HANNAH 
 LOGAN'S 
 COURTSHIP 
 
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 Being- a Quaker Maiden' s Account of Her 
 Experiences luith OJ/icers of the Conti- 
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HANNAH 
 
 L O G A N'S 
 
 COURTSHIP 
 
 A True Narrative 
 
 .■/^4-lr, 
 
 THE WOOING OF THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES LOGAN, 
 COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND 
 DIVERS OTHER MATTERS, AS RELATED IN THE 
 DIARY OF HER LOVER, THE HONORABLE JOHN 
 SMITH, ASSEMBLYMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA AND 
 icING'S COUNCILLOR OF NEW JERSEY, 1736-1752 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
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 INTRODUCTION 
 
 ON the warm afternoon of June i, 1744, a 
 courtly company of Virginia gentlemen in 
 cocked hats and gold lace rode out the Old 
 York Road from Philadelphia toward Germantown. 
 They were the Indian Commissioners and suite, but 
 lately arrived in the city en route to make a treaty with 
 the Iroquois at Lancaster. The party had dined 
 sumptuously at the Three Tuns Tavern in Water 
 Street with the Secretary of the Province, Mr. Richard 
 Peters, and * ' after a few Glasses of Good Maderia 
 were now on their way to pay their respects to the 
 venerable statesman and scholar, James Logan, at his 
 beautiful country seat of Stenton. 
 
 " We got to Mr. Logan's a few minutes after 3," 
 writes ^ William Black, the merry young Secretary of 
 the Commission, " and found him hid in the Bushes, 
 " an Expression the Indians used " two years previously 
 when they found that " their Good Friend James 
 
 ^ Journal of William Black, Penna. Magazine, I., 406 ff. 
 Cf. Witham Marshe's Journal, Mass. Hist. Coll., VII. 
 
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 " Logan . . . was so much Oppress' d with sick- 
 " ness as to be obliged to live a Life Retir'd from 
 *' Public affairs." " He had been a very great 
 *♦ Benefactor to the Indians," Black continues, " and 
 " Conducted several Treaties with them, and they 
 "having always found him true to them, had an 
 •' Extraordinary Regard for him : The Commissioners 
 "had some Conversation with him about the Indians, 
 " and told him his Advice would be of the last Conse- 
 " quence to them in Conducting the Treaty; he 
 *' Appear' d [however] somewhat Reserv'd and Spoke 
 " very little : 
 
 " At last the Tea Table was Set, and one of his 
 " Daughters [Hannah] presented herself in Order to 
 "fill out the Fashionable Warm Water: I was really 
 "very much Surprized," writes the impressionable 
 young Virginian, " at the Appearance of so Charm- 
 " ing a Woman, in a place where the seeming morose- 
 " ness and Goutified Father's Appearance Promised no 
 " such Beauty, tho' it must be allow' d the Man seem'd 
 " to have some Remains of a handsome enough Person, 
 "and a Complection beyond his years, for he was 
 " turned off 70 : 
 
 " But to return to the Lady, I declare I burnt my 
 " Lips more than once, being quite thoughtless of the 
 " warmness of my Tea, entirely lost in Contemplating 
 " her Beauties. She was tall, and Slender, but 
 " Exactly well Shap'd, her Features Perfect, and 
 "Complection tho' a little the whitest, yet her 
 " Countenance had something in it extremely Sweet. 
 

 
 
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 «« Her Eyes Express' d a very great Softness, denoting 
 "a Compos'd Temper and Serenity of Mind, Her 
 " Manner was Grave and Reserv'd, and to be short 
 " she had a Sort of Majesty in her Person, and Agree- 
 " ableness in her Behaviour, which at once Surprized 
 " and Charmed the Beholders: ^ 
 
 *' After the Tea Table was remov'd we were going 
 *< to take leave, but it appear' d we must first view his 
 *< Library, which was Customary with him, to any 
 ♦* Persons of Account, He had really a very fine 
 "Collection of Books, both Ancient and Modern. 
 << He seem'd to Regrate that none of his Sons knew 
 " not how to use them, and that he design' d them as 
 •• a Legacy to the City when he died: After the Old 
 " Gentleman had been Complimented on his fine 
 "Taste we Departed." 
 
 Hannah Logan, the heroine of our narrative, thus 
 pleasantly portrayed by Mr. Black, was the younger 
 of James Logan's daughters. She was named in honor 
 of Hannah Penn, the second wife of William Penn.'^ 
 
 1 Jonathan Belcher, Governor of New Jersey, in a letter from 
 Burlington, of May iz, 1748, writes to James Logan: " My best 
 Regards wait on your good Lady and free from all Compliments 
 on your fine fine Daughter." — Belcher MSS., VL, 313, Mass. 
 Hist. Soc, Boston. 
 
 * In a letter dated Philadelphia, March 29, 1719-20, James 
 Logan writes to his " Hon** Mistress " Hannah Penn : "I have 
 a careful wife & but 3 Children of w<='' y'' last a Girl & called by 
 thy name is but very young." — James Logan's MS. Letter-book, 
 1717-1728, p. 117, Hist. Soc. Penna., Am .0951. 
 
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 *'Our 4th [child]," writes' the father in 1723, 
 *<is Hannah, born y^ 21st of febr^ '7if about noon," 
 now at the age of three "a very hearty Child 
 " Spelling in her Primer." Her fiarther education and 
 housewifely employments, doubtless, were similar to 
 those of her older sister, Sarah, of whom the father 
 writes^ in 1724: " Sally, besides her needle, has been 
 '* learning French, and this last week, has been very 
 " busy in the dairy at the plantation, in which she 
 ♦' delights as well as in spinning ; but is this moment at 
 *' the table with me (being first-day afternoon and her 
 *' mother abroad), reading the 34th Psalm in Hebrew, 
 •* the letters of which she learned very perfectly in less 
 •* than two hours' time, an experiment I made of her 
 " capacity only for my diversion, though," he adds, — 
 an interesting comment on female education at the 
 time, — " I never design to give her that or any other 
 ** learned language, unless the French be accounted 
 "such." 
 
 Unfortunately no portrait * of Hannah is known to 
 
 'MS. letter July 21, 1723, to his brother, Dr. William Logan, 
 of Bristol, England, in possession of a descendant, Mrs. Charles W. 
 Howland, of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
 ^Letter, Philadelphia, "25, 8ber, 1724," to Thomas Story, 
 the eminent Quaker minister, then in England. — Wilson Armistead, 
 Life of Logan, 96. 
 
 ^ That a portrait of Hannah Logan had been made is evinced by 
 the following e.xtract from a letter dated 11 mo. 17, 1758, from 
 
Sarah Logan (1715-1744) 
 Daughter of James Logan and wife of Isaac Nor 
 
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 have survived, but it is inferred that she was much like 
 her sister Sarah, whose portrait is here reproduced, for the 
 father in a letter of 1736 thus refers to the resemblance 
 of the sisters : *' My younger daughter now in all 
 ** respects equals the elder, save in years, being both, 
 " I think, exactly of a height, and they are now 
 "much what their mother was." * 
 
 In the pages of the young secretary of the Virginian 
 Commission, James Logan appears as an old man, 
 leading the life of a country gentleman, in scholarly 
 retirement among the treasures of his library. Yet he 
 had not long lived thus remote from the world of affairs. 
 For almost a half century he had devoted himself to 
 business pursuits and to public concerns, and certainly, 
 next to William Penn, the Founder, may be ranked as 
 the most important personage of the Province.^ 
 
 He was born of Scotch parentage, October 20, 
 
 William Logan to his brother-in-law, John Smith : "I sent for my 
 sister's Picture with an Intention to make a present of it, as thou 
 hast y'' Original, & most right to it, but my Coz° Jn° Pemberton 
 tells me my sister Intends when she Gets possession of it, to destroy 
 it. If so, I can assure her I shall not part with it & thou must be 
 her security she will not." — ^John Smith's Correspondence, 1740- 
 1770, Am 158, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
 'Letter, Stenton, 5 Mo. 12, 1736, to Thomas Story. — 
 Armistead's Logan, 119 fF. 
 
 ' See sketch of James Logan in Myers's Immigration of the 
 Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750. 
 
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 1674, ^^ Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland.^ His 
 father, Patrick Logan, a native of East Lothian, Scot- 
 land, of good ancestry, was graduated M.A.^ from 
 the University of Edinburgh, and became a clergyman 
 of the Established Church of Scotland, serving for a 
 time as Chaplain to Lord Belhaven^; but later he joined 
 the Society of Friends. His wife was Isabella Hume, 
 of a gentle family of the south of Scotland, descended 
 from Lord Panmure.* About the middle of First 
 month, 1671, Patrick Logan, as he records it, 
 removed with his family to Ireland,^ and took charge 
 of a Latin school at Lurgan. 
 
 Here in his father's school James Logan received his 
 education, "having learned Latin, Greek, and some 
 " Hebrew," he writes in his autobiography,® "before 
 "I was 13 years of age." "In my 14th [year]," 
 he continues, *• I was put Apprentice to a Linnen Draper 
 " — one as considerable with his Partner as any in 
 
 ^ Penn-Logan Correspondence, I., liii., Mem. Hist. Soc. 
 Penna., Vol. IX. 
 
 ^ Proud, Pennsylvania, I., 473. 
 
 ' Keith, Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania, 5. 
 
 * Pa. Mag., XXVI., 479; Myers's Immigration, 238; Baronage 
 of Scotland, 178; Douglas, Peerage of Scotland, 544. 
 
 *Copy of Deborah Logan's Commonplace-book, No. I, owned 
 by Miss Maria Dickinson Logan, of " Loudoun," Germantown. 
 
 * See Myers, Immigration of the Irish Quakers, 238 ff. 
 
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 "Dublin. But the Prince of Orange, landing before I 
 '* was bound (tho' I served my Master 6 months) in 
 ** the winter of 1688, I went down to my Parents — 
 " and the wars in Ireland coming on. In the Spring 
 " (1689) I went over to Edinburgh with my Mother 
 " — after which my Father soon followed, who being 
 ** out of employment — repaired to London, & was 
 "there gladly receiv'd by our friends — Deputies to 
 "the Gen' Meeting from Bristol in that City — as 
 " their school master ^ — for the Latin Language 
 " [1690], and I followed him the next year; but 
 "tho' the wages were good, and well paid," Patrick 
 Logan returned to Ireland in 1 693 and left his son James, 
 not yet nineteen years of age, in charge of the school. 
 Young Logan retained his position as teacher, at the 
 same time continuing his studies in Greek and Hebrew, 
 and learning French, Italian, and Spanish — until 1697; 
 
 1 Patrick Logan is described by the Bristol Friends, in 1690, as 
 "a good scholar, and an apt schoolmaster to instruct youth in 
 Latin, &c." (Tanner, Friends in Bristol, 124.) He died about 
 1702, and his widow, Isabella Logan, was married again shortly 
 afterwards to one not a Friend ( Penn and Logan Correspondence, 
 L, 117). In 1717, she came to Pennsylvania (Letter, James 
 Logan to Thomas Story, dated Philadelphia, 12 mo. 28, 171 7. 
 — James Logan's MS. Letter-book, 171 7-1 728, Hist. Soc. Pa., 
 Am .0951), and spent the remainder of her life with her son, 
 James Logan. She died 11 mo. 17, 1722 (Letter dated Phila- 
 delphia, 2 mo. 8, 1723, James Logan to John Hoop, of Ireland. ) 
 
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 then he entered upon the shipping trade between Bristol 
 and Dublin. But in the spring of 1 699 William Penn 
 sent for him, and engaged him to go with him to 
 Pennsylvania as his secretary. 
 
 So in the summer of the same year, at the age of 
 twenty-five, we find him embarking with Penn in the 
 Canterbury for the voyage to the New World. They 
 arrived at Philadelphia late in the year. Logan was 
 immediately plunged into the affairs of the Province, 
 and soon showed such marked capacity for business and 
 administration that his services became indispensable, 
 and Penn, on his departure for England in 1701, not 
 only continued him as secretary, but gave him a general 
 charge both of the government and property, saying: 
 " I have left thee in an uncommon trust, with a singular 
 •' dependence on thy justice and care." ' 
 
 Nor was the Proprietor's confidence misplaced; for 
 though beset by many troubles and vexations, Logan 
 ever remained true to his trust, discharging his duties 
 with fidelity and judgment. His life becoming more 
 and more occupied with public affairs, he was for the next 
 forty years always holding some high office — Com- 
 missioner of Property, member of Provincial Council, 
 Judge of Common Pleas, Mayor of Philadelphia, 
 
 1 Penn-Logan Correspondence, I., 59. 
 
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 Chief- Justice; and in 1736-38, as President of the 
 Provincial Council, acting as Governor of Pennsylvania. 
 
 He became the devoted leader of the Proprietary- 
 Party in the long and bitter political conflict that was 
 waged after Penn's return to England, and zealously 
 guarded the Penn interests and prerogatives against 
 what were deemed the encroachments of the Popular 
 Party of the Assembly, led in the earlier days by David 
 Lloyd, and of the Church Party, led by Colonel Robert 
 Quarry. It is true that in these earlier years he did at 
 times become heated in partisan controversy, to such an 
 extent as to make himself unpopular, but in his later 
 days he was generally respected for his learning, 
 character and ability. 
 
 He remained a Friend all his life, but differed from 
 the great body of the Society in his belief in defensive 
 war, writing an address in support of this view, and 
 contributing liberally to the funds raised for the protec- 
 tion of Philadelphia in the French wars. 
 
 An anecdote of his voyage over with Penn in the 
 Canterbury^ 1699, as he told it to his friend Benjamin 
 Franklin, is of interest in this connection : ^ 
 
 *• It was war time, and their ship was chased by an 
 •' armed vessel, supposed to be an enemy. Their captain 
 
 'Franklin's Autobiography, Sparks, I., 153. 
 
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 *' prepared for defence ; but told William Penn, and 
 •* his company of Quakers, that he did not expect their 
 ** assistance, and that they might retire into the cabin ; 
 ♦* which they did, except James Logan, who chose to 
 *' stay upon deck, and was quartered to a gun. The 
 *« supposed enemy proved a friend, so there was no 
 "fighting; but when the secretary went down to 
 '•communicate the intelligence, William Penn rebuked 
 " him severely for staying upon deck and undertaking to 
 '• assist in defending the vessel, contrary to the principles 
 '* of Friends; especially as it had not been required by 
 *• the captain. This reprimand, being before all the 
 ** company, piqued the secretary, who answered: * I 
 *• * being thy servant, why did thee not order me to 
 *' 'come down? But thee was willing enough that I 
 " * should stay and help to fight the ship, when thee 
 ** 'thought there was danger.' " ' 
 
 As already intimated by Black, Logan was on very 
 friendly terms with the Indians. Like his friend and 
 master, Penn, he knew how to win and keep their 
 confidence. It was largely due to him that friendship 
 and alliance between them and the Province were so 
 
 ' In his address on defensive war, offered to Philadelphia Yearly 
 Meeting in 1741, Logan doubtless alludes to this incident. He 
 writes: *' I was therefore the more surprised, when I found my 
 Master, on a particular Occasion in our Voyage hither, tho' coming 
 over to exercise the Powers of it [government] here in his own 
 Person shew'd his Sentiments were otherwise." — Broadside, No. 
 48, Vol. 3, Pemberton Papers, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
James Logan's ^V'atcll 
 
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 long maintained. He often had them as guests at 
 Stenton. On some occasions, it is said, there were as 
 many as three or four hundred, who would remain for 
 days enjoying the hospitality of the plantation.^ 
 
 It is not only as a statesman, but also as a man of 
 letters and science, that James Logan is conspicuous in 
 our colonial annals. He carried on an extensive 
 correspondence with many of the most learned men of 
 Europe, and wrote numerous works, many of which 
 are still in manuscript. His letters and writings show 
 that there was almost no topic in science or literature 
 that he could not discuss with the scholars of his time. 
 ** Sometimes Hebrew or Arabic characters and 
 ** algebraic formulas roughen the pages of his letters and 
 "books. Sometimes his letters convey a lively Greek 
 " ode to a learned friend; and often they are written in 
 " the Latin tongue."^ His friend Linnasus, in compli- 
 ment to his botanical knowledge, named after him a 
 natural order of herbs and shrubs, the Loganiaceas, 
 containing some thirty genera in three hundred and 
 fifty species. He published Latin essays on reproduc- 
 tion in plants, and on the aberration of light; translated 
 Cato's Disticha and Cicero's De Senectute, and issued 
 
 ^ Armistead's Logan, 196. 
 
 ^J. F. Fisher, in Sparks's Franklin, VII., 24-27, note. 
 
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 many other works. ^ His correspondence with the 
 Penn family, which is a mine of historical information, 
 reveals his carefulness and intellectual breadth. Says 
 Professor Tyler, " Occasionally one finds in it a passage 
 " of general discussion, in which the clear brain and 
 •• noble heart of the writer utter themselves in language 
 " of real beauty and force." - 
 
 He bequeathed to the city of Philadelphia his library 
 of 3,000 volumes, comprising all the Latin classics and 
 more than a hundred folios in Greek. These books 
 formed the foundation of the Loganian Library, which 
 later was included in the collection of the Philadelphia 
 Library Company.^ 
 
 " In personal appearance," says Watson, the 
 annalist, '♦ James Logan was tall and well-proportioned, 
 ♦« with a graceful yet grave demeanor. He had a good 
 " complexion, and was quite florid even in old age, nor 
 '• did his hair, which was brown, turn gray in his decline 
 " of life, nor his eyes require spectacles. According to 
 " the customs of the times, he wore a powdered wig. 
 " His whole manner was dignified, so as to abash 
 
 1 Joseph Smith, Catalogue of Friends' Books; Hildeburn, Issues 
 of the Pennsylvania Press. 
 
 ' Moses Coit Tyler, History of American Literature, II., 234. 
 ^ Armistead's Logan, 174-5. 
 
James Logan 
 
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 '* impertinence ; yet he was kind and strictly just in all 
 " the minor duties of acquaintance and society." ^ 
 Black, we remember, who saw him in his declining 
 years, says that he " seem'dtohave some Remains of a 
 "handsome . . . Person and a Complection 
 " beyond his years." 
 
 From the correspondence of his youthful days we 
 obtain a very human view of Logan in his affaires 
 a"" amours. A bachelor's life was not to his liking, and 
 he hoped to change in such a way as to contribute to 
 his happiness and means. He was destined, however, 
 to suffer the stings of disappointment several times 
 before he met with success in his desires. He formed 
 an attachment for the beautiful and wealthy Ann 
 Shippen, daughter of Edward Shippen, Mayor of the 
 city, but found a formidable rival in the learned and 
 eloquent young Quaker minister, Thomas Story. The 
 fair Ann was inclined to listen to the vows of the latter 
 suitor. The progress of the love-affair soon became the 
 town talk, and even reached the ears of the Proprietor 
 in England.^ " I am anxiously grieved for thy unhappy 
 ** love," writes Penn to Logan, under date of l i mo. 
 i6th, 1704—5, "for thy sake and my own, for T. 
 
 ^ Annals of Philadelphia, I., 524. 
 
 * Thompson Westcott, Historic Mansions of Philadelphia, 
 second edition. 
 
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 " S. and thy discord has been of no service here, any 
 *♦ more than there ; and some say that come thence that 
 " thy amours have so altered or influenced thee that thou 
 " art grown touchy and apt to give rough and short 
 *' answers, which many call haughty, &c. I make no 
 "judgment, but caution thee, as in former letters, to let 
 ** truth preside and bear impertinence as patiently as thou 
 *' canst." ^ To this Logan replied, 12 mo. nth, 
 1704—5 : ** I cannot understand that paragraph in thy 
 "letter relating to T. S. and myself; thou says our 
 "discord has done no more good there than here, and 
 " know not who carried the account of it, for I wrote to 
 *♦ none that I know but thyself in 7''",I703. . . . 
 " Before that we had lived eighteen months very good 
 ** friends, without any manner of provocation, only that 
 " I had about three or four months before spoke some- 
 " thing to Edward Shippen. . ." ^ In the following 
 year Ann Shippen and Thomas Story were married, 
 and Logan seems to have become reconciled to the 
 match. He wrote to William Penn, Jr., August 12, 
 1706: "Thomas Story carries very well since his 
 " marriage. He and I are very great friends, for I think 
 *«the whole business is not now worth a quarrel." ' 
 
 1 Penn- Logan Correspondence, I., 358. 
 
 'Ibid, I., 367. Mbid, II., 158. 
 
Dr. William Logan, of Bristol, Eno-lanc 
 
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 As years went by he became enamoured of another 
 fair Quakeress, Sarah Read, daughter of Charles Read 
 (d. c. 1705), a wealthy merchant of the city, Alder- 
 man and Assemblyman, and sister of Charles Read, 
 Provincial Councillor. The following quaint and 
 tender missive he sent to her in 1 7 1 o : 
 
 My Dearest Life : — 
 
 Thy last discourses have laid me under so deep a concern and 
 anxiety of thought, that I can find no Peace or Satisfaction, nor 
 shall I have any till thee meets with more of it in thyself in relation 
 to me. To tell thee how much I admire, value and love thee, and 
 thy excellent virtues, is needless, for thou can'st not be insensible 
 of it. I look on thee as one capable to bring a man the greatest 
 Blessing in thy person, that he is capable of receiving in the world, 
 if he himself be able to set a just value on thy excellent qualifica- 
 tions ; and how eager one in my circumstances, who rates thee at 
 the highest, would be to possess such a blessing may easily be judged. 
 Yet my Dearest, I cannot press it further than thou with freedom 
 can'st condescend to it, and enjoy Peace and Satisfaction in thy own 
 mind, for without this I cannot as much as desire to obtain thee. 
 I therefore here resign thee up to that Gracious God, thy tender 
 and merciful Father, to whom thy Innocent Life and virtuous 
 Inclinations have certainly rendered thee very dear, that He may 
 dispose of thee according to His Divine Pleasure, and as it may best 
 suit thy Happiness, Humbly imploring at the same time and 
 beseeching His Divine goodness, that I may be made worthy to 
 receive thee as a Holy Gift from His hands, and then thou wilt 
 truly prove a Blessing, and we shall forever be happy in each other. 
 This in the depth of my soul I earnestly desire, and this if thou 
 finds a freedom by his Divine Direction to bestow thyself on me, 
 of which perhaps I am not worthy yet, I shall receive thee as the 
 greatest happiness and blessing that can be bestowed on me in this 
 life, and as a sure pledge of God's continued love to me, even after 
 all the offences I have hitherto committed against him, which in 
 
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 the course of so active a life as mine has been, have doubtless been 
 many, and which in thy sweet company I shall endeavour to 
 expiate, that linked together in a strong, unspotted affection both 
 of body and mind we may also be further cemented together in the 
 Divine love that affords the most solid comfort to the soul here and 
 the most lasting pleasure both here and hereafter. 
 
 I therefore earnestly beseech thee, my dearest life, incessantly 
 and most fervently to pray to thy Heavenly Father to direct us both 
 aright according to His Heavenly Will, and ( if it can be consistent 
 with His Divine Pleasure) to unite us in that sacred bond, which 
 shall not end even in death itself 5 and I will with all the patience 
 my affection will admit of, wait for thy resolution with a strong and 
 earnest hope, and at the same time that it will be favorable to 
 Thy most faithful and affectionate 
 
 i8th 7 Mo. lyjo. James Logan. 
 
 This time his suit met with success, and on the 9th 
 of loth Mo., 1 7 14, he was happily married to Sarah 
 Read,^ daughter of Charles and Amy (Child) Read, 
 in the Friends' Meeting-house in Philadelphia. 
 
 By this marriage James Logan had seven children, 
 three of whom died young. Sarah Logan ( 1 7 1 5- 
 1744), the oldest child, named for Sarah Milman, 
 of England,^ was married in 1739 to Isaac Norris 
 ( 1 701-1766), one of the most learned and influential 
 men of the Province, and for many years leader of 
 
 1 Her sister, Rachel Read (b. 1691), was married, in 1710, 
 to Israel Pemberton, son of Phineas. — Keith, Councillors. 
 
 ^ Letter, James Logan to Sarah Milman, dated Philadelphia, 
 8br 22, 1726. — James Logan's MS. Letter-book, p. 443, Hist. 
 Soc. Penna., Am .0951. 
 
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 the Quaker Party in the Assembly. The Norrises 
 resided at the family seat, ** Fairhill," between Stenton 
 and the city. Their daughter, Mary, married John 
 Dickinson, of Revolutionary fame. 
 
 William Logan (1718-1776), the third child, was 
 educated at Bristol, England, under direction of his 
 uncle. Dr. William Logan, one of the most distinguished 
 physicians of that city. He became a successful 
 merchant of Philadelphia, and served as Provincial 
 Councillor.^ On the death of his father he succeeded 
 to the Stenton estate, and took up his residence there. 
 He was married in 1740 to Hannah Emlen (1722— 
 1777), daughter of George Emlen. 
 
 Hannah Logan (i 720-1 761), the fourth child, has 
 already been referred to. 
 
 James Logan, Jr. (i 728-1 803), married Sarah 
 Armitt, but had no issue. 
 
 The picturesque and dignified old mansion of Stenton,^ 
 the scene of some of the most important events hereafter 
 narrated, was built by James Logan in 1728, and is 
 still in an excellent state of preservation. It is rich in 
 
 ' Keith, Councillors, 13, passim. 
 
 ^ The estate has descended to the present owners, Albanus C. 
 Logan, Esquire, and his sister, Miss Maria Dickinson Logan, of 
 *' Loudoun," Germantown. 
 
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 historic associations, and one of the finest examples of 
 colonial architecture extant. Thanks to the loving zeal 
 of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of 
 America, it has recently been carefully restored, and 
 under their trusty guardianship it has been opened to 
 the public. 
 
 The house, still surrounded by ample grounds, part 
 of the original five hundred acres comprising the estate, 
 is a short distance east of Wayne Junction Station on 
 the Philadelphia & Reading Railway. It is a large 
 two-story structure, built in rectangular form of varie- 
 gated brick, and has two great towering chimneys, and 
 a heavy roof, almost pyramidal in shape, set with 
 dormer windows. From the rear, connected by a 
 covered way, extends a long low outbuilding, used as 
 a kitchen and servants' quarters. The approach to the 
 front is through a long avenue of fine old sycamores. 
 Passing up the curious circular stone steps, firmly 
 clamped together with iron, and through the colonial 
 doorway, we enter the great hall, paved with brick and 
 wainscoted in white to the ceiling. In the corner to 
 the right is an open fireplace, and in the rear through 
 an archway the stately double staircase. On either 
 hand are lofty rooms also handsomely wainscoted in 
 white. The large fireplace in the room to the left 
 contains an ornamental iron back-plate inscribed. 
 
Main Doorway, Stenton 
 
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 "J. L. 1728." In another room the fireplace still 
 retains some of its original blue-and-white Dutch tiles 
 of most grotesque pattern. 
 
 One of the most attractive rooms is the library, in 
 which the book-loving master of the place spent most of 
 his time. This is a large, finely-lighted apartment, taking 
 up half of the front of the house in the second story. 
 Indeed, the ancient house is full of delights for the 
 antiquary and the lover of the olden time. From 
 garret ^ to cellar there are all sorts of quaint nooks and 
 corners, mysterious cupboards and closets and secret 
 staircases ; and leading from the cellar to the stables is 
 a long underground passage, the subject of many a 
 strange legend. 
 
 James Logan had acquired a fortune in commerce and 
 in trade with the Indians, and he and his descendants 
 were well able to live in a style befitting their position. 
 Free-hearted hospitality reigned at Stenton. For more 
 than a century it was the resort of all the notable 
 persons of the Province and of distinguished visitors 
 from abroad. Here, too, in a later day, the elegant 
 and cultivated Deborah Logan, wife of Dr. George 
 Logan, grandson of James, drew around her the 
 most eminent and illustrious men and women of the 
 
 • On an attic chamber door is quaintly carved : " Will" Logan 
 junf sail'd for England Octob'': 7''' 1763 M: i| — " 
 
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 then leading city of the young republic. Among these 
 visitors were John Dickinson, John Randolph, of 
 Roanoke, Thomas Pickering; the learned and witty 
 Portuguese, Abb6 Correa; the French Minister Genet, 
 Dr. Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and President Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 In 1777, when the British were destroying some of 
 the country seats in the outlying districts of the city, 
 Stenton was only saved from the flames by the ruse 
 of an old negro woman, one of the servants of the 
 Logan household. Lord Howe made his headquarters 
 here just before the Battle of Germantown. 
 
 Of the visitors to Stenton, however, the one who 
 most interests us is the hero and chief chronicler of 
 these pages, the Quaker youth, John Smith, of the 
 gentle and scholarly Smiths of Burlington, in New 
 Jersey. He was born at Burlington, First month 20th, 
 1722, the second son of the Honourable Richard, Jr., 
 and AbigaiP (Rapier) Smith. His brothers were 
 
 1 Richard Smith was married in 1719 to Abigail, daughter of 
 Thomas Rapier, or Raper. John Smith records a mo., 1743, '" 
 his MS. Diary, vol. 5 : ( i) " My Grandfather Thomas Raper was 
 born at Sindersby near Thursk in Yorkshire and served his time with 
 Bryan Peart a White Smith in Thursk. He left England about 
 the year 1 68 1 leaving two brothers behind him. The Eldest of 
 
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 Samuel Smith (i 720-1 776), the Historian and King's 
 Councillor of New Jersey ; William Lovett Smith ^ 
 (1726-1798), and Richard Smith- (1735-1803), 
 Secretary of the First Continental Congress. His 
 sister, Elizabeth Smith, died unmarried in 1772. 
 
 The Burlington Smiths were descended from a 
 substantial Quaker family, resident since the sixteenth 
 century at Braham, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 
 England. Richard Smith, Jr., the father of John, was the 
 only son of Samuel Smith (b. 1672), who removed 
 
 them was a wealthy man and had several Children. The youngest 
 was William who had a Child or Children and lived well. ( 2 ) My 
 Grandmother Abigail Raper was daughter of William and Mary 
 Perkins who came from a town called Seilby a mile from a noted 
 Market town called Mount Sorrel In Leicestershire which is about 85 
 miles from London. They came from England in the year 1677 
 in one of the first English Vessels that came up the river Delaware 
 — William died at Sea but his wife lived 5 or 6 years after her 
 arrival. This W" was son to Thomas Perkyns a Baptist preacher 
 in the same town." 
 
 ^William Lovett Smith (i 726-1 798), engaged at first in 
 his father's business as a West India Merchant, and then in agri- 
 culture. He named his estate Braham. He was married in 1749 
 to Mary, daughter of Daniel Doughty. — Burlington Smiths, 1 18. 
 
 ^Richard Smith (173 5-1 803), member of the Continental 
 Congress, son of Richard and Abigail (Rapier) Smith, studied law 
 in the office of Joseph Galloway, in Philadelphia, and took an 
 active part in political life, serving as Recorder of Burlington, 
 Assemblyman, and Treasurer of New Jersey. At the outbreak of 
 the Revolution, he was elected to represent New Jersey in the 
 Continental Congress and became its first secretary. His portrait 
 
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 from Braham to New Jersey, in 1694, located at 
 Burlington, and served as Assemblyman. Samuel Smith 
 was a son of Richard Smith (1626-1688), who was 
 baptized at Braham and educated "for the Gowne " 
 (the Law). Richard Smith joined the newly 
 formed organization of the Quakers, wrote a tract 
 called "A Christian Directory," and in 1660 suffered 
 imprisonment with 500 other Quakers in York Castle. 
 He was married in 1653 by Paul Peale, Alderman of 
 York, to Anne Yates, daughter of William Yates, 
 Quaker, of Alborough. She also was imprisoned in 
 York Castle, in 1688. This Richard Smith was a son 
 of Richard Smith (1593-1647), of Braham, and a 
 grandson of William Smith, of Braham, the first known 
 ancestor of the family.' 
 
 The Honourable Richard Smith, Jr.'( 1699-175 i ), 
 
 is introduced in Molleson's painting, "The First Prayer in Con- 
 gress." He was carefully educated and devoted much of his time 
 to literary pursuits. Part of his correspondence with Dr. Tobias 
 Smollett, the novelist, at the beginning of the Revolution, has 
 been published in the Atlantic Monthly. He was married to Eliz- 
 abeth, daughter of John Rodman. His country seat was named 
 "Braham Hall." He died at Natchez, Mississippi, in 1803, 
 while on a journey through the Southern States. — R. Morris 
 Smith, Burlington Smiths, 1 18-1 19; Appleton's Cy. Bio. 
 
 ' Burlington Smiths, 21, passim. 
 
 2 Richard Smith had one sister, Mary, who married Joseph 
 Noble, son of Abel, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 
 
Old View of John SiiiiUi ^, House in Burlington 
 I'uilt in 1720 by his father, Richard Smith. Jr. 
 
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 a prominent Friend of Burlington, was a prosperous 
 merchant, and for nearly twenty years a member of 
 the New Jersey Assembly. He was extensively 
 engaged in commerce to the West Indies, exchanging 
 grain, lumber, and other products of the Middle States 
 for sugar, rum, molasses, and the like. He owned 
 his own vessels and built some of them at his own 
 yard. His wharves were in Burlington on what is 
 now known as Green Bank, the pleasant residential 
 shore of the Delaware. He had a spacious town 
 house, not far from the river, on Main Street, built 
 of brick, in 1720, shortly after his marriage, and a 
 country-seat near to the town called Green Hill, 
 previously owned by Governor Samuel Jennings. 
 The letters of Richard Smith show him to have been 
 a genial, kindly man with some humor. He was very 
 hospitable, and his house was much resorted to by 
 traveling Friends and others. 
 
 His contemporaries held him in great respect. 
 Governor Jonathan Belcher, who resided for a time 
 with him in Burlington, in 1747, shortly after his 
 arrival in New Jersey, formed a high opinion of him,* 
 
 ^ That this feeling was reciprocal appears by a letter, 6 mo. 19, 
 1747, of Richard Smith to his son John, in Philadelphia : " The 
 Gover' Lodges & Diets with me yet, causes a pretty Deal of Com- 
 pany ... if you have a mind to see the Gov' as proposed .... 
 
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 and according to one of the Councillors/ chiefly relied 
 on him in political affairs. Smith being " by much, the 
 " Man of the best Sense and Interest in " the Assembly. 
 James Logan, in writing to Thomas Penn in 1 749, 
 says that Richard Smith was " the most worthy man 
 "in" Burlington, **tho by no means in Estate."" 
 He maintained " a fair reputation," writes his son, 
 Samuel Smith, the Historian,' ♦' was instrumental in 
 
 .... Seventh day might Be a very suitable Time as he is soon 
 Going to York to wait on Warrins Lady before she Goes. He is an 
 exceeding afFable man. Expresses a very Great Regard to fFriends 
 and acknowledges that by their Inf' Got the Gov™'. As far 
 as I learn an Independent in Profession seems to have a Great Value 
 for religion but very little opinion of part of the Clargy very ready 
 of access & agreable Company untill nine oclock and allway to bed 
 before Tenn, rises Early does his Busness him self and a Good 
 Capacity for it promises fair and I hope will make a Good Gov''. 
 
 he has at the request of some ffrds in London brought over 
 
 Edm'* Peckovers son who for his father's sake he says he will prefer 
 on his reformation. I have Got thy Bro"' Sam' to take him in to 
 be at his house In order to keep him out of bad Company." — 
 John Smith Correspondence, 1 740-1 770, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
 1 Letter, James Alexander to Ferdinand John Paris, New Jersey 
 Archives, ist series, vol. VII. 
 
 * Letter dated Stenton, November 24, 1749. Smith MSS,Y i 2. 
 7289, F 128. Ridgway Branch, Philadelphia Library Company. 
 
 •''Samuel Smith (1720— 1776), the Historian, son of Richard 
 and Abigail (Rapier) Smith, was born at Burlington, where he 
 received his education. When a young man, he engaged in his 
 father's business, as a West India merchant, living for some years 
 in Philadelphia, but finally settling in Burlington. His town house 
 has since been known as the "Coleman house." His pleasant 
 
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 •* procuring considerable provincial benefits, and hence, 
 " acquired the love of many, who had no opportunities 
 " of knowing him, but in a publick character. He was 
 " cool and even in his temper, impartial and con- 
 " scientious in the discharge of his duty, kind and 
 '♦ careful in every paternal relation, and generous in 
 
 country-seat, " Hickory Grove," still owned by his descendants, 
 the Mott family, is near Burlington. He was married ii mo., 
 I 74 1, to Jane Kirkbride, daughter of Joseph Kirkbride, of Bucks 
 County, Pennsylvania (Burlington Smiths, 117). James Pember- 
 ton, of Philadelphia, under date of 1 1 mo. 15, 1741, writes to 
 John Smith, then in the Barbadoes : " This is only to Inform thee 
 that I Left thy father &c well yesterday at the Falls where we were 
 met to Confirm the Agreem' between thy brother [Samuel 
 Smith] & his sweetheart, they had a very rainy unpleasant day, yet 
 the Prize he has taken will ballance that, She is really an agreeable 
 girl & dont doubt they'll live happily together." (Y i 2. 7287. 
 F 207 Ridgway Branch, Phila. Lib. Co. ) 
 
 Samuel Smith early took part in local politics, serving as a mem- 
 ber of New Jersey Council and Assembly. In 1768, he, his brother 
 John, and Charles Read, were commissioned to take charge of the 
 seals during the absence of Governor William Franklin in England, 
 and in this capacity, he affixed his name to official documents. He 
 was subsequently Treasurer of West Jersey. 
 
 In 1765, he issued his History of New Jersey, which was the 
 first general work on the subject and even yet the standard ; he 
 made judicious use of material not now accessible. ( Cf. Winsor, 
 America, III., 453-4.) In a sense, he was also the first historian 
 of Pennsylvania, becoming the final compiler of the History of 
 the Quakers in Pennsylvania, authorized by Philadelphia Yearly 
 Meeting. The collection of the materials for this work was 
 begun in later life by Caleb Pusey (1650-1726), of Chester, 
 Provincial Councillor, who left his manuscripts to the Yearly 
 
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 " both sentiment and conduct." ' He was a *' Gen- 
 " erous, Good-natur'd Hospitable Man, a True 
 ** Patriot," says Dr. Franklin, in the Penna. Gaz.^ 
 
 In 1736, John Smith, then a youth of fourteen, 
 living at his father's house in Burlington, began to keep 
 the diary set forth in these pages. The record was 
 continued, with but few interruptions, for a period of 
 fourteen years, but the entries made during the last 
 
 Meeting. After passing through the hands of David Lloyd (1656- 
 1731 ) and James Logan ( 1674-175 I ), the records came to John 
 Kinsey (1693-1750), who made extended additions to them. 
 At Kinsey' s death, Samuel Smith, at the request of the Yearly 
 Meeting, undertook the work, and with the aid of his brother, 
 John (Smith MSS., Ridgway Br. ), and the historical accounts 
 sent up by the subordinate monthly and quarterly meetings, 
 completed it, but it was not printed during his time. One part of 
 the History was printed in Samuel Hazard's Register, 1828-1835 
 (VL), and other parts in The Friend (Philadelphia, 1845-1846, 
 XVOL, 364 ff., and XIX.) and in New Jersey Archives, but 
 it has never been published in its entirety. The original manu- 
 scripts are in the collections of the New Jersey Historical Society 
 and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ( Winsor, America, 
 III., 507; Watson's Annals, ed. 1891, vol. I.j p. 74 n.; copy 
 Smith Letters, 1752-3, Am 158, Hist. Soc. Pa.; Henkels' Cat. 
 Proud Papers, sold 1903, p. 49). Robert Proud made large use 
 of the manuscripts in his History of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 
 1797-1798 (See Proud's Introduction). 
 
 " In these several stations," says the Pennsyl-vania Gazelle, July 
 17, 1776, Samuel Smith " acquitted himself with ability, integrity 
 and an unblemished reputation." 
 
 • History of New Jersey. ^ No. 1197, Nov. 21, 1 75 1. 
 
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 nine years, after his removal to Philadelptiia, in 1743, 
 are of more importance, and it is with these entries 
 that the printed diary begins, extracts from the earlier 
 items being transferred to the Appendix, and parts of 
 the later portion of lesser interest being omitted from 
 the book. 
 
 As the observations and experiences of a young 
 man of delicate and refined sentiments, and of an 
 intelligence and culture far above the average of his 
 day, — living, moreover, in intimate relations with the 
 Quaker governing class, at a time when but few diaries 
 were kept in the colonies on the Delaware, — this narra- 
 tive is an exceedingly interesting historical document, 
 aside from its charm and value as a naive, and perfectly 
 frank account intended only for the eye of its author. 
 
 It not only conveys an agreeable impression of the 
 courtship and marriage, and the daily doings of a youth 
 of the time, but it gives a pleasant picture of general 
 social and economic conditions in the Quaker colonies, 
 especially in the quaint Quaker capital, then a small, 
 but flourishing country town, on the shore of the Dela- 
 ware. It affords an interesting personal view of nearly 
 everybody of consequence in the Province, and of 
 many notable visitors, and records for futurity many 
 items and incidents worthy of preservation. It pre- 
 sents Quaker social life, not all in ascetic drab and 
 
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 gray, but also in many of its more attractive aspects — 
 traveling and visiting, genial hospitality and quiet good 
 living, dining and tea-drinking, fishing, and sliding, 
 and skating, and other mild diversions. It throws 
 much light upon the philanthropic and scientific and 
 general cultural interests of the Province, and takes us 
 into the simple but elegant Georgian town-houses and 
 country-seats of the well-to-do merchant gentry. 
 
 Furthermore, John Smith, even as a young man, was 
 deeply and sincerely religious and an active and weighty 
 member of the Friends, and his Diary is, therefore, 
 invaluable as the unstudied record of the spiritual striv- 
 ings and habits of thought and action of a typical Quaker 
 at an important transitional period in the political history 
 of Pennsylvania. The Quakers had dominated the 
 social and political life of the Province for nearly three- 
 quarters of a century, but now their regime was drawing 
 to a close. The long contest between the ecclesiastic and 
 the politician in the Quaker concerning the question of 
 war and military defense was to result in victory for 
 the former, and the year 1756 was to witness the 
 voluntary withdrawal of the Quakers from the Assem- 
 bly and from political power.' 
 
 ' Cf. President Isaac Sharpless's scholarly monograph on "A 
 Quaker Experiment in Government." 
 
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 From the Diary we obtain the very human details 
 of John Smith's life. He seems to have received a 
 good education for the time, and appears very early to 
 have acquired bookish tastes. At fourteen, he began 
 the Diary, making a few brief entries and memoranda 
 more or less commonplace. At sixteen, he was 
 translating Latin and writing papers on <♦ A Meditation 
 " in Prose " and verses on " Pure Love." He wrote 
 many letters, and copied them as systematically as he 
 did almost everything else. He also kept a common- 
 place book, into which he copied extracts from his 
 favorite books. 
 
 Burlington * was on the route from Philadelphia to 
 New York and New England, and the numerous 
 
 ' Burlington about this time is described in the letters of Gov- 
 ernor Belcher : 
 
 "Sept. 17, 1747. — This is a fine Climate and a Country of 
 great Plenty tho' but of Little profit to a Governour. The in- 
 habitants are generally rustick and without Education, ['* yet Civil 
 and Courteous Sober and Honest. "] I am therefore attempts 
 the building of a College [Princeton] in the Province for Instruct- 
 ing the youth in the Principles of Religion in good Literature and 
 Manners." (MS. Belcher Letter-book, Mass. Hist. Soc, VL, 
 
 43-44-) 
 
 " Sept. 27, 1747. — I have a Small Collection of Books that I 
 shall divert my Self with as the Publick affairs may allow. But I 
 find I shall want in this place agreeable Conversation, for which 
 I must now and then make an Excursion to the pretty City of 
 Philadelphia 20 miles from hence — a fine Turnpike Road — and 
 
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 travelers, especially the Quaker ministers, many 
 from abroad, who were entertained in the Smith 
 home, evidently greatly influenced the mind and char- 
 acter of young John. As a mere boy, he read contro- 
 versial Quaker books and accompanied ministers on 
 religious visits to meetings and families. Of some 
 of these ministers, he has left interesting descriptions 
 of their appearance and manner of speaking (See 
 Appendix). His life at Burlington in these early 
 years was varied by local visiting and occasional trips 
 
 there is a Number of Gentlemen of good Sense and Reading for 
 America." (Ibid, VI., 42). 
 
 "Oct. 2, 1747. — In this Town are only an Episcopal Congre- 
 gation and two of Quakers, to Some of which I must go on 
 Lords days or stay at home — and can you believe it ? Meat and 
 all things are publickly sold here on the Lords day and this I am 
 Indeavouring to reform." (Ibid, VI., 88.) 
 
 "October 3, 1747. — I have seen several of the Principal 
 Towns of this Government, and have not seen one that has in it 
 200 dwelling houses, and after weighing all things I have pitcht 
 upon this City (as call'd, tho' but a Village of 170 houses) for 
 the Place of my Residence and have taken a house standing on the 
 Banks of the Beautiful River Delaware and from my window I 
 have a pleasant view up and down the River for 10 miles. I have 
 a handsome garden of near an Acre Inclosed with a Brick Wall, 
 a good Orchard of 6 Acres, & 60 Acres of Pasturing & mowS 
 Land and these things may give me many Necessarys of Life for 
 my Family as well as Support my horses. Cows, sheep and Poultry 
 and when I am tired at my Library this Little Farm may be an 
 Innocent Amusement as well as an Advantage to my Health." — 
 (Ibid, VI., 92.) 
 
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 to Philadelphia to see relatives, and to attend Yearly 
 Meeting, whence he would return laden with treasures 
 from Benjamin Franklin's bookshop. A few journeys 
 were also made to New York. 
 
 He was a sturdy,' active young fellow, with a frank 
 and pleasing personality that won him a large circle 
 of friends among the best people. He seems to have 
 been very gallant and attentive in escorting or 
 "waiting on" the Quaker dames and maidens to 
 meeting and other places. A glimpse of his apparel 
 is obtained from a letter of his brother Samuel, who, 
 in 1738, when John was visiting a cousin, William 
 Callender, in Second Street, Philadelphia, sent him a 
 box of "close," containing a pair of "Breeches," 
 a " Duroy Coat," a " fustin Jacket" and two pairs 
 of "fustin breeches," " i new hat," & " i Stock 
 "& I handkerchief"^ On the important occasion 
 of his first "passing meeting" he puts on "a new 
 " suit of hair Camblet." Like William Penn and other 
 good Quakers he looked carefully after his wigs. In 
 1765 his brother-in-law, William Logan, sends him 
 " two Wigs of the Colour thou generally wears. 
 " They are too little for me." ' 
 
 1 " Recollections " of his grandson, John Jay Smith. 
 ^ Letter, 4 mo. 6, 1738, Smith MSS. 
 ^ Am 158, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
36 Courtship of U^^''>- 
 
 In 1741/ at the age of nineteen, he appears actively 
 engaged in the West India Trade with his father, and 
 in the Tenth month of that year, in order to enlarge 
 his nautical and business experience, and to let him see 
 something of the world, he was sent as supercargo in 
 one of his father's vessels on a voyage of five months, 
 to the Island of Barbadoes. The journal which he 
 kept of this trip is printed in the Appendix. Curiously 
 enough, this voyage was made just ten years previously 
 to one made to the same place and at the same age by 
 a Virginia contemporary, the youthful George Washing- 
 ton, who also kept a journal ^ of his travels. 
 
 In 1743, having reached his majority, John Smith 
 goes to try his fortunes in Philadelphia, where he 
 resided for the next thirteen years, carrying on, with 
 various partners, a flourishing mercantile and shipping 
 trade, and enjoying the company of a delightful society. 
 
 At first he took lodgings with relatives, but soon 
 set up an establishment of his own in a handsome 
 house in the best part of the town. By the year 
 1746 his business had become so profitable that he 
 
 ' Cf. William Nelson's admirable sketch of John Smith in New 
 Jersey Archives, ist series, X., 231-232, footnote. 
 
 ^ See George Washington's Journal to the Island of Barbadoes, 
 1751-1752. Edited by Dr. J. M. Toner, Albany, N. Y., 1892. 
 Small 4to. 88 pp. 
 
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 notes with satisfaction a net gain of ^800 for the 
 year, but hears next day that a Lancaster man who 
 owes him ;^I50 had absconded. "Being likely to 
 *' meet with so Considerable a Loss to-day," he 
 moralizes, "after mentioning Gains yesterday, affords 
 " Room for Reflection on the unstability of Terrestrial 
 "affairs." 
 
 In this same year he buys a fine country estate with 
 a brick mansion at Point-no-point, on the Delaware 
 above the town, employs a gardener at ^30 per 
 annum, and takes much delight in gardening. His 
 enjoyment in this pleasant pursuit is shown in an entry 
 of 1st month 9th, 1 747 : " Weather quite Agreeable. 
 ** Spent the day at my plantation, in planting pinks, 
 ** Sweet Williams, Filberts, Hazelnuts, Rose & Goose- 
 " berrie Bushes. Had E. Cathrall's Company. The 
 ** first appearance of Greenness in the meadows, with 
 ** the Singing of Blackbirds, the Chirping of Blue-birds, 
 "with the Voice of the Turtle, a little Moderate 
 ** Exercise, & a useful Book by turns all helped to 
 **make this an Agreeable day." He dines with the 
 celebrated John Bartram, American Botanist to the 
 King, "who is very civil in showing his rarities of 
 " sundry sorts." 
 
 He is very sociable and hospitable at both his town 
 and country house and entertains handsomely a wide 
 
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 circle of friends, including the leading families of his 
 day. His love of fast riding was a subject of concern 
 with his father, who writes to him i mo. 2, 1747 : 
 "I. Pemberton's horse is dead which I hope will 
 " have Greater Effect on you to Convince you of 
 " the Evil of riding so hard than what I said to 
 ♦' you." ^ In 1746, also, he and "several friends 
 " of the Young Sort" formed a social club agreeing 
 to meet at the Widow Evans's public house "once 
 " a week to have a Supper." 
 
 Thus did he follow his quiet pleasures, and even the 
 occasional loss of a ship, captured by French privateers, 
 did not divert his attention from his readings in Don 
 Quixote, Pope, Shakespeare, Milton and the best con- 
 temporary writers. Fielding's " Joseph Andrews " and 
 "Tom Jones," the Spectator, Tatler, Dr. Sherlock's 
 Treatise on Death are read with apparently equal interest, 
 as they come over the sea. In 1747, he wrote for 
 gratuitous distribution a little book, "The Doctrine 
 " of Christianity, As held by the People called Quakers, 
 " Vindicated : In Answer to Gilbert Tennent's Ser- 
 " mon On The Lawfulness of War." 
 
 He found time in i 746 to promote the organization 
 of the Philadelphia Contributionship, one of the first 
 
 'John Smith Corres., 1 740-1 770, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
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 fire insurance companies in the country, and helped 
 found the Pennsylvania Hospital (1751). He was 
 also prominent in Quaker meetings, serving for a time 
 as clerk of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. He took 
 a deep interest in politics, and in 1750 and again in 
 1 75 1 was elected a member of the Pennsylvania 
 Assembly. He was a trustee of the Library Company 
 and a member of the American Philosophical Society. 
 
 The romantic interest of the book centers in the 
 pure, sweet story of the courtship. Confided to the 
 diary with Pepysian frankness it possesses all the charm 
 of fiction with the vividness and reality of truth. After 
 young William Black's glowing description of the 
 beautiful and stately Hannah Logan, it is not to 
 be wondered that John Smith also should be smitten 
 with her charms. 
 
 His first recorded visit to the home of James 
 Logan was early in 1743, but doubtless he had 
 known the family some years before. " The 
 '♦ Moment I saw thee," he writes to Hannah, " I 
 •' Conceived a more than common Regard for thee." 
 This feeling soon ripens into the tender passion, but 
 long he fears to declare his love, "from a Conscious- 
 •'ness of" being much her '♦ Inferiour in every 
 "Respect," in her "Superior Accomplishments, and 
 
40 Courtship of [int^o- 
 
 <' Station in Life." Should he be "so Unhappy as 
 "not to Succeed" he "must Languish in Silent 
 "Woe." Despairing of success "in the Entertain- 
 " ment of that passion," he used his "utmost Efforts 
 " to Conquer it," and " thought the likeliest way to do 
 "it was to seek another object." He *' found one, 
 "but a very small Acquaintance quite overset" his 
 scheme. He " had been early . . . Tinctured 
 "with Religious sentiments" and "knew a fair out- 
 " side did not constitute happiness, and in short," he 
 writes, " I saw but little else in that person." 
 
 " Soon after," he quaintly declares in telling the story 
 of his troubles at a later time to Hannah Logan, " I 
 "had some opportunities of Converse where thou was 
 " in Company, which much Enhanced my Esteem. I 
 " plainly saw that thou[gh] the Cabinet was Exquisitely 
 " framed, the mind lodged in it, far Excelled, and thus 
 " renewed and strengthened my former Regard." Yet 
 still he swayed between desire and doubt, but one day 
 on a journey with his friend Michael Lightfoot ( 1683— 
 1754), ^^^ Provincial Treasurer and an eminent 
 Quaker minister, as they were "riding very seriously 
 "together," Friend Lightfoot told him that he had 
 found a wife for him. " I little Expected," writes 
 John to Hannah, "that he or anybody Else would 
 " have thought me a suitable match for her I had in 
 
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 " View, but on mentioning thy name soon perceived 
 " by the Confusion in my Countenance the scituation of 
 ** my thoughts — and added something to what he had 
 •'said, that Affected me with some degree of hope." 
 
 He is now continually seeing Hannah, '« the 
 *' Charmer," in the City at the houses of her relatives, 
 the Pembertons and Logans. The tea she pours for 
 him is ♦' Nectar and Ambrosia." At a wedding din- 
 ner he is ** sufficiently Roasted about remaining single," 
 but after ♦* being pestered with" such •' Imperti- 
 ** nence " he spends the evening happily (2 mo, 10, 
 1747) at William Logan's <* with that dear Creature 
 *' H. L., the Charm of whose Conversation Excells, 
 "if possible, those of her person. Her discourse 
 *' seemed more agreeable than common this Even^. 
 *• . . . Oh, could I be Blest with the favour 
 •• of Retiring to it upon every occasion — 
 
 " Soft Source of Comfort, kind Relief from Care, 
 " And 'tis her least Perfection to be fair." 
 
 In the autumn of i 747 he hears that Hannah Logan 
 is to be in Burlington on her way from the Yearly 
 Meeting at Shrewsbury to attend Evesham Meeting. 
 He is **in a most uneasy disposition of mind," he 
 writes in his journal, "having an eager Inclination to 
 "go to Burlington to meet the friends from Shrews- 
 -" bury, & was afraid to do it, Least it should disoblige 
 
42 Courtship of H"^''"- 
 
 " my dearest Hannah, who I expected would be 
 " among them. These different passions contested so 
 " Long that thev Actually made me sick. However, 
 " Love prevailed, and I privately went. They got 
 "to Burlington soon after I did. — I met H. at my 
 *' Brother's. Had but Httle of her Company, thought 
 ** she did not like my coming. Oh Racking thought ! " 
 
 The next day Hannah Logan " dined with her 
 ♦'friends at my Father's. I was Exceedingly pleased 
 * * to See her there, and yet Trembled Least it was not 
 *• a pleasure to her to be there. What pain is there in 
 •* a state of doubt and uncertainty ! They set out 
 ** after dinner for Mount Holly, and I waited upon 
 **them. . . . Jane & Hannah Lodged at 
 *• B. Bispham's, as I also did." 
 
 During the night " there fell abundance of Rain, 
 *' and the morning being likewise very rainy & an E. 
 ** Storm, I sent a man to Burlington to Beg the Loan 
 ••of Governour [Belcher's] 4 wheeP Chaise, which 
 ••he readily sent. I wrote to him upon it, and to 
 •• My Dear Father by the same optunity, wherein I 
 ••told him, among other things, that the Health of 
 •* what is dearer to me than Life occasioned my taking 
 ••that Step, Scc"^. About 10 o'clock the Chaise came 
 •* & Jane & Hannah riding in it." 
 
 This favor from Governor Belcher John was enabled 
 to return in October, 1748, when he brought over on 
 one of his own ships the Governor's intended bride. 
 
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 and on her arrival ' in Philadelphia procured a four- 
 oared barge and transported her up the river to Bur- 
 lington. 
 
 "We got in pretty good time to Evesham 
 •* meeting," John continues; *' we dined at the wid° 
 " Evans's, and after dinner Rode to Eliz' Estaugh's, 
 " ... The good widow received us kindly, 
 " but the pleasure that I should otherwise have had in 
 "the Evening's Conversation was Lost by dear 
 " Hannah's having got a pain in her head, which I 
 " thought occasioned by riding too far today." 
 
 Finally, after these long delays he plucks up courage 
 and "makes proposals of waiting upon her at home & 
 "of Asking her parents' Consent if such attention was 
 " not Absolutely Disagreeable to her. I was in a good 
 " deal of Confusion, but her Good Nature Bore with 
 it, without Endeavouring to Encrease it. And Though 
 " I could not perceive that she was willing I should 
 "take that Step, she Consented to receive" a letter 
 from " me upon my promising not to take that for 
 " any Encouragement. . . . Many were the 
 
 ^ Shortly after the arrival of this lady, Richard Smith wrote to 
 his son John ( 7 mo. 5th, 1748 ) : 
 
 " Such is the power of matrimonial thoughts even in 67 years 
 of age. Under a fit of Illness his [the Governor's] feavour has 
 seemingly left him, if this matrimonial affair don't throw him Into 
 another. I am in hopes it will soon cure him, which I heartily 
 wish, and that he may Injoy the Delights he promises himself, 
 for he has been telling me a great deale of the Inconvenience of 
 a single life, like one fond of a change." (John Smith Cor- 
 respondence, Am 158, Hist. Soc. Penna.) 
 
44 Courtship of U^^'""- 
 
 *' Revolving thoughts with which my mind was 
 ** Crowded after this Conversation, & yet upon the 
 *' whole I found my Affection Encreased by her Gen- 
 "erous behaviour & was thankful for the opportunity 
 "I had of so much Conversation with her. I pray 
 ** God to pour down his Choicest Blessings upon her 
 " head." ^ 
 
 On the following day (12 mo. 5, 1747), he wrote 
 a long letter to her in which he told his " mind very 
 "fully — the Grounds upon which" he formed his 
 "unalterable Resolution of having her if possible — 
 ** and as there was some difficulty whether my waiting 
 *'upon her parents would be disagreeable or not." 
 
