Author
Occom, Samson
Date11 December, 1786
ms number786661
abstractOccom describes his travels as an itinerant preacher through
Connecticut and New York. He also relates an episode involving a rumour that
his son Aaron
has been arrested for murder.
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noteworthyAn editor, likely 19th-century, has overwritten Occom's hand
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recto, it
is uncertain to whom Occom refers when he mentions the “Man of the house,”
and so
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[illegible][guess: Al]marck for
Emanuel
1 Peter IV. 18. Heb IV. 11
1 Sam. XII. 24 XXXV. 10
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Monday Decr 11
About 12
I took leave of
Esqr Woodwoths
Family, and went on to
Stephe^n^ Town, got to
Mr Tobiass
Juſt before Sun Sit and
Taried there, and was very
kindly intertaind, by the Family
Lodged there. — — —
Tueſday
Decr 12:
about 11 the People began to Collect and there was Company of People, for
the Seaſon, it was very Cold, and much Sonow on the Ground, and it is a
Scaterd Place,— we began the meeting, a little after 12 I Spoke from Matt, VI. 10 and the People attened with great and Solemn attention, many were much affected, — I Lodgd
here again, and had a Com fortable reſt. — —
Wedneſday
Decr 13:
Got up
early, and Sot
of Soon, Sopt
at
Mr
Robenſons a while
took ˄ there, and Soon after
Breakfast I
went on
^a^gain,
got to
Esqr Skermehorns, abou
^t^ 11: and took
Dinner with them
Soon after Dinner, went on
to
Mr Dimons, and found
them well, and was kindly
receivd, Eſpecially by
Mrs Dimon, She is an old
acquaintance, and Frie
^n^d
of mine, She came from
Rhod Island State, Lodged
there, and was very tenderly
entertaind, Lodged Comfort
ably by the Fire, accordg
to my deſire, — — —
Thirdsday
Decr 14:
About 10
we went to
Esqr Skermehor^ns^ to meeting, the People
got
together at 11, and I went
into a Store Houſe, where the
People Collected, and there
was a Prodigious Concourſe
of People. I Spoke from the
Revels of John I: Chap X: 36
and there was a melting
attention amongſt the People
many Tears were Shed, and
preſently after meeting I
went home again with
Mr Dimond and his Family
in their Slay, and there
I Lodgd again. — —
Fryday
Decr 15.
got up very early, and the whole Family got up, alſo, and Breakfaſt was got ready Soon, and we ate
and Soon after eating
Mr Dimond and
his wife,
and I
went to
Stephen Town in his
Slay, it is about 10 miles diſtant
we Stopt at
Mr Jabez Spencers
a little while, and So paſt on, and
about 10 o. c we got to
Mr Na- than Brockways and there we
put up, he was
not at Home,
and towards Night, he got home
and in the Evening, the People
Col
lected together for meeting, and
there was a large Aſembly, and
I Spoke from XXV Matt. 43: and the
People attended with great Solemn
ity, many
were affected much,
and after meeting, many Spoke
to me with tenderneſs. after the
People were gone, we Sung Several
Hymns, and had agreable
Conver
ſation, Sot up very late, at laſt
went to be
[illegible]d quietely — —
Saturday Decr 16:
got up early and had Exerciſe in the Family
with my Cards, and the young P
attend with gravity and Decincy
and Some Time after Break
faſt we Sot
of again, to return
to
Philips-Town. got to
Mr Dimonds
Houſe, about 1: and there Stayd
again. — —
Sabb
Decr 17.
about 10 we
went to meeting at
Esqr John Scharmarhorn's and there was
the bigeſt number of People, that
ever was Seen in one meeting
in this Wilderneſs Settlement, it
was thought there was about 500
People,
[illegible] We met in a large
Barn, — I Spoke from Amos
III. 4, and I think I had Some
Senſe of Divine things, and there
was an affectionate attention
thro the Aſembly, the People
were bowd under the word, they
Sot like Crimenals. under a
Sentance of Death — Soon after
meeting I returnd with
Mr Dimond and his Family in a
Slay;— In the evening a Compa
ny Came together, at
Mr Dimond for meeting, there was but few
People, it was a
Tedious Snowy
and Rainey evening, I Spoke
from John IX:
[gap: omitted] and the People
attended with great Solemnity
Some were affected.—
Monday Decr 18.
