of Boſtn Came to See us, and Conducted us to Mr
Whetfields, and were
Extreemly well receiv'd by him, O how marvillous is gods goodneſs to us thus far — Mr
Whitfield
& other[illegible][guess: del
s] Friends here adviſe
[illegible]not to be open as yet, — we rode with
Mr
W[illegible]hitfield
^in his Chaiſe^ to a good Friends ^H^
^and Din'd there^ but we were Private about it,
Lodgd at Mr Whitefields —
Saturday Februr 8:
was at
Mr Whitefields Conceil'd — and on Sabbath 9th
Febr was Still Conce^ld^
Monday Februr
ye
10th
Mr Whitefield too
^k^
Mr
Whetaker and I in his Coach
and Introduc'd us to my
Lord Dart mouth, and apear'd like a worthy
Lord indeed,
Mr Whitefield Says
he is a Chriſtian Lord and an un
Common one — after we Pay'd
our Compliments to
my Lord–
Mr Whitefield
Caried us to my
Lady Hotham's, and She receiv'd
us with all Kindneſs,
and She is
an aged woman, and a mother
in Israel, and we
w rode abou
^t^ Both in the City and out, —
the
Land about the City
^&^ in the Coun
try is like one Continued
CGar
den. — laſt Sabbath Evenig I
walk'd with
Mr Wright to Cary
a letter to my
Lord Dartmouth
and Saw Such Confution as I
never Dreamt of — there was
Some at Churches Singing
p
[illegible]
& Preaching, in the Streets Some
Curſing
[illegible]Swaring
& Damning
one another, others was holl
[illegible][guess: ow]ing,
wheſtling, talking gigling,
^&^ Laug
^h^ ing,
^&^ Coaches and footmen paſs
ing and repaſsing, Croſsing and
Creſs-Croſsing, and the poor Begers
Praying, Crying and Beging up
on their knees — Tueſday
Dind
with
Mr Savage, and in the eveng
Mr Whitefield and his people had
Love Feaſt at
the Chappel.
Mr Whitaker and I Join'd with them
Wedneſday
Febr 12
rode out agai^n^
Thirdſday
Febr 13
Mr
Whitefeld
Caried
^us^ to the
Parlament
Houſe —
there we Saw many Curioſitees,
from thence went over Weſtmin
ſter Bridge a Croſs the
River Thames made all of
Stone —
thence went to
Greenwich,
and
^had^ a glance of ˄ Hoſpital there
But
it a Tedious Cold rainy
[illegible]Day
^it^ was — — we were Introducd by
Mr
Whetefield to
M
Faudagal a Quaker —
got home again in the Evening
—
Fryday
Febr 14
Early in the
morning
Mr Whitefield Carried
tous to
Mr Romains and Introducd
tus to him
and to
Mr Madin — and to
Mr Singenhagan and old Apoſtolec
german Miniſter, — and returnd
Home again — —
Mr
Whetefield takes unwearied
Pains to Introduce us to the reli
gious Nobility and others, and
to the beſt of men in the City of
London — Yea he
^is^ a tender father
to us, he provids every thing
for us, h
ase has,
^got^ a Houſe for us, —
^ye^ Lord reward him a thouſand
a Thouſand fold — He is indeed
^a father^ in God, he has made him a
Sprititual Father to thouſands
and thouſands, and god has
made him a Temporal father
to the poor, — His Houſe is
Surrounded with the poor,
the
Blin
gd, the Lame, the Halt
and the mamed, the widow, &
the Fatherleſs, from Day to
Day, God Continue his uſeful Life,
Sabbath I Preach'd in
Mr White field's Tabernacle to a
great
Multitude of People; I felt .....
