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[gap: tear] River
[gap: tear]Some Time: I reachd
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[illegible]
[gap: tear] kept Sabbath at this
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Preachd at m[gap: faded]
[gap: faded] to a tronged A[gap: faded]
[gap: faded] very [gap: faded][guess: pleaſent] Day
Monday Decr 19:
left the place
about 10
[gap: faded] and
[illegible] my
way, and
it was a Dreadful Storm of
Rain and
[illegible] in it all
[gap: faded]
Farmingtown got
[gap: faded] before Sun Set
[gap: faded] very wet Lodged at E
[gap: faded]h
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Dec.r 20
[gap: faded] at the Place
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hig
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Wedneſday
Decr 21:
[gap: tear] Indian Town about
[gap: tear] the
morning, and it
w
[gap: tear] Cold;
towards Night Stopt a
[gap: tear][guess: t] one
Mr Wiard's and the People were urg
^ent^ to have me Stay till next Day and
give them a Diſcourſe and I Com
plyd; that Night it Snowd very
hard, all Night— —
Thirdſday
Decr 22
it Snowd
Still Yet a great Number of People
Came together at the apointed Time
after meeting went home with one
Mr
Weſt.
Seven Day Baptiſt Preacher.
a godly man I believe a very
meek and humble man
and
well reported by his Neighbours,
his wife is a Moravian woman
by Profeſsion a Pious woman by
[gap: tear] with
them, this Night
Fryday
Dec[illegible][guess: r] 23
was with
Mr
weſt all Day Lodged with
them again —
Saturday Decemr 24:
as this is
their Sabbath So the People got
together for meeting at their Uſu
al Hour and I preachd to them
as Soon as I had done
Mr green
preachd, a Short Diſcourſe, and
after meeting, I went back to
Mr Wiards and Lodgd there—
Monday^Sabbath^
Decem 25:
People got
together about 11: a great Numb
r and I preachd to them twice in
the evening went to
M.r Mechams
my good old Friend, he Came from
Weſterly and Lodgd there I was
very Poorly this Night I was Trou
bled with a Diſorder in my Bow
els very much — —
Monday Decem 26:
was very Com
fortable this morning my Diſorder
was gone, about 10 went to
Hering^‐ton^ Meeting Houſe
Calld on
one
[illegible]
from there went to
Mr
Wooddroff[illegible][guess: 's],
and there put up my Horſe
at and went to meeting Preached to
a large aſsemble, and the People
attended with great Solemnity —
in the evening
went to See
Mr Batholomew the old miniſter of the
Place he has layd down Preaching
by reaſon of Infirmities, he Seem
ed to be a good ſort of a man— Lodgd
with
Mr
Wooddroff
Tueſday
Decer 27
after Breakfast wen
^t^ on my Journey, Stopt at
Letchfield a
few minutes Juſt to eat at a Tavern
and then Sot off again, and directed
my Courſe towards
New Milford; reach
d the Place Juſt before night. Calld on
one
Mr
Balwin and Tarried there
all night, and appointed a meeting
10 o:c for the next Day, this Night
we had a Terrible Storm of Snow —
Wedneſday
Decemr 28:
Storm Conti
nued very Hard Yet we went to meet
ing and there was a Conſiderable Num
ber of People, went to
Mr
Tallors the
miniſter of the Place and was very
kindly and tenderly entertaind —
Thirdsday
Decr 29:
went with
M.r
Tallor to attend upon a Lecture
which
Mr
Ta^[illegible][guess: y]^llor had appointed Some
Days before a bout 7 miles South from
the Town, I preachd, and there
was a Number of People got toge‐
ther, Conſidering the Deep Snow; after
Service, the people were very urgen
[gap: faded][guess: t] to have another meeting in the
even
ing, and I Conſented, and So preachd
again; and we had very Solemn
meeting, the people in general
were
greatly affected — after mee
^t^
[illegible][guess: ing] went home with
