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Tueſday
Octr 4
After Brea
faſt, took leave of the Famy and went on towards Ablbany got there about 11: I turnd to Mr John McKinnys a
Tervern keeper, and it
Raind
extream hard. the Rain Catcht us juſt as we got over t[illegible]he Ferry,
— when the Rain abated I went to See Some Friends, but moſt of my particular Friends were gone out of the City, went to our
good friend Hollenbacks
Inqured of him of my Daugh Christiana but he Coud not tell anything about them, he deſird me to Baptiſe his Child, that was born the Sabath Day Day before which was the Second Day of the Month, and I Examend them Concerning their knowledg of the Nature of Baptiſm.
and their Duty to bring up their Children in the Fear of god and non to do it only out of Cus tum and Faſhon, and they
promiſe to do their Duty, — and
in deed it was a great Trial to me, and finally I Conſented — and Some Time in the evening I Baptiſed the Child by the Name of J[illegible]enney, with the great Name of the ever Bleſsed Trinity —
Lodgd at the Same Houſe, and was kindly intertaind, —
Wedneſday
Octr 5
was in the City
till after noon, Dined at mr Hollenbecks, and Soon after D–
Sot
of from Albany, and got to
Loudensd Ferry and we coud not get over, and Lodgd at Mr F[illegible][guess: u]ndys. and they were very agreable Folks —
Thirdsday
Octor 6:
went of very early in morning and went up to the Northward
becausſe we coud not get
at this Place and we wen^[illegible][guess: t]^ So far as to Mr Whitney's in
Neſ[illegible]ia, and we wan der about backwards
and forwards all Day, — got over
the River lower part of Nes
[illegible]ia, and Lodgd at poor
Tervern one Mr John Smiths, —
Fryday
octr 17:
got up very early in the morning and Sot
of for Saratoga and we S^t^opt at Sev^el^y prlaces by the way, and we found no frinds in ^the^ Road, — got to Still Waters about 12
Stopt
Mr
[gap: omitted] a Tervern and Several knew me, and they offer^d^ us [illegible]Dinner and we acepted of it kindly,— and here found out the People had Concluded to
have ^me^ keep Sabbath with them, good old Mr Campell is a Miniſter of this Place, and he was Sent
for he Came Direc^t^ly to See me and Concluded further to be
with them on the Sabbath, and two went on but the Bridges were So gone and Shatterd by the Flood, that we Coud not go a long by the
River, and turnd right off from the River, and
inquried after Mr Kalley, and found him in the Duſk of the evening, and was kindly recevd
his wife was not well; and I went to another
Family to Lodge one old Mr Concling Lodged with me, — — —
Saturday Octr 9:
Soon after
Breakfaſt
Sot
of and went to the
River, got to the River
ab 12: Call in at Mr
McCartys and the offer us Dinner and we
Sot down to eat, — and here we underſtood
my Daughter was eaſt Side of the River
Cloſe by the River, Soon after Dinr
We Sot
of again I went a foot and left my Horſe with Mr
Mccarty, got over the River
about 2: in ther
after noon and went to the place where I hear^d^
my Daughter was, ^got^ to
where Siſter Dina lives, and there was no body at home bout
old mother Margery after a while Isaac Tattleton Came hom, and I got his mare to go to where my
Daughter lives, a bout 7 miles further, and we got to
the Place Some Time in the evening, and not well but better than She had been for She
has been very Sick the reſt were well, Thanks be to the great god for his mercy to me in the preſervation of me and my Daughter and her
Family Lodged here —
Sabbath Octr 9
got up very early and Sot
of to go Still waters to preach in Mr Campels m– got to the River
a bout 9, and Sent the mare back by James
waucus for he Came down with
with me; got over Soon and I on a foot and tryed to get a Horſe at the firſt
Houſe, but I Coud not and went on foot, and two or three Places. and all in Vain, a
wagon Came by me goining to meeting
[illegible][guess: and] I deſired him to help me
a long, but he woud not, at
laſt I gave up, and Sendt word forward to have Horſe Sent me and I went into a Houſe, told the man of the Houſe of my difficul ties, and he aſked me whether I was going to hear the Strange
miſter, I told I Suppoſe I Should hear him, and then told him, the People Could not See
that Strange Creature till I got there, and then he aſked me whether it was I that they expe^cted^
—I told him Yes,—and he was
Surpriſed, and there were then Several People going by, he Called to them and