Soon after
Breakfaſt
Mr Dimond got his
Slay ready. and went
Mr Samulel Wheeler's to meeting
about 5 miles, we
got there
about 11, and the People
Juſt began to Collect, and ther
^e^
Conſiderable of People got toge
ther, I Spoke from Matt V. 5
and it was a Solemn meeting,
Soon after meeting, we went
went back, got home before
Sun Sit, and Lodgd there —
Tueſday
Decr 19:
Got up
very early, and they got
Breakfaſt directly, before
Sunriſe I took leave of the
Family, and went on my to
Stephen-Town; Calld at
Mr Spencers, at
Mr Joness, and
So on to
Mr
Joſhua Gardners
and there was a prodigious
Number of People
Collected
together, and I begun the
Exerciſe directly, I Spoke
from Ecles I: 15: and there
was very deep and Solemn at
tention thro the Aſembly,
ma
yny Tears were Shed,—
Soon af
[illegible][illegible]ter
[illegible]took Dinner
and then went with one
Mr Ezekiel Shelden, and
had an Evening meeting there
and
there was a Conſiderable
of People I Spoke from Matt
^V. 5^ the People Seemed to attend
with Some feeling of
the word
after I had done two or three
Spoke with Some affection,
I was
Tenderly treated, Lodgd
at the Same Houſe, and reſt
ed Comfortably.
about
Wedneſday
Decr 20.
About 10
we went to one
Hammond to
meeting, and there was a large
number of People, and I
Spoke from John VII. 37
and
there good attention Soon after
meeting, I we went back with
Mr Shelden
a gain in his Slay
took Dinner with them, and
directly after eating, we wen
^t^
[illegible]to one
Mr Haywards and ther
^e^ we had another
meeting, I
I Spoke from Mark V: 4 and the People attended well, one or two Spoke after I
had, here I Lodgd, — —
Thirdsday
Decr 21,
After B
t
Mr Rufus Price and I wen
^t^ to
Mr Brockway's and
Mr Price went back, and
Mr Brockway took me in his
Slay, with his Family, to a meet
ing about 3. miles nothward
got there
[illegible][guess: a] 12: and a large
Number of People had Col
lected together,
and I began
the exerciſe directly, I Spoke
from John VI 36: and there wa
^s^ un
dCommon attention among
^st^ the
People, there was a flow
of Tears, I believe the Lord
was preſent with his word,—
as Soon as ever the meeting
was done, I went
back with
Mr Brockway, — and in the
evening we had meeting again and there was Conſi derable number of People & I Spoke from 1 Peter [gap: omitted] and the People attended
with great Solemnity, Lodgd at the Same Houſe — — —
Fryday
Decr 22,
Soon after
Breakfaſt, I leave of the F
and went on to one
Mr
DGard ners, upon the borders of
Handcock, and there was
a meeting to be,
the People
began to Collect when I got
there, and there was large
Number of
People — I bega
^n^ about half after 11: I Spoke
from Acts VIII.