Monday Feby 17
Mr Whitefield
preſented us to Dr Gifford a famous Paptiſt
Miſniſter and were receiv'd
Extreamly well — and Dined with him — — —
Wedneſday
Febr 19
we were Con
ducted to See
the
Kings Horſes
Carriages and Horſemen
&c —
and t
[illegible]hen went to the
Pt
Houſe and went in the Robing Room
and Saw the Crown firſt, and
Saw
the King, had y
e
Pleaſure
of Seeng him put on his Royal
Robes and Crown, — He is quite
a Comly man — his Crown is
Richly adorn'd with Diamonds.
how grand and Dazling is it to
our Eyes — if an Earthly Crown
is So grand — How
great and glo
rious muſt the Crown of the gloriou
^s^ Redeemer be at the right
^hand^ of
the majeſty on High —
[illegible]
tho'
he was once Crown'd with
Thorns — The
aAtendence
of
King[illegible] greorge is
[illegible]very Sur
prizing, as he went to the
Houſe of Parlament
^he &^ his glorious Coach
was was atended with foot men
Juſt before and behind yea
all round, and the Horſemen
Juſt behind and before the
foot men, and the Bells &
all Sorts of Muſickal
Inſtru
Inſtruments Playing, and the
Cannan Firing, and Multitude
^s^ of all Sorts of People Throning
all Round — if an Earth King
with his
^atendc^ So great, — How grand
how Dreadful and g
[illegible]lorious muſt
the appearing of the Son of god
be — when he Shall Deſend
from Heaven, to Judge the
World, He will deſend with
Cherubems and Sarephems
with Angels and Archang
^els^,
and with Sound of
the Trump
^et^ and with great Power and
glory
^with Thunder &
Lighting^, — and the Family
of Heaven, and Earth, and
Hell Shall
appear before
him, and the Eliments Shall
melt with fervent Heat —
Lor Jeſus prepare me for thy
Second Coming —
we went Emediately from Seing
The King, to Dine with a Noble
man
My
Lord DartMouth a moſt
religious Noble-man and
his Lady
alſo, the moſt Singular
Cupple
amongſt Nobility in
London
^Dinner^, — This Day alſo went
to
W[illegible]eſtminſter
Abey, and had
a fuler Vew of the Moniments
^[below]Saw Bedlem
alſo —^ in the Evenig we return'd again
to
Mr Whitefields — —
Thurdſday
Febr– 20
this is
the
[illegible]Queen Chalottes Birth Day,
was Conducted to
St
James's where
the Royal Family and the Nobi
lity
were to be together to keep
a Joyful Day — but we were too
late, however
we
^Saw^ Some of the
Nobility In their Shining Robes
and
a throng of People all a
'round, — the Sight of the Nobi
lity put me in mind of
Dives and
and the Rich Gluton, and the
poor reminded me of La
rzerus —
what great Difference there is
Between the Rich and the Poor
—
and what Diference there
will is
and will be, Between
[illegible]Gods poor
and the Devils Rich &c —
o Lord God Amighty let not my
Eyes be Dazled with the gliter
ing Toys of this World, but let
my be fixt and my Soul Long
after JX who is the only Pearl
of great Price — This even
ing
went into our Houſe whic
^[illegible][guess: h]^
Mr Whitefie^l^d Provided for us
and all
the Furniture alſo —
and a Made to wait on us —
Bleſsed be god, that he has
Sent he Dear Servant before,
us —
Fryday
Febr 21:
was Con
ducted to
the
Tower Saw the
Kings Lions Tygers Wolf and
Leopards &C — —
Saw the
Kings Guns
and the
monoments of antient Kings
on Horſe Back and their Soldier
^s^ on foot with their Antient Ar
mour of Braſs and Tin — —
Din'd with
Mr Keen, and then
went to a funeral,
Mr White field gave an
d Exhortation
to
the People and then Pray'd —
Saturday
Febr 22 went to
See
Docr Burton a Miniſter
of the
Church of Endgland, was
Introduc'd by
Mr Smith of
Boſ ton, and
the Docr was very
Kind, he wou'd have feign
perſwaded me to ˄ Holier Orders
and I modeſtly
toold him,
had no Such vew when I Came
from Home, and added, I had
been Ordained Six Years in a