 Two weeks later (12 mo. 21, 1747) he rode to 
 Stenton, but his thoughts are " disturbed with pain & 
 *' Anxiety Least this Visit should be disagreeable. 
 *♦ Was, however. Courteously received, but I thought 
 ** my fr'* Hannah was not very well pleased with it, 
 ** which quite damped my Spirits. James told me he 
 *' was Glad to see me, & had frequently Expostulated 
 " with his Sons for not bringing me oftener. 
 ** Had very little time alone with Hannah. Apolo- 
 
 ' John's father tries to do what little he can to smooth the way of 
 the son's wooing. In 1747 he sends a small box of apples, Spit- 
 zenbergs and Newtown and Newark pippins, of his own grafting, to 
 James Pemberton in Philadelphia, with the request that some of 
 the Newark pippins, a "long yallow apple," be sent to Hannah 
 Logan ; " and in 1748, as the courting prospers, begs to present 
 his future daughter-in-law with a four-wheeled chaise. — Letter 
 dated Burlington, I mo. 22, 1747, Pemberton Papers, Hist. Soc. 
 Penna. 
 
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 " gized for my Visit by saying it was difficult for me 
 "to [be] absent from her." He remained over 
 night, but in the morning Hannah, to his grief, was 
 unwell, for he ' ' had intended to Ask her father & 
 " mother's Consent to make free with the house. . . . 
 *' Her father took me into his Library, & took a great 
 " deal of pains to Entertain me there, but my thoughts 
 *• were so fixed & Intent about his daughter that much 
 "of it was lost," and he soon sorrowfully took his 
 departure. 
 
 He sees " Hannah [in the city] going home alone 
 " in the Chaise," but knowing " her fears of being 
 ♦• talked of," dares not " Venture to wait upon her." 
 
 For the next eight months John is kept in suspense, 
 alternating between hope and fear. The truth of the 
 situation seems to be that Hannah was beset by 
 •♦ divers considerable offers," but she would have 
 none of them. She had even "refused Thomas 
 " Crosby, nephew of Josh Crosby, a wealthy & 
 *' valuable man from Jamaica, who," as her father 
 informs Thomas Penn, "offered me ^10,000 down 
 " with him, and more at his death, and as the man 
 ♦♦was himself likely in his person, & no way to be 
 " found fault I should have been content she had 
 " accepted him, but she had her own objections." ' 
 
 iSmith MSS.,Yi2. 7289, F 128. Vol. III., 1747-1751. 
 Ridgway Branch, Philadelphia Library Company. 
 
46 Courtship of [i"^^"- 
 
 She was determined upon a single life. Although a 
 very attractive and charming girl she engaged much in 
 religious introspection, and feared that marriage would 
 conflict with her spiritual growth.* How well she carried 
 out her plan of life and withstood the ardent wooing 
 of the tactful and persistent young John Smith is now 
 to be seen. 
 
 John loses " a great part of the relish " he *' used 
 **to have for other company," and becomes a very 
 frequent visitor at Stenton. On i mo. 9, 1748, he 
 ' takes a ride to Germantown, under pretence of get- 
 ' ting some Cyons, but really upon more Important 
 ' business. Called at Stenton ; found Company 
 ' there, who soon departed. I intended to stay all 
 
 * night, and accordingly did so. Had an opportunity 
 ' of Telling my mind to James & his wife separately. 
 ' They treated me Civilly, referring me Entirely to 
 
 * their daughter, and the Old Gentleman told me if I 
 
 < was her Choice, he would give his Consent &c''. I 
 
 < had some of the dear Creature's Company, but our 
 
 * Conversation was so much of the Ambiguous kind, 
 ' that after a Loving & friendly parting I retired to 
 
 * Bed full of Doubt & perplexity, & Got but little 
 
 * Sleep. In how much pain is a situation between 
 
 * hope and Despair. 
 
 In a letter of the next day (i mo. loth, 1748) he 
 tells her that his unhappy doubt so possesses him that 
 
 1 Memorial of her life, written by John Smith in 1762. 
 
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 he "can scarcely Talk Common Sence," and that it 
 " was not therefore without Reason that I told thee a 
 •' man in Love was the Silliest Creature in the 
 " Universe." 
 
 A month then passes. One morning, feeling very 
 unwell, " thought perhaps the sight of my dear Han- 
 '< nah might be so like to cure me as anything else, 
 " wherefore I went to ... . Stenton, where 
 " I was very agreeably Entertained. Had in the Even 
 "my Charmer's Company till lo o'clock, and it was 
 "more delightful to me than Ever, and gave me 
 •* greater grounds of hope than I durst before Enter- 
 " tain, and the Old Gentleman treated me in a very 
 " Generous manner," and, as by his own experience, 
 it will be remembered, he was very well able, advised 
 "me how to Court, to have perseverance &c*, and 
 ** acquainting me that he had said more to his daughter 
 "on my behalf than he had ever done on Tho. 
 " Crosby's, though he was to have ^20,000. 
 
 John returns "home in a Composed, Serene frame 
 "of mind," and is very grateful to a higher power for 
 the favorable aspect of his suit. As the weeks go by 
 he has "a great deal of Conversation with" his 
 "friend Hannah of the most solid & imposing kind," 
 but she is still "very much undetermined in her senti- 
 " ments ; however patience & Resignation is" his 
 " best fortress, and Hope " his " only Comfort." He 
 has a great deal of conversation " with the Old Gen- 
 " tleman her father," concerning " my Circumstances, 
 
48 Courtship of [i"^^°- 
 
 " and I told him I was worth about 3000 pound clear 
 " Estate. He repeated his willingness to my having 
 " his daughter, and told me if I got her he would give 
 " me his Bills on his Brother for ^7S° Sterling that she 
 •*had already 500 acres of Land of her own, would 
 "have Two thousand pound more at his death, and 
 ** One thousand more at her Mother's. He desired 
 " me to acquaint him when I had any Grounds to hope, 
 ** because he found himself declining, had a mind to 
 ** Settle his Affairs, and would make me an Executor." 
 
 Hannah begins to show more favorable signs of 
 weakening; "had my dear Hannah's Company till 
 "near 10, and Enjoyed in it a sweet sense of pure 
 '* Love which united us nearly together, and opened a 
 "free & familiar Conversation." Her "principal 
 " Objections against Accepting of my proposals " are 
 removed, and she is " freer & easier to Condescend — 
 "for so I may truly call it — to become mine," and 
 John is jubilant. But three weeks barely pass when 
 he is again sunk into a melancholy by Hannah's 
 determination to put off the affair entirely and to receive 
 fewer visits. 
 
 It is not until 5 mo. 26, 1748, that he has 
 finally " the fullest Assurances of a Reciprocal Love & 
 " Tenderness. Our conversation was in boundless 
 " Confidence, and with the most perfect Harmony our 
 " Souls seem'd entirely knit and united together, and 
 
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 *♦ we jountly breathed that the Eternal One might 
 " bless us in a sacred and indissoluble tye, & might 
 •* make us one another's Joy in him." 
 
 On 6 mo. 1 2th the scene of the love-making 
 changes to the Falls of the Schuylkill, to which 
 the Logans go on an angling excursion. As soon as 
 John learns of it, he follows them and finds <' Hannah 
 «' fishing at some distance from the rest of the com- 
 '♦ pany, so that " he '* had an opportunity to make an 
 "Apology for" his "coming — which was very 
 "generously received, and" he "had the pleasantest 
 " day in fishing that " ever he " Employed that way." 
 " Waited as much as I was capable upon my Hannah 
 " & her mother & we caught some fish, part of w"*" the 
 " Old Gentlewoman & Jemmy took home with them 
 "to dinner," while the others remained for the after- 
 noon and " Caught enough to take to Stenton for 
 " supper." 
 
 The courtship was now so well advanced that John 
 urged that the proposals of marriage be brought before 
 the Quaker Monthly Meeting, but a new obstacle, 
 mysterious to him, had arisen, and innumerable delays 
 occur. The " Old Gentleman," formerly so favorable 
 to the marriage, " now pretends to be sorry that he has 
 "given his consent," and refuses to explain the 
 change in his sentiments. The situation is thus com- 
 4 
 
50 Courtship of [1"^^°- 
 
 plicated by Isaac Norris (i 701-1766), Speaker of the 
 Assembly, a man of high standing, and next to 
 Richard Peters, according to Logan's estimate, the 
 most learned man in Philadelphia. He had come to 
 his father-in-law, 3 mo. (May) 25th, 1748, and asked 
 the hand of Hannah Logan for his younger brother, 
 Charles Norris.^ John Smith, however, says Logan, in 
 writing^ of the aiFair to John Kinsey, "full 10 
 "weeks before had made his way good " and "the 
 "younger brother" had "never made the least 
 "appearance of a Suitor to any one of our family." 
 The Norris alliance being declined, Isaac Norris 
 went away deeply offended, and to the regret of the 
 
 1 Charles Norris (171 2- 1766), son of Isaac Norris and brother 
 of Isaac Norris, Speaker of the Assembly, was a prominent and 
 wealthy merchant of Philadelphia. He was a manager of the 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, a trustee of the General Loan Office of the 
 Province. He built a handsome house where the Custom House 
 now stands. He married, first, Margaret, daughter of Dr. 
 Rodman, of Bucks County, and secondly, in 1759, Maryj 
 daughter of Joseph Parker, of Chester. " Charles Norris is 
 married to Polly Parker," notes Hannah Callender in her Diary 
 [Penna. Mag., XII., 447), 6 mo., 1759, " — a great deal of 
 money on both sides." His only child was the celebrated Mrs. 
 Deborah Logan, wife of Dr. George Logan, of Stenton. — Keith, 
 Councillors. 
 
 ^Letter, dated 7 mo. 19th, 1749, owned by Mrs. Charles W. 
 Howland, of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
Charles Norris 
 
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 Logan family was ever after estranged from them/ 
 and from John Smith in particular.^ 
 
 Finally, at the age of twenty-six, John's long- 
 cherished hopes are to be realized. All objections to 
 the nuptials are removed, and the prolonged proposals 
 of marriage begin. 8 mo. 28th, 1748, the young cou- 
 ple set out for Philadelphia to declare their intentions 
 before the Monthly Meeting, " Sarah & Hannah," 
 writes John, riding "in the Chaise & I on horseback. 
 
 ^ Letters of William Logan to John Smith, one of 3 mo. 28, 
 1758 (Y i 2, 7291, F 66, Ridgway Branch), and another about 
 1765 (Am 158, Hist. Soc. Penna. ). 
 
 ' Although John went himself to Fairhill to invite Isaac Norris 
 to the wedding, he was not received, and the Norrises failed to 
 attend the marriage. The gossip of the town concerning the 
 affair is given in a letter of John's business partner, Abel James, 
 who writes 10 mo. 25, 1748, to James Pemberton, then in 
 London : 
 
 " As I don't doubt but that thou will be inform'd by others of 
 John Smith's marriage I need not be particular as to the time &c 
 when it was — But yet remembering the freedom I did use to take 
 with thee, I can't help Relating a Singular piece of usage He met 
 with from Isaac Norris — to wit — a few Days before the Marriage 
 Day, He went to fair hill, and on asking for I: N:, the Servant 
 told him that her M'' was in the Green House, on w'^'' J. S. told 
 her to tell him that tiiere was a Person that wanted to Speak with 
 him, on w'='' She went, & (She not knoing who the person was) 
 bro' word that her M' was coming presently, but immediately his 
 Eldest Daughter came into the Room, & finding Johnny's Errand 
 Ran Chearfully & Innocently to her father and presently return 'd & 
 told him that her Dady Said it was well enough, which however 
 odd as it was did not prevent his waiting near half an hour longer, 
 when appeared the Elderly maid thou had the pleasure of Saluting 
 at thy Uncle Logan's in Company with her Cousin Harrison (I 
 mean Molly Lloyd) — To whom he, humble waiter, again resum'd 
 Courage to ask for I. N. & told her that he had been waiting half 
 
52 Courtship of L^"^'^^- 
 
 * ' James [Logan] gave me his consent in writing to 
 "the Mo: meeting & my father & S[arah] Logan 
 " gave theirs verbally. . . . They went directly 
 " to meeting; I changed my Cloathes, & put on anew 
 ** suit of hair Camblet, then with my father & partner 
 " went also ... In passing [meeting] we were 
 " preserved in a good degree of Calmness ; some 
 " friends thought I spoke too loud, hut everybody 
 
 an hour, Since the first messenger bro't him word that he might 
 directly Speak with Isaac Norris, and He Should take it kind to 
 Let him know that He yet was waiting to Speak with him, and 
 that an Opportunity to do it would greatly oblige him. But She 
 presently return' d with this Message — ' That her Cousin had Sent 
 his answer by his Child and that he had not more to say,' and that 
 He did not Ciioose to be Spoke with. Tlien John Pray'd he might 
 have the favour to Speak with Betty — to w'''' (after the Message 
 was Delivered) he had for Answer that ' She had Had a fever the 
 Day before and could not come down Stairs.' Thou may Judge in 
 which Confusion our Frd. Johnny was in to have Such Answers 
 and to be Oblig'd to Leave his Business with any body but the 
 Persons themselves that lie was to Invite. Plowever, he was forced 
 to bear the Mortification — and the Family ar.otlier the Day after 
 the Marriage, when thy Uncle & Aunt sent their Chaise Attended 
 by a Messenger to wait on the Children and to Desire that they 
 might come to See them — but they were Denied and the Chaise 
 Sent back as Empty as it came. To the last Relation I was in 
 part an Eye witness, and may Say with great Truth it was a disa- 
 greeable Sight to See & hear the person give their account to Tliy 
 Uncle, Aunt &c that the cliildren could not come & no good 
 Reason why. Thou may easily think the Different Effect it had 
 on the Different Dispositions of the persons concern'd. In fine, it 
 has made a family Uneasiness (tho' not a Family Difference, owing 
 to the good Disposition of one of them), and a Town Talk at a 
 time of the Year when we want Topicks to Talk on. 
 
 " I'll take leave of that Affair, and Shall Add that it promises 
 to bear happy union to themselves, and appears to be agreeable to 
 all their Friends and Relations, Except the above." (Pemberton 
 Papers, Hist. Soc. Pa. ) 
 
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 *' agreed that Hannah spoke as well as could be." 
 ■"John began manfully," writes Israel Pemberton, Jr./ 
 *' but found the Last word approbation hard to express, 
 «<w°'' I tell him is because he's too proud now he has 
 "her Consent to ask ours." "Then," says John, 
 " My father & many more of us dined & supped at 
 " Wm. Logan's, where we were handsomely 
 *' entertained." 
 
 The second "passing of meeting " occurred 9 mo. 
 26th, both young people speaking " distinctly and 
 "Intelligibly." "John Smith is in high Spirits," 
 writes William Logan, ^ "he passed the Last Meeting 
 "and Seems to think of nothing but marrying." 
 
 The wedding day at last arrives, 10 mo. 7, 1748. 
 *' All the Compy that we Expected, Except Isa : 
 " Norris," and several "not Invited," so " Com- 
 " plaisant as to come from town," assembled in the 
 Friends* Meeting-house in Germantown and " the s'' 
 "John Smith," as the marriage certificate reads, 
 *' taking the s'' Hannah Logan by the hand did in 
 *' solemn Manner openly declare that he took her" 
 to be his wife, " promising through the Lord's assist- 
 " ance to be unto her a loving & faithful husband untill 
 " Death should separate them. And then & there in 
 *' the same assembly the s* Hannah Logan did in like 
 
 1 8 mo. 28th, to his brother James, in London. 
 - 9 mo. 21, 1748, to his cousin, James Pemberton, then in 
 London. ( Smith MSS. ) 
 
54 Courtship of [i"^^°- 
 
 ♦' manner declare that she took him, the s"* John Smith 
 "to be her husband, promising through the Lord's 
 <♦ assistance to be unto him a faithful & loving wife 
 "untill death should separate them." " We Solem- 
 " nized our marriage," says John, "in an awful and 
 " Intelligible manner " ; and " behaved with a Graceful 
 " becoming manner," writes Mary Pemberton,' " and 
 "Johnny is not a Little Pleased." "Then," John 
 continues, "had our friends Company" at Stenton 
 " & the Entertainment was very agreeable," and 
 " Several of our agreeable friends staid " all night. 
 
 For the next few days the bride and groom remain 
 at Stenton, receiving calls of congratulation from 
 Benjamin Franklin, Edward Shippen, Richard Peters, 
 and other friends. Then they take up their abode in 
 John's house in the city. " Johny Smith & Coz. 
 " Hannah (His Wife) Came home yesterday week," 
 John Pemberton informs his brother James, in London 
 (lo mo. 24, 1748), and " Coz Hannah Seems well 
 " pleased with her Companion." John declares his 
 new wife " to be the most amiable of the human race, 
 " in my Esteem at least." ' 
 
 In 1756 John retired from active business and re- 
 turned to Burlington, occupying the home built by his 
 
 ' 10 mo. 12th, to her brother-in-law, James Pemberton. 
 'Letter, 10 mo. 23, 1748, to James Pemberton. 
 
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 father in 1720.^ In this same year, at Burlington, 
 Hannah Smith became a minister of the meeting and 
 sought to shut out from her mind all worldly vanities, 
 reflising to ride in the <• four wheel'd Chaise " with its 
 " Driver & horses," ^ evidently preferring the more 
 democratic mode of horseback riding. She even 
 threatened to destroy her portrait if her brother Wil- 
 liam sent it from Stenton. She died at Burlington 
 I mo. 15, 1762, aged forty-two. "In the relation 
 " of Child, Wife and Mother," says her husband, 
 ♦* she was tenderly and anxiously careful to fill her 
 "place." 
 
 John was a subscriber to " The New Jersey Asso- 
 ciation for Helping the Indians," in 1757.^ He was 
 appointed, December 12th, 1753, ^ member of the 
 King's Council for New Jersey on recommendation of 
 Governor Belcher.* In June, 1761, he was named 
 one of the Commissioners to Try Pirates,^ and in 
 
 1 " I have for divers considerations declined Trade," and " I am 
 about moving with my family to a small Paternal Estate I have at 
 Burlington, a little City about 20 miles higher up Delaware." 
 (Letter of John Smith, dated Philadelphia, 2 mo. 28, 1756, to 
 his wife's uncle. Dr. William Logan, of Bristol, England.) 
 
 ^Letter, 11 mo., 1758, William Logan to John Smith. (Am 
 158, Hist. Soc. Penna.) 
 
 ' N. J. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, Jan., 1875. 
 
 ^ N. J. Archives, IX., 127,151, 153. 
 
 Mbid, 284. 
 
56 Courtship of [1"^^°- 
 
 1768, he and his brother Samuel, and Charles Read, 
 were commissioned to take charge of the Seals of the 
 Province of New Jersey, during the absence of Gov- 
 ernor William Franklin in England. 
 
 It is related in the '♦ Burlington Smiths " that Gov- 
 ernor Franklin, having for sale his country place at 
 Burlington, with its herd of one hundred deer, the 
 bellman going about the streets of the town very 
 early in the morning disturbed John Smith, whose 
 health had become impaired so that sleep was a rare 
 pleasure to him. Putting his head out the window, 
 John asked what was for sale. "The Governor's 
 Park," was the reply. ** Put up your bell and go 
 "home, and I will buy the property at the owner's 
 "price," exclaimed the Councillor, as he closed his 
 window and tried to resume his 
 disturbed slumbers. Such is the 
 story of his purchase of this fine 
 estate. 
 
 He died, March 26, 1 77 1 , in 
 his forty-ninth year. " He was 
 " one of my most valuable & old- 
 •*est acquaintances," writes 
 
 I nu.. - _0 TAMES PEMBERTON. 
 
 James remberton, 3 mo. 20, ■' 
 1 77 1. " We contracted an intimate fFriendship in our 
 *• Early youth, which has ever remained inviolate, & 
 " uninterrupted .... I knew him to be capable of 
 
< (JI'VKKillT, 1904 
 liV AMELIA M. GUMMHKE 
 
 Silhouette of John Smith, 1763 
 Aged 41 
 
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 *• the strictest fFriendship, of the greatest Integrity, 
 *• blessed with a Sound Judgment, & understanding, 
 "which with his many amiable qualifications rendered 
 "him a useful & honourable member of Society." 
 Robert Proud says of him : " He was engaging, 
 ♦♦open, friendly and undesigning in his address and 
 *' behaviour ; of a cheerful and benevolent disposition of 
 " mind ; well skilled in the laws of his country ; 
 "and very ready, generous and serviceable, in giving 
 *♦ his advice and assistance. In his religious character 
 "he exhibited an excellent example of true practical 
 " Christianity, free from all affectation and narrowness 
 "of mind. He was, in several relations, one of the 
 *' best of neighbours and of men." ^ And his brother, 
 Samuel Smith, ^ writes thus feelingly of him : " He 
 " was, in every conjugal relation, aiFectionately ten- 
 " der ; a fond father, an indulgent master; he was 
 "more. But I must stop — he was — my brother, 
 *♦ my most intimate friend and companion ! I lost all 
 *♦ that could be lost in those relations." 
 
 John and Hannah (Logan) Smith had four children, 
 as follows : 
 
 I. Sarah Logan Smith ( 1 749-1 769 ) married William Dillwyn 
 ( 1 743-1 824), of Philadelphia, an eminent Quaker minister, son 
 of John Dillwyn, of Philadelphia, by his wife, Susanna Painter, a 
 granddaughter of Caleb Pusey, of Chester. They had one daughter, 
 Susanna (1769-1819), who married Samuel Emlen, a Quaker 
 
 ' History of Pennsylvania, II., 233. 
 - Burlington Smiths, 165. 
 
58 Courtship of [1"^^°- 
 
 minister, of "West Hill," Burlington County, New Jersey, but 
 left no issue. 
 
 II. James Smith (1750-1833), merchant, of Burlington 
 County, New Jersey, nnarried Esther Heulings, daughter of William 
 Heulings, of Burlington, and had eight children : ( i ) Hannah 
 (m. Henry S. Drinker, of Philadelphia ) 5 (2) Sarah Logan 
 (m. Hugh Roberts, of Philadelphia); (3) John J. (m. Mary 
 Roberts); (4) Charles Logan ( d. s. p. ) ; (5) Abigail Bowne 
 ( m. John Drinker) ; (6) Elizabeth (m. Mordecai Lewis, mer- 
 chant, of Philadelphia); (7) Susanna Dillwyn ( m. Samuel 
 Allinson); (8) James Logan (m. ist, Elizabeth Alden, and 2d, 
 Mary Couper, daughter of Dr. James Couper. This branch of 
 the family is seated at New Castle, Delaware. ) 
 
 III. Hannah Smith (b. 1753), married John Cox, Jr., of 
 " Oxmead," Burlington County, New Jersey, and had a daughter, 
 Hannah, who married George Davis, M.D., of Otsego, New York. 
 
 IV. John Smith ( 1 761-1803 ), of " Green Hill," near Bur- 
 lington, married Gulielma Maria Morris (i 766-1 826), daughter of 
 William Morris (by his wife, Margaret,' daughter of Dr. Richard 
 and Deborah Hill), son of John Morris, and grandson of Anthony 
 Morris, the immigrant. They had five children: (l) Margaret 
 Hill (m. Samuel Hilles, of Wilmington, Delaware, and had 
 children : Gulielma Maria, of Wilmington, widow of Charles W. 
 Howland, of New Bedford, Mass., William, Samuel and John); 
 (2) Richard M. (m. Susanna Collins, daughter of Isaac Collins, 
 the artist); (3) Rachel (m. George Stewardson, merchant, of 
 Philadelphia, and had among other children the late Thomas 
 Stewardson, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia); (4) John Jay Smith 
 (1798-1881), of "Ivy Lodge," Germantown, for many years 
 Librarian of the Philadelphia Library Company, and editor and 
 author of many works (m. Rachel C, daughter of Robert Pearsall, 
 of Flushing, New York. Children : Lloyd Pearsall Smith, 1822- 
 
 ' Margaret (Hill) Morris (1 737-1816) has left an interesting 
 diary of her experiences at Burlington during the Revolution. — 
 See Letters of Dr. Richard Hill, by John Jay Smith. 
 
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 Photographed from ihe original manuscript 
 
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 1886, Librarian of the Philadelphia Library Company; Albanus ; 
 Elizabeth Fearsall Smith, now of " Ivy Lodge Cottage," German- 
 town J Horace J. Smith, now of Birmingham, England ; Robert 
 Fearsall Smith, whose widow, Hannah Whitall Smith, an author 
 of religious works, resides in London, and whose daughter Alys 
 Whitall Pearsall Smith, married the Honorable Bertrand Russell, 
 grandson of Lord John Russell); (5) Morris Smith (m. Caroline 
 M. Smith. A son, Richard Morris Smith, compiled the " Bur- 
 lington Smiths " ). ^ 
 
 The Diary, which is written in thin little dark paper- 
 backed volumes, eight in number, but formerly eleven, 
 is printed, with the exception of some changes in 
 punctuation for the sake of clearness, just as it is in the 
 original. The writing, on linen paper yellowed by 
 time, is well preserved, and the manuscripts are in 
 good condition. The handwriting is almost as clear and 
 legible as copper-plate. Seven of these little books, 
 (I., III., IV., v., IX., X., XI.), varying in size from 
 4 X 6 to 6x8 inches, are in the Ridgway Branch of 
 the Philadelphia Library Company, to which they were 
 presented by the family of John Smith's grandson, the 
 late John Jay Smith. Another volume (VI.), with 
 a modern copy of a large part of the whole Diary, 
 and other treasured family relics and papers, are in the 
 possession of John Jay Smith's daughter. Miss Eliza- 
 beth Pearsall Smith, of "Ivy Lodge Cottage," Ger- 
 
 ^ Charles P. Keith, Provincial Councillors, 27 ff, passim. 
 
6o Courtship of U""^'^- 
 
 mantown, to whom I am much indebted for kindness in 
 giving me access to her collections. For the three 
 missing volumes (II.,VII., VIII. ), covering the periods 
 9 mo. 25, I 745, to 10 mo. 3 i, 1746, and 10 mo. 12, 
 
 1748, to 10 mo. 19, 1749, I ^s^d the extracts given 
 in R. Morris Smith's The Burlington Smiths, a rare 
 privately-printed work, issued at Philadelphia, 1877. 
 Other sources have been the Smith MSS. (1660- 
 1855), a voluminous mass of correspondence and the 
 like, of great historical value, presented to the Ridgway 
 Branch, along with the Diary, by the family of 
 the late John Jay Smith. Some extracts from John 
 Smith's letters (1740- 1770) in this collection, made 
 by the late Thomas Stewardson, of Chestnut Hill, 
 Philadelphia, are in the Library of the Historical 
 Society of Pennsylvania (Am 158). Mrs. Charles 
 W. Howland, ot Wilmington, Delaware, has a con- 
 siderable collection of papers and relics of her Logan 
 and Smith ancestors, and she has most kindly permitted 
 me to use them. Three large manuscript volumes of 
 memorials of deceased Friends, written by John Smith, 
 now owned by Haverford College, are deposited at 
 Friends' Library, Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia. The 
 great collection of Pemberton Papers at the Historical 
 Society of Pennsylvania, as well as many other manu- 
 scripts, have also been laid under contribution. 
 
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 In conclusion, it is a pleasure to express my thanks 
 to the many persons from whom I have received 
 courtesies in the execution of this work ; among others, 
 to Miss Elizabeth Pearsall Smith, Mrs, Albanus Logan 
 Smith, Mr. Charles J. Wister, Mr. Albanus C. Logan, 
 Miss Maria Dickinson Logan, Mrs. Samuel Chew, 
 of *• Cliveden," and Miss Anne H. Cresson, of 
 Germantown ; to Mrs. Jane A. C. Luxmoore, of 
 Weybridge, England ; to Mr. Horace J. Smith, of 
 Birmingham, England ; to Mrs. Charles W. Rowland 
 and Mr. Howard Pyle, of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
 To Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne and Mr. Robert A. 
 Brock, of Richmond, Virginia; to Dr. Samuel Abbott 
 Green, of the Massachusetts Historical Society ; to 
 Dr. Reuben Gold Thwaites, of the Wisconsin 
 Historical Society, and Miss Edith K. Lyle, of 
 Madison, Wisconsin ; to Mrs. Edward Minot Shelton, 
 of Burlington, Iowa ; to Mrs. Amelia Mott Gummere, 
 of Haverford, Pennsylvania ; to Mr. Rowland J. 
 Dutton and Miss Margaret Gummere, of Burlington, 
 New Jersey ; to Mrs. John T. Myers and the Misses 
 Georgia C, Edith C. and E. Mae Myers, of Kennett 
 Square, Pennsylvania ; to Mr. Gilbert Cope, of West 
 Chester, Pennsylvania ; to Professor Arthur Beardsley, 
 Professor George A. Hoadley, and Professor John 
 Russell Hayes, of Swarthmore College ; to Dr. John 
 
62 Hannah Logan 
 
 W. Jordan, Miss May Atherton Leach, Mr. Gregory 
 B. Keene, and Miss Jennie C. Wylie, of the Historical 
 Society of Pennsylvania ; to Mr. Bunford Samuel, of 
 the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library Com- 
 pany, and to Mr. George M. Abbott and Miss Elisabeth 
 McClellan, of the Philadelphia Library Company ; to 
 President Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford College ; to 
 Friends' Library, Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia. 
 
 To the Honorable Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, 
 Governor of Pennsylvania and President of the His- 
 torical Society of Pennsylvania ; and to Mr. William 
 f Brooke Rawle, Mr. Henry Pemberton, the late Mr. 
 Edward Shippen, of Walnut Street, Dr. Edward 
 Shippen, U. S. N., Dr. Charles E. Cadwalader, Dr. 
 S.Weir Mitchell, Mr. Edward S. Willing, Mr. Thomas 
 Willing Balch, Mr. Travis Cochran, Mr. Charles P. 
 Keith, Mr. George Harrison Fisher, Dr. Henry M. 
 Fisher, Mr. Charles Henry Hart, Mr. Joseph M. 
 Fox, and Mr. Richard Peters, Jr., of Philadelphia. 
 Albert Cook Myers. 
 
 Kennett Stjuare, Penmyl-variia, 
 
 December j, igo^.. 
 
 ^^^ 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Introduction 5 
 
 List of Illustrations 63 
 
 John Smith's Diary : 
 
 I. — A Youthful Merchant 65 
 
 II. — Courtship 85 
 
 III.— Marriage 249 
 
 IV. — Later Years 263 
 
 &.PPENDIX , 325 
 
 Extracts from the Earlier Parts of John Smith's 
 Diary : 
 
 A Voyage to Barbadoes 3^^ 
 
 A Journey to New York 33 5 
 
 Miscellaneous Extracts 33" 
 
 Letter, John Smith to Hannah Logan, 1748 . . 34" 
 
 Letter, John Smith to James Pemberton, 1749 . 34^ 
 Inventory of John and Hannah Smith's Shake of 
 
 James Logan's Personal Effects at Stenton . 349 
 
 Index 35^ 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Iron Fireback, Inscribed "J. L., 1728," Title-page 
 
 In fireplace, North Parlor, Stenton. 
 
 Stenton Frontispiece 
 
 James Logan's mansion, built in 1728. Still standing 
 in good preservation, near Wayne Junction, on the 
 Philadelphia and Reading Railway, between Philadel- 
 phia and Germantown. Owned by descendants, 
 Albanus C. Logan, Esquire, and his sister. Miss Maria 
 Dickinson Logan, of" Loudoun," Germantown. Now 
 in the care of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial 
 Dames of America. 
 
 Heading. — Cavalcade Approaching Stenton, 5 
 Pages from William Black's Diary .... 6 
 
 Photographed from the original manuscript in possession 
 of Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, of Richmond, Virginia. 
 
 Portrait of Sarah Logan (171 5-1744) . . 9 
 Daughter of James Logan and wife of Isaac Norris 
 (1 701-1766), Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. 
 From the original portrait in possession of a descendant, 
 Mrs. Jane C. A. Luxmoore, nee Logan, of " Fair- 
 holme," Portmore Road, Weybridge, Surrey, England. 
 
 James Logan's Watch 14 
 
 Photographed from original owned by Albanus C. 
 Logan, Esq., of " Loudoun," Germantown. The 
 dial bears the legend : " Barnold, Providence." 
 
 Portrait of James Logan (1674— 1751) . . 16 
 From the original painting in possession of a descendant, 
 Albanus C. Logan, Esq., of'Loudoun," Germantown. 
 
 y 
 
 V 
 
Hannah Logan 64^ 
 
 Portrait of Dr. William Logan ( 1 686-1 757), 
 
 OF Bristol, England 18 -^ 
 
 Brother of James Logan. Photographed from the 
 original portrait in possession of Albanus C. Logan, 
 Esq., of "Loudoun," Germantovvn, to whom it has 
 descended from his ancestor, William Logan (1718- 
 1776), nephew and one of the legatees of Dr. Logan. 
 
 Portrait of Mrs. William Logan (died prior 
 
 TO 1757), OF Bristol, England . . 20 ' 
 From the original portrait owned by Albanus C. Logan, 
 Esq., of " Loudoun," Germantown. 
 
 Main Doorway, Stenton 22 ^ 
 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 Entrance Hall, Stenton 24 ^ 
 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 House of Richard Smith (i 699-1 751) . . 27*' 
 
 Built 1720. Still standing on Main Street, Burlington. 
 From a photograph made about fifty years ago. The 
 house, on the west side of iVIain street. No. 320, 
 now somewhat changed, is occupied on the first 
 floor by Vandegrift's drug store. 
 
 James Logan's Silver Tea Service 4' '' 
 
 Inherited by John and Hannah (Logan) Smith. Now 
 owned by a noble family in England. From photograph 
 in R. Morris Smith's Burlington Smiths. (Cf. Wat- 
 son's Annals, IL, 501, ed. 1891. ) 
 
 North Parlor, Stenton 44 - 
 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 South Parlor, Stenton 46 
 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 Portrait of Charles Norris (1712— 1766) . 50 y 
 From the original painting owned by a descendant, 
 Albanus C. Logan, Esq., of" Loudoun," Germantown. 
 
 Silhouette of James Pemberton (1724-1809), 56 
 From Mrs. Amelia Mott Gummere's The Quaker : 
 A Study in Costume, 72. 
 
64b Courtship of [i^^^^- 
 
 SiLHOUETTE OF John Smith IN I 763, AGED 41 . . 56 
 
 From a large paper profile owned by a descendant, 
 Mrs. Charles W. Howland, of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 The lower part of the bag wig has been added in the 
 reproduction. In a memorandum on the silhouette, 
 John Smith's son-in-law, William Dillwyn (who mar- 
 ried Sarah Smith), in his own handwriting (according 
 to another later memorandum by his niece, the late 
 Mrs. Margaret H. Hilles) states that the " Features 
 distinctly examined remind me of him but there wants 
 something in the air ot the whole Face." 
 
 Page of John Smith's Diary 59 
 
 Photographed from the original manuscript owned by 
 Miss Elizabeth Pearsall Smith, of " Ivy Lodge Cot- 
 tage," Germantown. 
 
 Tailpiece. — Side View, Stenton, 62 
 
 Heading. — Logan Sideboard, at Stenton . 63 
 Tailpiece. — Main Doorway, Stenton ... 63 
 Heading. — Detail, Entrance Hall, Stenton, 64 
 Tailpiece. — Fireplace, Bedroom, Stenton . 64h 
 
 Dining-room, Stenton 65 
 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 Heading. — View of Philadelphia, 1754 • • ^5 
 
 From Scull and Heap's view. 
 
 Autograph of John Reynell (d. 1784) . . 66 
 From Dr. Robert C. Moon's Morris Genealogy, 236. 
 
 Portrait of James Pemberton (i 723-1 809) . 68 
 
 Photographed from miniature owned by Henry Pem- 
 berton, Esq., of Philadelphia. 
 
 Autograph of James Pemberton (1723-1808), 68 
 
 From MS. letter dated London, I mo. 3, 1748-9, 
 to his parents. No. 34, Vol. IV., Pemberton Papers, 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Autograph of Governor Lewis Morris (1671- 
 
 1746), of New Jersey 73 
 
 From Collections of New Jersey Historical Society, IV. 
 
trations] Hannah Logan 64c 
 
 Portrait of William Plumsted (1708-1765), 
 
 Mayor of Philadelphia 75 
 
 Photograplied from the painting in the collection of the 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Painted by John 
 Singleton Copley. Size, 4o.\5o. 
 
 Autograph of John Bartram (1701-1777), 
 
 American Botanist to George III. . 78 
 
 From Dr. William Darlington's Bartram, 59. 
 
 Autograph of Sarah Morris (i 704-1 775) . 80 
 From Dr. Robert C. Moon's Morris Genealogy, 204. 
 
 Benjamin Lay (1677-1760), Reformer . . . 81 '^ 
 
 Photographed from engraving made by H. D. from a 
 painting by W. Williams, in the collection of the 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Autograph of Isaac Greenleafe ( i 71 5-1 771 ), 84 
 From Dr. Robert C. Moon's Morris Genealogy, 320. 
 
 Headi.n'g. — "In my Chaise to Stenton " . . 85 
 
 Autograph of Israel Pemberton (i 685-1 754), 90 
 From Pemberton Papers, Historical Society of Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 Autograph of Thomas Gawthrop (d. 1780), 92 
 
 From MS. letter dated 10 mo. 4, 1747, in Pember- 
 ton Papers, No. 83, Vol. III., Historical Society of 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 Autograph of Mrs. Ann Graeme ( i 700-1 765 ), 92 
 From Bean's History of Montgomery County, Penn- 
 sylvania, 882. 
 
 Autograph of Governor George Thomas . 93 
 
 From Howard M. Jenkins's Memorial History of 
 Philadelphia, I., 197. 
 
 Autograph of Israel Pemberton, Jr. (1715- 
 
 1779), "King of the Quakers" . . 94 
 From MS. letter dated 8 mo. 28, 1748, to his 
 brother James, No. 147, Vol. IV., Pemberton Papers, 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Pemberton Plantation House 95 
 
 From an old painting in the collection of the Historical 
 Society i)f Pennsylvania. 
 
64^ 
 
 Courtshio of U^^^ 
 
 View OF Philadelphia, 1754, by Nicholas Scull 
 
 AND George Heap 98 
 
 The original was first published in London, in 1754. 
 
 Portrait of Jonathan Belcher (1682- 1757), 
 Governor of Massachusetts (1730- 
 1741) and New Jersey (1747-1757), 103 
 
 Photographed from the painting inscribed, " F. Liopoldt 
 pinxit anno 1729," in the collection of the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society in Boston. The portrait 
 was made in London, while he was agent of Massa- 
 chusetts at the British Court. 
 
 Autograph of Governor Jonathan Belcher . 103 
 
 From Winsor's Memorial History of Boston, IL, 82. 
 
 Autograph OF Byfield Lyde ( 1 704-1 776). . . 105 
 From Winsor's Memorial History of Boston, U., 551. 
 
 Autograph of Andrew Hamilton (167 6- 1 741), 106 
 From Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society of New 
 York, 1903. 
 
 Portrait of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741), 106 
 
 From the painting in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 
 
 Autograph of Thomas Carleton ( 1699- 1792), i 10 
 From Albert Cook Myers's Immigration of the Irish 
 Quakers into Pennsylvania, 126. 
 
 Autograph of Philip Syng (i 703-1 789) . .113 
 From History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company, 22. 
 
 Autograph of Grace Lloyd, of Chester . . .121 
 From Dr. George Smith's History of Delaware 
 County, Pennsylvania, 442. 
 
 Portrait, Mrs. Chas. Willing (1710-1754) . 134 
 
 Photographed from a painting made by Robert Feke 
 ( 1 684-1 773). Owned by a great-grandson, Edward S. 
 Willing, Esq., of Philadelphia. 
 
 Portrait of Charles Willing (1710-1754), 
 
 Mayor of Philadelphia 136 
 
 Photographed from original painting in possession of a 
 descendant, Edward S. Willing, of Philadelphia. 
 
 Portrait of John Inglis (d, 1775) . . . .138 
 
 From painting owned by Dr. H. M. Fisher, Philadelphia. 
 
trations] Hannah Logan 646 
 
 Facsimile of Title Page of John Smith's 
 Book, " The Doctrine of Christi- 
 anity, AS Held by the People Called 
 Quakers, Vindicated," etc., 1748 . 141 /^ 
 Photographed from a copy in Friends' Historical 
 Library of Svvarthmore College, Pennsylvania. 
 
 James Logan's Library, Second Floor, Stenton, i 54 y 
 From a recent photograph. 
 
 Silhouette of Dr. Samuel Preston Moore 
 
 (1710-1785), Provincial Treasurer . 155 
 From original owned by Mrs. Charles W. Howland, 
 of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
 Portrait of Richard Peters (i 704-1 776), 
 
 Provincial Secretary 166 '' 
 
 Photographed from a painting in tlie collection of the 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, copied from the 
 original in possession of the Peters family. 
 
 Silhouette of John Pemberton (i 727-1 795), 168 
 From Mrs. Amelia Mott Gummere's The Quaker, 72. 
 
 Portrait of Timothy Matlack 177*^ 
 
 Photographed from the original painting by Charles 
 Willson Peale, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 
 
 Autograph of Mrs. Anne Watts, of New York, 2 i 2 
 
 From Memorial History City of New York, III., 35. 
 
 Letter of John Smith to Hannah Logan . .230"^ 
 
 Dated Philadelphia, 6 mo. 19, 1748. Endorsed: 
 " To Hannah Logan at Stenton — p'' favour of J. Logan, 
 jun''." Photographed from the original in possession 
 of a descendant, Miss Elizabeth Pearsall Smith, of 
 *' Ivy Lodge Cottage," Germantown. 
 
 Autograph of Thomas Graeme 237 
 
 From Bean's History of Montgomery County, Penn- 
 sylvania, 882. 
 
 Northeast Bed-room, Stenton 239 ^ 
 
 Showing ancient cradle of the Logan family. From a 
 recent photograph. 
 
 Northeast Bed-room, Stenton 243 '' 
 
 Another view. From a recent photograph. 
 
64^ Courtship of [^i^^^- 
 
 PORTRAIT OF EdWARD ShIPPEN (1729-1806), 
 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania . . . 245 
 
 Photographed from the original painting made by 
 Gilbert Stuart, in the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. (Cf. G. C. Mason's Gilbert Stuart, 255.) 
 
 Heading. — A Quaker Wedding 249 
 
 Adapted from view of Gracechurch Street 2"^'^^'' 
 Meeting, London, i8th century. — Mrs. A. M. 
 Gummere's The (Quaker, 218. 
 
 Letter of John Smith to Hannah Logan. .253 
 
 Dated Philadelphia, 9 mo. 3d, 1748. Photographed 
 from the original in possession of Miss Elizabeth Pear- 
 sail Smith, of "Ivy Lodge Cottage," Germantown. 
 
 Portrait of Governor James Hamilton (1710- 
 
 17^3) 255 
 
 From painting in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 
 Autograph of Governor James Hamilton . .255 
 From Pennsylvania Archives, 4th series, II., 87. 
 
 Marriage Record of John Smith and Hannah 
 
 Logan, 1748 261 
 
 Photographed from the original recorded certificate in 
 Marriage Register of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. 
 
 Silhouette of Edward Shippen (1703-1781), 
 OF Lancaster, Pennsylvania, sometime 
 Mayor of Philadelphia 262 
 
 From original in the collection of the Historical Society 
 of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Portrait of Edward Shippen (1639-1 7 12), 
 
 Mayor ok Philadelphia 262 
 
 Photographed from painting owned by a descendant, 
 the late Edward Shippen, Philadelphia. Size 35 x 47. 
 
 Heading. — The Great Meeting and Old 
 
 CouRT-HousE 263 
 
 Adapted from an old View. 
 
 Portrait of Joseph Shippen (i 679-1 741), of 
 
 Germantown 264 
 
 Pliotographed from painting owned by a descendant, the 
 late Edward Shippen, Philadelphia. Size 3 5x47 inches. 
 
trations] Haiioah Logan 64^ 
 
 Portrait of Col. Joseph Shippen (1732-1810), 
 
 Son of Edward Shippen, of Lancaster . 266 .' 
 
 Photographed from painting owned by the late Edward 
 Shippen, Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Joseph Shippen 
 was graduated from Princeton, B. A., in 1753, served 
 in the French and Indian War as Colonel. After 
 travel in Europe he returned to Philadelphia in I 761, 
 and in the following year was appointed Secretary of 
 the Provincial Council. He resided, 1773100. 1782, 
 at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In 1789 he be- 
 came Judge of Lancaster County Court. He was an 
 early patron of Benjamin West. His wife was Jane, 
 daughter of John Galloway, — Keith, Councillors, 
 (77) ff. 
 Autograph of Samuel Powell (1705- 17 59) . 268 
 From Dr. Robert C. Moon's Morris Genealogy, 238. 
 
 Portrait of Tench Francis (d. 1758), Attorney 
 
 General of Pennsylvania 278 / 
 
 From H. B. Hall's etching. The original portrait is 
 owned by a descendant. Dr. Henry M. Fisher, of 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Autograph of Dr. Christopher Witt (167 5- 
 
 1765) . . ■ . . .284 
 
 From Julius F. Sachse's Pietists, 403. 
 
 Autograph of John Kinsey (1696-1750), 
 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania . . .285 
 From Dr. Joseph S. Walton's Life of John Kinsey. 
 
 Portrait of Owen Jones (1711-1793), Pro- 
 vincial Treasurer of Pennsylvania . . 292 </ 
 
 Photographed from a painting owned by a descendant, 
 Charles J. Wister, Esq., of Germantown. 
 
 Portrait of Thomas Lawrence (1689-1754), 
 
 Mayor of Philadelphia 308 . 
 
 Photographed from a painting in the collection of the 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Three-quarters 
 length, facing right, standing. Size, 36 x 45 inches. 
 
 Portrait of Dr. Phineas Bond (1717-1773), 314 y 
 
 Photographed from painting owned by Travis Cochran, 
 Esq., of Philadelphia. Size 32 x 38. Painted 1765. 
 
6^h 
 
 Hannah Logan 
 
 Portrait of Dr. Thomas Cadwalader (1707- 
 
 1779) 321 
 
 Photographed from the painting owned by a descendant, 
 Dr. Charles E. Cadwalader, of Philadelphia. Three- 
 quarters length, seated, facing right. Painted by 
 Charles WiUson Peale. 
 
 Autograph of William Allen (1704- 1780), 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, Mayor 
 OF Philadelphia 322 
 
 From Howard M. Jenkins's Memorial History of 
 Philadelphia, Vol. I., 227. 
 
 Portrait of William Allen (1704- 1780), 
 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania . . . .322 
 
 Photographed from the original painting made by Ben- 
 jamin West, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 
 
 Heading. — Seafaring in Colonial Times . .326 
 
 Burlington Meeting House (1683-1787) . 338 ^ 
 Photographed from a painting, in size 15 x 18 inches, 
 made by Jefferson Gauntt, now owned by his great- 
 niece, Mrs. Joseph Shreeve, of Burlington. 
 
 James Logan's Pewter Platter 349 
 
 From the original owned by a descendant, Albanus 
 Logan Smith, Esq., of "Ivy Lodge," Germantown. 
 
 Heading. — North Parlor, Stenton . . .351 
 
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 -"i?SjBS- 
 
 «^i<^ji7#^j^»«fe^ 
 
 •^^r'P H ILfiOE.LPHl fi />i-«t 
 
 Hannah Logan' Courtship 
 
 and Divers other Matters, as related irk 
 John Smith's Diary 
 
 Chapter I 
 A YOUTHFUL MERCHANT 
 
 Fifth month lO, 1743. Being first day, 
 rode to Germantown meeting with Ch"" 
 Wilson ^ & Eleaz'' Sheldon." Dined with 
 several others at James Logan's.^ 
 
 I opened a dry Good Store "* at Philad* 
 the 14*'' of 10'^ mo: 1743 — Took Lodgings 
 at Coz W"» Callender's,' at /— f. Annum. 
 
 ' Christopher Wilson, a Quaker minister from Cumberland, Eng. 
 
 "^ Eleazer Sheldon, a Quaker minister from Dublin. 
 
 ''This is John Smith's first recorded visit to " Stenton," the 
 home of his future bride. 
 
 * " A CHOICE Parcel of Molases, to be sold, by Richard 
 Smith, jun"", in Burlington, or by John Smith, at Israel Pemberton's 
 Store, in Philad."-r-Pi;nna. Gaz., June 2, 1743. 
 
 ^William Callender, Jr. ( 1703-1 763), a native of Bar- 
 badoes, was a son of William and Hannah Callender, of Scotch 
 
66 Courtship of [io"'mo. 
 
 In the lO*'' mo., 1744-5, 1 Joined with 
 Israel Pemberton, John ReynelP & Israel 
 Pemberton Jun"" in purchasing a small 
 
 schooner which we made a Brig' of 
 
 & Called her the Dolphin. Loaded her 
 ourselves. Appointed John Peal m"" & she 
 sailed for Barbadoes the 13*'' ii"* mo.^ 
 
 Latter End of i'' mo., 1745, I Joined 
 with M. Aspden [?], John Reynell & 
 Israel Pemberton Jun*" in purchasing a new 
 Vessel on the Stocks, a little below Marcus 
 Hook. We made a ship of her. Called her 
 
 extraction. He married Catharine, daughter of Daniel and Mary 
 (Murfin) Smith, of the Burlington Smiths. Their daughter, 
 Hannah Callender ( 1737-1801 ), who married Samuel Sansom, 
 in 1 762, kept a diary of much interest concerning Philadelphia. 
 Extracts from it are printed in Pa. Mag., XII., 432. 
 
 'John Reynell ( —1784), was active in the Friends* 
 
 meeting and in the civil life of the city. He was a manager of the 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, 1752-1780. — Morton, Pa. Hosp., 412. 
 'At the Philadelphia Custom-House the " Brigt. Dolphin, John 
 Peele, for Coracoa," was entered out. — Penna. Gaz., Dec. 25, 
 1744- 
 
1 744] Hannah Logan 67 
 
 the Bolton,^ appointed Edw*^ Dowers ^ m"" 
 of her, and She Sailed the 9"^ of 3** mo: for 
 Dublin & Liverpoole. My intimate friend 
 WilHam Griffitts^ went Factor of her. He 
 had Hved several years with his Uncle 
 Thomas^ in this City, during w*"^ time We 
 Contracted such a mutual Friendship, as 
 will not Easily be forgotten. James Pem- 
 berton and I went with him in the Ship to 
 Delaware Capes, which the ship left the 
 8'''. The time on board was rendered 
 very agreeable by William & Capt. 
 Dowers' Company. After taking our Leave 
 of them, went ashore at Lewis, staid a day 
 
 * The Penna. Gazette of April 12, 1745, notes that the ship 
 Bolton, Edward Dowers, master, entered out, bound for Belfast. 
 
 ' " Edward Dowers is removed from his house in Water- 
 street, to the house in Front-street, where Thomas Wells lately 
 lived, and has to sell, Sundry sorts of European goods, and choice 
 Cheshire cheese, cheap for ready money." — Pa. Gaz., Feb. 13, 
 1749-50. No. 1 105. 
 
 'William Griffitts ( — c. 1760), merchant of Philadelphia, 
 son of James Griffitts, of Swansea, Wales, married, April, 1752, 
 Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Powel. — Moon, 
 Morris Family, 162, 463, 609. 
 
 * Thomas Griffitts, Irish Quaker and Provincial Councilor 
 of Pennsylvania. 
 
68 Courtship of [3' mo- 
 
 or two there, & Came home in a pilot boat 
 
 the I2*'\ 
 
 About the beginning of 3** mo: 1745, 
 purchased on 8'^ y" Snow Friendship. 
 She sailed for Jamaica the 12"'/ 
 
 22^ of 3*^ month James Pemberton ^ and 
 I Left home to go to Flushing. We got 
 there, Scammon Rodman ^ Accompanying 
 
 ^ The Snow Friendship, Walter Brown, master, entered out for 
 Jamaica, April 12, 1745. — Pa. Gaz., April 12, 1745. 
 
 ^ James Pemberton (i 723-1 808), son of Israel and Rachel 
 ( ) Pemberton, after completing his education in the 
 
 Friends' schools became a successful merchant. He figured 
 prominently in the Friends' Meeting and in public affairs. He 
 was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Hospital, was early 
 interested in the negro question, and became one of the organizers 
 
 /^^^^U^^ 
 
 of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, succeeding Franklin as 
 President in 1790. He was one of the Friends who withdrew 
 from the Assembly in 1756, because they could not conscientiously 
 vote to appropriate money for military purposes. He was one of 
 the exiles to Virginia in 1777. — ^J. Granville Leach, in Appleton's 
 Cyc. Bio., 706. 
 
 •■' Scamon Rodman, of Burlington. — See N. J. Archives, 1st 
 Scries, XX. 
 
James Pemberton 
 
^74S] Hannah Logan 69 
 
 us from Burlington, the 24*''. Was 
 kindly Rec*^ by Thomas Rodman, at whose 
 house we Lodged while we stayed on the 
 Island. The meeting was Large. The 
 strangers [there] at were Jos* Lord, Abr'" 
 Moss^ & Zech'' Faris. Jemmy & I went 
 to N. York the 28'^, stayed there one 
 night, set out next day & got home the 31'', 
 & found our Brig* Dolphin was arrived the 
 day before from Barbadoes, which was 
 very Agreeable to me. She sailed again 
 for Barbadoes the 1 7'^ of 4**^ mo. 
 
 The T i*^ of 5*'' mo: 1745, We rec'' news 
 of the Surrender of Louisburg on the 1 7''' 
 Ultimo to K: George. The N. England 
 Troops on this Expedition Gained much 
 Reputation among the Men principled for 
 War. They were Commanded by W"" 
 Pepperill, a N. E** man also, and assisted 
 by a fleet of Ships of War under the 
 Command of Capt° Warren. That Evening 
 & the next the mob were very rude in this 
 City, breaking many Windows that were 
 not Illuminated, but by the Vigilance of 
 
 ' A Quaker minister of Salem, N. J. He died in 1-48. 
 
70 Courtship of [6*'' mo. 
 
 the Inhabitants and the prudent Conduct 
 of the then Mayor Edw** Shippen they 
 were suppressed before they had done 
 much mischief. 
 
 The 4"" of 6*'' mo: 1745, went by 
 Land With several other friends to the 
 funeral of my dear Uncle Caleb Raper at 
 Burlington. Mordecai Yarnal was in 
 Company. There were many people 
 thereat, among whom Mordecai had good 
 Service. The Removal of this near Rela- 
 tion affected me much, both because there- 
 by I lost a Good friend. The City of 
 Burlington a good Magistrate, for he was 
 & had been Mayor thereof several years, 
 And the Church a Useful, hospitable & 
 Substantial Member. Came home next 
 day and the 8"' was at our 5*'' day meet- 
 ing, at which M. Yarnal was married to 
 Molly Roberts. A week or two afterwards 
 I accompanied them home. 
 
 The Latter End of the y**" & beginning 
 of the 8"' mo: my Sister & Coz., both 
 Eliz'' Smiths, came forth in the Ministry 
 among Friends at Burlington, which the' 
 
1745] Hannah Logan 71 
 
 but small at present I hope will prove a 
 Blessing to the Church. 
 
 The Snow Friendship arrived from 
 Jamaica the 24"' of 7"' mo. We made a 
 Ship of her & put her up for London, 
 appointed Henry Lisle m"", & She sailed 
 for that port the 1 7"' of 9*^ mo. 
 
 Our Brig* Dolphin again arrived from 
 Barbadoes the 14*'' of 8'^ mo. This 
 Voyage we Sheathed her, and the 24th of 
 9*^^ mo. Ship Bolton & Brig' Dolphin 
 sailed together from the Wharf, the ship 
 bound for Ireland & Brig* for Barbadoes.^ 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 3*^ In the afternoon, the weather being 
 agreeable, John Armitt^ and I rode to 
 Charles Jenkin's ferry on Schuylkill. We 
 ran and walked a mile or two on the ice. 
 On our way thither we stopped to view 
 
 ' That part of the Diary covering the period 1 1 Mo. 3, 1745, to 
 8 Mo. 18, 1746, is from R. Morris Smith's "The Burlington 
 Smiths" (Phila., 1877), 131 ff. 
 
 ^JoHN Armitt, a Friend, a resident of Front Street in 1750. — • 
 Fa. Gaz., June 7. 
 
7 2 Courtship of [n^'^mo. 
 
 the proprietor's green-house/ which at this 
 season is a very agreeable sight ; the 
 oranges, lemons, and citrons were, some 
 green, some ripe, and some in blossom. 
 
 15*'' Dined at Israel Pemberton's, and 
 afterdinner Jemmy and I rode on horseback 
 toStenton. R. Pemberton" and M. Jordan^ 
 went in the chaise. We spent two or 
 
 1 This was in what was long known as the "Proprietor's 
 Garden," the estate of Proprietor Thomas Penn, son of the 
 Founder. He was in Pennsylvania from 1732 to 1 741, and 
 established his residence in what is now the northwestern part of 
 Philadelphia, between " Bush Hill," the seat of the Hamiltons, 
 and the Schuylkill. A young Virginian, Daniel Fisher, of 
 Williamsburg, who had come to Philadelphia to seek his fortune, 
 and who strolled one Sunday afternoon in May, 1755, " two miles 
 out of town," found the garden very attractive. " But what to 
 me," he writes, "surpassed everything of the kind I had seen in 
 America was a pretty bricked Green House, out of which was 
 disposed (now) very properly in the Pleasure Garden a good many 
 Orange, Lemon, and Citron Trees in great perfection, loaded with 
 abundance of Fruit, and some of each sort seemingly then ripe." 
 
 " The House here," he continues, " is but small, built of Brick. 
 It is pleasantly situated on an eminence with a gradual 
 descent, over a small Valley, to a handsome level Road cut through 
 a wood, affording an agreeable vista of near Two miles. On the left 
 hand the slope, descending from the house, is a neat little Park, tho' 
 I am told that there are no Deer in it." — Fisher's Diary, Pa. Mag., 
 XVn., 267-8 ; Jenkins, Penn Family, ist ed., 134. 
 
 ^ R-ivcHEL Pemberton, wife of Israel Pemberton, Sr. 
 
 ^ Mary Jordan, widow of Robert Jordan, Quaker minister. 
 
1745] Hannah Logan 73 
 
 three hours very agreeably there in com- 
 pany with J. Logan, his wife and daughter. 
 The roads very muddy. 
 
 17*'' In the afternoon Samuel Wetheri II 
 and I rode to Burlington ; found my rela- 
 tions and friends mostly well, and several of 
 them came to my father's house and spent 
 the evening there. Our discourse ran 
 much upon the state of their province, 
 oppressed by an ill-natured and super- 
 annuated governor.^ 
 
 1 8*^ The day fixed for two representa- 
 tives for their city. My father and Cousin 
 Daniel Smith were chosen without a dis- 
 senting vote. Spent most of the evening 
 
 1 Lewis Morris (1671-1746), a native of Morrisania, New 
 York, is here referred to. He became the Royal Governor of 
 New Jersey in 1738, and was soon involved in quarrels with the 
 
 popular party of the Assembly concerning financial matters.— 
 N. J. Archives, II., 217, XL, 546, XV., passim; Coll. N.J. 
 Hist. Soc, IV. ; Winsor, America, V., 220—1. 
 