[gap: omitted] and the P
were greatly attentive and
Some manifeſted affection
Soon after meeting I went
Home with
Mrs Goodrich and
her Son in a Slay, got there
Some Time before night the
Place where they live is Calld
Jaricho; tooke Dinner with
them, the Man of the Houſe
is helpleſs as a Child, he is
troubled with a
[illegible]Num
Palſey,
in the Evening, we went in the
Slay again to meeting at the
Houſe of one
Mr Hammond, and
there was great many People,
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People appeared
very Serious and Some
were
aff
[illegible]ected — Soon after meeting
˄ we
[illegible]nt back with
Mr Goodrich and there I Lodgd, and was
kindly Treated, — —
Saturday Decr 23:
Soon af
ter eating, took leave of
the Family, and went on to
wards
New Lebanon; Stopt
a while at
Mr Patchins
his wife has been Sick a
long while, I had
Some Con
verſation with her, She Com
plains of much Darkneſs
but I believe She is a real
Christian; about 11: I went
on, a man
went with me,
and he Conducted to the Pool
and it is a remarkable
Spring,
and a Clump of
Houſe are on and
[guess: rund],
was there but few minutes
and I went on to the meeting
Houſe, and I put up at
Capt Joness Cloſe by the Mee
^t^
ing Houſe, and he and his
Wife were not at Home,—
in the evening
they Came home
and they are agreable Couple —
Lodged there and was kindly
entertaind. — — —
Sabb.
Decr 24:
It was very
Cold Day, I went into the meet
ing Houſe, about 11: and there
was a Conſiderable number of
People for the Cold Seaſon, I Spok
from the words there is at Jeruſa
m a Pool, &c — and there was a
good attention. after meeting
went to
Capt Joness again
[illegible].
in the
evening, went to one
Mr Abots and there we had a meetg
and there was a great numbr
of People, and I Spoke from
1 Corin VII:
[gap: omitted] and there was a
Solemn attention many I be-
lieve were much affected —
after meeting I went back to
Capt Joness and Lodgd there a
gain, — — — —
Monday Decr 25:
got up,
very early, and took Break
t and Sot
a way, and got to
Richmound, about 9: Calld
on
Mr Pery a miniſter of
the Place, and he and ano-
ther man, were very
urgent
to have me Stop and preach
in the evening, and I Conſented
and I went to
Mr Millers and
there I put up, in the evenin
^[below]g^ we went to meeting to
Mr Collin,
and there was a Conſiderable
number of People, and I Spok
from 1 Kings XIX: and the
People attened well, I Lodgd
at the Same Houſe and they
were exceed kind to me. —
Tueſday
Decr 26,
got up
^v^ery
early, and they got Breakfaſt
Soon, and we had Exerciſe with
my Cards and it was very
agreable to them; about 9
I Sot off, a young carried
me
^in^ a Slay to
Mr Millers, and
about 10, I Sot away again
got to
Stockbridge,
before
12: took Dinner with
Mr
Sar gant, and then went
Capt
Youks, and he was not at
Home, and so I went back
to one
Lucreſhas and in
the evening went back to
Capt Yokes: and Lodged
there, they being very glad
to See me,
— —
Wedneſday
Decr 27:
got up
very early, and a little af
ter Sunriſe I went on my
way, got to
Mr Babcocks
in
Canaan,
and Lodgd
there, — — — —
Thirdſday
Decr 28. got up
quite early Sot away, and
Stopt at Several Houſes;
got to
Mr Enos before Sun
Set, and put up there
—
Fryday
Decr 29:
got up
very early and got Break
faſt, and Sot
of Soon, got
to
Mr Wallins before noon
and they deſired me to Stay
over the Sabbath, and I Con
ce
ſnted, and Lodgd there —
Sabb.
Decr 31:
about 10 the People began to Collect, and there was Conſiderable
[illegible]num ber of People, and I
began about 11: Spoke from Amos 3:3
and the People attended very
well, bu
[illegible]tt not So Solemn
as I have Seen in other
Places.— took Dinner
after
meeting; and Some Time
in the after noon I Sot
of
and got to
Esqr Roberts in
the evening, and he deſired
me to tary all night with 'em
and I accepted of his kind
offer. and I went to bed Soon,
and reſted Comfortably —
Thus I have Ended one year
more, and have
experienced
much of the goodneſs of god
to me in many reſpects, tho'
I have been greatly and Sham
^e^
fully wanting in my Duty
to myſelf, to my fellow Creatures,
and to my Maker,— O god
Almighty freely parden all my Sin
^s^
Janr 1: 1787
In the morning, we had
Exerciſe, in the Family
and it was very agreable
to them, they were very Solem
^n^ and I prayd in the Family.