Diſsenting way. —
this after Noon
Mr Whitaker
& I
went to wait upon
Docr Chandler an
[illegible] old Diſenting
Miniſter, found
him very Careful in his own way
Gave us Advice not to own
Mr Whitefield a Friend either
to Deſenters, or to the old Stand
ards of the
Church of England —
Promiſ'd his Countenance to the
Affair we are upon —
Sabbath Feb.r 23
in the morng I heard Mr Davis in the Tabernacle in the after noon I heard Dr Gifford in the Evening I Preachd at
Dr Giffords — and Lodg'd at his H– this Night —
Monday Feb.r 24
went home Early in the morning —
Tueſday
F 25
Din'd with Mr Savage —
Wedneſday
Febr 26:
this af
ter noon went to See
Dr Gibbons an Independent Miniſter, receiv'd
us kindly
[illegible] and promiſ'd to aſsiſt
us according to his Influance,
in our Great Buſineſs, —
Thurſday
Febr 27
Preach'd at
Docr Conder's Meeting Houſe, went from the meeting to Sup with Mr Randal, — I have kept Houſe now a bove a week by reaſon of a Cold I have — —
March 11: 1766 on wedneſday
about a Quater after 3 PM — I was Inoculated by the Revd
Mr Whitaker Near Mr
G– Whitefields Tabernacle in
London
Wedneſday
March 13:
I was
violently Shoikd with the
working of Phiſi
^c^ks was very
full of Pain all Day —
was
kindly viſited by gen
n and Ladies Conſtantly — and
had two Do
rs to do for me —
on the
20th of March I began
to Break out — and had it bu
^t^ light — and was attended like
a Child by my
Friends — I
Cou'd'n't be taken Care of better
by my own Relations, I had
a very tender and Carefull —
Nureſe a Young woman —
and by the
firſt Day of April I was Intirely well, all my
Pock Dried up, and Scabs
Dropt off — O how great is
gods good
dneſs and Mercy
to me — O that god wou'd
enable me to live Anſwera
ble to the mercies and fa
vours I injoy — and that he
wou'd Cure my Soul of
all Spiritual Diſeaſes by the
Blood of JX which Cleanſeth
of from all Polution —
and that he
^woud^ fit and prepare
me for himſelf —
April 5
went to Some Diſtan^ce^ from our Houſe —
Sabbath April 6:
took my
laſt
Phyſick after my Pox —
Juſt at Night My Lady Huntington Came to
Mr Whitefields, and we were
Introduc'd to her by Mr Whitefield and She is moſ^t^ Heavenly ^woman^ I believe in the World, She apears like a Mother in Israel indeed — a woman of great Faith
—
Monday April 7
[illegible] I went about the City good Deal
— I am ^Now^ Continually Invited by my
our Good Friends, —
[illegible][guess: Fri]Th[illegible][guess: u]rſday
April 10
went ^over^
Thames with Mrs Webber to a Private Meeting — —
Fryday
April 11
went with
Mr Weekes to Meeting at the
Lock —
Sabath
April 13:
Preach'd at Dr Chandler's — and was very ill a midſt my Diſcource —
Wedneſday
April 16:
we Din'd with
Docr
S^t^ennet a Paptiſt
Mineſter, a very
worthy Man — and hearty
Friend to the Buſineſs we
are upon — V —
—
Turſday^wedneſday^
April 23
we Break faſted with Dr
Stennet —
Thurſday
April 24:
I went to See Dr Condor, a very worthy Miniſter and a Hearty Friend to the Buſineſs we are upon, — and went from the Drs to Mr Brew ers, and was very kindly
receivd — he is a warm Sevt of JX —
Wedneſday
April 22:
Preach'd in the Evening at
Mr Whitefield's Capel, to a great Multidtude, andthe
Ld was preſent with us I hope —
Sabbath April 27:
In the
Preach'd at Little St Hellens
[illegible][illegible]
the
Davenſhare Square — and I S[illegible]omthing of a freedom in the after Noon —
Monday April 28
went to See Several Gentn
Mr Dilly gave me 4 Book for my own uſe — —
Din'd with Mr Barber a good Diſenting
Miniſter — then went with Mr Whitaker to Mr Baileys, and Mr Whitaker
Baptiz'd a Child for him, — and then went home,
Wedneſday
April 30
we went
to wait upon his grace the
Arch Biſhop of Canterbury
