Author
Occom, Samson
Date10 December 1787 to 10 August 1788
ms number787660.1
abstractOccom details his activities as an intinerant preacher and tribal
leader as he travels throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and
Pennsylvania.
handwritingHandwriting is largely clear and legible. There are crossed
uprights and uncrossed t’s, as well as undotted i’s and dotted e’s, which
have
been corrected by the transcriber.
paperSeveral small sheets folded into a booklet and bound with thread
or twine (binding is loose in most places) are in good condition, with
light-to-moderate staining and wear.
inkBlack-brown.
noteworthyThis journal picks up shortly after manuscript 787520.1
leaves off. If the name of a person or place is uncertain, it has been left
untagged. If Occom's intention regarding a word is uncertain, that word has
been
left unmodified in the modernized transcription. After entering events for
January
1-14, 1788, Occom returns, on 10 recto, to the date January 1 and records
events
from that date forward. On 10 verso, fifth line, last word, the meaning of
the
abbreviation “m” is uncertain, although it is likely “money.” On 12 recto,
it is
uncertain to whom Rev. Canada’s daughter refers, and so she has been left
untagged. On 26 verso, the identity of Betty is uncertain; however, it is
possibly
Betty Peter. On 34 verso and 35 recto,
the name of the lake is uncertain, and so it has been left untagged. On 35
verso,
it is uncertain to which of his daughters Occom refers, and so she has been
left
untagged. On 36 verso, eighth line from bottom, last word, it is uncertain
for
what “L” is an abbreviation, although it is likely “legal.” On 43 recto,
and 43
and 44 verso, the name of the lake mentioned is uncertain; however, it is
possibly
Oneida Lake. Although Occom does not
specify whether or not he means father or son when he refers to Elijah Wympy in this document, it is, given the
context, likely that that Occom is referring to Elijah Wympy Jr. An editor, likely 19th-century, has added notes and
overwrites in black ink throughout. These edits have not been transcribed.
quite large Number of Peop[gap: worn_edge][guess: l] again and the People were very Serious I Spoke from [gap: omitted]
Monday Decr 10
got up very
early, and took leave of the
Family and we went on to
Albany, got there about 12
and we lodgd at one M
r
[gap: omitted]
Tueſday
Decr 11:
we got up
Some what early, and went
over
the River,
and got to
Esqr Woodworths before Night
and we Lodged there, we were
receivd with all kindneſs
and Friendſhip.
Wedneſd
Decr 12
Some Time
in the Morning, we went on to
New Bethleham and we Stopt at
one M
r
[gap: omitted] and I preachd
in the evening, Spoke from
the words, But one thing is needful
and there was great many P
and they attended well, and
after meeting I went with one
Mr Mofat a Baptiſt Preacher
and there we Lodged. —
Thirdsday
Decr 13
Preach'd here this Day, and there was a good Number of People, I Spoke
from [gap: omitted] as Soon as the meeting was done we went to another
Place about 4 miles off, and there I preachd to a Conſiderable Number of People, and there Lodged, —
Fryday
Decr 14
we went
to
Phillips Town, and got to
Mr Cooks
Some Time before
Noon, and there we put up,
and in the Evening we had
a
meeting to another Houſe, &
it was extreem Cold yet there
was a large Number of People
and after meeting went back
to old
Mr Cooks and there we
Lodgd and we Lodged Comfort
ably by the Fire — —
Sabb
Decr 16:
Soon after Bre
akfaſt I went to meeting to one
Mr Adamss, I went a foot
thro
the Woods, about 1 began the
Meeting, and there was a large
Number of People, and I Spoke
from
[gap: omitted] The People
expected
Mr Perry from
Rich
mount, but he faild them, and
they deſired me to adminiſter the
ordernance and I Complied &
we had a Solemn Day of it —
in the Evening we had another
meeting in Young
Mr Cooks
Houſe, and there was a large
number of People, I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and I Baptized Six
Children for M
r
[gap: omitted] their Names were
[gap: omitted]
after meeting went back to
old
Mr Cooks again and there
we Lodgd. —
Monday Decr 17
got up very
early and went
New Beth leham and there I had a
meeting, and I Baptizd a Child
for one
Mr Bunce, Soon after
meet went to
green Buſh and in the Evening we had
a meeting at
Esqr Woodworths and there was Conſiderable
number of People, and they
attended well, we Lodged
at the Same Houſe — —
Tueſday
Decr 18:
got up early and took Breakfaſt, and Soon after took leave of the Family and went on our way and
wrode about 30 miles and put up at a Tervern —
Wedneſday
Decr 19
got up very
early and went on our way
and got
Staaſborough Some
Time in the after noon and
We Calld in at one
Mr Straigh^ts^ and there we had a
meeting
in the Evening, and there was
a large number of People for
a Short
Notice, and the People
attended with great Seriouſneſs
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] we Lodged at the Same Houſe
and were kindly entertaind
by the Family —
Thirdsday
Decr 20:
got up
early, and took Breakfaſt
with the Family, and Soon
after eating we went on a
gain and got to
Esqr Firma^ns^
Some Time before Noon and
there we Stoptd, and in the
Evening we had a meeting in
a School Houſe
a bout one m
of and there was a great
Number of People and there
was
great Solemnity among
the People, after meeting
went back to
Esqr Firman and we Lodgd, — —
Fryday
Decr 21:
Some Time
after Breakfaſt we went
into
Nine Partners, and
Stopt at
Mr
Gaſleys, and
in the Eving we had a M
g and there was a Prodigious
number of People, and ther
was great Seriouſneſs. I
Lodged at the Samſe
Houſe
this Family is a Chistian
Family in deed. — —
Saturday Decr 22 we were
here abouts all Day —
Sabb, Decr 23
after Break
faſt we went to meeting to
a Place Calld the
Hallow. I
went with
Mrs
Gaſley in thei
^r^
Slay, and it was a Dread
ful Storm of Snow, Yet there
was good
many People, and
they attended well. Soon after
Meeting, we went back, and
we Stopt at Collo
[gap: omitted] and took Dinner there, and
Soon after eating, we
went
on again, and got to
Mr
Gaſley's before Night, and
in the Evening the People
Came
together, and I Spoſe
to them, and there was
great Solemnity in the
meeting, and after meetg
we had Exerciſe with Chriſtia
^n^ Cards and it was late be-
fore