74 Courtship of [i^'mo. 
 
 with my aunt M. Raper/ with my brother 
 Samuel, looking over the library of our 
 deceased uncle. Aunt was so kind as to 
 give Sammy and me several of his books. 
 
 First mojith. 
 
 i^th \Yej^t- t-Q Samuel Moore's, where 
 we drank tea and spent a considerable time 
 in very agreeable conversation. Had a 
 dispute upon inoculation for small-pox, two 
 or three people in town having got that 
 distemper from New York. It seems 
 clear to me that we who are but tenants 
 have no right to pull down the houses that 
 belong only to the landlord who built 
 them. 
 
 Third month. 
 
 1 2*^ At Point-no-Point. Busy in look- 
 ing for bricks, etc., and had a good deal 
 of conversation with Hugh Roberts upon 
 gardening, etc. Agreed with George 
 Martin to level my terrace-walk, leaving 
 it twenty feet wide ; to make a fall thirty 
 
 ^ Mary Raper, widow of Caleb. 
 
William Plumsted 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 75 
 
 inches on a level ; to level the next plot 
 one hundred feet deep ; to do the next fall, 
 turf it and the sides, and plant the whole, 
 etc., for twenty pounds. Was in the after- 
 noon taking up with draining plans, etc. 
 
 1 7^'' After dinner S. Noble and I rode 
 to T. Lawrence's^ plantation, then to Bush 
 HilP and Plumstead's, from thence to my 
 place. On our return we found our 
 new Brigantine launched ; called her the 
 Addison. 
 
 •Thomas Lawrence (1689-1754), of Philadelphia, was a 
 merchant, associated in enterprises with James Logan and the 
 Shippens. He was chosen a Common Councilman in 1722, an 
 Alderman in 1724, and Mayor in 1727, being rechosen in 1728, 
 and again in 1734, 1749 ^""^ "753- ^^ ^^^ ^ member of the 
 Provincial Council, Judge of the County Court, a warden of Christ 
 Church, a Trustee of Philadelphia College, and in many ways 
 prominent. He was a subscriber to the Dancing Assembly. He 
 was married in 1719 to Rachel Lofifield ( 1689-1768 ), daughter 
 of Cornelius Lonfield, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He died 
 in office as Mayor, April 20, I 754, and was buried in the burial 
 ground at Fifth and Arch Streets. — ^Jenkins, Philadelphia, 238 j 
 Keith, Councillors, 430 ff. 
 
 2 Bush Hill Mansion, the residence of ex-Governor Andrew 
 Hamilton, was built by him in 1714. It stood on a tract of land 
 bounded by what is now Fairmount, Vine, Twentieth and Twelfth 
 Streets. — ^Jenkins, Philadelphia, 213. 
 
76 Courtship of [4'' mo. 
 
 Fourth month. [r'J 
 
 29*'' Was at meeting. Eden Haydock 
 was married. G. Whitfield^ and wife, and 
 several of his hearers were there. 
 
 Fifth month. 
 9"' We had a report last 7"' day, by a 
 vessel at Newcastle, from Ireland, that the 
 rebels in Scotland were defeated ; and 
 to-day the news by the post confirms the 
 same. They had a very bloody battle, 
 wherein the Pretender's army received a 
 total defeat, but he, with a few of his 
 attendants, escaped. To-night there were 
 a few illuminations, bonfires, etc. 
 
 10*'' The mayor ordered there should 
 be no bonfires in the habitable part of the 
 city, and his order was obeyed, and the 
 mob pretty civil, tho' they broke a few 
 Friends' windows. 
 
 15"' At meeting. I was, as at many 
 other times, favoured with a sight of the 
 weakness and the vileness of my natural 
 
 ' Rev. George Whitefield, the famous Calvinlstic evangelist 
 from England. 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 77 
 
 disposition, which, with the remembrance 
 of the tender mercies I have repeatedly 
 received, bowed me very low, and made 
 me abhor myself. Oh, may the same 
 sense always keep me in a humble frame 
 of soul ! Drank tea at S. Sansom's. 
 Read Pope's Miscellany. 
 
 24'^ This day was observed, by the 
 governor's order, a thanksgiving day ^ for 
 the victory over the Scotch rebels, by all 
 but Friends, of whom too many conformed 
 by keeping their shops shut, etc. 
 
 25"' Had, in the evening, the company 
 of Abel Noble, with whom had a long 
 dispute. I undertook to prove him no 
 Christian, and in doing it, was so close 
 
 1 ^'■Philadelphia, July JT, \_1-J46'\. — In Pursuance of the 
 Governor's late Proclamation for that Purpose, Thursday last was 
 observed here with a becoming Solemnity, as a Day of Publick 
 Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Suppression of the 
 Rebellion in Scotland, &c. Great numbers of People attended 
 at all the Places of Worship in the fore Part of the Day ; and his 
 Honour the Governor [Thomas] entertained near a hundred of 
 the principal Gentlemen and Inhabitants of the City at Dinner ; 
 where our Happiness under the present Constitution, both in Church 
 and State, and the great Obligations we have to the Family on the 
 Throne, were properly and decently remember'd." — Penna. 
 Gazette, ]\i\y 31, 1746. 
 
jS Courtship of [6'' mo. 
 
 upon him that he was very angry, and gave 
 me an account of abundance of judgments 
 which had happened upon people who 
 differed with him, as, their buckwheat 
 being killed by the frost, their houses 
 burnt, or dying soon after, with a deal 
 more of such dark nonsense. 
 
 Sixth month. 
 12*'' I dined with John Bartram,^ who 
 was very civil in showing his rarities of 
 sundry sorts. 
 
 'John Bartram (1701-1777), the eminent botanist, was a 
 native of Darby, Delaware County. A farmer by occupation, he 
 took great pleasure in the care of a botanical garden, laid out and 
 planted by himself, on the west bank of the Schuylkill, near Gray's 
 Ferry. He traveled extensively through parts of America, collect- 
 ing specimens for his garden, and corresponded with the leading 
 botanists of the time, becoming such an authority in his subject 
 
 that Linnaeus 
 pronounced him 
 " the greatest 
 natural botanist in 
 the world." He received the appointment of American Botanist 
 to George III., holding the office until his death in 1777. 
 Journals of his travels among the Indians of New York and of his 
 journey to Florida were printed in London in 1 75 1 and in 1766 
 respectively. His quaint old house, built by his own hands in 1 73 1 , 
 and grounds with many of the trees planted by him, yet remain 
 and are known as Bartram's Gardens, a part of the city's park system. 
 — AUibone, Diet., 137; Darlington's Life. 
 
 v^ 
 
 /c ^co^i^i^ajpt 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 79 
 
 13*'' After dinner went to the post-office, 
 and received a letter from Edward Pening- 
 ton, advising that our fine brigantine, the 
 Addison, was taken by a French privateer, 
 within sight of Antigua, and carried into 
 Martinico. This, tho' a very great dis- 
 appointment to my hopes of that beautiful 
 vessel, I endeavoured to bear with patience 
 and resignation. Then, John Dillwyn ^ 
 and several other friends going to Point, I 
 rode with them, and we spent most of the 
 afternoon at my place. 
 
 Eighth month. 
 14*^ Entered into partnership with Abel 
 James, and from thence to 
 
 18"" Have been so busy that I have 
 not had time to keep the Journal regularly. 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 
 i^* Spent the Morning, as I have done 
 
 some days past, in settling my Books. 
 
 Find I have had a profitable Trade last 
 
 year, having Gained about X^*^*^ Clear of 
 
 'John Dillwyn, a prominent Friend of Philadelphia. He was 
 •chosen a member of Common Council in 1732, serving until 1747. 
 
8o Courtship of [^^ 
 
 '^ mo. 
 
 Expenses, Losses, &c. Went to Meeting. 
 Sarah Morris^ and Benjamin Trotter^ 
 preached & Durbraugh pray'd. Drank 
 Tea at Edw*^ Cathralls. Spent the Even- 
 ing at a pubHck House with several friends 
 of the Young Sort, where we Agreed to 
 meet once a week to have a Supper, &c'^. 
 
 2*^ Heard that B. Clark, of Lancaster, 
 is Absconded, who Owed me about X^5*-^> 
 for which I have his Bond & Judgment. 
 Agreed with Edw"* Drury to go up & seize 
 his Effects if any. Being Hkely to meet 
 with so Considerable a Loss to day, after 
 mentioning Gains Yesterday, affords Room 
 for Reflection on the unstability of Ter- 
 restrial affairs. In the Evening Read 
 a while in Chambers' Dictionary. 
 
 ^ Sarah Morris (1704—1775) was a regular minister of the 
 ^ yO ^j meeting, mak- 
 
 CyO^^lnj ^^^^'i^^^^^ reliSious' visits in 
 England and America. She was a daughter of Anthony and 
 Elizabeth Morris. — Friends' Library, VI., 478-480. 
 
 2 Benjamin Trotter (i 699-1 768) preached regularly in the 
 Philadelphia meetings for many years, but not always to the 
 edification of John Smith, as shown by later entries. — Friends' 
 Library, XIL, 183. 
 
' B E N J AM IX L AV. 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 81 
 
 3'' After dinner Rode with A. James, 
 Jemmy Pemberton &c% to Skuylkill. 
 Had a small spell of Skeeting, but not 
 quite agreeable, the Ice being Rough. 
 Read in the Evening in Don Qiiixotte. 
 
 6*'' Agreed with Dan' Toole to go & 
 Live at my plantation, to take Care of the 
 Garden &c'', for which am to give him 
 ^30 per Annum. Spent sometime after 
 dinner with M. Lightfoot at John 
 Armitt's. 
 
 7*'' Spent most of the day in Looking 
 over Chambers' Dictionary. Drank Tea 
 at T. [homas] Lightfoot's. 
 
 8*'' Jno. Armitt, Jemmy Pemberton, 
 myself, and several other friends Rode to 
 Abington Meeting. T. Gawthrop preach'd 
 & pray'd. We dined at Joshua Morris's, 
 and the three of us mentioned above 
 Lodged there to night, as did T. G. also. 
 Had part of the Evening the Comp-^ of 
 B. Lay,^ the Comi-Cynic Philosopher. 
 
 ^Benjamin Lay (1677-1760), eccentric philanthropist and 
 reformer, of most peculiar physiognomy, was born in Colchester, 
 
8 2 Courtship of b 
 
 9"' We Rode in Comp-^ with our 
 Landlord to Frankfort Meeting, which was 
 small. T. Gawthrop preach'd and D. 
 
 England, of Quaker parentage. After some years at sea, in which 
 he visited Palestine and other parts of the Orient, he settled in his 
 native town in 1710, and became actively interested in some of the 
 questions of the time, even interviewing George I. himself. So 
 radical in his views did he become that in 1 7 1 7 he was expelled by 
 the Society of Friends. The following year he removed with his 
 wife to the island of Barbadoes, and entered upon the business of a 
 merchant. Here he became much affected by the evils of slavery 
 as he saw it about him, and endeavored to relieve the condition of 
 slaves, not only by personal work among them, but by expostulating 
 with their owners. Such a clamor finally rose against him that he 
 was forced to leave the island 5 and in 1731 he removed to 
 Pennsylvania, locating a few miles north of Philadelphia, at 
 Abington, on the Old York Road. Thenceforth he devoted his 
 life to reform and philanthropy. He was constantly preaching his 
 anti-slavery doctrines, resorting to the most startling expedients to 
 rouse the public conscience. He once carried a bladder filled with 
 blood into a Quaker meeting, and in the presence of the congregation 
 thrust the sword which he had concealed under his coat into the 
 bladder, and sprinkling the blood about exclaimed, " Thus shall 
 God shed the blood of those who enslave their fellow creatures." 
 He also protested against the use of animal food, and strongly 
 disapproved the new fashion of tea-drinking. Once when speaking 
 against the habit from the balcony of the Court House he emphasized 
 his remarks by breaking his wife's new tea service. He published 
 pamphlets in support of his views, circulating them gratis, and 
 doubtless was an effective agent, in spite of his 'eccentricities, in 
 instituting the anti-slavery movement. — Dr. Rush, Essays, 296 ; 
 Vaux, Lay ; Allibone, Diet. Auth.; Appleton's Cyc. Bio. 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 83 
 
 Stanton pray'd. We dined at the Widow 
 Chalkley's/ T. G. praying at Table. 
 
 10"' (7*^ day) . . . Had several of 
 my friends to spend the day with me at 
 my Plantation, viz., E. Cathrall & wife, 
 Jn° Armitt and wife, Wm. Callender & 
 wife. Uncle Noble, Aunt M. Raper, S. 
 Noble & wife, &c*. 
 
 1 1*'' ( I'* day) . . . Was in the morn- 
 ing at the Great house ; M. Emlen pray'd, 
 and Michael Lightfoot^ preach'd. Was 
 afternoon at the Bank ; Sarah Morris & T. 
 Gawthrop preach'd. Drank Tea at Edw*^ 
 
 1 Martha Chalkley, widow of Thomas Chalkley( 1675-1741) , 
 the eminent Quaker minister, " Gentlest of skippers, rare sea- 
 saint," who had established his family at Frankford in the mansion 
 now known as Chalkley Hall. A daughter, Rebecca, married Abel 
 James, John Smith's partner in business. 
 
 2 Michael Lightfoot (c. 1683-1754), a noted Quaker 
 minister, son of Thomas Lightfoot, also a minister, was a native of 
 Ireland. His first wife, by whom he had all his children, was 
 Mary, daughter of John Newby, of Dublin. He came to Pennsyl- 
 vania with his family in I 71 2, and settled in Chester County. He 
 travelled extensively in America, England and Ireland. In 1743 
 he removed to Philadelphia to take the post of Provincial Treasurer, 
 an office he held until his death. — Myers, Immigration of the Irish 
 Quakers, 339, passim i Cope, Smedley Family, 195; Proud, 
 Penna., II., 2325 Bowden, Friends, II., 387. 
 
84 Hannah Logan [ 
 
 1 1 mo. 
 
 Cathrall's. Evening, T. G. preach'd & 
 pray'd, very well Indeed. 
 
 12"' (2*^ day) . . . Read in Chamber's 
 Dictionary. Supped with Tho' Gawthrop 
 at Jn" Armitt's, from whence went to Israel 
 Pemberton's, and found Isa: Greenleafe ^ 
 just Come up from Virginia. He told us 
 & Jemmy Pemberton, & I had a Letter 
 from Rob* Pleasants Informing of his 
 Mother's death. Isaac brought back the 
 Money which I sent by him. 
 
 1 Isaac Greenleafe ( 171 5-1 771), a Friend, one of the early 
 managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital. — Morton, Pa. Hosp. 413. 
 
 ^^.^z^i^v ^^^^e^ 
 

 Chapter II. 
 COURTSHIP. 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 
 i^th ^^2js, at Meeting. T. Gawthrop 
 preach'd & pray'd. Dined at Israel Pem- 
 berton's with Hannah Logan, ^C Spent 
 the Evening in Reading Sir Thomas 
 More's Utopia. 
 
 14"' Waited upon T. Gawthrop & M. 
 Lightfoot to Stenton, & from thence we & 
 many other Friends, viz., M. Jordan,^ S. 
 Morris, M. Emlen, M. Armitt, J. Benezitt, 
 Sarah, Hannah & Wm. Logan, &c% Jos. & 
 Thomas Crosby, to Germantown Meeting, 
 which we thought a Good One. M. 
 Emlen & T. G. preach'd & T. G. pray'd. 
 
 ' Mary Jordan, widow of Robert Jordan, a Quaker minister, and 
 daughter of Nathan and Mary Stanbury. Her first husband was 
 Richard Hill. She was married a third time to Israel Pemberton, 
 Jr. — Westcott, Hist. Mansions, 498. 
 
86 Courtship of [n^^'mo. 
 
 We dined at Stenton, and were very agree- 
 ably Entertained. 
 
 1 5*^ At meeting. . . . Drank Tea 
 at A. James's, with I. Greenleafe, who went 
 with us to our weekly Club at Widow 
 Evans's. 
 
 16*'' Spent the day at my plantation 
 with I. Greenleafe, Jemmy Pemberton, 
 Peter Reeve, Geo. & Sally Mifflin, Debby 
 Morris, Jenny Proud, Peggy Newbury & 
 Bekky Owen, &c'''. Found an Agreeable 
 place to Slide on the Creek. We went and 
 Returned in Slays. All safe & pleased. 
 
 17"' Copy'd several Paragraphs from 
 Chambers' Dictionary^ into my Common 
 Place Book. . . . Drank Tea at Edw** 
 Cathrall's. Waited on Eliz" Wyatt home. 
 
 1 8*'' Stayed at home in the afternoon, 
 having the Tooth Ache & reading Don 
 Quixote. 
 
 19*'' Copy'd several paragraphs into my 
 Commonplace book. Drank Tea at T. 
 Lightfoot's with I. Greenleafe, &c^ 
 
 ^ Chambers, " The Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," 
 London, 1738. 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 87 
 
 20"' (3'^ day) My Birth day, being now 
 24 years of Age. Was at meeting. . . . 
 Spent the afternoon Skeeting on Skuylkil 
 with several Agreeable Acquaintances, viz., 
 S. Shoemaker, Jemmy Pemberton, Wm. 
 Griffitts, &c% &c*. 
 
 2 1 "' Read in Chambers' Dictionary, &:c*. 
 
 22'' Spent the Evening at Wid" 
 Evans's, Scc^. 
 
 23'^ Spent the afternoon in Skeeting 
 upon Skuylkill, the Ice very rough. 
 
 24"' I. Greenleafe & I with several 
 others Rode to Bristol ; dined at Amos's. 
 Left our horses at Bristol & walked on the 
 River to Burlington. Found Frdswell &c''. 
 
 25*'' Was at Burlington meeting. . . . 
 Visited plentifully. 
 
 26''' Bot a Red Bird for 5/— & bro* 
 home. 
 
 28"' Had at my Lodgings in the Even- 
 ing the Compy of M. Yarnal ^ & wife, A. 
 
 ' MoRDECAi Yarnall (1705— ), an eminent Quaker 
 
 minister, son of Francis and Hannah (Baker) Yarnall, lived in 
 Willistown Township, Chester County, until 1747, when he 
 removed to Philadelphia. He married Catharine Meredith (d. 
 
88 Courtship of [i^^'mo. 
 
 Ashbridge ^ & wife, &c''. Copy'd several 
 passages from Desideritus into my Com- 
 monplace Book. 
 
 29"" Read in the Spectators, Tatlers, 
 &c^ My Red Bird dyed. 
 
 30"' [On affairs at Monthly Meeting] 
 I prated too much, which forwardness often 
 occasions me uneasiness. 
 
 Twelfth month. 
 
 1^ Was at our Quarterly Meeting. 
 The Business was protracted 
 beyond the usual time by the Debates of 
 some Haverford Welch Men. 
 
 3*^ Spent . . . the Evening in 
 Reading Oldham's Satires.'^ 
 
 f Sup'd at Wid" Evans &c'\ 
 
 7*^' After dinner waited upon Rachel 
 
 1741) in 1733 and Mary Roberts in 1745. — Futhey and Cope, 
 Hist. Chester County, Pa., 779. 
 
 ^Aaron Ashbridge (1712— 3 — ), a prominent Friend of 
 Chester County. He was married in 1737 to Sarah Davies, and 
 again in 1746 to Elizabeth Sullivan, a well-known minister among 
 the Friends. — Futhey and Cope, Hist. Chester County, Pa., 465. 
 
 -John Oldham. "Satyrs upon the Jesuits . . . and some 
 other pieces by the same hand." [By J. O.] 1681. 8vo [Brit. 
 Mus. Cat.] 
 
1746] Hannah Logan 89 
 
 Pemberton to Stenton. Found only their 
 own family there. Lodged there to night. 
 
 8*"" (i''day) Waited upon the agreeable 
 women to Germantown meeting. Dined 
 & drank Tea at Stenton ; & I returned 
 home having been very Courteously 
 Entertained. 
 
 9*^" Had a good deal of Company at 
 the Store. Saw H. L. at Pembertons. 
 
 10"' Went to Pembertons, where was 
 H. L., &c^ 
 
 J J til Was in the afternoon at M. 
 Jordans. Saw H. L. there, & intended to 
 have seen her at her brothers in the 
 Evening, but was disappointed. 
 
 13"" Read in the Evening in Dr. 
 Chevne's Essay on Health & Long Life.^ 
 
 21'' Heard as soon as I came down 
 Stairs that our Ship Friendship had put 
 into Antigua, having sprung a Leak at Sea, 
 & the Vessel was like to be Condemned 
 there, her upper work being rotten. We 
 
 ' George Cheyne, An Essay of Health and Long Life, London, 
 1724, 8" [Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
1 
 
 90 Courtship of [i'*mo. 
 
 soon rec"^ a Letter from Cap* Lisle which 
 Confirmed it. This very great disappoint- 
 ment I bear with Resignation & Cheerful- 
 ness, Considering that I know not whethei 
 it's best for me to be Rich or poor. 
 
 23** At my plantation in removing thi 
 front Row of Apple trees & planting a 
 Row of Eng: Cherry trees. 
 
 26*^ At my plantation, accompanied by 
 S. Noble. Planted some Spruce trees, and 
 my Gardner planted peas & Beans. Spent 
 the Even^at our fire Company. Officiated 
 there as Clerk in room of Jas. Pemberton. 
 
 First month. IJ47. 
 4*^ Drank Tea at L Pemberton's.^ 
 Broke a Cup & saucer. 
 
 ' Israel Pemberton, Sr. (1685— 1754), was a son of Phineas 
 Pemberton (1650-1702), a persecuted Quaker, who emigrated 
 from England to Pennsylvania in 1682 and became a leading settler 
 in Bucks County. He was born in Bucks County, and received 
 
 a good educa- 
 tion for the 
 time, becom- 
 ing one of the wealthiest and best-known merchants of the Province. 
 He served for nineteen years in the Provincial Assembly, and held 
 numerous other offices. He also occupied a position of great im- 
 portance in the Society of Friends, serving as an elder from 1729 
 
 ^/'^ra,^^(>L^^'^t^^^ 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 91 
 
 7"' At my plantation, in planting 
 Tulip roots. 
 
 ^th Weather quite Agreeable. Spent 
 the day at my plantation, in planting pinks. 
 Sweet Williams, Filberts, Hazlenuts, Rose 
 & Gooseberrie Bushes. Had E. Cathrall's 
 Company. The first appearance of Green- 
 ness in the meadows, with the Singing of 
 Blackbirds, the Chirping of Bluebirds, with 
 the Voice of the Turtle, a little Moderate 
 Exercise, & a useful Book by turns all 
 helped to make this an Agreeable day. 
 
 12*^ Brought home the 5 Vols, of 
 Jewish Spy.^ Lent them to Antho: 
 Benezitt for his mother. Mem": my 
 name is not in them. 
 
 1 8'^ Rode to my plantation. Had 
 there the Comp^' of E. C, James Pember- 
 
 until his death. His mansion was large, and was the scene of 
 unrivalled hospitality. His wife was Rachel, daughter of Charles 
 Read. — J. Granville Leach, in Appleton's Cyc. Bio., 706. 
 
 1 " The Jewish Spy : being a philosophical, historical and critical 
 correspondence, by letters which lately pass'd between certain Jews in 
 Turkey, Italy, France . . . Translated from the originals into 
 French [or rather written] by the Marquis d'Argens (Jean Baptiste 
 Boyer) ; and now done into English." pp. xii. -j- 303. D. 
 Browne: London, 1739, i-nio[Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
92 Courtship of [i'*mt, 
 
 ton, & Wm. Grlffitts. Planted Strawberry- 
 vines &€'■*. 
 
 20*'' Spent sometime before dinner at I. 
 Pemberton's withT. Gawthrop,^ H. Logan, 
 &c^ Supp'd at M. Jordan's with Eliza 
 Wyatt" & Sally. Waited upon them home, 
 & smoked a Christian pipe there, &c*. 
 
 22^* Drank Tea at Coz Jn° Smith's with 
 Dr. [Thomas] Graeme's wife,'^ Lawyer 
 Price's, Spencer, &c\ 
 
 ^a ^^i^Ji^fl^ja ;» 
 
 1 Thomas Gawthrop ( — 1 780) , an eminent English Quaker 
 
 minister, born at Skipton, Yorkshire, made several religious visits 
 
 to America. He 
 
 married in 
 
 735 to Isabel, 
 
 daughter of Simon Crosfield, of Lowpark, Kendal, Westmoreland, 
 and settled near Gatebeck. Two of his younger sons removed to 
 Pennsylvania. — Friends' Intelligencer, LX., 586. 
 
 ^ Elizabeth Wyatt, nee Tomlinson, wife of Bartholomew 
 Wyatt, died nth month 20, 1749-50, aged forty-three years. — 
 John Smith's MS. Memorials, 623. (Friends' Library, 142 
 North sixteenth Street, Philadelphia.) 
 
 'Ann Graeme (i 700-1 765), wife of Dr. Thomas Graeme 
 and daughter of Robert and Ann (Newberry) Diggs, was born at 
 St. Albans, England. Her moth- 
 er having married a second time 
 Sir William Keith, who was ^. 
 
 appointed Governor of ^Pennsyl- t<<' 
 
 vania, she came over to Philadelphia with her stepfather and his 
 family in 1 71 7. Two years later she was married in Christ 
 
 c/^WJ:^^^^^^ 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 93 
 
 24"' Rode to plantation. Had a pretty- 
 deal of Comp^' there. 
 
 26*^' At plantation, in planting privy- 
 Hedges down the side of the Garden. 
 Spent the Even° at Fire Company. 
 
 30"' A Lovely day. Waited upon the 
 Governour [George Thomas] ^ in the 
 morning with a Register four our new Snow 
 Prince William, w"'' he readily sign'd, & 
 wish'd us Good Success with her. Then I 
 went to my plantation. In the afternoon saw 
 Compy go to Sam' Parr's, so I walk'd over 
 to see them, & after drinking Tea there, 
 they came & spent some time with me, 
 viz. Jn° Kinsey, Jacob Giles, Is'' Pember- 
 ton, JunV Capt° Heysham, & I. Green- 
 
 Church to Dr. Graeme. She lived with her husband in Philadelphia 
 and at the Keith Mansion, called Graeme Park, near Horsham^ 
 in what is now Montgomery County. — William J. Buck MSS. 
 on Graeme Park, in possession of the editor. 
 
 1 George Thomas, a ^,1^-v 
 
 planter in the West Indies, /^^^ ^7/C^ *^ 
 
 assumed the governor- ^^-^l^^' Jfl^^-//Zd<^ 
 ship of Pennsylvania by ^^" 
 
 appointment of the Penn brothers in 1738. 
 
 2 Israel Pemberton, Jr. (i7I5-I779)> son of Israel Pember- 
 ton, received a good education, and engaged in business with his 
 father. He was called the king of the Quakers, and stood in the- 
 
94 Courtship of [2' mo. 
 
 leafe ; & I was pleased with their Company. 
 [n the Evening the town was Alarmed 
 with the Cry of fire, w'^^ proved a new 
 house in Race y' Consumed. 
 
 Second month. 
 
 i^* Read the Conscious Lovers/ Grief 
 Alamode," Sec'' 
 
 forefront of the non-resistant Friends. He was active in estab- 
 lishing the Pennsylvania Hospital and a liberal patron of many 
 other public institutions of the city. 
 
 He and some other Friends were not in sympathy with the 
 American cause during the Revolution, and in 1777 Congress, 
 
 fearing that their influence would be used against the colonies, 
 caused him, his brothers James and John, and other Friends to be 
 sent into Virginia, where they were kept in exile for eight months. 
 — J. Granville Leach, in Appleton's Cyc. Bio., 706. 
 
 ^ The Conscious Lovers. A comedy [in five acts and in prose]. 
 By Richard Steele. J. Tonson : London, 172.3, 8vo. [Brit. Mus. 
 Cat.] 
 
 ^ The Funeral ; or Grief a-la-mode. A comedy [in five acts 
 and in prose]. By Richard Steele. London, 1702. 4". Other 
 editions, 171 2 and I 721. [Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 95 
 
 3'' Spent the Even^ in Looking over A 
 View of Westminster Abbey. 
 
 7"' Rode to see Jn" Kinsey's^ & I. 
 Pemberton's"^ plantations, also Lebanon* 
 the way as thou goes to y*" Lower ferry. 
 
 9"" Attended the marriage of my 
 partner [Abel James] with R[ebecca] 
 Chalkley."* . . . had a pretty deal of 
 Compy at dinner at Abel's, & I was 
 sufficiently Roasted about remaining single 
 
 'John Kinsey owned a property immediately opposite Israel 
 .'^emberton's " Evergreen," on the west side of the road leading 
 to the Lower Ferry. Here he built a substantial mansion. It 
 was square in shape, of one story, with a basement, a high hipped 
 roof with a flat top, which was finished off with a balustrade. 
 (n general appearance the house resembled the Norris mansion, 
 " Fairhill." After Kinsey's death the estate was sold to James 
 femberton, in 1758, and it was usually spoken of as *' Pember- 
 Con's Plantation House." It was removed in 1829. — Westcott's 
 Historic Mansions, 504-5. 
 
 * Israel Pemberton, Sr., built a mansion-house, called "Ever- 
 green," on *a tract of seventy-six acres of ground immediately 
 south of the city, east of the road to the Lower Ferry, extending 
 /rom Cedar Street, or its neighborhood, southward. At his death it 
 was passed to his son James. The site of the mansion was probably 
 on the line of the present Twentieth Street, and near its intersection 
 with Fitzwater Street. — Westcott, Historic Mansions, 503. 
 
 ' " Lebanon," according to a later entry, was George Emlen's 
 country seat. 
 
 * Daughter of Thomas Chalkley, the minister. 
 
96 Courtship of [^' "^o- 
 
 &c^ Was a little in the Even^ at B. 
 Wyatt's, to take Leave of his wife &c''. She 
 insists very much on my taking her son 
 prentice, and I gave her some Expectations 
 I would when I get Settled &c\ I presented 
 her with a Large pearl Tobacco Box set in 
 silver In hopes of being remembred by 
 when she smoakes a pipe. 
 
 10"' Had some of H. Logan's Compa^ 
 at L P.'s in y'' forenoon, & hers & many 
 other fr*** in the afternoon at A. James'. 
 . . . Spent part of the Even^ at M. 
 Jordan's & the Remainder at W*" Logan's 
 with that dear Creature H. L., the Charm 
 of whose Conversation Excells, if possible, 
 those of her person. Her discourse seemed 
 more Agreeable than Common this Even^ 
 
 o 
 
 after being pestered with much Imperti- 
 nence in the afternoon. Oh, could I be 
 Blest with the favour of Retiring to it 
 upon every occasion — 
 
 Soft Source of Comfort, kind Relief from Care, 
 And 'tis her least Perfection to be fair. 
 
 ijth Was very busy; however, got 
 some time to spend at I. P.'s with H. L. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 97 
 
 13^'" At my plantation. Planted Water 
 Mellons. Read the Characters of Charity. 
 Had E. Cathrall's Comp^, which was, as 
 it generally is, very agreeable. In the 
 Even" Read in D^ Sherlocke's Excellent 
 Treatise on death, ^ 
 
 14"" Spent the afternoon at the Sup: 
 Court, & the Even^ in reading D''. Sher- 
 lock. 
 
 I 7^'' At my plantation with Jo: Jordan 
 fishing, &c'\ 
 
 24*'' I drank Tea at Coz. Nanny 
 Smith's in Co^ with some fine women who 
 verifyed the Antient Remark, 
 
 Women's Tongues of Aspden Leaves are made. 
 
 Third month. 
 
 4*'' Met our Library Comp^ & Voted 
 &c*, and spent the Even^ with a Comittee 
 of our fire Comp^ revising the Articles &c^ 
 
 if" Read this Even^ the ist. Vol: of 
 Atalantis. 
 
 9'^ Picked some Ripe Strawberries in 
 my Garden to-day, and was very much 
 
 • Richard Sherlock, D.D., Practical Meditation upon the Four 
 Last Things, viz. : I. Death. II. Judgment. III. Hell. IV. 
 Heaven. London, 1692, 8vo. [Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
98 Courtship of [4'' mo. 
 
 pleased with reading Paradise Lost, 
 particularly so with the Conversation of 
 Adam & Eve in Paradise. Part of Eve's 
 speech struck my fancy so that I think I 
 can remember it well Enough to set it 
 down, — the Latter part of it being apropos 
 to my present circumstances — 
 
 With thee Conversing I forget all time. 
 
 Nor Glittering Star Light, without thee is sweet. 
 
 Fourth month. 
 
 I St Walked down to see Gov'' Thomas 
 & his wife take shipping, w*"'' they did at 
 Powel's wharf, being Accompanied by 
 Abundance of people. 
 
 11^ Drank Tea at May Calvert's with 
 several Girls. 
 
 23'^ Our meeting was very Large. 
 Whitefield, 2 Moravian preachers & several 
 others that were not friends were there. 
 Drank Tea at L Pemberton's 
 with several fr''", and spent the Even^ there 
 with H. Logan &c''. 
 
 29*^ Drank Tea at Jno. Armitt's with 
 the Girls, &c'\ 
 
1 747] Hannah Logan 99 
 
 Fifth ni07ith. 
 
 \^ Spent the day at my plantation in 
 reading Dr. Sam'l Clarke's sermons, A 
 Tour thro' Great Brittain, &c'\ 
 
 4"' Even^ Read Shakespeare. 
 
 9"' Drank Tea at Israel Pemberton's 
 with H. Logan & several other friends. 
 
 13"' An Express came up this morning 
 from near Bombay hook, advising, as 'tis 
 said, that there were yesterday afternoon 
 several french privateers there who had 
 Landed some men which were plundering, 
 &C''. The Report preveild, & people were 
 much frightened. A Council was called, 
 &c% but some of us doubted the Truth of 
 it. A little time will manifest whether we 
 are right or not. I drank Tea at Isr' 
 Pemberton's with M, Jordan, &c^ 
 
 14"' Heard . . . that the Report 
 which yesterday so alarmed the town proved 
 Groundless, and the many hard Speeches 
 made against the poor Qiiakers for their 
 harmless principles serve only to show the 
 malice of those who made them. 
 
 15"' (4*^ day) It is now again said & 
 
 u. wV \J. 
 
lOO Courtship of [5*' mo- 
 
 supposed true that some Spaniards from a 
 privateer near the Cape ventured in a pilott 
 Boat as far as Bombay Hook, where they 
 went ashore & did some mischief 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y~| W^s at meeting; Eliz. 
 Evans & M. Lightfoot preached, & 
 Chattin, a Lad who Hves at B. Franklin's, 
 spoke a few words, as I heard he did ^'^ 
 day Last. Spent some time after dinner at 
 Jn** Armitt's, as I do almost every day, w*^ 
 the Girls, &c*. 
 
 23'' (5"' day) We were Invited to the 
 funeral of our worthy friend Evan Evans 
 of No: Wales.^ Drank Tea at I . Pember- 
 ton's. Spent part of the Evening at M. 
 Lightfoot's, whose wife is very unwell. 
 
 24*^ (6*^ day) W" Logan, Jemmy 
 Pemberton & I set out about 7. Called at 
 Stenton, where the 2 Hannahs & I. Pem- 
 berton jun" Joined us, & we Rode to No: 
 Wales. The Corps was buried & friends got 
 in the meeting house Just as we got there. 
 The meeting was Large & Solid. Michael 
 Lightfoot preach^ & pray**. We dined at 
 
 ' North Wales, or Gwynedd. 
 
^747] Hannah Logan loi 
 
 John Evans's,' & the same Comp^ set out 
 together with Antho: & John Morris. 
 We stopt at Sam' Morris's — i. e. I. P. jun'" 
 & myself — & drank Tea ; & riding pretty 
 fast overtook the rest of the Comp^' & 
 went to Ja^ Logan's, where we stay*^ 'till 9 
 o'clock. Then Jemmy & I rode home, 
 & our people being gone to Bed, we 
 Lodged at W"" Logan's, having had an 
 agreeable ride tho' upon a Sorrowful Occa- 
 sion, the death of this valuable friend 
 being a very great Loss to the Churches. 
 — Memo: the horse that I rid — being 
 Jemmy's — gave me a fall coming home 
 near fairhill," but I got no hurt. 
 
 2^th ^^th j^y^ Finished moving our 
 Store, and wrote our Letters to Mesnard, 
 whose Vessel Left the town today. Dined 
 at A. James's, & spent part of the Evening 
 at Jn" Armitt's. 
 
 ^JoHN Evans, of Gwynedd, son of Cadwallader Evans, was 
 married 4th month 8, 171 5, to Eleanor, daughter of Rowland 
 Ellis, of Merion. His wife was born in 1685 near Dolgellean, 
 Merionethshire, Wales, and died 4th month 29, 1765. — 
 Jenkins, Gwynedd, 2d ed., 167. John Smith's MS. Memorials, 
 Fiiends' Library, Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia. 
 
 * Fairhill, home of Isaac Norris. 
 
I02 Courtship ot L^"' 
 
 mo. 
 
 31'* (6"' day) Attended our Mo. Meet- 
 ing. Esther White preach'^ & Eliz""" Pen- 
 nock pray''. Business managed prudently. 
 I drank Tea at J. Reynell's. 
 
 Sixth month. 
 
 J St i^yth j^^y^ g^^ jj^o Qi-iffith, who is just 
 returned from a Journey to N: England. 
 After dinner A. Benezitt, W" Callender 
 & I rode to my plantation. 
 
 4* (3'' day) Saw 2 Live Allegators 
 w*^** were sent from Georgia to Jemmy 
 Pemberton. 
 
 I o*'' ( 2** day) Agreed with Jenkins to be 
 my Gardener at Richmond, to give him 
 ^30 p"' Annum & pay him Quarterly. 
 Was in the Evening attempting to go to 
 the burial of Jos. Morris's child, but Rain 
 coming on I stopt before we got to the 
 Grave Yard. 
 
 1 1*'' (3" day) Agreed with Tho^ Smith to 
 serve me as waiting man (a\ J^io ^, Annum. 
 
 13*^' (5"' day) So hot that I was too Lazy 
 to venture to meeting. Drank Tea at Coz. 
 Nanny Smith's. Copied several paragraphs 
 into my Commonplace Book. 
 
lunathan Belcher, (iovernor of New Jersey 
 
J 747] Hannah Logan lo 
 
 sj 
 
 j^th ^_,th ^^y-^ Busy getting my house 
 finish'd. 
 
 j^th ^jst ^^y^ Suppd at I. Pemberton's 
 with I. Greenleafe, who is Just come from 
 Bush River. 
 
 21** (6^'' day) I have been very busy in 
 moving & settling in my new house. 
 
 22^ (^yth ^^y^ After dinner J. Pole, I. 
 Greenleafe, W. Griffitts, A. James & 
 myself Rode to Burlington, and found 
 Governour Belcher ^ at my father's, who 
 
 ^Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757), Governor respectively of 
 Massachusetts and New Jersey, was a son of Andrew Belcher, 
 a prosperous merchant in Boston, and a Provincial Councillor of 
 Massachusetts. He was graduated from Harvard in 1699, and 
 spent six years in Europe, where he visited the Court of Hanover 
 twice, and by making the acquaintance of the Princess Sophia and 
 her son, afterward George I. of England, prepared the way for his 
 future advancement. He returned to Boston as a merchant, and 
 became a 
 representative 
 and council- 
 lor. In 1729 
 he was sent to 
 
 England as agent of the colony, and in 1730 was appointed 
 governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which office he 
 held for eleven years, distinguishing himself by his hospitality and 
 style of living. Like many of the royal governors of the colonies 
 he was soon involved in a contest with the Assembly over the 
 question of his salary, and this, together with some objectionable 
 
 ?rA^rl 
 
I04 Courtship of [6"' mo. 
 
 Lodges & diets there. We were very 
 kindly received by him & spent the Even^ 
 pleasantly, the a little damped by finding 
 Bro'' Sam', his Wife & Child disordered 
 by a fever. Thus 
 
 No Roses here but what on thorns do Grow. 
 
 24*'' (2*^ day) We rode home, & tonight 
 was the first I slept in my new house, 
 and had the Comp^ of Lyde, Gov' 
 Belcher's son-in-law. 
 
 25"' (j'' day) Dined at my own house 
 
 assumptions of authority, resulted in his removal in 1741. He 
 then went to England, righted himself before the court, and in 1 747 
 was appointed Governor of New Jersey to succeed Lewis Morris. 
 Here he was able to conciliate the disaffected parties of the previous 
 administration, and governed successfully until his death in 1757. 
 He was deeply interested in education, giving a new charter to the 
 infant College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, and used 
 his personal and official influence in behalf of its endowment. On 
 his arrival in New Jersey he located in Burlington, and made his 
 home for several months with John Smith's father, Richard Smith, 
 for whom henceforth he maintained an intimate friendship, frequently 
 using his influence for preferment of the family. 
 
 His first wife was Mary Partridge, daughter of William Partridge, 
 Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire, whom he had married 
 in 1706. She died in 1736, and during his last visit to England 
 he became engaged to a widow, Mrs. Louisa Teal. In writing to 
 his cousin in London under date of June 29, 1748, Governor 
 Belcher sends his best compliments to "Her Imperial Royal 
 Majesty the Empress Queen of Cesarea," adding that he begins 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 105 
 
 with Byfield Lyde/ Esq% with whom I 
 
 spent much of the day to show him the City, 
 
 27*'' (5"' day) Was at meeting. M. 
 
 Emlen preached and D. Stanton ^ pray'd. 
 
 " to be impatient," that he is "something oldish." Mrs. Teal 
 and her daughter arrived at Philadelphia in August, and as the 
 entries in the Diary show John Smith received them and escorted 
 them to Burlington, where the widow and Governor Belcher were 
 married September 9, 1748. Of the children, all of whom were 
 by the first wife, Andrew, who was a loyalist in the Revolution, 
 removed to Nova Scotia, and served as a member of the Council ; 
 Sarah married Byfield Lyde ; Jonathan also removed to Nova Scotia 
 and became Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor. — Hatfield, 
 Elizabeth, N. J., 377-384 ; Hutchinson, Mass. Bay; Smith, N. J.; 
 Belknap, N. H. ; Neiv England Hist. & Gen. Reg., XXVII., 
 237 ff; W^nsor, Boston ; Ann. Jud., N. J. ; Pa. Journal, 
 Sept. 22, 1748 ; Appleton's Cyc. Bio.; N. J. Archives. 
 
 ^ Byfield Lvde, of Boston, son of Edward and Deborah 
 (Byfield) Lyde, born in Boston, March 27, 1704, was graduated 
 
 from Harvard College in 1 722; was married August 17, 1727, 
 to Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Partridge) Belcher. 
 He was a royalist in the Revolution, leaving Boston with the royal 
 troops. He died in Halifax in 1776. — Winsor, Boston, II., 551 •, 
 Ne-zv Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg., XXVII., 241 ; Drake, Boston, 
 594; Savage, Gen. Diet., III., 133; Rec. Com., Boston, 
 XXIV., 29. 
 
 = Daniel Stanton (1708-1768), of Philadelphia, minister 
 of the Society of Friends, traveled e.vtensively in the ministry in 
 Europe and America. — Journal, Phila., 1772, 8vo. 
 
io6 Courtship of [6'^ mo. 
 
 Waited on B. L. to the Proprietor's 
 plantation & Cottar's [?] ferry. 
 
 28*^ (6*^ day) Was at our Mo: meeting. 
 Jos: Lynn passed the first time. Israel 
 Pemberton & 1 were appointed to draw a 
 Certificate for Pre: Brown ^ to Croswicks 
 on acct of Marriage. Heard of several 
 who have died today and a few days past 
 with the Yellow fever. 
 
 2^th ^^th ^^y^ jj^ ^j^g morning went to 
 the Burial of Andrew Hamilton^ at 
 Bushhill, and afternoon to that of D"" 
 Kearsley's wife. Capt. Lyde set out about 
 noon today for Boston. 
 
 ' Preserve Brown married Mary Sykes. He was afterward an 
 elder of Chesterfield Meeting, and died 5th month 22, 1760. — 
 Gilbert Cope. 
 
 2 Andrew Hamilton ( c. 16 76-1 747) was the most eminent 
 lawyer of his time in Pennsylvania, the champion of the liberty of 
 the press, and the chief projector of what is now known as Inde- 
 pendence Hall. He was a native 
 Scotland. His parentage and 
 career in the Old World he seems 
 to have kept secret, as well as 
 his real name. At one time in his early life he was called Trent. 
 Later he used tlie name of Hamilton. About 1697, he came to 
 Accomac County, Virginia, where he obtained employment as stew- 
 ard of a plantation, and for a time kept a classical school. Here he 
 m.inied the widow of the owner of the estate and thus bettered his 
 
 pen 
 
Andrew Hamilton 
 
^747] Hannah Logan 107 
 
 30"' (i'* day) Was pretty much pained 
 in my head ; however was [at] both 
 Meetings at the Bank. 
 
 Seventh month. 
 
 1^ (4*'' day) Rode after dinner with A. 
 James & E. Cathrall to point. When I 
 came home found my Sister & Jenny 
 Large at my house. 
 
 9"* (4'^' day) Had an invitation from J. 
 Kinsey to dine with him, but having 
 Company at home prevented me. 
 
 12*^ (y*'' day) Rode to the burial of 
 EHz*'' Thomas at Darby. Waited upon 
 D. Morris, &c' home. 
 
 fortunes. He practiced law in Maryland for some years and then, 
 prior to 1716, removed to Philadelphia. Thenceforth, in addition 
 to his professional duties, he was always holding some public office. 
 He was made Attorney-General of Pennsylvania in 1 71 7; Pro- 
 vincial Councillor in 1721 ; Speaker of the Assembly in 1729; 
 and Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court in I 737. The crowning 
 glory of his career was his famous defense of John Peter Zanger, 
 the printer of New York City, in 1 735, which he undertook 
 without fee or reward. The winning of this case was hailed by the 
 people of the colonies as a great victory for the cause of free dis- 
 cussion of the conduct of public men. Gouverneur Morris referred 
 to Hamilton as "the day-star of the American Revolution," and 
 the Common Council of New York passed a resolution thanking 
 him for his services, and presented him with the freedom of the 
 city. — Charles P. Keith, Provincial Councillors, 120 ff. 
 
io8 Courtship of [7*'mo. 
 
 j^th ^ jst ^^y^ Was morning at the Great 
 meeting, having first visited John Armitt, 
 who came home yesterday from accompany- 
 ing our friend Tho. Gawthrop to N. 
 England. Ann Widowfield pray'd, M. 
 Lightfoot preached above an hour, and 
 very well. 
 
 14*'' (2*^ day) Intended today to have 
 gone to see Jane Hoskins,^ who it is said 
 is very ill, but was disappointed. Heard 
 that there are two privateers at our Cape, 
 who have taken several Ships. 
 
 1 6'^ (4"' day) Employed in visiting &c** 
 in the morning Jn" Armitt & 1 rode to 
 my plantation. Found my Gardener very 
 ill with a pain in side. Took some care of 
 him by getting him Camomile Tea, &c''. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^y^ Went to J. Pemberton's. 
 T. Gawthrop came to town while I was 
 there, which gave me a good deal of pleasure 
 to see him return hearty after a fatiguing 
 
 Mane Hoskins, a Q_uaker minister, a native of London, came 
 to Pennsylvania in 1712 as an indentured servant, serving for a 
 term of three years to pay for her passage. She lived for many 
 years as housekeeper in the family of David Lloyd, at Chester. 
 she made several religious visits to Great Britain. — Autobiography, 
 Friends' Library, I., 460. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 109 
 
 Journey of 1400 miles in Eleven weeks. 
 Had there likewise the Company of Sarah 
 & H. Logan, &c'. Spent part of the 
 Evening at J. Armitt's & J. Reynell's. 
 Heard as I returned home the Certainty 
 of our ship Bolton's being taken at our 
 Cape by a privateer Sloop who has likewise 
 taken several Vessells. Endeavored to be 
 Resigned in this great Loss and disappoint- 
 ment, & to say without murmuring. Shall 
 we receive Good & Shall we not also 
 receive Evil, &c'\ 
 
 1 8"' (6**^ day) Had the Condolence of 
 several of our friends on the Loss of the 
 Bolton. 
 
 1 9"' ( 7*^ day) Waited upon Gov"" Belcher 
 at Jos: Cooper's, and Conducted him to 
 my house. Had pretty deal of Company 
 to Supper with him. 
 
 20"' Was forenoon & afternoon at the 
 Bank, & it being our Annual Meeting 
 was Large. . . . Was Evening at the 
 Great Meeting, at which was Gov*" Belcher. 
 Sam' Large, Nathan Lewis & M. Light- 
 foot preached & T. Gawthrop pray'd. 
 
 21"* (2'' day) . . . Afternoon waited 
 
iio Courtship of [y^'nio. 
 
 upon the Governor to the Great house. 
 M. Yarnal, Jos. White and Phebe Smith 
 preach'd & Sarah Morris pray'd. 
 
 22*^ (3'' day) Was at our morning meet- 
 ing of business, & was appointed with A. 
 Farrington to draw an Epistle to friends in 
 Maryland ; then waited upon the Governor 
 to the Bank Meeting. Sus'' Morris pray'd, 
 Tho. Carleton,^ Sus'' Morris, N. Lewis & 
 his wife & M. Lightfoot preach'd, & 
 Peter Davis, an ancient friend from N. 
 England pray'd. In the Even*^, Drew the 
 Epistle to Maryland. 
 
 25*'' (6"' day) Joined with Governour & 
 
 Supreme Court did". At the wid" Evans's. 
 
 Jesse Browne was buried this 
 
 evening, dying in 48 hours of yellow fever. 
 
 26"' (7"' day) Waited upon Gov'" Belcher 
 
 1 Thomas Carleton (i 699-1 792), a much-esteemed minister 
 of the Friends, was a native of Ballyhaken, Ireland, and came to 
 Pennsylvania with his parents in 171 1. His residence was in 
 
 ^ ^ ^^^ y^ Kennett Town- 
 
 ^^yAcr-yn fi^ ^^<J*^-t^!^^>7tship, Chester 
 w County. His 
 
 wife was Hannah Roberts (1689-1758), widow of Robert Roberts, 
 and daughter of William Howell, of Haverford. — Myers, Immi- 
 gration of the Irish Quakers, 286—7 j Futhey and Cope, Chester 
 Co., Pa., 493. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 1 1 1 
 
 over the river on his way to Burlington, 
 as did several others. About noon Jenny 
 Large & E. Smith & I set out for & got to 
 Aaron Ashbridge's in the Evening, where 
 we were kindly received. 
 
 27*'' (i"' day) Were at Goshen Meeting. 
 Eliza: Ashbridge ^ & Mary James preach'd 
 & Mary pray'd. We dined at A. A.'s, as 
 did M. Yarnal & Wife & several other 
 friends. Then we visited Davis's, where 
 we drank Tea. 
 
 28*'' (2^^ day) Took leave of our kind 
 friends, and got home about 2 o'clock. 
 Heard that Jn" Harding lies dead of the 
 Yellow Fever. 
 
 29*'' (3'' day) Had the Comp^ of Jane 
 Hoskins, &c% to dine with me. Spent 
 the afternoon at I. Pemberton Jun"", with 
 the overseers of the press upon Tho^ 
 Chalkley's Journal.^ 
 
 1 Elizabeth Ashbridge (171 3-1746), a native of Middlcwich, 
 Cheshire, England, came to America as a redemptioner, and after 
 a wandering career, which she interestingly describes in her auto- 
 biography, she was married to Aaron Ashbridge, of Chester County, 
 and became a Quaker minister. — Friends' Library, IV., 10 ff. 
 
 '- A I Collection | of the | Works | of | Thomas Chalkley. | In 
 Two Parts. | . . . Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, 
 
112 Courtship of [s^'^mo. 
 
 Eighth month. 
 
 jst^^th ^j^y^ ^^g ^j. meeting. D. Stanton 
 pray'd, Michael Lightfoot preach'd, & M. 
 Emlen pray'd. Being our Annual Election 
 the Old Assembly Men were rechose, viz., 
 John Kinsey, Joseph Trotter, Owen Evan, 
 Isaac Norris, Edw Warner,^ Hugh Evans, 
 Thomas Leech,^ James Morris. For my 
 part, I thought the last Six had been In 
 long Enough, & therefore Voted for W" 
 Callender, Is'" Pembertonjun'', W™Clymer, 
 Hugh Roberts, Jn° Evans & Tho' 
 Fletcher in their room. Rich. Sewel was 
 chose Sheriff in the room of Nlcho^ SculP 
 
 without opposition & the Assessors 
 
 Commissioner Jn° Jones, Carpenter. 
 
 1^ {G-^ day) Was at our City Election, 
 and Israel Pemberton declining to serve as 
 
 and D. Hall, MDCCXLIX | 8vo. — Hildeburn, Issues of the 
 Penna. Press, 242. 
 
 1 Edward Warner, a prominent Friend, annually elected a 
 member of the Assembly from 1 73 5 until his death in 1 754. 
 
 2 Thomas Leech represented Philadelphia County in the Assem- 
 bly for nearly thirty years, being chosen Speaker in 1758. He 
 was vestryman and warden of Christ Church, and a trustee of the 
 College and Academy of Philadelphia. — Pa. Mag., H., 245. 
 
 3 Nicholas Scull, a leading surveyor and map-maker, afterward 
 Surveyor-General of the Province. 
 
^747] Hannah Loo-an 1 1 ^^ 
 
 Burgess, John Dilwyn was proposed in 
 his room, but many being still for the Old 
 hands occasioned us to divide, which, some 
 of the other party understanding, framed a 
 Ticket for John Ross,^ and to get it to 
 pass current among the people put Hugh 
 Roberts with him. This being discovered, 
 united us in prosecuting the Old Tickett, 
 and Israel & Oswald Peel were chose by 
 a large majority, tho' they got 60 Votes 
 for Ross. The Assessors chose are Ste: 
 Armitt, W" Callender, Tho^ Howard, Jn" 
 Dilwyn, Philip Syng^ & Jn"^ Mifflin. 
 
 'John Ross ( 1714-1776), a native of New Castle, Delaware, 
 was a son of George Ross, an Episcopal clergyman. He was 
 admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1735 
 and by 1 743 had become the chief professional rival of Andrew 
 Hamilton. John Adams, in his Diary, September 25, 1776, says 
 he was " a lawyer of great eloquence and heretofore of extensive 
 practice, a great Tory, but now they say beginning to be converted. ' ' 
 — Appleton, Cyc. Bio. 
 
 2 Philip Syng (1703-1789), goldsmith, grandfather of the 
 eminent physician Philip Syng Physick ( 1768-1837) ; married, 
 
 in 1724, Han- 
 nah Learning, 
 widow, of Cape 
 May, New 
 Jersey, and 
 again, Febru- 
 ary 5th, 1730, Elizabeth Warner (1714-1789). He was City 
 Warden in 1753, City Treasurer 1 759-1 769, and Commissioner of 
 Appeals in 1764. — Hist. Schuylkill Fishing Co., 357; Gilbert Cope. 
 
u 
 
 114 Courtship of [8*'' mo. 
 
 f (7"' day) My Bro'' William & Coz 
 John arrived from Barbadoes about noon, 
 to our great Joy, it having been a very 
 sickly time there, several of our young 
 men having died of the Yellow fever, viz., 
 James Bingham, Matthew Medicalfe, &c'. 
 By them I had a very acceptable Letter 
 from Dear Doctor Gamble. 
 
 4*'' (I'^'day) R. Pleasants, I. Greenleafe, 
 Jemmy Pemberton & I rode to Stenton, 
 from thence toGermantown meeting, which 
 was silent. We dined & drank Tea at James 
 Logan's, where we were very Genteelly 
 treated. Came home & went to our 
 Evening Meeting. D. Stanton preached 
 & E. Pennock pray'd. 
 
 gth ^^ti. day) Busy in purchasing & 
 opening a Large quantity of Goods of Sam' 
 Powel, Jun"", Executor, Sc(f. Was to day at 
 meeting, which I thought a very good one. 
 
 12*^'* (2*^ day) Had several friends to 
 dine with me, viz., B. Wyat & his wife & 
 daughter, M. Jordan, A. Benezitt & wife, 
 J. Armitt & wife, M. Newbury, M. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 115 
 
 Redwood/ J. Callender, I. Pemberton, 
 Jun"", M. Lightfoot, R. Pleasants, I. 
 Greenleafe & Johny Smith. 
 
 16"' (6'^ day) This day my partner & I 
 gave our Bond to W. Coleman & James 
 Pemberton as executor to S. Powel's 
 Estate, viz., one for ^2001—4-3, payable 
 the 25*^' of March next, and the other for 
 ^2000, payable the 25*'' of September, 
 being the amount of sundry Invoices of 
 Goods bought of them. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^yj Afternoon John Armitt 
 and I rode to my plantation. Memo : 
 agreed several days ago with Martin 
 Grudy to Rent it to him at ^30 P'' Annum 
 for one year, reserving to myself the Brick 
 house & Garden. 
 
 jgth ^jst ^^y^ Qj^jj. Antient friend Ann 
 
 Pierce," alias Pile, was buried this afternoon, 
 
 1 Probably Mehitable Redwood, whose father, according to a 
 certificate of removal from the Friends' Monthly Meeting at 
 Newport, Rhode Island, dated yth month 29, 1747, and received by 
 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 8th month 30, 1747, " required her 
 to Reside amongst the Friends of Philadelphia for some time " for 
 her improvement. — Myers, Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 112. 
 
 2 Ann Peirce, formerly Webb, was married at Philadelphia, in 
 1713, to Nicholas Pyle, of Concord, and 4th month i6th, 1725, 
 to George Peirce, of Thornbury, Chester County. — Gilbert Cope. 
 
ii6 Courtship of [8"'mo. 
 
 but I had Company which prevented my 
 being at her funeral. 
 
 19*^ (2'^ day) Employed most of it 
 [day] in posting my Books. 
 
 ^jst ^^th ^^y^ jj^o Reynell & I waited 
 upon Jane Hoskins & Sarah Homan to 
 Burlington on their way to Shrewsbury 
 yearly meeting. We got there in the 
 Evening, & Lit at father's. Found 
 Governour Belcher there, and all well. 
 
 22'^ (5"' day) The Gov"" went with us to 
 meeting, which was silent. Jn° & I 
 returned home well, meeting Sarah & 
 Hannah Logan, who were going home. 
 
 23'^ (6"' day) Spent the afternoon in 
 reviewing the ace* between S. Carpenter & 
 T. Shute, w^'' W'" Callender, Jn° Armitt & 
 I had sometime since arbitrated, &c*. 
 
 24"' (7"' day) A very pleasant day, which 
 I was Exceeding glad of, as I understood 
 H. Logan went to Burlington last night, 
 & my sister & she set out from thence 
 this morning for Shrewsbury. 
 