Some Time in the Morning
Mr Walcut Came, to the Hou
^ſe^ w
[illegible]here I was, invited to his
Houſe, he is the Miniſter of
tthe Place, and the People
had Concluded, to have me
Preach on the
next Day;
and Some Time paſt Noon
I left
Esqr Roberts's and
went to See
Mr Samuel Eno I Calld by the way at
Mr Felleys they were exceeding
glad to See me, and they
Sent for
Deacon Manley
and he Soon Came he is an
old Diſciple, appears to be
an Isr
[illegible]alte indeed, and we
had agreable interview
after a while, I went on
and Saw
Mr Eno, he and
his wife were glad to See
me,— Juſt at Night I
went to
Mr Wolcotts and
was kindly receivd
receev^d^, Thus I began a New Year
The Lord
enable me to
Live a New Life more
than ever I did, that I
might Live as a
Dying
and acountable Creature
unto god. The Lord enable
me to do what ever work
I have
[illegible]before me; and
that
I might reſign
myſelf, into
the Hands of god —
Tueſday
Janr 2:
Near 1
10
Mr Wolcott and I went to
meeting, and we found bu
^t^ few People at the meeting H
Sot a while in a Houſe, and
a little paſt 11: went into the
meeting Houſe and there
was Conſiderable Number
of People got together, and
I Spo
[illegible]ke from Daniel V:25
and there was deep attention
many were much affected,
Soon after meeting, I went
into an Houſe, and took Din
ner, and then I went on, and
Call on
Mr
LRowland at
old
Windſor, Sot but few minutes
and paſt on, got over the
River well, and went to my
Daughter [illegible]
tOlives, got ther
^e^ in the Duſk of the evening
and found them all well,
Lodged there; Sot up late —
Wedneſday
Janr 3:
got up
early, and took few mouth
fulls of Victuals, and So wen
^t^ on my way; Call on
Mr
BColton at
Bolton, a miniſ
ter of the Place, and he was
exceeding Glad to hear of
the Work of god in
the wilder
neſs
amongſt the Indians,
took Dinner, and Soon after
eating, I paſt on again, &
I got So far as
Mr Lomiss in
Lebanon, a Tavern keeper
went to Bed prety Soon, and
reſted Comfortably — —
Thirdsday
Janr 4:
got up early, and Sot
of directly and it was very bad ride ing, it had been thawing ever ſince
laſt Saturday
Stopt at
Capt Hide's and there
took Breakfaſt, and Soon after
eating I went on my way Stop
^t^ a little while at
Mr Champions
and there I heard a Surprizing
News, that one of
my Sons
had
been guilty of murder
near
Boſton, and was Sen-
tancd to be hang'd, and
my wife was Seen there
about
three weeks ago, and was
mourning and weeping her
ſelf almost to Death. and I
was Some what
Surprizd. &
began to thin
gk many things
but when I got in Town, I
found there was nothing in
it; about 2 in the after
noon, I got home,
and
found my poor Family
all in good State of Health
Bleſsed be the Name of the
Lord
Sabb
Janr 7:
went to meeting
to
Deacon Henry
Quaquaquids
but there was but very few
People, and I only gave
them the relation of my Jou
^r^ ney, and Prayed, —
— —
Fryday
Janr 19
The above
mentiond
Mallato was tried before two Juſtices, and was found guilty — — —
Saturday Janr 20:
went to
lower part of
Groton, went
over the River at
New London got to
Capt Robert Latham's
a little before Sun Sit, and
found them all well, and was
kindly receivd, and Lodged
there, and went to bed Soon
and Reſted Comfortably —
Sabb
Janr 21:
It was
[illegible]a Stormy
Day and was all laſt Night
about 10 went Meeting at
Mr gidion Saunderss, and there
was but a little number
of
People, and I Spoke to them
from James II. 26
in the evening went to
Mr abel Babcocks and had
a meeting there, and there
was
a large number of P.