told them I was in the Houſe and wanted help, and one of the men got
down and offerd me his
Horſe to ride to meeting, and I took it, and went on, got there at half
after 11, and there was a prodigious large Congre gathon the bigeſt that ever was Seen in the Place, and I went in, gave them a Short
diſcourſe, from Jona
[gap: omitted] 5 verſe in the after noon from another the g People attended with grea^t^ and Solemn attention and with many Tears, — as Soon as the
meeting was done, a gentleman took me in his wagon, and Cari ed me to Mr Powerss, the good man recevd me with tender neſs and Friendſhip, at Candle lighting we went to meeting in a Small Log meeting Houſe and it was Crouded like a Bee Hive, and the attended like Criminals at the Bar, I beliv they felt the power of the word
tho I was much Spent —Lodgd at Elder Powerss —
Monday Octr 10
was at Mr Powers
till near meeting Time, Elder Powers let
me have his Horſe
to ride to Mr Kalleys meeting got there near 12 Stopt a while at a Houſe near the meeting H– and Mr Kalley Came to me, & we went to another Houſe, and there we took Dinner — and Soon after eating we went to meetg and there was a Multitude of People, and I preachd to them from [gap: omitted] and there was an affectionate
attention the Chriſtians were Some what
Elivated, and the Sinners were alarmed, and I belive the Hypo crites were Surpriſed and we had a little intermiſtion, and went to meeting again at Can dle Lighting, and there
was a great number of People again and they attended Solmnly,— after meeting I went home with with one Mr John Smith
^Carperter^ about one Hundred Rods from the
meeting Houſe, and was extrea well entertaind, we had very
agreable
Converſation with the
man and Woman after Conver ſation, I went to bed quietly,—
Tueſday
Octr 11:
about 9: in the morning Mr Kalley and I went towards the North River,
Call'd on Mr Powers, and he was
geting ready to go with us, and So we went on; got to mr Bacon's about 11: and the People began to Collectogerther, and about half after one we began the meeting, and the People Seemed
to be tied to the word, and I believe they felft the Power of the
word, Soon after meeting we went to Mr McCartys where I had left my mare and the man
C[illegible]harged me nothing for keeping my
mare, and went on preſently and Calld on Mr John Smith and took DTea with them, and
directly went on to the Ferry — got over about Sun Sit, and went to Mr Matt Vanburans and the People Collected toge
ther, and we had a meeting and there was Conſiderable
Nr
number of People, and they behaved well, Stayd at the Same Houſe, —
Wedneſday
Octr 12:
I saw Tattle^ton^
and I went to my Daughters, & we got there about 12: and I
reſted a little at my Daughters and then
we went to meeting to Mr
[gap: omitted] and the People behaved well generally but not So Solemn
as at other P[illegible: [guess: s]] after meeting, went back to
my Daughters, and reſted a little, and in the evening, the People Collected, at Mr Begle's and we had a little meeting after meeting went to
my D's again, and went to bed very Soon
Thirdsday
Octr 13:
after Bre left my folks and went on to Mr Jonathan Thomſons, got there before noon, and took Dinner with them,
— at 2 we went to, Mr
Tomſons Son's
a few Rods, and there we had meeting, and there was
Conſiderable number of Peop^le^ and they attended well, —
as Soon as the meeting was done, they
deſired me to preach to them again in the evening, and I Complied, and I begun
a gain in about ha[illegible]lf an H and there was greater at tention Still, the People
were much affected, Lodged at Mr
Tomſon's,
Fryday
Octr 14:
Some Time after Breakfaſt, Mr
Tomſon and I took our Horſes and we went to Still waters, — got there
Some Time before meeting, a bout 1 we went to meeting, and there was
a great number of People, and they attended with great affection, after
meeting went to mr Campell's and, near Sun Sit we[illegible] went
to Mr Bakers and had an evening there, and there was a great
Number of People a gain, and they attended with all gravity, and
after the People were diſmiſt, a num ber Stay'd, and I gave out out my Cards to the People and we had agreeable Exer ciſe, and Some Time in the evening the People diſperſt and I went to bed Quietly once more. Thanks be to god The People
in this Place are exceeding Friendly and kind to me, Mr Campel is as a Father to me.