and he apear'd quite a
greable and Friendly —
In the evening I Preach'd
at
Mr Whitefield's Tarberna cle to a Crouded Audience
and I believe the Ld was
with us of a trouth —
Thur[illegible]dsday
April^May^
1st
[illegible]Dr
Stennet
Introduc'd
us to the
Arch Biſhop of York, and we found him
a greable Gentleman, and
and Friendly Diſpoſ'd to
our Cauſe, and Promiſ'd to
do Something towards it — and
then went from there to
Mr
onſlow an old Genttleman
from Speaker in the
Houſe of Commens — he apear'd
w very Freindly to us &
was well pleaſd to
^Heer^ the Indi
ans in
America were In
clind to receiv'd the Goſpel —
Sabbath may 4:
Preachd at Mr Barber's meeting and had Some Freedom in Speaking —
and in the after noon I Preach'd at Mr Brittons Meeting a worthy Baptiſt — to a
Crouded
Audiance and the
Ld was with us in a
meaſure — — —
Monday May 5
we
went out with
Dr
Stenne^t^ but we were Diſapointed
in our viſets —
and we went to
Sr Charles Hotham to return thanks
to him for generous Donation
to
our Buſineſs — found him
full of god, his talk was no
thing
but about Jeſus
X —
Wedneſday
May 7
we Din'd with a Number of Miniſters and other Gentlemen at Bar bers Hall, and found many gentlemen well Diſpoſd to wards our Buſineſs — —
Thurſday
May 8:
we went to Clapham, found Some
Friends and oppoſition — — —
Sabbath may 11:
Preach'd
at
Mr Brewers to a Crouded
Audience, and the Ld gave
me freedom to Speak, and
the People attended with grea
^t^ affection — Praiſe be to god —
In the evening I Preachd at
Mr Shillon's to a throng'd
Congregation, and there
was a Solemn appearence
of the People. the was with
us, Glory be to his great
Name
forever & ever —
Monday May 12
we wen^t^ to wait upon Mr
onſlow and he appeard very Friendly to our Buſineſs highly aproved of it —
T[illegible]
Tueſday
we Dind with Mr Savage — —
Wedneſday
I Din'd with
Mr
Moriſon —
Thurſday
we Din'd with
Thornton at
Clapham a Sincere Chriſtian
Gent
n and a Hearty Friend to
our afaire, and will
uſe his Influence — we
have Seen much of the
goodneſs of god this week
thanks be to his holy N–
Fryday
may 16:
in the Evg
Preach'd at Mr Clarkes & the gave me Some Strenght to Preach — and the People were very attentive —
Saturday may 17
we went to wait on Mr
Jackſon the Second time Met Some what cold reception, —
Sabbath may 18:
Preachd
at
Docr Gifford's AM: with
Some freedom, in the after
Pr
each'd at
Dr
Stennet's with
Strength, beſsed be god for his
Assiſtance —
wedneſday
may 21:
I went to See Mr Romain was kindly
receiv'd by him, he is freer man to talk about religion at Heart than Mr
Whitfield we came into the Town together in a Coach — and
then Mr Bulkley Conducted me to a
Baptiſt Meeting where there was a Number of Baptiſts
Miniſters about 20 of them after meeting I Dined with them, and they were
very civil to me — and then I
returnd home —
Thurſday
may 22:
went to
Mr Skinner's then Home, and from thence to a Meeting with
Mr Told and his Family
Mr Told
Preach'd, — returning home we heard [illegible] a
Man and woman killd By the Coach's over Setting, and a Cart runing over them — this Evening I was taken with a v^i^olent Purging. —
Fryday
May 23
was very Sick with a Sort of Bloody and Kept me down a week before I was
able to go out —
Sabbath June 1
I was able
to go out to Preach in Prea
^chd^
[illegible]at
Mr Bulkley's a Baptiſt
Mi
r and had but few hearers
In the after Noon
Preachd
for
Mr Winter to a great
Congregation found my
Self but week in Body —
this weak I was Buſ
iy. geting
ready to Send Some things to
my Children,
S—
Saturday June 7
I went to North Hampton, got there
Juſt before Night, and was
receivd with all kindneſs —
Sabbath June 8.