the People Diſpercd
and we lodgd at the Same
Houſe — —
Monday Decr 24:
got up
very early, and went to
Pleaſen Valley with
Mr
Gaſley and her Daughter in their Slay, got there be-
fore
[illegible]meeting, and about
11: we went to meeting and
there was a large
Number
of People, and with great
Solemnity the People attende
^d^ the word of god, directly af-
ter meeting we went to
Mr Platts, and there we had
another meeting, and there
was a great many People
Mr
Caſe
&
Mr Grover were
there and I Spoke from
James IV. 17 and as
Soon as
I had done Speaking
Mr Grover began, and Spoke
Some Time with great fir
vency, and when he had
done,
Mr
Caſe got up and
he Spoke Some Time with
great earneſtneſs, and the
People the were greatly So
lemnizd, and it was a Power
ful meeting; the Lord has
been viſiting the People a
bout here with his Divine
Power many have
been
Converted to God, and after
meeting we took leave one
of another and
it was an
affectionate parting, — we
lodgd at the Same Houſe
and had quiet Sleep — —
Tueſday
Decr 25:
Some Time
in the Morning, we went
on our way after we had
took leave of the
Family, &
directed our Courſe to
Pough- keepſie, and So down the
River, a bout 4. miles and
there w went over
the River
and we went into a Houſe
where one
Mr Havens lives
and
his
Wife was upon point
of Death, I aſked her Some Que
ns found her Comfortable in her
mind and was willing to lieve
the World, I pray with her &,
and then went on, got to
Major Deboiſes before night
^[illegible]^ and there we put up, and
were kindly receivd. — —
Wedneſday
Decr 26,
in
the Morning, a Certain
Man Came to the Houſe, and
gave information that
Mrs Havens was Dead, and
Mr Havens
Deſired me to attend
upon his wife's Funeral
and accordingly as Soon
as
the Breakfast was over
I went, and there was a
large Number of People
Collecting, and I preachd
from the words, Set thiy
H–
in
Horder &c. and as Soon
as the meeting was over, we
went back to
Majors and
from the
[illegible][guess: re]
juſt at Night to
˄ meeting Houſe and there
was a great Concouce of
People and I Spoke from
Psalm CVII.31 and it was
a Solemn Aſembly, and as
Soon as the meeting was done
I went with one
[gap: omitted] about five miles of in a
Slay, and there Lodged, &
was kindly treated — —
Thirdsday
Decr 27:
Some
Time in the Day
Peter
&
Henry Came to me, and
towards Night, we
went
towards the South part of
Newborough, and there
we had a meeting,
and
there was a great many
People and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People be-
haved well, — here
Brother David Fowler Came to the
meeting, Juſt
over took
us, after meeting we
went with one M
r
[gap: omitted] and there I Lodgd and were
Friendly entertaind, — —
Fryday
Decr 28:
took
Breakfaſt and Soon after
Sot off and went to
New wind ſor
juſt
Call'd on
Mr
Cloſe and So to
Mr Woods 4 or 5
miles out the Town, and
we we
^[illegible]^re very glad to See
one another,
and we Con
cluded to have a meeting
in
Esqr Clerks in the even
ing, and accordingly mett
and there was a great N
r of People, and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People
attended with great Solemnety
after meeting went back
to
Brother
woods, and there
we Lodged. — — —
Saturday Decr 29
got up
very early and took leave
of the Family, and went
of, Call in at
Esqr Clerk's and took Breakfaſt there
and Soon after paſt on again
Stopt a while at
Mr
Brewſters
in
Blooming Grove
took Din
ner there, after caling went
on again, and Juſt in the
evening, we got to
Florada and put
^up^ at
Mrs
Robinſons,
a Tervern. — — —
Sabb: Decr 31
Had an In-
vetation to Preach, and I
Concented, and about 11 the
People got to gether, and
I went into the meeting Houſe
and there was a great Num
r of People, and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People at
tended with great attention
—
as Soon as the Meeting was ove
^r^ we took Dinner,
and then we
went on
Warwick, a bout 5
miles, and there I preach'd in
the Evening to a great mul
ti
[illegible]tude of People and I Spoke
from Jonah III.5: and the P.
were very Solemn, after meet
ing, I went to a Certain Houſe
and there I Lodged and was
kindly treated. — — —
Monday Decr 31.
got up very
early, and we Sot
of, and
Stopt at
Colo Hathhorns and
there we took Breakfaſt, &
Soon after eating we went
on again, and Some Time
in the afternoon at
Mr Smith^s^ a Publick
Houſe; and the P
deſired me to Stopt and So have
a meeting in the Evening and
I Concented, and the People
got together in the evening
and there was a large num
r for the Cold Seaſon and Short
notice, and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the
People behaved well
in the Room, but Some in the
other Room made much
Noiſe — we Lodg'd at the
Same Houſe — — —
Tuesday Janu 1. 1788
got up quite Early and
got ready Soon and went
on our way again, and
in the evening we got
^to^
Mill Stone, and Lodged at a Pub
lick
Houſe. — — —
Wedneſday
Janr 2:
took
Breakfaſt early and Soon
after went on
^a^gain, and
got
to
Docr
Weatherſpoons
in
Prince Town
Juſt
a bout
12: took Dinner with him &
Soon after we paſt on, and
got to a Certain Tervern.
and there we Lodged, and
it was very Cold Night, —
Thirdsday
Janr 3;
we got
up very early and went on
Some Time in the after noon
we got to
Agepelack
^Quakſon^ an Indi
an Place we went into one
Houſe and was there a while
found them Extreamly Poor. —
and So we went to a Tavern
and there we Lodged. —
—
Fryday
Janr 4
after Break
faſt we went back to the
Indian Place, juſt
Calld
in the Same Houſe, we Calld
in Yeſterday, and So paſt on
and we got to
Agepelack
an
dother
[illegible] Indian Place, Calld
at one
Mytops and I Stayd
I was very poorly with a
Cold and Lodgd here the
Night following, and was
kindly treated. — —
—
Saturday Janr 5:
was here again all Day, Continued much ill, and Lodgd here again — —. — —
Sabb: Janr 6:
about 11 we
went to meeting at the meet
ing Houſe, and there was not
ma
^n^y People and it was now
pleaſent Day and I Spoke
from the words that which
is wanting Can not be num
bered. and after meeting
Daniel Simon invited us to
go home with him
to his mother
in Laws
Widow Calvin, and
there we were all this week
and I was much troubled with
Cold attended with
Cough, — —
Sabb
Janr 13
Preahd here
[illegible]again, from the words Set thy Houſe in order &c
preachd here 4 times in the whole — —
Tueſday
Janr 15
Tueſdad
Janr 1. 1788.