 28* (4"' day) Was this forenoon in a 
 most uneasy disposition of mind, having 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 117 
 
 an eager Inclination to go to Burlington 
 to meet the friends from Shrewsbury, & 
 was afraid to do it, Least it should disoblige 
 my dearest Hannah, who I expected would 
 be among them. These different passions 
 contested so Long that they Actually made 
 me sick. However, Love prevailed, and 
 I privately went. They got to Burlington 
 soon after I did. — I met H. at my 
 Brother's. Had but little of her Company, 
 thought she did not like my coming. Oh 
 Racking thought! 
 
 29*'' ( 5*'' day) Was at meeting at Burling- 
 ton. The Gov"" &c% was there. . . . 
 H. Logan dined with the friends at my 
 Father's. I was Exceedingly pleased to 
 See her there, and yet Trembled Least it 
 was not a pleasure to her to be there. 
 What pain is there in a state of doubt and 
 uncertainty ! They set out after dinner 
 for Mount Holly, and I ^.waited upon 
 them. . . . Jane & Hannah Lodged 
 at B. Bispham's, as I also did ; the other 
 friends at Josiah White's. 
 
 30"^ (6"" day) Last night there fell 
 
ii8 Courtship of [^'' "^o- 
 
 abundance of Rain, and the morning being 
 likewise very rainy & an E. Storm, 1 sent 
 a man to Burlington to Beg the Loan of 
 the Governour's 4 wheel'' Chaise, which he 
 readily sent. I wrote to him upon it, and 
 to My Dear Father by the same optunity, 
 wherein I told him, among other things, 
 that the Health of what is dearer to me 
 than Life occasioned my taking that Step, 
 &C'''. About 10 o'clock the Chaise came 
 & Jane & Hannah riding in it. We got 
 in pretty good time to Evesham meeting, 
 . we dined at the wid" Evans's, and 
 after dinner Rode to Eliz'^ Estaugh's,^ that 
 is Jane, Hannah & I, with Eben"" Hopkin 
 & Isa: Andrews. The good widow received 
 us kindly, but the pleasure that I should 
 otherwise have had in the Evening's 
 Conversation was Lost by dear Hannah's 
 
 ' Elizabeth Estaugh ( i 682-1 762), daughter of John Haddon, 
 a Friend, of St. George, Surrey, England, came over to New Jersey 
 in 1 70 1, as a girl of nineteen, and settled on a large tract of land 
 owned by her father at the site of the present town of Haddonfield, 
 which was named for her family. In 1702 she married John 
 Estaugh (1676-1742), a young Quaker minister from Kelvedon, 
 England. He died while on a religious visit to the Island of Tortola. 
 — Prowell, History Camden Co., N. J., 646-7. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 119 
 
 having got a pain in her head, which I 
 thought occasioned by riding too far today. 
 
 31'^ (7''' day) Leaving the fr*^' at EHz. 
 Estaugh's I rode home, and sent my man 
 to Mount Holly to Bring their horses down 
 to them. Visited several fr*^". Heard of 
 the Arrival of our Snow Prince William at 
 Barbadoes, and think this hath been a 
 week of continued mercies to me. May 
 I be Bowed into deep Thankfulness to the 
 fountain of all Goodness, who doeth 
 whatsoever he pleaseth, and if it be his 
 pleasure still to favovir me with more 
 Blessings which I know I do not merit, 
 or to Try me with distress & pain, which 
 for my many failings & Errors I Justly 
 deserve, may I always be helped to say in 
 Truth & Sincerity, Thy will be done, and 
 Let all thy dispensations produce Praise & 
 Renown to thine Everworthy name 
 
 Ninth month. 
 
 2'' (2"* day) Was at our Quarterly 
 meeting. . . . Business managed in 
 Brotherlv Love & Condescension. 
 
I20 Courtship of [9"' >^o- 
 
 ^th ^^tu j^y^ This evening I spent in 
 diligently posting our Company Books. 
 
 gti. ^jst j^yj Was forenoon and afternoon 
 at the Bank, which I now call our meeting. 
 Morning Sam' Pennock made a long story, 
 & would have done a much longer, but 
 Antho: Morris told him he had said 
 Enough. 
 
 9*'' (2*^ day) I rode to my plantation, 
 drank Tea &c% then had in the Even^ my 
 Brother Samuel's Company. 
 
 jQth ^^a ^^y-^ Waited upon Tho' 
 Gawthrop to Chester general meeting, as 
 did also Rachel & Jesse Pemberton, M. 
 Jordan & Jn" Armitt. Jesse & I with the 
 women did not get to meeting 'till late. Jn" 
 Griffith ^ was just concluding a testimony, 
 then Peter Davis & Tho" Gawthrop 
 preached & Eliz'' Shipley '^ pray'd. I 
 thought it a good meeting. 
 
 ^ John Griffith, a noted Quaker minister of the time. The 
 journal of his life and travels has been printed. 
 
 ^ Elizabeth Shipley, an eminent Quaker minister, second wife 
 of William Shipley, an emigrant from Leicestershire, England, and 
 one of I he founders of Wilmington, Delaware. She was a 
 
^747] Hannah Logan 121 
 
 II*'' (4'" day) Lodged at fr*^ Lloyd's \ 
 last night, & came this day with the friends 
 to Darby meeting. Peter Davis preached. 
 I dined at Samuel Bunting's," & we 
 returned safe home. 
 
 13"' (6*'' day) Busy in posting our 
 Company books. 
 
 14"' (7*'' day) Heard in the Evening the 
 death of Jona : Paul, who a few days ago 
 had a fall from his bourse that fractured 
 his skull, & he died today. 
 
 1 5"' ( i'* day) Was morning at the Great 
 meeting. . . . Peter & M. Lightfodt, 
 J. Pemberton, L Greenleafe, &c'' dined with 
 
 daughter of Samuel Levis, of Springfield, now Delaware County, 
 Pennsylvania. — Ferris, Original Settlements on the Delaware, 
 252 ff. 
 
 ' Grace Lloyd, nee Growden, widow of David Lloyd 
 (1656-1731), the well- 
 known leader of the popular 
 party of the Provincial 
 Assembly. They resided 
 at Chester. — Smith, Hist. 
 Del. Co., Pa., 480-1. 
 
 2 Samuel Bunting (1699-1758), son of William and Mary 
 Bunting, of Derbyshire, England, came to Pennsylvania in 1722 
 and settled at Darby. He married Sarah, daughter of Josiah and 
 Sarah Fearne, 9th month 22, 1727. — Morgan Bunting, Chart of 
 Bunting Family. 
 
122 Courtship of [9*"nio. 
 
 me. Several fr"^^ were gone, viz., T. G. &c% 
 to the burial of J. Paul at Germantown. 
 Was in the afternoon at our own meeting, 
 which was silent. . . . Was at Even- 
 ing meeting, which I thought a very 
 melting time. 
 
 1 6"' (2'^ day) Very busy in posting Sec"*" 
 the forenoon, & in the afternoon in review- 
 ing the Accts. between Tho^ Shute & S. 
 Carpenter with the other Arbitrators, and 
 we remain clearly of the same opinion we 
 were when we signed the award. Spent 
 the Even^ at I. Pemberton's, where was 
 W™ & Hannah Logan the Charmer. 
 
 17*'' (3*^ day) In the Evening wrote 
 Letters to John Haslam & Christo*" 
 Wilson, intending to send them by the 
 friends who expect to sail in a few days. 
 
 1 8*^ (4**^ day) Was part of the day at the 
 Court of Oyer & Terminer, called on 
 purpose to Try three Villains for a Burglary 
 & Robbery of the widow Cox at my 
 Accusing, &c% which was so clearly proved 
 that the Jury soon found them Guilty. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 123 
 
 19"* (5*'' day) Heard that Sentence of 
 Death was passed on the poor Villains 
 mentioned above. Was in the Even^ 
 bound with Isa: Greenleafe to Sam' Clemens 
 for ^350 if Is'" Greenleafe does not send a 
 Title to some land &c' in 12 months. 
 
 20*'* (6*'* day) Very busy in writing 
 Letters to go by the friends with Capt. 
 White. Wrote to Elias Bland, D. Hunt, 
 E. Peckover^ & S. Hopwood. 
 
 ^jst ^^th j^^y^ Spent the day in visiting 
 my fr*^'. Drank Tea at Jn" Armitt's. 
 Had in the Even^ my father's Company. 
 
 24''' (3'' day) Was at meeting. B. 
 Trotter & T. G. preached, & the latter 
 pray'd. Helped them pack up &c% & 
 spent the Evening with them at Israel 
 Pemberton's in a silent retirement . 
 sitting under our Vines in quietness, whilst 
 
 * Richard Smith, Jr., of Burlington, wrote to his son, John 
 Smith, in Philadelphia, under date of Sixth month 19, 1747, that 
 Jonathan Belcher, the newly-appointed Governor of New Jersey, 
 had " at the request of some ffrds in London brought over Edm* 
 Peckovers son who for his father's sake he says he will prefer on 
 his reformation. I have Got thy Bror Sam' to take him in to be 
 at his house In order to keep him out of bad Company." — John 
 Smith's Correspondence, Am 158, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
124 Courtship of [9"'mo. 
 
 some hundreds of the Inhabitants were 
 met at the new Building to sign an 
 Association for defending themselves in 
 case of an Attack which abundance of 
 people are afraid of next Spring.^ 
 
 2^th ^^th j^y'j Xho^ Gawthrop having 
 received an inclination to go to Bucks 
 Quarterly Meeting, D. Stanton,C. Marshall 
 & I waited upon him to Neshaminneh, & 
 went with them to the meeting for ministers 
 & Elders. Margett Ellis, Sarah Lewis & 
 Eliz. Morgan preach'd and Marget Lewis 
 pray'd. Dined at Jos. Ritchison's [Rich- 
 
 ' The Province was now in constant fear of attack from the 
 French, but the Governor vainly urged the necessity for defense. 
 The Quaker majority in the Assembly held to their non-resistance 
 principles and refused to contribute aid for the support of war. 
 Franklin now became an effective leader of the war party, and in 
 this year, 1747, issued his able pamphlet, " Plain Truth," which 
 was largely instrumental in crystallizing public opinion in the deter- 
 mination to adopt a policy of public defense. On November 21st 
 a number of inhabitants met in Walton's school-room and resolved 
 to form an association for military purposes. A committee was 
 appointed to draft a plan of an association, which was submitted to 
 a subsequent assemblage, which met at Roberts' Coffee-House, in 
 Front Street. The next day the articles were ready for signing 
 " at the new building." In three days five hundred signatures were 
 obtained, and the work of volunteering still went on, not only in 
 the City but throughout the Province. — Scharf and Westcott, 
 Philadelphia, I., 214. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 125 
 
 ardson's] , where Daniel & I Lodged ; 
 the other friends went to David Wilson's. 
 
 26*^' (5"' day) The meeting was Large. 
 Ben Field's^ wife pray'd, Enoch Pearson & 
 Tho^ Gawthrop preach'd. The Latter was 
 very close upon the Ministers & Elders ; 
 his subject, Watch & pray &c*. Meeting 
 of worship being over, Thomas Gawthrop 
 & I dined at D. Wilson's, & returned home 
 very cold & weary. 
 
 27*'' (6"* day) Was at our monthly 
 meeting . . . perceived by the Last 
 minutes that John Armitt, John Morris, 
 Antho. Benezitt & John Drinker were 
 then added to the number of Overseers, & 
 there were Antho. Morris, Jn° Bringhurst, 
 W™ Callender & Jn" Reynells appointed 
 to deal with such persons as refused to 
 acknowledge their fault in joyning to fit 
 out a Ship of War &c'', who now reported 
 that Rob* StretteP told them he would 
 
 'Ben Fell (?). 
 
 ^Robert Strettell (1693—17 ), a native of Dublin, 
 Provincial Councillor and Mayor of Philadelphia ; a Friend, but like 
 James Logan, an advocate of defensive war. — See Myers, 
 Immigration of the Irish Quakers, 263-7 ; Keith, Councillors. 
 
126 Courtship of [9"' mo. 
 
 send his opinion in writing, w*''' was 
 produced & Read, wherein he justified his 
 Conduct, & charged friends with persecu- 
 tion for Conscience' Sake &c% and they 
 also reported that W™ Coleman and Reece 
 Meredith refused to give any satisfaction. 
 The Affair was deferred another month at 
 the request of some friends who had a 
 mind to visit them. 
 
 30^'' (2'' day) Pretty many met at Israel 
 Pemberton's to take Leave of the friends, 
 & had a setting together. Peter preached, 
 then some of us accompanied the fr''" to 
 Chester, viz. Israel Pembertons, Sen and 
 Jun*" and James, Jn° Dilwyn, W™ Brown, 
 Jn" Bringhurst, . . Jesse Elfreth, Isaac 
 Lane [Zane?], Sam^ Noble, W" Logan, 
 Judah Foulk,^ John Morris & myself. 
 Most of them returned. In the Evening 
 those that stayed had a meeting with the 
 fr*^^ & many others at fr'^ Lloyds. 
 
 'Judah Foulke (i 722-1 776), was a prominent and active 
 citizen of Philadelphia. From I 745 to 1750 he was Collector of 
 Excise for the city. In 1770 he was sheriff. In 1743 he 
 married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Claypoole) Bring- 
 hurst. — Jenkins, Gwynedd, isted., 215. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 127 
 
 W" Logan & I Lodged together at 
 Mathers's. 
 
 Tc7ith month. 
 J St ^'^(1 j^g^y.^ jj^ morning had another 
 sitting with the fr''", . . . then took 
 Leave, and they, viz, T. Gawthrop, P. 
 Davis, J. Griffith, & L Greenleafe went 
 on board Ship Widow, White M'', bound 
 for London, & W. Logan & I saw them 
 on & took leave of them there, I wrote 
 to Uncle Large this morning. We returned 
 home in the afternoon, having H, Logan 
 & E. Hudson in Comp-^', 
 
 1^ (4*'' day) Spent some time in the 
 afternoon in again reviewing the trouble- 
 some business between S. Carpenter & T. 
 Shute, & continue still of the same mind. 
 
 ^th ^^tii ^^y^ Busy in posting, &c''. Was 
 in afternoon at burial of Joseph Richards. 
 
 5*'' (7*'' day) Busy in writing. i of the 
 wretches mentioned the 1 8th ultimo were 
 executed to day, the other reprieved. 
 
 8"' {-f day) Was at our meeting. D. 
 Stanton preach'd & M. Yarnal pray'd. 
 
128 Courtship of [io»Niio. 
 
 Drank Tea at John Reynells with M. 
 Redwood &c", where I wrote a Letter to 
 S. Whipple. 
 
 9'^ (4*'' day) Had I. Pemberton Jun"" to 
 Invite me to his wedding to-morrow, & in 
 the Even^ had A. Farrington & My bro. 
 Samuel at my house. 
 
 jQth ^^th ^^y^ Was at meeting. D. 
 Stanton, B. Trotter & A. Farrington 
 preach'd, then Israel Pemberton Jun'' was 
 married to M. Jordan. Both spoke very 
 well. The dinner was at Israel's, house, 
 where there was much Company. Had in 
 the Evening the pleasure of waiting upon 
 Dear Hannah to her brother's, but could 
 not get an opportunity for any private 
 Conversation, which I have long wanted. 
 
 1 1 ^'' (6^^' day) Spent the afternoon & 
 Even^' at I. Pemberton jun'■^ 
 
 12"' (7'^ day) Being a little disordered 
 in body and a great deal in mind, I kept 
 my Chamber today. 
 
 j^th ^jst ^^y^ Kept house. Employed 
 the Day in reading and writing. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 129 
 
 14"' (2'' day) Employed it [the day] as 
 yesterday. 
 
 15"' (3** day) Was at meeting. Sam' 
 Pennock spoke & D. Stanton pray'd. Had 
 Sally Morris's Comp^ &c"' in the afternoon, 
 
 1 6"' (4*'' day) A parcel of us went in Slays to 
 John Kinsey's plantation. Drank Tea &c'\ 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Was at meeting, at which 
 J. Bartram was married. Dined with Israel 
 Pemberton jun"". Had afternoon & Even^ 
 at my house the Company yesterday men- 
 tioned viz. Susy Galloway, H. Kearny, 
 M. Redwood, M. Newbury, R. Owen, J. 
 Kinsey sen"" & jun"", J. Foulk & wife, C. 
 Evans, Jos. Galloway jun''. Jemmy Pem- 
 berton &: Jonas Redwood.^ 
 
 1 8*'' (6*'' day) Waited upon the most of 
 the above Comp^ to Germantown. Instead 
 of J. Kinsey, J. Pemberton and M. 
 Newbury we had Tho^ Crosby & E. 
 Kearney. Dined at a Tavern & got safe 
 home. The river froze fast last night. 
 
 ^ Jonas Langford Redwood, son of Abraham Redwood, of 
 Rhode Island, was sent by his father to Philadelphia, probably to 
 attend the Friends' School. — Myers, Quaker Arrivals, 112. 
 9 
 
130 Courtship of [10'" mo. 
 
 j^th ^yth ^^^^ Busy writing & reading. 
 
 20"' (i"'' day) Was forenoon and after- 
 noon at our own meeting. The former 
 was silent ; at the latter R. Worrell's wife 
 & B. Trotter spoke & M. Lightfoot pray'd. 
 Drank Tea at W" Calender's. Was at 
 Evening meeting ; D. Stanton preach'd & 
 Sally Morris pray'd, & it being slippery 
 walking, I waited upon the latter home, 
 then called and spent some time at I. 
 Pemberton's. 
 
 21"' (2'* day) Went in a Slay to W" 
 Callender's plantation & dined there. 
 
 22*^ (3'' day) Was at meeting, w'*' was 
 silent. 
 
 23*^ (4*'' day) Met the fr''' in the after- 
 noon upon T. Chalkley's Journal. 
 
 24*^ (5*'* day) Was at meeting ; B. 
 Trotter preach'd. Afternoon met the fr*** 
 upon T. Chalkley's Journal. 
 
 25*'' (6"' day) Was at our Mo. Meeting. 
 Dan^ Stanton preach'd & Aba: Borton 
 pray'd. Report was made that W"" Cole- 
 man, R. Meredith & R. Strettel continued 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 131 
 
 in a disposition to Justifie their Conduct, 
 & no likelyhood of tlieir giving fr**" any 
 satisfaction, wherefore A. Morris, J. 
 Pemberton, J. Bringhurst, J. Reynei, I. 
 Pemberton jun"" and myself were appointed 
 to draw up Testimonies against them, and 
 as Amos Strettel ^ had been dealt with for 
 the same, & appeared to be in the like 
 disposition, the same fr*^^ were likewise to 
 draw up one against him. This affair was 
 Conducted with Unanimity except some 
 opposition from Isa: Norris.'^ I was also 
 
 'Amos Strettell (1720- ), son of Robert Strettell, 
 
 Provincial Councillor and Mayor, was married in 1752 to Hannah, 
 daughter of Samuel Hansell, also Provincial Councillor. He 
 became an Alderman in 1776 and Assemblyman in 1780. — Keith, 
 Councillors. 
 
 ^ Isaac Norris (1701-1766), Speaker of the Pennsylvania 
 Assembly 1 75 1— 1 766, one of the ablest of the colonial statesmen 
 of Pennsylvania, was a son of Isaac Norris (1671-1735), Mayor 
 and Provincial Councillor, and a grandson of Governor Thomas 
 Lloyd. He was in mercantile business until 1743. Prior to his 
 father's death he resided in W^illiam Penn's " Slate-roof House " ; 
 afterwards he removed to " Fairhill," the country-seat established 
 by his father about 171 8, lying north of the city on the road to 
 Germantown. In 1734 he was elected to the Assembly, and in 
 1739 came to the fore as the leader of the popular Quaker party. 
 In 1 75 1, when the old State House bell was ordered from England, 
 it was he who directed the famous inscription to be placed around 
 it. He had the literary tastes of the Quaker connection to which 
 
132 Courtship of [10'^ mo. 
 
 appointed with John Drinker to prepare 
 Testimonies against John Clair and 
 Nicholas Cassel for not attending meetings 
 and marrying out of Unity. Several parts 
 of our discipline necessary on the present 
 worries were ordered to be publicly read. 
 
 2^th ^^th (\2.y^ Busy in reading dzc''. 
 
 2^^^ (3'' day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 1 drank Tea at I. Pemberton's, and spent 
 the Evening there in company with several 
 friends, among whom was dear H. Logan, 
 whom I waited upon to her Brother's, and 
 spent some time there in very agreeable 
 Conversation. The Ice in the river began 
 to drive last night. 
 
 ^Qtb ^^th ^^^^ After dinner Cha: Pem- 
 berton & I rode in my new chair to Point. 
 Drank Tea there. In the Evening read 
 from Brother Samuel, Necessary Truth ^ 
 
 he belonged, and collected a fine library for that time. He wrote 
 with ease in French and Latin, and had some knowledge of Hebrew. 
 He was married in 1739 ^° Sarah (171 5-1 744), daughter of 
 James Logan, by whom he had one daughter, Mary, who married 
 John Dickinson, the great statesman of the Revolution. — Keith, 
 Councillors, 48 ff. 
 
 ^ Necessary Truth : Or Seasonable Considerations for the In- 
 habitants of Philadelphia, ... In Relation to the Pamphlet, 
 call'd Plain Truth etc. Philadelphia, 1748. 8" 16 pp. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 133 
 
 &c*. After reading it I carried it to W" 
 Bradford/ & agreed with him to print 500 
 of them for ^3. 10, & to give them away 
 except sending 50 of them to me. I kept 
 it private only between W. Callender, E. 
 Catheral & myself. 
 
 31'' (5*'' day) Was at meeting. M. 
 Emlen, B. Trotter, M. Holland & M. 
 Lightfoot preach'd, and S. Morris pray'd. 
 Dined with the latter & dear H. Logan 
 at I. Pemberton's. After lingering there 
 some time went to LP. Jun*", & received 
 the Book of Discipline to Copy such parts 
 of it as the fr'"^ appointed by the last mo: 
 meeting think necessary to be read publicly, 
 which he read at the Great Meeting house 
 last first day morning. Spent some time 
 in copying it, then had an opportunity of 
 
 'William Bradford (1719-1791), printer and soldier of the 
 Revolution. He was a grandson of William Bradford 
 (1658-1752), the first printer in Pennsylvania. For a time he 
 was a partner of his uncle, Andrew Bradford, publisher of the 
 American Weekly Mercury of Philadelphia. In 1 742 he began 
 the publication of the Pennsyl'vatiia yournal. As a major, and 
 afterward as a colonel, he participated in the War of the Revolution. 
 — Appleton Cy. Amer. Bio., I., 350. 
 
134 Courtship of [io*mo. 
 
 Conversing with Isa: Grifitts,^ in which I 
 Endeavoured to Convince him of his Error 
 in Joining to fit out Ship of War &c% and 
 of his Duty to Acknowledge it, but am 
 afraid it will have but little Effect, though 
 he did not appear to be in the least 
 displeased with me for my Love. W"" 
 Logan & S. Shoemaker^ & E. Catheral 
 were in Company, & the two former 
 Joined too much against me in some parts 
 of the Argument, but as my Aim was not 
 for Victory but Information, we discoursed 
 with [out] heat of passion and friendly. 
 Had afterwards an opportunity of Shewing 
 
 1 Isaac Griffitts ( -1755), ^o" °f Thomas Griffitts, 
 
 Provincial Councillor, served for a time as sheriff of Philadelphia 
 County. 
 / '^ Samuel Shoemaker, of the v^ell-known family of German- 
 town and Philadelphia of that name, was a prominent Quaker 
 merchant of the city, holding numerous prominent positions — 
 Councilman, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, City 
 Treasurer, and Member of Assembly. He was a signer of the 
 Non-Importation Agreement of 1765, but was a pronounced 
 loyalist in the Revolution. On the British evacuation of the city 
 in 1778 he accompanied the Army to New York, his property 
 then being confiscated by the Americans. In 1783 he went to 
 England, and in company with Benjamin West, the artist, had an 
 interview with George III. and the royal family, an interesting 
 account of which is given in his diary. — Pa. Mag., II. 
 
Mrs. Charles WillinE 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 135 
 
 S. S. the 35 Chap: of Jeremiah as proof of 
 one position I advanced & w*''' he 
 acknowledged was sufficient ; — that was, 
 " That it is the Duty of such as are 
 descended from rehgious Parents to obey 
 their precepts & Conform to the Rules they 
 have prescribed, unless they contain any- 
 thing Contrary to the Law of God &c'''. " 
 I spent the Evening with our fire com- 
 pany. 22 of us met, & defence & the 
 Association was much the subject of Con- 
 versation. I said but very little ; only 
 when it was proposed that our Bank Stock 
 should be applied towards purchasing 
 Lottery Tickets,^ & that it should be put 
 to Vote by Balloting, I opposed that, 
 telling them that I feared if we took that 
 private method, perhaps some might Vote 
 for it that would not openly, and if that 
 should be the Case I thought we were 
 members of a Society that had made it a 
 part of their discipline to Caution against 
 being Concerned in Lotteries. I thought 
 
 ^ The associators projected a lottery scheme to raise the funds 
 necessary for the erection of a battery. 
 
136 Courtship of [n^'mo. 
 
 it would not be to our Reputation. After 
 some debate the Question was put 
 Whether we should Vote by Ballot or 
 openly, & carried for the latter, 13 against 
 9. Then the Question was put whether 
 our Bank Stock should be so applied or 
 not, & carried in the Negative, 19 against 3. 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 
 i'* The associators marched^ through 
 some parts of the City, in Eleven Com- 
 panies under arms. Chose the following 
 officers, viz : Ab*^: Taylor, Colonel ; Tho* 
 Lawrence, Lieutenant Colonel ; Sam^ Mc- 
 Call ^ major. 
 
 No. I. Chas: Willing,^ Captain; At- 
 
 1 On December 6th six hundred of the associators met at the 
 State House, marching thence to the Court House, where they 
 agreed to the division of the City into Companies, according to 
 wards and townships. — Scharf and Westcott, Philadelphia, I., 215. 
 
 ^ Samuel McCall (1710-1761), son of Samuel McCall, a 
 prosperous merchant of Glasgow, settled at Philadelphia and 
 engaged in business with John Inglis. He married his cousin 
 Anne, daughter of George and Anne (Yeates) McCall, in 1737. 
 — Penna. Mag., V., 341-2. 
 
 'Charles Willing (i 710-1754), son of Thomas Willing, 
 of Bristol, England, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1729 and 
 became a prosperous merchant. In 1 73 1 he married Ann, 
 daughter of Joseph and Abigail Shippen. He was elected Mayor 
 of the city in 1748 and 1754. — Balch, Provincial Papers, XCIX., 
 
 c, cni. 
 
Charles Willing 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 137 
 
 wood Shute,^ Lieutenant ; James Clay- 
 poole," Ensign. 
 
 No. 2. Thos' Bond, Captain ; Rich** 
 Farmer;^ Lieutenant ; Plunket Fleeson, 
 Ensign. 
 
 No. 3. John I nglis/ Captain; Lynford 
 Lardner/' Lieutenant ; Tho^ Lawrence 
 jun"", Ensign. 
 
 ' Attwood Shute was chosen Common Councilman in 1743, 
 Alderman in 1755, and Mayor in 1756. — Jenkins, Philad., 290. 
 
 ^James Claypoole in Walnut Street, painter and glazier, and 
 ■dealer in paints, window glass, etc. — Pa. Gaz., May 17, 1750. 
 
 *" Richard Farmer, at the Unicorn, in Second-street. A 
 Very large assortment of drugs and medicines, with colours for all 
 sorts of paintings, etc." — Pa. Ga-z., May 3, 1750. 
 
 "•John Inglis ( -1775), a native of Scotland, established 
 
 himself as a merchant in Philadelphia, and had several public 
 offices — Councilman, Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, and 
 the like. He was one of the four managers of the City Dancing 
 Assembly from its inception. He married Catharine, daughter of 
 George and Anne (Yeates) McCall, in 1736. — Pa. Mag., V., 
 335» 338; Balch, Provincial Papers, LXXXI. 
 
 ^Lynford Lardner (1715-1774), of Philadelphia, son of 
 John Lardner of London, was an important personage of the 
 Province. He served as Receiver General, Provincial Councillor, 
 Keeper of the Great Seal, Trustee of what is now the University 
 of Pennsylvania, Member of the American Philosophical Society, 
 Lieutenant of troop of horse for defense of Philadelphia, original 
 manager of the Philadelphia Dancing Assembly ; married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of William Branson. — American Ancestry; Keith, 
 Councillors, V., 38. 
 
138 Courtship of [n^'mo. 
 
 No. 4. James Polgreen, Capt° ; W" 
 Bradford, Lieutenant ; W"" Bingham,^ 
 Ensign. 
 
 No, 5. Peacock Bigger, Capt. ; Jos. 
 Redman, Lieutenant ; Jos: Wood, Ensign. 
 
 No. 6. Th: Bourne, Capt ; R, Owen, 
 Lieu: ; Fetter Etter, Ensign. 
 
 No. 7. W" Cuzzins, Capf" ; G. Spof- 
 ford, Lieut. ; A. Mason, Ensign. 
 
 No. 8. J. Robinson, Capt. ; W. Clemon 
 (?), Lieut ; W. Rush, Ensign. 
 
 No. 9. J. Coultas," Capt: ; G. Gray,^ 
 jun'', Lieut: ; Ab*": Jones, Ensign. 
 
 No. 10. J. Ross, Capt. ; R. Swan, 
 Lieut: ; P. Benezett, Ensign. 
 
 * William Bingham (i 723-1 769), Common Councilman, 
 1752, subscriber to the first dancing Assembly, m. Mary Stanton. 
 — 363 Hist. Schuylkill Fish. Co. 
 
 2 James Coultas, in 1755 Sheriff of Philadelphia County, and 
 in 1 764 Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Quarter Sessions 
 and Common Pleas. — Westcott, Historic Mansions, 173. 
 
 ^ George Gray, of Gray's Ferry, a Friend, but was expelled 
 from the Friends' Meeting in 1775 for taking sides in the war. 
 He served as a member of the Committee of Safety, as Chairman 
 of the Board of War, as member of Assembly from Philadelphia 
 County in 1772, and afterward as member of the Convention to 
 amend the Constitution of the State, and Speaker of the House of 
 Representatives. — Westcott, Historic Mansions, 173. 
 
John Inglis 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 139 
 
 No. II. R. Nixon, Capt: ; R. Renshaw, 
 Lieut: ; F. Garrique, Ensign. 
 
 It is very remarkable that upon this 
 occasion, though people of other persua- 
 sions are so universally afraid, there were 
 not above lo or 12 under our profession 
 that bore arms in this City. 
 
 Gilbert Tennent's Sermon on the Law- 
 fulness of war^ came out today, and I was 
 so moved at the deceit and Quirks In it 
 that I determined to Essay an answer and 
 accordingly began one. 
 
 2*^ Kept Close at Answering G. 
 Tennent. 
 
 3** Thomas Marriott of Bristol was 
 buried today. 
 
 S*'' Finished my answer to G. Tennent, 
 & sent to L P. jun'' for Correction & amend- 
 ment. It Contained 34 sides of paper very 
 close wrote, which, considering it was begun 
 
 ' The late Association for Defence, | Encourag'd, | or [ The 
 lawfulness of a Defensive War. | Represented | in a | Sermon | 
 preach'd | At Philadelphia December 24, 1747 | . By Gilbert 
 Tennent, A. M. | . . . Published at the request of the 
 Hearers I Philadelphia: Printed by William Bradford. [1748] 
 8vo. Half-title, | i leaf j pp. 46 ; Corrigenda, I leaf. — Hildeburn, 
 Penna. Press, 238. 
 
140 Courtship of [n^^mo. 
 
 but this day week, and many interruptions 
 in the time by Comp*' &c% shews that I 
 have not been very idle, 
 
 11*** After dinner Cha: Pemberton & I 
 rode an hour or two over the Commons. 
 Got a fall out of the Chair w*"'' gave me 
 some pain. 
 
 12"' Received my proposed Answer to 
 G. Tennent from I. P. jun with some of his 
 remarks and a letter in Commendation of it. 
 
 1 5*'' Some of the overseers of the press, 
 viz: M. Lightfoot, A. Morris, I. Pemberton 
 Sen'" & Jun"", met at my house upon it 
 [answer to G. Tennent] , and after perusing 
 it, I sent it up to John Kinsey with a note 
 desiring his sentiments thereon in writing. 
 
 22^^ Some of the Overseers met at my 
 house & went through above one half of it, 
 & Gave me Liberty to send it to the press, 
 insisting that I should put my name to it, 
 which I was very unwilling to do, but in 
 Condescension to my friends' advice 
 agreed to it. 
 
 23'' Sent for D. Hall,^ printer, gave him 
 
 ' David Hall (i 714-1772), printer, was born in Edinburgh, 
 where he learned the printing business. He worked at his trade 
 
Dc 
 
 %■ 
 
 UJfi; 
 
 .'INDICATED 
 
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 .1 "•■ '. 4J i ; 
 
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 mm 
 
 facsimile of Tillf Page of John Smith's Book, 1748 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 141 
 
 about one half of it — ordered him to print 
 1000 of them, send me 500 of them and 
 put an advertisement in the paper that the 
 rest were to be given away. 
 
 25*'' Called my piece The Doctrine of 
 Christianity as held by the people called 
 Quakers Vindicated in answer to G: Ten- 
 nent's Sermon on the Lawfulness of War/ 
 
 26"' An Advertisement was in Frank- 
 lin's paper" purporting that the above 
 Treatise will be published the 30**^ Inst, to 
 be given away at the printer's, 
 
 30*'' This being the day my piece came 
 out the printer's house & indeed my own 
 was like a fair — people came so thick to 
 get them D. Hall told me that he never 
 
 for a time in London, and then came to America about 1747. He 
 entered into partnership with Benjamin Franklin, also conducting a 
 book and stationery store on his own account. — -Appleton's Cy. 
 Amer. Bio., III., 39. 
 
 ^ [Smith (John)] The | Doctrine of Christianity, | As held by 
 the People called | Quakers, | Vindicated: | In Answer to | Gilbert 
 Tennent's Sermon | On | The Lawfulness of War | " etc. 
 " Philadelphia : | Printed by Benjamin Franklin and Da-viJ Hall. 
 MDCCXLVIII. I 8vo. pp. iv., 56-f. The Second Edition 
 [Ibid]. — No. 1098, Hildeburn's Issues of the Pennsylvania Press, 
 1685-1784 ; Joseph Smith's Catalogue of Friends' Books. 
 
 ^ PennsyI'vania Gazette. 
 
142 Courtship of [i2*^mo. 
 
 saw a pamphlet in so much Request at first 
 coming out in London. 
 
 Twelfth month. 
 f (4th day) Paid a Visit to the Wid° 
 Sally Morris, where I found H. Logan. 
 I waited upon her to L P.'s, from 
 thence to her Brother's, but M. Ellis being 
 to Lodge there, I could get none of her 
 Comp^ in private. 
 
 4*'>(5*'' day) Was at Meeting. . . . 
 I drank Tea at L Pemberton's with S. 
 Morris & H. Logan. Met in the evening 
 with the latter accidentally at A. Benezitt's. 
 Waited upon her to L P. jun"", where we 
 Supped ; then accompanied her to her 
 Brother's & had an opportunity of some 
 Converse with her. Made proposals of 
 waiting upon her at home & of Asking her 
 parents' Consent if such attention was not 
 Absolutely Disagreeable to her. I was in 
 a good deal of Confusion, but her Good 
 Nature Bore with it, without Endeavouring 
 to Encrease it, And Though I could not 
 perceive that she was willing I should take 
 that Step, she Consented to receive another 
 
1 747] Hannah Logan 143 
 
 Letter from me upon my promising not 
 to take that for any Encouragement &c''. 
 Many were the Revolving thoughts with 
 which my mind was Crowded after this 
 Conversation, & yet upon the whole I 
 found my Affection Encreased by her 
 Generous behaviour & was thankful for the 
 opportunity I had of so much Conversation 
 with her. I pray God to pour down his 
 Choicest Blessings upon her head. 
 
 5*'' (6"' day) I wrote a long Letter to 
 Dear Hannah, & Got her brother William 
 to Undertake the Delivery of it. I told 
 her in it my mind very fully — the Grounds 
 upon which I had formed my unalterable 
 Resolution of having her if possible — and 
 as there was some difficulty whether my 
 waiting upon her parents would be disagree- 
 able or not, I begged the favor of a Line 
 or two upon that Subject, promising the 
 Utmost Secrecy. Had in the Evening the 
 Company of A. Farrington & my brother 
 William. Abraham told me he was very 
 well Satisfied with my Treatise — that he 
 had begun to Answer G. Tennent's Sermon 
 himself, but felt a full Stop in his mind, & 
 
144 Courtship of [12"^ mo. 
 
 was told it was in better hands, & plainly 
 saw where &c\ 
 
 LETTER OF JOHN SMITH TO 
 HANNAH LOGAN. 
 
 Philad% 1 2th mo: 5th, 1747-8. 
 Dear Friend 
 
 According to the Sentiments I Entertain of Friend- 
 ship, that part of it which can bear with the weakness, 
 and put the best Construction upon the failings of One 
 Another Manifests the truest and most Exalted height 
 of that Celestial Virtue. Judge, then, what an Opinion 
 I have of thy Generosity in the little Conversation we 
 had last Evening together, when the distress of my 
 mind was such that it was difficult for me to Convey 
 any Idea of my thoughts. Yet Good nature, instead of 
 Endeavouring to Encrease my Confusion, which 
 Thousands of the Sex in such a circumstance would 
 have been glad to do, kindly Bore with my frailty. 
 May Gracious Heaven put it in my power to Shew my 
 Gratitude by Actions, which I really could not by 
 words ; and I Beg thee to Rest fully Assured that no 
 freedom shall ever be miscontrued or turned to thy 
 disadvantage. 
 
 I am now going to Tell thee some of the Inducements 
 I had to fix my Affections unmoveably, — as I believe 
 they are, whether they should ever be Crown' d with 
 Success or not, — and herein I shall discover some 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 145 
 
 weakness, but I have had too many Instances of thy 
 Candour to suspect Severity, nor is there a thought in 
 my Soul but what I could freely disclose to thee. It 
 is now some years since first I conceived a very great 
 Esteem for thy person from several opportunities I had 
 of seeing thee. I knew my Circumstances in the 
 world, nor any Accomplishments I had, did not 
 promise Success in the Entertainment of that passion, 
 and therefore used my utmost Efforts to Conquer it, 
 and I thought the likeliest way to do it was to seek 
 another object. I found one which appeared agreeable, 
 but a very small Acquaintance quite overset mv Scheme. 
 I had been early, thro unmerited kindness. Tinctured 
 with Religious Sentiments. I knew a fair outside did 
 not Constitute happiness, and in short I saw but little 
 else in that person ; wherefore, without ever having 
 given any occasion to Expect that I designed an offer 
 of my person, I as willingly dropt my acquaintance as I 
 had begun it. Soon after that I had some opportunities 
 of Converse where thou was in Company, which much 
 Enhanced my Esteem. I plainly saw that though the 
 Cabinet was Exquisitely framed, the mind lodged in it 
 far Excelled ; and thus as it renewed and strengthened 
 my former Regard, so it increased the difficulty I saw 
 it was obtaining what I so much wished for. Many 
 were the Racking thoughts occasioned by the difl^erent 
 Sensations of desire and doubt. To Enumerate them 
 would require much more time than thou would 
 willingly spare for that purpose. I long bore that 
 Inward Contest before I ever Disclosed it to any 
 10 
 
146 Courtship of [12*" mo. 
 
 person, and believe I never should have done [so] at 
 all, but in a Journey that I went with M. Lightfoot, 
 as we were riding very seriously together, he told me 
 he had found out a wife for me. I little Expected 
 that he or anybody Else would have thought me a 
 suitable match for her I had in View, but as He, 
 mentioning thy name, soon perceived by the Confusion 
 in my Countenance the scituation of my thoughts — and 
 Added something to what he had said, that Affected me 
 with some degree of hope, — and he was at that time, 
 and hath been ever since, very near and dear to me, — 
 from that time I thought Seriously about it, and when 
 in any degree favoured with Access to the Throne of 
 Grace, I spread my case there, and with the utmost 
 Submission and Reverence, desired to be Led aright in 
 so weighty an Affair. Many and frequent were my 
 Applications of that Sort, and I often found returns of 
 Satisfaction and peace in these Addresses, and sometimes 
 a nearness and Sympathy with thy Exercises, in such 
 an Affecting manner, that words cannot Convey an 
 Adequate Idea of. Sometimes I have thought I 
 accompanied thee in much weakness and dejection of 
 mind, — in poverty and distress of Soul, and great have 
 been my Sorrows in that State, and frequent my Cries, 
 when I was able to look toward the Holy Hill, that 
 the Everlasting Arm might be underneath to Support 
 and carry through all thy difficulties, and make Every 
 Exercise truly profitable. These Tender Sympathies 
 would look very foolish to those that are unacquainted 
 with the frequent Afflictions that attend a truly Religious 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 147 
 
 Life, but as I am very certain thou art not one of those, 
 am therefore very free. . . . And now, my 
 dearest Creature, I should like a great deal of time to 
 Explain to thee the cause of my Conduct — but I am 
 afraid of being Tedious. When I wrote that Letter, I 
 remember I was in a great deal of perplexity, and 
 therefore suppose that conveyed Evident Signs of it. 
 After it was gone, the Reflections which were occasioned 
 in my mind by the Cowardly manner in which I had 
 Acted toward thee gave me much pain, so that for a 
 long time after I was scarcely able to look thee in the 
 face. This Bashfulness must have made some of my 
 Conduct appear very odd to thee, and yet could the 
 Causes be at the time discovered, they would mostly 
 have appeared Justifiable. I have Acted with a great 
 deal of fear and Caution, least I should do any thing 
 that would disoblige thee, and should propitious heaven 
 Incline a tender Sentiment in thee, in my favour, I 
 should think no pains too great to take to Convince 
 thee of the Sincerity of my Love. My dear Hannah, 
 I ask not any hasty Conclusions, I only Beg that thou 
 would weigh my proposal in the most Serious manner, 
 and I trust thou wilt find a freedom to permit my 
 frequent Visits, and that all Objections and difficulties 
 will in time be removed — and we shall know the 
 Encrease of our Esteem for each other by mutual Good 
 Offices. 
 
 But happy they ! the happiest of their kind : 
 
 Whom gentle Stars unite, and in one fate 
 
 Their hearts, their fortunes and their beings blend. 
 
148 Courtship of [12" mo. 
 
 'Tis not the coarser tie of human Laws, 
 
 Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, 
 
 That binds their peace, but harmony itself 
 
 Attuning all their passions into Love ; 
 
 Where friendship full Exerts his softest power, 
 
 Perfect Esteem, Enlivened by Desire 
 
 Ineffable, and Sympathy of Soul, 
 
 Thought meeting thought, and will preventing will 
 
 With boundless Confidence. 
 
 — Thomson i "Spring.'^ 
 
 I thought when I asked permission to wait upon thee 
 at Stenton it seemd to put thee into a deep thought. 
 I Concluded thy not absolutely denying my Request 
 was out of pity, and durst I ask such a favour, I would 
 Beg a line or two upon the Subject. I am afraid of 
 coming least it should give thee more uneasiness, and 
 know by omitting it I vastly Encrease my own. If 
 my Generous friend would favour me with her Senti- 
 ments in writing, the Letter should either be immediately 
 returned or destroyed to prevent its being ever known 
 to any mortal but ourselves. 
 
 I conclude with Observing that Marriage is a Solemn 
 thing, but where undertaken with upright, honest 
 Intentions, and the Blessing of the Almighty Solemnly 
 sought and had therein, it must certainly be the happiest 
 State of Life. And I must tell thee that my views in 
 desiring to have thee mine, are so far [from] being 
 mercenary, that should thou Incline to an Alteration 
 with respect to place of Residence, Manner of Living, 
 Business or anything Else, this Inclination shall be 
 punctually Complied with. I pray God to pour down 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 149 
 
 his choicest Blessings upon thy head — and with the 
 Salutation of the Tenderest Regard, 
 I Remain, 
 Thy Truly AiFectionate Friend, 
 
 John Smith. 
 
 P. S. , . . From something Expressd at 
 Uncle Pemberton's table one day I spoke to a person 
 who writes a good hand to Copv the book of discipline. 
 As soon as it's done, shall take care to send it to thee. 
 I thought it would not be agreeable to have it in my 
 hand writing, which was the reason of my Employing 
 another. 
 
 Being at a loss how to Convey this quite private 
 have at length concluded to send it by thy brother, & 
 shall first make him promise Secrecy. 
 
 [Endorsed] : To 
 
 Hannah Logan 
 of 
 Stenton. 
 Favour of Wm. Logan. 
 
 6*^ (7"' day) Had in the morning a pretty 
 deal of Company. After dinner T. Burgess, 
 J. Logan jun"" & I rode to Burlington. 
 Got a fall off my horse, but with- 
 out much hurt. Found father & fr^'' well. 
 
150 Courtship of [12"' mo. 
 
 yth ^ jst ^^y-j Was at Burlington meeting, 
 w*"^ was very small. P. Fearn preach'd 
 & pray'd. Several of us sup'd & spent 
 the Evening at Gov"^ Belcher's, who treated 
 us sociably & handsomely. 
 
 S'^ (2" day) We dined at Brother 
 Samuel's. T. B., Jemmy & I rode to 
 Doctor Rodman's, & drank Tea there. 
 
 ^th ^^d clay) Tho' the river was near 
 clear of Ice when we went up, it is now 
 quite fast. We dined at Governour 
 Belcher's & drank Tea at Uncle Noble's. 
 
 10''' (4*'' day) The same Company re- 
 turned with me home, the Jersey side. 
 Found the River here pretty full of driving 
 Ice ; however, we got over pretty readily. 
 Understood when I came home that A. 
 Farrington had Recommended my Treatise 
 at Concord Qiiarterly Meeting, & told the 
 age of the person who wrote it &c'*. 
 
 12"' {6^^ day) Visited & Visiting most 
 of the day. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y-j Had in the Evening the 
 Company of several friends, viz. A. Far- 
 rington, Sam' Cary, Martha Chalkley &c*. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 151 
 
 14"' (i''* day) Went in the morning with 
 A. Farrington to the Great meeting. . . . 
 Was in the Afternoon at our own meeting. 
 Evening A. F. preach'd, conclud- 
 ing " No Sword formed against thee shall 
 ever prosper, and every tongue that riseth 
 up in Judgement against thee thou shall 
 Condemn," &c''. He preached at least an 
 hour at a time each meeting. 
 
 15"' (2'' day) A. F. went home. 
 Employed most of the day in reading. 
 
 16*'' (3'' day) Dear H. Logan was at 
 meeting, having come to town last night. 
 I spent the Evening with her at I. 
 Pemberton's in pleasant & agreeable 
 Conversation. 
 
 17"' (4"' day) Drank tea at I. Pember- 
 ton's of Hannah Logan's making — Nectar 
 and Ambrosia. Went after that to Rob* 
 Strettel with fr''" Testimony against him. 
 — He treated me Civilly upon the occasion. 
 
 18*" (5"' day) Visited L Pemberton in 
 the afternoon, who seems to be on the 
 mending hand. ... I gave Eliz" 
 Pcnnock £i for a poor Antient Couple in 
 
152 Courtship of [12"^ mo 
 
 their Neighborhood, each aged above 80, 
 who suffer for want, tho' they have been 
 reckoned Reputable members of the 
 Church of England. 
 
 19"' (6"' day) Visited Israel Pemberton, 
 drank Tea at I. P. jun"^", spent some time 
 at W. Logan's, & the Evening at Jn° 
 Armitt's with S. Morris &c*. 
 
 20*'' (7*** day) It is remarkable What an 
 Increase of the number of Beggars there 
 is about this town this winter, — many 
 more than I have before observed, and I 
 have not yet sent any away Empty handed 
 that hath applied to me. A fellow feeling 
 of the Infirmities & wants of our Brethren 
 — as all mankind are — is a duty, and not 
 sufficiently practised, without Administer- 
 ing Relief when in our power. 
 
 21'* (i"* day) Was in the morning at 
 our own meeting. M. Yarnal preach'd & 
 pray'd. He and his wife dined with me. 
 After dinner I rode to Stenton ; the roads 
 very muddy, & my thoughts disturbed 
 with pain & Anxiety Least this Visit 
 should be disagreeable. Was however 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 153 
 
 Courteously received, but I thought my 
 fr*^ Hannah was not very well pleased with 
 it, which quite damped my Spirits. James 
 told me he was Glad to see me, & had 
 frequently Expostulated with his Sons for 
 not bringing me oftener &c''. Had very 
 little time alone with Hannah. Apologized 
 for my Visit by saying it was difficult for 
 me to [be] absent from her &c". Carried 
 up with me the York paper w''' contained 
 two forged Letters in the name of Eben'" 
 Large and Michael Lightfoot &c^ It also 
 had a paragraph informing that Admiral 
 Boscawen had taken 6 frenchmen of war 
 & several East India men &c^ 
 
 22** (2'' day) Understood in the morning 
 that Dear Hannah was unwell, so that tho' 
 I stayd till 10 o'clock she did not appear 
 — w''"' gave me much pain. I had intended 
 to Ask her father & mother's Consent to 
 make free with the house — but as I could 
 not Account for her Indisposition I was 
 afraid to do it least it would disoblige her. 
 How painful & Grievous my reflections 
 upon this occasion were is more pungently 
 felt than I am either able or willing to 
 
154 Courtship of [12*^ mo. 
 
 describe. My good friend Her father 
 took, me into his Library, & took a great 
 deal of pains to Entertain me there, but my 
 thoughts were so fixed & Intent about his 
 daughter that much of it was lost. I left 
 Stenton about lo o'clock. Overtook a 
 man who was a stranger to me. After 
 some Conversation he let me know he had 
 been bred a Presbyterian, & was now about 
 turning Quaker, & appeared to be turning 
 from name only to name, whereupon I 
 found freedom to give him a pretty deal 
 of Advice — respecting the teaching of the 
 Spirit, the danger of resting in form & 
 name, and the necessity of being acquainted 
 with & wearing the Yoke & Cross of 
 Christ &c*. Had William Morris to dine 
 with me, whose company was agreeable 
 and edifying. Drank Tea at W™ Callen- 
 der's & spent the Evening at home with 
 M. Lightfoot &c^ 
 
 23** (3*^ day) Was at meeting. 
 I stay'd with the overseers &c'' to Consult 
 about the business of the Mo. Meeting. 
 The Chief Subject was whether Amos 
 Strettel's paper should be read or not. 
 
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^747] Hannah Logan 155 
 
 As I had read it, I gave my opinion that 
 it ought not, as the Quotations from our 
 Antient friends' writings were unfairly 
 taken and the Inferences unjustly drawn ; 
 but several friends, supposing he would 
 print it, and represent it as ill usage not to 
 have that read w*^^ he offered as his own 
 Vindication, they concluded it best to read 
 it. I dined at A. James's with Sally Morris 
 &C''. Spent some time at I. Pemberton's 
 with Sarah Logan, whom I waited upon to 
 her son's. Spent the remainder of the 
 afternoon at John Dilwyn's with Jn° 
 Armitt &c% where I drank Tea, and part 
 of the Evening with I. P. jun"" & Sam' 
 Preston Moore ^ at Israel Pemberton's. 
 
 'Dr. Samuel Preston Moore (1710-1785), son of Richard 
 and Margaret (Preston) Moore, was a prac- 
 titioner in physic at Londongrove, Maryland, 
 prior to I 744, and afterwards in Philadelphia, 
 being for eight years a physician to the Penn- 
 sylvania Hospital. He was a member of the 
 American Philosophical Society, and Provincial 
 Treasurer of Pennsylvania. He was married in 
 1739 to his cousin, Hannah Hill, daughter 
 of Dr. Richard Hill. — Charles P. Keith, 
 
 Provincial Councillors, 74; John Jay Smith, Letters of Dr. 
 
 Richard Hill. 
 
156 Courtship of [12"' mo. 
 
 2^th ^^th ^^y^ After dinner Visited at 
 I. Pemberton jun""^, where I found Rob' 
 Pleasants & Rob* Langley just come up 
 from Virginia, who came home & spent 
 the Evening with me. 
 
 25*'' (5'^ day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 I dined at WilHam Logan's.^ Drank Tea 
 at M. Lightfoot's with the above two 
 friends, Sally Morris &c% and spent the 
 Evening at home. 
 
 16'^ (6*^ day) Attended our Mo: Meet- 
 ing. M. Emlen pray'd. Peter Widow- 
 field past the second time, and Joseph 
 Ritchison — with Mary Allen — Abraham 
 Carlisle, Stephen Stapler and Jn" Burroughs 
 the first time. Amos StretteFs long paper 
 
 'William Logan ( i 718-1776), son of James Logan, was sent 
 when twelve years of age to his father's brother, Dr. William 
 Logan, in Bristol, England, to be educated. On his return he 
 became a merchant in the city. On the death of his father he 
 became the owner of Stenton and removed there, devoting himself 
 more particularly to agriculture. He was Common Councilman, 
 1 743-1 746, and Provincial Councillor, I 747-1 775. A journal 
 of his travels to Georgia has been printed. He was married in 
 1740 to Hannah (1722-1777), daughter of George Emlen. 
 His son. Dr. George Logan (l 754-1 821), who inherited Stenton, 
 married Deborah Norris, daughter of Charles Norris. — Keith, 
 Councillors, 14 fF. 
 
1747] Hannah Logan 157 
 
 was read, and sundry remarks made there- 
 on by several friends. A. Benezitt^ & I 
 were appointed to wait upon him with the 
 result of the meeting thereon. A Certifi- 
 cate for Eliz* Hudson was read and signed- 
 
 27^'' (7*^ day) R. Pleasants, R. Langley, 
 Jemmy Pemberton & I rode to Burlington 
 — round by Haddonfield. Lodged at my 
 father's. 
 
 28"' (i^* day) Were at Burlington 
 Meeting. M. Lightfoot preached. We 
 visited plentifully, and it being the time of 
 their Quarterly Meeting, had the Company 
 of several very Valuable friends. 
 
 1 Anthony Benezet (1713-1784), a philanthropist, was born 
 at St. Quentin, France, a son of John Stephen Benezet. His 
 parents were Huguenots, and shortly after his birth, their property 
 being confiscated, they took refuge in England, where they resided 
 for sixteen years. There young Benezet was educated, and joined 
 the Friends. In 1731 he came with his family to Philadelphia, and 
 in 1736 was married to Joyce Marriott, who became a Quaker 
 minister. In 1 742 he was a teacher in what is now the William 
 Penn Charter School. In 1755 he established a school for girls 
 and conducted it with great success. About 1750 he became 
 much concerned for the welfare of the negroes, and during the 
 remainder of his life wrote many books and pamphlets in the 
 interest of the anti-slavery and general humanitarian movement, 
 undoubtedly doing much to promote the anti-slavery cause. — 
 Roberts Vaux, Life of Benezet. 
 
 
158 Courtship of E^' 
 
 mo. 
 
 29*'' (2*^ day) We returned home the 
 way we went. 
 
 First mouthy 1748. 
 
 I*"' {2^ day) Was at our meeting. Sam' 
 Pennock spoke. The Shoemaker Lad 
 prayd. ... I. P. jun"", W" Logan, R. 
 Pleasants, R. Langley, Jemmy Pemberton 
 & I rode, after dining at L P.'s, to Ger- 
 mantown to see it, and after going through 
 it we came to Stenton & drank Tea. 
 Found G. Tennent^ there. We Conversed 
 freely. We met my dear Hannah at the 
 Gate, having rode out with Chally Pem- 
 berton, who is there to Endeavour the 
 recovery of his health. I spent the Eve- 
 ning at W°^ Logan's. 
 
 2'' (4"' day) Waited upon R. Pleasants 
 & R. Langley to see the State House, 
 Library &c% and dined with them at L 
 Pemberton's jun"". Then waited upon 
 them to Skuylkill on their way home. 
 In the afternoon met at James's 
 Coffeehouse with the Auditor's appointed 
 
 ' Rev. Gilbert Tennent. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 159 
 
 by the Court upon the Affair between 
 Carpenter & Shute. Gave them our 
 Reasons for Awarduig as we did — then 
 withdrew to W™ Logan's, where I drank 
 Tea, & spent part of the Even^ at J. 
 Armitt's. Gave a poor widow ;^20 that 
 has several small children. 
 
 4'^ {6'^ day) My partner & I Employd 
 some part of it [the day] in Examining our 
 Books. Had the Visits of several friends. 
 
 5"> (7'" day) W. Callender, E. Catherall, 
 W. Logan, Jemmy Pemberton, A. James, 
 J. Foulk and myself rode to the Point, 
 and had an agreeable Jaunt. 
 
 6"' (i^May) Was morning & afternoon 
 at our own meeting. 
 
 7^*" {2'^ day) Employed in Examining 
 our Comp^ Books. Samuel Mickle's wife 
 died to-day. 
 
 S^^ (3*^ day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 Saw dear Hannah going home alone in the 
 Chaise, and as I knew her fears of being 
 talked of, I did not Venture to wait upon 
 her. 
 
 ^th ^^th j^y^ J j.QQJ^ ^ Ride to German- 
 
i6o Courtship of [i''mo. 
 
 town under pretence of getting some 
 Cyons/ but really upon more Important 
 business. Called at Stenton ; found Com- 
 pany there, who soon departed. I intended 
 to stay all night, and accordingly did so. 
 Had an opportunity of Telling my mind 
 to James & his wife separately. They 
 treated me Civilly, referring me Entirely 
 to their daughter, and the Old Gentleman 
 told me if I was her Choice, he would 
 give his Consent &c*. I had some of the 
 dear Creature's Company, but our Con- 
 versation was so much of the Ambiguous 
 kind, that after a Loving & friendly part- 
 ing I retired to Bed full of Doubt & per- 
 plexity, & Got but little Sleep. In how 
 much pain is a situation between hope & 
 Despair. 
 
 jQth ^^th day) Waited upon Sarah Logan 
 & Cha: Pemberton to town. Was at 
 meeting. ... I dined at Israel Pem- 
 berton's. Wrote a long letter to my dear 
 Hannah, & sent it by Charley Pemberton, 
 who returned there this afternoon. 
 
 ' Scions — shoots to be engrafted. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 161 
 
 LETTER OF JOHN SMITH TO 
 HANNAH LOGAN. 
 
 Philad% 1st mo: loth, 1747-8. 
 My Worthy Friend 
 
 I have not been very well pleased with myself since 
 my spending some time with thee last evening. I had 
 a great deal to say, and ought to have said much more 
 than I did, but an unhappy doubt possesses my Spirits 
 in such a manner whenever I attempt Conversation 
 with thee upon a subject of so near a concernment, 
 that I can scarcely Talk Common Sence. It was not 
 therefore without Reason that I told thee a man in Love 
 was the Silliest Creature in the Universe — and indeed 
 I might have Omitted saying it in words, as my Con- 
 duct had so frequently declared it. My Last night's 
 thoughts, after parting with thee, were Employed in 
 searching the Secret Recesses of my mind to find out 
 if possible the cause of such a doubt. 
 
