Samson Occom, journal, 1784 May 8 to 1785 April 26

Author Occom, Samson[pers0030.ocp]

8 May 1784 to 26 April 1785[](Error: 'when' attribute not in YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD format)

Call Number784308

[note (type: abstract): Occom details his travels and activities during the period of May 8, 1784, through April 26, 1785.][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is largely clear and legible. There are some uncrossed t's and crossed l's that have been corrected by the transcriber.][note (type: paper): Small sheets folded into a booklet and bound with thread or twine are in good-to-fair condition, with some staining, fading and wear that results in a minor loss of text. There is a large tear on the bottom outside corner of 12 recto/verso; this tear is apparently contemporary, as Occom has written around it.][note (type: ink): Brown ink varies in intensity throughout.][note (type: noteworthy): On one verso, the identification of “New City” is uncertain, and so it has been left untagged. On four recto, Occom mistakenly notes the date as "Sabbath May 29," when the date is actually May 30; this error carries over into May 31. On six recto, it is uncertain whether “Mr. Maples” refers to John or Josiah Maples, and so it has been left untagged. For this reason, “his wife” has also been left untagged. On seven recto, Occom mistakenly writes “Febr 6” instead of March 6. There are occasional red pencil marks throughout. An editor, likely 19th-century, has overwritten Occom's hand in several places. These edits have not been transcribed. Where appropriate, the transcriber has used her discretion to judge what is original and what is not, guessing at some uncertain elements and leaving some completely obscurred elements untranscribed.]
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N [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): 1]1
Saturday May 8; 1784[1784-05-08];

we Sat[gap: tear]
very early in the morning from
New London[place0164.ocp] for Albany[place0001.ocp] in [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt.
Hayley[pers1395.ocp]
s Sloop called Victory [ther | there]therthere
was a number of [Engliſh | English]EngliſhEnglish and
Indian Families; and we had
very Small wind, [till | 'til]till'til towards
night, then the wind Sprung up
about [South weſt | southwest]South weſtsouthwest, and we [diret
ed | direct
ed]
diret
ed
direct
ed
our [Cou[above] rrſe | course]Cou[above] rrſecourse to Long Island[place0129.ocp], [& | and]&and
[Dropt | dropped]Droptdropped Anchor near the Shore
[Some Time | sometime]Some Timesometime in the evening, —

Sabbath May 9[1784-05-09]:

was very
Calm, and the People [deſired | desired]deſireddesired
me to give a [Diſcourſe | discourse]Diſcourſediscourse; and I
Complied, I expounded Some
part of 25 [Chapr | chapter]Chaprchapter of [Matth: | Matthew]Matth:Matthew and
the People attended with good
attention — In the [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon
the wind Sprung [above] upup about South
and we [puſhd | pushed]puſhdpushed on our way
and [Some Time | sometime]Some Timesometime in the evening
we Anchored again —

Monday
May 10[1784-05-10]:

it was very Calm agai[gap: worn_edge][guess (h-dawnd): n]n

[gap: worn_edge]ut the wind [roſe | rose]roſerose early, and
we went on, and about [6:0:c | 6 o'clock]6:0:c6 o'clock
in the [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon we got to [N- | New]N-New
york[place0308.ocp]
, —

[Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday May 11[1784-05-11]

about
[9:0:c | 9 o'clock]9:0:c9 o'clock we [hoiſted | hoisted]hoiſtedhoisted Sail again
and went into North River[place0172.ocp] [& | and]&and
about 12: Jacob[pers1408.ocp] and I went [a
Shore | a
shore]
a
Shore
a
shore
to wait upon [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. [Leving
ſton | Leving
ston]
Leving
ſton
Leving
ston
[pers1415.ocp]
and [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. Rodgers[pers0640.ocp] the
principle [Miniſters | ministers]Miniſtersministers in the City
and they gave us encourageme[above] ntnt
that they [woud | would]woudwould try to get Some
thing for the Indian Families
that are going up to [Onoyda | Oneida]OnoydaOneida
Country[place0537.ocp]
to Settle we Lodged
in the City this Night —

[wedneſ
day | Wednes
day]
wedneſ
day
Wednes
day
May 12[1784-05-12]:

we went aboard
of a Certain Sloop belonging to
Albany[place0001.ocp], one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Waters[pers1452.ocp] [Maſter | master]Maſtermaster
of her, and there [above] waswas a number of
Very [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable gentlemen there
were four [Colon[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]als | colonels]Colon[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]alscolonels, and [Esqr | esquire]Esqresquire and
two Young [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable gentlemen

[Theſe | these]Theſethese [Colon[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]als | colonels]Colon[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]alscolonels and [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): [Esqr | esquire]Esqresquire][Esqr | esquire]Esqresquire were
members of New Yorks [Asembly | Assembly]AsemblyAssembly[org0134.ocp]
and they were greatly [Pleaſd | pleased]Pleaſdpleased
with our Indians moving up to
[onoyda | Oneida]onoydaOneida Country[place0537.ocp] to Settle, and
all [theſe | these]theſethese gentlemen were very
Friend to us, I eat and Drank
with them [every Day | everyday]every Dayeveryday while we
were together — we got up a little
way up in the North River[place0172.ocp] and
[Dropt | dropped]Droptdropped Anchor —

[Thirdsday | Thursday]ThirdsdayThursday May 13[1784-05-13]


went on again a little way the
was Very Small and Contrary

[Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday May 14[1784-05-14]:

moved very
Slowly again Wind Small and
Contrary, —

Saturday May 15[1784-05-15]


Sailed very Slowly yet, —

Sabbath
[above] may 16[1784-05-16]may 16[1784-05-16]

about 2 in the afternoon went
[a Shore | ashore]a Shoreashore a number of us and had
a meeting in a Dutchmans [H | house]Hhouse
and I gave them a Short [Diſcou[above] rrce | discourse]Diſcou[above] rrcediscourse
and they made me a Collection
[gatherd | gathered]gatherdgathered about [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): 3]3 [D[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]allars | dollars]D[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]allarsdollars after
meeting we went aboard again
in the evening [Saild | sailed]Saildsailed a little way
the wind was Contrary and hard

Monday May 17[1784-05-17]:

had good wind
and went up the River[place0172.ocp] [faſt | fast]faſtfast [& | and]&and
got to Albany[place0001.ocp] before night, —
[Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Hayley[pers1395.ocp] and [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Billings[pers1377.ocp]
[Juſt | just]Juſtjust got up there — and we found
them all well, — And we made
applications to the Chief men of
the City for [aſsiſtance | assistance]aſsiſtanceassistance, and there
was no [Proviſions | provisions]Proviſionsprovisions to be had for
Indians, which [uſed | used]uſedused to be [allowd | allowed]allowdallowed,
in Times [paſt | past]paſtpast; — however, our
[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): w]wFolks were [allowd | allowed]allowdallowed to put up
in the [Hespital | hospital]Hespitalhospital, and the People
of the City were very kind to us
and were very much taken
with our Indians, —

[Wedneſday | Wednesday]WedneſdayWednesday, May 19[1784-05-19]:

I was in
vited to preach to the [Priſoners | prisoners]Priſonersprisoners
and I complied, —

[Thirdsday | Thursday]ThirdsdayThursday

I
[preachd | preached]preachdpreached in [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Weſterlo | Westerlo]WeſterloWesterlo[pers1453.ocp]s Churc[above] hh
and the People made a Collection
for our People, — we got about
9 pounds —

Saturday May 22[1784-05-22]


our Folks left Albany[place0001.ocp] and they
on towards [Schenactedy | Schenectady]SchenactedySchenectady[place0202.ocp], and
I [Taried | tarried]Tariedtarried Still at Albany[place0001.ocp], —

Sabbath may 23[1784-05-23]:

I [preachd | preached]preachdpreached
twice in the [Pr[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]i[ſb | sb]ſbsb[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]iteryan | Presbyterian]Pr[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]i[ſb | sb]ſbsb[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]iteryanPresbyterian
Meeting [Houſe | House]HouſeHouse[org0133.ocp]
, and they a
Collection for our Folks; they
Collected 8: pound, —

Monday
May 24[1784-05-24]:

John Paul[pers1425.ocp] went af
ter our Folks, and [Caried | carried]Cariedcarried the
Collection to our People, —

[Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday May 25[1784-05-25]

in the morning
Anthony Paul[pers1087.ocp] and his Family
and his Mother[pers1782.ocp] and I went up
together in a [waggon | wagon]waggonwagon to the the
New City, in the afternoon
I preach in the Place to a large
Congregation, and the[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): y]y made
a Small Collection, [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]in the
evening I [returnd | returned]returndreturned back 3 mile[below] ss
towards Albany[place0001.ocp] on the other Side
of the River, where I left my
Daughter [Chriſtiana | Christiana]ChriſtianaChristiana[pers1095.ocp] and her
Family and her Mother in Law[pers1782.ocp]
from this Place Athony[pers1087.ocp] went up
to [S[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): err]erratoga | Saratoga]S[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): err]erratogaSaratoga[place0470.ocp] for a [Horſe | horse]Horſehorse to help
up his Family there, where
my Daughter[pers1095.ocp] and Children

intends to Stay this Summer
and in the Fall they will proceed
to [onoyda | Oneida]onoydaOneida[place0179.ocp]

[Wedneſday | Wednesday]WedneſdayWednesday May 26[1784-05-26]


Early in the morning, I went
into a [Waggon | wagon]Waggonwagon to Albany[place0001.ocp] got
there about 9: [o:c: | o'clock]o:c:o'clock and found
the [Veſel | vessel]Veſelvessel, that I was to go in to
New York[place0308.ocp] was [juſt | just]juſtjust gone [& | and]&and
Luckily I found another that
is to Sail the next Day, —

[Thirdsday | Thursday]ThirdsdayThursday May 27[1784-05-27]:

about 12
I went of a Sloop [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Bogat[pers1378.ocp]
and a number of gentlemen
[alſo | also]alſoalso went in the Same [Veſel | vessel]Veſelvessel, and
they were very [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable [& | and]&and
great [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. Young[pers1348.ocp] was one
of the Company and we went
down the River about 20: Miles [& | and]&and
[Dropt | dropped]Droptdropped Anchor, — [Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday we had
very Small wind, and Slow way
down, Yet we down Some [diſtance | distance]diſtancedistance
that Day and the Night following,

Saturday May 2:9[1784-05-29]:

we had a [find | fine]findfine
wind and as much as we wanted
and we got down to new York[place0308.ocp],

about 6: [o:c: | o'clock]o:c:o'clock in the [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon
and I immediately went [a Shore | ashore]a Shoreashore
and went home with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John
Haggerman[pers1393.ocp]
, a good Friend
we found when we [Stopt | stopped]Stoptstopped here
the other Day going up — I [Sot | sat]Sotsat
down but few minutes, and then
went to See [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. [Levingſton | Levingston]LevingſtonLevingston[pers1415.ocp] and
[Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. Rodgers[pers0640.ocp] [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. [Levingſton | Levingston]LevingſtonLevingston[pers1415.ocp]
was at home but Collected no
thing for us; and [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. Rodgers[pers0640.ocp]
was not at Home and his People
had Collected nothing, and I was
good Deal [diſappointed | disappointed]diſappointeddisappointed, for I
had given my Note of Hand
for 36 Dollars for the [Paſage | passage]Paſagepassage
of our People from New London[place0164.ocp]
to Albany[place0001.ocp], —

Sabbath May 29[1784-05-30]


was at [N: | New]N:New York[place0308.ocp] and went to
hear [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Gano[pers1391.ocp] in the morning
and at noon he invited me to
go home with him to take din
ner — and [Deſired | desired]Deſireddesired me to preach
to his People on Monday [eveng | evening]evengevening
in the afternoon I went to hear

[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Maſon | Mason]MaſonMason[pers0357.ocp] the [Cece[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): e]eder | seceder]Cece[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): e]ederseceder of the
Church of Scotland[org0164.ocp] but he did
not Preach, So I went to my
Lodgings I was fatigued walk
ing, and went to no meeting in
the afternoon, —

Monday [M: | May]M:May2 30[1784-05-31]


was in the City, — in the evening
about Seven, I [preach'd | preached]preach'dpreached at
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Gano[pers1391.ocp]s Meeting [Houſe | house]Houſehouse he
is a [Baptiſt | Baptist]BaptiſtBaptist[org0124.ocp] [Miniſter | minister]Miniſterminister the
meeting [Houſe | house]Houſehouse was very full
and they made a Collection,
made out five pounds, one
Shillings [juſt | just]juſtjust in York Curren
cy — So I Continued in the City
[till | 'til]till'til [Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday,

MaJune 4[1784-06-04]:

in
the evening at eight [o:c | o'clock]o:co'clock I
preach in a [Medthodiſt | Methodist]MedthodiſtMethodist
meeting[org0111.ocp]
and it [midling | middling]midlingmiddling
[ful | full]fulfull and they Collected 3
Dollars and Seven Shillings
in York Currency —

June [above] 55[1784-06-05] Saturday,

in the after
noon went [a Board | aboard]a Boardaboard of a
little [maſt | mast]maſtmast Boat, [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Harris[pers0847.ocp]

of New London[place0164.ocp] [Harbers | Harbor's]HarbersHarbor's Mouth.