we got up early and went on
our way, and get to
ththe
Revd
Mr Bal^d^win of
[gap: omitted]
and in the evening we went
to a Certain Houſe to See a Sick
m
[illegible][guess: y]an — and afterward went
back to
Mr Baldwins and there
I Lodged — —
Wedneſday
Janr 2
Some Time
after Breakfaſt, we went to
Paſeppanny to
Mr Grover's, &
towards night went back to
Mr Baldwin's, and So to a
nother Houſe a mile of two off
and there we had a meeting
and there was a number
of
People, and I Spoke to them
from
[gap: omitted] and I Lodgd
at the Same Houſe. — —
Thirdsday
Janr 3:
we went
of early in the morning
and gone but a little way &
a Certain gentleman Calld us
and deſired us to go in and
we did, and took Breakfaſt
with him, and gave us Some m
beſides, Soon after eating we
paſt on, and Juſt
Stopt at
Mr Baldwins and So paſt on, and
and went to
Mr grovers, and
towards noon we went to
Mr Beaver[illegible]rout's. and in
the even
ing we had a meeting, and
there was a great Number of
People and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and there was great Serious
neſs among the People, and
Lodgd at the Same Houſe —
Fhiryrd ^day^
Janr 4
after we broke
o
fur faſt we Sot
of again &
Call at the
Revd
Mr Greens
and was there a few minutes
and So on, and
we
e got to
Mr Capman's at
Newardk mount-
tains a little past 12 and we
took Dinner there, and Soon
afte
[gap: stain][guess: r] Dinner, we went to
Crain Town and got there
a little before Sun-Sit, and
was word given o ut, for a
meeting and I put up at
Mr Crains, and in the even
g went to meeting and there
was a great number of People
and I
Spoke from 1 Joh V.10
and there was very great So
lemnity. after meeting
went
back to
mr Crain's and there
I Lodged &
reſted well —
Saturdad
Janr 5
Soon after
Breakfaſt, we Sot
of for
Horſe Neck. and Soon g
go
bt
there, and it was extream
Cold, and we put up at
Esqr Crains — —
Sabb^.^day Janr 6:
about 11
we went to meeting, and it
was extreem Cold, Yet there
was a large Number of Peop
and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended
well,
Soon as the Service wa over
I went back to
Esqr Crain, and
the we took Dinner, and as
Soon as we had Swallowd
our Dinner we went of to a
nother Place, three or four
miles, and there we
had
an Evening meeting and
good many People and a
well behaved People we Lodg
at the Same Houſe — —
Monday Janr 7
went off
Some what early, and diret
ed our Courſe to
Morris Town we Stopt a while at
Mr Gro^vers^ and there we left
Henry Sten
ſel, we Calld
alſo at
Docr Darbes, and so on, we got
Morris Town
Juſt before
Night, and we put up
the
Revd
Mr Johnes's, and
in the Evening went to the
Meeting Houſe, and I preach
^d^ to a vaſt number of People
and I Spoke from the words
thy Heart is not
[illegible]right &c —
and the People attended with
great Solemnity — after
meet
ing went back with
Docr Johnes and Lodged, — —
Tueſday
Janr 8:
after eating
I Sot off and went to
Baſking Ridge, Stopt at Deacon
[gap: omitted] where
Peter and
David Lodged
and it
began to rain, and
we Sot
of, and we got to the
Place Some Time before noon
and we Calld in
^to^ a Certain
Houſe, and about 11 we
went to attend upon a Fune
ral of one
˄ the
Revd Canadas
Daughters, and it was very
uncomfortable Rainy Slop
[illegible][guess: y][illegible] Day and Yet there was a
large number of
People, and
I Spoke from the words, But
the End of all things i
ts at H
and Soon after, we followd
the Corps to the grave, and
went directly to the Houſe
where we firſt put up and
there we Lodgd, — —
Wedneſday
Janr 9:
after we
Broke our faſt, we Sot off a
gain, and got So far as to
Mill-Stone and there we
put up at a
T
[illegible]avern, — —
Thirsday
Janr 10:
got up very
early and took Breakfas
^t^ and Soon after
went on our
way, and about 12 we
arrivd to
Docr
Whetherſpoon's in
Prince-Town, and took
Dinner with him — and Soon
after we went on again &
in the evening we put up
^at^
Black Horſe
Tervern, and
it was very Cold, Sot up Some
what late, — — —
Fryday
Janr 11:
after eat
ing we went on again, &
got to
Quahſon towards Nig
where there three or 4 Families
of Indians, we Calld in at
one, and they appeard
ex
treemly Poor, So we went
to
[gap: omitted] and put up at Ter
vern, and it was Cold yet
we Sot up long and I was ill
with a Cold &
Cough'd — —
Saturday Janr 12:
after
Breakfaſt we Sot off again
and we arriv'd to
Agepelack
Some Time before Night, and
we Stopt at
Friend Mytop's
and I was very
poor ˄ with
my Cold and Coughd much
and So I Stayd here over Night
and was kindly treated — —
Sabb.
Janr 13
I felt a little
better, and about 11 went to
meeting, and there was not
many People they but little
Notice, and it was now a Plea-
ſent Day, I Spoke from the
words, that which is wanting &c
and the People attended well, after
Service I went home with
Daniel Simon to
his
Mother in Laws
Houſe
and Stay'd here all the week
Daniel Simon
Loſt an
[illegible]only Ch
this week and I preach a Funer
Diſcource, from the words Set
[illegible]thy
[illegible]
Houſe — & and we had Sing
ing meetings every Night
and prayd with them and
gave them a word of Exhorta
tion
s
— — —
Sabb
Janr 20
Preahd here
again and it was very bad
TTraviling. and there was
a Conſiderable number of
People Collected, and I Spoke
from
[gap: omitted]
and the
People attended well, and
after meeting went Back
to
Widow Calvin's and in the
Evening People Came
together
and we had exerciſe with
Christian Cards and we S
[illegible]ung
and prayd, and it was a
Solemn Time many were
much affected and the People
were very loath to leave the
Place & they Stayd late — —
Monday Janr 21:
we were
up very ea
^r^ly and got read
^[below]y^ as Soon as we Cou'd, and we
took leave of the Family, and
others that Came to take
leave
of
[illegible]us, and So we directed
our
Cou
^r^ſe to
Philadelphia
and in the Evening we got
to
the River
againſt the City
and we put up in a Tervern
one
Friend Coopper, —
—
Tueſday
Janr 22:
we got up
very early, and went over
in a Boat upon the Ice, &
a little after Sun Riſe we
were in the City, and we
went to See
Docr Duffield a
Phyſition, and were kindly
receivd, and from thence we
to See
Docr Sprout, and he
receivd us kindly, and we
went on to viſit
Miniſters of all
Denominations, and they were
all very Friendly, and we
Dind with gen
etlemen al'
moſt every Day — We Lodgd
two or three Nights at
Mr
Buſhels, and then we were
invited by
Mr Innes a brewer
a Scotchman and a good man
and the whole
Family is very
agreable we were treated
with all kindeſs — —
Sabb
Janr 27
in the after
noon Preachd in
Docr Duffield's Meeting Houſe, in
the Evening Preachd in
Docr Sprouts Meeting, and they
made Collections for me
—
This week viſited all week
and found kindneſs by all
Sorts of People — —
Febr 3:
on Sabb in the morn
ing Preachd at
Duffield's
in the after noon
preach'd in
a
Baptiſt meeting and there
was a large number of People —
Fryday
Febr 8:
this evening
we were invited, with a num
number of gentlemen and
Ladies to
Drink Tea with
a Dutch Captain in his
Ship, his Name was
De
Horſe — and we had a genteel
entertainment — and
after
Tea the Company Plaid the
little man, which died very
often — Stayd
till near 9 and
then we Indians took good
leave of the Company and
returnd to our Quarters —
Sabb
Febr 10
Preach'd in
the Morning in
Docr Duffields
Meeting, in the Evening prea
^chd^ in
Ewning's and they made
me Collitions — —
This week went on in our Uſu
al viſits
amongſt all Sorts
of People and were kindly
treated by all People —
—
Sabb
Febr 17
I went in the
morning to
Docr Sprouts, and
it was a Sacrament Day
Mr Green
Preach'd, and I par
took with them, and it was
a Solemn Day with me,
and
I believe with o thers — In the
after Noon I went to
Baptiſt meeting, and heard
Mr
Enſtic^k^ one of the Baptiſt
miniſters in
the City — — —
and we were now geting
ready to leave the City and
it was hard work to take
leave of the
People that have
been So kind to us Since we
have been here — —
the
Quakers in particular
were exceeding kind to
us
and Freely Commucated
their Subſtance to help our
People in the Wilderneſs —
Two Schools Communicated
Some thing to our Children in
the Wilderneſs — —
Saturday Febr 23
I went to
Quakſon
^& left David very Sick^ and got
there before
noon, and put up at a Public
Houſe, in the after noon went to
an Indian Houſe, towards Nig
^h^t
went a Public Houſe — —
Sabb.