 Dear Hannah, I omitted to acquaint thee that I had 
 taken an opportunity to make my mind known to thy 
 parents. They both treated me Civilly upon the 
 Occasion — thy father very kindly — Referring me 
 Entirely to thee, and Assuring me he held no Objection 
 &c*. I hope this Step will not give thee any uneasi- 
 ness. It was certainly my duty, and should have been 
 done some years ago if I durst. 
 
 John Smith. 
 11 
 
1 62 Courtship of [i'*mo. 
 
 jjth ^^th j^y^ Employed the forenoon 
 in Journalizing, and the afternoon at W™ 
 Logan's, who kept his Chamber, being 
 Indisposed with a Cold. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Busy in posting most of 
 the forenoon. Afternoon visited at W" 
 Logan's. Waited upon Sally Morris 
 home. Had a good deal of Conversation 
 with her upon my Stenton proposals. 
 She had done me a particular piece of 
 Service in recommending me to the old 
 Gentleman, for which I had wrote her a 
 Letter of thanks. I spent the Evening at 
 John Reynell's with Jane Hoskins & 
 Eliz* Hudson. 
 
 j^th ^jet j^^y^ J ^g^t J,-, f}^g forenoon 
 to the Great Meeting. ... I dined 
 at L Pemberton's. Was at our own meet- 
 ing in the afternoon. ... I then went 
 with B. Trotter to the burial of Nathaniel 
 Poole, an antient fr*^ above 80 years of 
 age. Was at the Evening meeting, which 
 was silent. Spent some time after meeting 
 at William Logan's, his sister having come 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 163 
 
 to town this Evening, but as he kept his 
 Chamber had none of her Company alone. 
 
 14*'' (2*^ day) Spent some time in the 
 afternoon at I. Pemberton's with several 
 fr''^ upon the like occasion, viz, — to visit 
 Samuel Nottingham, who came from 
 Chester to-day. Drank Tea of Hannah's 
 making, & had her Company at her 
 brother's an hour or two. She desired my 
 forbearing my visits till after the meeting 
 &c^ 
 
 15'*' (j** day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 Sally Morris & Katy Callender spent the 
 afternoon with us. Samuel [Nottingham] 
 prayd in my parlour, which is the first of 
 his appearance in this town. I waited 
 upon Sally Morris home. 
 
 1 8*^ (6*^^ day) I had Sam' Nottingham's 
 Company part of the day, and in the 
 afternoon the visits of several female 
 friends, and in the Even^ the Comp^ of my 
 brothers & sisters &c*. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^y^ J j^^j ^.j^g Company of 
 pretty many friends come to me at the 
 half-year's meeting. 
 
164 Courtship of [i^'mo. 
 
 2Qth ^j8t j^y^ Was all three meetings 
 at the Bank. Morning Hannah Hulford, 
 M. Lightfoot, Jn" Scarborough & Marget 
 Ellis preach'd & Sarah Morris pray'd. 
 Had several friends to dine with me. 
 Eliz'" Morgan pray'd at the Table. After- 
 noon the Meeting was much crowded. 
 Ben. Fell,^ Eliz'' Morgan & John Evans 
 preach'd & Jos. Lord pray'd. The Eve- 
 ning meeting held till past 9 o'clock. 
 Sam' Nottingham pray'd, Isaac Andrews, 
 Jn" Scarborough & S. Nottingham preach'd, 
 & Ben Fell pray'd. 
 
 2, jst ^.,(1 (^^Y^ Was at the Bank meeting. 
 Had a pretty deal of Company 
 of the best sort. 
 
 22'' (3'' day) The meeting was very 
 much crowded. J° Sikes, Lydia Menden- 
 hall, W"" Harnans [?], Jane Hoskins & 
 S. Nottingham preach'd, & D. Stanton 
 pray'd. 
 
 'Benjamin Fell (1703— 1758), son of Joseph and Bridget 
 (Wilson) Fell, was an eminent minister of the Society of Friends. 
 He came to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1 704, and lived in 
 Buckingham Township, Bucks County. — Fell Genealogy, 34. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 165 
 
 23^* (4'^ day) Kept most of it [the day] 
 at home. John Giles was bound appren- 
 tice to us for three years. 
 
 24"' (5*'' day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 Peter Widowfield was married. I dined 
 at I. Pemberton's ; my father rode in the 
 afternoon to Stenton. A. Benezitt & I 
 spent some time in the Evening with 
 Amos Strettel in Consequence of the mo: 
 meeting's appointment, but could not 
 prevail with him to make any Acknowledg- 
 ment for his Misconduct. 
 
 25'" (6"> day) W- Logan, Jn° Morris, 
 Cha: & Debby Morris & I rode to Chester 
 to see Jane Hoskins & Eliz* Hudson go 
 on board the Brig' Pembroke, A. Burrows 
 master, for Dublin. Found a pretty many 
 friends there. W"^ Logan and I lodged 
 together at Mather's. 
 
 26"' (7"' day) The friends went on 
 board, & several of us with them, about 3 
 o'clock. Then a dozen in Company 
 returned home. Broke one of the Chairs 
 on the road, which occasioned us to dine 
 at Darby whilst it was mended. Upon 
 
1 66 Courtship of [i^'mo. 
 
 my coming home found my Father &c'' 
 had gone up this morning. 
 
 ^^th ^ jst j^y^ Was morning & afternoon 
 at the Bank. ... My Gardner, W" 
 Jenkins, died this morning of a pleurisy. 
 I rode in the Evening to Stenton ; Rich*^ 
 Peters^ was there. I had an opportunity 
 of some very agreeable Conversation with 
 my Charmer, but her Conduct is so 
 Cautious and well guarded that I do not 
 yet know whether I dare hope to Gain 
 her or not. 
 
 ^gth (^2,^ day) Got home before 7 o'clock. 
 Wrote a letter to Sarah Logan to acquaint 
 her that Chally Pemberton bore the ride 
 
 'Richard Peters (i 704-1 776), son of Ralph Peters, town 
 clerk of Liverpool, received his early education at Westminster 
 School, and at Leyden in Holland. After five years of legal study 
 in the Inner Temple he took orders, and in 1730 became an 
 ordained clergyman. He came to Pennsylvania in 1735, ^""^ i^M 
 the position of the Secretary of the Land Office for more than 
 twenty-five years. In 1743 ^^ ^^^^ appointed Secretary of the 
 Province and Clerk of the Provincial Council, and in 1749 mem- 
 ber of the Provincial Council. By i 762 he had acquired a fortune, 
 and resigned his secretaryship. From 1764 to 1775 he served as 
 Rector of Christ Church. He also held positions of trust in the 
 College and other institutions of the city. His only child died in 
 infancy. — Keith, Councillors, 235 ff. 
 
Rev. Richard Peters 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 167 
 
 from Stenton yesterday bravely, & intends 
 to set out for Shrewsbury this afternoon 
 &c\ After dinner Rachel Pemberton, 
 Hannah Logan, William's wife, and I with 
 Chally went over the river and to Eliz"' 
 Estaugh's, who received us very Cour- 
 teously and Entertained us very kindly. 
 
 29*^' (j** day) We set out from the Good 
 Widow's about lo o'Clock. Dined at a 
 Tavern at Moore's town, and reached 
 Burlington in the Evening, Found all 
 well there, but the ride fatigued poor 
 Charles very much. 
 
 30*^ (4*^' d^y) Chally inclining to rest 
 at Burlington, and S. Nottingham going 
 to be at Mansfield meeting to day, H. 
 Logan and I & many other friends accom- 
 panied him there. The meeting was not 
 very large. Samuel and Hannah Jenkin- 
 son preached and Samuel pray'd. Hannah 
 and I dined at Jn° Buffin's, and after 
 returning to Burlington Visited at Cha. 
 Read's, R. Hartshorne's & Isa: Cono- 
 rotor [?]. 
 
 31^* (5"' day) Charles Pemberton, ac- 
 
1 68 Courtship of [2' mo. 
 
 companied by his brother John,^ my 
 brother William & Johnny Smith, set 
 out for Shrewsbury, and Rachel, Hannah 
 and I returned home, calling at the wid° 
 Estaugh's & Jos: Cooper's in our way. 
 Found our Goods — [?] all opened, and 
 much less damaged than from the length 
 of the time they had been on board we 
 had reason to fear. 
 
 Secojid month. 
 
 ^th ^^d j^^y^ Employed myself in trim- 
 ming trees & Caught Cold — so that I was 
 confined to my Chamber till — . 
 
 8"' (6"' day) I spent the day at Point 
 with several friends. Had during my 
 Confinement the visits of many particulars 
 whom I esteem. 
 
 'John Pemberton ( 1 727-1 795), a Quaker 
 
 minister, son of Israel and Rachel (Read) 
 
 Pemberton, was also a wealthy merchant 
 
 like his father and brothers. He made several 
 
 religious visits to Europe. He was an 
 
 exile to Virginia in 1777. — Leach, 
 
 Appleton's Cyc. Bio., 706; 
 
 Keith, Councillors. 
 
^748] Hannah Logan 169 
 
 9^'' (y*** day) Spent the day at W" 
 Callender's plantation with several agree- 
 able acquaintances, but was so indisposed 
 that I had not a great deal of pleasure. 
 
 jQth ^jst ^^y^ J ^^g jj^ j.}^g morning very 
 unwell, having had a poor night's rest ; 
 but thought perhaps the sight of my dear 
 Hannah might be so like to cure me as 
 anything else, wherefore I went to German- 
 town meeting, w*^^ was silent, & after to 
 Stenton, where I was very agreeably 
 Entertained. Had in the Even^ my 
 Charmer's Company till lo o'clock, and 
 it was more delightful to me than Ever, 
 and gave me greater grounds of hope than 
 I durst before Entertain, and the Old 
 Gentleman treated me in a very Generous 
 manner, advising me how to Court, to 
 have perseverance S^c", and acquainting me 
 that he had said more to his daughter 
 on my behalf than he had ever done on 
 Tho. Crosby's, though he was to have 
 j^20,000 &c*. 
 
 jjth (^2*^ day) After a pleasant night's 
 rest, & Breakfasting with my good friends. 
 
lyo Courtship of [2'*mo. 
 
 I returned home, in a Composed, Serene 
 frame of mind, and my thoughts somewhat 
 Employed upon the Greatness of the 
 divine kindness to me all my Life Long, 
 and at this time in particular. He has 
 been a Tender Father, the Best Friend, 
 and kindest Benefactor, his hand hath 
 been full of Blessings, and he hath plenti- 
 fully caused them to descend upon my 
 head. His mercies are new every day, 
 and his Loving kindness often more than 
 I durst ask or think, and Oh ! what is it 
 for ? I have never merited anything ; my 
 returns have rather been like Sour Grapes, 
 than suitable. May my future Life be 
 Cheerfully & freely spent in doing the 
 will of so Gracious & Good a God, who 
 is slow to Anger, delights in mercy, and 
 with him is plenteous Redemption. May 
 the Image of the Earthly be wholly put 
 off, and May 1 in future faithfully bear 
 the Image of the heavenly. 
 
 I a''' (3*^ day) Was at meeting. Marget 
 Holland preached & Sarah Cox said a few 
 words in prayer ; then Daniel Stanton — 
 with whom I spent the Last Evening in 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 171 
 
 Sympathy — preached very Encouragingly. 
 Walked down to Wickoco & 
 round by Jos: Wharton's new house^ &c*. 
 Spent part of the Evening at widow 
 Morris's, having drank Tea at J. Dilwyn's. 
 j^th ^^th ^^y-j Was some time at the 
 Supreme Court. Drank Tea at I. Pem- 
 berton's. Had W"* Logan's Company 
 the Evening. 
 
 1 4*'' (5*'' day) Was at meeting. Abraham 
 Moor — who is lately come to live in town 
 — and Mordecai Yarnal preach'd, & D. 
 Stanton pray'd. Then Jos: Richardson 
 was married to M. Allen. I staid & 
 Signd the Certificate. In the Even^ I 
 rode to Stenton & had a great deal of 
 Conversation with my friend Hannah of 
 the most solid & imposing kind. Find 
 her very much undetermined in her senti- 
 ments ; however, patience & Resignation 
 
 ^Walnut Grove, the seat of Joseph Wharton ( 1 707-1 776), a 
 wealthy Friend, son of Thomas Wharton, an emigrant from 
 England in 1688. The mansion, which was then on the outskirts^ 
 of the city, was the scene of Major Andre's Mischianza during the 
 British occupation of the city in the Revolution. — Westcott^ 
 Historic Mansions ; Keith, Councillors. 
 
1 7 2 Courtship of C^' mo. 
 
 is my best fortress, and Hope my only 
 Comfort — 
 
 Hope, the Glad Ray Glanc'd from Eternal Good 
 That Life Enlives & Exalts its powers &c*. 
 
 Whether I can be so happy as to succeed 
 in my wishes of having her for a partner 
 or not, I have found Benefit in her Con- 
 versation, and a near friendship is begot 
 between us that I hope nothing will be 
 ever able to break, 
 
 15*'' (6*^ day) Got up Early & saw Old 
 Hannibal just as he died. After Breakfast 
 I had a great deal of Conversation with 
 Hannah in private, upon which I promised 
 to write to her. 
 
 16*'' (7"' day) Wrote a long Religious 
 Letter to my dear Hannah, being as I 
 thought under the Influence of Divine 
 Love whilst I did it. Sent it by Rachel 
 Pemberton. 
 
J 748] Hannah Logan 173 
 
 LETTER OF JOHN SMITH TO 
 HANNAH LOGAN. 
 
 Phikd", 2d mo: i6th, 1748. 
 Dear Friend — 
 
 If I have understood thee right, in our several 
 Conversations upon a Subject, the most dear, and 
 interesting to me, of any Temporal Concerns ; The 
 principal Objection thou has to Accepting my proposal 
 arises from some doubts whether thou ought ever to set 
 thy Affections upon any man. Perhaps I may not 
 have Expressed this in so proper a manner as it should 
 
 be . . . [etc., etc.] 
 
 John Smith. 
 
 18*^ (2^ day) Busy most of the Day. 
 In the Even^ Rode to Stenton, & under- 
 standing that Hannah was at fairhill Rode 
 to meet her, and did so just at Isa: 
 Norris's fence, & had her dear Company 
 Back & till pretty late in the Even^. She 
 seems not yet determined in her Senti- 
 ments, but uses me with the utmost 
 Generosity and Tenderness. 
 
 19*'' [2^ day) Returned home to Break- 
 fast. Was at meeting, which I thought a 
 good one, & was Glad of it — my Hannah 
 being there. . . . Then Abr. Carlisle 
 
174 Courtship of [2' mo. 
 
 was married to Ann Brooks. [ stay'd & 
 sign'd the Certificate. Had Sally Morris's 
 Company to dinner with me, with which 
 I was much pleased. In the afternoon 
 took Coz. Nanny Smith & Hannah 
 Callender out in my Chair to my planta- 
 tion & returned safe. 
 
 20*^* ^^th jj^y^ Employed the forenoon 
 in posting our Books, and the afternoon 
 in visiting my friends. Drank Tea at W™ 
 Callender's, & waited upon Sarah Armitt 
 &c'* home from thence. 
 
 2^j6t ^^th ^g^y^ Wcis at meeting, at 
 
 w 
 
 ,ch 
 
 Stephen Stapler was married. 
 
 ia"* (6*'' day) Sally Morris & I rode to 
 Stenton, & spent the day very agreeably 
 there, tho' I had less of my Charmer's 
 Company alone than I could have wished. 
 I returned in the Evening alone, Sally 
 inclining to stay there a day or two. Spent 
 part of the Evening with the Widow 
 Morris and at John Reynell's. 
 
 23*^ (yth ^^^y^ J employed the day very 
 busily sorting my papers. 
 
 2^th ^^d ^^y^ Understood my good 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 175 
 
 friend H. Logan came to town to-day — 
 but did not see her. Spent the Even^ at 
 T. Lightfoot's. 
 
 26*'' (3'* day) Was at meeting, which I 
 thought a very good one : ResembHng the 
 Antient times when the Sons of God 
 rejoiced together and the morning stars 
 sang for Joy, . . , I spent the Even- 
 ing at Israel Pemberton's with dear H. 
 Logan &c*, 
 
 27"' (4*'' day) L Pemberton came home 
 from Shrewsbury with Acc'^ that poor 
 Chally is no better for his riding there, 
 which affected us with sorrow. I spent 
 most of the afternoon there, and part of 
 the Evening at J. Armitt's, 
 
 2gth i^^th ^^y.^ Was at meeting, but 
 Alass ! how Different was it to me from 
 the Last I was at. Then the time of 
 singing Birds was Experienced — now 
 nothing but winter in its Extremity, & I 
 was not at a loss for the Cause. I found 
 I had not been so careful of the Govern- 
 ment of my thoughts as I ought to have 
 been, & had thereby been Betrayed into 
 
176 Courtship of [2*^ mo. 
 
 undue Liberty — which though not noticed 
 Or seen by others had hurt me, by 
 leading from that reverence & awe which 
 ought at all time to possess the Soul. 
 Under some sight of this I suffered in 
 Lamentation & mourning, and was ready 
 to say with the Psalmist — Thou has set a 
 print upon my heel, and has marked [?] all 
 my goings. Yet I had cause to Esteem 
 even the sense of Sorrow as a favour from 
 God, because it is an Evidence that he 
 hath not quite forsaken, and will not yet 
 cast off forever. 
 
 In the afternoon several friends of us 
 rode to my plantation. Had Alice Bunt- 
 ing's comp^ part of the Evening, and I 
 spent some time at Israel Pemberton jun". 
 
 29*'' (6*'' day) Attended our Monthly 
 Meeting from lo o'clock to 4. Eliz'' 
 Pennock pray'd in the meeting of worship. 
 Thomas Brooks, Benjamin Hough & 
 Davis Bassett passed the first time. The 
 affair of Visiting families took up a pretty 
 deal of time, and after solid & deliberate 
 Consideration the following friends were 
 appointed to that service, viz. M. Light- 
 
Timothv Matlack 
 
^748] Hannah Logan 177 
 
 foot, M. Yarnal, D. Stanton, Tho" Brown, 
 I. Pemberton, J. Kinsey, J. Bringhurst,^ 
 J. Dilwyn, E. Catheral, T. Matlack, Isaac 
 Zane, A. Benezitt & myself. I objected 
 several times to my name being entered 
 upon so great an undertaking, but friends 
 insisted so much upon it that I sub- 
 mitted, concluding if I could do no good, 
 perhaps I may get some. John Morris 
 & I were appointed to draw a Certificate 
 for Daniel Morris & his wife to Gwynedd. 
 Understood after meeting that the women 
 friends appointed upon the affair of Visit- 
 ing families are Eliz* Pennock, Esther 
 White, Joyce Benezitt, M. Emlen, M. 
 Holland, Sally Morris, Rachel & Mary 
 Pemberton, Hannah Parrock, Rebekkah 
 Coleman. 
 
 I spent the Evening in attending W" 
 Vanderspiegel, Sam' Smith & Sam' Coates 
 
 iJoHN Bringhurst (1691-1750), a Friend, son of John and 
 Rosina (Prachen) Bringhurst, was born either in London or in 
 Amsterdam, and brought to Philadelphia about 1 700. He became 
 a prosperous merchant, and held several prominent positions in the 
 city. He was married in 171 8 to Mary, daughter of John Clay- 
 poole. — Leach, Bringhurst Family. 
 12 
 
178 Courtship of [^^ mo. 
 
 — auditors appointed by the Court of 
 Common pleas to settle an Account 
 depending between Thomas Thomas and 
 I. After hearing all he had to say they 
 agreed to report the Ball^ according to my 
 Books. I then offered him, that though 
 the Court is next week, when Execution 
 is to be obtained, if he would give me 
 Security I would withdraw the action, pay 
 the Costs and stay six months tor the 
 money rather than I would distress him, 
 which the auditors pressed him very much 
 to Accept of as a very generous offer, and 
 what he would meet with from very few 
 men under those Circumstances, and he 
 talks of taking their Advice. 
 
 30"' (7"' day) Visited at Isr' Pemberton 
 iun", Joshua Crosby's, &c''. Drank Tea 
 at E. Catheral's with A. Benezitt & wife 
 & Sally Morris. In the Evening Rode 
 to Stenton and found my friends alone. 
 Had my dear Hannah's company till 10 
 o'clock, & Employed the time in sociable, 
 improving conversation. She let me know 
 she had not freedom to Give it Entirely 
 up, and was not concluded to Accept my 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 179 
 
 proposal, & would therefore have me look 
 upon my Visits there entirely upon un- 
 certainties dzd". However, she was so 
 cheerful and agreeable that I will yet Hope. 
 
 Third month. 
 
 i"* (i^* day) Had some further Conver- 
 sation with my Charmer, and a great deal 
 with the Old Gentleman her father. He 
 Enquired into my Circumstances, and I 
 told him I was worth about 3000 pound 
 clear Estate. He repeated his willingness 
 to my having his daughter, and told me 
 if 1 got her he would give me his Bills on 
 his Brother for ^750 Sterling, that she 
 had already 500 acres of Land of her own, 
 would have Two thousand pound more at 
 his death, and One thousand more at her 
 Mother's. He desired me to Acquaint 
 him when I had any Grounds to hope, 
 because he found himself declining, had a 
 mind to Settle his Affairs, and would make 
 me an Executor &c*. I returned home 
 time Enough to be in the morning meeting 
 at the Bank. . . . Our Antient friend 
 
i8o Courtship of If'^^^, 
 
 Mary Morris died to day about 74 years 
 of Age. 
 
 2'' (2'' day) Was at the Quarterly Meeting 
 of worship. ... I then came out ot 
 meeting Expecting Governour Belcher & 
 my father down, who accordingly came to 
 dinner with me & spent the Evening, 
 which occasioned the Company of several 
 friends. 
 
 3'' (3'' day) Waited upon the Governour 
 to our Youths' Meeting. Sam' Notting- 
 ham pray'd & preach'd twice. Had the 
 Company of several to dine & spent the 
 Evening with the Governour &c''. 
 
 ^th ^^th day) The Governor being to 
 dine at J. Kinsey's, I went with Sam' 
 Nottingham & Several other friends to 
 Darby Meeting. . . . Had the Gov- 
 ernour's Comp^ the Evening. 
 
 ^th ^^tb (^^y'^ An Appointment being 
 made, several of us waited upon the Gov- 
 ernour to Stenton, where we were very 
 Elegantly & agreeably Entertained. Rich*^ 
 Peters rode in the Chaise with me. The 
 rest of the Comp^ were Jn" Kinsey, My 
 Father, I. Pemberton jun'' & W. Logan. 
 
^748] Hannah Logan i8i 
 
 o 
 
 6"' (6*'' day) Dined with the Governour 
 &c* at Israel Pemberton jun". 
 
 yth ^yth ^^y^ Being much troubled with 
 the Tooth Ach I Excused myself from 
 dining at 1. Pemberton's with the Gover"" 
 &c% and in the afternoon rode to my 
 plantation, & from thence to W" Callen- 
 der's & drank Tea there. 
 
 S*"^ (i'^ day) Kept my Chamber, My 
 face being pretty much swelled with the 
 Tooth Ach. Read 7 of D"" [Robert] 
 South's Sermons, and Steel's Christian 
 Hero,^ which I had borrowed of my dear 
 Hannah. 
 
 9*'' (2'* day) I still kept my Chamber 
 for the same Reason. The Governour, 
 My father &c'' Returned home this after- 
 noon. 
 
 lo^'' {2^ day) Got to meeting. B. Trotter 
 & Sarah Morris preach'd & Abr: Mors 
 pray'd. In the Evening I rode to Stenton ; 
 found Chally Pemberton there, whom I 
 
 ' Richard Steele, the Christian Hero ; an argument proving that 
 no principles but those of Religion are sufficient to make a Great 
 Man. 
 
1 82 Courtship of Lf 
 
 mo. 
 
 had not seen since his return from Shrews- 
 bury. Find him much weaker, and in my 
 apprehension not Hkely to Hve long. As 
 his Mother was there I had none of my 
 dear Hannah's Company alone this Eve- 
 ning. 
 
 II*'' (4*'' day) Had this morning my 
 Charmer's Company alone a good while. 
 Returned home about 10 o'clock. Busy 
 in the afternoon with writing Letters &c* 
 upon business to go by Captain Burk. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y~j Was at meeting. . . , 
 Busy in writing Letters "p Burk, who 
 sailed this day for London. I wrote but 
 one Letter of friendship only, and that 
 was to dear Thomas Gawthrop. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Spent most of the day 
 at W" Logan's, looking over an old 
 Trunk of papers of his father's, which I 
 did at the Old Gentleman's request. 
 Dined & drank Tea there. Evening, 
 W" Callender, Abel James & I met pur- 
 suant to an order of the Orphans' Court 
 to Examine the Acc*^ of the Execu'™ of 
 Joseph Lynn. 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 183 
 
 15"' (i'* day) Was morning at the 
 great meeting. ... I dined at W. 
 Logan's with Sally Morris. Was after- 
 noon at the Bank. ... I rode in the 
 Evening to Stenton, & had my dear 
 Hannah's Company till near lo, and 
 Enjoyed in it a sweet sense of pure Love 
 which united us nearly together, and 
 opened a free & familiar Conversation, for 
 which Oh that I may be made thankful 
 Enough! 
 
 16*'' (2*^ day) Had several hours' Con- 
 versation with dear Hannah, & was fully 
 Confirmed that her principal Objections 
 against Accepting of my proposals were 
 removed, and that she was freer & easier 
 to Condescend — for so I may truly call 
 it — to become mine. Blessed be the 
 God & father of all my mercies for this 
 unspeakable favour. May every moment 
 of my future Life be Entirely & without 
 reserve devoted to the service of so Good 
 & Gracious a Being, who is thus heaping 
 his unmerited kindnesses upon me. My 
 Soul was in our Conversation, and is at 
 
184 Courtship of [3' mo. 
 
 present Bowed under the sence of his 
 favourable deahng and my utter Incapacity 
 of myself to make any suitable returns. 
 O gracious & Infinite God, be thou pleased 
 to help my weakness, Strengthen my 
 feeble desires to Love and serve thee 
 above every other Consideration, pardon 
 my former Errings & Strayings, and Oh, 
 make me Every Whit Clean. Let Thy 
 pure Love guide and protect me through 
 all future danger. Let it lead me from 
 one degree of Grace to another, until I am 
 made compleat in thy Beloved Son. And 
 as thou has favoured my dear Hannah and 
 me with a degree of thy uniting Love, 
 Blessed and Holy Father, Encrease it I 
 pray thee, that we may be truly and forever 
 one another's Joy in thee, — that thou may 
 always be our God, and may we never 
 deviate from thy ways. Then wilt thou 
 Continue to Own us with the Bedewings 
 of Celestial rain, the sweet Overshadowings 
 of divine Goodness, through time, and at 
 last admit us through Infinite favour to 
 Join the Heavenly Host in never-ceasing 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 185 
 
 Songs of praise to thy High, Holy and 
 Ever worthy name. 
 
 Such were the devout Ejaculations of 
 my soul. I got home before 12. Dined 
 at Israel Pemberton's with Sam. Notting- 
 ham, who set out this afternoon on his 
 way to Rhode Island. 
 
 j^th ^^d ^^y^ J ^^g ^j. nieetlng. Sarah 
 Cox spoke; afterwards Michael Lightfoot 
 preach'd & Joyce Benezitt pray'd. I was 
 favoured with some degree of Tenderness 
 & Contrition of Love, & whenever that 
 is the Case I Esteem it a good meeting. 
 Busy in the afternoon in posting our 
 Company Books. 
 
 I S*"" (4*^ day) Busy forenoon in posting 
 our Company Books. In the Evening 
 Rode to Stenton, but there being Com- 
 pany had but little of my dear Hannah's 
 alone, and in that little I thought she 
 acted with more reserve than I hoped for, 
 but I do not doubt her reasons for it were 
 better than I knew of 
 
 j^th ^^th jj^^,^ Returned home to 
 Breakfast. Was at meeting. 
 
1 86 Courtship of [3' mo. 
 
 Afternoon visited at I. Pemberton jun"", 
 where was Sarah Logan, Sally Morris, dzc^. 
 
 20"' (6"' day) James Logan sent me 
 yesterday a Letter of his open, to forward 
 after reading it, to Governour Belcher; and 
 to-day I wrote to him a Letter of thanks 
 for that & all other favors &c'\ Wrote 
 also to my dear Hannah.' In the after- 
 noon Jn° Reynells & I rode to Sam' 
 Parr's place. Found a good deal of Com- 
 pany there — & the greatest quantity of 
 Strawberries that I ever saw in one place, 
 as well as the Largest, of which we eat 
 plentifull. 
 
 2 J St ^-,th clay) In the morning Abel 
 James and I rode to I. Pemberton's plan- 
 tation to see poor Chally. Found dear 
 H. Logan there. I expect I took my 
 last leave of Charles, he seems so weak. 
 I think he cannot hold it many days. 
 Hedesiredmeto tell Jemmy — who is gone 
 to Burlington with S. Nottingham — that 
 he wanted to see him. After dinner 
 Elizabeth Morris & I rode in the Chaise 
 
 1 See Appendix. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 187 
 
 to Burlington, E. Cathrall accompanying 
 us. We got up in 4^^ hours ; found 
 friends there pretty well. 
 
 2^d ^j8t ^^y-^ Sammy Noble came up 
 this morning, & brought advice that 
 Chally Pemberton died yester afternoon 
 between 4 & 5 o'clock & is to be buried 
 to-morrow afternoon. The meetings 
 were very large forenoon. Jn" Supres 
 [Symes?] preach'd, Sam^ Nottingham 
 pray'd & preach'd, P. Fearon pray'd & 
 Samuel preached again. He & several 
 other friends dined with us at father's. 
 Afternoon Governour Belcher was at 
 meeting, S. Nottingham preached twice & 
 pray'd. He also pray'd at father's table 
 at dinner. Spent part of the Evening in 
 looking over a proposed answer of Bro"" 
 Samuel's to G. Tennent's reply. Heard 
 that the Snow Otter, man of war, arrived 
 this morning at Philad. 
 
 23** {2^ day) We returned about 6 
 o'clock, having the Comp^ of S. N., P. 
 Fearon, my Father & several others. The 
 burial was very large, the Corpse being 
 
1 88 Courtship of [3' mo. 
 
 carried into meeting. ... in the Eve- 
 ning several friends met at I. Pemberton's 
 and we had a very satisfactory sitting 
 together. M. Yarnal preach'd and Sally 
 Morris pray'd. I waited upon her home. 
 My dear Hannah was at this meeting, and 
 I was Glad of it. 
 
 2^th ^^d j^y^ Was at meeting. 
 My neighbor E. Cathral sat out this 
 morning to accompany S. Nottingham to 
 Rhode Island, & my father Sec" returned 
 home. Spent part of the Even^ at I. 
 Pemberton's. 
 
 25"' (4^'' day) Was very busy in the 
 forenoon posting our Company books. 
 After dinner took Eliz. Pennock out to 
 Sam' Parr's. The widow Ashton & Joyce 
 Benezitt went with us. We fared richly 
 in Cherries, Strawberries. 
 
 26"' (5"' day) Busy in the morning in 
 posting. Went to meeting. 
 After meeting the friends appointed to the 
 service of visiting families, staid & con- 
 sulted together about it. In the afternoon 
 was at the burial of Sam' Austin's wife. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 189 
 
 Had Stephen & Brandon, two young 
 Gentlemen from Boston, to spend the 
 Evening with me. They were recom- 
 mended tome by a Letter from Governour 
 Belcher. The town was alarmed with the 
 news of a Spanish Brig''' Privateer being 
 at Ready Island, and much frightened 
 were many people about it. 
 
 if^ {6^^ day) Waited upon Stephen & 
 Brandon to see the State house & Library, 
 which made me late at our Monthly 
 Meeting. . . . Isr. Pemberton jun"" 
 being out of town at the burial of Joseph 
 Kirkbride I was called upon to be clerk, 
 & accordingly was. Thos. Brooks, B. 
 Hough & D. Basset passed the second 
 time, & Francis Harding with Rob: 
 Ballenger the first. Dan' Stanton Laid 
 his Concern of Visiting friends in Barba- 
 does and Great Brittain before this meet- 
 ing. Israel Pemberton & I were appointed 
 to draw a Certificate for him. There was 
 a pretty deal of other business, & the 
 meeting concluded about ^ after one. I 
 was busy the afternoon in posting our 
 Company books. 
 
IQO Courtship of [3*^ mo. 
 
 23th ^^th j^yj Employed the day at 
 home. In the Evening Rode to Stenton. 
 Found friends there well, and had my 
 dear Hannah's Company till 1 1 o'clock, 
 and the time was spent in Endearing 
 Sociable Conversation. 
 
 29"' (i"' day) After breakfast I returned 
 home. Was morning & afternoon at the 
 Bank. . . . There was a Cry of fire 
 which disturbed the meeting while H. J. 
 was speaking, but it proved only a Chim- 
 ney. Had Jemmy Pemberton & W. 
 Griffith's company to dine with me. . . . 
 The disturbance about the privateers being 
 in this Bay & at our Cape continues & 
 Encreases. It is now said there are 4 or 
 5 of them. 
 
 30"' (2^^ day) Busy in different kinds of 
 Employ. Afternoon I waited upon the 
 Boston strangers, Stephen & Brandon, to 
 Point-no-Point. 
 
 ^j8t ^^d clay) Stephen & Brandon went 
 with me to meeting. . . . after which 
 they dined with me. In the afternoon a 
 person, Noiall [?] Chubb, who goes about 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 191 
 
 with a Subscription paper to Send money to 
 the President & Council upon the present 
 Emergency came to me, but I was not free 
 to sign it. However, 1 considered what 
 friends could do in the present circum- 
 stance of things — 5 or 6 privateers at 
 the Capes. The Assembly had made no 
 provision for any Exigencys of Govern- 
 ment, and the council either could or 
 would not Borrow money upon the Credit 
 of the Assembly's repaying it. I thought 
 if a Scheme could be drawn up reciting 
 what J. Kinsey, the Speaker, had said in 
 Council, viz., that he believed if they were 
 put to any Expense in discharge of what 
 they conceived to be their duty, that an 
 adequate provision would be made by the 
 Assembly in support of Government, and 
 Binding the Subscribers to fulfil the 
 Interest and meaning of that declaration, 
 — it would help to still the Clamour & 
 noises of the people, and be a means of 
 healing the disturbances at present among 
 us. According to this scheme I inad- 
 vertently, without consulting with any 
 body, drew up an instrument of writing & 
 
192 Courtship of [V^'mo. 
 
 sign'd it with one hundred pounds. 
 Jemmy Pemberton followed me with the 
 same sum, & probably many more would 
 have done so, but as soon as Chubb was 
 gone I reflected that I had done a public 
 Act, without consulting with my friends 
 about it, which to say the best of it, was 
 imprudent, let the intention be ever so 
 good. I therefore immediately went into 
 the town & consulted with some of my 
 friends about it, who disapproving of the 
 Act, Jemmy & I went & took up the 
 paper again. Though it was but a little 
 time between the signing & taking it back 
 again, it was quickly reported & spread 
 through the town that we had given those 
 sums toward fitting out a Ship of war &c% 
 and I was really troubled, though the 
 report was false, that we had given them 
 any grounds to raise false reports upon ; 
 but as it was, what might be lawful was 
 not Expedient. 
 
 Fourth month. 
 
 j8t ^^th ^^y^ J ]^^^ to-day a great deal 
 of trouble about the foregoing afi^air in 
 Endeavoring to remove the false storys 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 193 
 
 that had been raised about, and acknowl- 
 edging my folly in Attempting to set on 
 foot a scheme without consulting my 
 friends about it, and indeed, the meddling 
 with anything of the sort was wrong in me. 
 I Believe friends in such cases ought as 
 much as possible to stand still. Spent 
 the Even^ at I. Pemberton's with M. 
 Lightfoot & M. Yarnal &c'\ 
 
 2'' (5''' day) In the Evening I rode to 
 Stenton, & Sally Morris being there, I 
 took a Chaise to bring her home with me. 
 Found friends well. Had my dear 
 Hannah's company till 1 1 o'clock. Told 
 her the whole of the above affair, & had 
 some solid satisfaction .in her remarks 
 upon that and other things. 
 
 3'' (6*'' day) Sally & I got home before 
 noon. Afternoon several of us rode to 
 Point-no-Point. I spent the Evening at 
 Israel Pemberton jun". When I came 
 home found my bro. Samuel there. 
 
 4*^ (y**^ day) My brother, partner & I 
 waited upon Stephens & Brandon to see 
 
 13 
 
194 Courtship of [4"' mo. 
 
 Germantown & the falls of Skuylkill.^ 
 We returned about noon. Received a 
 Letter from my dear father in answer to 
 one I wrote wherein I had told him that 
 I had some hopes the affair at Stenton 
 would meet with all desirable success. 
 He tells me in answer to it that he is very 
 well pleased with it, and desires that such 
 a Blessing may be sanctyfied to me &c\ 
 Bids me to ask Hannah to give him leave 
 to provide her a fourwheel'd Chaise of the 
 best sort &c''. I wrote him, by bro'' Sam' 
 who returned this afternoon, a letter of 
 thanks. In the Evening W"" Logan & 
 I took a walk to the State house &c'', and 
 in our return called at his house, where we 
 found his wife & my dear Hannah just 
 come to town. Had there also some of 
 Jn° Churchman's'^ company who with other 
 friends began visiting families yesterday. 
 
 1 The falls of the Schuylkill River, in consequence of the con- 
 struction in 1 821 of a dam at Fairmount, three miles lower down 
 the river, are no longer visible. Their location, however, is marked 
 by a rock just below the Falls village. — Pa. Mag., XVI., 29. 
 
 '■^JoHN Churchman (i 705-1 775), a noted Quaker minister, of 
 Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. His wife was Marg.Tn-t 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 195 
 
 ^tu ^i«t j^y^ ^^g forenoon & afternoon 
 at the Bank meeting. Forenoon M. 
 Yarnal preached & pray'd, afternoon S. 
 Morris, Jn" Churchman & B. Trotter 
 preached. Had several friends' company 
 between the meetings. Was at the Eve- 
 ning meeting. ... I supped at I. 
 Pemberton's, then went to W"" Logan's, 
 where I had Hannah's company for some 
 time. She seems now ahiiost determined 
 to put the affair entirely off", which gives 
 me a great deal of pain. It was difficult 
 Enough to bear the doubts and fears I 
 had before I made suit, but now when I 
 thought I had rational Grounds to hope 
 I should gain her, to have now the afflict- 
 ing prospect of being deny'd, is abundantly 
 more so. 
 
 6**" (2** day) My mind to-day was so 
 melancholy & dull on the foregoing 
 account that I went very little out & did 
 but very little at home. 
 
 Brown, also a minister. They spent upwards of four years on a 
 religious visit to Great Britian. — Futhey and Cope, Hist. Chester 
 Co., Pa., 497. 
 
196 Courtship of [4*^ nio. 
 
 ^th ^^d j^yj Was at meeting. 
 S. Cox said a few words in prayer & J. C. 
 [John Churchman] preached again. I 
 spent the afternoon with the friends 
 appointed for Visiting the upper part of 
 the town, viz. M. Lightfoot, E. Catherall, 
 E. Pennock, Joyce Benezitt & Hannah 
 Parrock. We were at 5 famihes. . . 
 then the friends came & drank Tea with 
 me. I was Glad to see an openness & 
 freedom at the several families where we 
 visited, and thankful that Truth opened 
 suitable Council in every place. The 
 Remembrancer & opener of the Store 
 house & Treasury of Wisdom was cer- 
 tainly with the Ministers. I omitted 
 mentioning in its proper place that poor 
 P. [?] Chubb the latter end of last week 
 became delirious, supposed to be occasioned 
 by his having schemes for raising money 
 to fit out Ships of war to take the priva- 
 teers at the Cape &c* too much at heart, 
 & going about in hot days, drinking 
 hard & being without sleep &c\ On first 
 day he Jumped out of a window two Story 
 
^748] Hannah Logan 197 
 
 high & broke both his Legs & to-day I 
 understand he is in dangerous condition, 
 gth i^^th j^^yj ^^g Ijj^gy ^l^g forepart of 
 the day in posting our Company books. 
 Afternoon, I accompanied the same friends 
 (except Joyce, who was gone out of town) 
 to visit. We were at 5 famihes, Viz. — 
 Cha: West's, Jn° Jones', Rob' Wain's, the 
 Wid° Watson's & Ed'* James's. Michael 
 & Elizabeth had something very suitable 
 to say, one or both, at Every house. 
 
 ^th ^^th ^^^^ ^^g ^j. jneeting, w*'*' I 
 thought a very dull one. . . . Benj* 
 Hough was married. I staid & sign'd 
 the Certificate. Understanding that some 
 friends down town who think they have a 
 right to govern all Church Affairs, were 
 uneasy at my going with the friends visit- 
 ing families, pretending that they thought, 
 as Reports were gone abroad (tho' false) 
 that I had Contradicted the Testimony I 
 had bore against war, it would therefore 
 lessen the Credit of the Service &c'' — 
 though I saw that this was rash Judgement, 
 yet as I would neither give offence to Jew, 
 
198 Courtship of [4"' mo. 
 
 Gentile, and especially not to the Church, 
 I therefore avoided going with the friends 
 though much pressed by M. L. &c* thereto. 
 
 10*'' (6*'' day) Employed it [the day] 
 in reading Thomas Story's Journal, one 
 of which just arrived, being sent via Mary- 
 land from Christo: Wilson to I. P. In 
 the Evening took a turn with my partner 
 to the Point. 
 
 jjth ^^th jg^y^ Employed most of it 
 [the day] as yesterday. Supped at I. P. 
 jun'' with H. Logan, A. Benezitt & wife 
 did". Waited upon Hannah to her 
 brother's, & they being gone to Bed, had 
 her Company till after ten o'clock, and we 
 had together a good deal of melting Con- 
 versation, she being determined to put the 
 thing entirely off, but with much persuasion 
 I got a little Liberty for one other time 
 upon it, tho' she told me she could not 
 give me the least hope by putting it off 
 to a future time. 
 
 ^^tb ^^d ^^y^ Busy in writing &c*. In 
 the Evening took a walk with J. Crosby, 
 J. Kinsey, R. Hartshorne & Th" Crosby 
 
^74^] Hannah Logan 199 
 
 to G. Emlen jun™ little place w*"'' he calls 
 Lebanon.^ Were caught there in the 
 hardest Gust of Thunder, Lightning & 
 Rain that we have had this year. Got a 
 Ride home in J. C.'s Chariot. 
 
 14*'' (3'^ day) Was at meeting. 
 Tho* Brooks was married. I did not stay 
 to sign the Certificate because I did not 
 hear the young woman say one word. 
 J. C. came home & dined with me. 
 
 1 was with the friends at two of the 
 families they visited this afternoon, viz. 
 Ed"^ Evan's & S. Noble's. 
 
 1 5''' (4*^ ^^y) Had in the forenoon some 
 of John Churchman's comp^, who gave 
 me a pretty deal of Good Advice in open- 
 ness & freedom, & it was so received. 
 After dinner Rode to the Point with Jn" 
 Armitt & A. James, viewing our Meadows, 
 now covered with Swarths of grass mowed, 
 Grass standing & Cocks of hay. After- 
 ward we went to M. Chalkley's," where 
 
 ' Between the City and the Lower Ferry, near Israel Pemberton's 
 seat " Evergreen," and John Kinsey's " Plantation House." 
 2 Widow of Thomas Chalkley. 
 
2 00 Courtship of [4"' mo. 
 
 we eat plentifully of Extraordinary Cher- 
 ries called the Dutch Duke. 
 
 16"' (5"" day) Was at meeting. Daniel 
 Stanton preach'd, then David Basset was 
 married to the widow of David Ellwell. 
 I staid & sign'd the Certificate, as did 
 many other friends, the Couple speaking 
 Audibly & well. I drank Tea at John 
 Reynell's & J. Armitt's with some of the 
 agreeable fair Sex. Had my uncle Jos: 
 Noble & his wife's company to dinner, & 
 spent the Evening with them &c* at W° 
 Callender's. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Read part of Thomson's 
 Seasons.^ Was in the afternoon with the 
 fr*^^ visiting families at W"" Callender's & 
 E. Catherall's. At the first, Joyce, J. 
 Churchman & M. L. preached, and the 
 two last did so at Edward's. 
 
 jgth ^yth ^^y^ Went to see poor P. 
 Chubb, who seems in a hopeful way. 
 Spent some time at I. Pemberton's with 
 Several agreeable friends. 
 
 ^ James Thomson, " The Seasons," 2 vols. London, 1730-36 
 4°. [Brit. Mus. Cat.'] 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 201 
 
 2Qth ^^d ^^y-^ Read Thomson's Sea- 
 sons &C''. 
 
 2 J St ^^d (^2.y) Rode to the ferry with 
 Jn" Churchman on his return home. Came 
 back time enough & went to meeting. 
 In the evening I rode to Stenton 
 & had my dear Hannah's Company till 
 ten o'clock. Found her still in a disposi- 
 tion to defer the affair till sometime hence, 
 and desirous of my not making frequent 
 Visits untill she can see clearer whether it 
 is her place to accept my proposals or not, 
 w*''' as I perceived it would be agreeable to 
 her I consented to : and then we Conversed 
 together in a very Chearful & agreeable 
 manner. 
 
 22'^ (4*'' day) Had a good deal of 
 Hannah's Company this morning and an 
 opportunity of some conversation with her 
 father & mother separately. I Acquainted 
 them how the affair was circumstanced, & 
 the reasons for my not making Visits as 
 frequent as I could wish. They treated 
 me now as heretofore verv kindly & 
 Generously. I got home to dinner, & 
 
20 2 Courtship of [4*^ mo. 
 
 left Hannah in a much easier and pleas- 
 anter disposition than for some time 
 before, which gives me a great deal of solid 
 satisfaction. In the afternoon went to 
 Geo. Emlen's place with Jemmy Pember- 
 ton, where was W"" Logan's wife, J. Pole- 
 green & wife Scc^. 
 
 23^ (5*^ day) Was part of the Evening 
 at I. P. jun". Drew a Certificate for D. 
 Stanton. 
 
 24*'' (6*'' day) Was at our Mo: Meeting. 
 Fr: Harding pass'd the 2d time. The 
 Certificate for D. Stanton was approved 
 & signed with the alteration of one word 
 only. I was appointed with some other 
 friends a Trustee for the Lots &c'' belong- 
 ing to the meeting. Was in the Evening 
 at the burial of Hugh Fitzrandolph, a 
 young man lately come from E. Jersey to 
 live in town. 
 
 ^^th ^^th (^2.y) Read Thomson's 
 Sophonisba.^ 
 
 26"' (i'*day) Waited upon M. Light- 
 foot to Merrion. Stay'd some time at 
 
 'James Thomson, Sophonisba, a Tragedy. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 203 
 
 David George's. At the meeting Tho^ 
 Davie, Hannah Harrison & Michael 
 preach'd & Michael pray'd. We came 
 back & dined at D. George's, Soon after 
 dinner we had one of the greatest Gusts 
 of Rain, attended with most and sharpest 
 thunder & Lightning that ever I knew. 
 It held up so as that we got home in the 
 Evening without any other damage than 
 being pretty much mudded. Heard of a 
 Tree being split with the Lightening 
 between where we were & the ferry. 
 Several houses in town were likewise struck 
 & a Shallop lying a little below Gloucester 
 point were set on fire & burnt by it — but 
 no lives Lost. 
 
 27*'' (2** day) Spent some time in the 
 morning in sympathy with Ezekiel Fitz- 
 Randolph, who breakfasted with me & is 
 very sorrowful for the death of his hopeful 
 brother. Had afterwards the Company 
 of Haggit Peckover, who for some mis- 
 demeanor is obliged to leave Governour 
 Belcher's service. I talked to him very 
 closely & honestly about his misconduct. 
 
204 Courtship of [4*" mo- 
 
 de Laboured heartily to stir him up to seek 
 Repentance & Reformation, poor unhappy 
 Creature ! I wish the pains that his friends 
 take for & with him may have the desired 
 Effect, for his own and his Valuable father's 
 sake. I Employed part of the afternoon 
 in persuading Coz Nanny Smith to give 
 over the thought of going to Jamaica with 
 Capt. Arthur, which she had determined 
 upon, and I was happy Enough to succeed. 
 I spent the evening in visiting several 
 friends. 
 
 28*'' (3*^ day) Was at meeting, which I 
 believe was to others a very good one, 
 but poor I seemed, like the heath in the 
 desert not knowing when good comes. 
 M. Yarnal & D. Stanton preach'd & B. 
 Trotter pray'd. Had W'" Logan's com- 
 pany to dine with me. As 1 was sitting 
 at my door this afternoon I perceived a 
 Bricklayer who works at Building Capt. 
 Dower's house & his negro differing — 
 saw the master strike him, upon which the 
 negro ran down to the End of the wharf 
 & several after him. When he got there 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 205 
 
 he swore if his master struck him again 
 he would jump off & drown himself, which 
 the master unhappily doing, the fellow was 
 as good as his word, — jumped off & 
 perished before anybody could save him. 
 This affair Affected me very much. Had 
 in the Evening the company of the fr"^* 
 who are visiting families. 
 
 29*'' (4"" day) Busy in the forenoon. 
 After dinner 1 took. Capt. Dowers in my 
 Chair to the falls of Skuylkiil a-fishing. 
 We went in the rain, fished in the rain, & 
 came home in it. Caught but few. 
 
 ^Qth ^^th ^^yj Called in after meet- 
 ing at I. Pemberton's, & saw my friend 
 Hannah Logan there. Heard that Sophia 
 Hume is come to town. After dinner 
 Jn" Armit & I went to LP. jun""** & saw 
 her there. Was pleased with her Com- 
 pany. Then Jemmy Pemberton & I took 
 a walk to G. Mifflin's country place, where 
 we found some agreeable Girls, whom we 
 waited upon to town. Spent the Evening 
 at our fire company meeting, in more 
 debate than was profitable. 
 
2o6 Courtship of [s'^^o- 
 
 Fifth month. 
 
 j8t ^^th j^y^ ^2js, in the forenoon at I. 
 Pemberton's where I had some of dear 
 H. Logan's Company. In the afternoon 
 I went with the friends who are visiting 
 famihes to W"" & Thomas Fisher's, Jacob 
 Cooper & the wid° Owen's. At each of 
 the houses much wholesome advice & 
 counsel was given. I spent some time 
 to-day with the wid° Morris who hath been 
 ill some days. 
 
 2*^ (7"' day) Several of us Employd the 
 day in fishing. Had but poor success at it. 
 
 3*^ (i** day) I had David George & 
 Jemmy Logan to dine with me. 
 I went to the afternoon meeting, but was 
 obliged to leave it before it was done. 
 Being refreshed with some sleep 
 I went to the Evening meeting. 
 Found myself very ill to-night, — took 
 some Camomile Tea, which threw me into 
 a fine sweat, but I slept little. 
 
 4"' (2*^ day) I continued, tho' not quite 
 so bad, so unwell that I kept my bed 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 207 
 
 most of the day. Read the first Vol. of 
 Jos. Andrews.^ 
 
 5"' (3'' day) Found myself something 
 better. Went to meeting. . . . Had 
 M. Lightfoot & M. Yarnal to dine with 
 me. Was in the afternoon with the 
 friends at Sam* Shoemaker's. 
 
 6"' (4"' day) Employed part of the day 
 in reading in the writings of our Antient 
 & valuable friend William Smith, and 
 several chapters in the book of Job. 
 
 ytb ^^th ^i^y^ Francis Harding was 
 married. Sophia, E. White, J. Benezitt, 
 Rachel & Jemmy Pemberton came home 
 & dined with me. I went with the friends 
 visiting, having Sophia with us, but she 
 said nothing. We were at the widow 
 Elfreth's, the Wid" Durbrugh's, & at Paul 
 Krepner's. I drank Tea at Sam' Pennock's. 
 
 8*^ (6'*' day) Went to Merion Meeting, 
 which was very large. I think there were 
 
 1 " The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his 
 friend Mr. Abraham Adams," Henry Fielding's famous novel, 
 a typical specimen of the racy literature of the time. Sally Wister, 
 as she notes in her Diary of 1778, also read "Joe Andrews." 
 
2o8 Courtship of [5"' mo. 
 
 more people from town than I have ever 
 seen at a country meeting. ... I dined 
 at Hugh Evans's, with several other friends, 
 and spent sometime both before & after 
 at D. George's. Heard when I came home 
 of the death of poor Piall [?] Chubb. 
 
 ^tb ^^th j^^y^ ^^g jj^ ^.j^g morning at 
 the burial of P. Chubb, which was in our 
 Burying Ground. There was a large and 
 mixed number of people at it. . . . 
 After dinner several of us rode out with 
 Sam' Nottingham to Samuel Morris's, 
 where S. N., John Armitt, Jemmy Pem- 
 berton & I lodged to-night, & were very 
 kindly Entertained. 
 
 jQth (^jstj^j^y^ ^g gQ^ J.Q John Evans's 
 an hour before meeting time. The meet- 
 ing was large. . . . Jemmy & I, after 
 dining at John Evans's, set out for home, 
 Samuel & John intending to stay all night. 
 We called at James Logan's as did J. 
 Kinsey & several others, & drank Tea — 
 of my dear Hannah's making. 
 
 1 1*^ {^J day) I dined at Edw'' Cathrall's 
 with S. Nottingham, D. Stanton, A. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 209 
 
 Farrington, I. Pemberton &;c^ After 
 dinner we had a sitting there. Samuel 
 pray'd. I had the company of Different 
 Visitors in the afternoon. A. F., P. Fearn 
 & Jn" Woolman & Samuel Galloway 
 spent the evening with me, and the three 
 former Lodged at my house, being come 
 down to take their leaves of the friends 
 who are about to leave us. 
 
 j^th ^^d ^^y^ p^ Fearn dined with me, 
 & I had several friends' company in the 
 afternoon. I spent the Evening at J. 
 Armitt's, with my dear Hannah, Sam' 
 Nottingham & several other friends. 
 Samuel pray'd before supper. 
 
 13"' (4*^ day) Rode to Germantown 
 meeting, which was very large. I suppose 
 there was 30 Chaises & Chairs from town 
 there. . . . Many friends dining at 
 Stenton, I had the pleasure of dining with 
 dear Hannah at a side Table — which I 
 prefer to the most sumptuous & Exact 
 Entertainment without her. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Wrote several letters to 
 go by the friends. Was at meeting, which, 
 
 14 
 
2IO Courtship ot [5*^ mo. 
 
 being the parting one, was very large. 
 After dinner we had a sitting of a large 
 number of friends at I. Pemberton's, w^'^was 
 silent. Then we set out for Chester, I. P. 
 jun"" taking S. N. in his Chaise, and Daniel 
 rode with me in my partner's, which kept 
 us pretty dry. Several fr*^^ rode on horse- 
 back. We were at an appointed meeting 
 at Chester, which began about 6 o'clock. 
 
 1 5*'' (6*^' day) Took leave of the friends 
 at their going on board the Snow, P. 
 Draison M'', for Barbadoes, about 6 o'clock 
 in the morning. Then we returned home. 
 
 j^th ^yth j^y^ After dinner I rode to 
 Burlington to see my father, who hath been 
 some days indisposed, in comp^ with 
 Robert Smith, his son Daniel, & T. 
 Lightfoot. We went over the river to 
 Cooper's round by Coxe's bridge, & so 
 up the new unfinished road. Soon after 
 I got into my father's house a messenger 
 arrived from Amboy with a letter from 
 Capt Peal, advising that our Snow was 
 safe arrived at New York, and Imparting 
 the necessity of some immediate advice, 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 211 
 
 so that I determined to set out for thence 
 early in the morning — because to take 
 time to send for either of the other owners 
 would make a great delay. So I wrote to 
 my partner, Borrowed some linen of my 
 bro"" Samuel, & got ready for the Journey. 
 
 j^th (^j>^t(^ay) Set out with the messen- 
 ger that brought us the news — viz. Ezek 
 Fitzrandolph — about 6 o'clock in the 
 morning. Baited at Croswicks. Dined 
 at Cranbury, where there were a large 
 number of people, the worship of the 
 Presbyterians and Baptists being just con- 
 cluded. We Baited again at South river, 
 and got to Amboy before dark, w'^'' used 
 to be reckoned 50 miles, but by their 
 measuring it lately they find it to be but 
 47. I waited upon the Collector to see 
 if I could prevail upon him to Enter the 
 Vessel while she lay at New York, but he 
 would not do it unless she came over to 
 the Jersey shore. 
 
 18'^ (2** day) Set out for Amboy about 
 7, & getting a ready passage over the 
 narrows at Symond's ferrv I got to the 
 
2 12 Courtship of [5"* ^'^^■ 
 
 ferry upon Long Island opposite to York 
 about one. Got to the city soon after. 
 Went to a Tavern & called for some dinner. 
 While I was eating it saw Capt Peal & 
 Spencer going down to the wharf near where 
 I was, which I was very well pleased with, 
 since I did not know where to find either 
 of them. The wind and tide suiting, 
 we got a pilot & sent the Snow over to 
 the Hills, ordering the Captain after Entring 
 her at Amboy to bring her back again. 
 The reason of our Entering there is to 
 save the Tonnage, there being a law in 
 New York imposing a duty of ^2 '^, Ton 
 upon all Vessells entring from beyond 
 seas not owned there. James Burling 
 meeting with me was so kind as to Invite 
 me to take up my quarters at his house, 
 and I accepted it. Drank Tea at Spencer's 
 in the broadway in Company with a sister 
 of Lady Warren's, viz. Jn" Watts' wife,^ & 
 several other fine women. 
 
 1 Anne Watts, wife of 
 John Watts, of New York, 
 was a daughter of Stephen^ 
 DeLancey, a wealthy Huguenot merchant of New Work, by his 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 213 
 
 19*'' {f day) Walked about the City 
 pretty much. Took a great deal of pains 
 to get a wharf for the Vessel to unload at, 
 and at length got the promise of one. 
 The Captain returned with the Snow 
 before night, having entred & cleared at 
 Amboy. I dined to-day at Spencer's 
 upon a dinner drest after the french mode. 
 Drank Tea at my Lodgings. 
 
 20"' (4*^' day) Got the Vessel to the 
 wharf about lo o'clock, & begun to unload. 
 It being their meeting day, I invited my 
 Landlord's daughter Phebe to shew me 
 the way thither, & Joseph ShotwelP of 
 Woodbridge went with us. There was 
 but 4 people besides us — which I took 
 care to mention to some of the delinquents. 
 I dined to-day at Sam^ Burling's, & drank 
 Tea there. Received a letter from my 
 
 wife Ann, daughter of Stephen VanCortlandt, of Cortlandt Manor. 
 Mrs. Watts' sister, Susanna, married Sir Peter Warren, Admiral 
 of the British Navy. — Famous Families of N. Y. City, I., 91-2 ; 
 Mem. Hist., N. Y., passim ; Nat. Diet. Bio., LIX., 419. 
 