Saturday Octr 15
Some Time after Breakfaſt went on my way; Stopt at Mr Campels a few minutes, and then took leave of them, and
went on my way towards Ball Town
got to Capt Dunnings about 12: Dined with them, in the evening we had
a meeting in Mr Gregorys Houſe, and there was a goodly number of People — and it was a So lemn meeting — after meetg went home with Capt Dunning again. and Lodged there, the Capt and his whole Family are exceeding agreable Folks —
Sabbath Octr 16:
went to meeting with the People and it was as a bad way as ever I was out
in all my Travils Mirey the bigeſt of the way went we got to the Place the People had got together a
great Number, — they have a new meeting Ho^u^ſe very large for a new Settlement I preach to them from Danile
mene &c
in the after noon from John ye are my Friends &c — Soon after meeting, went to the old meeting Houſe
weſt Side of the Lake— and preatchd in the evening, and there was a Conſiderable number of People, here I [illegible]Met my old
aquaintaince
Mr Dake, I
lodgd at one Mr weeds, and his Son in Law—Mr Cable with his wife
Deſird me to
Baptiſe their Chile, and ^when^ I had Examined them abou^t^ the Nature of Baptiſm — and finding them well ground in the goſpel Faith I Baptiſed their Child, and after I had performd my
ofice, one Mr Bright made an objection, and we ta^l^ke upon the matter a while, and I Coud not be Convincd that I was wrong, and we
diſſiſted, and they went a way, and I went to
begd quietly once more —
Monday Octr 17:
after Break faſt I went to 5000. Aires; before I
had got to the Place, I met Mr Dake, and he went back, with me, and I went with him to his
Houſe, about from the meeting
Houſe, and took Dinner with him, and Soon after Dinner Mr Dake and I went to meeting & there was a Conſiderable number of people their meeting Houſe is made of Logs, and I preachd to them from Matt
[gap: omitted] thou Shalt
worſhip the Lord &c: and there was an Awful Solemnity in the
Aſembly,— after meeting I went home with one Mr Holms, and I was very kindly entertain'd. The old People apper'd very Religi ous, Some Time in the evening I had Some Exerciſe with the Children of the Houſe. They were all grown up but one, and they
appear'd very Solemn in the
exerciſe, and then we prayd together, and after that I went to Bed Quietly once more
—
Tueſday
Octr 18:
Soon after
Breakfaſt took good and Friend ly leave of the Family, and I went on
to Galaway, and I miſ^t^ my way, loſt about 3 qrs of a miles and it was very diſagre able, to my mind, I was obligd to go right back, and it put me in mind of miſsing a way to heaven it muſt be dreadful
beyound all Expreſsion to miſs Heaven finaly at laſt: I got to Galaway, before 12: and Calld in at Good Mr Otis's one that went from New
London North [illegible][guess: P] near by where I live, and he &
his wife
receiv'd me with all kind neſs, — about 2 o: c we went to meeting a few Rods from Mr Otiss Houſe — and there was a good
Number of People, I preach'd to them from the words— we will go three Days Journey &c
^gen 8.27^, in the evening I preachd again in the Same Houſe and there was a good number People of again I Spoke from
Ruth — what is thy Petition &c — Sot Some Time after meeting had Some
Converſation with Some Friends and it was agreable, and then went home with Mr Otis, and I went to bed Peacabl[illegible]y once more thanks be to Heaven —
Wedneſday
Octr 19:
after Breakft about 9: I took Friendly leave of Mr otis and his Family, and one mr Dean went with me 6 or 7 miles, to direct me in the way
— got to Mohauk River near 12: and So I went on got to Caukunnawaka in the evening and I put at one
Vuders a Dutch Tavern —
Thirdsday
Oct.r 20,
Sot
of very early in the Morning, and went over to Southſide of the River a little above the Noſe and kep on
till I got to one Mr Mabee's and I took Breakfaſt, and Soon after
Breakfaſt went on, and about 11 it began to Rain hard, and I Stopt at one Esqr Henry Wa[illegible][guess: u] rath, agreable gentleman; Stayd here all Night, —
Fryday
Octr 21:
got up very early even before break of Day a great while, and the
Esqr got up too Soon after — at broad Day light, I got up on my Horſe and puſhd on my way, reach'd at Widow Tygers about 9: and took
breakfaſt there, and after eating went on again, here I heard
Tour Anthony and Jame^s^ Waucus Slept, and one
Mr Prince with them, and I never over
took them, till I got to the turn of the New Road to our Peoples Settlements, Juſt as I was going to one of the Houſes
Antony
Calld me, and I look ed back and there was Antony Smiling, and we went into Houſe together, and Concluded to Stop here,— and he Calld
Mr Prince and Jamy, and they Came back,— and to one Mr Folts and Lodged there, —
Saturday octr 22,
we got up quite Early and got ready to go on our way, juſt as we were going off, Elijah Wymp^i^ Came to our Lodgings, and he told us David and Jacob
Fowler and moſt all our men were in another Houſe
juſt by, and I sent James, and they
Soon Come to me, and it was a Joy ful meeting,— and then I
wen^t^ to where the reſt of them were
and they all rejoice to See me and was with them a little while and then went
back to Mr Folts and Concluded not to go thro the woods this Day, becauſe it was a miſty kind of weather,— Some went thro, but I Stayd and Some others, I taried at Mr