Febr 24:
about 11 went
to meeting to a meeting Houſe where
^˄^
Mr John Brainard
uſe to preach
to a Number of
Indians, and
there
was Conſideraber of People and
I Spoke from Acts XI:26 and
Some Time towards Night,
Iwe
went to
Mount
Halley, got there
near S
[illegible]un Sit and we put up at
Docr
Roſss, and
David was
very
Sick, and here we Stayd
Some Days, and I preahd four
Times in this Place, — —
FryDay
Febr 29:
I left
Mount Halley and left
David there he
was not well enough to Set out
and it was very Cold, I got to
Trinton in the evening, Calld
at
Revd
Mr
Armſtrongs but
he was not at Home So I went
to a Public Houſe, and Lodged —
Saturday March 1:
went back
to
Burden Town got there
Some
Time before Night, and I Lodgd
Mr
Wilſons a
Baptiſt
miniſters
Houſe, but was not at Home, but
the woman treated me with all
kindneſs. — —
Sabb. March 2:
and it was
extreem Cold, I preahd in a
large upper Room and there
a large number of People for
the
Cold Seaſon, and Some
Time in the after Noon I left
the Place and went back to
Trinton and got there before
Night, and I was to preach
here
this evening, but the Sea-
ſon was So Severe, they Conclud
ed defer it till the next Day
at 10 of the Clock in the morning
and So I went to my old
Lodging
^s^ and reſted Comfortably — —
Monday March 3:
about 10
we went into the meeting Houſe
and thre was Conſiderable
N
r of People and I Spoke from
Mark. V.4: and there was good
attention, after meeting went
home with
Mr
Armſtrong and
Dinned with, and Some Time
in the after noon I went back
to
Draw Bridge and
there I
had an Evening meeting and
there was a vaſt number of
People, and I Spoke from Sol,
Song VIII.5 and it was a Solem
^n^ Time,
—
I Lodgd at the Same Houſe. — — —
Tueſday March 4:
David
&
I Sot off prety early, and
we got to
[gap: omitted] and Lodgd
at a Ducth
Tevern, — —
Wedneſday March 5:
we got
up early and got Victuals &
Soon after Sot
of, and we got
almoſt to
New Brunſwick and
David out he had
forgot
his Bundle, and So he went
back and I went on, got to
N.
Brunſweck before noon
and I put up at a Public H
and Soon went to See the
Revd
Mr Munteeth, and there I din'd
with him, after Dinner we
went to See
Docr Scott, and I was
recevd with all kindneſs, and
here I found
Peter, who
had
been Stragling from us almoſ
^t^ a fortnit, and preſently after
David Came up with us, and
and in the evening there
was a
Society, and we went
to it, and I Spoke a few
words by way of Exhortation
and after meeting we return
^d^ to
Docr Scotts and there we
Lodged, — —
Thidrdsday March 6:
got up
early and went to Several
Houſes, a viſiting, and we
were treated kindly, Dined
with a Dutch Miniſter, and
was exceeding Friendly, —
in the Evening we had a meet
ing in the
Preſbyterian meet
ing Houſe and there was a
large Number of People, and
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] I Lodged at
Docr Scotts again
and
David
and
Peter Lodged
in another Houſe — —
Fryday March 7
we got
up early and went to take
Breakfaſt with a Certain
gentleman and Soon after
Breakfaſt we went back
to
Docr Scotts and get ready
about 8: we tooke leave of
Docr Scott and his Family
and others and went on
our way, and
we Stopt at
the Rev
d
M
r
[gap: omitted] in
Woodbridge and took Dinner
there, and Soon
after eating
wa
paſt on, and we got
to
Eliſabeth Town
Juſt be-
fore Sun Sit, and we Calld
upon
Esqr Woodroffs a few
Minutes, and went on to
N. ark, and we got there Some
Time in the evening and
we put at
a Publick
Houſe
I went to
Docr
Mcwartters &
but was not well and did not
See him, and So went back
to the Tervern — —
Sabb March 9:
about 9 went
to Meeting got to the Place as the
People began to Collect,
and
there was a very large Numb
r of People and I preahd all
Day from Mark V.4:
[gap: omitted] and the People attended
with
great Solemnity, — The
Revd
Mr Chapman went to
Newark to preach, — and in the evening
I had a meeting to attend
upon
in
Newark and there
was a vaſt Number of People
and I Spoke II Corin XVI:22
and the People were very Solem
^n^ and
we I went with
Docr Burne^t^ and Lodged there and
P
&
D Lodged in the Publick
Houſe
I went to Bed Soon. — —
Monday March 10
was at
the Place all Day, and in
the Evening I preahd again
to a multitude of People and
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended with
all gravity after meeting I
went home with
Docter Burnet again, and there Lodgd —
Tueſday March 11
Some
in the morning we took leav
^e^ of our Friends and
went on
our way towards
New York got
over there Some Time in
the afternoon and we
put up at
the North part
of the City with one M
r
[gap: omitted] a Tevern keeper —
Wedneſday March 12:
went
to waited on
Docr Rodgers and other gentlemen upon
our Buſineſs, but there was
no proſpect of doing much
The good Friends or
Quaker^[below]s^ Did more than any they gave
David and
Peter Six pounds
to bear their Expences to
Onieda and they gave Some other things
to our People in the
Woods —
Saturday March 15:
in the
evening I preahd in
Mr Gano^s^ meeting Houſe and there
was a large number of People
and
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended well
Some with
affection — —
Sabb March 16:
in the morn
ing went to hear
Docr Rodgers but I was diſappointed, I heard
Mr Miller from Some part
of the
New Jerſey — in the
after noon I went to hear the
Methodiſts, and I heard a young
man but was not extraordina
ry in the evening went to my
Lodgings — — —
Wedneſday March 19:
Some
about 12 took a paſage in a
Boad to
Eliſabeth Town, got
there Juſt
Sun Sit, and I put
up at a Publick
Houſe with
one M
r
[gap: omitted] a Religious
man and was kindly Treated
by him & his Lady — —
Thirdsday March 20:
in the
morning Some Time, M
r
[gap: omitted]
took me in his Carrage, and
we went to
Newark, to See
a
about my Money that was to be
Sent ˄
Docr Rodgers in
New York
for me; we got there Soon, but
I Cou'd not hear about
^it^ I Calld
on
Docr
McWa^r^tter, in the even
ining went back but I Stopt
at one
Mr Lyon, and Lodged
there we had a meeting this
evening in a
Baptiſt meeting
Houſe, this Place is Calld
Lyons Farms. — —
Saturday March 22:
in
the Evening I heard
Mr Ogden in
Eliſabeth Town Church and
he is a good Preacher of the
goſpel of Jeſus Christ. — Lodgd
at my old Quarters — —
Lords Day March 23
Preahd
all Day in the
Preſbyterean meeting Houſe and there was
a large number of People
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted]
in the evening I attended
a
Society, gave a word of Exhor
tation — and Lodged at the
Same Houſe — — —
Monday 24:
early in the
morning went to a Certain
Place 5 or 6: miles Southwar
^d^ and preachd in a Certain m
[illegible]
Houſe, and the
Revd
Mr Ogden was preſent, and there was
a great Number of People
tho' it was very Cold, and as
Soon as I had done Speaking
Mr Ogden gave a word of
Exhortation, and there was
great
Solemnity amongſt
the People I Spoke from
Psalm CVII:31: Some Time
after meeting I went with
a Lady in her Carriage, to
her Houſe, and from thence
to another Houſe, and in
the evening went to another
and there I preachd to a large
Congregation and I Spok
from
[gap: omitted] and the
People many of them were
much affected. I Lodged at
the
ſ Same Houſe, — —
Tueſday March 25
got up
very early, and got read, and
a Negro Carried me in a Car
riage to
Eliſabeth Town, and
from there
Esqr Woodroff Car
ried in his Carrage to the Point
and had a Paſsage directly.