and I Spoke from James IV: 4
and the People attended with
great
attention; I Lodgd at
the Same Houſe, — — —
Monday Janr 22:
Soon after
Breakfaſt went back to
Mr Saunderss: and was there
but a little while, and
then
went to See
Mrs Latham, Sot
a little while, and So went on
to
Mr Street's, Calld at
Mr Woods was there a while &
then went to
Mr Streets, and
was kindly receivd by the Fam
ily, about 1 began the Mg
and there was Conſiderable
Number of People, tho' it
was a Snowy Day, and
I Spoke from Rom. II. 28: 19
and the People attended well
after meeting took dinner
at the Same Houſe, — and
in the Evening went to
Mr
Leſters and had another
meeting, and there was
a great number of
Peop
^le^
tho the Storm Continued, &
I Spoke from James
^[below]I^V. 7
and the People
attended with
great Seriousneſs,—I Lodgd
at the Same Houſe — — —
Tueſday
Janr 23:
Some Time
after Breakfaſt, I took leav
of the Family; and went
to
Capt Robert Lathams, &
took leave of them, and then
went down to the Ferry, and
went
over to
New London and was there Some
Hours
and So paſt on, and got
Home Some Time before
Night, and found all
my Family
well, thro
the goodneſs of god. — —
[illegible]Saturd
Janr 27:
About 10.
Sot
of from Home, and went
to a Place Calld
Jewet City got there Some Time before
Sun Sit, put up at
Mr
Elea
Jewet and was kindly re
d
Sot up Some what late
and reſted Comfortably —
Sabb
Janr 28.,
A little
paſt 11 went into the meet
ing, and there was a grea
^t^ Number of People, and
I Spoke from Rom. II: 28: 29
and there was a Solemn at
tention in the Aſembly,
after Service went to
Mr
Jewe^t^ and took Dinner there, and
Soon after Dinner took
leav
^e^ of the Family, and went
to
Deacon Tracy's, and there
had a meeting again
and there was a great
Number of People, I Spoke
from 1 Sam. XII: 24: and there
was a Solemn attention,
many Shed Tears, — Lodgd
at the Same Houſe, and
reſted Comfortably —
Mondady Janr 29;
got up
early, and had my horſe
got ready Soon, and wen
^t^ on my way, Stopt at
one
Mr Reeds and took
Breakfaſt there, and af
ter eating, had Some Con
verſation with an old
woman, 92: Years of age
or near, and had a little
exerciſe with a
^Card in the^ Family
and another Family
Came
to the Houſe,— and then
went on, got Home abou
^t^ 2
o'c: and found my Fa
well as Common —
Sabb
Februr 4:
About 11
Sot
of from Home. and to
Mrs Fitchs and it was etreem
Cold, wind Blew very hard
at North weſt, and Snow
flew like fog, — got
^to^ the P
Soon, and there were Some
People, more than Coud be
[illegible] expected for the Severity
of the weather, I
began
the Exerciſe about 12. or paſ
^t^ I Spoke from Ecleſi. III: 12
and there was a Solemn at
tention — after
Service took
Dinner, and and towards
went home and Soon go
dt
Home — — —
Wedneſday
Februr 7: 1787
Left home early in the mor
ning, and to one
Mr Smith in
Newent, Stopt a while
at
Doc.r
Maſh's. in
[illegible]
Norwich and took Breakfaſt there
and Soon after went on, and
to
Mr Smith's about 10 and
they were glad to See me.
the old
gentleman is quite
helpleſs, with Num.