Fols,—
Sabbath Octr 23:
This morning was a Snowy Morning, and it Raind all
laſt Night,— and I taried at Mr
Conora[illegible]d
Fols, all Day, they were quite agreable Family, Stayd here again this Night —
Monday Octr 24:
Some Time after
Breakfaſt Brother David Fowler and I Sot
of to go thro' the Woods to our Indians new Settlements, and
preſently after we Sot out it began to Rain and it Rain'd all the way not very hard, — and it was extream ly bad muddy riding, and the Creeks were very high, and Some Places very
Mirely, and we were
over taken with Night before we got in, and Some places were very Dark where Hamlock Trees were our Eyes did us [illegible]but ^little^ good, we travild
about a mile in the Dark, and then we arrivd at Davids Houſe as we approach'd the Houſe I hear^d^ a Melodious Sining, a number were together Sining
Pſalms hymns and Spiritual Songs, we went in amon^gts^ them, and they all took hold of my Hand ^one by
one^ with Joy and Gladneſs from the Greateſt to the leaſt, and we
Sot down a while, and then they began to Sing again, and Some
Time after, I gave them a few words of [illegible]Exhortation, and then Conclude^d^ with Prayer,—
and then went to Sleep Quietly, the [illegible]Lord be praiſed for his great goodneſs to us —
Tueſday
Octr 25
Was a Snowy Day was very uncomfortable weather I
kep still all Day at Davids Houſe and it was Crouded all Day. Some of
onoydas Came in — In the evening Singers Came in again, and
they Sang till near ten o: c: and then I gave them a word of Exhortation and Conclude
with prayer, So we ended another Day —
Wedneſday
Octr 26:
Snow is about
is about ancle
Deed this Morng and all Poſh under the Snow and the Land is foul of water every where, and the Brooks are very high—
it is not Clear wheather yet — in the evening we had a litte Singing again — This morning I rench'd my Back, only puting on my Stockings, and ^was^ put ^to^ Some difficulty to go out all Day —
Thirdsday
Octor 27:
Cloudy but moderate, my back Continues as it was yeſterday,—
Fryday
Octor 28:
it was warm and pleaſent Day but Coloudy the begeſt part of the Day — in the evening they Sung in Abra^m^ Simons Houſe, a mile from David Fowler's
—
Fryday
Octr 29
David intended to gather his Corn
but it lookd very much like for
Rain, and So difer it to an
ſother
Day, — the Young Folks went
in the evening to
Abraham: Simons a mile of from
David Fowlers to Sing, but I
did not
go my back Continued out of
order,
—
Saturday Octr
[illegible]29:
David
gather^d^ his Corn he had a number of Hands tho' it was Cloudy in the morning, and little Rain, and in the after noon he huſked his Corn, and the Huſkers Sung Hym^ns^ Psalms and Spiritual Songs the
bigeſt part of the Time, finiſhd in the evening,— and after Supper the Singers Sung a while, and then diſpa^r^ſed —
Sabbath Octr 30:
Had a meeting in Davids Houſe, and a Number of Stockbridgers Came to
meeting to the diſtance of Six miles, they had eleven Horſes and there was a number of foot People, and there was a Solemn Aſembly, the People attended the word with affection many of them— I
Spoke from Mathew IV. 10: in the after Noon from XXXII: 1: in the even ing we had Singing a long
while and then gave them a word of Exhortation and Conclu ded with
Prayer — Monday Tueſday and wedneſday nothing hadpen'd remarkable only Rainy and Snowy weather and I was mu^c^h Confind with my
wren^t^ch Back —
Thirdsday
Novr 3: 1785
Towards Night we attended upon the
antient
ordernace of marrage the firſt that ever was Selebra ted by our People in their New
Settlement in that wildirneſs, The Cupple to be married and the Young People, formed in a Neighbouring ^Houſe^ and Came to the Houſe of Weding in a Regu lar Proceſsion according to their age and were Seated according ly —
and the old People alſo Seat ed themſelves Regularly, and A great Number of Stocbrid gers Came from their Town
to attend the Weding, but many of them were too late —
When I got up, I Spoke to them Some Time upon the nature of Marrage, the Ho nourableneſ and Lawfulneſs of it whereby we are diſtin guyſhd from the Brutal Crea tion: Said Some of the firſt
marrage in Eden ^&^ of the
Marrage where Chriſt
[illegible]and his Diſciples were invited and the Honour he did to it by working ^the^
firſt
mericle. he wroght in the World in turning water into Wine and then we prayed, after
Prayer I orderd them to take each other by the Right Hand alternately and then I
declared them in the Face of the Aſembly to be a Law ful Huſband and wife, according to the Law of god — and then pray^d^ again, ^& prayer being ended Mariage Salutations^
^[below]went round Regularly —^ and Concluded with
by Singing a Marriage Hymn, — and then the People Sat down,—
and Jacob Fowler who was ap
pointed Maſter of the Sereimonies at this Marriage, gave out Some
Drink a Round; the Company and then Supper was brought
Sot in order on a long Board, and we Sot down to eat, and had Totty well Sweeten'd with wild Sugar made of Sugar Trees in the Wilderneſs; and after Sup per, we Spent the Evening in Singing Psalms
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, — and after that every went home Peaceably
with andy Carouſing or Frollicin^g^
Fryday
Novr 4.