and I went aboard, and was
at
New York about 12: and
went directly to
Docr Rodgers to See whether my Money had
got there, but it was
not, and
So immediately went to
Pownal Ferry
Fand went over, and
took Stage Waggon, and was
at
Newark before Sun Set
and there I found my money
at
Mr Ogdens, and So I went
to
Docr Macwartter and he
was not at Home, and I went
to bed Soon
being much w
[illegible]ried
the fatigues of the Day, and
[illegible][guess: "]Some Time in the Evening the
Doc
r Came Home, and he Came
in to the Room where I Lay
and he was much Surprizd
to See me a bed, he knew not
I was in the Houſe —
Wedneſday March 26:
got
up very early and went to
Mr Ogdens to Lay out my
money, for it was Chiefly in
Jerſey Bills and Coppers, &
I was to go in Stage Waggon
again, but I was too late,
and went to the Landing, and
happily
found a Sloop going
to
New York, and I
with Joy
went a Board, and was at
New York before N
ewight, &
went to my Lodging once
more — —
Thirdsday March 27,
found
a paſage to
London, and So
was getting.
— —
Sabb: March 28:30
about 10
Sot Sail, and had good wind
Monday March 31:
had but
Small wind, till near noon &
then we had a fine wind &
and Juſt at Night we got
a ground on
Oyster Bed, &
it was near my Home, and
So I went a Shore and the Cap
t
alſo, and we got Horſes, I had
a bout a mile to go, and the
Cap
t had about 5: miles to
go, found my poor Family
thro' the great goodneſs of
god, in good Health, Bleſs
be the Name of the Lord,
that I Lodge in my own Houſ
^e^ once more after a long ab
ſence and had experiencd
much of the goodneſs of god
April 1
went to the Bridgge to fetch my thing up, —
Wedneſday April 9
My wife and I went to
New London in
order to go over to
Long Island and we got to
New London
Juſt
before Sun Set and we found
a Boat going over to
Plum Is and we went a Board directly
and was on the water all Night
juſt about break of Day we
got a Shore, and we went to
a Hutt and turnd in till broad
Day Light, and then we went
into
Mr Bebees Houſe and there
we took Breakfast, the Family
was very kind to us, —
and we
were very Soon Calld to go aboard
a gain, and Saild on for
Na peek and we arrivd there be-
fore noon, and we went to the
Pines and there we Saw
Siſter Phebe Pharaoh, and
Young David Fowler — and
So we all went
together to eaſt
part of
Hetherwoods and then
we found
Mother Fowler,
here are three or four Fami
lies of
Indians and one Fami
ly Engliſh, — —
Fryday April 11
was at
Mothers all Day, was much
tired of Yeſterdays Journey —
in the Evening we had a meet
ing in
Mr Hands
Houſe, and
there was a Conſideraber
N
r of People Indians and Engliſh
and they appeard Solemn —
Saturday April 12:
about
10 I Sot out for
Eaſt hampton got there a little before Night
and put up the
Revd
Mr Buells
and we were glad to Se one
another once more — —
Sabb: April 13:
SWent to
meeting about 10:
Mr Bu[illegible]ell began and I finiſhd the
fore noon Service, in the
after Noon I preachd from
Jona III:5: and there was
a great Aſembly and they
were exceeding Solemn —
towards Night I went to
winſc^ot^ and there I preachd, Spoke
from
[gap: omitted] and the was
good attention I Lodge
[illegible] at
the
[illegible] Same Houſe, the man name
was
Mr Conkling — —
Monday April 14:
Sot off early
Calld a few minutes at
Colo – Hubberts to See
Mr Woolworth and he had not got up I juſt
Saw him, and went on again
Calld at the
Revd
Mr Williamss in
Southhamp[illegible]ton and to vic
tuals there, he was not at H
from there went to the
Indians in
Cold Spring, and there
was a number of
Indians
Some frome
Weſtward, and
Some from
Montauk, and
them that belong to the Place
in the after noon I went to
Shenecock, and it began to
Rain juſt as got there, and
here I Saw one
Benjamin
Townſend a
New Exhorter one that
Came from
New- England. — in the
evening
we had a meeting, and there
was a Conſiderable Number
of People tho' it was very Storm
I Spoke from Psallm CVII and
the People were much moved
Some made Noiſe — after
meeting the Spent Some in
Singing Psalms and Hymns
and Spiritual Songs — I lodgd
at the Same Houſe — —
Tueſday April 15:
I got up
very early, and went on my
way towards
Montauk again
Stopt at
Mr Williams and took
Breakfaſt
[illegible]with them, and
Soon went on again, Stopt
a few minutes at
Mr Woolworth and So past on, Stopt at
Mr Buells alſo, and ate my din
ner there and kep on, Calld
at
Htwo Houſes in
Ameganſet and paſt on Spot at
Mr Benjamin Hedgess, and So
on got to
Mother Fowlers
a bout
Day light in and
went to Bed Soon I was good
tired and had a bad Cold —
—
Wedneſday April 16:
was at the Place all Day — —
Thirdsday: April 17:
about
9 took leave of our People
and went to
Napeek, god
there about 10: and aboard
of
Mr Horton, and went
Strate to
New London, got
there Some Time before N
t and we Slept a little while
and So went on to Pomme
^[illegible]^cha
and we went a Shore
&
My wife and I went home
mother Fowler
&
Betty
Stayd at
Mr Adgates — —
Fryday April 18:
in the morning went with the Cart to fetch our things The Lord be thanked
for his goodneſs to us —
Monday May 26: 1788
about 11 I took leave of
my Family once more &
went on my way towards
Onieda, and got So far as
to one
Mr Joness
Juſt before
Night, and there I Lodgd:
I Juſt
Calld on
Mr Tuck as
I Came a long — —
Tueſday May 27
got me up
early and went on my way
Calld on
Mr Huntington in
New Ma[illegible]lborough, and took
my Breakfaſt there with
them, and Soon after went
on, Calld at
Mr Stevenss, and
at
Mr Eelss and took Dinner
there, — and Soon after went
on, and Calld on
Mr
Marſh in
Weatherſfield, and from
thence went to
Esqr Welless
and was there Some Time, a
bout 4 o'c in the after Noon
went on again, and got to
Farmington
Juſt after Sun
Sit, Call on
Mr Pitkin a few
minutes, and So paſt on, and
got
Solomon Moſsucks in the
Evening and found them all
well, and there I
Lodged —
Wedneſday May 28:
was at the
Place all Day, and Searchd
into my
Olives affair, and
Say
Writings about it to my
Satiſfaction, — —
Thirdsday May 29:
after
Breakfaſt took leave of
the Family, and went on
my way, Stopt a little
while at
Mr Wawdsworth,
and left
Olive's affair with
him, — and So went on my
way again, Calld a while
at
Mr Wiridards and he
was much Sick, and So
we
[illegible]nt on again Soon, and
Stopt at
Mr Meechems in
Hervington, and found
him a Strange poſture
alike a little Child, took
Dinner there, and Soon after
went on
again, and in
the evening got to a Place
Calld
wauven, and there
I Lodgd in a Public H
and there was a number
of
People, and they wanted
to have
^me^ preach to them &
I told them it was too late
and they inſiſted, I Shoud, &
I Sayd again it was too late
but if they woud get toge
^r^ the
in the morning I woud gra
