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For the sake of brevity it was necessary to omit the names of many of those who merely lodged or dined with him, as well as those whom he visited. He kept an open house and nearly every day he mentions the names of those at his home. Many young persons, principally relatives, lived with him while they attended the schools of Woodbury.
His diaries make constant mention of his daily activ- ities in looking after his home, investments, and the various properties he owned. He was of a literary and religious turn of mind, and profuse poetical quotations and prayerful meditations abound in all of the five books.
He was Clerk of the Friends' Meeting of Wood- bury, member of the Fire Company, Abolition Society, Gloucester County Bible Society, Library Company, look- ed after Deptford Free School and many of the other public affairs of the community.
If there was any public movement for the general welfare of the people in which Samuel Mickle of Wood-
* By FRANK H. STEWART.
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bury, as he often signed his name, to distinguish himself from his cousins, was not an active participant or pro- moter, I must confess I know nothing about it.
I am inclined to believe there is not another diary in America to-day that is so complete in genealogical data. It is not an uncommon thing to find him describ- ing persons as the grand-parents or grand-children of others. As Clerk of the Friends' Meeting he recorded the births, deaths and marriages, and he cultivated the habit of inquiring the age of old people and recording their ages in his diaries.
As a matter of fact his whole diary should be pub- lished word for word. He was related to many of the leading families of the community, and to-day many of the family names he recorded still profusely exist in Old Gloucester.
He evidently began to keep a diary at the time he gave up merchandising, and it is a peculiar fact that no- where in his diary does he refer to his household expense books still in existence, and only incidentally to his store- keeping experiences.
During the first years of his diary he was in deli- cate health and did not expect to live very long. In his old age his infirmities seemed to make him physically un- comfortable. We of to-day are fortunate that Samuel Mickle lived to a good old age and that his executors did not destroy his diaries as he suggested.
He starts his fascinating diary with a quotation :
"With pleasure let us own our errors past And make each day a critic on the last."
"A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs."
E. R., p.285.
"The 28th of II mo. 1792. on reading part of Wm. Penn's advice to's children's children entitled 'Fruits of a Father's Love' the 4th last lines of ye 21st section p. 30 particularly drew my attention but not with an expecta- tion of putting it fully in practice
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"And to be more exact, for much lies in this : Keep a short journal of your time; though a day require but a line many advantages flow from it."
Diary No. 1, 11-28, 1792, to 4 mo. 10, 1802, 198 pages
Diary No. 2, 4-14, 1802, to 6 mo. 4, 1812, 188 pages
Diary No. 3, 6-6, 1812, to 9 mo. 18, 1818, 90 pages Diary No. 4, 9-20, 1818, to 4 mo. 24, 1826, 180 pages
Diary No. 5, 4-28, 1826, to 7 mo. 19, 1829, 94 pages
750 pages
These figures are my own. F. H. S.
1792
12/ 3. At funeral of one of Jos. Hews's sons, a lad of about 16.
12/ 6. Cous. Job Whitall here a little while in morning. 12/ 8. Hope Allen and my dear wife returned from Phila with acct of Sam'l Emlen and Sarah Harrison on religious visit to Familes in Dub- lin, Ireland.
12/15. Mary Carson widow about 2 miles from Wood- bury died last night.
12/18. Amos and Sarah Cooper here on way to Mary Carson. He with John Tatum, Jr. left by her late husband Wm. Carson dec'd as guard- ians to his children.
12/22. Uncle David Cooper and cousin Sarah Cooper, Isaac Collins and wife and Jno. Collins and wife Charity here.
12/24. Essayed writing me another will.
12/26. Small pox spreads about our neighborhood. Dan'l Gregory and his daughter died of it last week, taken in ye natural way.
12/27. Conveyancing being more agreeable than mer- chandising to my inclination should prefer to ye latter if a sedentary business suited my health.
Daniel Smith and wife Leze late Price here on their way to Death of ye Fox Inn. He has sold it to Jeffry Clark.
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I792. 12/31. What a noise about ye neighborhood with firing guns as if rejoicing that another year is gone. One year nearer the grave and uncertain of seeing the end of another.