Palſy
and about half after 1: o. c
I began the meeting and
there was
but few People,
I Spoke from Job: XXXV. 10
and the People attended
with
great Solemnity:
Soon after meeting I
went back, and got home
in the Duſk of the even-g,
and was Somewhat t
[illegible]ired
and
went to Bed. Soon — —
Saturday Februr 10:
About 12
Sot off from my Houſe, and
to
groton Indian
Town— got
there about Sun Sit, and pu
^t^ at
Widow
Pauhquunnup's
found them all well, and we
were glad to See each other
again once more this Side
of the
grave, went to bed in
good Seaſon, and had a Com-
fortable reſt, — —
Sabb:
Febr 11:
we began
the Meeting near 12: and there
was Conſiderable Number of
People, and I Spoke from,
1 Peter IV. 8 and the People at
tended well,— in the evening
we had another meeting, and
Conſiderable number of People
for it was a Rainy evening,
and I Spoke from 1 Kings
XXI. 29
and I had but a little Senſe of
Divine things. Yet the People at
tend well, — we Sot up a long
while and Sung,
Mr Silus Spicer
Lodgd there, and many of the
Indians, went to bed at laſt
&
I reſted well, — — —
Monday Februr 12:
got up
and attended on Family Pray
and
then Sot
of soon, S
atopt a
while at
Mr John Williams, and
took Breakfaſt there, and Soo'n
after eating went on my
way, got home, a little paſ
^t^ Noon and found my Family
all well as Uſual — —
Fryday
Febrr 16:
Towards N
went to
Mr Chappel's and a m–g
there, bur few People got toge
ther, and I Spoke to them from
Psalm
146: 5: and the People at
tended Soberly, Stayd at the
Houſe all Night, we Sot up late
yet had Comfortable Reſt by
Sleep in the Silent watches —
Monday Febr 17:
got up
early, and they Breakfaſt
Soon, and I eat with them
and Soon after went Home
and Stopt a while at
Mr T. Averys, got home about 11—
Saturday Febry 24
Sun a
bout an Hour high, Sot
of from
home and went to
Canterbury
Calld on
Docr
Marſh, and Sot
a while and paſt on, and
got
Brother Clarkes
Some
Time in the afternoon, and
found them all well, and
was kindly receivd; and
Lodgd there, — —
Sabb.
Feburr 25:
Soon after
Breakfaſt, went to meet
ing, in
Scotland,
Mr Palm^er^s
meeting Houſe; — and there
was but a little number
of People, — I Spoke
to them
from Prov: IV: 13: and in
the afternoon from Psalm
^146:
5^ Directly after meeting I
went back to
M.r Isaac Wms and had a meeting there
in the evening and there
was a large Number of
People, and I
Spoke from
Luke XXIII: 40 and there was
good attention, and So there
in the
Day, Lodgd at the
Same Houſe, and kindly en
tertain'd, went to bed Some
what late and had Com
fortable reſt — —
Monday Febr 26:
Sot
of
very early, Stopt a few
minutes at
Mr Lions and
So paſt on, Stopt at M
r
Joſeph Smiths, and there
took Breakfaſt, and Soon
after eating went on and
got home about 12: and
found
my Family well
Thanks to the Father of
all mercies — —
Sabb: March 4:
Some Time
in the Morning Sot
of from Home
and went over to
groton, and
it was very bad riding, Snow
was Some what deep, and drif
ted, and it
[illegible]Snowd, again
got to
Mr Chapman, about
11, and the People began to
gather, and
there was Condſi
derable number of People
and we began the meeting
about 12: and I Spoke
from
James IV. 14: and there was
Solemn attention,— after M–
took Dinner with the Family
and Soon after eating, Sot
of
for Home. got home before
Sun down — — —
Sabb. March 11.