Preach'd
to at
Mr Riland's Meeting Ho
to a throngd Congregation, &
the Ld gave me Some Streng
^ht^ and the People attended with
great Solemnity and Affectio
^n^ and was told afterwards one
young Man was Converted
and hopefully Converted —
in the after Noon
Preach'd
in
Riland's Yard to about
3000 recken'd, — . —
Monday June 9:
Mr Newton of olney
about 15 miles off Came to fetch me to his Place after Breakfaſt we Sot off [illegible]
[illegible]got rode in a Poſt
chace there a little after 12: this
Mr Newton is a Miniſter of the Church of England, he was
a Sailor, and god mar vellouſly
turn'd him and he is a flaming Preachder of the Goſpel, — at Evening I Preach'd at one of the mee^t^ ings in the Place, to a Croud of People, — Lodgd at Mr Newton's, — a Number of good ^people^ live in this place bu^t^ very ^poor^ in this world —
Tueſday
June 10
Mr Newton and I took a walk towards
Northampton about miles — and there Breakfaſted, — and there we parted he went Back afoot, and I went on Horſe to Northampn got there about 12: Din'd with Mr Hextal one[illegible] of the
Deſenting
Miniſters of the place, — at 6 in the Even-g I Preachd the Meeting Houſe where Great Docr Doddrege was Miniſter, and there was a great Concourſe of people and attended with great
Solmenity — Lodgd at Mr Riland's — there ^is^ a
number of warm Chriſtians in this Town —
Wedneſday
June 11
got up a little after 3 and was in a Coach before 4: and retur^nd^ to London — Got there a
little after 6: — found my frien^ds^ well. Thanks
be to god for
^his^
goodneſs —
Sabbath June 15:
Preachd in the Morning at Mr Bur ford's Meeting had Some free dom — in the after Noon I
preachd at Mr Pitts, with
Since of Divine things in the Evening Pr[illegible][guess: ea]cd at Shake ſpearss walk — and Supd — with Mr ware's this Evening —
Monday ^June 16^
wen
dt to
Mr Thorntons
at
Clapham and was Entertain
^d^ with all Kindneſs. he is a gen
n of emence
fotune, and he is
the right Sorts of Chriſtiens
and a very Charitable man —
Lodgd with him this Night —
Tueſday Morning
Mr Thornton took me in his Chariot and
Caried me to my Lodgings —
Wedneſday
June 18:
I went in the Morning to See Mr Guinap a Baptiſt
miniſter of Saffron Walden
Breakfaſt[illegible]^'d^ with him —
W Thurdsday June 19
Preach'd in Mr
John Weſley's
Toundry to a Crouded Au dience begun at 7 in the Evening
— — —
Saturday June 21:
Mr
wWhitaker and I went to
Saffron Walden got there
before Night Lodg'd at
Mrs Fuller's —
Sabbath June 22:
went to Meeting Mr Whitaker P[illegible][guess: d] and in the after Noon I
Preachd to a Crouded Con gregation, and I was very
[illegible]Poorly, but I belive the
Ld was with us of a truth and in the evening Preachd again to great Aſsembly and I had Some Strength, and the People made a Collection —
—
Monday June 23
we re
turn'd to
London, got ther
^e^ Some time before night —
The Ld be Praiſd for all
his goodneſs to us — —
this Evening I heard, the Stage
Players, had been Minicking
of me in their Plays, lately —
I never thought I Shou'd ever
Come that Honor, — o' god wou
^'d^ give me grearter Courage —
Thurdſday
June 2[illegible]6
Din'd with
Savage, in the Evening was
viſeted by Mr Furly a Miniſter from Yorkſhare, one who truely Loves the Ld
Jx I believe —
Fryday
June 27.
