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--January--
21st of the 1st mo 1808 having the approbation of Friends I left home to visit some meetings in Bucks and Abington Quarters [in] Pennsylvania. Got to Mount Holly Meeting on Fifth Day which was very poor, low, little to be done. Here I met Hinchman Hains of Gabriel Daviss. Sixth Day had an appointed meeting for H: H: at Crosswicks. He took up almost the whole time and was much favoured. In the evening had a meeting at Bordentown the few Friends there the house was crowded full and the weight fell on me and I believe it ended to general satisfaction. A Methodist minister was there and came to our lodging and said he wanted some friendly religious discourse with us and we parted friendly and respectfully he Expressing great love and friendship for us 7th Day had a meeting at Trenton religion seemed to be at a low ebb and hard getting along though I hope we came off without loss this Evening I got to my friend Jonathan Kirkbrides my companions went on pursuant to their prospect down the river
[24] 1st Day I was at the falls Meeting which was an owning favored time I believe to general satisfaction
[25] 2nd had an appointed meeting at Makefield and I hope and believe in a good degree owning got to Oliver Paxton�s to lodge. Third Day got to John Balderston's
[lmn "stop to see an old man in a deep consumption he was very tender"]
[crossed out "4th Day"] and were at salesburly Meeting 4 Day at Buckingham preparative Meeting middling
[28] 5 Day Plumsted preparative a very stormy snowy day the meeting was very small and things seemed low we had but a poor time lodged at Edward Goods 6 Day [i "an appointed meeting"] we went to Richland Meeting 15 miles: in a sleigh the roads very Bad and crossing the creeks very difficult and dangerous the waters high and Ice not quite strong Enough to bear the horses
we had some dismal discouraging dangerous places to go thro but were favoured to get safe along in good season starting before sunrise: and a full favoured owning open time it was I Believe to General satisfaction came back to Edward goods to lodge had a sitting with them for the better I hope had an opportunity at Robert Kirbride's sons family in a disunited state to satisfaction
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