The young Peopl put on their beſt
Cloaths and went to a Neighbours Houſe, all on Horſe back, and they appear^d^ agreeable and Decent, and they had no Carouſing, they had Some
Pleaſent Chat and agreable Con duct, Some Singing ^of^ Psalms
Hymn^s^ and Spiritual Songs, Some Time in the after Noon they dined toge ther, and after Dinner every one went Home
Quietly,— So the wed ing ended, and it was Conduct ed, Caried on, and finiſh'd with Honour and great Decency —
and the Lord help this People to go on Regularly in all their Concerns
—
Sab:
Novr[illegible]6:
Brother Jacob Fowler and I went of early in the Morg for Stockbridge Indians that
lately Settled at old onoyda, got there Some Time before meeting went to Sir Peter Pauquunnup^peets^
Houſe, he is a Collegian brought up and Educated at Dartmuth
DCollege, and he receivd with all
kindneſs
Friendſhip,— about 11 went to meeting, and many of our People from our new
Settle ments Came to meeting, to the diſ tance of Six miles, — I Spoke to them from Joſhua 24: 22: and Esther 7: 2: in the Evening we had another meeting, and
we had Solemn Day and evening the People attended with great attention and
Solemnity, after I had done Speaking; we Sot dow^n^ and the Singer roſe up and they Sung Some Time, and then diſ perſed, every one to his quarter,
and Siſter Hannah and Siſter Esther and I Lodgd at Widow Quinny's where the
meeting was —
Monday Novr
67:
Some Time after Breakfaſt
^Sun Riſe —^ I Sot
of with
Brother Roger and his
wife to our Place; and Sotpt at
Roger's and I took Breakfaſt with them, they live [illegible][illegible][guess: near]
twothre^e^ miles from the reſt of the People and after eating I went on to
the Town, got there about 12 and found
them all well,— in the Evening we met on our Temporal and Religious
Concerns, — we met once before but we did not Come to proceed any Buſineſs — But ^now^ we pro ceeded to form in ^to^ a Body Poli tick,— We Named our Town by the Name of Brotherton, in Indian Eeyawquittoowaucon nuck— ^J: Fowler was choſen
Clarke for this^
^[below]Town^
Roger waupieh, David Fowler, Elijah Wympy,
John Tuhy, and Abraham Simon
were Choſen a Committee or
Truſtees for the Town, for a Year and for
the future, the Committee is to be Choſen Annually, — and
Andrew Acorrocomb, and Thoma^s^ Putchauker were Choſen to be Fence Vewers to Continue a Year. Concluded to have a Centre near
David Fowlers Houſe. the main Street is to run North and South ^& No[illegible][guess: th]&^
Eaſt and weſt, to Croſs at the Centre Concluded to live in Peace, and in Friendſhip and to go on in all their ^Public^ Concerns in
Harmony both in their Religious and Tem poral Concerns, and every one to bear his Public part of Pub lic Charges in
the Town, — They deſird me to be a Teacher
amongſt them, I Conſented to Spend Some of my remaining with them, and make this Town my Home and Center —
Tueſday — Novr 8:
got up early and Sot
of for Stockbridge Indians got there Some Time before meet ing, this is a Day of faſting and Prayer, with the People here
and they deſired me to aſsiſt them the Deſign of this faſt is to Confeſs their Sins before god, and to repent and beg the Pardon of all their
Sins and deſire the Bleſsing of god up on them, and to Proſper them in their New Settlemet, and alſo
bleſs them in their Religious Life — and I preach to them, in the
fore Noon from Jonah 3: 8: in the
after noon from Prover 23: 26 and it was a Solemn Faſt Day many were deeply afected, all attended like Criminals before the Barr; in the Evening they met again, and they adviſd and gave Councel to one another to Conduct well and be Careful in all their Conduct the enſusing winter as they were about to
diſperſe, for the winter, that they may get together in the Spring in Love and
Peace, — and after advice, they Spent Some Time in Singing of
Spiritual Songs, and when
they had done, I gave them a word of Exhortation, ad^v^iſing them to uſe their Natural Powers and Conduct as becomes Rational Creatures, and
break off from all out breakings of Sin, and Especially to break off from that abominable Sin of Drunkeneſs and give themſelves to watching and Prayer, and So Conclude with Prayer, — and the People