Monday June 7[1784-06-07]:

[juſt | just]juſtjust after
[Sun riſe | sunrise]Sun riſesunrise we got to [illegible][Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Harris[pers0847.ocp]s
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, and went took [Break
faſt | break
fast]
Break
faſt
break
fast
with him, after [Breakt | breakfast]Breaktbreakfast
I Bought a mare of him, and
So I went on directly home
ward, — I got Home about 11 [& | and]&and
found all my Family in
good State of Health, But
Taby[pers1083.ocp], She had been very
Sick with Swelling in her
Throat but [thro' | through]thro'through Mercy She
was now much better, [Bleſs
ed | bless
ed]
Bleſs
ed
bless
ed
be god for his [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness to us
Since I have been gone from
Home. —

 Mohegan[place0143.ocp] [Janr | January]JanrJanuary 23: 1785[1785-01-23]


Made a Public [confeſsion | confession]confeſsionconfession of my
[miſs Conduct | misconduct]miſs Conductmisconduct, and was [receivd | received]receivdreceived
[univerſally | universally]univerſallyuniversally by the People, and
immediately [preachd | preached]preachdpreached to athe People
and there was great and [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]affectio
nate attention among the People

and in the Evening we had a
meeting in my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse and
we felt Some love —

 [Janr | January]JanrJanuary 28[1785-01-28]


[Preachd | Preached]PreachdPreached in our School [Houſe | house]Houſehouse
and there were many People
both Indians and [Engliſh | English]EngliſhEnglish and
there was good attention —

 [Janr | January]JanrJanuary 30[1785-01-30]


[Preachd | Preached]PreachdPreached at Mohegan[place0143.ocp] in [Deacn | Deacon]DeacnDeacon
Henry[pers0817.ocp]
s [Houſe | house]Houſehouse to a [Crouded | crowded]Croudedcrowded [Aſsem
bly | assem
bly]
Aſsem
bly
assem
bly
, and I had [Som | some]Somsome freedom to
[illegible]Speak and many of the People
he[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): a]ard with flow of Tears from
their Eyes — in the Evening
we met at Henry[pers0817.ocp]s and we gave
encouragements to one another
and I believe the Lord was
[preſent | present]preſentpresent with us —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 6: 1785[1785-02-06].
Sabbath

[preachd | preached]preachdpreached at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John
Heart Adgate[pers1371.ocp]
s and there was [a
bundence | a
bundance]
a
bundence
a
bundance
of People, both [Eng
liſh | Eng
lish]
Eng
liſh
Eng
lish
and Indians, and I believ[above] ee
I had Some help from above
to Speak to the People and there

was great Solemnity, and Some
affection among the People —
in the Evening we had a meet
ing in Deacon Henry[pers0817.ocp]s and
our Hearts were melted down
before the Lord in Some [mea
ſure | mea
sure]
mea
ſure
mea
sure
, glory be to god —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 10: 1785[1785-02-10]


At [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Joſiah | Josiah]JoſiahJosiah Maples[pers1419.ocp]s [above] in [eveng | evening]evengeveningin [eveng | evening]evengevening and
there was a great many People
and attention becoming Ratio
nal Creatures, [till | 'til]till'til I had done
Speaking, and then was [Som | some]Somsome
Levity among the Young People
but [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John Maples[pers1418.ocp] was So
good as to give them a [reprof | reproof]reprofreproof
and they Soon [deſiſted | desisted]deſiſteddesisted, — and I
[lodgd | lodged]lodgdlodged at the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse that night
by the [Deſire | desire]Deſiredesire of [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Maples and
his wife, and we had very [a
greable | a
greeable]
a
greable
a
greeable
Evening, they were
very free of their own [acord | accord]acordaccord
to relate to me their Spiritual
[exerciſes | exercises]exerciſesexercises, and I believe the [Ld | Lord]LdLord
will [manifeſt | manifest]manifeſtmanifest [himſefe | himself]himſefehimself to them

more and more —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 11[1785-02-11] in the [eveng | evening]evengevening


gave a word of exhortation to
a few People —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 13[1785-02-13]: on [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath


was at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John Brown[pers1379.ocp]s and the[above] rere
was a great Number of People
[tho' | though]tho'though it was uncomfortable walk
ing, and I [kink | think]kinkthink I had Some
[Senſe | sense]Senſesense of Divine things, there
was great Solemnity among
the People —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 20[1785-02-20] on [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath


Preach at at Mohegan[place0143.ocp] in [Deac [above] HH | Deacon Henry]Deac [above] HHDeacon Henry[pers0817.ocp]
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, to a large number of
People the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse was [Crouded | crowded]Croudedcrowded
Chiefly white People and I be
lieve there was a moving of
the Spirit of god in the [Aſsem‐
bly | assem‐
bly]
Aſsem‐
bly
assem‐
bly
for I took notice of many
Tears —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 24[1785-02-24]:


had an Evening meeting at
[Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Fitche[pers0891.ocp]s and it was amaz
ing to See how many People

Collected together, and we had
a Solemn meeting; I believe
the Lord [aſsiſted | assisted]aſsiſtedassisted both the Speaker
and the Hearer and we parted
in Peace and Love for I think
I felt [Calmneſs | calmness]Calmneſscalmness and Love —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 27[1785-02-27]: [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath


Preach at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Dart[pers1301.ocp]s to a [Croud
ed | crowd
ed]
Croud
ed
crowd
ed
[Audiance | audience]Audianceaudience and well [behav'd | behaved]behav'dbehaved
People, and Some were [effected | affected]effectedaffected
with the word, —

 March 4: 1785[1785-03-04]


Preach at [Docr | Dr.]DocrDr. Alp[illegible]heus Rog[above] ersers[pers1434.ocp]
in the [Pariſh | parish]Pariſhparish, to a great many
People, and many were much
affected, with the word, —

 [Febr | February]FebrFebruary 6[1785-02-06] on [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath


[Wat | Was]WatWas at Mohegan[place0143.ocp] in Deacon
Henry[pers0817.ocp]
s, and there was many
People and I believe the Lord
was [preſent | present]preſentpresent with us by his
Divine Spirit — [D: | Deacon]D:Deacon Henry[pers0817.ocp] [R | Robert]RRobert [Aſh | Ashpo]AſhAshpo[pers0767.ocp]
and went

March 12[1785-03-12]: ˄ Evening


had an unexpected meeting
at one Sherry[pers1442.ocp]s [Houſe | house]Houſehouse a negro
man, there was not more

than an Hours Notice given
of the meeting, and the People
[Crouded | crowded]Croudedcrowded in Directly and I
[preachd | preached]preachdpreached to the word of god to
them and they attended with
great [Eagerneſs | eagerness]Eagerneſseagerness and affection
they Seemed to have a [Taſte | taste]Taſtetaste
for the Word of god — and when
the People were [diſpercing | dispersing]diſpercingdispersing
one [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Troope[pers0934.ocp] invited me
to go Home with him, but I
did not love to go out after
[Exerciſe | exercise]Exerciſeexercise. — Lodged at Sherry[pers1442.ocp]s

 March 13[1785-03-13]: on [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath


Robert [Aſhpo | Ashpo]AſhpoAshpo[pers0767.ocp] and I went
to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Downer[pers1389.ocp]'s about a mile
and half, before [Breakfaſt | breakfast]Breakfaſtbreakfast
and were received with all
[kindneſs | kindness]kindneſskindness and Brotherly [affec
teon | affec
tion]
affec
teon
affec
tion
and took [Breakfaſt | breakfast]Breakfaſtbreakfast,
with them — and it was a
Snowy uncomfortable Day
Yet the People began to flock
together [preſently | presently]preſentlypresently and there
was great Multitude of