1793
I./ 8. Made some preparations to visit Philada. to- morrow morning having forgot ye report of a Balloon intended to be raised there to mor- row A. M. by - Blanchard until my wife being reminded of it at our neighbor Aaron Thompson's, came home and told me this evening also that all Woodbury almost was going to see it which appearing likely to ob- struct my business with some people there have postponed going there.
I/ 9. Great ado with looking for and at the Balloon which came I suppose within one mile from and eastward of us at Woodbury and per- haps 1/2 mile in height. This an instance of the body also as well as the mind being in ye air. Balloon is ye subject in almost every quarter.
I/16. Andrew Hunter's black man Wm. died last night of Quinsy.
I/17. Three burials to day viz. Jno. Barnes & Andw. Hunters black man William in Presby Bur'l Grd. and Benj. Hootens child in our grave yard.
4/16.
At Funeral of Andrew Hunters wife, much use- less parade at funeral.
4/27.
This being the day advertised for those to meet at Courthouse who are friendly to abolition of Slavery None but Jos. Clement, Franklin Davenport, Jacob Wood, Thos. Carpenter, Joseph Sloan, Joshua Howell, Job Kinsey and myself met.
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1793. 4/29. Jas. Cooper said he heard in Phila last 7th day 27th that ye British vessel bound from Phila- da to Great Britain was made prize by ye French in Delaware Bay, and that our friends V Eliz. Drinker and Geo. Dilwyn & wife were with their baggage set on shore by ye French. This day proposed to Andrew Hunter and Doc- tor Geo. W. Campbell that ye inhabitants of Woodbury supply themselves with Fire buckets, etc., and to set a subscription on foot which they approved of.
4/30. Mentions legacy left by Cousin Hannah Morris deceased of Philadelphia.
5/26. Moses Watson informs that Anthony Allen of- fered him $1I per month to work for him at Carpenter trade ..
v 5/30. Doctor Thos. Hendrys wife's Aunt Henrietta French on visit ye P. M. to my wife.
6/ 4. Copying off Constitution of New Jersey Aboli- tion Society into Treasurer's account book for ye County. (He was the Treasurer of Abolition Society for Gloucester Co.)
6/18. Elizabeth Hinchman widow of Jno. came in A. M. and staid till evening, says she was born 1722-3, therefore about 70 years of age.
6/20. Richard Howell spent part of P. M. (N. B. Lately appointed Governor of ye State). In , evening came Elias Boudinot, Doct. Van Ler and son Bernard, and Jos. Low on busi- ness. Also Doctor Collins.
6/2I.
Deb'h Ruff wife of Dan'l Ruff (late Deb'h Pratt) Rebecca Folwell with her 2 children & Boy, Adam & Wm. Folwell's sister Ann on visit. Also in Evening came Wm. Fol- well.
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1793.
7/13. A new pretence for a frolic has turned up for our Woodburyians etc. who with others of our neighborhood went to Glo'ster to cele- brate ye Anniversary of French Indepen- dence.
7/27. Amy Hunter and her sister Ruth Voorhies on visit to my wife.
From time to time he describes yellow fever epidemics, making candles, bottling cider, currant wine, cutting hay, wood, planting potatoes, weather, ill health, court, Friends' Meetings, great entertainers, trips in chair to Phila. & return, tending store, horseback rides, religious sentiments, dreams, garden work, fevers, pump, etc.
8/22. My beloved wife not so well, off & on of bed and couch by turns. Exceedingly sickly in town & country with ye influenza also ye pu- trid or yellow fever is said to be in Phila of which so many die, said to have been intro- duced there by means of a cargo of damaged coffee lately landed there.
8/30.
The infection in Phila employs greatest part of conversation in ye neighborhood. A corpse on its way from Philada to Woodstown was stopped in Woodbury detained and buried last night in ye Presbyterian Burial Ground. The bringing of it gave much umbrage to ye people of ye place.
9/ 1. Jonathan Wood & wife brought by water from Phila this P. M. and interred in Woods Burial Ground.
9/19.
Anthony Sharp buried ye morning in Phila.
William Wilson wrote me at bottom of his bill :
9/28. Beloved Friend S. M. There are so many stores shut up that I know not how to pro-
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1793.
cure ye other articles mentioned in thy order.
10/ 2. Accounts from Phila continue very alarming and among ye many deaths mentioned is that of my late master Jonathan Shoemaker. 10/ 6. Eli Brownson dec'd and buried of putrid fever being ye first in Woodbury.