tify them, and So we left
the matter —
—
Fry Day may 30:
Juſt af
ter Six I went to
Mr Stars the
miniſter of the Place, and
the
Pl People got together
a little after
8 and deliver
^d^ a Short Diſcourſe to them, &
Soon after I went on my
way again, I Stopt at
ll
Mr Bodwells and took
Dinner there, and about
2 in the after, I went on agai
^n^ and got one
Mr Canfields
a Publick
Houſe and Lodgd
there and went to reſt Soon — —
Saturday May 31:
got up
early and went on my way
reach'd to the
Hallow about 8
and took Breakfaſt, and Soon
after paſt on and Stopt a
little at
Esqr Newcoms &
then went to
Mr
Caſe's and
Stopt there a few minutes &
on again Calld at
Mr Firm monds and took Dinner ther
^e^ and Soon after left the Valley
and went on to
Mr
Gaſleys in
Bethel, and it Raind Con
ſiderably, got there there Time
in the after Noon, and we
[illegible] were Glad to See each
other
and there I put up, — —
Monday June 2:
Preach at
Mr Mulfords and there was
a great Number of People —
Soon after meeting I went
of with Some People to another
Place and Stopt at
Mr Sherrils
and Lodged there, — — —
Tuſeday June 3:
Some Time
before Noon I went on to on
ce
e
Esqr
Ganſeys, and ther I
preachd began about 2
and there was a large Numb
^r^ of People and I Spo
[illegible]ke from
the
words I have a meſage
&c
and there was an affectionate
attention a mongſt the People
and Soon after meeting, I wen
^t^
home with one
Mr Hunting,
there I Lodged, and was exceed
ingly
well entertaind — —
Wedneſday June 4:
went
on my way early, and I
So far as to
kinderhook and
Lodged at a Tervern — — —
ThirdsDay June 5:
got up
early and went on my way
and got
Esqr Woodworths
a
10, and found them all well
and was there till
Some Time
in the after Noon, and then
went to eaſtward, having
heard, that
Mr Macdonal had
not got, home from
Philadilph^ia^ and I wanted to See him,
[illegible] in
the evening
to
^went to^ So far as to
Mr Tobiass, and there Lodged —
Fryday June 6
got up early
and was going on, and one
Mr Burdick In
[illegible]vited me to
go into his Houſe and take
Breakfaſt with him, and I
did, and Soon after I went
on, and got to
Mr
Robbinſon's
a bout 10: and was there but
a little While, and Concluded
to keep the Coming
Sabbath
in this Houſe, and So went
on
^to^
Mr Dymonds and
[illegible]got
there Juſt before noon and
there I Stayd found my
good Friends in good Health
and was glad to See them —
—
Sabb. June 8:
about 9 went
to
Mr
Robinſons to meeting
and there was a great Numb
^r^ of People, and I Spoke from
Jeremiah X: 10: and Jo
hnb
^XXIII.8^
XXIII 23 and the People attended with
great Seriouſneſs: — and after
meeting took Dinner, with
Mr
Robinſon, and Soon after
I went to
Mr Tobias's
Mr
Robinſ went with me, and we found
a vaſt Number of People of
[illegible]All Sorts and I preach to
them from John
XV:23: and
the People were, many of them
much affected — after
meeting
I went with my good old Friend
Mr Phillip Lott, one who I
was acquainted with in
Noble Town, and now he has
Juſt moved in theſe Parts,
and we were exceeding glad
to
See one another, and there
I Lodgd; and had a Comfort
able reſt once more — —
Monday June 9
about 3 in
the after noon I preachd in
Mr Lotts Barn and there was
a large number of People
and I
Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended well,
I Lodgd at the Same Houſe
a gain — — —
Tueſday June 10: aſoon as
we broke our Faſt I went to
a Certain Houſe where there
was a woman Died Yeſterday
and I deliverd, a Diſcourſe up
on the Ocation, and thre was
a large number of People
and I Spoke from James, the
words
were, for what is Y
r Life
and there was a Solemn atten
tion, and Soon after I
went to
New Bethleham, and Preac
^hd^ there
thin a Logd meeting H
and was not a great N
r of People and they were
Solemn I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People behaved well
Soon after meeting, I went
with
Mr Mofat, to his Lodgings
at
Mr
Miress and there Lodgd
and was much Tired. —
Wedneſday June 11:
got up
early, and I went on to
Esqr Woodworths, Soon got there,
and took Breakfaſt with
them, and about 10 we
went to meeting at the oake
Tree, I preach'd in a
New Dutch Meeting Houſe and
there was a great ma
yny
People, it was a
Day of
Faſting and Prayer a
mongſt the
Dutch Churc^hes^
thro'
New York and
Jerſey States, and I Spoke from
Iaſaiah LVIII.
[gap: omitted]
& Acts
[gap: omitted] Soon after the Service was
over, I went
on to
Albany got to the City Some Time be
fore Night, went to See
Mr
Mc Donal, a Preſbutery mi
niſter, but I heard nothing
by him Concerning my Letter
I Se
ant to
Docr Duffield. &
I went to See
Mr
Weſtorlo and
he was glad to See me onc
^e^
more. from there went to
my Lodgings at a Public
Houſe
& went to Bed Soon —
Thirdsday June 12:
went
to See Some Friends again
and about 10 I went out
of the Place, and
went
on to
Bought, and got
the Place before Night
Some Time, Cal
[illegible]ld on Several
Friends, Lodgd at
Mr Ford's
my Friends were all very
glad to See me once
more
and I was as Glad. — —
Saturday,
was there all
Day, towards Night wen
^t^ to See the old
People —
Sabb June 15: about 9
went to meeting. to
Half moon meeting Houſe, and
there was a great Numb
^r^ of People, and I Spoke
from John XVII.3: & Titus.I.16
Soon after meeting went to
[illegible]
Bought, and preachd there
and there was a vaſt number
of People, I Spoke from Jud 3:
^20^ one
Mr Striker a young Dutch
Preacher, preach'd here to Day
as Soon as the meeting was don
^e^ I went home
with
Major Funda and Lodged there and was very
kindly entertaind. — —
Tueſday June 17
Some Time
after Breakfaſt I took leave
of my Friends and went on to
towards
Neſkee[illegible][guess: u]ney got ther
^e^ Some Time before Noon, and
Stopt at
Mr Simon Fordts, and
took Dinner there, and about
3 went
meeting, and it began
to rain, about 4 we began
the
Service, and there was a
large Number of People &
I Spoke from Lam. 3:40 and
the People attended with great
Solemnity. Soon after I
went
over
the River, and I put
up at
Mr
Fiſher's and they
were glad to See me and I
was as Glad to See
them —
Wedneſday June 18:
Some Time
after Breakfaſt, I took leave
of the Family, and went to
Mr Peters — and took Dinner
there, about 1 went to
meeting
at one
e
Mr Smith's about 4
miles off, and there was a
lar
dge number of People, and
I Spoke from Prver IV:
[gap: omitted] and there was a Solemn atten
tion among the People, Soon
after went towards
Ball Town in queſt of
Mr
Gazley, and
juſt before Night I found
him, and we were exceſsively
glad to See each other, and wa
^s^ there a few
minutes, and a
Company Came, to Stay all
Night, and one
Mr
Naſh invited me to go home with
him, and I went with him &
Lodged there. — — —
Thirdsday June 19.