one
Mr Hitchcoc^k^ and Lodgd there, I believe the man
and
his
wife were true Chriſtians,
Sot up till late and then went to
Bed qui
^e^tly
Mr
Ta^[illegible][guess: y]^llor went home
this evening and I deſird
^him^ to Send
word to
New Preſton, that I woud
be there on the next Day and give
them a Short Diſcourſe towards
evening,
Fryday
Janr
^Decr^ 29:
after Breakfast
returnd to
N. Milford got about 12
and found
Mr Tayl[illegible][guess: a]r had not Sent
word to
N
Preſton, and I Past by
as Soon as Coud, one
Deacon Hogekins
accompanyd me, and we got
there a little before Sun Set, and
they gave notice to the People, and
begun our Meeting in the
evening
and there was a great Number of
People, and they attended well,
as
Soon as the meeting was done we
went back again to
New
Milford This Night Lodged with one
Mr Camble a Seperate
Miniſter and
a very man I believe, — — —
Sabb
Decemr
^Janr^ 31
Preach at the Place all Day to amazing Number of People —
Lodgd at
Mr
Hynds
whoſe
wife is a very good woman, was very
kindly entertaind, this evening
two young women Came to me
under great Concern of Soul
and
I gave them a word of advice
and Coun
[illegible][guess: c]el
Monday Janr 2
left
New Milford early in the morning and
went
on to
New fairfield got there
about
10 o:c Call in at
Mr Sills the
Miniſter of the Place a few minue
^tes^ and then went to meeting, preachd
to a large Number of People, after
meeting went to
Mr Sills and Dind
and Soon after Dinner left the
Place and went on towards
Kint
Mr Sill went with me, went
thro Pe
[illegible]ſ
[illegible]ttokook, Stopt a few
Minutes at the Indian Place
but there was no Indians at home
Scarſely, and So we paſt on, got
to
Mr Bodwell about 7 in the eveng
and they Sent word all round that
Night to have a meeting next
Day about 10 in the morning
Tueſday
Janr 3:
went to meet
g about 10 and had a great
Number of People to Preach to
and the
People attended with
great Solemnity and affecti
on, after meeting went to
Mr Bodwells and Din'd there, and
Soon after Dinner went on my
towards
9 Partners and got to
Esqr Hopkinss about 7 in the
evening and Lodgd there —
Wedneſday Jan.r 4:
preachd at the red meeting Houſe, —
Thirdsday
Janr 5:
preachd at a priv[illegible][guess: a]tt
Houſe, in the Place — —
Fryday
Janr 6:
went to
Mr Knibloes in
Esqr Hopkinss
Slay, got there before noon
about 1 went to meeting
and it was extre
[illegible][guess: am] Cold, I
deliverd a Short Diſcourſe,
after meeting went to
mr Plat's and Dind there, and
than went on our way Home
to
Esqr Hopkins, got there
Juſt after Sun Set — — —
Sabb
Janr 8:
preachd here
all Day, jut at night left
the Place and went over
the Mountain to
Mr Wood's
Weeting
Houſe, and preachd
there, and it was extre
[illegible][guess: eam] Cold, went home with
Mr Fowler in his Slay and
Lodgd there — — — —
Monday Jan r 9:
left
Mr Fowlers early
in the morning and went on towards
Pleaſent
Vally, Got to
mr
Caſe's before
Night,
Mr
Caſe was not at Home
in the evening he Came Home
and we
had a Joyful meeting he
and his Family were very well,
and his People Lodgd there —
Tueſday
Janr 10:
towards evening
went to the Hollow and
Mr
Caſe went
with me I preachd at the Houſe of one
Mr Struit, a Young Dutchman who
is under great Conviction of
Soul
we had a great Number of People and
very Solemn meeting we had, —
—
Wedneſday
Janr 11:
we went 8: or 9
miles Northweſt ward to one
Mr
Saml Smiths and preachd there in the eve
g to a Crowd of People, and they attended
e
[illegible][guess: c]eeding well — Lodgd in the Same
Houſe one
Mr ward brought heither
in his Slay from
mr
Caſe's —
Thirdsday
Janr 12:
went off very
early in the Morning towards
Statesbourough got there about 10 in the