 ^Joseph Shotwell, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, a Friend 
 of Woodbridge Monthly Meeting. — A. M. Shotwell, Our Family 
 Annals, 1 49. 
 
2 14 Courtship of [5*^ mo- 
 
 partner advising of the arrival of Jane 
 Hoskins & Betty Hudson at Dublin &c''. 
 
 21'' (5''' day) We got out the remain- 
 der of our wines that were to be landed, 
 there being in all 83, & should have done 
 it soon, but our people had imprudently 
 stowed some of them in the ground floor. 
 I dined to-day & drank Tea at Samuel 
 Bound's. Spent the Evening at Henry 
 Haydock's. 
 
 22*^ (6*^ day) I spent some time to-day, 
 as I had once before done, with Edw** 
 Burling, who hath been some time Bed- 
 ridden & helpless, witnessing the Evil day 
 to become wherein there is no pleasure. 
 
 The Captain Collected the freight 
 money & I laid it out in Bills of Exchange. 
 Dined & drank Tea at my lodgings, took 
 leave of my kind friends, & left New York 
 about 4 o'clock. Got to Amboy about 
 10, which is computed 25 miles, and I 
 was indeed a full hour at the ferry at the 
 Narrows, besides what I was at the two 
 other ferries. Waited upon the Collector 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 215 
 
 and paid him his fees. Lodged at Rich'* 
 Fitzrandolph's. 
 
 23'' {f^ day) Left Amboy about 6 
 o'clock. After I had got over South river 
 bridge I took the Left hand road instead 
 of the right, and rode near Ten miles out 
 of my way. However, I got to Cranbury, 
 & dined there. Baited at Croswicks, & 
 got to Burlington about 8 o'clock. Found 
 friends all well. 
 
 24*'' (i'* day) Being pretty much tired 
 I staid at Burlington to rest myself. Was 
 at both meetings. . . , Governor 
 Belcher drank Tea with us at Bro. Samuel's. 
 I spent some time in the Evening with 
 Jenny Large, who came to-day from 
 Buckingham, and hath been some time in 
 a very low. Afflicted state of mind. In 
 waiting upon God together some things 
 sprung fresh in my mind, as that saying 
 of Job in his distress, " Though thou kill 
 me, yet will I trust in thee," and that 
 Comfortable Expression in one of the 
 prophets, " Though I have hid my face 
 from thee for a moment, yet with Ever- 
 
2i6 Courtship of [s*"" mo. 
 
 lasting kindness will I remember thee," 
 with some observations upon them which 
 I communicated to her. She seemed to 
 be much relieved thereby, — may the praise 
 be given to him who when he shutteth 
 none can open, and when he openeth none 
 can shut. 
 
 25^^ (a** day) Left Burlington about 6, 
 and got home about 10. Found friends 
 in general well, and my partners well satis- 
 fied with my management of the business 
 I had been about. Spent some time in 
 the afternoon in visiting my friends. 
 Drank Tea at J. Reynell's and at I. P. 
 jun""** with So: Hume &c^ 
 
 26"* {2'^ day) Was at meeting. . . . 
 This was to me a peculiarly good meeting. 
 I waited in it for a sence whether it would 
 be suitable for me to renew my visits to 
 dear Hannah Logan ; and in my waiting 
 my mind was filled with sweetness, and 
 enlarged in pure Love & a particular open- 
 ness & freedom, so that I determined in 
 the affirmative. Had Israel Pemberton 
 
^748] Hannah Logan 217 
 
 & his wife & Jemmy, W. Logan & his 
 wife to dine with me. 
 
 In the evening I rode to Stenton. 
 Hannah & her mother were not at home, 
 but soon came, and my dearest Creature 
 received me with a decent agreeable 
 freedom, & we conversed together with 
 solid delight & pleasure. I retired to rest 
 in the arms of Mercy, my soul ascending 
 in praise & Gratitude to the Great Healer 
 of breaches & Restorer of paths to dwell in. 
 
 Had my dear Hannah's company sev- 
 eral hours, and received the fullest Assur- 
 ances of a Reciprocal Love & Tenderness. 
 Our conversation was in boundless Confi- 
 dence, and with the most perfect Harmony 
 our Souls seem'd entirely knit and united 
 together, and we jointly breathed that the 
 Eternal One might bless us in a sacred 
 and indissoluble tye, & might make us 
 one another's Joy in him. We had the 
 pleasure to reflect that we had a true 
 regard to his fear, & sought his direction 
 & Blessing above all other consideration 
 in this affair, and to consider that the 
 
2i8 Courtship of [5'' mo. 
 
 Good hand had sanctify'd all our diffi- 
 culties and fears, and given us a Liberty to 
 Love one another without reserve. May 
 we both forever Lean upon his Eternal 
 Arm, and O may I, who am doubly obli- 
 gated by this fresh instance of his match- 
 less mercy, make it the principal Study 
 and Endeavour of my Life to please and 
 serve him who hath dealt thus bountifully 
 with me. I proposed our going to the 
 next monthly meeting, both to Hannah 
 & her mother, & they took till to-morrow 
 Evening to Consider it. I got home to 
 dinner, & spent some time after at W"" 
 Logan's. 
 
 ^gth ^^th ^^y^ jj^ ^j^g Evening rode to 
 Stenton, but the old Gentlewoman's rea- 
 sons against going to-morrow were so 
 strong that I was obliged to submit to 
 them. Had however my dear Hannah's 
 company till 9 o'clock in the freest and 
 most agreeable manner ; then W. Logan 
 & I rode home together. My father came 
 to town to-day, w*"'' was the reason I 
 returned to night. 
 
174S] Hannah Logan 219 
 
 29*'' (6*'* day) Attended our monthly 
 meeting, w*^'^ was but small. ... A cer- 
 tificate was sign'd for S. Nottingham to 
 
 Wellinborough in , the place of his 
 
 abode, and one of removal for Rob: 
 Minshall to Darby. I was appointed one 
 of the Representatives to the Quarterly 
 meeting. 
 
 ^Qth (^jth ^^y-j Hd.d A. Farrington's & 
 several other frd*" company, who are come 
 to the Ou. meeting. 
 
 31'* (i'* day) Wrote a Letter to S. 
 Nottingham, J. Ashton. Was morning 
 and afternoon at Bank. 
 
 Sixth mojith. 
 
 i^* (2^ day) Attended our Quarterly 
 meeting, w*"'' was very large. . . . The 
 meeting of business held till near 5 o'clock, 
 occasioned by the request of Merion and 
 Abington monthly meeting that the rule 
 which prohibits a man from marrying his 
 wife's first Cousin might be carried up to 
 the Yearly Meeting to be reconsidered. 
 This caused a long debate, and it was at 
 length concluded to refer it back to the 
 
2 20 Courtship of [6'' mo. 
 
 monthly meetings that they might further 
 consider of it before it is carried up. 
 
 2'* (3'* day) My brother Sam' & Sister 
 Betty came down to-day, & I had theirs 
 & Stephen Onion's comp^ to dinner. 
 Supped at Israel Pemberton's with dear 
 Hannah Logan, whom I waited upon to 
 her brother's, where I had her choice 
 company in private till near 1 1 o'clock, 
 and we enjoyed one another in a free, 
 cheerful manner. 
 
 3** (4*^ day) My father returned home 
 with A. Farrington. I took some pains 
 to persuade poor Haggit Peckover to go 
 home in Smyter [?] and he at length agreed 
 to do so. Then I went and provided him 
 with a Bed &c''. I wrote letters to Elias 
 Bland, I. Greenleaf & Tho^ Gawthrop to 
 go ^ Smyter [?] who sails to-morrow. 
 
 4"' (5*'* day) Employ 'd the afternoon 
 at I. P. jun""' with him, M. Lightfoot & 
 Antho: Morris in looking & reading 
 over a piece which Sophia Hume intends 
 to print. Spent the Even^ & sup'd at 
 W™ Logan's with my dear Hannah, whose 
 
 I 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 221 
 
 company I had also for some time, — the 
 Balm that sweetens Life. 
 
 Our Snow Prince William came up to- 
 day. I was this morning at the burial of 
 Jos: Govett. 
 
 ^th ^^th j^^y^ Busy in getting our Snow 
 unloaded. Drank Tea at I. P. jun""^ with 
 Sophia Hume, M. Lightfoot, W" Brown 
 &c^ Had Sally Morris & Mary Armitt 
 to spend the Evening with my sister at 
 my house. 
 
 ^th ^^th j^y-^ jyjy sister returned home. 
 I drank Tea at Israel Pemberton's, & 
 spent some time at the widow Morris's & 
 J. Armitt's &c''. 
 
 f" (i^'day) Was at the Bank fore- 
 noon & afternoon. In the first Sarah 
 Banks spoke, Eliza Stephens preached, 
 Sarah pray'd & H. Hulford preached. 
 . . . Then went to the burial of Rich** 
 Armitt, who died suddenly last night of a 
 fit of the Asthma. I help'd twice to 
 carry the Corps, & I think it was the 
 heaviest that I ever felt ; my shoulder was 
 made verv sore by it. Was at the Even^ 
 
222 Courtship of [6*'' mo. 
 
 meeting. The Shoemaker Lad pray'd & 
 Sarah Banks spoke twice. 
 
 8"' (2** day) Employed the forenoon 
 in selHng some of our wines, and the 
 afternoon with the friends at I. P. jun" 
 upon So: Hume's Treatise. In the Eve- 
 ning visited at the Wid. Morris's, & found 
 Sally & my dear Hannah just returned 
 from [?] Cooper's &c'\ Waited upon 
 Hannah to her brother's. 
 
 ^th ^^d j^y^ Was at meeting. M. Light- 
 foot preach'd & pray'd. Spent the after- 
 noon as yesterday. Rode in the Even^ to 
 Stenton, & spent the time to my very 
 great satisfaction, and I hope to Hannah's. 
 We conversed together upon the highest, 
 as well as lower objects, in a pleasant and 
 open manner, & Embraced each other in 
 pure Love & perfect Confidence. And 
 Greater Temporal happiness cannot be ! 
 O my Soul, forever Bow before the Blessed 
 Dispenser of all Good in deep thankful- 
 ness & Reverence, for thus highly favour- 
 ing of thee — 
 
 And in a true & faithful friend 
 Hath doubled all my store. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 223 
 
 10*'' (4"' day) Had some of my 
 Charmer's sweet Company & Conversation, 
 & returned home to dinner. Employed 
 the remainder of the day in business & 
 spent the Evening alone — having lost a 
 great part of the relish I used to have for 
 other company beside my dear Hannah's, 
 now I know the value of hers. 
 
 II*'' (5"' day) Was at meeting, but 
 being hindered by business was late. Old 
 John Wright was preaching when I went 
 in, and held it sometime after ; then Sarah 
 Morris preached, and our Antient friend 
 Eliz* Evans pray'd. Spent some time 
 after at W" Logan's, who kindly informed 
 me that his mother &c* intended to go 
 a-fishing to-morrow morning &c% and I 
 immediately concluded in my mind to 
 make one of the company, but the fear 
 of disobliging my Hannah gave me a 
 good deal of uneasiness. Spent the Eve- 
 ning alone at home. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y>^ J j.Q|^g jj^ ^YiQ morning 
 to the falls of Skuylkill. Found there 
 my dear Hannah fishing at some distance 
 
2 24 Courtship of [6*' mo. 
 
 from the rest of the company, so that I 
 had an opportunity to make an Apology 
 for my coming — which she very gener- 
 ously received, and I had the pleasantest 
 day in fishing that I ever Employed that 
 way before. Waited as much as I was 
 capable upon my Hannah & her mother 
 & we caught some fish, part of w*^'' the 
 Old Gentlewoman & Jemmy took home 
 with them to dinner, & the remainder we 
 — i.e. W"" Logan & his wife, my Charmer 
 & I — took with us to John Roberts's,^ 
 who kindly invited us to his house. We 
 dined there, took a nap of sleep, & 
 returned to our diversion. Caught enough 
 to take to Stenton for supper, & got safe 
 there about 7. I had my dear Hannah's 
 blessed company till 12, and we never had 
 a more agreeable time together : — I do not 
 mean to the senses altogether, but pleasure 
 to the mind, being mutually favoured with 
 a degree of the heart-melting Love of God, 
 which cemented us together and made us 
 
 ^ This was probably the John Roberts who was hanged in 1778 
 for rendering assistance to the British. — Sharpless, Quakers in the 
 Revolution, 193. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 225 
 
 one in him — praised be his most Glorious 
 name ! Great and marvellous are his 
 works, Tender and kind his dealings ! 
 He hath done more for me inwardly & 
 outwardly than ever I could have asked 
 or thought. May I always ascribe the 
 honour to him that ruleth on high, & 
 whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. 
 13*^ (7*^ day) Was Busy in the morn- 
 ing. W"" Logan & I having got home 
 about 7 o'clock, had Peter Fearn & 
 Anthony Benezitt to dine with me. The 
 latter, after dinner with E. Cathrall, went 
 with me to see Conradus Matthew,^ an 
 Antient Hermit who lives in a lone house 
 about 7 miles from town on Wischickin 
 road, and has done so above 30 years, 
 having taken possession of that house 
 upon the death of Kelpius, a learned man 
 who lived some years there in the same 
 
 1 Conrad MatthAi (1678-1748), one of the last of the 
 Pietists, or mystic Hermits, of the Wissahickon, near Germantown. 
 He was a native of Switzerland and came to Pennsylvania in 1 704 
 to join the Kelpius settlement. With the death of the latter, in 
 1708, the community declined, and soon Matthai alone remained, 
 leading a life of religious seclusion until his death in 1748. — Sachse, 
 Pietists, 388-401 J Chronicon Ephretense, passim. 
 15 
 
2 26 Courtship of [6'' mo. 
 
 recluse manner. Conrad is a Svvitzer by 
 birth, but talks English intelligibly. We 
 found him in pretty good health. When 
 he understood that I was the Author of 
 the Answer to G. Tennent's sermon &c* 
 he expressed a great deal of Gladness to 
 see me, saying his mind has been often 
 with me, and that he thanked God for 
 giving me his Grace in that service &c'^. 
 We had a pretty deal of religious Converse 
 together, but I did not now or when I 
 formerly visited him find that depth of 
 Experience in religion which might be 
 Expected in one that hath so long pro- 
 fessed to withdraw his mind from all other 
 objects to be fixed on that alone. 
 
 We went from thence to Stephen 
 Benezitt's ^ at Germantown, & the Old 
 Gentleman was glad to see us. We drank 
 Tea with him & returned home. On the 
 way met Daniel Mackanat, who informed 
 us that Capt Mesnard was arrived from 
 London, which piece of good news gave 
 me a great deal of pleasure. Soon after 
 
 * Father of Anthony Benezet. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 227 
 
 I got home I went to Isr' Pemberton's, 
 & found my Uncle Large there in good 
 health, & father fresher than when he left 
 us. He with P. Fearn &c'' came home & 
 Lodged with me. Found by our Letters, 
 that we have a Cargoe on board of about 
 ^iioosterl" — and I have sundry agree- 
 able things for my own use. 
 
 14*^ (i"' day) Was up early in the 
 morning. Uncle Large & P. Fearn setting 
 out for Burlington. Went to the Bank 
 meeting, which I thought would have been 
 a good one if the Life had not been 
 preach'd away. Sam^ Pennock, the Shoe- 
 maker Lad & Abraham Mors spoke, & 
 Sarah Cox pray'd. Spent the afternoon 
 with William Logan at his house. Read 
 there a Sermon of D"" Watts's, & had a 
 little of a young man's ^ company who is 
 come for a Latin School-master for 
 Friends' free school. 
 
 15*** (2** day) Was busy in looking 
 over our Letters, Invoices &c''. In the 
 Evening rode to Stenton, took with me a 
 
 • Robert Willan. 
 
2 28 Courtship of [6"' mo. 
 
 plan of the damage done by the fire in 
 London, & Gave to the Old Gentleman, 
 & the magazines for March and April, 
 which I left with Hannah, whose dear and 
 most acceptable Company I had till past 
 1 1 o'clock, and the time seem'd too short 
 to say the many things which occurred in 
 so delightful a scituation. An intimate, 
 sociable and perfectly free conversation 
 with a woman of Good sense, and Good 
 nature, and both temper'd and Govern'd 
 by Religion, is certainly the greatest Tem- 
 poral happiness that a man can possibly 
 Enjoy, and my being thus highly Blessed 
 makes me sometimes reflect with wonder 
 and Amazement, Good God, what am I 
 that thou has thus mark'd me out for one 
 of the happiest of thy Creation ! I often 
 see myself an object so low, & w"'' hath 
 frequently run so retrograde to thy will, 
 that I am unworthy of the least of thy 
 favours, and yet how art thou multiplying 
 and heaping thy kindness upon my head ! 
 No works of mine have ever merited any- 
 thing of thee but wrath & Condemnation : 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 229 
 
 — this display then of Love is meer 
 mercy, free Lovingkindness. O may my 
 hfe be one Continual return of Gratitude 
 for so much Overflowing of kindness & 
 Benignity ! 
 
 1 6"" {2'^ day) Returned home to break- 
 fast, & was busy in getting our store in 
 order to receive the goods p"" Mesnard. 
 My partner having very sore Eyes 
 occasion'd my close attention to business 
 to be necessary. However, went to meet- 
 ing. Margaret Holland, B. Trotter & 
 Eliz. Stephens & Marg* again spoke. I 
 Employ'd the afternoon very diligently 
 in opening and marking Goods &c'*. 
 
 morning, & stuck very close to opening, 
 marking and selling Goods all day. Had 
 in the Evening my father's & Robert 
 Willan's^ &c'' Company. 
 
 ^ Dr. Robert Willan, unmarried, brought a certificate of 
 removal from Scarborough Monthly Meeting, Yorkshire, England, 
 to Philadelphia, in 1748. He came over to take charge of the 
 Friends' School, now the William Penn Charter School. — Myers, 
 Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 112. 
 
230 Courtship of [6*^ mo. 
 
 jgth ^^th j^y^ Employ'd as yesterday. 
 Had in the Evening the company of 
 several Valuable frd^, viz. my father, W™ 
 Morris, Jos: Noble, I. Pemberton jun'" &c^ 
 
 19"' (6*'' day) Was very busy in the 
 store, my partner's disorder continuing, 
 but Jemmy Logan being in town, & to 
 return about noon to Stenton, I took time 
 enough to write a few lines to my dear 
 Hannah acquainting her that I often 
 remembred her &c% and with the grateful 
 disposition I am in towards the Great 
 Original & her as the Instrument of the 
 present happy & easy scituation of mind 
 that I am in &c''. 
 
 My father returned home this morning 
 & Robt. Willan went with him. In the 
 Evening I visited at Israel Pemberton's, 
 both he and Jemmy being unwell. This 
 is the only time I have been lower than 
 Arch street since First-day. 
 
 ^Qth ^^th ^^y^ Employ'd the forenoon 
 very industriously in business. In the 
 afternoon W"" Logan & I rode to our 
 plantations at the Point. 
 
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 Letter of John Smith to Hannah Logan 
 
 Photographed from the original manuscript 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 231 
 
 2j«t (^i^t^^^y^ Read in D"" Jer: Taylor's^ 
 imitation of Christ. Went to the Bank 
 meeting, w*^*" was to me a very good one, 
 being favored therein with a sense of the 
 pure Love of God drawing my Soul to him 
 in admiration of his tender & most mer- 
 ciful dealings with me, and in praise and 
 fervent thanksgiving to his high & holy 
 name for all his mercies &c^ 
 
 22'^ (2'' day) Was busy in the forenoon. 
 In the afternoon I had the company of 
 several relations. In the evening I rode 
 to Stenton, and found the Old Gentleman 
 very unwell with Rheumatic pains, and 
 Jemmy continuing very weak &c^ How- 
 ever, my Hannah being well I had her 
 Endearing company till past lo o'clock in 
 an affectionate & free Conversation, con- 
 cluding as we generally do in a Religious 
 Solid & Edifying manner. 
 
 2jd ^^d (^ay^ f^a^^ a pretty deal of 
 Conversation with Sarah Logan upon my 
 affair, pressing to go to the next monthly 
 
 •Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, and of Dro- 
 
 more, Ireland. 
 
232 Courtship of [6'^ mo. 
 
 meeting, but found the present indis- 
 position of the family & some other diffi- 
 culties being in her way, and she being of 
 opinion that every thing might be made 
 easy by the next after, submitted to defer 
 it till then. I also acquainted the Old 
 Gentleman that I Expected to succeed &c% 
 and had my dear friend's company till 
 about 1 1 o'clock ; then Rode home. Had 
 M. Yarnal, Coz. Mary Smith &c^ to dine, 
 and M. Lightfoot &c'' to drink Tea with 
 me. 
 
 From 6*'' Mo. 24*\ 4*^ day, to 6*'^ Mo. 
 2y^^, I was so busy that I did not keep 
 my Journal regular. 
 
 26'^' (6'^ day) Was at our mo: meeting. 
 Nat' Parr pass'd the second time. 
 I was appointed with E. Cathrall to pre- 
 pare a Certificate to New Garden for John 
 Hutton ^ & his wife & their son Thomas. 
 
 'John Hutton, son of Thomas Hutton, of Killeagh, County 
 Cavan, Ireland, came to Pennsylvania about 1724, and in that year 
 married Sarah, daughter of Michael Lightfoot, of New Garden, 
 Chester County. — Myers, Immigration of the Irish Quakers into 
 Pennsylvania, 332, passim; Futhey and Cope, Hist. Chester Co , 
 Pa., 609. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 233 
 
 We, with Jer^ Elfreth, were also appointed 
 to Visit John Clifton and Endeavour to 
 Convince him of the Evil of his ways 
 or prepare a Testimony against 
 him. There were in this meeting some 
 unwarrantable heats, out of which the 
 Lord preserved me, and kept my mind 
 in its own proper Exercise. In the after- 
 noon I wrote a letter to my dear friend 
 Hannah Logan which I sent by her sister. 
 
 27*'' (7"* day) Understanding in the 
 morning that Jemmy Logan was worse, I 
 rode to see him. Found him in a very low, 
 weak condition, but I hope in a way of 
 recovery. Came home to dinner, having 
 Coz. Nanny & several other relations to 
 dine with me, with whom I drank Tea 
 at Callender's. 
 
 ^gth ^jst ^^y^ Rode in the morning to 
 Burlington, and was at both of their meet- 
 ings. In the first Uncle Large preach'd ; 
 in the afternoon Jn° Sytres [?] & M. 
 Lightfoot preach'd & Jacob Andrews 
 pray'd. Visited several fr'^^ Found poor 
 Jenny Large continues in a very distressed 
 
2 34 Courtship of [6"* mo. 
 
 Scituation of mind, which exceedingly 
 Affected me. 
 
 29**" (2^^ day) Was at BurHngton 
 Quarterly Meeting. Sarah Murfin & M. 
 Lightfoot preach'd. Some debate was 
 occasioned by an Irregular minute from 
 Chesterfield mo: meeting, upon which I 
 had something to say, that I hope had 
 a little service. 
 
 30"' (3'' day) After dinner several of 
 us left Burlington, & when we got to 
 Poquessin, the Company not caring to 
 ride so fast as I inclined to, I left them & 
 Crossing from Frankfort Got to Stenton 
 about 7 o'clock. Found Jemmy a little 
 better. Had my dear Hannah's company 
 till 10 o'clock, and I sat up the remainder 
 of the night with Jemmy. 
 
 31'' (4^'' day) After sleeping about an 
 hour & breakfasting at Stenton I returned 
 home. My father Scc"^ came down to-day. 
 Several of us dined & drank Tea at E. 
 Cathrall's. Capt. Rankin came up to-day 
 & brought us a Cargo of above One 
 thousand pound Sterl" Value from Liver- 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 235 
 
 pool. Heard that Conrad Matthew the 
 Hermit died yesterday. 
 
 Seventh month. 
 I*' Was at meeting. . . . Nathan' 
 Parr was married. I did not stay to sign 
 the Certificate because 1 did not hear the 
 young woman speak one word. Spent 
 some time after meeting at Wm. Logan's. 
 
 3*' Rose at 5 o'clock, and was very 
 closely Employ 'd in business all day. In 
 the Evening I rode to Stenton, found 
 some of the family unwell, but was cheer- 
 fully received by my dear Hannah, whose 
 very Engaging & sweet Company I had 
 till near 1 1 o'clock. 
 
 4*^ Had some Conversation with the 
 Old Gentleman, not very much to my 
 satisfaction. He pretends to be sorry that 
 he has given me Consent, though he had 
 heretofore been so Explicit in declaring his 
 approbation of my proposals, nor could I 
 get him to give me any reasons for a 
 change in his sentiments. I however 
 comfort myself with a Consciousness of 
 his Integrity, & make some allowance for 
 
236 Courtship of [7 
 
 *^mo. 
 
 his Age & forgetfulness. Had some of 
 his dear daughter's blessed Company, for 
 whose sake I could endure any thing. 
 
 Returned home about 1 1 o'clock. Soon 
 after Capt. Lawson arrived from London, 
 with whom came passengers, the widow 
 Teal ^ & her daughter, who were recom- 
 mended to me by Gov'" Belcher, & accord- 
 ingly sent me a note advising thereof, 
 upon which I went on board the ship & 
 conducted them, with Capt. Jasson [?], 
 another passenger, to my house. Had 
 their company to dinner. Left them 
 while I went to the afternoon meeting at 
 the Bank. M. Yarnal preached, S. Morris 
 pray'd & B. Trotter spoke. 
 
 Waited upon the Gentlewomen to view 
 the town, and their dress being a little 
 peculiar, occasion'd them to be very much 
 noticed. Found by our Letters that we 
 have Goods to the amount of near J^iooo 
 St^, which, with those we had before, will 
 be more than we shall readily sell. 
 
 1 The fiancee of Governor Belcher. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 237 
 
 5*^ Had Capt. Lawson to dinner with 
 his passengers, who being principal Owner 
 of the Ship, and a stranger here, desired 
 us to Accept of the Care of his Palatines 
 &c% which we consented to, and I waited 
 upon Dr. Graeme^ and Dr. Bond to get to 
 go on board to view the ship, but it raining 
 too hard we deferred it till to-morrow. I 
 yesterday sent a messenger to Acquaint 
 Gov"" Belcher of the Lady's arrival, and 
 this day received a Letter from him, 
 acquainting me with his thanks for my 
 
 1 Dr. Thomas Graeme (i 688-1 772 ), of a gentle Scotch family, 
 was born at the family seat at Balgowan, in Perthshire, and came 
 to Pennsylvania in 1717. He located in Philadelphia and became 
 
 the chief physician 
 there. He was 
 
 ,^^.^„„._, 
 
 of the Provincial 
 Council in 1726, 
 and a Justice of the Supreme Court in I 731. He was one of the 
 physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital, from i75itoi753. In 
 1 719, he was married to Ann, daughter of Robert Diggs, and 
 step-daughter of Sir William Keith, Baronet, then Governor of 
 Pennsylvania. He succeeded to Governor Keith's estate of 
 Graeme Park, near the present town of Hatborough, and lived 
 there in great state. The old stone mansion at Graeme Park, 
 built in 1 721, by Sir William Keith, is still preserved. — Keith, 
 Councillors, 159; Buck MSS. 
 
238 Courtship of [?*' mo- 
 
 care, &c% and that he intended to marry 
 the Widow, &c'\ 
 
 6"' At the Request of the Gentle- 
 women I procured a boat & four Oars & 
 waited upon them to Burhngton. The 
 wind being fair up & having our sail 
 we made our passage in 3 hours. The 
 Governour received us very kindly, & 
 appeared Exceedingly pleased with his 
 Company. I stopt [to] see my father's 
 family, & set off about one. Got home 
 before dark, leaving my Guests with the 
 Governour. 
 
 y^^ Busy in selling Palatines ^ & other 
 affairs, which in the Evening I willingly 
 left for the sake of my dear Hannah's 
 Company, w"'' I had at Stenton till 11 
 o'clock in a f [ree]dom perfectly Engaging. 
 
 10*'' In the Evening I rode to Stenton. 
 Was taken at supper with a fit of the ague, 
 which continued about an hour, & then 
 
 1 The Palatines were German immigrants from the Palatinate in 
 the Rhine Valley. Many of them were so poor that they had to 
 sell themselves into temporary servitude to defray the expense of 
 their passage to Pennsylvania. They were then called redemptioners. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 239 
 
 came on a very hot fever, which held me 
 all night, 
 
 11"' My fever continued all day, and 
 I was very ill, but the careful nursing of 
 my Good friend Sarah & my dear 
 Hannah's company & kind Sympathy 
 helped to make it tolerable. 
 
 1 2*'' Sent Last night for Dr. Moore, & he 
 came to-day & administered some powders 
 to break the fever. Honest Marget Ellis 
 happening here came in, preached & 
 pray'd by my bedside, nobody being 
 present but my dear Hannah. 
 
 13"' I had a clear Intermission to-day, 
 & this Evening took 6 doses of Bark. 
 Was capable of a little conversation with 
 my friends, and had their company in a 
 very pleasant manner, and some of my 
 dear Hannah's in a very solid Edifying 
 frame. 
 
 14"' My fever returned to-day with 
 great Violence. ... I received in it 
 sundry marks of my Dear Hannah's 
 tenderness. 
 
240 Courtship of [7* 
 
 mo. 
 
 j^th My fever Left me in the night. 
 . . . Had a good deal of dear Hannah's 
 precious Company, & think this illness 
 has been a means of uniting us in a more 
 near and Affectionate oneness than ever. 
 
 18*'' Went down stairs to see the Old 
 Gentleman, who received me freely & told 
 me he was glad of my recovery, &c''. 
 Had a good deal of Hannah's very 
 Engaging Company. 
 
 19*'' Taking an Affectionate leave of 
 my very kind friends I returned home in 
 the four wheel'd Chaise, accompanied by 
 Jemmy Logan. Was a little tired with 
 the ride. 
 
 21'* Read in T[homas] Story's Jour- 
 nal and H [enry] Fielding's Miscellanies. 
 
 23*^ After dinner I rode up in my 
 partner's Chaise to Stenton. Found 
 Hannah had walked to Germantown. 
 Sent the Chaise for her, & had her sweet 
 Company till 1 1 o'clock, in most Engag- 
 ing Conversation. 
 
 24*^ I waited upon the Old Gentleman 
 to request his Consent to our proposing 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 241 
 
 our marriage to the next monthly meeting, 
 but he told me he could not Consent yet, 
 which disappointment flustered me a good 
 deal, but as I could not get his reasons for 
 it I was Obliged to be Content. Had i 
 or 3 hours Endearing conversation with 
 his daughter afterwards, which cheared 
 and raised my spirits, that were before very 
 Low. I carried up this time my Common- 
 place book & left with her. Returned 
 home to dinner. 
 
 27*'' I spent some time with several 
 fi-'^s at Wm. Logan's. Sarah took a walk 
 with me into the Garden, & told me there 
 that she found her husband had some 
 reasons against our going to the next 
 monthly meeting, but any time after he 
 would be quite Easy, upon which I thanked 
 her for her friendship, & told her I had 
 much rather wait his time than give him 
 any uneasiness, &c*. Drank Tea at W. 
 Callender's, with the Wardells Sec". Spent 
 some time in the Evening at L Pember- 
 ton's with our worthy friends Grace Lloyd, 
 Sophia Hume, &c% then went to W°' 
 
 16 
 
242 Courtship of [7*'' mo. 
 
 Logan's, where I had some of my dear 
 Hannah's precious Company in free and 
 familiar Conversation. 
 
 30"' A subscription being promoted 
 for defraying the charges of printing our f '"^ 
 Sophia Hume's books, friends came pretty 
 readily into it. I subscribed ^2-10. . . . 
 
 I rode in the Evening to Stenton. Was 
 very much fatigued with the ride, but my 
 dear Hannah's Company was so precious 
 a Balsam that it seemed to restore strength 
 to me, so that I sat up with her till past 
 1 1 o'clock, and was then much livelier and 
 better than I had been any time in the 
 day. We Conversed together in as near 
 & agreeable a manner, if not more so, 
 than we ever did before, for the Encrease 
 of which dear, Invaluable, & Inseparable 
 Union, O God make me forever truly 
 thankful ! 
 
 I acknowledged my Obligations to J. 
 Logan for his kind message by his wife, 
 & he seemed to be in a sociable dispo- 
 sition. 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 243 
 
 Eighth month. 
 
 i'* Having had an hour's agreeable 
 conversation with my Dear Hannah I 
 returned home before noon. After dinner 
 I went to the Election & gave in my Vote, 
 then visited at Antho: Benezitt's, where 
 were several agreeable friends. Robt 
 Willan came home & spent the Even^ 
 with me. Understood that the same 
 
 Assembly men are [ ?] Except O. 
 
 Peel in the room of T. Leech, the latter 
 being intended to be put up for a Burgess. 
 Wm. Callender was chose Commissioner. 
 
 4*'' After dinner I rode to Stenton. 
 Had my dear Hannah's Interesting Comp^ 
 the Evening and till past lo o'clock. 
 
 5*"" After some sweet Conversation 
 with my Hannah the Old Gentleman 
 called me to do some writing, telling me 
 with a very pleasant air that if I did not 
 my Spouse that was to be must. And I as 
 pleasantly thanked him for the Expression 
 and told him I would do it to save her 
 the trouble. It took me about an hour. 
 I then accompanied my Charmer & her 
 
244 Courtship of [8"' mo. 
 
 mother down the Lane, & we parted at 
 the Gate, they going to their meeting & 
 I homeward. 
 
 Called at Fairhill to Enquire how Isaac 
 Norris is, he having been ill of a fever. 
 His sister Debby acquainted me that he 
 had mist his fit, but did not Invite me up 
 to see him. 
 
 9^'' ( i^* day) Rode to Stenton, & carried 
 with me the good news of Mary Pember- 
 ton's being this morning delivered of a son. 
 Then waited upon the friends to German- 
 town meeting, where Sally Morris preached 
 choicely. Waited upon those friends back 
 to Stenton, and dined & spent the after- 
 noon agreeably with them, & the Evening 
 till past lO in a most Delightful Scituation, 
 being in the most free and Intimate Con- 
 versation with my dear Hannah. I think 
 Beneficent Heaven favours us when to- 
 gether with a greater degree of sweetness 
 and union than I could heretofore have 
 thought possible to subsist. 
 
 lo*'' After some time spent agreeably 
 with my Jewel I returned home. 
 
Edward Shippen, Chief Justice 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 245 
 
 13"' In the afternoon rode to Stenton, 
 and had my Charmer's Company as usual 
 in an Entirely Engaging & agreeable 
 manner. 
 
 14*'* After some more of dear 
 Hannah's sweet Company I returned 
 home, and Employed the remainder of 
 the day in business. 
 
 ly*"* My partner and I Employed 
 part of it [the day] in my Chamber in 
 writing Letters to go "p Budden & 
 Mesnard to London. 
 
 iS**" In the afternoon rode to Stenton, 
 and had there a very agreeable Evening. 
 
 19*'' Had a good deal of my dear 
 Hannah's precious Company. Returned 
 home before noon, and J. Logan having 
 sent a letter to E. Shippen junr.,^ who is 
 
 1 Edward Shippen (i 729-1 806), Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, 
 was a son of Edward Shippen, Mayor of Philadelphia and some- 
 time merchant of Lancaster, by his wife, Sarah, nee Plumley. 
 After studying law for some time with Tench Francis in Philadel- 
 phia, he went to England in the autumn of 1748, and continued his 
 legal studies at the Middle Temple, being duly admitted to practice 
 as a barrister in I 750. He then returned to Philadelphia and was 
 one of the Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, in 
 
246 Courtship of P*' mo. 
 
 going with Captain Budden, I waited upon 
 him with it, and had an opportunity of 
 taking leave of him. 
 
 20*'' At meeting. The Shoemaker 
 Lad pray'd. After dinner took M. 
 Lightfoot out in the Chaise over the 
 Commons. In the Evening visited poor 
 Susy Dillwyn, and this being the first 
 time I had seen her since the decease of 
 her Valuable Husband, we were much 
 affected together. 
 
 22*^ In the Evening Jemmy Logan & 
 I rode to Stenton. Found my Hannah 
 not very well, but choice company till 
 past 10 o'clock, being in a Serene sweet 
 frame of mind. 
 
 23*^ Spent some time afterward at L 
 Pemberton's with my Dear Hannah, who 
 came to town this Even^. Waited upon 
 
 1784. In 1 79 1, he was raised to the Supreme Bench, and in 
 1799, became Chief Justice, holding the position until 1805. He 
 was married, in 1753, to Margaret, daughter of Tench Francis, 
 the Attorney General. His daughter, the beautiful Margaret, or 
 " '^ggy) ' Shippen, became the wife of Benedict Arnold. — Keith, 
 Councillors, 54 fF. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 247 
 
 her to her brother's, where I also had 
 some of her Company. 
 
 2 •"' A large Company of us waited 
 upon Sophia Hume & Jemmy Pemberton 
 to Chester, the two Hannah Logans being 
 in a Chaise. I took care to keep near 
 them. They having an Inclination to go 
 on board the Ship with the friends, I. P. 
 junr, Wm. Logan, Esther White, Peggy 
 Newbury & I with several others went 
 with them. We stay'd 2 or 3 hours on 
 board, drank Tea there, then taking an 
 Affectionate Leave of frd. Hume and 
 dear Jemmy & Capt Mesnard we returned 
 on shore. 
 
 I spent an hour in the Even^' at Jos: 
 Parker's^ with Peter Dicks,^ Jn° Pennill & 
 
 'Joseph Parker ( -1766 ), a native of Yorkshire, England, 
 
 came over to Pennsylvania early in the eighteenth century and 
 settled at Chester, serving for a time as secretary to David Lloyd. 
 He acquired a fortune and held several important offices in the 
 Province. His wife was Mary Ladd, daughter of John Ladd, of 
 New Jersey. His daughter Mary married Charles Norris, and was 
 the mother of Deborah Norris, who married Dr. George Logan, 
 of Stenton, grandson of James Logan. — Penn-Logan Corres. 
 I., xlii. 
 
 2 Peter Dicks ( -1760), a Quaker minister, son of Peter 
 
 Dicks, an emigrant from Cheshire, England, about 1686. He 
 
248 Hannah Logan [8"' mo. 
 
 Capt. Lawson, in which time we disputed 
 a great deal, but Peter being the security 
 that John had proposed & we had accepted 
 he refused to sign the Articles, so that the 
 agreement was in my opinion thereby 
 made void, and the Captain concluded to 
 bring the Ship up again. Then I went 
 to Grace Lloyd's & supped with the good 
 woman. Wrote there one letter to Elias 
 Bland & another to Jane Hoskins w*''' 
 I. P. junr. undertook to send on board. 
 Wm. Logan & I lodged at Mather's to 
 night together. 
 
 ■25"' Most of the Company returning 
 yester-night, the women & several of us 
 returned to-day. Called at Derby ; waited 
 upon the women to visit Rebekah Min- 
 shall as was, — now Harvey; got home 
 about 2 o'clock. 
 
 was a resident of Providence Township, now Delaware County, 
 and later in life became interested in iron-works. — Futhey and Cope, 
 Hist. Chester Co., 523. 
 
Chapter III 
 MARRIAGE 
 
 Eighth month, 1248. 
 
 25'*" In the Even^ waited upon my 
 Hannah to Stenton. Proposed to her 
 mother our going to the Mo: Meeting 
 next 6th-day, and she readily agreed to it. 
 I had my dear Hannah's company till 
 past 10 o'clock, and we fully agreed upon 
 the above affair. 
 
 26*** Talked upon the foregoing sub- 
 ject with the Old Gentleman, and found 
 he understood and Assented to it. Then 
 took an hour or two's very agreeable Con- 
 versation with my dearest Jewel. Returned 
 home before noon. Sent a Lad in the 
 afternoon to Burlington with letters to my 
 father & sister to acquaint them of our 
 having come to the aforesaid Conclusion 
 & to desire their Company. In the 
 afternoon I waited for the same occasion 
 
250 Courtship of [^ 
 
 '•^mo. 
 
 upon Sally Morris, Joyce Benezitt, Wm. 
 Logan & wife &c'''. 
 
 27* My father & sister came to town 
 in the afternoon. In the Even^ I rode to 
 Stenton. Found the Old Gentleman not 
 very well, but he told me he hoped his 
 indisposition would not prevent or hinder 
 our proceedings. Had my dear Hannah's 
 Company the Evening. 
 
 28"' James Logan being pretty well 
 recovered we set out about 9 — viz. Sarah 
 & Hannah in the Chaise & I on horse 
 back. James gave me his consent in 
 writing to the Mo: Meeting & my father 
 & S. Logan gave theirs verbally. We 
 got to town about 10. They went directly 
 to meeting ; I changed my Cloathes, & 
 put on a new suit of hair Camblet,^ then 
 with my father & partner went also. The 
 meeting was but small, & I thought a 
 
 ^ Camblet, or camlet, a rich stuff used for dress as early as the 
 thirteenth century, and made of hair, especially that of goats, with 
 silk or wool, presenting a veined or wavy appearance. Pepys, in 
 his Diary under date of June I, 1664, writes that he put on a 
 " new camelott suit, the best I ever wore in my life, the suit cost- 
 ing me above ^24.' 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 251 
 
 good one. M. Emlen 6c H. Hulford 
 preached & Sus'' Morris had a sweet prayer. 
 In passing we were preserved in a good 
 degree of Calmness ; some friends thought 
 I spoke too loud, but every body agreed 
 that Hannah spoke as well as could be. 
 J. Benezitt & Sally Morris accompanied 
 us from the women, and M. Lightfoot & 
 A. Benezitt were appointed to Enquire 
 Concerning me &c^. One John Moore 
 with a daughter of Paul Chanders^ passed 
 after us. During the sitting of the meet- 
 ing upon business the Queries were read 
 and some good advice occasioned thereby. 
 I found myself under some Concern to 
 speak about friends differing with each 
 other, and A. Benezitt being under the 
 life & speaking his mind, it was like a 
 door to me, and I had an opportunity of 
 fully clearing my mind. Being clear of 
 aiming at any particular person I was the 
 
 1 A certificate for Paul Chanders and family from Hartshaw 
 Monthly Meeting, Lancashire, England, issued 7 mo. 19, 1738, 
 was received at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends. In 
 1744, he was living at the upper end of Second Street. — Myers, 
 Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1683-1750, p. 106 ; Penna. 
 Gaz., Oct. 18, 1744. 
 
252 Courtship of [9**" nio. 
 
 closer upon some that were there, to the 
 satisfaction of well Concerned friends, as 
 I afterwards understood. My father & 
 many more of us dined & supped at Wm. 
 Logan's where we were very handsomely 
 Entertained. 
 
 29"' Sarah Logan having returned 
 home yesterday, I waited upon my dear 
 Charmer & her sister to-day. We dined 
 at Stenton, & having her dear Company 
 in the afternoon, I returned home in the 
 Evening. 
 
 30"' Waited upon my father & sister 
 to Stenton, from whence we went to Ger- 
 mantown meeting, which was silent, and I 
 thought a good one. Dined & spent 
 the afternoon at Stenton, and were treated 
 in a very Courteous & Elegant manner. 
 Returned home & went to the Even*^ 
 meeting. Thos. Brown preach'd. 
 
 Ninth mo?ith. 
 
 4'*" In the Even^ rode to Stenton, & 
 
 had my Jewel's Company till past lo 
 
 o'clock. I had wrote her a letter since I 
 
 saw her last, w''*' she took very kindly. 
 
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 Letter of John Smith to Hannah Logan 
 
 Photographed from the original inanuscript 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 253 
 
 LETTER TO HANNAH LOGAN 
 
 Philada, 9th mo: 3d, 1748, 
 My Jewel 
 
 I am deprived of the pleasure of waiting upon 
 
 thee home this Evening by the pain thou saw me in, 
 
 which I assure thee is no small mortification to me, as 
 
 thy Company is the greatest Temporal delight I have. 
 
 • John Smith. 
 
 9'** Heard as soon as I rose of a sad 
 accident that had befallen John Kinsey 
 jun'', being yester Evening, returning from 
 Gunning. As they were Crossing the 
 ferry at Geo: Gray jun"", his Gun went 
 accidentally off, & shot him in the head 
 so that he died Instantly. 
 
 11"* Reading Anson's Voyage.^ 
 
 13"' I wrote a letter to my dear 
 Hannah, & sent it by my old Servant 
 Thomas Smith — who is returned to my 
 service again as a Cook at £20 An". 
 
 19"' In the afternoon I drove Joyce 
 Benezitt in a Chaise to Stenton. Found 
 
 ' George, Baron Anson, A Voyage round the World in the year 
 MDCCXL., L, n., in., IV., by G. Anson. 7th ed. Dublin, 
 
 1^48. — [Brit. .Mus. Cat.] 
 
2 54 Courtship of [9* 
 
 mo. 
 
 my dear Hannah very poorly, with a great 
 Cold, and as she was to sleep with Joyce, 
 I had none of her Company alone. 
 
 20*'' Hannah much better, at which I 
 was very much rejoiced. Waited upon my 
 Good friends to Germantown meeting, 
 which I thought a Solid Good time, though 
 I was very unwell the forepart of it, 
 occasioned by the Stove. Joyce & Thomas 
 Wood preach'd, & Thomas pray'd &c''. 
 We had a pretty large Company to dine 
 together, being from town : Anthony 
 Benezitt & his wife, Dr. Robt. Willan, 
 Edw*^ Shippen, Rachel & Johny Pember- 
 ton, Wm. Logan's wife. Jemmy & myself. 
 All the Company returned in the Evening 
 Except myself. I stayed & had my dear 
 friend's company alone most of the Even- 
 ing, to my great satisfaction. 
 
 2i«' Waited upon my friends Sarah & 
 Hannah to town, and Coz. Robt. Smith 
 to dine with me. 
 
 22** (4*'' day) A very pleasant day. 
 I rode in the morning to Burlington, and 
 the weather was so moderate that I wore 
 
Governor fames Hamilton 
 
174^] Hannah Logan 255 
 
 no great Coat. When I got to my father's 
 house I found Governour Belcher's Spouse 
 & daughter-in-Law, my bro. Sam' & his 
 wife &c" just setting down to dinner. 
 I dined, & spent the afternoon with them. 
 In the Even^ my brother & I waited upon 
 them home. The Gov"" & my father were 
 at Amboy attending the Sessions. Was 
 about 10 o'clock alarmed with the Cry of 
 fire, which proved to be a Cooper's shop 
 at Bristol that was burnt down. 
 
 23'* Dined at my bro. Samuel; returned 
 home having my sister with me. Found 
 that Capt. Cowie arrived to-day from 
 London, having our Governour James 
 Hamilton ^ with him. 
 
 ^James Hamilton (c. 1710-1783), Governor of Pennsylvania 
 and Mayor of Philadelphia, was a son of the lawyer, Andrew 
 Hamilton. In 1734 and several succeeding years he was elected 
 
 to the Assem- 
 bly from Lan- 
 caster County. 
 In 1 741 he 
 was made 
 Alderman of 
 
 Philadelphia, in 1745 Mayor, and in 1746 Provincial Councillor. 
 After some time in England he returned in November, 1748, as 
 Lieutenant-Governor, serving until 1754. He was reappointed in 
 1759, holding the office until 1763. He inherited a large fortune 
 
256 Courtship of [9''' mo. 
 
 24'^ I wrote a letter in the morning to 
 Sarah Logan to desire their opinion whether 
 I should call at fairhill and Invite Isaac 
 Norris to give us his Company to-morrow, 
 and I received in answer to it a note from 
 my dear Hannah acquainting me that both 
 her father & mother were of opinion I 
 need not. 
 
 26'^ Waited upon my best friend & her 
 mother to town. Came home & dressed, 
 then with my bro. Samuel went to our 
 monthly meeting. M. Emlen preached 
 & B. Trotter pray*^. I had been hurried 
 in preparing to get to meeting in time, so 
 that my mind was not in so suitable a 
 frame as I could have wished it ; however, 
 I was favoured with a degree of Calmness, 
 and we both spoke distinctly and Intelli- 
 gibly, having our Eye to God & Trust in 
 him, though poor and low in mind. 
 Several agreeable friends dined, spent the 
 
 from his father, and resided at Bush Hill, his late father's seat, 
 north of Vine Street, in the style of a country gentleman. He 
 took a prominent part in the founding of many of the institutions 
 of the city, giving handsome donations to them. He left no issue. 
 — Keith, Councillors, 130 ff. 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 257 
 
 Evening, and supped with us at Wm. 
 Logan's, where we were verv handsomely 
 & generously Entertained. 
 
 26*'' Busy most of the morning in 
 Endeavouring to get John Pennill & Capt. 
 Lawson to leave the difference between 
 them to Arbitration, ... In the after- 
 noon 1 took Wm. Logan's wife & son in 
 my new Chaise, & Sally Morris & my 
 charmer went in Billy's, to Stenton. Robt. 
 Willan was also with us on horse back. 
 I found, upon Conversing with James 
 Logan, that John Pennill had been up with 
 him yesterday to acquaint him with the 
 difference between Capt. Lawson & him, 
 which put me upon the necessity of 
 Relating the whole affair to him. 
 
 27**" John Pennill came this morning 
 to Stenton again, and James heard us 
 both, tho' not with that Impartiality that 
 I thought I had reason to Expect, having 
 a prepossession in John's favour, which 
 made it difficult for him to see the real 
 state of the Case. However, I bore it with 
 patience. Waited upon my friends to 
 
258 Courtship of [9'' mo. 
 
 meeting. Sarah Morris pray'd & preach'd. 
 After dinner, John Pennill having left 
 some ill Impressions upon the Old Gentle- 
 man's mind, I had some more of the 
 roughness of his Temper to bear with, 
 under which I was also help'd to be 
 patient, and took some pains to Convince 
 him of my innocence in the affair, being 
 clear in my Judgment that I had advised 
 in it from no motives but a Regard to 
 Justice. Came home time Enough to 
 Evening meeting. Mich. Lightfoot 
 preach'd & Esther White pray'd. Went 
 after meeting to acquaint Eliza Morris 
 that her daughter designed to stay at 
 Stenton a day or two. 
 
 28*^ My partner took Jn° Parrock & 
 Capt. Dowers down to survey Fennel's 
 Timber, who returned in the Evening and 
 reported that he had not provided one 
 half of the quantity, & most of that w'^'' 
 was provided but in poor order, so that 
 instead of 200, they believe there is not 
 above 30 Ton in Merchantable order to 
 ship &c*. 
 
^748] Hannah Logan 259 
 
 29*^ In the Even^ waited upon my 
 dear Hannah home, & had some of her 
 precious company. The Old Gentleman 
 was fully satisfied of John Pennal's 
 falshood, upon my reading Parrock & 
 Dower's report &c% and we fully Con- 
 cluded upon next fourth day — /. e. to 
 morrow come week — to have our marriage 
 solemnized. 
 
 30"' After some more Conversation 
 with my dear Hannah & her father I 
 returned home. Waited upon Sarah 
 Logan at her son's, and upon Rich"^ Peters 
 with a letter from J. Logan. 
 
 Tenth month. 
 
 2^ Rode in my Chaise in the afternoon 
 to Stenton. Wm. Logan returned there 
 this Evening, having been in Hunterdon, 
 &C''. I had an Opportunity of some 
 Endearing Conversation with my Hannah, 
 in which the dear prospect of our happy 
 union was not forgot. 
 
 5"* In the morning went to fair hill to 
 Invite Isaac Norris to our wedding, but 
 could not obtain any opportunity to speak 
 
2 6o Courtship of [io"^mo. 
 
 to him, though he was at home & I sent 
 
 3 times to ask that favour. I then left a 
 message in as respectful a manner as I 
 knew how, inviting him, his sister Bethy 
 & children to the wedding, & Came home. 
 Met with Sarah Logan at William's, and 
 upon my telling her of the above treat- 
 ment she was much affected. Invited our 
 other friends that we Expect to have. 
 
 6"' After the necessary preparations I 
 set out on horse back for Stenton, having 
 Sally Morris & Joyce Benezitt in my 
 Chaise. Found Rachel Pemberton &c'' 
 there, and had an agreeable Evening, 
 Except the pain that the prospect of not 
 having my father with us to-morrow 
 
 [ ?], my brothers Samuel & Richard 
 
 being come to Philad% & not having heard 
 why he did not come. I was at meeting. 
 To-day at lo Jn" Moore was married. 
 
 7*'' Had all the Comp^ that we 
 Expected, Except Isa: Norris, &c*. Several 
 that were not Invited were so Complaisant 
 as to come from town upon this occasion, as 
 my partner, Edw*^ Catteral, Capt's Dowers 
 

 M;irriaa:e Record of |olin Smitli and Hannah I-osaii, 174S 
 
1748] Hannah Logan 261 
 
 & Goodman, Isa: Brown, Judah Foulk, 
 Sam' Noble, John Smith jun'" ^cd". The 
 meeting was pretty full, and a solid good 
 time. I felt in it a degree of the heart- 
 tendring Love of God, which was a 
 strength & Comfort. Sarah Morris & 
 M. Lightfoot preach'd, & J. Benezitt 
 pray'd ; then we solemnized our marriage 
 in an awful and Intelligible manner. Had 
 our friends' Company, & the Entertain- 
 ment for them was very agreeable. 
 
 S**" A very pleasant day. Several of 
 our agreeable friends staid at Stenton all 
 night, and to-day we had theirs and the 
 Company of several other fr''' from town. 
 Spent the day to general satisfaction. 
 
 9"" Rode with my sister to town. 
 Rec'd the Complements of Several of my 
 acquaintance. Went back in the after- 
 noon. In the Even^ I had a Chilly fit, & 
 after it a hot fever which held me most of 
 the night. 
 
 10*'' Read 2 manuscript Treatises on 
 the Passions, of Father Logan's writing, 
 & some letters w*"*" passed between him & 
 
262 Hannah Logan [1748 
 
 Isa Norris Sen'', w*^'' proved to me that 
 Pride was too much that otherwise Good 
 man's weak side. 
 
 jjth Went to meeting, w*"** gathered 
 late on acct. of the burial of the woman 
 that had been second wife to our very 
 Eminent friend John Cadwallader. . . . 
 We had several to visit us at Stenton, viz. 
 Rich^ Peters, E. Shippen,^ B. Franklin, 
 Dr. Moore & Robert Willan. 
 
 [That part of the Diary covering the period from lo mo. II, 
 1748, to loth mo. 21, 1749, '5 missing.] 
 
 1 Edward Shippen (i 703-1 781), Mayor of Philadelphia, 
 and merchant of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; of the distinguished 
 Philadelphia family of that name. He was a native of Boston. 
 He was a son of Joseph Shippen (1679- 
 1741), of Boston and Germantown, by 
 his wife Abigail Grosse, of Boston, and a 
 grandson of Edward Shippen( 1 639-1712), 
 a wealthy merchant. Mayor of Philadel- 
 phia, and President of the Provincial 
 Council of Pennsylvania, who emigrated 
 from Yorkshire to Boston in 1668, and 
 from Boston to Philadelphia in 1693, by his wife Elizabeth Lybrand, 
 a Boston Friend. Edward Shippen was brought up by James Logan, 
 being in business with him as Logan and Shippen in 1732 ; after- 
 wards with Thomas Lawrence, in I 749, as Shippen and Lawrence, 
 in the fur trade. Besides being Mayor he was a Judge of the 
 County Court. In 1 732 he removed to Lancaster, where he resided 
 until his death. — Keith, Councillors, 46 ff. 
 
Edward Shippen (1639-1712) 
 Mayor of Philadelphia 
 
Chapter IV 
 LATER YEARS 
 
 Tenth month, 174Q. 
 2j6t ^^th jj^yj ^ Clear & very sharp 
 day, the wind being very high. Was at 
 meeting. John Forman pray'd & preach'd. 
 Dined at Bro"" W"" Logan's. In the after- 
 noon Bro"" W. L., I. Greenleafe & I visited 
 Joshua Crosby, who is indisposed with a 
 pleuritick disorder. We drank Tea with 
 Jn° Bringhurst & his wife. Then we 
 called at the Tavern where the Owners of 
 Lamps were met to consult on methods 
 for the better Lighting them. We signed 
 an agreement with a man each of us to 
 pay him 3 /9 "^ month for Lighting them 
 every night for a month. Read to-day in 
 Law's ^ answer to Hoadley.^ 
 
 1 William Law. 
 
 Bishop of Bangor. 
 
264 Courtship of [10"' mo. 
 
 23*^ Read through the 5th Voh of the 
 Jewish Spy. Sent to the Library the 3d 
 Voh of Bayle & Got out the 4th. 
 
 24*'' My wife & I were at the Bank 
 meeting in the morning. Wm. Brown 
 preach'd. Sam' Pennoclc, his wife & Son, 
 with Sally Morris, dined with us. Was 
 in the afternoon at the Bank. Sam' 
 Pennock & Jn"* White spoke. Thos. 
 Lightfoot & J. L. drank Tea with us, & 
 they & several neighbours spent the Eve- 
 ning with us. 
 
 ^^th ^^d ^^y^ Copied several para- 
 graphs from the 5th Vol: of the Jewish 
 Spy into my Commonplace book. After 
 dinner visited at Uncle Pemberton's, & 
 drank Tea there with many others. From 
 thence Visited at Jn" Morris's, & Antho: 
 Benezitt & my spouse & I suped at W. 
 Callender's. When I came home found 
 there an Invitation from the Governor to 
 dine with him to-morrow. 
 
 26^'' (3'' day) Mother Logan came to 
 town in the morning, and we were at 
 meeting, Isaac Andrews, B. Trotter, & 
 
loseph Shippen (1679-1741) 
 of Germantown 
 
1749] Hannah Logan 265 
 
 E. Pennock preach'd & Joyce Benezitt 
 pray'd. I dined with the Governour. 
 The rest of the Compan^ were Wm, Allen, 
 R'^ Peters, Coz. Is', Jemmy & Johny 
 Pemberton, & Bro"" W. Logan. We were 
 very Civilly & handsomely Entertained. 
 Several fr'"' drank Tea & spent the Eve- 
 ning with us. Mother Lodged at our 
 house. 
 
 28*" (5'" day) A Clear, pleasant day. 
 Was at meeting. B. Trotter & E. Pen- 
 nock preach'd, and M. Wain jun"" pray'd. 
 Called after meeting at Jn° Armitt's & 
 Uncle Pemberton's. After dinner John 
 Armitt & I rode to Skuylkill & tryed a 
 little at Skeeting. We called in our way 
 at James Alexander, the Proprietor's 
 Gardiner's. He shewed us several objects 
 magnified thro' his Solar Microscope, & 
 his system of the heavens in wheels. 
 Having little knowledge in Astronomy I 
 could not Enter into the latter ; the former 
 magnified yy*' of an Inch to 4 feet. In 
 this little ride J. Armitt took a pretty deal 
 of pains to persuade me to Qiialify in 
 order to act as a [ustice. 
 