after eating
I return'd to
Mr Gazlays, and
taried there till
Some Time
after Dinner, and I went
to
Esqr Ganzys
Mr Gazlay went with me, and about 4
in the after noon, the People
had Collected, and we began
the Service, we met in
Mr Barnss Barn and there was
a great Number of People
and I Spope from John XV.23
and the People attended well
and Some were affected
muc
^h^
Calld in
Esqr
Ganſeys after
meeting, and took Some
Bread and Cheeſe, and
directly after, weth home
with
Mr Gazlay, got there
before Day Light in, and
Sot up a while, and then
went to Bed — — —
Fryday, June 20:
was poor
ly, yet Juſt at Night, went
towards the Lake, Calld at
Mr Scribners and Sot there
a while, and then went back
to
Mr Gilberts and there I Lod
ged and was kindly
Treated
went to Bed Soon — — —
Saturday June 21,
after Brea
^k^ went to
Mr
gazl[illegible]ays, and the
Company that was at
Mr
Gaz was geting ready to go home
to
Albany,
Mr Heart and
Mr
Wineſs and there
wifes and
their Children, and one
woman Compoſed the Compa
ny, and they Soon Sot off, and
I was there till towards noon
and
Mr Gazlay and I went
to the Lake a fiſhing, and we
took Dinner at
Mr Kallocks
and after Dinner went to the
Lack and fiſhd, and we
[illegible]Catc
^h^ a fine Paſsel, and went back
got hom about 4 in the after
noon — and Lodged there once
more — — — —
Sabb. June 22:
about 9 went to
the meeting-Houſe, and there was
a large Aſembly Collected, and I
Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and there was a
Solemn attention
Soon after meeting went back to
Mr Gazlays, Stopt at
Mr Gilbert's
and took Tea there, and Soon after
went on, and
the People Colleted
thick at
Mr gazlay's and I Spoke
to them from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended well
I Lodgd at the Same Houſe
&
was very tenderly Treated, —
Monday June 23:
Lay a bed
late, took Breakfaſt with
them, and after Breakfaſt
I went of to go to
Schenactada
Mr Gazlay and his Siſter
Diadama went with me, got to the Place
a little paſt Noon, — and I did
my Buſineſs Soon, and a
bout 5 we return back and
directed our Courſe to
Freehold got to the Place in
the Duſk of
the evening, I Lodgd at my
Daughters, — —
Tueſday June 24,
about 3 I p
in the meeting Houſe, and there
Conſiderable Number of People
and I Spoke from 2 Corin V:26
and the People were much affec
ted, after meeting went back
to
Mr Northrops, and there
Mr Gazlay and
his Siſter took leave
of me with much affection, — &
in the Evening a Number of
People Collected together at
Mr
Wilſon Northrops, and we had
a Short Exerciſe — and I Lodged
at the Same Houſe. — — —
Wedneſday June 25
got up Some what late, and we got re^a^dy, and my
Son in Law
Anthony and I went to Ball Town, and did our Buſineſs and I went of to Schenactada got there Juſt after noon, I took Dinner at Mr John Glands
Wedneſday June 25:
Some Time
before Noon, I went towards
Gal laway, to attend
[illegible] upon a meet
ing, but they no notice, and So
I went back to
Freehold, got
there Some Time in the after
Noon., and in the Evening
we a meeting in
Mr
Wilſon Northrops, and the was Con
ſiderable Number of People
I Spoke from the word, thy
Kingdom Come, and
there
was a Serious attention amon
^[below]g^ the People, I Lodgd at the Same
Houſe and it was late — — —
Thirdsday June 26:
Some Time
in the morning, I went to
b
Ball Town,
Atho[illegible]ny Paul
wen with me, we Soon got
got there, and waited on
M
r
[gap: omitted] upon our L
afairs and he gave us ad
wvice, and Soon after I went
on to
Schenactada, got there
a bout 1: and did my Buſi
neſs, and went back to
Free-
hold, got to
Mr Rodgerss
Juſt about Sunt Set and
they were very Glad to See me
and there I Lodged — —
Fryday June 27
was at the
Place all Day, and it was a
Rainey Day, Juſt at Night I
went to
Mr Holmss and there
Lodgd, — — —
Saturday June 28
Some Time
in the
^after Noon^morning, I Sot off, and
went to
Gallaway, Got to
Mr Otis's Juſt before Sun Set and
very kindly recevid. — —
Sabb June 29:
went to meeting
and we met in a Barn and
it was a Rainey Day, Yet there
was a large Number of People
and I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People behaved well
after meeting, w
ient
back to
Mr Otis's and in the evening
had a meeting in M
r
[gap: omitted]
Houſe, and there was a Conſide
Number of People and I Spoke
words to them, — and I Lodgd at
the Same Houſe, and reſted Com
fortably. — —
Monday June 30:
went to
Mr
Callocks and took Breakfaſt
there, and Some Time before N
Sot off and went to
Scotchbuſh got there Some Time before Noon
and put up at
Mr Franklin about 2 went to
Mr Mans and
there we had a meeting and there
a large Number
of People, &
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted] and the People attended well, &
and I Baptized four Children
two For
Mr Franklin, by the
Name
Sophia and
Eliſabeth,
two for
Mr Ehphraim Potter by the
Lucy
^&^
Lucinda, and Soon after
Meeting, I went with M
rs
[gap: omitted]
a bout 3 miles off. and there &
was well entaind, and reſted
Comfortably — —
Tueſday July 1:
got up ear
ly and took Breakfaſt and
[illegible]then
went on my way, Stopt
a while
at
Mr Vedders by
Mohawk
River and took Dinner there, and Soon
after Denner, went on again
Call on
Capt
Crages a little
while and So paſt on, — got So
far as to
Domine
Romine's and
Lodged there, was kindly re-
ceive and
Lodged there — —
Wedneſday July 2: Some T
after Breakfaſt, took leave
of 'em and went on again
got to
Esqr Maybees before N
and
twas there a little while
and paſt on, and went
Fort Plain and did
my Buſineſs
there, and turnd about and
towards
Bowman's Creek
&
got there Some Time before
Night, and put up at
Esqr
Kimbels and kindly recevd
and Lodged there — —
Thirdsday July 3
Some in the
morning I to fiſhing, and had
got Suckceſs, while I was
Buſy, I was Calld in, and as
I was going
Mr Eliott met me
he is from
Warren Buſh, &
we were glad to See each,
and when I had got in, behol
^d^
Elder Mudge was there, and
a nother man, and we had a
greable
Converſation. — about
3 in the after noon we went to
meeting, and there was Conſi
derable number of People &
I Spoke from John, Search the
S
[illegible][guess: cr]ptures &c — and the People
attended well —
Elder Mudge and I Lodgd at the Same Houſe
where the meeting was, which
was
Mr John whites, and we
had a Cold night on it, —
Fryday July 4
Some Time
before noon took leave of the
People, and went to
Esqr Young Love's at
^a^
[illegible]
oak hi[illegible]ll, and ther
^e^ I had a meeting, and
there was
a Conſiderable number of People
tho' it was a Rainey Time, I Spo
from
[gap: omitted] and Soon af
ter meeting I went
onto
Cher^r^y
Vally, and Calld at
Mr Way, he
he not at Home but the woman
was, and there I Taried all N
and was tenderly treated —
Sabb July 6
a bout 10 began
the meeting, and there was a
great Number of People &
I Spoke from
[gap: omitted]
and the People attended with
great Solemnity, — towards
Night went to
Mr Nicholas Pickards, and I Baptized 3
Children, one for him
by the
Name
Jona, one for
Adolf Pickard, by the Name
^Suſana^Wil
liam, and one for
Mr Stokes by the Name
Suſana
William — and Soon after
I went back to
Old Mr Pickard and from there to
Mr
Crepins
and there was a meeting
Mr Frimman
Preachd, and it
Raind very hard before he
had done, and many Lodgd
at the Same Houſe — —
Monday July 7:
Some Time
after eating I took
[illegible]leave of
the Family, and I went on
my way and got
Mr
Fols
Juſt after Sun Sit and there
I Lodged — — —
Sabb July 13
about 10 we began
the meeting at the School-Houſe, which
was made for meeting Houſe too, and
there was not a great Number of
People, being a Rainey Day, and I
Spoke from CXVII Psalm, and I Cron:XVI
[illegible]^10^ and the People
attended with great ten
derneſs, many affected, — after meeting
went back to
Brother Davids — —
Monday July 14,
Some Time in
the morning, I went to
Clenton, &
Came back in the evening. — —
Fryday 18.