morning put up at
Mr Struits
young
Mr Struit brought
^us^ here,
mr Ham Came with us in the after noon about
1 began a meeting, there was not a grea
^t^ Number of People at this time they
Came by miſtake the meeting
was appointed at evening, —
in the evening a great
Number
Came together, and I gave them
another Diſcource, the People here
are Chiefly Dutch, and I found
Some excellent Chriſtians
amongſt
Lodg'd at
Mr Struits
[illegible][guess: T]
Fryday
Janr 13:
Sot off very
early in the morning towards
Pleaſent Valley, for we had
appointed meeting there at 1
o'c this Day, got there juſt a
bout meeting Time, and there
was a great Number of
People
I preachd, — after meeting I
went with one
Mr Newcom a
Baptiſt Brother, a man of great Riches
was very kindly entertaind, Lodgd
here, with much Satiſfaction —
Saturday Janr 14:
this morning
I made uſe of my Printed Notes or
Christian Cards —
[illegible] about
11 I walkd Down to
Mr
Caſe's
Mr Newcom went with me,
Spent
[illegible] the reſt of the Day
with
Mr
Caſe, he is quite a
Clever Sort of a man —
Sab: Janr 15:
preachd at
the place again to a vaſt
Crowd of People, and we had
a very Solemn meeting many
were
brought to Floods of Tears
[illegible][illegible] it was
a
Sacrament with the People
and I Join the People it was
a Comfortable Seaſon, — as Soon
as the service was over we
went to a Place Calld
Oswago about 6 miles off, got there
in the Duſk of the evening
found a prodigious Number
of People, preachd to them,
Mr
Caſe made the last Prayer
I Lodgd with one
Mr Plat
: Monday Janr 16:
went to a
nother part of
Oswago about
7 miles off, to a
Baptist
meeting Houſe, meeting began abo
t 1 in the afternoon, and there
was a great multitude of
People of
all Sorts and Deno
minations, the greater part
of the People Cou'd not get in
to the Houſe, and we had a
Solemn meeting — as Soon as
the meeting was done
we went to
wards
Poughkeepsy, and had a
meeting in the evening at one
Capt Hagmans and had a pro
digious great Number of
People
and the People attended with much
affection —
Monday
Tueſday
Janr 17:
early
in the morning went on to
Poughkeepſy and Stopt a Little while at
a publick
Houſe, and So paſt by
and went on towards the Ferry
about four miles Down the River
Mr
Caſe and
Mr Ward went with
me about a mile out the Town
and there
took leave of
me each
other in Friendſhip — and I wen
^t^ to the Ferry, there met with
mag
major Durgee of
Norwich in
his return Home from
Suſquehanah, got over before Sun Set
&
went Down to
Mr Debois's and
Lodgd there Found them all
well except
his
wife, they were
very glad to See me, and receivd
with all kindneſs — —
Wedneſday
Janr 18:
after Break
faſt went Down to
New Windſor
Calld
on
Mr Luml Co[illegible]ling and alſo one
Mr
Cl[illegible][guess: ea]rk my old friends and ac
quaintances they were extree
[illegible][guess: m]ly
glad to See me and Stopt no more
till I got
Butter Hill where one
Mr
Joſeph Wood Lives he is an old
Diſciple indeed, we had a joy‐
ful meeting, we had not Seen
each
other in Ten Years I felt as if
I was in my Fathers Houſe
S
[illegible][guess: o]t
up till good bed Time and then
took our Repoſe for the Night
Thirdſday
Janr 19:
was at
Mr Woods till towards Night, then
went to meeting at
mr
Cl[illegible][guess: ea]rks
there were So many People they
Coud not all get in, and we
had a Comfortable meeting
after meeting returnd Home
with
Mr Wood again and S
[illegible][guess: o]t
up Some Time after we got Home
Fryday
Janr 20:
was at
Mr Woods again till toward Nig
^ht^ again and went to
New Windſor for Meeting had a meeting in
one of Elders Houſe, returnd
home again with
Mr Woods —
Sab
Janr 22:
about 10
went to the meeting Houſe and