diſperſd in Peace — I Lodged at Sir Peter Pauqunnuppeets
Wedneſday
Novr 9:
[illegible]Break‐ faſted with Capt
Hindreck
& Soon after Eating, I Sot off for Home, got to our Place about 12 and found our Folks well—
Thirdsday
Fryday and Saturd
lookd
a bout a little to See the land and it is the beſt land I ever did See in all my Travils. John Tuhy Planted Juſt about one acre of ground, which he Cleared laſt
may, and this
Fall he took of 20 Buſhels of good Corn 56 Buſhels of Potatoe^s^ about 200 Heads of Cabage, and about 3 Buſhels of Beans, and about 2 Buſhels of Paſnips
&
Beats together. beſides Cu cumbers and Watermelons; of the Same ground, and it was
^not^
Plowd nor dug up with a Hoe, only leaves and Small
Buſhels were burnt on it and great many Lodgs ly on it now — and I was told laſt week among the Stockbridge
Indians, that in their Clearing Some Spots of land, where it has
been improved, in Years paſt, they
Plowd up, and dug up good many Potatoes; where they had been Plan
ted pa^r^haps 10 or 12 Years ago. one man got 3 Skipples, and he p[illegible]lanted them, and he has
raiſed a fine paſsel of them. and Brother David Fowler
told me and his wife and others Con firmed it that he ^had^ one Cabage Stomp Stood three Summers and
it headed every Year, the laſt it Stood, it three Heads —
Sab,
Nov.r 13:
Preachd at David Fowlers and many of the
Stock bridgers Came to meeting,
and there was good attention, and
[illegible]I believe Some felt the Power of the word, in
the Evening we had Some Singing, —
Monday Novr 14
was geting ready to return homward, —
Tueſday
Novr 15:
got up very early in the morning, and we were fitting to go off, and
little after Sun riſe we Sat off, DBrother David and
his wife Daughter and James Waucus went together
Elijah Wym[illegible]py, two Daughters and others Some Stockbridgers there were Eight Horſes of [illegible]a mongſt us, and many foot men and we got thro the woods Juſt as the Sun was going down I put up at Mr
Fols's —
Wedneſday
Novr 16:
we Sot
of very early in the morning
and I got to Esqur Wa[illegible]rets in the Evening, and Lodged there,
and [illegible]three Stockbridgers were there alſo —
Thirdsday 17:
I Sot off very early and about 11: I got to Capt Roof's and there I
Stopet, and finiſh'd writings for our Folks, Juſt Night
David Came in — and here we Lodged
—
Fryday
Novr 18:
I went to Bomens Creek, and Got there about 1: put up at
Esqr
CKimbets and they were very Glad to See me and I was as glad, and
Lodge^d^ there, had a meeting here this Evening, and
there was a Conſiderable of People, and they attended well, —
Saturday Novr 19:
I left the Family, Docr White went
with me about four miles and So we parted, and I to Esqr Manbee's about 3 o: c: and here I put up, & was received with kindneſs — here I overtook my Son Anto ny Paul,—
Sabb.
Nov r 2:
Preachd here to Conſiderable Number Peo ple, and they attended with with all Seriousneſs they were moſt all Dutch; Spoke in morning From Acts 9 Lord What Wilt thou —
in the after noon from Luke So is he that Sayeth &c
Elijah Wympeh and his Son, and 3 Stockbridge girls were here alſo — I Lodged here again,
Monday Novr 21:
Some in the morning it was
about 8: I Sot off, and got So far to Mr P[illegible]eter Van Wormer,
about a mile from Mohauk
^River^ in the the Woods North Side
— This Day I Saw the Revd
Mr
Romine a Dutch Miniſter in Cacanawaka by Mohauk River, I met with him at a public Houſe, and he apear'd quite Friendly at once, he
deſired me ^me^, that if I Shoud Come along this way again at any Time, to Call upon him, and have
a Diſcourſe with his People, and I told I
wou'd —
Tueſday
Novr 22: got up
very early, and it was very Cold morning, and did
not Sit out So early as I intend ed, took Breakfast before I Sot out, about 8: I went on my way, thro the Woods and it was very Riding it was not froſe
had enough to bear a Horſe in Muddy holes; I got to Mr Otis's in Gallaway a little after 12 and found them all well, and put up
here, and took Dinner with them, Concluded to have a meeting this Evening.