10/13. In P. M. went to Jno. Blackwoods-I walked about the place where ye Old Dwelling house used to stand where my grandfather John Mickle and uncle Jno. Mickle and cousin John Mickle used to reside. Viewed trees which I knew when young and thrifty like myself. Could scarcely find the spot where ye old house had stood and this poor totter- ing body of mine here yet.
At this time the terrors of the yellow fever epi- demic in Philada. and vicinity are fully de- scribed, together with notices of many deaths of his acquaintances in Woodbury & Philada. and as late as Nov. 30 he records that the pestilence still continues in Phila. in a few instances.
On Dec. 10th, 1793, he writes : Thus ends some account of ye manner of employing (in too many instances wasting) precious time up- ward of a year.
On the next page 4 years afterward he writes : Have had thot's at times for a year or two past of resuming a Diary and particularly ye 15th of 12 mo., 1797. Dec. 27, 97, I did not expect to see ye time of life having been complaining for about 28 years past and scarcely one hour of that 28 yrs. free from a degree of pain.
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1798
I/12. He mentions visit of Elias Hicks.
I/21. Josh'a Hopper, Jr., Inkeeper at Woodbury, died. Age about 23 years.
I/27. Aunt Hannah Ladd deceased.
2/22. Visited Sarah Whitalls at Red Bank, the house of mourning indeed, between II of 9th and 18th of 10 mo last inclusive hath deceased her husband Job Whitall, her husbands mother, Ann, and children Job, Sarah and Aaron Whitall and girl Sarah Burroughs. Also other scenes of distress have been at that place. Witness their fine apple orchard cut down and ground dug up in great trenches and works thrown up in erecting a Fort there, their dwelling house walls bat- tered in holes while the family were en- deavoring to live quietly therein, fruits of a battle between ye American & Hessian Sol- diers in 1777 when after it I saw men lying naked on ye ground except in part covered with a little straw and some of them with their limbs off having died of their wounds.
Visited Depthford Free School.
3/ 3. 5/13. Mary, widow of Solomon Lippincott (and daughter of Ab'm Chattin a dec'd English- man) dined. Very cheerful about 76 years of age, entertained my dear wife and me with accounts of old times or days of her youth and respecting of those inhabitants, buildings &c of this part of ye county.
6/18. Light horsemen exercising in sham fight along Woodbury street.
8/ 9. Yellow fever in Philada.
8/22. Yellow fever at Oldmans Creek, Port Eliza- beth, Thompsons Point and Haddonfield.
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1798. 9/12. Doctor Jno. Otto is recovering and about again.
This day completes my 5Ist year.
9/18.
Isaac Saunders died of yellow fever in 24th year of his age, at Woodbury.
Doctor Geo. W. Campbell and Sarah Kaighn died 9-2-98.
9/30. Oct.
Biddle Reeves recovered from yellow fever. Deaths mentioned : Hannah Inskeep, Martin Moody, Sam'l Townsend, Josiah Hopkins, Abraham Gibbon, Robt. Kirkbride, Wm. Jackson, Jas. Emlen, Hannah, wife of Jacob Lindley, Mary Sharpless, Rebecca Cooper. Mentions Deborah Steward.
IO/ 9.
1799
2/22. An unusual noisy time about Woodbury ye P. M. A very general parade of militia with cannon and small arms drum & fife etc and flag hoisted on top of ye Court house (Gen'l Geo Washingtons birth day celebrated).
3/16. Went with Jno Reeve to an advertised meeting at Jos Huggs tavern to establish a fire com- pany in Woodbury and its neighborhood, made some progress and adjourned to ye day 2 weeks 2 P. M. to meet at ye Acad- emy.
3/18. Report says 2 or 3 counties in Penna revolt against government, also accounts from other points of ye United States threaten trouble.
3/24. Peter Andrews of Little Egg Harbour brother of Edward at meeting.
Mother in law Leze Smith late Price has been ill at Egg Harbour lately, brought home yes- terday.
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1799.
4/3-4. Went to Laddstown, Swedesborough and Sculltown. Complains about noisy tavern.
4/ 5. Preparative meeting, no business except ordering as subscription of 30f for encouragement of lately proposed Fire Company in Woodbury. The 2 Schools in Woodbury have subscribed $40 each besides fire buckets and proposal is to be made to ye board of Freeholders for £50 more by committee of Fire Co.