a Multitude of People Came to
meeting, and we had a Solemn
meeting in the evening went
to
Mr Deboiss Houſe and had
a meeting there and a great
Number of People were
toge‐
ther again I Baptized two
Children we had the power
of god
with us many were
brought to floods of Tears —
I Lodgd here,
Monday Janr 23:
in the morning
went back again to
Newborough and preachd there in the
Church of England to a
great Number of
People as Soon as the meeting was
over I went up to
Malborough
&
preachd in the School Houſe to
a Crowded People and they atten
ded with affection
— after meetg
—went back to
mr
Cl[illegible][guess: ea]rks and
Lodgd there — —
Wedneſday
Janr 25:
Held
a meeting not far from
MrTolton's in a Dutch mans H
a great number of People
came together again — —
in
the evening had another
meeting not far the Place
where had a meeting in
the
Day and I believe the Lord
was with us of a Truth there
was great
Trembling in the
Congregation This night
Lodgd with one
Mr Norton —
had a long Converſation with
them, the were
Baptiſts —
Thirdsday
Janr 26:
in the
morning went away to anothe
^r^ place, about 6
miles off,
g where we had apointed a
meeting at a Dutch mans
Houſe, we got there about 11
about 12 went to meeting in
a
Barn, the Peopl
Crouded
like Bees and we had a Solem
meeting, after meeting I went
with a gentleman 2 or 3 miles
Norward, in the evening a Num
r of Neighbours Came in to
meeting tho we did not men‐
tion any meeting, and I gav
^e^ a word of
HExhortation
Lodgd here — —
Fryday
Janr 27:
Sot off in
the morning and to
Blooming grove, about 20 miles off got
there about 5 in the
after
Noon was kindly entertaind
by one
Mr Brewster
Lodgd
there — —
Saturday Janr 28:
was at
Mr Brewsters all Day in
the evening one
Hoseah Came
to See me he is a multoe man
Reckend a Christian man
we had Some Converſation
together in Prodigious mat
ters — —
Sab: Janr 29:
preachd at the
Place to a vast Croud of People
and I had but little Senſe of
Divine things,
ho[illegible]e however,
the People attended with great
attention — — towards Night went
Oxford about 4 miles off there
we had an
evening meeting to
a Crouded Audience and I had
Some Senſe of Divene things &
the People were much affected
I believe Lord was with us of
Truth,— Lodgd at
Deacon Little's
Monday Janr 30:
in the morning
quite early I Sot off for
Smiths Clove
Deacon Little accompanied
me, got the there
about 10 a
bout 12 we began Div
[illegible][guess: e] Service
and there was a great multi
tude of People, and I
had much free
dom in Mind and Speech and many
People were melted into
floods of
Tears, as Soon as the Meeting was
done I went Down to
Murtherers
Ch Creek got there before night
went to
Mr Woods found them all
well, in the evening went meet
ing
towards the Creek, and had
Some what Solemn meeting, af
ter meeting
went to the Creek
and Lodgd there with one
[illegible][guess: Mr –]
Tueſday
Febru
Janr 31:
went off early in the morning
in order to get over the River,
Stopt a little while with
Mr
Cloſe at
New Windſor there was no
paſsing there, and So I went to
Newborough, Breakfaſted at
M
r
[gap: omitted] and then went
to the ferry, about 11 went over
to
Fiſhkills Side, and went on
e to the Center of the Place,
got to
the
Preſbyterians Meeting Houſe
about 3 in the after-Noon, the
People Stopt me to have a meetng
on the next Day, and I went
to one
[gap: omitted] and Lodgd
there, and was very kindly
treated and entertaind, —
Wedneſday: Febr 1: 1775 —
about 11 O:C went to meeting
and there was a great multi
tude of People,
and had a Solemn
meeting, As Soon as the meeting
was over, I went on towards
the
mountains, Lodgd with one
Mr Judge — and was very kind
ly entertaind and he Sayd, y