People got together more than
the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse Could Contain, they
[Crouded | crowded]Croudedcrowded in every Corner even
up in the Chambers — and I
[preachd | preached]preachdpreached to them the word of
the Lord, and it fell heavy
upon the People it produced
many Tears and deep [Sigghs | sighs]Sigghssighs
[tho' | though]tho'though there was one man [mani
feſted | mani
fested]
mani
feſted
mani
fested
a [Diſpleaſure | displeasure]Diſpleaſuredispleasure at my
Saying [Some thing | something]Some thingsomething about
[Univerſal | Universal]UniverſalUniversal [Scheem | Scheme]ScheemScheme, he Spoke
out in the meeting, but he
did not Say much [neithe | neither]neitheneither did
he [Diſturb | disturb]Diſturbdisturb the People any —
in the [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon we removed
the meeting to another [Houſe | house]Houſehouse a
few Rods off, which was very
Large, and the People [increaſd | increased]increaſdincreased
and they [Crouded | crowded]Croudedcrowded that [Houſe | house]Houſehouse
[alſo | also]alſoalso, and they attended with
uncommon [Solmenity | solemnity]Solmenitysolemnity and af
fection Tears flowed Down from
many Eyes freely; I cant help
thinking, that god is about
to work [amongſt | amongst]amongſtamongst this People,
in the Evening, we had a

a meeting again in Brother
Downer[pers1389.ocp]
s and there [above] waswas a great
number of People again
and I preach again, and
we had a Comfortable meet
ing the Lord [refreſhed | refreshed]refreſhedrefreshed the Chil
dren, and they [manifeſted | manifested]manifeſtedmanifested
Love to one another; I [Lodgd | lodged]Lodgdlodged
here this Night, went to bed
late in the Evening. the
Lord be [praiſed | praised]praiſedpraised for his [good
neſs | good
ness]
good
neſs
good
ness
to us thus far —

 March 14[1785-03-14]: monday


I [preachd | preached]preachdpreached at one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[Veſter | Vester]VeſterVester[pers1451.ocp]
s began about 11 [oc & | o'clock and]oc &o'clock and
there was good many People
[tho' | though]tho'though it was a Snowy Day and
[extreamly | extremely]extreamlyextremely bad riding or wal
king, and there [above] waswas great atten
tion, and I believe Some felt
the Power of god, the man of
the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse gave [above] meme a Text and
I [illegible]Spoke from it, which I

never Spoke from before, it
is [writen | written]writenwritten in the [firſt | first]firſtfirst [Epeſtle | Epistle]EpeſtleEpistle
of John 5:5: after meeting we
[Stayd | stayed]Staydstayed Some Time, took Dinner
with them, and we [Sot | set]Sotset off for
Home, [above] about [3:o:c | 3 o'clock]3:o:c3 o'clockabout [3:o:c | 3 o'clock]3:o:c3 o'clock we got home [juſt | just]juſtjust in the
[Duſk | dusk]Duſkdusk of the Evening, found my [[above] FamFam | family][above] FamFamfamily
in Health Thanks be to god
for his [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness to me —

 March 20[1785-03-20] on [Sabb | Sabbath]SabbSabbath


[Preach'd | Preached]Preach'dPreached at [Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Fitch[pers0891.ocp]'s in the
North [Pariſh | Parish]PariſhParish of New London[place0164.ocp]
and there was a large [Congregat
tion | congrega
tion]
Congregat
tion
congrega
tion
of People, and they attended
with great Solemnity and Affecti
on, the Lord was [preſent | present]preſentpresent with
his word, I believe in Some
[meaſure | measure]meaſuremeasure — Took Dinner with
them after meeting, and [above] thenthen I went
Home — The week [paſt | past]paſtpast has
been very remarkable for Cold
and Snow deep and [Cruſty | crusty]Cruſtycrusty [& | and]&and
it has [layn | lain]laynlain Steady [almoſt | almost]almoſtalmost all
winter ex[illegible]cept 3 Days in [Janr | January]JanrJanuary[1785-01]
it went off then, and Come on
again, directly and it [above] hashas not been

off Since and it has been very
Steady Cold all winter, very
Spe[illegible]ding for Creatures of all
kinds, — but the Lord takes
Care of the World, and he doe[illegible][above] ss
all things well, if we dont
See it, it [muſt | must]muſtmust be all right —

March 23[1785-03-23].

It was very Cold, windy
and [bluſtring | blustering]bluſtringblustering [laſt | last]laſtlast Night, and it Con
tinues all this Day, it is remark
able Windy Cold Day and a [Cruſty | crusty]Cruſtycrusty
hard Snow is now above a foot
Deep in many Places — —

 March 26; 1785[1785-03-26] on Saturday


Went from Home about noon towards
one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Avery[pers1760.ocp]s about 5 miles [north
weſt | north
west]
north
weſt
north
west
from the City of New London[place0164.ocp]
Snow Continues to [ly | lie]lylie upon the ground
and it is hard [Cruſty | crusty]Cruſtycrusty, and it has
been Cold all this week, [Stopt | stopped]Stoptstopped at
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Dart[pers1301.ocp]s, and the old Folks were
not at Home, and So I went to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
Ames[pers1372.ocp]
's and was very kindly [enter
taind | enter
tained]
enter
taind
enter
tained
, took Supper with them, after
[Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset went back to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Dart[pers1301.ocp]s and
Lodged there, and was [moſt | most]moſtmost kindly
and Friendly treated,

[above] [m | March]mMarch 27[1785-03-27][m | March]mMarch 27[1785-03-27]


[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Dart[pers1301.ocp] and his wife[pers1455.ocp] and [Daughr | daughter]Daughrdaughter[pers1387.ocp]
[Sot | set]Sotset out with me to meeting, about

three miles, got there before 11
and the People began to Come to
meeting, and there was a [vaſt | vast]vaſtvast
[Concourſe | concourse]Concourſeconcourse of People, there were
near as many [out Doors | outdoors]out Doorsoutdoors as in,
and [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached to them the Word of
the Lord, and the People [behavd | behaved]behavdbehaved
Decently, and heard with great
Solemnity, a many with affection
in the [after noon | afternoon]after noonafternoon [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached again
and [Sufferd | suffered]Sufferdsuffered greatly with Cold
was much [Chil'd | chilled]Chil'dchilled before I had done
the People [attendid | attended]attendidattended with great
Solemnity — after meeting took
Dinner with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Duglas[pers1390.ocp] he lived
one end of the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse, — [juſt | just]juſtjust be
fore [Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset, took leave of the
People of the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse and went to
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Robert D[above] oouglas[pers1388.ocp]'s about half
a mile [eaſtward | eastward]eaſtwardeastward, found him
very ill with a bad Cough and
[Shortneſs | shortness]Shortneſsshortness of Breath, he Set up
in a great Chair [moſt | most]moſtmost all the
Times, Night and Day, he is
very old nearly ninety, and I be‐
lieve an old [Diſciple | disciple]Diſcipledisciple his wife[pers1781.ocp]
is not so old, very [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable.
old People [the | they]thethey were very kind
to me, Lodged there,