2 66 Courtship of [n^'mo. 
 
 29"' ^^th ^^y^ Wrote a Certificate for 
 James Arbucle, & carried to the monthly 
 meeting. . . . Business was done with- 
 out much Jarring. 
 
 ^jst ^jst ^^yj ^^g ^^ (.j^g Bank meet- 
 ing in the morning. . . . EHz'' Morris 
 dined with us. After dinner I rode to 
 Stenton. Rob* Willan being there we 
 rode home together. I was at Evening 
 meeting, & sat in the boys' Gallery. 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 
 1^ (3^ day) Was at meeting. 
 Mother Logan & Joyce Benezit dined 
 with us. Several friends visited us in the 
 afternoon. Sally Morris, E. Catheral, Bro'' 
 Sam^ & his wife spent the Evening with us. 
 
 ^th i^^th ^^yj Went to Isr^ Pemberton 
 jun""* after meeting, & discoursed with him 
 about Copying the monthly meeting min- 
 utes.^ He was mightily pleased with my 
 thoughts of undertaking that service. My 
 wife & I dined at Bro'" Samuel's. After 
 
 ^ The minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, now in the 
 vault of the Meeting House, at Fourth and Arch Streets, are neatly 
 copied in John Smith's handwriting. 
 
Colonel losepli Shippeii, Son of Edward Ship])en, of Lancaster 
 
1 749] Hannah Logan 267 
 
 dinner I sent for Holland the book 
 
 binder & ord'^ some paper for him to bind 
 for the above service, also some pamphlets 
 to be bound. Read Bayle in the Even^. 
 
 9*'^ {3" day) About 2 o'Clock in the 
 night past we were surprized with the 
 Light of a great fire, which proved to be 
 Preserve Brown's Brew house &c^ The 
 Roof was fell in by the time I got there, 
 & very little good to be done. 
 The Snow Storm continued to-day. I 
 waded thro it to the meeting, w^^ was silent. 
 We were 21 men & 2 women. 
 
 jQth ^^th ^^y^ -^g discovered that our 
 maid Ann had been married near two 
 months without our knowledge, or the 
 least suspicion of it. I drank Tea in the 
 afternoon at E. Cathral's with Sally Morris 
 &c% and spent part of the Even^ at W. 
 Callender's with Michael Lightfoot and 
 Owen Evans discoursing about a petition 
 to the assembly to set forth the grievance 
 the province Labours under in the great 
 number of Taverns &c*. 
 
 jQth ^^th j^y^ Father & my spouse 
 
268 Courtship of [n^'mo. 
 
 rode with Bro. W™ in his Slay to Stenton, 
 & returned in the Evening. I drank Tea 
 at Antho: Benezit's with M. Lightfoot. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^y^ Began to Copy the 
 monthly meeting minutes. My wife & I 
 drank Coffee at E. Cathral's. Edward, 
 with my father & Antho: Benezitt, spent 
 the Even^ with us. 
 
 13"' (7"' day) We had a pretty deal 
 of Comp^ in the afternoon & Even^. We 
 agreed on a Subscription for Young Pre- 
 serve Brown. Uncle Isr' Pemberton 
 subscribed £30, and his son Israel X^5» 
 and I agreed to go about with it. 
 
 15*'' (2"^ day) A very pleasant day. 
 Employed the forenoon diligently in 
 going about with the subscription paper 
 for Pre: Brown jun"". I met with some 
 very free to give, & others very skillful in 
 distinctions to Excuse themselves. Sam' 
 Powel ^ displeased me more than anybody 
 
 1 Samuel Powell ( 1705-1759), son of Samuel and Abigail 
 Powell, was a wealthy merchant of the city. He became a Com- 
 
^749] Hannah Logan 269 
 
 else, because with an Estate worth I sup- 
 pose ^40,000 he Insisted upon it that his 
 Circumstances would permit him to do 
 but very little &c*. 
 
 16^^ {f day) Sally Morris's Birth day, 
 being her 46th year. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y.-^ Subscriptions for P. B. 
 besides the two Pembertons mentioned 
 before 
 
 
 £^^ 
 
 £ 
 
 John Kinsey 
 
 10 
 
 Saml Parr 20 
 
 Wm. Attwood 
 
 10 
 
 Joshua Crosby 20 
 
 John Smith 
 
 5 
 
 Wm. Callender 5 
 
 James Parrock ^ 
 
 5 
 
 John Reynell 5 
 
 James Pemberton 
 
 4 
 
 Wm. Logan 5 
 
 Thos Lightfoot 
 
 4 
 
 Mich' James i 
 
 Sam' Mickle 
 
 3 
 
 Caspar Wister 5 
 
 John Pole 
 
 2 
 
 Edw'* Warner 2 
 
 Jos: Richardson 
 
 3 
 
 Antho: Morris jun'' 5 
 
 Joseph King 
 
 2 
 
 Lloyd Zachary 5 
 
 Thos Burgess 
 
 3 
 
 Saml Powel 3 
 
 Antho: Morris 
 
 5 
 
 Thos Lloyd 2 
 
 Abel James 
 
 3 
 
 Edwd Cathral 5 
 
 John Luke 
 
 2 10 
 
 Isa: Greenleafe 2 
 
 
 I 76 
 
 Saml Preston Moore 3 
 I 
 
 mon Councilman in I 730, and Alderman in 1 743. He married 
 Mary Morris, daughter of Anthony and Phoebe ( Guest) Morris, 
 in 1732. — Moon, Morris Family, 271 ff. 
 
 iJames Parrock ( 1675-1 751 ), a Quaker shipwright. — See 
 Myers, Immigration of the Irish Quakers, 386 ; Clement, New- 
 town, N. J. (MS. note in copy. Hist. Soc. Pa. ) 
 
270 Courtship of [n^^'mo. 
 
 which, with the two Pembertons, makes 
 /207-10. 
 
 I Employed the afternoon in Copying 
 the Monthly Meeting Minutes. Wm. 
 Callender, Jn" Armatt &c* spent the 
 Even^ with me, and took a great deal of 
 pains to remove my Objections to Qualify 
 as a Justice, and to persuade me to under- 
 take that office. The River drove to-day. 
 
 jgth ^^th j^^y^ J dined with the Gov- 
 ernour at Bro'' W™ Logan's. The rest of 
 the company were Jn° Kinsey, Wm Allen, 
 Rich*^ Peters, Isr' Pemberton jun'' & Bro"" 
 Jemmy. Spent some time after at Antho: 
 Benezitt's with my spouse & several other 
 friends. Coz. Isr' was kind enough to 
 send his Chaise home with us. 
 
 20"' (7''' day) My birthday, being now 
 27 years of age. ... I drank Coffee 
 to-day at E. Cathral's. 
 
 21'' (7*'' day) Was in the morning at 
 the Bank meeting. ... I rode up to 
 Stenton & dined there with Edw*^ Shippen 
 &c\ Waited upon Sally Morris & my 
 
1749] Hannah Logan 271 
 
 wife home in the Eveii^, I employed the 
 Even^ in Copying minutes. 
 
 22'* We drank Coffee at Bro"" Samuel's. 
 
 23*^ (3*^ day) Uncle & Aunt, w*'' Johnny 
 Pemberton, Bro"" W. Logan & his wife 
 dined with us. Wm. Fisher sup'd & 
 Spent the Evening with us, being upon 
 business with John Luke. 
 
 25"' (5*'' day) Took my wife in the 
 Chaise to meeting. B. Trotter preach'd, 
 & some Good women thought he did it 
 well. We dined at Bro"" W. Logan's with 
 Mother, Sally Morris &c^ Afterwards 
 visited at Jn° Armitt's, M. Lightfoot's & 
 M. Yarnal's, & spent the Evening at our 
 fire Company. 
 
 26"^ (6"' day) Mother Logan lodged 
 with us last night. Attended our monthly 
 meeting. Wm. Brown preach'd, then the 
 Queries were read before the men & 
 women parted, upon which some good 
 observations were made. I said some- 
 thing upon that relating to Ending differ- 
 ences, wherein I remarked that it might 
 be possible for some families to be under 
 
272 Courtship of [n^'^mo. 
 
 the reproach of having differences with 
 some alHed to them, when they were 
 innocent of having given any Even the 
 least Occasion &c''. I did not know when 
 I spoke of any of the Norris family 
 being there, but afterwards understood 
 Betty was. 
 
 Our business was some of it difficult, 
 and we had abundantly too much heat 
 and haranguing. I did not meddle 
 much with it, but once spoke a little ill- 
 natured, which I was uneasy for, thinking 
 nothing but Love and meekness ought to 
 preside in assemblies for Religious services. 
 Jn° Fisher & I were appointed 
 to Confer with Anthony Benezitt about a 
 Lot which he hath a mind to take of the 
 meeting upon Ground Rent. 
 
 ^^th ^yth Jay) I sent to the Library 
 the 5*^ Vol: of Bayle, & got out Dialogues 
 on Education. 
 
 29"" In the morning was working an 
 Index of names to the Monthly Meeting 
 Minutes. Mary Holcomb dined with us. 
 
 30'^ In the afternoon Jn° Luke & I 
 
1749] Hannah Logan 273 
 
 rode to my plantation at Point. I agreed 
 with White, Massey's Tennant, for a year's 
 rent of it to begin the first of March for 
 ^26, and he is to Clean the meadows of 
 all Elders &c'', & neither to let creatures 
 go into the orchard or meadows. 
 
 Twelfth month. 
 
 jBt ^^th ^^y^ jj^ j.j^g morning went 
 down town about business & paid several 
 visits. My father, M. Lightfoot, Uncle 
 Pemberton, I. Greenleafe, J. Luke & 
 Mary Holcomb dined with us. Abr"* 
 Farrington came down this afternoon, & 
 we had his & other frd® Comp^' the Even^. 
 
 5"' Isaac Norris acquainted the meet- 
 ing that he intended for Europe soon, and 
 desired Friends' to think of another Clerk 
 &c*. 
 
 7*'' To Derby. . . . We dined at 
 Sam' Bunting's. 
 
 gth ^^tb ^^y^ J ^QQJ^ ^y gpQygg j,-, fj^g 
 
 Chaise to Meeting. M. Holland & M. 
 Lightfoot preach'd & Joyce Benezitt 
 pray'd. We dined at Bro' Wm. Logan's, 
 
 & drank Tea at Jn° Armitt's, where we 
 
 18 
 
2 74 Courtship of [i^^'^mo. 
 
 were entertained with a view thro' his 
 Glass of many fine prospects. Then met 
 the other friends appointed about the Lot 
 at Antho: Benezitt's. 
 
 9*"' (6*^ day) After dinner I rode to 
 Stenton. Before I set out Wm. Logan 
 had advised me to go through Masters' 
 plantation to avoid some Excessive bad 
 road, and told me I should find a pannel 
 of fence down at the other End, but 
 upon Tryal I was mistaken, for after get- 
 ting to the other End I not only found 
 no fence down, but was obliged to come 
 back all the way to the gate to get out of 
 the field again, with the Dutch Tenant 
 scolding at my heels, to whom I returned 
 a great deal of mildness and good nature. 
 Found all well at Stenton, and returned 
 home in the Even^. Sally Morris and 
 her mother spent the Even^ with us. 
 
 13"' (3*^ d^y) Two Dutchmen, mem- 
 bers of the Dutch Calvinist Congregation 
 (one of each party), came to desire me to 
 be an Arbitrator between the minister & 
 part of his Congregation, who being dis- 
 
1749] Hannah Logan 275 
 
 affected to him had chose another &c*. 
 They had quarrelled very much about it, 
 and the magistrates had taken the keys of 
 the building and persuaded both sides to 
 agree to an Arbitration, and they chose 
 Capt. Clymer, Th: Lloyd, Jn° Mifflin,^ 
 Hugh Roberts, A. James & myself. I 
 was fearful of agreeing to it, least the 
 point we were to settle might be which of 
 these men should be their minister — and 
 that I thought Friends could not meddle 
 with; but they assuring me that it was only 
 whether Slater was guilty of some immoral 
 charges against him or not, I consented to 
 meet, and as I was the first named, and 
 they desired me to appoint a time of 
 meeting, I proposed next day after to- 
 morrow Evening at James's Coffee house, 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Went after meeting to 
 John Armitt's and viewed some of his 
 prospects. Was in the afternoon at the 
 burial of Mary Griffitts, & followed as a 
 
 1 John Mifflin (i 714-1759), a prominent merchant of the 
 city, became a Common Councilman in 1747, an Alderman in 
 1 75 1, and a Provincial Councillor in 1755. — Keith, Councillors, 
 362. 
 
276 Courtship of [12*^ mo. 
 
 relation, and she being buried from her 
 son Isaac's, we had a pretty deal of Com- 
 pany at our house. 
 
 In the Even^ we met at James's Coffee 
 house, & Slater with a pretty many Dutch- 
 men — the Complainers or those having 
 their charges against him ready. We 
 agreed to meet again next third-day morn- 
 ing at 9 o'clock. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ |-^^. Burlington] There 
 was last Evening an Extraordinary appear- 
 ance of the Aurora Borealis, which moved 
 from N. E. to N. W. & back again. It 
 seemed to have streaks of Light issuing 
 to a considerable distance from the redness. 
 
 I 8'*' (i''' day) Father was better. The 
 Governour came to father's before meeting, 
 and went with us to meeting which was 
 silent. Bro"" Sammy, Jemmy Logan & I 
 dined at brother William's. 
 
 20"' The arbitrator & People con- 
 cerned met at James's Coffee house about 
 10 o'clock, and we agreed about the form 
 of the bonds &c% & appointed to meet 
 again at 4 o'clock this afternoon. M. 
 
1749] Hannah Logan 277 
 
 Lightfoot dined with us. 1 met the 
 arbitrators at the time appointed, and we 
 sat together till about lo o'clock. Both 
 parties sign'd the Bonds, and the answers 
 Delivered in their charge against M. 
 Slater, consisting of 8 Articles, Scc^. We 
 agreed to meet to-morrow at 2 o'clock 
 P.M. Heard to-day of the death of 
 worthy Elizabeth Wyatt. 
 
 21'' (4*'' day) In the afternoon we met 
 again at James's Coffee house, & heard 
 Evidences till near 10 o'clock. Agreed to 
 meet again at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. 
 
 22*^ We were busy upon the above 
 arbitration, in Examining Evidences &c'\ 
 from the time we met in the morning till 
 9 o'clock at night. 
 
 23*^ I met in the Even^ the rest of the 
 Arbitrators at Tho: Lloyd's, who had 
 invited M [ichael] Slater to spend an hour 
 or two with us. 
 
 25^'' I read to-day the 2 Volumes of 
 Fitzosborne's letters.^ 
 
 * William Melmoth, the Younger, "Letters on Several Subjects," 
 first published in 1742, under the pseudonym of Sir Thomas Fitz- 
 osborn.— Diet. Nat. Bio., XXXVII., 225. 
 
278 Courtship of [I'^mo. 
 
 26*'^ Employed the Evening at the 
 Coffee-house with the rest of the arbitrators. 
 
 27"' {f day) Visited EHz'^ Pennock, 
 M. Slater, Hannah Cooper (who came 
 over last Evening to her new dwelling) & 
 I. Pemberton jun"". I met the Arbitrators 
 at the Coffee-house between 3 & 4 
 o'clock, & we were together 2 or 3 hours. 
 When I came home, I began an Essay of 
 the reasons for the award which we intend 
 to give. 
 
 28*^ Went up in the Schooner to 
 Burlington. 
 
 First month, ly^O. 
 
 J St ^^th j^^y^ ^^ ^i^g Coffee-house upon 
 our very troublesome Arbitration. 
 
 2*^ (6"' day) Wrote all the forenoon 
 upon our Reasons for the Award we 
 intended to give. We met at the Coffee- 
 house at 2 o'clock, & sat till near 10 at 
 night. I drew an award which J. Mifflin 
 took to Tench Francis^ to get strengthened, 
 
 'Tench Francis ( -1758), son of Rev. John Francis, 
 
 Dean of Lismore and Rector of St. Mary's Church, Ireland, 
 emigrated to Maryland about 1 700. He had received a legal 
 
Tench Francis 
 
175°] Hannah Logan 279 
 
 that if possible it might not be broke 
 through. 
 
 6*'' After dinner I met the rest of the 
 Arbitrators at the Coffee-house, & we 
 signed & dehver'd our awards to both 
 parties. 
 
 7*^ The Governour having yesterday 
 sent me an Invitation, 1 waited upon him 
 to Stenton with Rich'^ Peters & Bro'' 
 Jemmy Logan. We dined there, & the 
 Gov'", Jemmy & I returned to town thro' 
 the Snow. 
 
 9"' (6*^ day) Agreed with Wm. Mau- 
 dridge ^ for his house in Sassafras Street. 
 He & his son Drury owed us ^458, but 
 having had the misfortune of their house 
 being burned, we made them a Consider- 
 able allowance by taking said house in full 
 for the debt, and I agreed with my Partner 
 
 education, and established himself in Kent County, where he 
 married Elizabeth Turbutt. After some years he removed to 
 Philadelphia, and in 1744 was made Attorney-General. From 
 1750 to 1754 he was Recorder of the City. — Balch, Shippen 
 Papers, XLIII. ff. 
 
 ' William Maugridge, ship owner of Race Street in 1743. — 
 Penna. Ga%., Aug. 18, 1 743. 
 
2 8o Courtship of [i^'mo. 
 
 to take it of the Comp. at ^400, he 
 allowing me X^5 ^^^ ^^^ risque I run in 
 giving my Bond to the wid" Edgell for 
 ^150, for w'*' the s'^ house was mort- 
 gaged, and for said sum I take Maugridge 
 & Drury's Bonds, payable 50 pounds a 
 year till the whole is paid with Interest. 
 M. Slatter, Robt. Lawrence, S. Morris &c* 
 spent the Evening with us. 
 
 12"' Was out about business, particu- 
 larly in getting my house in Sassafras 
 Street ready for the widow Kock, who by 
 her brother Wm. Vanderspiegel hath taken 
 it at ^24 '^ An: to pay quarterly. . . . 
 At Bro"" W™ Logan's, with Susy DlUwyn 
 &c\ 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Had several friends' 
 Company, who are come to be at the 
 Yearly Meeting. . . . Had a pretty 
 many friends' Comp^ in the Evening. 
 
 19*'' (2*^ day) Wm. Home & his wife, 
 and several other friends whose names I 
 do not know, dined with us, & we had 
 many friends' Company in the afternoon. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 281 
 
 21^* Walked to the pasture which 
 father Logan has given to my wife. 
 
 22^ After dinner Edw'^ Cathrall & I 
 walked to Thos. Lightfoot's plantation, 
 & W. Callender being there walked with 
 us back again. We smoked a pipe at An: 
 Benezitt's with M. Lightfoot &d\ 
 
 30'^' (6*^ day) My wife & I dined with 
 Sister Hannah, where, hearing that Father 
 Logan was not very well, we all therefore ^ 
 immediately set out for Stenton, and found ^**' 
 Father very much affected with the Palsy, 
 on the right side, where he formerly has 
 had it several times before, but he spoke 
 pretty freely. 
 
 ^jst ^^th j^^y^ Father seems worse this 
 morning, having lost his speech & the use 
 of his right side. Johny Pemberton — 
 he and his mother having been there last 
 night — & I rode to town. I immedi- 
 ately went to D'' Shippen^ & told him 
 
 ^ Dr. William Shippen (1712-1801), son of Joseph and 
 Abigail (Grosse) Shippen, and brother of Edward Shippen, of 
 Lancaster, became an eminent physician of Philadelphia. He was 
 a member of the first Board of Trustees of the College of Phila- 
 delphia, 1 749 ; one of the founders of the College of New 
 
282 Courtship of [2' mo. 
 
 how father was, & he set out for Stenton, 
 having also been there yesterday. I wrote 
 a Letter to my own Dear afflicted Father, 
 who has long suffered great pain with the 
 Cholic or Rheumatism or both. In the 
 Even^ I rode to Stenton again, & found 
 very little alteration. Father's memory 
 seems affected, but his apprehension quick 
 and clear. He can speak one or two 
 words at a time, but 'tis with great diffi- 
 culty his meaning is apprehended. Bro"" 
 W" sat up last night, and Jemmy to-night. 
 
 Second month. 
 1^ Wrote a page in the Meeting's 
 Minutes. 
 
 3*^ Read Pope's Windsor Forrest. 
 
 ^th gj-Qi- ^m Logan & I walked from 
 Stenton to town. We set off" about lo 
 & got home about 12. 
 
 ^th ^^th jjjy^ Unexpectedly found the 
 
 Jersey; Physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1753-78; Vice- 
 President of the American Philosophical Society, 1768 ; member 
 of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779. He was married 
 to Susanna, daughter of Joseph Harrison of Philadelphia. — Pa. 
 Mag., I., 109, 212 ff; Keith, Councillors, 137 ff. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 283 
 
 award we gave between M. Slatter &c* 
 printed in the Gazette.^ 
 
 8*^ Read Dr. Tillotson's " Sermon on 
 Sincerity. 
 
 16*'* Viewing some new prospects 
 thro Jn° Armitt's Glass. My father, 
 Sisters Betty & Molly, Bro'" Sam' & his 
 wife dined with us. After dinner Wm. 
 Callender walked with me to my pasture. 
 
 17*'' I took Father out in my chaise 
 as far as Uncle Pemberton's place, & then 
 took our Child & Nurse about as far on 
 frankfort Road. Smoaked a pipe at 
 Uncle Pemberton's, & my wife & I spent 
 the Evening at Coz. Isr'^ 
 
 Third month. 
 
 f {f' day) My wife & I rode to 
 Stenton & dined there. Found Mother 
 very unwell with Histerick Cholic. She 
 rode a little way with me beyond German- 
 town, & we stop'd a while at D'" Witt's."' 
 
 'See Petina. Ga-zette, April 5, 1750. 
 ^JoHN TiLLOTSON, Afchbishop of Canterbury. 
 ^ Dr. Christopher Witt ( 1 675-1 765), the last of the Hermits 
 of the Wissahickon, came from Wiltshire, England, in 1704, 
 
284 Courtship of [3*^ 
 
 mo. 
 
 6"' (i^' day) Was morning and after- 
 noon at the Bank. At the first Ellis 
 Hugh preach'd and pray'd ; the other was 
 silent: — after w''*' I was at the burial of 
 Mordecai Lloyd, &; helped to carry the 
 Corps several times. Spent the Evening 
 at A. Benezitt's & I. Pemberton jun" 
 with Ellen Evans. 
 
 gth ^^d j^y^ Was at meeting. Susannah 
 Morris pray'd. M. Lightfoot, B. Trotter 
 & Susan^ preach'd. I dined at Uncle 
 Pemberton's & drank Tea at E. Cathral's, 
 & Sally Morris & I rode to Stenton, then 
 took Mother out a mile or two. 
 
 ^th ^^th j^^y^ ]y[y ^-^g ^ J rode from 
 
 Stenton to our place at the Point, where 
 we found E. Catheral &c". We rode 
 
 and joined the Piedstic settlement of Kelpius. He was a graduate 
 in medicine and deeply interested in botany. After the death of 
 Kelpius, he removed to Germantown and practiced his profession. 
 
 Here he laid out a large garden — said to be the first botanical garden 
 in America — he and John Bartram having much in common in the 
 pursuit of their favorite science. — Sachse, Pietists, 402-418; 
 Penna Gaz., Feb. 7, 1765. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 285 
 
 home to dinner, drank Coffee at Bro'" 
 Samuel's & Rode back to Stenton in the 
 Evening. 
 
 1 1'^ (6*^ day) E. Catheral, W. Vander- 
 spiegel, Sam' Shoemaker, Bro"" Sam' & I 
 Employed part of the day in fishing over 
 the River at Parr's Cove. Heard in the 
 Evening that Jn" Kinsey was taken about 
 noon to-day with a fit after he had been 
 pleading to a cause at the Supream Court 
 at Burlington, & was carried into Co^ 
 Dan' Smith's, & D'' Bond was immediately 
 sent for. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^yj Heard Early in the 
 morning that John Kinsey ^ died about 
 
 'John Kinsey (c. i 696-1 750), a distinguished jurist of 
 
 Colonial Pennsylvania and New Jersey, son of John Kinsey, 
 
 Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, was a native of Philadelphia. 
 
 «^ He practiced law in New Jersey 
 
 y/ ^~^ as a member of Assembly and as 
 
 Speaker of that body. He re- 
 moved to Philadelphia in i 730, and took a prominent part in govern- 
 mental affairs, being regularly elected to the Assembly, and serving as 
 Speaker i 739-1 750. He was Attorney-General of the Province 
 1 738-1 741, and Chief Justice 1 743-1 750. He published the 
 " Laws of New Jersey " in 1733. Plantation House, his country 
 place, lay between the city and the Lower Ferry of the Schuylkill. 
 
2 86 Courtship of [3' mo. 
 
 8 o'clock last Evening. Sally Morris 
 rode home with me. After landing her 
 Bro"" Sam' & I rode in the Chaise to meet 
 the Corps, w*"'* was brought down by water 
 & landed at Masters's wharf. We accom- 
 panied it home. The Loss of this Great 
 & Good man occasions a general Lamen- , 
 
 tation, and to present appearance is irre- ^ 
 pairable. A. Farrington came down before 
 dinner, dined with me. My spouse came 
 home this Evening. ! 
 
 13"' (i^' day) Was at Bank Meeting ^ 
 
 in the morning. A. Farrington preach'd. 
 He, Eliz. & Sarah Morris dined with us. 
 About 1 we went to the burial. I. Pem- 
 berton jun"", W" Logan, Bro'" Sam' & I 
 took up the Corps. We also took it into 
 the meeting, & brought it out again. 
 There was the greatest Concourse of 
 people that Ever I saw upon any occasion. 
 M. Lightfoot & A. Farrington preach'd 
 at the meeting. After the burial Uncle 
 
 He had, among other children : i , John, who accidentally shot 
 himself in 1748 ; and 2, James, afterwards Chief-Justice of New 
 Jersey. — N. J. Archives, ist series, XII., 636 ; Appleton Cyc, 
 Bio. ; Walton's Life. 
 
175°] Hannah Logan 287 
 
 Pemberton & I went into John Morris's & 
 drank Tea there. 
 
 14*'' (2'* day) Afternoon E. Catheral 
 & I rode to Point. From there to a 
 Vendue of some land of Dan' Worthing- 
 ton's held at francfort. 
 
 j^th (yth ^^y-j Upon an invitation — 
 Rachel Cathrall, Sally Morris, my Wife & 
 I rode to Samuel Parr's plantation and 
 dined. My Father & Sister, E. Catheral 
 & K, Callender came up in the afternoon. 
 We had our fill of Strawberries & were 
 handsomely Entertained. 
 
 20*'' ( I '' day) After the Evening Meet- 
 ing I went to visit Coz. F. Burgess, & 
 finding him as I thought dangerously ill, 
 W. Fishbourne & I sat up with him 
 to-night. A very restless one he had. 
 
 23*^ (4*'' day) Coz. F. Burgess died 
 this evening. 
 
 24"' (5*'' day) Was most of the morn- 
 ing at F. Burgess's late dwelling assisting 
 in contriving about the burial. My wife 
 & I dined at Uncle Pemberton's. Had 
 
u 
 
 288 Courtship of [j'mo- 
 
 Coz. Isr' Pemberton & A. Benezitt's 
 Company part of the Evening. 
 
 2^th ^^th ^^^^ j^ Benezitt & I were 
 appointed to visit Sam' Fisher, who hath 
 left fr^^ & joined with G. Tennent^ 3zc\ 
 Was afterwards at F. Burgess's burial, & 
 with my sister followed as Relations. 
 
 28"' (2'^ day) Diverted myself with 
 reading The Turkish Spy &c''.^ 
 
 29*'' {2^ day) Kept house. Read Tom 
 Jones ^ &c^ 
 
 30* (4"' day) Spent part of the after- 
 noon at Bro"" Wm Logan's, assisting 
 Jemmy Logan in packing up. Was 
 afternoon at the Vendue of J. Kinsey's 
 Goods. 
 
 31'' (5**" day) Jemmy & Johny Pem- 
 berton & Jemmy Logan dined with us. 
 Was in the afternoon at the Vendue of 
 
 ' Minister for Whitefield's followers. 
 
 ^ Giovanni Paolo Marana, The eight Volumes of Letters 
 Writ by a Turkish Spy . . translated into Italian [or rather 
 
 written in Italian by G. P. M.], from thence into English, etc. 
 1734, 12". [Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
 * The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. By Henry Fielding. 
 6 vol. London, 1749. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 289 
 
 J. Kinsey's goods. 1 had before said I 
 would give the appraisment — Viz. ^86 
 — for the 4 wheel'd Chaise & Horses. 
 They were therefore set up at that, & 
 nobody bidding, they were Cryed off to 
 me. I also bought some plate &c*. 
 
 Fourth month. 
 
 i'* (6*'' day) Wrote several Letters to 
 D' Logan ^ & Jn° Hunt to go by Bro'' J. 
 Logan. In the Evening 1 took Eliz'' 
 Morris in my Chaise to Stenton, my wife 
 having went there yesterday. 
 
 4^'' (2'' day) We set ofF for Chester 
 with Bro'' Jemmy Logan &c'' in the morn- 
 ing. Jemmy Reed rode with me in my 
 Chaise. We dined at Chester. I wrote 
 a few lines to S. Hume from Chester, & 
 taking leave of Jemmy & Coz. John 
 Pemberton — who are going to London 
 with Capt. Mesnard — some went with 
 them to Marcus hook to go on board 
 there, but — several of us returned home. 
 
 1 Dr. William Logan ( -I7S7)> of Bristol, England, 
 
 brother of James Logan. 
 19 
 
290 Courtship of [4"' mo. 
 
 ^th ^^th ciay) Was busy in dispatching 
 our Ship Prince WilHam, w*^^ sailed to-day 
 for Jamaica. My spouse & I spent the 
 Evening at Uncle Pemberton's with Coz. 
 Alice Reed, who came up to-day from 
 Antigua. 
 
 7"' (5"' day) We dined at Bro"" W. 
 Logan's. After dinner W. L. & I went 
 to Fewke's^ the painter's, & viewed several 
 pieces & faces of his painting. Under- 
 stood I was to-day chose a member of the 
 School Corporation in the room of John 
 Kinsey, Esq^ 
 
 1 1*'* (2*^ day) Heard when I got home 
 that honest Ann Roberts was to be buried 
 to-day, but I was too busy to go to the 
 burial, being settling the Administration 
 of Adam & John Lewis's Estates with 
 Henry Cross & Mary his wife. 
 
 13*'' (4^'' day) Were at burial of James 
 Delaplaine, aged 94, at Germantown. 
 
 1 Robert Feke (1684-1773), son of John Feke, of Long 
 Island. He was one of the earliest portrait painters to come to 
 Philadelphia, having painted portraits there as early as 1746. — 
 Hist. Mag., III., 348; IV., 20, 280 5 Scharfe and Westcott, 
 Phila., II., 1030. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 291 
 
 After the burial was over the Comp^ 
 retired into the meeting house, & we held 
 a solid good meeting. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^y^ Towards Evening I went 
 into the river. 
 
 ^jst ^^th j^y^ j^ j.j^g Evening A. 
 Benezitt & I had Samuel Fisher's Com- 
 pany at my house till past lo o'clock. 
 He acquainted us that he had left friends 
 & Joined with the presbyterians from a 
 persuasion of Judgement, that fr*^^ held 
 several great Errors &c''. We had a pretty 
 deal of Solid Conversation with him on 
 several particulars. He owned he had 
 now received a more satisfactory account 
 of friends' principles than heretofore, Yet 
 in conclusion declared himself fully satis- 
 fied with the way he was in, & that he had 
 no inclination to seek farther &c*. 
 
 23"^ (7'^ day) My spouse with Nurse 
 & the child in the Chaise, & I on horse- 
 back, set out about y^ after 6 & Got to 
 Stenton about y^ past 1 1 o'Clock. 
 
 28*^ {f" day) Agreed with Rob' 
 Moore for my Point Plantation. He is 
 
292 Courtship of [5'" mo- 
 
 to pay me ^600 in 3 months for it. 
 Attended the School Corporation, upon 
 advise that I was Chose in the room of 
 John Kinsey there, and accepted of the 
 Trust & received my Commission agree- 
 able to Charter. 
 
 29*'' (6*'' day) Attended our mo: meet- 
 ing. ... I was desired to assist Samuel 
 Powell in binding out Seymour Wood, an 
 orphan apprentice. Several new overseers 
 were appointed, & I was much press'd to 
 accept of that service, but as I knew my 
 own unfitness, I Entirely declined it. 
 
 Fifth month. 
 
 9*'' (2'' day) In the afternoon Ed. 
 Catheral & I rode to the Point, & brought 
 home some of our household Goods. 
 
 j^th ^^th j^y-j ^Tg Executed deeds for 
 the place at the Point to Robert Moore, 
 & for the Woodland at Oxford to Samuel 
 Parr. 
 
 1 5"" (i'*day) We with Uncle Pemberton 
 & Owen Jones ^ dined at John Morris's. 
 
 'Owen Jones (1711-1793), of Lower Merion and Philadel- 
 phia, at one time Provincial Treasurer of Pennsylvania. He was 
 
Owen Jones 
 
f 
 
 1750] Hannah Logan 293 
 
 The two latter rode with me to Stenton, 
 & after smoking a pipe returned home, 
 but I stayed all night. 
 
 18"' (4*" day) About i8 friends dined 
 at father Logan's. I rode home in the 
 Evening. 
 
 28"' (7"' day) Sam' Powel & I with 
 some trouble bound out Seymour Wood 
 apprentice to Francis Trumble to learn 
 the Joiner & Chair makers Trades. 
 
 29"' (i*" day) Went to Even^ meeting. 
 Benj. Trotter made a considerable noise. 
 
 Sixth month. 
 
 3'' (6^'' day) Rode with Jonah [Thomp- 
 son] to Abel James's place at francfort, 
 where we refreshed ourselves, & then went 
 to their meeting. Jonah preach'd & pray'd. 
 
 6"' (2*^ day) Attended our Quarterly 
 Meeting. ... I was appointed one of 
 the Representatives to the Yearly Meeting, 
 who are to consider A, Benezitt's proposal 
 for encouraging Schools in the Country &c*. 
 
 a son of Jonathan Jones, and grandson of Dr. Edward Jones, the 
 leader of the band of Welsh settlers of 1682. — Myers, Sally 
 Wister's Journal, 1 1 . 
 
2 94 Courtship of [6'*' mo. 
 
 9"' (5"' day) Was in the Evening by 
 request at Judah Foulke's, upon whose 
 Effects an Execution had been served by 
 direction of the Committee of the House 
 for a deficiency &c% & he being disposed 
 to give up the remainder of his Effects to 
 his other Creditors, he gave a warrant of 
 Attorney to Rich*^ Hockley, J: Jones & 
 myself for that purpose. 
 
 jQth ^^th ^^y-| Spent some time in 
 warning J. Foulke's Creditors to meet 
 together this afternoon, & they accordingly 
 met & agreed that upon Judah's delivering 
 up all his Effects they would sign him a 
 general Release. He made an assignment 
 of his books &c'' to the same three who 
 have the Warrant of Attorney. 
 
 j^tu ^^th ^^y^ Read in Fortescue's 
 praise of the Laws of England. 
 
 20"' [2^ day) Attended the Vendue 
 of Judah Foulke's Goods all day, & at 
 night Cast up the difference between the 
 Sale & Appraisement. 
 
 ii** (4"' day) Attended the Vendue of 
 J. Foulke's Goods closely all day. In the 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 295 
 
 evening 1 read Tickell's^ Life of Addison 
 
 ^yth ^,^(1 ^^y^ Jonah [Thompson] & 
 I crossed the River thro a thick fog, & 
 calhng at Enion WilHams's to see James 
 Thornton, who is unwell with a fever, we 
 there met with Antho: Morris & his 3 
 sons, Anthony, James & John, whose 
 Company and Enion's we had to Trenton. 
 
 29*'' (4*^ day) Got to Stenton about 
 noon. Found Sister Hannah & Sally 
 Morris there & all as well as usual, 
 Gilbert Tennent came there, & drank 
 Tea with us. 
 
 30*'' (5*^ day) Was in the afternoon at 
 the School Corporation and in the Even^ 
 at the fire Company. 
 
 Seventh month. 
 
 5"' (4*'' day) Spent most of the day 
 with Coz. I. P. jun"" in sorting J. Kinsey's 
 papers. 
 
 gth i^-^th ^^^-^ Spent part of it [the day] 
 
 ' Thomas Tickell. The Works of Joseph Addison [with some 
 account of the life and writings of the author, by T. Tickell]. 
 4 vols. London, 1721. 4". Another edition, Dublin, 1722. 
 [Brit. Mus. Cat.] 
 
296 Courtship of [7* mo. 
 
 at a Tavern in attending upon the people 
 that had acco*^ to settle with J. Foulke. 
 
 12"' (4*'' day) Rode in the afternoon 
 to Stenton & brought my wife home. 
 Met with Edw'^ Shippen jun'' there, just 
 returned from England. 
 
 j^th ^^th ^^y^ Was at meeting. Sarah 
 Morris, B. Trotter & Joseph Delaplain 
 preached. 
 
 1 8*'' (3'' day) Attended the meeting of 
 worship at the upper meeting house. 
 About 40 people dined at our 
 house. 
 
 27*'' (5"' day) Spent the Even^ at 
 Uncle & Isr' Pemberton's with John 
 Evans and other friends in Endeavouring 
 to settle the Assembly Ticket. 
 
 28"' (6"' day) My wife & I dined at 
 Coz. W. Callender's. Heard that a 
 Company who met to-day at Caspar 
 Wistar's had agreed to have my name put 
 in the Assembly Ticket in the room of 
 Hugh Roberts, who had been before 
 agreed on, but refused to serve. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 297 
 
 Eighth month. 
 
 j8t ^^d day) As my name was in some 
 of the Tickets, and I understood there 
 were several sorts, I did not Chuse to go 
 up to the Courthouse, but was about the 
 town most of the day spreading Ticketts 
 for Isaac Griffitts, who sets up for Sheriff 
 The election not being like to be 
 over till midnight I went to bed about 
 10 o'clock. 
 
 2'' (3'' day) Heard as soon as I got up 
 that they did not finish Counting the 
 Ticketts till about 6 o'clock this morning, 
 and they stood thus — 
 
 Assembly 
 
 
 Sheriffs 
 
 
 Isaac Norris 
 
 1799 
 
 Isaac Griffitts 
 
 1 169 
 
 Edw>' Warner 
 
 1790 
 
 Edw" Collins 
 
 1033 
 
 Owen Evans 
 
 1760 
 
 William Biddle 
 
 961 
 
 Hugh Evans 
 
 1745 
 
 Edw^i Scull 
 
 845 
 
 Joseph Trotter 
 
 1474 
 
 
 
 
 Israel Pcmbertonjun 
 Evan Morgan 
 
 '1445 
 1236 
 
 Coroners 
 Wm Trotter 
 
 1077 
 
 John Smith 
 
 I 230 
 
 Geo: Heap 
 
 1070 
 
 
 
 Thomas James 
 W- Gray 
 
 942 
 
 793 
 
 
 
 Thomas Leech 
 
 562 
 
 
 
 John Naglee 
 
 284 
 
 John Morris is chosen 
 Commissioner but I have 
 
 
 
 no list of Assessors. 
 
 
298 Courtship of P'^'mo. 
 
 This unexpected promotion made me a 
 little thoughtful, but I was preserved from 
 those fears which at some times would 
 have almost overwhelmed me in such a 
 Circumstance. 
 
 Visited Jonah Thompson in the morn- 
 ing — who seems better. Was active in 
 the afternoon in promoting Ticketts for 
 Burgesses, and Joseph Fox & W™ Clymer 
 were chose without much opposition, 
 though W" Plumstead & his friends for 
 him made some attempt, but he declined 
 pretty early. Heard that there was some 
 Contest in the Comon Council to-day 
 about the choice of a Recorder. The Two 
 Candidates were B. Franklin & Tench 
 Francis, and notwithstanding the vast 
 superiority of the former's Capacity and 
 Character he had but 19 Votes when the 
 other had 24. William Plumstead^ was 
 chosen Mayor. 
 
 1 William Plumsted (i 708-1 765), only son of Clement 
 Plumsted, Mayor and Provincial Councillor, was one of the 
 wealthiest merchants of the City. He held various important 
 offices, serving as Common Councilman, Register-General of Wills, 
 Mayor for three terms, and Provincial Councillor. When about 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 299 
 
 Notwithstanding the hurry which poH- 
 ticks occasioned I was to-day at Meeting, 
 and thought B. Trotter preached well. 
 I dined at Edw'^ Cathrall's and drank Tea 
 at Bro'" W. Logan's. 
 
 5*^ Was part of the morning at Rob* 
 Moore's, & received ^500 in part pay for 
 Point plantation. After dinner John 
 Morris & I, in pursuance of the agreement 
 of the overseers, visited Thomas Marshall 
 — near Masters's Mill — & dealt closely 
 with him for suffering & Encouraging 
 Gaming in his house & other disorders. 
 He promised to take what we said into 
 consideration. 
 
 S*** In the afternoon I walked to Ken- 
 sington to see a Vessel Launched. 
 
 9*^ Was all the forenoon hearing & 
 Examining the accounts Depending be- 
 
 middle age he renounced Quakerism and became a prominent 
 Episcopalian. He was a subscriber to the first Dancing Assembly 
 in 1748. He was married, first, in 1733, to Rebecca ( d. 1741 ), 
 daughter of Philip Kearney, merchant ; and secondly, Mary 
 (d. 1799), daughter of George and Anne (Yeates) McCall. — 
 Keith, Councillors, 169 fF. 
 
300 Courtship of [9' 
 
 mo. 
 
 tween Jonathan Love & Arent Hassert^ 
 jun'', which they had submitted to the 
 Arbitration of Abel James & myself. 
 
 15"' In the Evening I attended the 
 Assembly, who according to Charter met 
 to-day. We unanimously Chose Isaac 
 Norris Speaker, but as the proceedings of 
 the house will be printed I need not be 
 any more particular in my Diary. 
 
 30"' Was at meeting. Crazy Hannah 
 Lewis made some disturbance till John 
 Reynell & I took her out of meeting. 
 
 31'* Was at the Insurance Office, & 
 began to underwrite. 
 
 Ninth month. 
 
 J St With Edw'' Warner, Evan Morgan 
 & Jos: Fox — we being 4 of the Comittee 
 of Accounts — at James Morris's in burn- 
 ing ragged paper money. 
 
 1^ We burnt in all but /1538 . 8 .3, 
 but much of it was in small bills w'^'' were 
 Exceedingly defaced. Employed the 
 
 'Arent H assert, merchant, in Letitia's Court. — Pa. Gaz., 
 May 17, 1750. 
 
1750] Hannah Logan 301 
 
 afternoon in reading over the Votes of 
 former Assemblys of this Province, many 
 of which I have lately Collected. 
 
 9*'' I Employed myself in sorting & 
 wiping my books &c*. 
 
 13*^ Met in the Even^ with the rest 
 of the Arbitrators between M. Slatter &c% 
 & he being very pressing we agreed to 
 give him the reasons for our award to send 
 to Holland. 
 
 1 7*'' Wrote several dunning letters. 
 
 1 8*^ We hear to-day that our Ship 
 Prince William is below from Jamaica. 
 
 ii**' Attended the unloading our Ship 
 most of the day. However, having a 
 Ticket for that purpose, I found time to 
 hear Dr. Thomson's Oration on the 
 Smallpox at the Academy. 
 
 26*'' I spent the Evening at the School- 
 house consulting with the rest of the 
 Overseers of the Meeting about our duty. 
 
 29"' Attended the meeting of the 
 Overseers of The Free School. We chose 
 John Armitt a member in the room of 
 John Bringhurst deceased. 
 
30 2 Courtship of [lo'^mo. 
 
 Tenth month. 
 
 3'^ Understanding that Father Logan 
 wanted me, I rode up there this morning, 
 but though I found that he wanted a letter 
 wrote to his bookseller, I could not at all 
 apprehend about what. 
 
 5"' Had the Comp^ of John Wilson,^ 
 who is recommended to me by John Hunt, 
 and who is come over to seek Employ as 
 a Schoolmaster. 
 
 8*^ In the afternoon met the overseers 
 of the School, who unanimously agreed to 
 Employ John Wilson as an usher to 
 Rob* Willan. 
 
 15"' At 45 minutes after 10 o'clock in 
 the forenoon my dear wife was happily 
 delivered of a fine boy. 
 
 2jd ^jst j^y^ J went to the Evening 
 meeting, w*""" was at first disturbed by John 
 Durburon, supposed to be out of his right 
 
 1 John Wilson, unmarried, schoolmaster, produced a certificate 
 of removal, dated 6th mo. 30, 1750, from the Friends of the 
 Monthly Meeting at Ackworth, England, to Philadelphia Monthly 
 Meeting, loth mo. 28, 1750, he being "now usher of Friends 
 School in this City." — Myers, Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 
 I 17-1 18. 
 
I 
 
 1750] Hannah Logan 303 
 
 senses, going to prayer, at which the meet- 
 ing rose & stood still till he was stopped. 
 
 Eleventh month. 
 
 17"* Attended the house. The City 
 & County members, all but Ed. Warner, 
 dined with the Governour. Was in the 
 afternoon at the burial of Joseph Emlen. 
 
 Twelfth month. 
 
 12"' Was in the Evening at the 
 Auction of books. Bought none. 
 
 13*^ to 16"' At the Auction. 
 
 18"' Attended with Joshua Crosby & 
 Anthony Benezitt to sit in the meeting of 
 Ministers & Elders. 
 
 19"' At home with James Birkett in 
 consulting about building a Vessel. 
 
 20*^ Anthony Benezett & I visited 
 Samuel Jackson in person to deal with him 
 for being concerned in Counterfeiting 
 Cobs & dollars Sec". 
 
 21** To the meeting of the Overseers 
 of the School. We were together till late. 
 We chose W. Callender & Samuel Preston 
 
304 Courtship of [i'* mo. 
 
 Moore to be trustees in the room of 
 Father Logan & Uncle Noble. 
 
 Fint month, lyji. 
 
 ytb With Others of the Committee at 
 Charles Norris's in burning ragged money. 
 Dined with Mother Logan & other good 
 friends at Bro'' W" Logan's. Was in the 
 Evening at the Auction. 
 
 8"^ The burial of Polly Griffith. 
 
 11*^ Jos. Crosby & I were desired to 
 speak, to Lewis Evans to prevent his 
 printing our disapline, which we did, & he 
 promised us he would not. We also spoke 
 to B. Franklin about it. 
 
 21'' To the burial of Elis* Greenleafe. 
 
 23*^ Israel Pemberton Jun"" & I rode 
 in the morning to our Pastures, & from 
 thence to the Governour's house at Bush- 
 hill & viewed it. 
 
 27"' Went to the Vendue of B. Cal- 
 ender's land at Frankfort. 
 
 Seco7id month. 
 
 1^ Was in the Even^' at A. Benezitt's 
 to assist them with a conveyance to their 
 father's burial to morrow. 
 
^750 Hannah Logan 305 
 
 3'^ M. Lightfoot & I rode together to 
 Stenton, & from thence to Germantown 
 to the burial of Stephen Benezitt/ at which 
 there was a great number of people. 
 Gilbert Tennent said something at the 
 Grave. A pretty many of us dined at 
 Father Logan's. 
 
 4*'' Isr' & I spent the afternoon in 
 revising the minutes of Assembly. 
 
 11'^ To the burial of Sarah the wife 
 of Antho: Morris: jun"", which was very 
 large. I helped carry. 
 
 12''' I attended the Supreme Court 
 about 1 1 hours to hear the Trial of 
 Christr" Marshall" &c^ 
 
 ^JoHN Stephen Benezet ( -1751), son of John and 
 
 Madelaine (Testart) Benezet, was a native of France, where he 
 was married, in 1709, to Judith Delemajanelle. He was a Prot- 
 estant, and in 171 5 had his estate confiscated. After living some 
 time in England, he came to Philadelphia with his family in 173 1, 
 and established himself as a merchant. In 1743, he gave notice 
 in the Penmyl-vania Gazette that he intended to give up trading. 
 During his later life he resided in Germantown. He had three 
 sons, James, Daniel and Anthony Benezet. — MS. Benezet Pedigree, 
 Historical Society, Pennsylvania. 
 
 ^Christopher Marshall (1709-1797), born in Dublin, 
 became a chemist and pharmacist in Philadelphia, his shop being at 
 the Golden Ball, on the south side of Chestnut Street, between 
 20 
 
306 Courtship of [3'^"io- 
 
 j^th Yei-y ill . . . which I appre- 
 hended to be pleurisy, but D"" Shippen 
 thought otherwise. 
 
 26th Was at our monthly meeting, 
 Tho' there was a great deal of 
 business & some of it weighty, particularly 
 whether C. Marshall should be disowned, 
 yet I thought upon the whole it was carried 
 on with a good degree of brotherly Love 
 & condescension. 
 
 30*'' To see our Vessel on the Stocks 
 at Kensington, which goes on better than 
 I Expected. 
 
 Third month. 
 
 11"' Benj'' Franklin was chosen a 
 Burgess yesterday in the room of William 
 Clymer deceased. 
 
 20*'' At the School house to hear a 
 difference between D"" Moore & Rob' 
 Duncan. 
 
 Second and Third Streets, opposite Strawberry Alley. He had 
 been a Friend, but was expelled from the Society for his attitude on 
 the question of war. He was a member of the Committee of 
 Safety from its formation to the close of the war. He was on 
 confidential terms with members of the Continental Congress, and 
 the diary that he kept during the period is of great historical value. 
 — Appleton Cyc; Winsor, America, VI., 2735 Diary, ed. 
 by Duane ; Pa. Gaz., Feb. 20,1750. 
 
1751] Hannah Logan 307 
 
 Fourth month. 
 
 3** In the afternoon was at a meeting 
 with the Children in the Schoolhouse 
 appointed by Susannah Morris & Phebe 
 Lancaster, at which they both & Hannah 
 Hulford preach'd & EHs** Pennock pray''. 
 Drank Tea at Bro'^ W. Logan's. Was 
 in the Even^ at my pasture to view the 
 Mowers Sec'*. 
 
 ytii Was busy most of the morning in 
 purchasing a servant Girl from a Liverpool 
 Vessel. Her name Jane Lincey. 
 
 14*'' Alderman Hasell^ was buried this 
 Evening, having died yesterday of a 
 Mortification in his arm. I yesterday 
 signed the subscription paper for the 
 Provincial Hospital with £^'^0. 
 
 23*^ At the Evening meeting, & were 
 much disturbed by B. Trotter's preaching. 
 We supped with Uncle Pemberton. 
 
 Fifth month. 
 
 1^ Understood I was yesterday chose 
 
 'Samuel Hasell (1691-1751), a native of the Barbadoes, 
 came to Philadelphia before 1750 and engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness. He was chosen Common Councilman in 1728, Alderman 
 in 1729 and Mayor in 1731, 1732 and 1740. — Keith, Councillors. 
 
3o8 Courtship of [s'^'mo- 
 
 by the Contributors to the Pennsylvania 
 Hospital to be one of the managers there- 
 of, & had notice to meet the rest in the 
 afternoon. ... I met the rest of the 
 Managers of the Hospital, & we agreed 
 to address the proprietors for a Lot. 
 
 5*^^ In the afternoon met the Managers 
 of the Hospital, & we viewed several Lots 
 about the town. Were most pleased with 
 one between 9th & loth Streets on the 
 S. side of Mulberry street. 
 
 6'^ Met the Managers of the Hospital 
 at R. Peters's, & the address to the Pro- 
 prietor being prepared was approved and 
 signed. We agreed upon a letter to 
 Thomas Hyam & Sylvanus Bevan ^ to 
 request them to Sollicit the affair with the 
 Proprietors. . . . In the afternoon 
 met the Managers again & we sign'd the 
 letter to T. Hyam & S. Bevan, & agreed 
 to meet every month on the first fifth-day 
 of the week. 
 
 8*^ In the Evening I met with Tho" 
 Lawrence & Edw*^ Shippen upon an 
 
 1 A Quaker apothecary of London. He made the well-known 
 Bevan bust of William Penn. 
 
Thomas Lawrence 
 
^751] Hannah Logan 309 
 
 Arbitration between Sam' Hazard/ Exec- 
 utor of Evan Morgan, & John Swift, 
 Attorney of Wilhous & Rockliff. We 
 finished it. 
 
 14*'' The burial of Jos: Wharton's wife. 
 
 20*** I went into the River in the Eve- 
 ning to wash. 
 
 21^' Capt Mesnard came up from 
 London this morning "p whom came Bro"" 
 Jemmy Logan & several other fr''^ Went 
 with Jemmy to the Lower Meeting. . . . 
 Jemmy dined with me, & after dinner 
 Aunt Pemberton, He & I rode to Stenton. 
 I had many letters & some goods. It 
 rained in the Even^, but my wife & several 
 others came from Plymouth & joined in 
 the general Joy. 
 
 22*^ Was busy in getting my front 
 room altered into a store &c% & in the 
 afternoon was on the publick Acco*^ 
 
 27'** Attended the forenoon at the 
 State house on the publick accounts. 
 
 'Samuel Hazard ( i 714-1 758) , merchant, came from New 
 York to Philadelphia in 1745. Was one of the first managers of 
 the Pennsylvania Hospital. — Morton, Hist. Penna. Hospital, 410, 
 
3IO Courtship of [6*' mo. 
 
 Sixth mo7tth. 
 
 3"* At our Qiiarterly Meeting of Min- 
 isters & Elders. . . . Uncle Pember- 
 ton desiring to be Excused from serving 
 as Clerk on acco* of his difficulty in hear- 
 ing, I was chosen to succeed him. Peter 
 Fearn, Thomas Lloyd ^ & Sarah Morris 
 dined with us. 
 
 6*'' Attended settling the publick 
 accounts at the State house forenoon & 
 afternoon. 
 
 7*^' Rich'' Peters having introduced 
 D' Billings to me with a request to recom- 
 mend him to brother Samuel, he hav^ an 
 inclination to settle at Burlington, I accord- 
 ingly wrote by him. 
 
 8*'' Attended the Committee of 
 accounts in burning money at the State 
 house. 
 
 1 9*'' Attended a Committee at the - 
 State house in the morning, & was at the 
 house in the afternoon. 
 
 1 Thomas Lloyd ( -1754) > merchant, son of Thomas and 
 
 grandson of Governor Thomas Lloyd, married Susanna, widow of 
 Dr. Edward Owen and daughter of Philip Kearney. — Keith, 
 Councillors, 22. 
 
1751] Hannah Logan 311 
 
 Seventh month. 
 
 5''' Met the managers of the Hospital, 
 & was appointed one of those to Look 
 out for convenient house to begin the 
 design in, & to consider of Rules respect- 
 ing the Admission of patients, &;c'\ 
 
 10*'' Waited on the Gov*" with a regis- 
 ter for our new Snow ; then met a Com- 
 mittee appointed by the monthly meeting 
 to discourse Joseph Shute respecting the 
 meeting house ground in So: Carolina &c^ 
 We met at Antho : Morris's, & after a 
 pretty deal of conversation Joseph sign'd 
 & seal'd an Instrument of writing drawn 
 by I. Pemberton Jun^ 
 
 j^th ^jst ^^^^ ^^g j^jl ^ meetings. 
 
 . . . We had a Table full of friends to 
 dinner & several to Lodge. 
 
 16*'' In the afternoon I went to the 
 meeting at the State house. Sarah Banks, 
 Jane Hoskins, Ann Moore & Sus* Morris 
 preach** & Ann Moore pray**. 
 
 22** Was at the Great meeting in the 
 morning. ... In the afternoon at 
 the Bank, . . . also at the Evening 
 meeting. 
 
312 Courtship of [8*'' mo. 
 
 ^^th ^^th j^y^ jyjgj. sQj^g of (-}^g over- 
 seers of the School, but not being Enough 
 to do business we spent a little time in 
 considering the next Election. 
 
 Eighth month. 
 I St ^g gQ|. }^ome [from Burlington] 
 in the Dark of the Evening. Found the 
 people in a foam of Politicks. I voted. . . . 
 
 1^ Obtained a List of the votes for 
 Officers yesterday. Those for Assembly- 
 men were as follows viz: 
 
 Edward Warner 
 
 1473 
 
 Isaac Norris 
 
 1468 
 
 Evan Morgan 
 
 1457 
 
 Joseph Trotter 
 
 H54 
 
 Hugh Evans 
 
 1448 
 
 John Smith 
 
 1006 
 
 Joshua Morris 
 
 935 
 
 Henry Pauling 
 
 930 
 
 Isr' Pemberton ]"■ 
 
 543 
 
 Joseph Fox 
 
 330 
 
 Ben" Franklin 
 
 40 
 
 The reason why the Votes for me run 
 lower than the rest, I am told, was, some 
 people met & agreed to put Jos: Fox in 
 the County & me in the City, and I had 
 
1751] Hannah Logan 313 
 
 before 1 went out of town very much 
 desired to be left wholly out, which per- 
 haps might have some Effect. Had to- 
 day some of Elias Bland's company, who 
 came in a day or two ago. There was 
 some strife about the choice of Burgesses. 
 Supp'd at I. Pemberton jun". The 
 Tickets upon counting them stood thus 
 Benjamin Franklin 495 
 
 Hugh Roberts 473 
 
 Joseph Fox 391 
 
 W" Plumstead 303 
 
 1662 
 
 One half of these being 831, is I sup- 
 pose a great many more than ever voted 
 for the city before. 
 
 3*^ We dined at Uncle Pemberton's. 
 After dinner I met with B. Franklin & 
 Jn" Mifflin, being appointed by the 
 Supreme Court Auditors in a Cause, long 
 Depending there, between the Lessors of 
 
 [?] Story & one Coppock. We 
 
 heard one Evidence, & agreed to meet 
 again next 2'^ day at 2 o'clock. Then 
 spent an hour or two with the managers 
 of the Hospital. 
 
314 Courtship of [8*'' mo. 
 
 y*'' Spent the afternoon on the audit of 
 Court between Story & Coppock. Heard 
 several Evidences & agreed to meet again 
 5"' day Even^ at 6 o'clock. 
 
 9*'' In the Even^ was a while at B. 
 Franklin's in Examining i witnesses in the 
 affair between Story & Coppock. 
 
 lo*'' Charles Norris was to be married 
 to-day. 
 
 11*^ In the morning D" Bond, Isr^ 
 Pemberton & I viewed the late Dwelling 
 house of J. Kinsey Esq'' & were of opinion 
 it would be a suitable place to take to 
 begin the Hospital in. 
 