about Daylight in I went Mr Dean's to meeting and there was a Con ſiderabl of People, and I Spoke from Joſhua, 24: 19: and the People attended with Serious neſs,— after meeting went back to Mr Otis's and Lodged there —
Wedneſday
Novr 23:
Some after Breakfast Sot
of to go to a Place Called Smith
Field about 6 miles
of, Mr
Meſsenger went with me and it was thro a Deſert other way,— got there Juſt before 12
went into M.r Smith's Houſe, where the meeting is to be, a bout 2: we began the
meeting and there was Conſiderable Number of People Collected toge ther, [illegible] for they had but Shrot Notice and it is a New Settlement, and the People attended with
all gravity and Solemnity, I believe Some felt the Power of the word, Soon
after Meeting, one Mr
Coffin, a Univerſaliſt Preacher
deſired to have Some Co[illegible]nverſation with me, and we had Conver ſateon a little while together without much Debate, for we
diſagreed altogether,— and the People diſperſt and I Stayd at the Houſe all Night, and Mr
Meſanger went home; and Mr S^m^ith and his wife and I had very agreeable Converſation and their Son in Law his Nam^e^ was Alexander, Scotchman by Nation, was very much
biggoted to their Verſton of Psalms we had Some debate a bout them, and upon Some
o th[illegible]er Points — Sot up late, and was Extreamly well Treated by the Heads of the Family and all the Young People;
Slept very Comfortably,—
^Thids
Novr 24^
got up
quite early, Stay'd
till after
Breakfaſt, and then Sot
of
Mr Hughwee Alexander went
with me, and we to
Gallaway about 10, Call'd at
Mr
Meſenger^s^ and Dined with them, and had
agreable
Converſation — Soon
after Dinner went to
Mr Otiss &
from there to meeting about
a mile, where was a Sick
woman, we
Soon got there
Mr Otis went with me and
another man, had Some Con
verſation with the Sick woman
and found her reſignd to the
will of god, & was Comfortable
in her mind; and then we
began the Worſhip of god, there
was but few People and they
attended with great Seriousneſs
and Some affection — I Spoke
from Matt 6: 10: after meeting
Mr Cullock invited me to go
home with him to Stay all Nigh
^t^ and was Treated very kindly &
Tenderly, —
Fryday
Novr 25:
got up early and Stayd
till after Breakfaſt and then went back, Calld at Mr
Meſengers and Dinner with him, and afterwards went to Mr Otiss,— and in the evening went to meeting again in
Mr Deans Houſe and there was Conſiderable Number of People and there was great Solemnity among the People,
I Spoke from James [illegible][guess: 4]: 17: after meeting went back to Mr Otis's
and Lodged there, had a number Friends to viſet me this Evening, Some Scotch People and we had quite
agreable interview —
Saturday Novr 26
did not prea^ch^
his Day, juſt at Night went to
Warran's a little diſtance and was wellcomd, and treated very kindly, he is a Baptiſt man by Denomination, Sot up Some Time for had Some Company, Mr
Mc Larran a Scotchman was with us and very agreable
Converſa tion, and good be[illegible]d Time I went to [illegible]Red
queetly once more —
Sab.
Novr 27:
about half after ten we went to meeting, a few Rods in a Barn, and there
was a great Number of People, for a new Settlement, and I Spoke from I.