4/15, 16, 17, 18, 19. At Phila yearly meeting visited friends and relatives viz. George Guests, Elizabeth Fox, Mary Cresson, Sarah Shoe- maker, Thos. Shoemaker, Geo. F. Alberti, Wm. Folwell, Sam'l Richards Sr. and Jr., John Townsend, &c., &c.
Complains of poor health, always expecting to die. Ailments like coughs, colds and rheumatism. Doctors Lummis, Hendry and Stratton mentioned.
5/ 3. Chalkley Albertson and Zachariah Dickson of North Carolina inoculated for small pox at Jos. Whitalls.
Friends meetings at Moorestown, Mullica Hill, Crosswicks, Chestnut Ridge, Burlington, and Phila Friends meetings mentioned all through diary.
Various company all day.
5/29. 6/ 3. Old age creeps on and little matters fatigue me. May I be prepared for a better country.
6/ 9. Jno. E. Hopkins manager for building ye Clerk's office opposite our house stays with us. Drowsy, pains in back, head and neck.
6/10. Visited by old friend and former neighbors Wm. Snowden and wife. Snowden now in his 70th year.
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1799. 6/18. My dear wife took ye widow of Elijah Clark to Daniel Smiths and to Joshua Howells on 20th visited Elisha Clark, his mother and Joseph Reed of Mt. Holly being there.
7/ I. Yellow fever in Phila.
7/ 9. Our Woodbury Fire Engine has arrived here last evening. The attention of all Woodbury was taken up in the exercising of it including myself. Cost of it £135.
7/12. Visited Paul Cooper and saw the diary of a pious woman Margaret Magdalen. It belongs to Sarah Cresson. Maiden name of Margaret Magdalen was Jasper.
7/18. Robert Haydock & Son Eden coppered ye roof of ye Clerk's office today.
7/31. Visited Clonmell again.
8/II. David Sparks young man deceased also Samuel Hinchman aged 18.
8/14. Visited by old friend Amy Hunter accompanied by her nephew Andrew Hunter.
9/15. Surveying.
IO/ 4. Wrote letter for Sarah Whitall (Redbank) to her son Mark at Westown school.
9/15. Thos. Thorne Jr. married Mary Haines.
10/15.
At Friends meeting.
12/ 9. Wm. Abbott of Salem interred last 5th day.
12/18.
Ricketts circus in Phila burnt last night when about to act a diabolic scene.
12/26. Report says Geo. Washington late President dec'd ye 14th inst. of an inflammatory sore throat and short illness.
12/28. Military parade escorted our Gov. Howell to and from Presbyterian meeting. Thos. Picton minister.
1800
I/ 3. Jesse Chew Methodist preacher interrupted sol- emn meeting.
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1800.
I/ 6. Transcribing our last monthly meeting into ye bound book as scribe to said meeting.
2/ I. Mary Kaighn widow of Samuel Kaighn interred at Newton.
2/ 6. Read newspapers this P. M. A great overturn of affairs in France. Napoleon Bonaparte has returned from Egypt and taken ye lead at Paris.
2/16. Read part of dear dec'd Daniel Stantons Jour- nal. I have known him in my youthful days. 2/22. An unusual parade of military in Woodbury. The Free Masons in their Masonic dress to commemorate the death of Gen'l Geo. Wash- ington and an oration delivered on ye occa- sion at ye Court house by Parson John Croes y of Swedesborough. Woodbury Fire Co. meeting ye P. M. present only 10 members of 30.
2/26. Jane ye 2nd wife of Chas. West, dec'd.
3/ I. John Wistar on his way home from Philada lodges and related several anecdotes of Sam'l Emlen late deceased (one recorded about Methodists ).
Read current literature and Journals of the times. Mentions many standard books.
3/23. Subpoenaed by Aaron Pancoast in a Land litiga- tion.
4/ 5. As clerk to Fire Co. del'd Doct. Thos. Hendry a copy of minutes of his expulsion from mem- bership with said Co.
4/15. Most of ye day in company with Surveyors of Roads on application of Edward Brewer for a new straight road from a proposed new bridge to be built over ye S. Branch of Great Timber Creek, said road to extend thence to central part of Woodbury say ye Court House. Other notes about this road occur.