about 9 I went to
New Stockbridge; Stopt at
Roger Wauby and took Dinner
there, and
about 2 went on again, got to
Stockbridge
a bout 3, and towards
evening there was a meeting,
Mr Sergeant
Preachd, and it was
in Indian and it was no Edifi
cation to me — after meeting went
to
Sir Peters and took Supper there,
and then went to
Capt
Hindrecks
and there I Lodged. — —
Saturday July 19:
was at the Place
all Day — Yeſterday the
oniedas a Number of them went to
Bro therton[illegible][guess: run] the Line — —
Sabb July 20,
a bout 10 began
the Service, and there was a large
Number of People, and I
Spoke
from Judges III.20.
[gap: omitted] and the
People attend with Seriousneſs, I
Baptized tow Children one for
Capt
Hindreck Aupaumut
&
the Name it was
Joſhua, and
the other Child, was
Joseph Qin
[illegible][guess: neys] and his
Name is
[gap: omitted]
and I Lodged at Capt
Hindreck again — — — in the
E
[illegible]vening I went Home to
Bro therton Lodged at
B: Davids
Monday July 21
Sot
of very
early in the morning to go
to
Fort Schilyrs, got there a
bout 12: and there I found
my
Daughter
Christiana
&
her Family, I Lodged at a
widow Dutch womans Houſe
but they were unruly — —
Tueſday July 22:
Some Time
in the morning Sot off again
for Home
[illegible], but wed did not
get any further than
Clenton I Lodged at
Mr Lovels — —
Wedneſday July 23:
it was
Some Time before our Team
Came up to where I was, for
had a
[illegible]hevy Load, and we
un
dloaded, and Stayd
till
after noon, and then we
went on, left our Load, and
got Home Some Time before
Night, and I went to meeting
Juſt at Night, and after
meeting went to
Siſter Esthers Fowlers & Lodged there —
Thirdsday July 24:
Some
Time in the morning I wen
^t^ back to my Daughter
and
towards Night our Team
Came to
my
Daughters, —
Saturday July 26:
about 9 we
met together to have a debate
with
Mr Sergeant but he Chuſe
not to Debate, I deſired him to
point
ed out the Errors he had
Chaged us with, but he declin'd
and finally Conclu
gded,
that
every one Shoud have full Li
berty to Chuſe and act in accord
ing to the Light and underſtand
ing he has in his Religious
Concerns, and So we parted in
Friendſhip, Concluded to agree
and to diſagree, and So we re-
turnd to
Brotherton, got to my
Daughters before Night — —
Sabb July 27.
about 9 I went
to the meeting Houſe, and about
11 we began the Holy Service, &
I Spoke from Luke XX.6: Prov
^X.5^ and there was Some Seriousneſs
among the People — after meet
ing went bait to
my Ds's — — —
Wedneſday July 30:
had an evening Singing, and I gave a word of advice and Councell to the Young People. — —
Sabb
Augt 3
went to
New
Stockbri˄ge, got there Juſt as
the People were Collecting toge
ther
t and
there was a large
number of People, and I Spok
^e^ from Jerem II.12.13: John I.12
and there great attention among
the People, in the
Evening went to
meeting again, and
Capt Hendric^k^ and
Sir Peter Peet
rehearſed wha
^t^ was deliverd in the Day — I Lodgd
at
Cap^t^ Hendricks, — — —
Monday Augt 4:
Anthony Paul
Benoni and
Andrew
Gifford
Acompanied me to the Lake we
went there to Fiſhing, got there
Some Time before Night, and
there was a great Number of
of
oniedas and Some
Stockbr at
Colo Laweys, to receive a
preſent of Corn and Some Pork
Sent to them, by
[gap: omitted] a
French
Merchant, but
^I^ and my Sons
went to the Lake, which was
but
about half mile off, &
it was Juſt Night, and we
Fiſh'd, and we Catchd a fine
parſel of Fiſh
preſently, &
made up a Fire by the Creak
and had fine
f Supper of F
and afterwards Prayd, &
then we went to Sleep by
our Fire quietly — —
Tueſday
Augt 5:
we Fiſhd by Spels all Day, but we got but few, — — —
wedneſday
we tried again but we got but few, I killd a great gray Eagle, and a Raven this Day — — —
Thirdsday, wAugt 7:
we tryd
to fiſh a little while, and but
but 5:— and So we Sot off for
home, we Stopt at
Mr Olcuts
but they were not at Home
one of
the
Stockbridge women
was there, and She Cookd a
Dinner for us, and Soon after
eating we went on again & —
I Stopt at
N. Stockbridge
&
and my Sons went on — I Lodg
^d^ at
Sir Peter Peet's — —
Fryday
Augt 8:
I was at
N. Stockbridge all Day, in the
Eevening we met and I gave a
word of Exhortation from the w
s and there was good attention
Lodgd at
Peters again — —
Sabb
Augt 10:
went to meeting
a bout 9. and the People Juſt
to the Lake and went to fiſh
ing and we Caught a fine
parſel of Fiſh for the little
we to fiſh, and we made
up a fire by the Creek &
there we Lodgd, — 03
[illegible]
Tueſday
Augt
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days works
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