March 28[1785-03-28]:



got up in the morning, [Prayd | prayed]Praydprayed with
the Family, had free [above] [& | and]&and [agree | agreeable]agreeagreeable[& | and]&and [agree | agreeable]agreeagreeable [Converſation | conversation]Converſationconversation
with them [laſt | last]laſtlast Night and this morn
ing about the great Concerns,
after [Breakfaſt | breakfast]Breakfaſtbreakfast took my leave
of them in Peace and [Friendſhip | friendship]Friendſhipfriendship
and [Sot | set]Sotset off for New London[place0164.ocp], got
to the City about 10: Call upon
[Mrs | Mrs.]MrsMrs. Shaw[pers1744.ocp], found her little
Complaining of her Health, be
ing troubled with Cold, — [Sot | Sat]SotSat a
while, then went to the Ferry, [Calld | called]Calldcalled
at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Bailey[pers0071.ocp]s a Tavern, and
[Sot | sat]Sotsat down to write, and while I
was writing, [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Rathbond[pers1429.ocp]
Came in I [Suppoſe | suppose]Suppoſesuppose to See me
he was put in Jail Some Time
back, it is Said for [Deffamition | defamation]Deffamitiondefamation
in his Preaching, he is one of
[thoſe | those]thoſethose that [above] areare [Stiled | styled]Stiledstyled Shaking Qua‐
kers[org0165.ocp]
, and we had a long [diſ
couſe | dis
course]
diſ
couſe
dis
course
together — He is a [yound | young]youndyoung ma[above] nn
of good [Senſe | sense]Senſesense, but in my opinion
he is [altogther | altogether]altogtheraltogether [Caried | carried]Cariedcarried away with
very St[illegible]ng [Enthuſiasm | enthusiasm]Enthuſiasmenthusiasm and I am
afraid a bad one there [above] isis good
[Enthuſiasm | enthusiasm]Enthuſiasmenthusiasm and there [above] isis a bad
one, he Says they go by imme

diate [opperation | operation]opperationoperation of the Spirit
of god, their Bodies are great
ly agitated very often when
they are in Divine [Exerciſe | Exercise]ExerciſeExercise
in [variouſ | various]variouſvarious ways their arms
are [Stretchd | stretched]Stretchdstretched [Strait | straight]Straitstraight [Some Times | sometimes]Some Timessometimes
which they Call a Sign, they
[muſt | must]muſtmust go that way that their
hands point to, — and they Say
they have new Tongue [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): giv]giv
[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): en]en many Times, [tho | though]thothough I [percev[above] ee | perceive]percev[above] eeperceive
they dont retain them, and he
Says they have gifts of Healing
but I cant find out, that they
have done any remarkable
[mer[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]icle | miracle]mer[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): i]iclemiracle, — and they dont allow
their [Bretheren | brethren]Bretherenbrethren and [Siſters | sisters]Siſterssisters that
were married before they Came
into this way, to [uſe | use]uſeuse the means
for Propagation of their
Species, — and the [unma
ried | unma
rried]
unma
ried
unma
rried
not to marry,
yet he Says he forbids
none to marry — he
Calls this way that
he is in, a New [Diſ
penſation | Dis
pensation]
Diſ
penſation
Dis
pensation
, which
will [defuſe | diffuse]defuſediffuse [thro | through]throthrough the

the World; — and he has a Noti
on too, they [atain | attain]atainattain to [Sinleſs | sinless]Sinleſssinless
Perfection in this Life —
In the whole I believe he
has got into another [goſpel | gospel]goſpelgospel
if it is right to Call it [goſpel | gospel]goſpelgospel
I [can not | cannot]can notcannot See it to be the [goſpel | Gospel]goſpelGospel
of [Jeſus | Jesus]JeſusJesus [Chriſt | Christ]ChriſtChrist, which his [Apoſ
tles | Apos
tles]
Apoſ
tles
Apos
tles
[preachd | preached]preachdpreached, — and the Lord
have mercy upon them and
bring them to the Knowledge
of the Truth as it is in [Jeſus | Jesus]JeſusJesus
Toward Night, went out of the
the City, [Stopt | stopped ]Stoptstopped [a while | awhile]a whileawhile at
[Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. wheeler[pers0936.ocp]'s, and then went
to old [Maſter | Master]MaſterMaster Jonathan Smith[pers0928.ocp]'s
and Lodged there and was
kindly [receivd | received]receivdreceived, he is
troubled with many
Infirmities [beſides | besides]beſidesbesides
old age —

[Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday
march 29[1785-03-29]:

took leave
of them early and
[Sot | set]Sotset off [forr | for]forrfor Home

and it was prodigious bad rid
ing [noth | north]nothnorth Side of the Hills [glaſe[gap: worn_edge][guess (h-dawnd): d]d | glazed]glaſe[gap: worn_edge][guess (h-dawnd): d]dglazed
with Ice, and South Sides [horſe | horse]horſehorse
break [thro' | through]thro'through the Ice, I was obliged
to go [a foot | afoot]a footafoot [Some Times | sometimes]Some Timessometimes, and be
ing lame I made Slow [progreſs | progress]progreſsprogress
I got home near noon, found my
Family well [thro' | through]thro'through the [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness of
a [mercyful | merciful]mercyfulmerciful god, — The Night
following, [provd | proved]provdproved very Stormy
of Snow Hail and Rain, and
it [froſe | froze]froſefroze, as it fell, and it Con
tinued very Severe next Day
like a winter Storm —
This winter [paſt | past]paſtpast and the Spring
thus far, is Judged by the [oldeſt | oldest]oldeſtoldest
men we have, to be the [Hardeſt | hardest]Hardeſthardest
in their memory, the [moſt | most]moſtmost Spend
ing, for no Creature that is kep[above] tt
by man Can get nothing to eat
only what [above] isis given them. —

(April 1 1785[1785-04-01] on [Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday

went
from my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse [a foot | afoot]a footafoot down to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr.
[J: | John]J:John [H: | Hart]H:Hart Adgate[pers1371.ocp]'s, and got his Mare
[Sot | set]Sotset off from there for New London[place0164.ocp]
[Stopt | stopped]Stoptstopped [a while | awhile]a whileawhile at [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Wheeler[pers0936.ocp]s)

[Sab: | Sabbath]Sab:Sabbath April 3: 1785[1785-04-03].


w[illegible]went from my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse to one
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. John Brown[pers1379.ocp]'s about 3 miles
and it was very uncomfortable
riding I ever known for the Time
of the Year, Snow is now above
foot Deep and very hard, the roads
are bare on the [Suny | sunny]Sunysunny Side of the
Hills and very [milrely | miry]milrelymiry, — got [above] toto the
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, before 10: the People had not
began to Collect, but [preſently | presently]preſentlypresently after
they did, and large Company got
together [preſently | presently]preſentlypresently, [tho | though]thothough it was very
ba[illegible]d [Traviling | traveling]Travilingtraveling, and between 11 and
12 I began the Divine [Exerciſe | Exercise]ExerciſeExercise
and I not not much Light and free
dom, Yet the People were greatly
attentive after meeting [Sot | sat]Sotsat in
the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse with [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Wm | William]WmWilliam [Comſtock | Comstock]ComſtockComstock[pers1384.ocp]
a Preacher and the man of the
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, had friendly [Converſation | conversation]Converſationconversation
took a Comfortable Dinner with
them [juſt | just]juſtjust at Night Night I [Sot | set]Sotset
off for Home, and as I was going
out [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Brown[pers1379.ocp] gave me a pair
of Shoes, and I [excepted | accepted]exceptedaccepted of them
thankfully, in the [Duſk | dusk]Duſkdusk of the
Evening I got Home