Got up
Some Time before Day bra
^ke^ and was geting to go up to
Canterbury, Sot
of a little
after sun riſe, Stopt a few
minutes at
Docr
Marſhes
and So paſt on, Calld a
nt
Mr Smith's alſo, and took
Some victuals, and Soon
got to
Elder Lyon's near
12: and he directly Sent
out among the
Neighbours
to give notice of my be-
ing in the Place, and
the
People Collected Soon
and about 1: we began
the Service of god, — and
I Spoke from Matt V. 5.
and the People attended
with great Solemnity —
after
meeting took Dinner
with
Brother Lyon, Juſt
before Night, we went to
Mr Dyer Brewſters and
there we had another
meeting, and there was
Conſiderable number of
People; and I Spoke from
Matt VI: 9: and the Lord I
believe was preſent with
us; the Hearts of Some Chris
tians were warmd with the
Fire of Love. Some deliver
^d^ few words after I had done
I Lodgd at the Same Houſe
and was entertain'd with
Brotherly kindneſs, reſted
Comfortably; — —
Monday March 12:
after
Breakfaſt, I went to See
Brother Sunſummon, found
all well, about 10 went
back, and Soon to
Mr Clark^s^ took Dinner with them,
from thence we went to
Brother Lyon's to meeting
about 2 began the
meeting
and there was a great Num
r of People; and I Spoke from
1 Corin VII
[illegible] 29. 30 and I believe
the Lord
was preſent with his
word, many of the People were
Mov'd Some rejoiced and others
were bowd under the word
many Trears
wer Shed.
Brother Lyon was So ful he quite
Boild over, and he kiſs'd us
all with a kiſs of Charity
not with his mouth, but with
his Heart, — Stayd at the
Same Houſe all Night, ——
Tueſday March, 13:
It was
a stormy Morning, it Raind
very hard, and So Stayd qui-
etly, had agreable entertain
ment both with victuals and
Drink and Converſation, took
Dinner with them, and the rain
Slacked, and So I Sot
of, for home,
Stopt a while at
Mr
Joſeph Smith's, Prayd with them, and
went on again, got home
Juſt after Sun Set. — —
Sabb March 18:
Went to
Mr John Browns, Calld on
Docr Rogers, and Sot there a while
and then went on,— got to the
Place, about 10. and
we be-
gan the meeting near 12: and
there was Conſiderable
num
r of People, for a wet Day
and I Spoke from Hosea IV. 1
and the
People were very atten
tive.— after meeting took Din
ner with the Family, and
Soon after went homward
got home Juſt before Sun
Sit, found
my wife quite
poorly.
—
Sabb March 25
went
over to
Esqr
[illegible]Aſa Averys
and there was a large N
r of People, and I Spoke
from Mark VI. 6: and
the People attended well
[illegible]took
[illegible]Dinner with the
Family, after
[illegible]Meeting
—
in the evening went
home again —
Thirsday and Fryday March ^29.30^
attended on
Tribe affairs
with
our Overſeers, went
on our Buſineſs
with out
much Difficulty — —
Fryday. April 6:
got up very
early and Sot
of for
New- London. got there ther about
8 o: c and found a paſage
going Directly to
Sag harb about 10 we Sot Sail
the veſel is Calld Starling
Packet,
William Booth ^M^ and we had Contr
[illegible]ary w
and Small, and Contrary
Tide alſo and we were
obligd to return back
to
New London,
got a
Shore again before Sun
ſit, and I went over to
gro
ton and Lodgd at
Mr
Leſters and was kindly
receivd.— had a Comfort
able reſt — —
Saturday April 7:
got
up very early and went
down to the Fery, Calld
on
Esqr Leadyard and
he deſired me to take
Breakfaſt there, but
I was in hast and the
woman gave me a good
[illegible][guess: hunc^k^]
of Bread and m
aeat and
went directly over, and a
bout 8 we Sot Sail again
and had Small and Contra
ry, and we were
obliged
to run into
Sea Brook
&
there we Spent the Night
and I lodged a board — —
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