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1800. 4/30. 3 Anna wife of Cousin Wm. Cooper and daugh- ter of Mark Miller married only 4 months, deceased last evening.
5/ 9. Jervis Johnson lately returned from a religious visit to Canada at Preparative meeting.
5/13. James Saunders approved by meeting to take his place as clerk. S. M. continued to record marriages, births and burials.
5/15. On trip to Laddstown and Sculltown left wife and chair at cousin Samuel Mickle and pro- ceeded on horseback.
5/26. Beloved wife with cousin Hannah Whitall went on Church business to Sandtown.
6/ 6. Again asked meeting to release him from care of burying ground.
6/17. Visited by Keziah Mickle daughter of Jos., Mary Cooper daughter of Amos.
7/12. Ebenezer Miller near Salem dec'd.
7/16. Hannah wife of Joseph Mickle dec'd.
8/12. Funeral of Ebenezer Cresson and Aaron Pan- coast.
Missed monthly meeting for the first time since it was established more than 15 years ago.
8/18. Dr. Thos. Hendry tells him he is tending towards apoplexy or Palsey.
8/21. Zaccheus Test and Hannah Reeves married to- day.
8/23. Yellow fever at Norfolk, New York and Balto. and Fells point.
8/30. James Lee of near Maurice River about a week ago while riding in a chair or sulky had his horse killed by lightning. He was stunned and felled across his dead horse about 12 miles from home.
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1800.
) 9/ 5. Wife of Biddle Reeves, funeral.
9/10.
Wm. Hutton age 70 whose father Jno. Hutton lived to be II0 years old is building a new house for Thos. Mann.
9/29. My dear wife went with cousin Sarah Hopkins and her grand daughter Elizabeth, daughter of Jas. Hopkins, Elizabeth widow of Benj. Whitall and Sarah wife of Jno. S. Whitall, to Joseph Whitalls.
IO/ I. Introduced to Duncan Campbells father who looked liked his son the late Doctor Geo. W. Campbell. On 10/3 he mentions Benjamin brother of Duncan.
10/23. Jas. Hinchmans barn struck by lightning and consumed.
10/26. Mentions Jedediah Allen and wife, Solomon S. Saunders and his intended wife, Lydia Bur- roughs, Mary Lippincott, Rebecca Saunders as guests.
II/ 9. Mary Miller deceased to-day.
12/12. Joshua Lord and Sarah Jessup married.
12/24. Election in Woodbury for members of Congress. The Federals prevailed on Mary Saunders to give her vote.
12/31. Noisy night with drums and guns. Read man- uscript Journal of our dear deceased friend Joshua Evans.
1801
I/30. Visited school with Benj. Roulon, Biddle Reeves, Jas. and Paul Cooper.
2/15. Jno. Redman and wife and daughter Mary, De- borah Steward and Letticia Craig, Lodge.
No entry between 2/20, 1801, and 4 mo. 1, 1801, when he writes, "I now resume my pen after having been near the gates of Death, etc." Carefully describes his
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sickness and Doctor Hendry's treatment. While he was sick he first told his wife of this diary, giving her liberty to destroy all or part of it after his decease.
1801.
4/20 & 21. Made catalogue of his books and pamphlets. 5/ I. Visited by Cousin Deborah wife of Jos. Hugg and her sister Hester Matlack.
5/ 4. Went away in chair, visited Rebecca Lippin- cott at Mullica Hill and her son Joshua Lip- pincott, Thos. Battin and Jacob Haines, near Sweedesborough.
5/10. Aaron H. Middleton & Deborah Whitall mar- ried, Phineas Lord & wife together with S. M. and wife overseers. Deborah was sister of Mary Whitall, who married Robert Hop- kins.
5/19. Visited Benj. Reeve sick at Job Tylers on way to Salem, under care of Doctor Wister.
5/22. Joseph Sharp buried. He was father of boy who lived with S. M., and who died a few months previous.
6/ 9. Joseph Ogden and Sybil Tatum married.
6/16. Court Week. Many people in to-day, among them Thos. Redman & wife, James Cooper, Daniel Smith & his daughters Mary & Elizabeth Smith, ye latter from Egg Harbor, wife of Evi Smith.