Preach'd Early in the Morning at Mr
Richadſon's Meeting,
Sabbath June 29:
Preachd
at
Mr Brewers in the
[illegible]latter
Part of the Day to a Crouded
Congregation, and they
th
made a Collection for us to
the
amount of
100:.[illegible][guess: 3]0. the Ld reward them a many
fold in this life and in the
world to Come Life everlaſ
ting —
Monday June 30
Mr Smith of
Boſton in
America, and I
went Down the
River Thames to
Shearneſs by the Sea Side
near Sixty miles from
London we went by water So far as
gra-^ves^ end, a fine Proſpect we had
each Side of
the River,
flat
Land, and very Fruitful,
indeed it is like one Continue
^ed^ garden — But the maloncholy
Sight was to See So many
Malefactors Hung up in Irons
by
the
River — we took Coach
at
Gravesend to
Chatham —
and then wen by water a
gain, and we Sail'd through
a great Number of Man of
War all the way to
Share neſs. Got there between and
eleven, —
Tueſday, July 1.
we went all about Shearneſs, vewing every thing we Cou'd See, to wards night we went to Bath ing in Salt water, —
Wedneſday
July 2:
we re
turn'd went by water So far
as
Chatham,
and it Rian'd
and Thunder'd very hard —
while we were on the water
got to
Chatham about 9
and there took Poſt
Chaiſe
and went on to
London, got
there about 6, found my friends
well, and receiv'd Some Letters
from
America and by
them
my family was well the
29 of April laſt — Bleſsed be god
for his tender Mercies to me
and to mine, O that the Ld
wou'd teach us to be thankful
at all times —
Sabbath Junely 6:
Preachd at
Mr Webb's Meeting to a Small Congregation — in the
afternoon I heard Mr Preach, —
Monday June 7
I went to
Clap ham to
See
Esqr Thornton, and
was very kindly recev'd, after
Dinner
Mr Thornton and I went
in Chace to
[gap: omitted] and
[illegible]ode all the after Noon and
had very agreeable
w ride —
and we had a greable
Con
verſation about religion
of Jx — — Juſt at Night
[illegible]we went to See
his
Sister ^Willber–^ at
winbleton, and they were
very urgent to have me
Stay there that
Night, and
Lodgd there —
Tueſday
Junely 8:
M
rs
Willberforce
Caried me in
^her^ Coach to
London — She is a
Sound Chriſtian — in the after
Noon I Din'd with
Miſs gideon a Jewis
[illegible]by Birt but a true
Chriſtian, had a Sweet Con
verſation with her — from
there went to See
Sr Jame
Jay of
new York in
Ameria and then went
^to^ See
Mr
Wint[illegible][guess: forth] worth of
[illegible]Portſmouth in
Ame[illegible]rica and then went home —
wedneſday
July 9
went to
viſeting
a gain but found none that I wanted to See —
Thurdſday
July 10
went with Mr Whitaker to Several Places, and then went to
Stepney and Din'd with a Number of Miniſters and were very kindly receivd by them — from thence I went
thome —
Fryday
July 11
went to ^wait^ upon
Mr Penn but he was not at Home and it Thundred and
rain'd very hard in the morn.g and returnd home again —
Sabbath July the 13
went in the
morning to
Dodford and at
Mr olding's Meeting, a good Purita
nical
Independent, and we had
a very Crouded Audience, and
they made a Collection for us.