Samuel. 15: 14 in the after noon from Joh 11: 28: and there was great and Sober attention
through the Aſembly, and I belie^ve^ Some felt the preſence of god — after meeting went home with
mr Warran and took Dinner with them, — and in the even–g went to Mr William Kalley a Scotchman, and had a meet ing
there and there was a goo^d^ number of People, and I preac^hd^ to them from Joh. 11: 26: and I believe we had Some aſseſtan^[illegible][guess: c]^ both in Preaching and in hearing — Lodgd at the Same
Houſe — and was kindly en‐ tertaind, —
Monday Novr 28
was at
Mr Kalleys till after Break faſt, then went to Mr Otiss and was there till about 2 in the after, and then Mr Otis his &
Mr
Meſsenger and his and wen^t^ to a weding, and there was a number of People, but grea^t^
many, and I married the Cup ple, thereir Names were Mr
Jonathan Bunyan Cotes and
Polley Doulin,— and the People behaved
exceeding well, — Juſtwe good Cake and Cheeſe to eat &
Totty to Drink,— juſt before
Sun Sit we that Came together went back again, I Calld in at Mr
Meſsengers, and was there
till the Young Wedendners Came home, and then[illegible] I went to
mr Otiss and Lodged, once more, and his Brother Lodged there alſo, —
Tueſday
Novr 29:
Took my leave of mr Otis and his Family about 9: O'C: and I directed my
Courſe towards Scenactady, Mr
Meſsenger went with me, and we parted before we got to the Place,
and I went on to the Town, got there Some Time before Night; Calld at mr Shooter's, and Sat a while and
then went to See Mr
Poſt my old Friend, and found them all well and was there a
while, and his Son Came in, and he invited ^ to go home with him, and there
I Lodged, and kindly Treated, &
[illegible]Slept very Comfortable,—
Wedneſday
Novr 30:
got up early took Breakfaſt with Mrs
Poſt, Mr
Poſt was gone out,— after eating I went to See Several Friends
payd my viſited the Revd
Mr
Romine, the Dutch Miniſter of the Place, and he appeard very Friendly, but I Stayd not Long about 10 O: C: I went over the Ferry again to go to the
5000 Acres; Mr
Meſsenger went with me again, we travild together about 7. miles, and there we parted in Friendſhip — I went on, Calld at one Mr Sharewoods to warm my feet, and I had Sot but few minutes, before the wo‐ man, aſked me whether I wou^d^
Stay till She Can [illegible]make Some Tea
[illegible]I told her I woud, and She C got it ready Quick, and I eat very Hearty, and juſt as I had done the man of the Houſe Came in and appeard very agreeable and as I was going away, he
deſired me to Come See him a gain before I left the Place, & I told him I woud, then went on to Mr Holmss Soon got there and found them all well, and was
kindly receivd by the Family, and I put up there,—
Thirdsday
Decemr 1: 1785:
Was at
Mr Holms's till near Noon, and I went to Mr Woods a little diſtance and Dined there, and [illegible]juſt before Sun Sit, I went to one Mr Rogers, and Lodged there, I found ^him^ and his wife very underſtanding in the Scriptures and I believe they were Experiencd
Chriſtians they are Ireiſh Folks, we had
very agreable
Converſation
&
Sot up Some what late, I Saw the man was not well pleaſd with Docr Wattss P[illegible]salms and we
had a long talk upon them, we did not agree about them, but we did ^not^ Contend about them, after
Converſation, we Sung a Psalm and Read a C^h^apter, and Prayd together and then went to^ Peaceable and I had a Comfortable Sleep
—
Fryday
Decer 2:
Got ^ early and took Breakfaſt with them after eating we Sung and Read, and then I had Some Exerciſe in the Family with my Christian Cards and it was very Solemn and
agreable; — about 10 I took my good leave of the Family, and
returnd to Mr Holmss, — and in the after noon about 1: OC: I wen^t^ to Mr Clarkes and there was a goodly number of People and I preac^hd^ to them from, Acts 2: 37: and
there was great Solemnity and Some affection I believe they felt
Some thing of the Power of the word after meeting a Number of the People Stayd, and in the Evening I had Exerciſe a long while with Family, with my Chriſtian Cards and it was very agreable and Some Time in the Evening we went to Bed quietly, —
Saturday Decr 3:
about 10 went to Mr Holmss and Sot
a while and I went to Mr Sharewoods
a bout half mile of, and him wvery kind to me, and Converſable
& he is ^an^
underſtand Man took Dinner with him, and was there
till Tea was got, and took with them, and Juſt night returnd to
Mr Holmss again, and Lodged there, —
Sabb:
Decr 4:
Mr Holms wen^t^ to meeting with an ox Slead, and his whole Family went and
I went with them, the meeting was again in Mr Clarks H[gap: worn_edge] and there was a Vaſt Number of People tho' it was Stormy Day, I Spoke from Isaah 5: 3 and was uncommon attention and Flow of Tears, from old and
Young, and I am perſwaded the Power of the was felt by many Souls, I preachd only once — after meeting, I took Dinner with Mr Cleark, and after eat ing we Sot and Some Religious
Converſation — about Sun Sit we went to good old Mr Nothrops and the we had a ^Comfortable^ meeting, and it
was very Comfortable meet ing, and was great many Peo I Spoke from Matt 5: 13. Mr Nothrop gave me the Text and after the meeting was
over a Number Stayd, and we had
agreable Religious Converſation I Loddgd at the Same Houſe
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