6/17. Wrote to Andrew Hunter near Trenton, about a mortgage on his land.
6/18. Joseph Hillman who removed from Woodbury" in Spring of 1800 returned yesterday a week, died of consumption and was buried in the Presbyterian Burial Ground.
7/ 2. Rachel Wilkins, wife of Isaac Wilkins and daughter of Joseph Low, dec'd.
7/30. Joseph Eustace, mason, died this A. M. II
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1801.
8/17. My beloved wife appointed on a committee to judge of suitableness of establishing a Prep- arative Meeting at Maurice River.
8/28. Attended funeral of Jno. Matts at ye Strangers burying ground.
9/ 4. Called on Franklin Davenport and his mother. Mentions Dr. Wm. Lummis.
9/13.
9/24. Surveying proposed new road from Jas. Davis (at Strawberry bank) to fall in near Wards grave yard. Found it had been erroneously staked off.
9/26. Ann Davenport, mother of Franklin Daven- port, departed this life last night about mid- night.
9/27. From meeting came Thos. Carpenter & wife and their son Edward & wife, and in P. M. my dear wife went with them in their wagon to the Burial of Ann Davenport at Presby- terian Burial Ground.
Wm. Goodwin buried on Ist day last.
IO/ I.
Last week black Mingo deceased late belong- ing to my deceased Father in law Robert Friend Price. She was blind and incapable of maintaining herself was boarded out.
10/18. John Hopper, Jr., son of Levi, deceased this P. M.
10/27.
Zatthu Whitalls wife Lydia, late Jones, dec'd. Jos. Richards to be married to Margery John- son in Phila.
12/ 7. An invitation to funeral of Jonathan Fisher, Sr.
12/19. Visited Benj. Lovett. He and wife had gone to Newton meeting held for first time in their new brick meeting house on ye Ferry road.
12/25. Hannah Lord, mother of Joshua, dec'd.
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1801.
12/25. Frequent mention of Sister Blanch Price. Always writes my dear wife or my beloved wife or my precious wife, never my wife, but once.
1802
I/30. Mary Tatum, mother of Rachel wife of Levi Hopper is still living, age 91 yrs.
2/II.
Visited Joshua Lippincott, Robt. Cook, Dr. Jas. Stratton also a court held at Stretch'sY tavern by Stratton and Thos. Heston. Stop- ped few minutes at Jacob Haines and Cousin Sam'l Mickle.
2/17. Wrote and executed my will.
2/19. Old Neighbor Jno. Sparks, Sen'r, buried at ye Presbyterian Burial Grounds. Large number of people attended. Dec'd early yesterday morning said to be in his 85th year, born in summer of 1716.
2/24.
Rec'd letter from Geo. F. Albertis ye P. M. giv- ing account of the decease of his beloved wife Hannah. Hannah Albertis was a half sister of Mrs Mickle. She was buried in the German Church ground. Henry Hel- muth officiating 2-26.
2/27. Breakfasted at G. Guests, saw Nicholas Waln about ground rents.
3/12. Joseph Tomlinson and Mary Cooper, daugh- ter of Benjn. Cooper, late dec'd, married.
3/15. Visited by Mordecai Wetherill.
3/19. Joseph Reeves and Sarah Whitall, widow, mar- ried.
3/25. Mark Brown's wife Ann, late Hopkins, died of measles, buried on 27th in Woods Bur- ial Ground.
First Vol. of diary, 198 pages, ends 4-10-1802.
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1802.
4/16. In Philada after Plaister, taking Hannah P. Alberti daughter of George F. Alberti whom he visited also Sam'l Morris, Sam'l Richards ; was at the jail and lodged with cousin Geo. Guest.
4/17. Rose early and was at Plaister mill up Market Street before sun rise thence to breakfast at G. Guests thence to Market St. Ferry and at Jas. Lippincott thence to ye water reservoir at ye Centre about 13th St. thence to ye Bet- teringhouse, ye Hospital and to Elijah Har- ker's below Spruce St. thence above 6th in Race St. where I at length concluded to get Plaister thence to Geo. F. Albertis, Negus Ferry etc & etc.
5/27. He owned property near Swedesboro and made occasional trips to collect money. On this day he wrote: "wearied with my Swedesbor- ough expedition. Almost determined some time past to quit keeping a diary."
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