went Directly to
London and
Preachd at
Mr Stafford's Meetg
But it was not very Crouded —
after Meeting went with one
Mr Cocks to Drink
DTea and
while we were at Tea I Se
riouſly
^aſ[illegible][guess: k]d^
Mr Cocks, who was to
Preach at
Mr
whitefields's
T. he with all
gravity Said
Mr Occom,
Mr Occom? Says I, Yes
Says he, I kown nothing of it
Say I again, it is So Conclud
ed Says he
— So I emediately
went and Preachd to a mul
titude of People, and the Ld
gave me Some Strength
Bleſseded be his great Name
Tueſday
July 15
went to Din'd
MDocr Gifford, after Dinner we^nt^ with
Sir James Jay to wait on one Mr
Perſon, and Saw many of [illegible] his Curioſsities — and then went home —
Wedneſday
July 16:
in the Evening Preach'd at Dr Giffords Meeting — to a Small number of People
—
Thuirdſday
July 17:
Mr W.
and I went to
Hitchin in a
Stage Coach, about forty
Miles from
London, got there
Jut about 12. and were re
ceiv'd with all kindneſs by
our Friends — I Lodgd at M
r
Thomas's and
Mr
LWhitaker
Lodg'd at
Mr
Wellſhare's —
Fryday
July 18:
we wViſited all Day at Hitchin —
Saturday July 19:
we went to Southwell I Preach'd to a Small number of People — the People made a Collection for
us they a bCollected a bout
£15
returnd again in the Eve^n^ ing to Hitchin —
Sabbath July 20
I Preachd
in the Morning at
Mr
Hick Man's Meeting a very worthy
Minſter of Jx, — and in the
after Noon
Preach'd at
Mr James's a Baptiſt
Min–
and a very worthy Man —
the Meeting very Much Crouded
and as Soon as the meeting
was
done — a Poſt
Chaiſe
was re
^a^dy for me
y at the Door
and
I went Emediatly to
Luton about 9 Miles from
Hitchin, and in
Mr Hall's
Meeting, to a great Multitude
and as Soon as the
was done
I went Back to
Hitchin got
there about 10. —
the Lord gave me Some
Since of Divine Things
this Day, and gave me
Some Strength — Glory be
to
his g
[illegible]reat N
[illegible]ame for his
Condeſention —
Monday July 21
went Back to London — got
there about 5 PM
Tueſday
July 22,
went
about to leave of my
good Friends and wed
neſday and thurſday to
Leave of my good Friends
Heitherto the Ld helped
us and glory be to his
great and holy Name —
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Mr Matth Meller
Lennin Draper Ro
[illegible][guess: ſs]
Herrefor[illegible]d Shire —
Briſtol, Coriſpodent
Mrs Sarah Pearſe
Mrs Mary Pollard
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Letters Sent to
America
^March 1766^
to
Mrs Occom — — — — 4
to
Mr Peck
^[illegible]^ of
Boſton — — 1
to
Mrs Wheatley
Boſton 1
to a Nergro Girl Boſton 1
to
Capt Shaw
N. London — 1
to
Jo Uppauquiyantup —
1
to
Mr Buell — — — — 1
to
Mrs Tallmadge
& Daughters. 2
to
Ben Hedges — 1
to
Loper — — —
1
to
Mulford — —
1
to
Mrs Occom April — 15 — 3
[illegible][guess: 2] to
Mrs Occom Ju
[illegible]ne 2
to
Mr
wWells
New York — — 1
to
Mr Wood
Shady Grove — 1
to
Mr
Bruſh
Goſhen — 1
Mrs Routledges St Mart
[illegible] Legrand in
Deans C
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