April 7: 1785[1785-04-07]


got up very early, and a little
after [Sun riſe | sunrise]Sun riſesunrise I [Sot | set]Sotset off from my
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse afoot to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [J: | John]J:John [H: | Hart]H:Hart Adgate[pers1371.ocp]s, got
his mare and took [breakfaſt | breakfast]breakfaſtbreakfast with
them, and then went down to New‐
London[place0164.ocp]
, got to the City [a bout | about]a boutabout [10:o:c | 10 o'clock]10:o:c10 o'clock
and went over to groton[place0092.ocp], and got
to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Jabez Smith[pers0927.ocp]s about 1 in the
[after-noon | afternoon]after-noonafternoon, to Dinner there, and
about half after 2: went back
towards the Ferry, and I [turnd | turned]turndturned to
the Northward from the meeting
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, to one [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Robert Latham[pers0903.ocp]
got there [Some Time | sometime]Some Timesometime before [Sun
Set | sun
set]
Sun
Set
sun
set
, — and had a meeting in this
[Houſe | house]Houſehouse, and there was a great Num
ber People, [Conſidering | considering]Conſideringconsidering the [extream | extreme]extreamextreme
bad [traviling | traveling]travilingtraveling [illegible]both on Foot and
[Horſeback | horseback]Horſebackhorseback, and I [preachd | preached]preachdpreached to them
the word of god, and I had Some [Senſe | sense]Senſesense
of Divine things, and the People
attend with Solemnity and Some
[afection | affection]afectionaffection, I [belive | believe]belivebelieve the Lord was
[preſent | present]preſentpresent with us in Some [meaſure | measure]meaſuremeasure
Thanks be to his name — After meet
ing, took Comfortable Supper with
the [Capt | Captain]CaptCaptain[pers0903.ocp], his wife[pers1317.ocp] looks quite
young, and they are very [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable
[Diſcreet | discreet]Diſcreetdiscreet Couple, — after Supper
we had little [exerciſe | exercise]exerciſeexercise, with my

Printed, [verſified | versified]verſifiedversified Notes or [Chri
tian | Chris
tian]
Chri
tian
Chris
tian
Cards, and it was very [a
greable | a
greeable]
a
greable
a
greeable
[Exerciſe | exercise]Exerciſeexercise, I hope it may
do them Some Benefit, — went to
be[illegible]d I believe near 12: took Com
fortable, — got up very early [& | and]&and
they all got up took [breakfaſt | breakfast]breakfaſtbreakfast
with them; and Soon after eating
took Friendly leave of them, [& | and]&and
the [Capt | Captain]CaptCaptain[pers0903.ocp] Sent a [Preſent | present]Preſentpresent of Tea t to
my Wife[pers0029.ocp], went to the Ferry and
So over to the City of New London[place0164.ocp]
went to See alderman Thomas Shaw[pers1441.ocp]
but he was not at Home, and I
[Sot | set]Sotset off for Home, [S[illegible]topt | stopped]S[illegible]toptstopped [a while | awhile]a whileawhile
at [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Wheeler[pers0936.ocp]s, and then went
to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [J | Jabez]JJabez Smith[pers0927.ocp]'s, [Calld | called]Calldcalled for Dinner
there, and after I had eat, I [Sot | set]Sotset
off again, and it began to rain
and it was a [Terrable | terrible]Terrableterrible Storm,
[Stopt | stopped]Stoptstopped a good while at [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Haugh‐[above] tonstons | Haughton's]Haugh‐[above] tonstonsHaughton's[pers1314.ocp]
Dried me, and after a while
went on [gain | again]gainagain, and it [raind | rained]raindrained
very hard and it was windy [& | and]&and
Cold, got Home [Some Time | sometime]Some Timesometime
before Night, and I was much
wet, and Cold, found my Family
well [thro | through]throthrough the [godneſs | goodness]godneſsgoodness of god —

April 10: 1785[1785-04-10]: on [Sab | Sabbath]SabSabbath:


[Preach'd | Preached]Preach'dPreached at Henry[pers0817.ocp]'s in Mohegan[place0143.ocp]
there was [Conſiderable | considerable]Conſiderableconsiderable number
of People Chiefly Young People
and white People [moſtly | mostly]moſtlymostly, and
they behaved well [ing | in]ingin the Room
but [Noiſe | noise]Noiſenoise was out [off | of]offof Doors, and
I fe[illegible]lt Some [Strenght | strength]Strenghtstrength in delivering
the word and I [above] believebelieve Some had [Movings | moving]Movingsmoving
in their Minds —

Saturday [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): March]MarchApril 16: 1785[1785-04-16]


[Sot | Set]SotSet off from my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse for [Preſ
ton | Pres
ton]
Preſ
ton
Pres
ton
[place0193.ocp]
, got there at Deacon Avery[pers0881.ocp]'s
about [Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset, and found the[illegible]m
well, and was affectionately [re‐
civd | re‐
ceived]
re‐
civd
re‐
ceived
by them, [lodgd | lodged]lodgdlodged there. —

Sabbath [illegible][guess (h-dawnd): march]marchApril 17:[1785-04-17]

went to meet
ing with them, [Repreſented | represented]Repreſentedrepresented Some
thing of my [paſt | past]paſtpast [Tryals | trials]Tryalstrials and
Troubles, and [alſo | also]alſoalso my [miſs Steps | missteps]miſs Stepsmissteps
and [aſked | asked]aſkedasked their [forgiveneſs | forgiveness]forgiveneſsforgiveness, and
was [accepeted | accepted]accepetedaccepted, and I [preachd | preached]preachdpreached
all Day, and I believe had Some
[aſsiſtance | assistance]aſsiſtanceassistance, and the People attend
ed with great Solemnity and with
many Tears — and when I had done
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Park[pers0917.ocp] the [Miniſter | Minister]MiniſterMinister of the Churc[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): h]h
[adminiſterd | administered]adminiſterdadministered the Sacred [Ordernance | Ordinance]OrdernanceOrdinance
of the Lords Supper, and it was
a Solemn [Seaſon | Season]SeaſonSeason, and it revivin[gap: worn_edge][guess (h-dawnd): g]g

and [refreſhing | refreshing]refreſhingrefreshing Time with my Soul
[gap: faded][guess (h-dawnd): a]after participation of the Holy Sup
per, Several [Chriſtians | Christians]ChriſtiansChristians broke out
in [Praiſes | praises]Praiſespraises and adorations to God
with floods of Tears of Joy, and
having Sung two or three Times
in Divine Love and [Fillowſhip | fellowship]Fillowſhipfellowship
we parted in Peace and Love —
went to the Deacon[pers0881.ocp]s, took Dinner [wh | with]whwith
them, after Dinner took my leave
of them, and parted in Love — I
went to one [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Winter[pers1082.ocp], an old
[Diſciple | disciple]Diſcipledisciple, and was kindly [entertain[above] dd | entertained]entertain[above] ddentertained
in the Evening, had [agreable | agreeable]agreableagreeable [exer
ciſe | exer
cise]
exer
ciſe
exer
cise
with my [Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Cards, with
the whole Family — about 9 [oc | o'clock]oco'clock wen[above] tt
to be[illegible]d with [thankfull | thankful]thankfullthankful Heart in
Some [meaſure | measure]meaſuremeasure, the Lord be [Praiſed | praised]Praiſedpraised
for the mercies, Favours and the
[Privilledges | privileges]Privilledgesprivileges of the Day [paſt | past]paſtpast