t ever I Shoud Come there again I
Shoud make his Houſe my Home
Thirdsday: Febr 2:
went off very
early in the morning, to a Place
Calld
the Mills, there I had a meet
ing, begun about 12: preachd
in a Barn to a vast great Concorſ
^e^ of People, and the Power of God
was manifeſt
amongſt us, there
was great trebling among the
People after meeting went with
one
Mr Lawrence a
Baptiſt Minis
ter he lives in the mountains, and
I Lodgd at his Houſe, —
Fryday: Febr 3:
about 12 went
to meeting, preachd to Amazing Num
ber of People in the woods, and we
^had^ very good meeting the Spirit of god
moved upon the
people, after meet
ing went Home with
Mr Lawrence, in
the Evening
Mr Lawrence and I went
to
Capt
Champlins, and we had long
and Friendly Converſation together
in Religious Matters, Lodgd here this
Night, and was extre
[illegible][guess: am]ly
we
[illegible][guess: ell]
uſ'd
and entertain —
Saturday Morning Febr 4:
left the Place and went over
to
Dover
Mr Miller went with
me we got to
Mr Waldos about
10: he is a
Baptiſt
Miniſter of
the Place, and he receivd me
with Brotherly kindneſs and Love
Lodgd here —
Sabb
Febr 5
about 10 went
to meeting, and there was grea
^t^ Number
of People Got toge‐
ther, and I preachd with
much freedom the People were
affected many of 'em, after
meeting, went Down to
New
Fairfield, got to
Mr Sills be‐
fore Night, the meeting was
appointed at his Houſe, and
the People Came in So thick
there was not half Room
^enough^ for
them, and juſt as we were
about to begin Divine Service
a Meſsenger Came from the
meeting Houſe which
^is^ a mile
off and Said there was great
Number of People got together
there, and we were obligd to
remove to the
^meetg^
Houſe and when
we got there we found a great
Number of People, the meetig
Houſe was Crouded, and the
Lord gave me freedome in
Speaking, after meeting
went back with
Mr Sill and
Lodged there —
Monday: Febr 6:
in the morn-
ing went Down to a Town Houſe
of
Fairfield and there Preac
^hd;^ began about 12 and there was
a great Number of People got
together and we had a Comfortable
meeting, as Soon as the me
tetg
was over I went towards
New
Milford, got there towards Nig
^ht^
Stopt at
Mr Hindss: and
there were very urgent to have
me Stay and
have a meeting
they Pled So hard it was very
hard for
^me^ to paſs by the them,
there was one Young Convert
in particular Intreated with
Tears in her Eyes to have me
Stay they pul'd very hard
upon my very Heart Strings
and it Hard work to get
a way from them, however
I did get a way, and went
on towards
New Preſton, got
there Some Time in the eveng
put up at
Mr
Cogswells a
Tarvern and he gave me my
Entertainment —
Tueſday
Febr 7:
Sot
of very
early in the morning, and
reachd to
Farmington Some
Time in the
Evening, put
up at
Elijah Wympy's
found
them all well — —
Wedneſday
Febr 8,
went
off very early in the morning
and Got So far as
Mr Cornwells East Side of
the
Connecticut River
a bout
10 miles, I intended to have
gone further, but the Land
Lord
Cornwell
u
^r^gd to have
me Stay, and I Conſented
at laſt, and preſently it
was Noiſed about I was
there, and they had a Notio
^[below]n^ of haveing a meeting, and
at last I Conſented, this
was about half an hour
after Sun Set, and in about
more the Houſe was Crouded
with People. and I preached
and I had Some Freedom—
and
after meeting went
to Reſt quietly, —
Thirdsday
Febr 9:
took leave of [illegible][guess: 'em] very early in the morning, and on my way, made but little Stops
by the way, arriv'd to my Houſe
Juſt before Night, and found all my family in good State of Health,
— Bleſsed be the Lord god of Heaven & Earth for his goodneſs to me and to my Family, that he has carried me out and brought