Monday march[above] AprilApril 18[1785-04-18]:

got up very
early, [Prayd | prayed]Praydprayed with the Family,
and then went [of | off]ofoff for Home, got
Home about 10: found my Fa
mi[illegible]ly well, and I went on di
rectly to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Haughton[pers1314.ocp]s to meet
our Honorable [overſeers | Overseers]overſeersOverseers[org0155.ocp], and
did our Tribe [buſineſs | business]buſineſsbusiness, before
Night, and got back to my [H | house]Hhouse

Little after [Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset

[Wedneſsday | Wednesday]WedneſsdayWednesday April 20: 1785[1785-04-20]


It was general [Faſt | Fast]FaſtFast in Connec
ticut[place0048.ocp]
, I [preachd | preached]preachdpreached at Widow Fitch[pers0891.ocp]s
and there was a goodly number
of People, [tho | though]thothough it was very bad
riding, and going [Foot | afoot]Footafoot, by [re
ſon | rea
son]
re
ſon
rea
son
of the Dreadful Storm the
Day before, both of Rain and
Hail, Hail was two or three
Inches Deep this Morning, and
it was Cold, — the People attended
with great attention, — after mee[above] tt
ing, I [Sot a while | sat awhile]Sot a whilesat awhile in the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse
took Dinner, — and then went
to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. [Joſiah | Josiah]JoſiahJosiah Maples[pers1419.ocp]s and [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached
there to [Conſiderable | considerable]Conſiderableconsiderable number of
well behaved People — about
[Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset went Home, Thus far
[hath | has]hathhas the Lord lead me on, and
thanks be to his Holy Name —

[Thirdsday | Thursday]ThirdsdayThursday April 21[1785-04-21]:

about 12
[Sot | set]Sotset off for Lebanon[place0122.ocp], went via
Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp], got to [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt.
Troop[pers0934.ocp]
's about [Sun Set | sunset]Sun Setsunset and a
meeting there, and there was

[Conſiderable | considerable]Conſiderableconsiderable number of People
and they attended well, — Lodged
at the Same [Houſe | house]Houſehouse, and was kindly
[entertaind | entertained]entertaindentertained[illegible]

 [Fryday | Friday]FrydayFriday April 22[1785-04-22]:

got up
very early, and took [Breakfaſt | breakfast]Breakfaſtbreakfast
and then went to See [Colonl | Col.]ColonlCol. [Wm | William]WmWilliam
Williams[pers1457.ocp]
, found him at Home
and did [Buſineſs | business]Buſineſsbusiness with him in
an [Inſtant | instant]Inſtantinstant — and went back
to [Capt | Capt.]CaptCapt. Troop[pers0934.ocp]s, and in the [after
Noon | after
noon]
after
Noon
after
noon
about 3: [o: c | o'clock]o: co'clock wen had a
nother meeting, and a Number
of People and they Heard with
great attention and Solemnity
I Lodged there again,

Saturday April 23[1785-04-23]:

got up
very early but I did not Set
out [till | 'til]till'til about [8:o:c: | 8 o'clock]8:o:c:8 o'clock got down
to Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp] about 12
and So went on my way, went
by my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse down to [Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Hau[above] g[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): h]hg[illegible][guess (h-dawnd): h]h
ton[pers1314.ocp]
s got there about 2: and
was there a Little while [& | and]&and
then went back to my [Houſe | house]Houſehouse
got Home [Some Time | sometime]Some Timesometime be

fore Night

 April 24[1785-04-24]: on Sabbath morning


got up very early and went Long
Society[place0536.ocp]
, and [Preachd | preached]Preachdpreached there at one
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Nathan [Standiſh | Standish]StandiſhStandish[pers1444.ocp]s, and there was
a great number of People, and
there was great attention, the
word fell with great weight, and
there was flow of tears from many
Faces, the Lord gave me Some
[Senſe | sense]Senſesense of Divine Things and freedom
of Speech — Soon after meeting
had Dinner, and then [Sot | set]Sotset off for
Home, [Calld | called]Calldcalled at a Certain [Houſe | house]Houſehouse
near Norwich Landing[place0176.ocp], and
were five or Six women, and an
old woman of the [Houſe | house]Houſehouse [deſired | desired]deſireddesired
to have a meeting there as Soon
as I [Coud | could]Coudcould, and I toold her I [woud | would]woudwould
we had a little [Excerciſe | exercise]Excerciſeexercise with my
[Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Cards, and there was
Solemnity and affection [amongſt | amongst]amongſtamongst
Especially two Young women —
were much affected, — and about
[Sun down | sundown]Sun downsundown left them and went
on my way, got home about
[Day Light | daylight]Day Lightdaylight in — found my [Ho[gap: faded][guess (h-dawnd): uſe]uſe | house]Ho[gap: faded][guess (h-dawnd): uſe]uſehouse

[almoſt | almost]almoſtalmost [emty | empty]emtyempty, my Folks were
all gone to [fiſhing | fishing]fiſhingfishing, and I went
to be[illegible]d Soon, the Lord be [thankd | thanked]thankdthanked
for his [goodneſs | goodness]goodneſsgoodness to us thus far

 [Tueſday | Tuesday]TueſdayTuesday April 26: 1785[1785-04-26]


We met our [Hon,l | Honorable]Hon,lHonorable [Overſeers | Overseers]OverſeersOverseers[org0155.ocp] at
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Haughton[pers1314.ocp]s, upon [aplication | application]aplicationapplication
of a Number of Merchants of the
City of Norwich[place0174.ocp], to [purchace | purchase]purchacepurchase a
[Pice | piece]Picepiece of Land near o[illegible]ur River
to make a Landing Place, but
none Came from Norwich[place0174.ocp] but
[Mr | Mr.]MrMr. Howland[pers1403.ocp], in behalf of the
[reſt | rest]reſtrest, — but we [Coud | could]Coudcould not agree
at this Time, and So we parted
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People identified in this document:

id Text in document Role in header Authorized Name
pers1395.ocp Cap t Capt. Hayley mentioned Hayley
pers1408.ocp Jacob mentioned Jacob
pers1415.ocp Doc r Dr. Leving ſton Leving ston mentioned Levingston
pers0640.ocp Doc r Dr. Rodgers mentioned Rodgers
pers1452.ocp M r Mr. Waters mentioned Waters
pers1377.ocp Cap t Capt. Billings mentioned Billings
pers1453.ocp M r Mr. Weſterlo Westerlo mentioned Westerlo
pers1425.ocp John Paul mentioned Paul, John
pers1087.ocp Anthony Paul mentioned Paul, Anthony
pers1782.ocp his Mother mentioned Paul, Mary
pers1095.ocp Chriſtiana Christiana mentioned Paul, Christiana (née Occom)
pers1782.ocp Mother in Law mentioned Paul, Mary
pers1087.ocp Athony mentioned Paul, Anthony
pers1095.ocp my Daughter mentioned Paul, Christiana (née Occom)
pers1378.ocp Cap t Capt. Bogat mentioned Bogat
pers1348.ocp Doc r Dr. Young mentioned Young
pers1393.ocp John Haggerman mentioned Haggerman, John
pers1415.ocp Doc r Dr. Levingſton Levingston mentioned Levingston
pers1391.ocp M r Mr. Gano mentioned Gano
pers0357.ocp M r Mr. Maſon Mason mentioned Mason
pers0847.ocp Cap t Capt. Harris mentioned Harris
pers1083.ocp Taby mentioned Cooper, Tabitha (née Occom)
pers0817.ocp Deac n Deacon Henry mentioned Quaquaquid, Henry
pers0817.ocp Henry mentioned Quaquaquid, Henry
pers1371.ocp John Heart Adgate mentioned Adgate, John Hart
pers0817.ocp Deacon Henry mentioned Quaquaquid, Henry
pers1419.ocp Joſiah Josiah Maples mentioned Maples, Josiah
pers1418.ocp John Maples mentioned Maples, John
pers1379.ocp John Brown mentioned Brown, John
pers0817.ocp Deac H Deacon Henry mentioned Quaquaquid, Henry
pers0891.ocp M rs Mrs. Fitche mentioned Fitch
pers1301.ocp M r Mr. Dart mentioned Dart
pers1434.ocp Alp heus Rog ers mentioned Rogers, Alpheus
pers0817.ocp D: Deacon Henry mentioned Quaquaquid, Henry
pers0767.ocp R Robert Aſh Ashpo mentioned Ashpo, Robert
pers1442.ocp Sherry mentioned Sherry
pers0934.ocp Cap t Capt. Troope mentioned Troop
pers0767.ocp Robert Aſhpo Ashpo mentioned Ashpo, Robert
pers1389.ocp M r Mr. Downer mentioned Downer
pers1389.ocp Brother Downer mentioned Downer
pers1451.ocp M r Mr. Veſter Vester mentioned Vester
pers0891.ocp M rs Mrs. Fitch mentioned Fitch
pers1760.ocp M r Mr. Avery Avery, William
pers1372.ocp M r Mr. Ames mentioned Ames
pers1455.ocp his wife mentioned Dart, his wife
pers1387.ocp Daugh r daughter mentioned Mr. Dart's daughter
pers1390.ocp M r Mr. Duglas mentioned Duglas
pers1388.ocp Robert D o uglas mentioned Douglas, Robert
pers1744.ocp M rs Mrs. Shaw mentioned Shaw
pers0071.ocp M r Mr. Bailey mentioned Bailey
pers1429.ocp M r Mr. Rathbond mentioned Rathbond
pers0936.ocp Cap t Capt. wheeler mentioned Wheeler
pers0928.ocp Jonathan Smith mentioned Smith, Jonathan
pers1371.ocp J: John H: Hart Adgate mentioned Adgate, John Hart
pers0936.ocp Cap t Capt. Wheeler mentioned Wheeler
pers1384.ocp W m William Comſtock Comstock mentioned Comstock, William
pers1379.ocp M r Mr. Brown mentioned Brown, John
pers0927.ocp Jabez Smith mentioned Smith, Jabez
pers0903.ocp Robert Latham mentioned Latham, Robert
pers0903.ocp the Cap t Captain mentioned Latham, Robert
pers0029.ocp my Wife mentioned Occom, Mary (née Fowler)
pers1441.ocp Thomas Shaw mentioned Shaw, Thomas
pers0927.ocp J Jabez Smith mentioned Smith, Jabez
pers1314.ocp M r Mr. Haugh‐ tons Haughton's mentioned Haughton
pers0881.ocp Deacon Avery mentioned Avery, John
pers0917.ocp M r Mr. Park mentioned Park
pers0881.ocp the Deacon mentioned Avery, John
pers1082.ocp M r Mr. Winter mentioned Winter
pers1314.ocp M r Mr. Haughton mentioned Haughton
pers0891.ocp Widow Fitch mentioned Fitch
pers0934.ocp Cap t Capt. Troop mentioned Troop
pers1457.ocp W m William Williams mentioned Williams, William
pers1314.ocp M r Mr. Hau g h ton mentioned Haughton
pers1444.ocp Nathan Standiſh Standish mentioned Standish Nathan
pers1403.ocp M r Mr. Howland mentioned Howland

Places identified in this document:

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place0164.ocp New London New London
place0001.ocp Albany Albany
place0129.ocp Long Island Long Island
place0308.ocp N- New york New York City
place0172.ocp North River Hudson River
place0537.ocp Onoyda Oneida Country Oneida Country
place0537.ocp onoyda Oneida Country Oneida Country
place0172.ocp North River Hudson River
place0172.ocp the River Hudson River
place0202.ocp Schenactedy Schenectady Schenectady
place0470.ocp S err atoga Saratoga Saratoga
place0179.ocp onoyda Oneida Oneida
place0308.ocp New York New York City
place0308.ocp new York New York City
place0164.ocp New London New London
place0308.ocp N: New York New York City
place0164.ocp New London New London
place0143.ocp Mohegan Mohegan
place0143.ocp at Mohegan Mohegan
place0164.ocp New‐ London New London
place0092.ocp groton Groton
place0193.ocp Preſ ton Pres ton Preston
place0048.ocp Connec ticut Connecticut
place0122.ocp Lebanon Lebanon
place0176.ocp Norwich Landing Norwich Landing
place0536.ocp Long Society Long Society
place0174.ocp City of Norwich Norwich
place0174.ocp Norwich Norwich

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org0134.ocp New Yorks AsemblyAssembly New York State Legislature
org0133.ocp PriſbsbiteryanPresbyterian Meeting HouſeHouse Presbyterian Church
org0164.ocp Church of Scotland Church of Scotland
org0124.ocp BaptiſtBaptist Baptists/Seventh Day Baptists
org0111.ocp MedthodiſtMethodist meeting Methodism
org0165.ocp Shaking Qua‐ kers Shakers
org0155.ocp our Honorable overſeersOverseers Tribal Overseers
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Number of dates with invalid 'when' attributes: 0
Number of nested "hi" tags: (consider merging the @rend attributes, or using other tags) 0
Number of tags with invalid 'rend' attributes: 0 (out of 106)
Number of people/places/organizations with unknown keys: 0 (out of 149)
Number of "add" tags with unknown 'place' attributes: 0 (out of 40)
Mixed case attribute values in header (potential error): 0 (out of 284)