 12*^ Father Logan being unwell, my 
 wife and I rode to Stenton & back again 
 in the Even^. 
 
 14*'' Met the managers of the Hospital 
 in the morning & viewed J. Kinsey's house. 
 
 i^th Pitted out my 4-wheerd Chaise 
 to bring some of Jemmy Pemberton's 
 wedding guests to meeting. Was at the 
 meeting, which was large & solid. Mord. 
 Yarnall and Eliz'^ Hudson preach'd & 
 M. Y. pray'd ; then Jemmy Pemberton 
 
Dr. Phineas Bond 
 
^75i] Hannah Logan 315 
 
 was married/ Immediately after which I 
 went up to the Assembly & was qualified. 
 Molly Morris & Sister Hannah dined 
 with me. Attended the house in the 
 afternoon. Spent the Evening at Hannah 
 Lloyd's with the new married Couple. 
 
 16'^ Joshua Morris dined with me. 
 
 ly*** I spent the Even^ with Jn" 
 Reynell & Owen Jones at Josh. Crosby's 
 in looking over some Acco*® which he 
 desired to View. 
 
 i8*'' (6'^ day) to if" {i'' day) Differ- 
 ent sorts of weather but mostly good. 
 Father Logan being likely to die, was 
 there almost every day, & sat up two 
 nights. 
 
 28*'' Rode to Stenton in the morning 
 & staid all day, & sat up at night with 
 Father, who seems near his End. 
 
 29*'* Father Logan continuing much 
 the same, my wife & I rode home in the 
 Evening, but soon after a messenger came 
 
 'James Pemberton, son of Israel, was married October 15, 
 1751, to Hannah, daughter of Mordecai and Hannah (Fishbourne) 
 Lloyd. 
 
3i6 Courtship of [8*' mo. 
 
 with news of Father's being worse, but 
 the night being very dark I durst not 
 Venture to take my wife out & therefore 
 staid with her. 
 
 30"' To Stenton. Found father a 
 little revived, bnt insensible, & we think 
 a-dying. 
 
 little after 1 1 o'clock Father Logan 
 changed, & his breath grew shorter & 
 shorter till about 20 minutes after 12 
 o'clock when he Expired ^ in a very easy 
 manner. In the afternoon & Evening we 
 
 1 Philadelphia, November 7. Thursday last, after a long Indis- 
 position, died the honourable James Logan, Esq: in the 77th 
 Year of his Age ; and on Saturday his Remains were decently 
 interr'd in the Friends Burying Ground in this City, the Funeral 
 being respectfully attended by the principal Gentlemen and Inhabi- 
 tants of Philadelphia and the neighboring County. His Life was 
 for the most Part a Life of Business, tho' he had always been 
 passionately fond of Study ; He had borne the several Offices of 
 Provincial Secretary, Commissioner of Property, Chief Judge of 
 the Supreme Court, and for near two Years govern' d the Province 
 as President of the Council, in all which publick Stations, as well as 
 in private Life he behav'd with unblemished Integrity : But some 
 Years before his Death he retir'd from publick Affairs to Stenton 
 his Country Seat, where he enjoy'd among his Books that Leisure 
 which men of Letters so earnestly desire. He was thoroughly 
 versed both in ancient and modern Learning, acquainted with the 
 
1751] Hannah Logan 317 
 
 consulted about several changes relating 
 to the burial. 
 
 Ninth month. 
 
 i'* (6*'' day) Came to town & gave 
 some necessary directions about the burial. 
 After dinner took both my Chaises up to 
 Stenton & accompanied the Corpse to 
 Bro"" W. Logan's house. 
 
 1^ (7''' day) Cold & windy, the Invi- 
 tation being at one o'clock. We moved 
 about y^ after two. There was a large 
 company. The Corpse was carried into 
 meeting. B. Trotter & M. Lightfoot 
 
 Oriental Tongues, a Master of the Greek and Latin, French and 
 Italian Languages, deeply skilled in the Mathematical Sciences, 
 and in Natural and Moral Philosophy, as several Pieces of his 
 Writing witness, which have been repeatedly printed in divers 
 Parts of Europe, and are highly esteemed by the Learned. But 
 the most noble Monument of his Wisdom, Publick Spirit, Benevo- 
 lence, and affectionate Regard to the People of Penmyl-vania, is 
 his Library ; which [he had been gathering for] 50 years past, 
 with the greatest Care and Judgment, intending it a Benefaction to 
 the Publick for the Increase of Knowledge, and for the common 
 Use and Benefit of all Lovers of Learning. It contains the best 
 Editions of the best Books in various Languages, Arts and Sciences, 
 and is without Doubt the largest, and by far the most valuable 
 Collection of the Kind in this Part of the World, and will convey 
 the Name of Logan thro' Ages with Honour, to the Latest Posterity. 
 — Penna. Gazette, Nov. 7, 175 1. 
 
3i8 Courtship of [9*'' mo. 
 
 preach'd and M. Emlen pray'd. After 
 the burial I spent the Even^ at Bro'" 
 Logan's, where we had a pretty deal of 
 Company. 
 
 j'* Several of us accompanied mother 
 Logan home. B. Trotter, Ann Moore 
 & Mary Knight, having been at German- 
 town meeting, came there afterwards & 
 had a sitting with us in which the two 
 latter preach'd. 
 
 10^'' About 10 o'clock Coz° William 
 Smith came on a message to let me know 
 that my dear Father changed about 5 
 hours after I left him & that his life was 
 despaired of. I therefore immediately 
 sent to Mother Logan to desire the Loan 
 of Gerrard to drive my Chaise, & he 
 quickly coming I took brother Richard 
 with me in it and got to Burlington before 
 dark. 
 
 II* (2*^ day) Were up by break of 
 day intending to be at Amboy to-night, 
 but just as we were ready to set out a 
 messenger came who had rode all night to 
 acquaint us that our dear Father departed 
 
^750 Hannah Logan 319 
 
 this life about 5 o'clock in the Evening of 
 Seventh day & that they had brought his 
 Corps to Cranbury last night. 
 Met the Corpse at Croswicks ; from 
 thence accompanied it to Burlington. 
 
 12"' My wife & near 20 more from 
 Philad'' came up. The Invitation was at 
 1 1 o'clock, & the Company was large. 
 We moved about 5^ after 12, and after 
 Interring the Corpse retired into the 
 meeting house. ... A Publick Invi- 
 tation was given to dinner, & many came. 
 
 14*'' Reached Stenton. 
 
 15*'' In the Even^ the Children being 
 together. Mother shewed Father Logan's 
 will, about which there was a pretty deal 
 of Conversation. 
 
 26'^ At the burial of Coz. M. Light- 
 foot, which was large & solid. 
 
 28*^ In the afternoon met the Over- 
 seers of the School, & was in the Even^ 
 at the fire Company. 
 
 Tenth month. 
 
 12'^ Met the managers of the Hospital 
 in the Even^. 
 
320 Courtship of [i'*mo. 
 
 First month, 17^2. 
 
 j8t ^^th ^j^yj According to the new 
 method of computing time. 
 
 9*^ We dined with Mother Sec** at 
 Bro"" WilHam Logan's. After dinner we 
 spent some time in preparing a state"* of 
 the case respecting Father Logan's will 
 &c* to consult council upon, L Norris 
 Excepting to it. 
 
 10"' Was visited by a German who 
 wanted some conversation about religion 
 &c*. After dinner W. Logan & I waited 
 on Tench Francis with the state""' of the 
 case agreed upon last night. 
 
 13'^ In the morning met the Con- 
 tributors to the P. Hospital to consider 
 the proposed law &c% & was appointed 
 with 3 other of the managers to attend a 
 comittee of s*^ managers in further con- 
 sidering it. 
 
 14*'' Spent about 5 hours with the 
 Committee of the Contributors to the 
 Hospital in considering the proposed law. 
 
 16*'' With the Committee of the Con- 
 tributors to the Hospital, and agreed to 
 
Dr. Tiiomas Cnchvalader 
 
175^] Hannah Logan 321 
 
 report several amendments to the pro- 
 posed law. 
 
 17'^ In the morning I attended the 
 general meeting of Contributors at the 
 Courthouse, and after deliberate consider- 
 ation the Law respecting the duty & 
 power of the managers & Treasurer was 
 past. . . . Mem°. — After the Con- 
 tributors had passed the above law they 
 appointed a Comittee, of whom 1 was 
 named one, to prepare a particular law 
 respecting the choice of the Physicians &c*. 
 
 20"" This was my birth-day, being 29 
 years of age. Was at meeting & served 
 as Clerk. . . . Spent 5 hours of the 
 afternoon & Evening with the Committee 
 of the Contributors to the Hospital in 
 considering the law proposed relating to 
 the Physicians &c*. This Committee are 
 D" Grame, Kearsley, Cadwallader^ & 
 
 ' Dr. Thomas Cadwalader (i 707-1 779), son of John Cad- 
 walader, an early Welsh settler of Merion, was an eminent physician 
 of Philadelphia. In 1 75 1 he subscribed towards the stock of the 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, of which he was one of the original physi- 
 cians. The same year he was elected a member of che Common 
 Council and served until 1774. He was called to the Provincial 
 21 
 
322 Courtship of [2' mo. 
 
 Moore, W" Plumstead, Jos Fox, Alex"" 
 Stedman;' W" Griffitts, B. Franklin, H. 
 Roberts, Isr' Pemberton J'" & myself. 
 
 21''* Spent a considerable time in the 
 afternoon at Jn° Reynell's in hearing a 
 complaint of some Germans against James 
 Chattin. 
 
 Second niotith, 
 
 ^d jgj.1 Pemberton j' & I waited upon 
 W. Allen" Esq"" with our Hospital Law 
 to be confirmed. ... In the after- 
 noon I met the Assembly according to 
 adjournment. 
 
 Council in 1755, and retained the position until the Revolution. 
 He was married in 1738 to Hannah, daughter of Thomas Lambert, 
 of New Jersey. — Keith, Councillors, 371 ff. 
 
 1 Alexander and Charles Stedman conducted a dry goods store 
 in Second Street, in 1750. — Pa. Ga^., May 3, 1750. 
 
 ^William Allen (i 704-1 780), a native of Philadelphia, 
 studied law in London. Served as Common Councilman in 1727, 
 was a member of the Assembly and was associated with Andrew 
 
 Hamilton in pur- 
 chasing the site 
 for the State 
 House. He 
 married Hamil- 
 ton's daughter, Margaret, and by this marriage and his own gains 
 became one of the richest men in the Province. He was appointed 
 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1750. — ^Jenkins, Phila., 239. 
 
William Allen 
 
^75^] Hannah Logan 323 
 
 4"' {2" day) to 8**^ (y*'^ day) . . . Was 
 every day at the Assembly, & 5th-day 
 dined with the Governour. 
 
 lo**" In the forenoon at the Hospital, 
 & in the afternoon at the Assembly. 
 
 J jth (j^day) to 15*'' (y^'^day) Was every 
 day at the Assembly. 
 
 ly*** (2** day) to 22<* (y"' day) Every 
 day at the Assembly. 
 
 Third month. 
 
 yth Was at the Assembly; & after, E. 
 Morgan & I waited upon the Gov'' with 
 sundry Bills, messages, &c% which I 
 delivered, but not with so much presence 
 of mind as I could wish. 
 
 gth ]y[y ^gg^j. ^-^g ^ ^ ^ ^gg delivered 
 
 of a fine Girl, which I call Hannah. 
 
 I y*^ Caspar Wistar was buried to-day. 
 
 20*'' Were 5 hours at W"" Plumstead's, 
 examining witnesses in relation to Father 
 Logan's will, & hearing Isaac Norris's 
 objections. 
 
 26*'' In the afternoon at the meeting 
 of the Overseers of the School, & in the 
 Evening at the fire Comp^. 
 
324 Hannah Logan [j'' "^o- 
 
 if" (6^^^ day) A Cold N. E. wind & 
 some rain. Attended our monthly meet- 
 ing. M. Emlen pray'd & Sarah Morris 
 preach'd. Wm. Griffitts passed the second 
 time, and Anthony Morris jun' with Eliz* 
 Hudson the first. 
 
APPENDIX 
 
EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLIER PARTS OF 
 JOHN SMITH'S DIARY 
 
 A Voyage to Barbadoes in 1741 
 
 Tenth month, 17 41. 
 Having a mind to See the Island of Barbadoes, and 
 to know the manner of living at Sea, and to Survey 
 the wonders of the Lord in the deep, and having my 
 father's Consent So to do, I Set out from home 
 [Burlington, New Jersey] for Philadelphia by land on 
 the 8th of 10 mo : 1741, being 3d day of the week. 
 The next day about 2 o' Clock P.M. I sett out from 
 Philadelphia in the Brig" Burlington, Wm. Condy 
 master. Belonging to my father, and her Cargo Con- 
 signed to me and my Coz. Samuel Noble, who also 
 went with me. The wind being a head we turned it 
 from Philadelphia, and about two miles below the town 
 on Pennsylvania Shore we gott aground, and there lay 
 till the next tide. My desires to the Lord before I 
 left home were to he Enabled to be wholly resigned to 
 his blessed will, and that if it were Consistent there- 
 with He might preserve me from the hands of unrea- 
 sonable men without and from the Power of the more 
 unreasonable Enemy within. 
 
1741] Barbadoes 327 
 
 10th of lo'"' & 5th of the week, the tide having 
 floated us, we weighed anchor about 2 o'Clock A.M. 
 but it being Stark Calm they towed us down to Red 
 Bank, where we dropt Anchor about 8 o'Clock A.M. 
 to wait for the next tide, having again touched a ground 
 a little above the mouth of Skuilkill, but Soon gott 
 ofF again. The time that we lay at Anchor here, I 
 spent with a great deal of pleasure in viewing the boats. 
 Shallops &C'' that with the flood passed by us. I think 
 there was 9 or 10 of them, and but one topsail Vessel, 
 which was a Sloop from New York. 
 
 The day I left home I wanted 43 days of being 19 
 years of age, and had a good Certificate from the 
 monthly meeting of friends in Burlington. Weighed 
 Anchor about 3 o'Clock P.M., and the wind blowing 
 briskly right a head we turned it down, and In the 
 Evening mett a Pilot boat, by whom we heard that 
 Capt. Redmon's great Ship was lost on the Sheers. 
 She was very large, mounting 24 Gunns, and had i 50 
 pipes of wine on board, being just gone from Phila- 
 delphia and Bound to South Carolina. About 9 
 o'clock in the Evening we Anchored just opposite the 
 town of Marcus hook. 
 
 11"' Weighed Anchor about 3 o'Clock P.M., 
 and the wind being N.N.W. we laid it down finely. 
 As we passed by Christeen Creek, I thought Wilming- 
 ton made a beautiful appearance, seeming to stand under 
 and upon the side of a high hill. We passed New 
 Castle about SunSett. I think it seems to have much 
 about the same number of houses as Burlington, but 
 
328 A Voyage to [10*'' mo. 
 
 not nigh So regularly built. Came to an Anchor at 
 8 o'clock in the Evening between Salem and Ready 
 point, and could distinguish but one house in Salem. 
 J 2th Wind at N. N. E. We Laid it down to the 
 lower End of Reedy Island, where we found many 
 Vessells waiting for a North Wester. In all that lay 
 there to-night was 14 topsail Vessells. 
 
 13"" Lay at Anchor at Reedy Island, alias Lazy 
 harbour. 
 
 14"* Still detained at Reedy Island by Contrary 
 winds. This morning flood tide there passed by us 2 
 Ships, 2 Snows, a Brig", a Sloop & a Schooner. 
 
 I 5"^'' Lay at Anchor at Reedy Island, and in the 
 afternoon the wind blowing hard at S.W., and Cap" 
 M'Ckederick's Ship having but one Anchor out. She 
 dragg'd it and drove foul of our Bowsprit and broke 
 our flying Gibb Boom short off, but our Capt" being a 
 Carpenter Soon Spliced it, and had it up again before 
 night. 
 
 17"' of lo"" mo. & 5"''' of the week. Weighed 
 Anchor about 4 o' Clock in the morning, being 1 5 
 Sail in Company, the wind at N.N.W. we were the 
 Last Vessel that weighed but one and then some of 
 them were 7 or 8 mile a head of us. About 2 or 3 
 o'clock in the afternoon we ran by 2 Sail, and left 
 the Capes a Stern, about 5 in the Evening, and the 
 wind blowing hard before 12 o' Clock we ran by 9 
 sail more. The other two were bound for Virginia, 
 and so did not steer the Same Course that we did. 
 
^74i] Barbadoes 329 
 
 As soon almost as we got out of the Capes the Wind 
 Chop'd about to the Eastward, which Occasion'd a 
 great swelling Sea, that made both my Coz. S. N. and 
 me very Sea Sick, and so we Continued most of the 
 passage. We saw Several Sail Vessells at Sea, but 
 were not Chased by any. We saw but very few fish, 
 2 of which were Grampus's, one we suppose to be 
 about 23 or 24 feet long, the other about 16 or 17. 
 
 i^."" of I i"* mo., being 5"" of the week, made Land 
 about j4 after 12 o' Clock at noon, bearing W. of us, 
 and then we Supposed it to be about 9 Leagues from 
 us. 
 
 15"', being 6"' of the week, about 11 o' Clock in 
 the morning, we anchored in Carlisle-Bay, and the man 
 of war's boat Came on board and prest 2 of our men. 
 Coz. Benj* Callender & Isaac Williams Came on board 
 of us, and with them we went on Shore at Bridge- 
 town, where we were told the Sorrowful news of the 
 death of our worthy friend Thomas Chalkley at 
 Tortola. To-day we took lodgings at the widow 
 Katharine Borden's. 
 
 1 7"" Being first day of the week We went to 
 meetings forenoon and Afternoon, but they were both 
 Silent, Jn" Oxley being gone to the Spring meeting 
 Most of this day Kind Doctor Gamble and 
 his wife gave us their Company at our Lodgings, and 
 Invited us to Come and see them, which we many 
 times did ... I think we dined 7 times at their 
 house while we were on the Island, twice at Jn' 
 Oxley' s, once at Jn" Ritchison's, twice at Joseph 
 
330 A Voyage to [n'^'mo. 
 
 French's, once at Jn" Gibson's, once at Rowland 
 Gibson's, once at Jacob Luke's, twice at Wid" 
 Harper's Estate at Black Rock, once at Joseph Callen- 
 der's, once at Rich'^ Callender's, twice at Sam' Floyd's, 
 once at Robt Gray's, & once at Joseph Jackson's, 
 and once at Robt Edgell's. 
 
 Barbadoes is a very pleasant Island, the air temper- 
 ate, the fruits delicious. In the day time there is a 
 Constant Sea Breeze, which mitigates the heat of the 
 Sun, and very often Gentle Showers of rain, which 
 refreshes the earth. I think I never felt it so hot there 
 as it sometimes is at Philadelphia. But we were there 
 in the Coolest time of the Year. Of Roots they have 
 Yams & Potatoes in abundance, and many delicate 
 fruits as Pine apples, oranges. Shaddocks, Plantains, 
 Guavoes, Bananoes, and a delicate fruit w"'' they call 
 the forbidden fruit, somewhat larger than an Orange. 
 
 On the Island there are several towns viz. Bridge- 
 town, Speightstown and Austin's. Bridgetown con- 
 tains a large number of houses, but very Irregularly 
 built. There are but three that's fit to be called 
 Streets, which are Broad Street, the Roe Buck and 
 Swan Street, the rest being but Alleys and narrow 
 Lanes, of which there are many. Swan Street is 
 mostly Inhabited by Jews, who carry on a great trade 
 here, and have a large Synagogue, to which I and 
 others one day went to See their manner of worship. 
 The Men were together below, and the women in 
 the Galleries above, but the latter have no part in the 
 service. The men had each a small book in their 
 
1741] Barbadoes 331 
 
 hands and a White Veil about their Shoulders, which 
 at perticular parts of their worship they pull over their 
 heads, and one of their Arms naked as far as the Elbow 
 with a leather String tite bound round it. When we 
 came to the door one of them came out and very Com- 
 plasantly askt us in, and in we went. It was the day 
 which they kept in memory of the Jews' deliverance 
 from Haman's Plot. They then shewed the five books 
 of Moses which was wrote on Parchment and rolled 
 up. The ends of the frame which rolled them up were 
 tipt or Gilt with Gold, and upon it hung several Small 
 Golden or Gilt bells. At the opening of it the men 
 Bowed towards it, with their Eyes fixed upon it, and 
 seemed to rejoice very much, but their worship being 
 in the Portugese language we could not understand 
 them. The two Ministers whom they call the Rabbi 
 and the Priest appeared very devout. But the rest of 
 the people were Sometimes praying with their eyes 
 lifted up to heaven, sometimes laughing, and sometimes 
 talking about their ordinary business. 
 
 Most of the Inhabitants profess to belong to the 
 Church of England, who have a very large worship 
 house in Bridgetown, besides several others on the 
 Island. That at Bridgetown has a Chime of Seven 
 bells. The Steeple of it is very high, and from the 
 top thereof we have a fine prospect of the town, the 
 Bay and the Country. One of our Company had the 
 Curiosity to Count the Steps by which we ascended, 
 and found there was 127. 
 
 Friends have a meeting house at Bridgetown, and 
 
332 A Voyage to [12**^ mo. 
 
 several others on the Island, viz. one at Speightstown, 
 one at the Spring, one at the thicketts and one at 
 Punkin hill, but there are but few friends belonging to 
 them. Carlisle Bay (on which Bridgetown stands) 
 is a large Capacious bay, big enough to Contain a 
 great nuniber of Vessells. It is Commanded by 
 several forts, the biggest of which is Needham's, in 
 which they say there is near loo Cannon mounted. 
 It is also guarded by two men of war. The Portland, 
 a 50-gun Ship, and the Scarborough, a 20-Gun Ship, 
 were then Stationed there. 
 
 At this Island there is a very great trade carried on 
 with Guinea, England, Ireland and the Northern 
 Continent. It was Judged there was 1 50 Sail of 
 Merchantmen in the bay at one time while we were 
 there. 
 
 At or about the 20th of 12th mo: the Salthidas 
 fleet sails yearly. This year they numbered 46 sail 
 besides the Portland who Conveyed them. 
 
 Speightstown is not near so big as Bridgetown. Its 
 bay is Commanded by Several forts well planted with 
 large Cannon. 
 
 Austin is but a small town. 
 
 Their water in this Island is not very Good, but the 
 wealthiest Inhabitants have their Stones, that is a large 
 porous Stone with a hollow in the middle into which 
 the water is poured, and Distills thro' the pores of the 
 stone, and an Earthen Jarr underneath receives it. 
 This Clarifies and Cools the water and makes it 
 pleasant. Their chief drink is Punch, besides which 
 
1741] Barbadoes 333 
 
 they have Sorrel drink. Ginger-drink, fey, maubie, and 
 several other Sorts. 
 
 They have abundance of Negroes on the Island, 
 some of their Estates having upwards of 200 of them. 
 Nay, 1 was told of one man that upon three Estates 
 had upwards of 900 Negroes, and they use them 
 coarsely, giving them hardly anything to eat but a pint 
 of Corn a day for each Slave and a little Salt. 
 
 I was at Speightstown twice. Once we went by 
 water and staid there three days, the other time Coz. 
 Benj' Callender & I rode there together, from whence 
 we went to Rowland Gibson's, and so home. Once 
 several of us went to the Spring (7 miles from town) 
 meeting, being first day. After meeting staid and 
 Lodged that night at Jacob Luke's, The next day 
 we went to Mount Hellibel, a very high mountain 
 about 2 miles from the Spring, from the top of which 
 we have a prospect of the Sea all round the Island, 
 except one small place. From the Mount we went to 
 Jn" Gibson's & so home. Once several of us rode to 
 the Wid» Harper's Estate, w'" is about 7 mile from 
 town, where we staid two days. 
 
 The 22d of the 2d month, 1742, we set sail from 
 Carlisle Bay, being 6th day of the week, having on 
 board Capt. Henry Coombe and Isaac Williams Jun% 
 who came as passengers with us. We saw several sail 
 ofVessells on the passage, and after we had been 9 days 
 from Barbadoes, we discovered the Island of Bermudas, 
 which we Judged to be 4 or 5 leagues from us. The 
 day before we saw our Cape we saw a great number 
 
334 A Journey to [3' mo- 
 
 of Whales (I believe so) playing in the Sea, some of 
 which were very large. Three of them came very 
 near us, I believe within lo or 15 foot of the Vessel. 
 We Imagined they were each of them above 60 feet 
 long. 
 
 The I 3t'> of 3* month, being the 5"^ of the week, 
 about Yi an hour after 8 o' Clock A.M., we made 
 land, and about i 2 came a breast of the Capes, where 
 we took in a pilott, and the 16"' of 3'^ mo. — being 
 first day — about 6 o' Clock in the Evening we arrived 
 safe at Philadelphia. The next morning I got a horse 
 and rode home, where I found my father and family 
 all well. Thanks be to God the Father of all our 
 mercies. I also found my brother Samuel married to 
 Jane Kirkbride. They were married in the i ith mo. 
 last. When I came home I found our friend Samuel 
 Hopwood at my father's. This was a worthy Elder 
 and Minister of Jesus Christ Come from England to 
 visit these parts . . . He was aged about 67 years, 
 and yet was one of a hale hearty Constitution, travelled 
 very much, and in his preaching streined himself 
 Exceedingly, having a very loud Voice, and Standing 
 a great while. 
 
174^] New York 335 
 
 A Journey to New York. 
 
 ^Se-veral iveeh later than the preceding.'\ 
 
 I took a ride with Coz. Benj' Smith & his Wife & 
 Coz. Katy Callender to New York. We rode to 
 Elizabethtown point, where we left our horses and 
 went by water to York. As we were going along we 
 stopped at Brunswick, which is a very thriving town, 
 but Scituate very low. While we staid there I had 
 the Curiosity to Count the houses, and 1 think there 
 were about 140 of them. We staid a week in New 
 York, which is a large, populous City, the buildings 
 mostly larger than those oi Philadelphia, but the town 
 is not nigh so handsome nor so regularly laid out. 
 Their new Dutch Church (as they call it) is a very 
 large building. We ascended to the top of its Steeple 
 by I I 8 steps, from whence we had a very fine prospect 
 of the town and the river. As Coz. Katy & I were 
 returning homewards in the Shays, Coming to Cross- 
 wicks Creek opposite Watson's Ferry, the horse run 
 into the Creek, and oversetting the Shays threw us 
 into the Creek, where in all probability we should 
 have been drowned if God . . . had not sent us 
 relief in the needfial time. Matthew Watson's boats 
 Came and took us up, but the horse was almost 
 drowned. 
 
33^ Diary of [1736 
 
 Miscellaneous Extracts 
 
 1736. In this year our Worthy friend John Fother- 
 gill (from Old England) visited friends. In these 
 American Parts, It being the third time he had been 
 here on that account. He was an antient man, tall 
 and Well Shap'd, Very Zealous against Sin and 
 Iniquity. His testimony was Large, Sound and 
 Weighty. He had a Very Loud Voice, and often- 
 times had Great Auditory' s In these Parts, To Whom 
 (by the Assistance of the Grace by which he was Sent 
 among us) he would open the misteries of the kingdom, 
 in a lively & powerful Manner. An Elder he was 
 Worthy of Double Honour. He travelled most of 
 (If not all) the English Governments on this Conti- 
 nent, and Returned home In the Latter End of 1737, 
 Visiting Barbadoes In his Way. 
 
 In 1736, If I mistake not, Edward Tyley (from 
 Old England also) Visited the Churches In these 
 Parts. He was a Young Man of a Middle Stature, a 
 pleasant Countenance and a Comely aspect. He was 
 very zealous In his ministry and fervent In prayer, 
 and having Visited Meetings, In this and the Neighbor- 
 ing Governments, He returned home, being accom- 
 panied by our friend Daniel Stanton, as far as Boston 
 In New England. 
 
 1737. Ruth Courtney and Susannah Hudson 
 (from Ireland) Visited these parts. Ruth Courtney 
 was an Elderly Woman, Her Gift of Publick Preach- 
 ing Not Very Large, Yet Sound and Well Received. 
 Susannah Hudson was a Young Woman, Very tender, 
 and well Concerned In her testimony as also In prayer. 
 
 1738. John Hunt, from England, visited Friends 
 in these parts. He was a Young man of Low Stature, 
 Somewhat Slow of Speech (In his testimony) Yet Safe 
 
^739] John Smith 337 
 
 and very Correct, Devout In his prayers, which he 
 Uttered with Great Humility. 
 
 1738—9, iith month 5th. Transcribed a paper 
 Entitled, A Scheme for a Bank-Stock In New Jersey 
 Scc\ 
 
 6th. Paid Wm. Buckley a ballence of ^i is 
 2i.^d due to him on Ace' of Sugar Shipt me P' Capt. 
 Arthur. 
 
 8th. Sent By Wm. Hancock a letter to my father 
 at Amboy, wherein was two books, one of them 
 Entituled A true State of the Case of R. R. widow &c''. 
 The other. Remarks Upon Zenger's Tryal &c*. Made 
 some Verses on Pure Love. The Contents whereof 
 may be Seen In the Collection of Writings, &c% Page 
 (26) 
 
 lith. Wrote a paper Entitled, A Meditation In 
 Prose, The Contents Whereof may be Seen in the 
 Collection of Writings &c*, page (26) 
 
 1 2th. Began to translate Mat. Corderii &c* from 
 Latin Into English. 
 
 2 1 St. Our fr''^ Jn" Cadwallet & Enoch Pearson 
 were at our meeting. 
 
 1 2th month iqth. I Was at Ancocas meeting, 
 whereat were our friends John Salkil and Alexander 
 Seaton. 
 
 1st mo. 2 1 St, 1739. I Went to ancocas meeting. 
 Whereat were our Friends John Hunt and John 
 Churchman. 
 
 I 2th month 4, 1739. Was our monthly meeting, 
 whereat were Several Publick friends that did not 
 belong thereto : Viz. Clark Rodman, John William- 
 son, Jacob Orum, Richard French, John Sikes, Thomas 
 Evans, Mary Wilkins and Hannah Forster, and that 
 Night thro' the Carelessness (as was Supposed) of 
 Ann White (that us'd to mind It) the fire In the 
 
3 38 Diary of [^739 
 
 Upper Chamber of the Httle Meeting house kindled, 
 and (as it was Suppos'd) Some of it fell off the hearth 
 on the floor and so set It afire ; But it Was not Dis- 
 covered till about I I o'clock the next Day, when 
 (thro' Mercy) by the help of the Engine and Many 
 People Most Part of the Roof of the Great house was 
 Saved and the Lower floor & the timbers of the upper, 
 In the little one, were also Saved, but the Roof of the 
 little House & the S. W. Side of the Roof, and the 
 Lanthorn of the Great house were AH Burnt. As the 
 Engine was playing In the Great House, some timbers 
 of the terret fell & hurt Several people. Samuel Brown 
 was the Worst hurt, for one of the timbers fell upon 
 his head & knockt him down So that he was Carried 
 out for Dead, but In about five hours, Came to him- 
 self again, but his head being Very much Bruised he 
 Continued 111 Several Weeks. Thomas Pryor (also) 
 had his Collar Bone Broke. 
 
 9th. Uncle Caleb Raper took the Qualification to 
 be Mayor of the City of Burlington In the Room of 
 Edward Pierce Deceas'd, and Coz. Robert Smith to 
 be Recorder of S'* City In the place of Isaac Decow, 
 who was Preferred to be one of the Judges of the 
 Quarter Sessions for the County. 
 
 27th. I Bought of Sarah, Wife of Simon Nightin- 
 gale, The Third and Last Vol. of Stephen Crisp's 
 Sermons, being Twelve Declarations & 2 prayers, 
 price IS 8d. 
 
 1st month 4, 1739—40. This day Elizabeth, 
 Daughter of Jon. Large, was to have been Married, 
 but was disappointed. The man's Name that was to 
 have had her is Robert Swingett, who had been in the 
 Country from Old England about Six Months. This 
 morning a Young Man that Came in the Same Vessel 
 with him Came to Bristol, and hearing he was Going 
 to be married Went to Some friends that Intended to 
 
i74o] John Smith 339 
 
 be at the wedding and Told them that he knew the 
 man had a wife and Child In England, and he being 
 Very Positive in his Story & his account being Very 
 Probable the Couple Were not married. So that It was 
 thought the Certificate that he produced at the monthly 
 meeting was a forged one. 
 
 It was afterwards Confirmed from England that he 
 had a wife & Child. 
 
 7th. I Sent Money i 2s by George Page to buy me 
 Whitefield's Journals & Sermons, as also Fuller Sc 
 Holmes on the Suffering of the people Called Quakers, 
 Barcroft's Journal, and Ma'' Drummond on Internal 
 Revelation ; which he not Going Returned. 
 
 2d mo. 4th or 5th. I Bought of Benjamin ffranklin 
 the following Books (viz. ) Piety Promoted, the five 
 parts Bound together ; W. Edmundson's Journal ; 
 Jno. Banks's Journal, Thomas Wilson's Journal, John 
 Barcroft's Journal & Fuller & Holmes on the Sufferings 
 of the people called Quakers. They all together Cost 
 30s. 
 
 LETTER, JOHN SMITH TO JOHN WARDELL. 
 
 Burlington, 2d mo. 23d, 1740. 
 
 I agree with thee that An Epistolary Correspondence (when 
 maintained in Amity & on profitable Subjects) Is not only Satisfac- 
 tory, but may be very Improving. 
 
 Our Assembly is now Sitting, & the Governor has made a long 
 Speech to them wherein among other things he tells them that he 
 has called them together to give them a Second Opportunity to do 
 what good they Can for their Country by proposing Such Laws as 
 Are wanting or Amending those Already made. He also Insists on 
 their Coming to Some Resolutions about fixing the Seat of Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Last Seventh day War against Spain was declared here in due 
 form, together with our Governor's Proclamation for Encouraging 
 Volunteers to go in the Intended Expedition against some of the 
 Spanish West Indies, of which I Suppose John Eaton will Send 
 you two or three. 
 
 There Seems to be a better harmony Subsisting at Present between 
 
340 Diary of [1740 
 
 the Governor & Assembly, than Was Last Sessions at Amboy, 
 which gives Room to hope of some good being done. 
 
 We hear from Philadelphia that George Whitefield is Arrived 
 there & preaches daily to great numbers of people. Last first day 
 morning before Church time he preached a Sermon on faith In 
 Opposition to the doctrine of Good works being absolutely necessary 
 to our Justification in the Sight of God. And at Church (so 
 Called) their Parson (Comminings ) preached up works in Opposi- 
 tion to Whitefield and in the Evening Whitefield Again preached 
 in Opposition to him, So that those of the Black Robe Sometimes 
 display their different Opinions 
 
 There has been some dispute about Henry Fisher, and he is now 
 Expelled the house because of his being an Alien, and Somerset is 
 to have a New Election for another in his Room. 
 
 George Whitefield is going for New York. 
 
 5th mo. 25th, 1740. I this morning Accompanied 
 the Governour's Lady, daughter, Grandaughter & 
 Aunt Mary Raper to Visit Thomas Nevvbould, & re- 
 turned home in the Evening, the women being much 
 delighted with the beautiful prospect of the meadows 
 &ca in that part of the Country. 
 
 7th mo. 19. Our Yearly Meeting began .... 
 Kezia Baker from the main near To Long Island .... 
 Conducted it in prayer. . . . This Kezia was a 
 youngish Widow, tall and Slim, very plain in apparell 
 and Speech, had a notable Gift, Seldom very long but 
 weighty & Lively. 
 
 loth mo. Robt Jordan went in to Barbadoes and 
 several other islands in the West Indies in a new brig" 
 Called the Burlington, Belonging to my father. 
 
 iith mo. 31. I Went to Philadelphia in a Slay 
 with Coz. M. Noble, and the next day being first, 
 after forenoon meeting I Dined at Israel Pemberton 
 Sen", The next day I was at their quarterly meet- 
 ing & the next day returned home. Whilst I was at 
 Philadelphia Thomas Lightfoot told me that they had a 
 Letter from his father Micah Lightfoot dated in the 
 seventh month Last wherein he Informed them that he 
 
1741] Joi'i^^ Smith 34.1 
 
 was then travelling In Ireland, and that Samuel Bonas 
 from England was his Companion, and Intended to 
 Continue so till he got to London, which he expected 
 would be in the ninth month. 
 
 LETTER, JOHN SMITH TO JAMES PEMBERTON. 
 
 Burlington, 1st mo. loth, i74o[-4i]. 
 Poor country people are almost continually Complaining for want 
 of Hay, Corn, Meat &c''''', and abundance of their horses, Cattle, 
 Hogs and Sheep die for want. One Man hath Lost 5 or 6 Cattle, 
 above 20 sheep & near 40 hogs. Many are forced to give them 
 Wheat to keep them alive, and it is well for them that Can get it 
 for themselves to Eat, for it and almost Every thing Else but frost 
 and Snow is very Scarce up in the Country. 
 
 1st mo. 29th, I 74 1. This Last Winter I Trans- 
 scribed the women's monthly meeting's minutes into 
 the Standing book from the ist mo. A.D. 1732 to 
 1st mo. I 741. 
 
 LETTER, JOHN SMITH TO JAMES PEMBERTON. 
 
 2 mo. 14, 1741. 
 I Suppose thou has heard the Report of the greatest Peer of the 
 Realm's being found out In Maryland, To wit the under Sheriff of 
 Cecil County proving to be Heir apparent to the Duke of Norfolk, 
 Hereditary Earle Marshall of England, I should be glad To be 
 Informed if there is any truth in the report &c*. 
 
 LETTER, JOHN SMITH TO ELIAS BLAND. 
 
 Burlington, 2d mo. 14th, 1741. 
 My Brother acquaints me th;it our friend John Hunt was married 
 to an agreeable Woman (a Widow) on the 25th December Last, 
 with a fortune of Two Thousand pounds. 
 
 3 mo. 6th. The Sellar for a house for my brother 
 Samuel was begun to be dugg. 
 
 6 mo., I 74 1. At our Youths' meeting this month 
 was a little maiden preacher from Bethlehem meeting 
 
342 Diary of [^741 
 
 — her name Jane Symcock. She begun to Speak in 
 meetings before She was i o year old, and is not yet 
 1 1 till next I St month, as She told me herself, and tho' 
 I have not heard her preach, yet Several that have told 
 me that She speaks very notably and very much to 
 their Satisfaction. 
 
 7 mo., 1 74 1. Within these three months a Dis- 
 temper Called the Yellow fever proved very Mortal at 
 Philadelphia. It first seized the party with a violent 
 pain in the head and back, and Some died with it 
 quickly after being taken. Some the same day, some in 
 two days and Some in more, but if they lived in it five 
 days there was hopes of their recovery. 
 
 It was thought that the violent heat of the fever 
 Rotted the bowels of those that died with it, for 
 Quickly after their Decease, and some before. Smelt 
 so offensive that people Could hardly abide to be 
 near them. I heard that Dr. Thos. Bond Dissected a 
 man that had died with it and who had been well and 
 hearty three days before. Upon opening his bowels 
 he found them to be very much Decayed, and putting 
 his hand up into his breast, it felt as if he had put it 
 in scalding water, which caused him much pain in his 
 hand for some time after. They say the most Suc- 
 cessive Remedy for it is vomiting and Sweating. Of 
 this Distemper Great numbers of people died. Some 
 Shut up their houses and went into the Country for 
 fear of it. Among those that died were Hannah 
 Emerson, Eliz°^ Hatton, Sarah Thomas, Thos. Hatton, 
 Jn» Ambler, Ew** Bridges, Henry Wormley, Thos. 
 Say, Sam' Fisher. 
 
 7 mo. 19, I 74 1. Being Seventh day. Went from 
 home about lo o'clock A. M. by Water to Philadel- 
 phia, Intending to stay the yearly meeting. I Got 
 down about 4 o'clock P. M. Lodged that night at 
 uncle Noble's. 
 
1742] John Smith 343 
 
 20th. Being first day, went to the Great house to 
 the forenoon meeting, the service of which was thus 
 managed : first Robt. Jordan preacht very lively tho' 
 not long, then Benjamin Farris spoke, he is a young 
 man from New Milford, In N. E. : After him 
 Rich-i French preacht, then John Smith spoke a few 
 words, and then Benj" Farris concluded the meeting in 
 prayer and praise to God the father of Spirits. I 
 dined this day at Uncle Noble's. 
 
 The afternoon meeting In the Great house (for I 
 was not at the Bank at all) was thus ordered : first 
 Kezia Baker preacht, then Dan' Stanton, then Marget 
 Ellis spoke a few words, then John Cadwallet, who 
 spoke Extraordinary notable against Pride and Vain 
 fashions, particularizing Hoop Petticoats, then Susannah 
 Morris Concluded the meeting in sweet Supplication 
 and prayer. 
 
 The Evening meeting, which was very much 
 thronged, was thus Conducted : first some man spoke 
 a few words, then Kezia Baker preacht notably, then 
 Benj" Farris, then John Evans, who was Extraordin- 
 arily opened In good advice and Counsel, then 
 Susannah Morris spoke short and Sweet, and Daniel 
 Stanton Concluded the meeting in fervent prayer. 
 
 8 mo. 3d, 1742. Esther Clear, minister, buried 
 at Phila. 
 
 The last Summer the bloody flux proved very mortal 
 about Crosswicks, 3 or 4 out of a family dying out of 
 several families. It was also at Philadelphia, where it 
 carried off Job Goodson and several others. 
 
 After Yearly Mtg. Edmund Peckover went towards 
 Md. accompanied by Wm. Thomas, who came last 
 Spring from Tortola, where he and many others had 
 been lately convinced of friends' principles. 
 
 8th mo. 6th, 1742, about 10 A. M., Robt. Jordan 
 died at Israel Pemberton's house. He was buried the 
 
344 Diary of [1742 
 
 7th, being fifth day of the week, his Corps being 
 accompanied to the meeting house and from thence to 
 the grave by a great number of friends and others. At 
 the meeting Micah Lightfoot preach'd. 
 
 9 mo. ioth,To Adams meeting, whereat was our friend 
 Eliza Pleasant (sister to Robt. Jordan), from Virginia. 
 
 19th. Came Elias Bland here from Phila. on his 
 way to N. Eng. Also Jas. Pemberton, Wm. Griffith, 
 Jn" Bringhurst, Jr. 
 
 II mo. 28, 1742. About this time a Vessel 
 arrived at Philad'' from Antigua which brought us the 
 Sorrowful news of the Death of our much Esteemed 
 friends John Estaugh and John Cadwallader at Tortola. 
 They went from here about the 13th of the 8 mo. 
 and had a passage of about 25 days there. The 
 account received from John Pickering of Tortola In- 
 formed us that John Cadwallader was taken 111 of the 
 flux at Sea, but lived 1 8 days after he arrived, and a 
 Comfortable time in visiting them. Sometime before 
 he died, being sensible of his death, he desired to be 
 buried by T. Chalkley, which was accordingly done 
 the [?] of 9th mo: Jn° Estaugh had more time, and 
 was of great service among them. He was taken off 
 by a fever, and was very sensible during his Illness, 
 Going away like a Lamb, Singing Hymns and praising 
 God to the very Last, and was also Interred by 
 T. Chalkley the 6th of 10 mo. 
 
 These were two Antient friends .... both 
 about 65 years of age and had been preachers about 
 40 years .... J. C. was a Welch man, and 
 therefore not so fluent in the English tongue, but his 
 ministry was neverless very acceptable, being sound and 
 lively . . . . J. E. was an English man, and 
 an Extraordinary Gift in the ministry he had, was 
 fluent in Speech, Elegant in Expression and had a good 
 Delivery .... 
 
1743] John Smith 345 
 
 2 mo. 9, 1743. To Doct"' Shaw's plantation. 
 
 2 mo., 1743. About this time we had the follow- 
 ing paragraph in the publick prints, viz : " Dublin, 
 Feb. 12, Last Monday night died much Lamented in 
 the 91st year of his age Mr. George Rooke, Sen'', 
 and on Thursday his Corpse was conveyed from his 
 own house to the Quakers meeting house in Meath 
 street with great solemnity, and from thence to their 
 burying place. Dolphin-barn-lane . . . " 
 
 3 mo. 1 7th. At an appointed mtg. at Mansfield 
 for ministers, Lydia Dean and Dinah James from 
 Chester Co, This Dinah is a young [married] wo- 
 man, sister to Jn" Churchman. 
 
 I 8th. To Phila. to m. of My cousin Mary Noble 
 with Sam' Wetherill. 
 
 22. Edmund Peckover went to Phila. to burial of 
 John Oxley, John Oxley, minister, was born at 
 Chester, Pa., but lived mostly in Barbadoes. 
 
 LETTER TO DR. JOSEPH GAMBLE IN BARBADOES. 
 
 3 mo. 27, 1743. 
 He Qohn Oxley] arrived at Philadelphia the loth of this Inst. 
 (I think). My Coz., S. Noble, T. Lightfoot and my Self went 
 down the River to meet the Ship, and John knew us ( tho' in an 
 Exceedingly weak Condition). That evening between lo & i i 
 o'clock we carried him a shore in a hammock to Jn" Bringhurst's, 
 where he continued sensible untill he died. 
 
34^ 
 
 Letters of [1748 
 
 LETTER OF JOHN SMITH TO HANNAH LOGAN 
 
 Philad% 3d mo: 20th, 1748. 
 My Dear Hannah — 
 
 The generous manner in which thou treated me the 
 last time but one I was at Stenton — for I will not say 
 quite so much of the last — fills me with Inexpressible 
 Gratitude. There are very few minds capable of 
 being truly generous, and I thank God I have found 
 thine to be one : fewer still are able when they have 
 generous sentiments to continue and Retain them, but 
 Am fully Confident thou will be one of that happy 
 number. 
 
 I had occasion at present to write to thy father 
 about his Letter to Governour Belcher, which the 
 Dear Old Gentleman sent me open ; and I could not 
 forbear Expressing a little of my opinion of thee. It 
 he should show it thee, I Beg thee to forgive my 
 freedom ; they are the real and severe Effects of a 
 Settled and fixed Judgement, and not from any Inten- 
 tion to Complement at the Expence of my Integrity. 
 I think I Abhor that disposition as much as any man 
 alive. 
 
 I cannot tell, my dear friend, how I shall support 
 so long an Absence as thou Seemed willing to Enjoin 
 me. I hope for pardon, if I wait upon thee the latter 
 end of next week : Ten of the longest days they will 
 be to me of any I ever knew in my Life. Thou will 
 easily perceive by the Style of this letter that I am not 
 in the easiest disposition. To think of thee as a part 
 of myself, as of one heart and Soul with me, for that 
 
1748] John Smith 347 
 
 I firmly Believe has been the Case ; and not be 
 Allowed to Visit thee. To look at thee. To hear thy 
 refined sentiments, charmingly Expressed, To think of 
 thee, as one United to me in Tender and Immortal 
 ties, and yet that could with so much coolness and 
 indifference desire me not to make such frequent Visits! 
 Oh Hannah, Can there be a Circumstance so difficult 
 to retain a Calm Serene mind in ? I have often wished 
 thou could see my whole thought, but never more 
 than at this Juncture, for I am [in] capable of Express- 
 ing them. I heartily wish thee every desirable Bless- 
 ing, and am in the utmost tenderness & Sincerity, 
 Thy True & faithful Friend 
 
 John Smith. 
 
 To make up for my own deficiencies I Enclose a 
 Letter from Dear Edmund Peckover — If I durst ask 
 such a favour as a few Lines from thee the beginning of 
 the week, I promise Entire Secrecy. Indulge me so 
 much. Dear Hannah. 
 
34 
 
 8 John Smith [^749 
 
 LETTER, JOHN SMITH TO JAMES PEMBERTON, LONDON. 
 
 3d mo. 5, 1749. 
 We have now in town some Deputies from the six 
 nations upon a Treaty. Their chief business is to 
 Congratulate the new Governour upon his arrival, & 
 being one of their own Countrymen &c% and to Com- 
 plain of the White People's settling upon their Lands 
 beyond the purchase. I was a day or two ago at the 
 state house with the Interpreter to see them. There 
 happened to come some West Indians, the women 
 drest in great hoops, at which the Indians made a great 
 Admiration, seeming to wonder that anybody should 
 Encumber themselves with such a dress. One of the 
 Gentlemen had a large black bag to his Wig, at which 
 one of the Indians pointing asked the Interpreter 
 whether that was a woman. . . My brother 
 Samuel has taken the new house that Capt. Dowers 
 built, and Expects to move in about a month. 
 
 Marriage seems to be at a stand among us ; there 
 was not one couple at the last mo: meeting, nor any 
 Expected but Jona: Mifflin & the Widow Edgell and 
 a daughter of Caspar Wister's with a son in law of 
 Tim Matlack's. 
 
 1 Pemberton Papers, Hist. Soc. Penna. 
 
James Loran's Pewtei' I 'latter 
 
Inventory 
 
 349 
 
 15 
 
 John and Hannah Smith's Part of 
 Household Goods &c [at Stenton] 
 
 A Chest of drawers, a dressing table & 
 
 dressing box with 8 Cane Chairs, 
 Feather bed & furniture in the South 
 
 Chamber with a pair of Andirons 
 
 Shovel, tongs & bellows . . . 
 
 The two wheeled Chaise 
 
 The Looking Glass in the little front room 
 A Truckle bedstead, bed. Bolster & pillow 
 A pair of brass top Andirons with Shovel 
 
 & tongs in the common back 
 
 room 
 
 A maple desk with walnut spice box in 
 
 the back parlour 2 
 
 An Old Chest of drawers, a rush bottom 
 
 chair with 3 mops & dressing 
 
 glass in the Green room .... 
 In the North back Garret a servands bed 
 
 & bedstead 
 
 14* part of pewter from A to B in the 
 
 Inventory 
 
 i/^* part of the Table linnen from C to D 
 j4 of a. suit Damask & i ditto muslin 
 
 Curtains 
 
 A large Enamell'd China dish 25s 
 
 3 small dishes, 8 half pint blue & white 
 
 cups with a spoon boat .... 
 I blue China plate & 4 Coffee Cups . . 
 6 half pint blue & white Cups & 9 China 
 
 plates 
 
 I blue & white China bowl 3s ... . 
 24 syllabub Glasses, 2 Glass pyramid 
 
 salvers 
 
 15 
 12 
 
 4 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 5 
 
 4 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
3 50 Inventory 
 
 23 Jelly Glasses, i large & 3 small tum- 
 blers 14 
 
 1 1 China Cups Sc 8 saucers 15 
 
 A small bell metal skillet & a Copper stew 
 
 pan 
 
 I Iron Chafing dish 3s6d i Lazy back 2s 5 6 
 
 i/^'i part of the Lumber 3s 4d . . . . 3 4 
 
 An Old Oaken table with 2 Cane Chairs, 7 6 
 
 A black leather Chair in the Entry . . 76 
 
 18 bottles Metheglin 18 4 
 
 8 bottles Cherry wine 8 
 
 8 bottles English beer 5 
 
 6 bottles Elderberry wine 6 
 
 — Yi 2, 7289, F. 181, Smith MSS., Ridgway 
 Branch Philadelphia Library Company. 
 
 By the will of their mother, dated 4 mo. 8th, 1754, 
 William and James Logan received " each one piece ot 
 Silver plate, such as they shall chuse," but Hannah 
 Smith received the remainder of the plate and a negro 
 woman named Menah. 
 
 The negro woman, however, seems to have been 
 kept at Stenton. John Smith, evidently, did not wish 
 to have a slave in his home. He writes, 9 mo. 4, 
 1753, to John Luke, of Philadelphia : <• I am obliged 
 to thee for preventing the Consignment of a negroe to 
 me, as I do not chuse either to buy or sell them." 
 He does not hesitate, however, to sell Palatine 
 redemptioners. — Ibid, F. 173. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abington 81, 219 
 
 Addison, The, 75, 79 
 
 Alborough 26 
 
 Alden, Elizabeth, 58 
 
 Alexander, James, 265 
 
 Allen, Mary 156, 171 
 
 Allen, William, 265, 270, *322 
 
 Allinson, Samuel, 58 
 
 Ambler, John, 342 
 
 Amboy, 210-215, 255, 318, 337, 340 
 
 Andrews, Isaac 118, 164, 264 
 
 Andrews, Jacob, 233 
 
 Anson's, George, "Voyage,". 253 
 
 Antigua 79, 89, 290, 344 
 
 Arbuckle, James, 266 
 
 Armitt, John, "Tl, 81, 83, 
 
 84, 98, 100, 101, 108, 109, 
 114-116, 120, 123, 125, 152, 
 155, 159, 175, 199, 200, 205, 
 208, 209, 221, 265, 270, 271, 
 
 273, 275, 283 301 
 
 Armitt, Mary, 85, 221 
 
 Armitt, Richard 221 
 
 Armitt, Sarah, see Sarah (Ar- 
 mitt) Logan. 
 
 Armitt, Stephen 113 
 
 Arthur, Capt 204, 337 
 
 Ashbridge, Aaron, *88,111 
 
 Ashbridge, Elizabeth (Sulli- 
 van) 88, nil 
 
 Ashton, J., 219 
 
 Ashton (Widow) 188 
 
 Aspden (?), M 66 
 
 Associators, The, 136 
 
 " Atalantis," 97 
 
 Atwood, Wm., 269 
 
 Austin, 330, 332 
 
 Austin, Samuel, 188 
 
 Baker, Kezia, 340, 343 
 
 Ballinger, Robert, 189 
 
 Bank stock 135, 136 
 
 Banks' Journal, John 339 
 
 Banks, Sarah, 221, 222, 311 
 
 Barbadoes 66, 69, 71, 
 
 119, 189, 210, 326, 330, 333, 
 
 336, 340 345 
 
 Barcroft's Journal, John, 339 
 
 Bartram, John *78, 129 
 
 Bassett, Davis (?), ...176, 189, 200 
 
 Bayle 264, 267, 272 
 
 152 
 
 Belcher, Jonathan, 7, 27, 
 
 55, *103-105, 109, 110, 116, 
 150, 181, 186, 187, 189, 203, 
 215, 236-238, 255, 264, 265, 270, 
 276, 279, 303, 304, 311, 323, 346 
 Belcher, Louisa (Teal), 236-238, 255 
 Benezet, Anthony, 91, 102, 114, 
 125, 142, *157, 165, 177, 178, 
 198, 225, 243, 251, 254, 264, 
 268, 270, 272, 274, 281, 284, 
 
 288, 291, 293, 303 304 
 
 Benezet, John Stephen, 85, 
 
 226, 304 *305 
 
 Benezet, Joyce (Marriott),. 177, 
 178, 185, 188, 196, 197, 198, 
 200, 207, 250, 251, 253, 254, 
 
 260, 2C1, 265, 266 273 
 
 Benezet, P., 138 
 
 Bermudas, . .». 333 
 
 Bevan, Sylvanus, *30S 
 
 Biddle, William 297 
 
 Bigger, Peacock, 138 
 
 Billings, Dr., 310 
 
 Bingham, James 114 
 
 Birkett, James 303 
 
 Bispham, B 117 
 
 Black, William, Journal of, . .5, 7 
 
 Black Rock, 330 
 
 Bland, Elias 123, 220, 248, 
 
 313, 341, 344 
 
 Bolton, The, 67, 71, 109 
 
 Bombay Hook, 99, 100 
 
 Bonas [Bownas?], Samuel, ... 341 
 
 Bond, Dr., 237, 285, 314 
 
 Bond, Thomas 137 
 
 Bond, Dr. Thomas 342 
 
 Borden, Katherine 329 
 
 Borton, Aba., 130 
 
 Boscawen, Admiral, 153 
 
 Boston, 189, 190, 336 
 
 Bound, Samuel 214 
 
 Bourne, Th., 138 
 
 Bradford, William '133, 138 
 
 Braham, 25, 26 
 
 Brandon, 189, 190, 193 
 
 Bridges, Edward 342 
 
 Bridgetown 329-332 
 
 Bringhurst, John 125, 126, 
 
 131, n77, 263, 301 345 
 
 Bringhurst, John, Jr., 344 
 
 Bristol 87, 139, 255, 338 
 
3 52 Courtship of 
 
 [Index 
 
 Brooks, Ann, 174 
 
 Brooks, Thomas, 176, 189, 199 
 
 Brown, Isa., 261 
 
 Brown, Preserve, *106, 267 
 
 Brown, Preserve, Jr 268, 269 
 
 Brown, Samuel, 338 
 
 Brown, Thomas 177, 252 
 
 Brown, William, ....126, 221, 
 
 264 271 
 
 Browne, Jesse, 110 
 
 Brunswick, 335 
 
 Buckingham, 215 
 
 Buckley, William, 337 
 
 Bucks Quarterly Meeting 124 
 
 Budden, Captain 245, 246 
 
 Buffln, John, 167 
 
 Bunting, Alice, 176 
 
 Bunting, Samuel, *121, 273 
 
 Burgess, F., 287, 288 
 
 Burgess, Thomas, ....149, 150, 269 
 
 Burk, Captain, 182 
 
 Burling, Edward, 214 
 
 Burling, James, 212 
 
 Burling (?), Phebe, 213 
 
 Burling, Samuel, 213 
 
 Burlington 24, 26, 28, *33, 
 
 56, 65, 69, 70, 73, 87, 103, 
 111, 116-118, 149, 150, 157, 
 167, 186, 187, 210, 215, 216, 
 227, 233, 234, 238, 249, 254, 
 276, 278, 285, 310, 312, 318, 
 
 319, 326, 327, 338 
 
 ' ' Burlington, Tlie, ' ' 340 
 
 Burroughs, John, 156 
 
 Burrows, A., 165 
 
 Bush Hill Mansion, ...75, 106, 304 
 
 Bush River, 103 
 
 Cadwalader, John, 262, 344 
 
 Cadwalader, Dr. Thomas, ....*321 
 Cadwallet (?), John, ....337, 343 
 
 Calendar, change of, 320 
 
 Callender, Benjamin, 304, 329, 333 
 
 Callender, Hannah, 174 
 
 Callender, Joseph, 115, 330 
 
 Callender, Katv, ....163, 287, 335 
 
 Callender, Richard, 330 
 
 Callender, William, ....35, 83, 
 102, 112, 113, 116, 125, 130, 
 
 133, 1.54, 159, 169, 174, 181, 
 182, 200, 241, 243, 264, 267, 
 269, 270, 281, 283, 296, 303 
 
 Calvert, Mav 98 
 
 Carleton, Thomas *110 
 
 Carlisle, Abraham, 156, 173 
 
 Carlisle Bay, 329, 332, 333 
 
 Carpenter, S., ...116, 122, 127, 159 
 
 Cary, Samuel, 150 
 
 Cassel, Nicholas 132 
 
 Catherall, Edward, ....37, 80, 
 83, 84, 86, 91, 97, 107, 133, 
 
 134, 159, 177, 178, 187, 188, 
 196, 200, 208, 225, 232, 234, 
 260, 266-270, 281, 284, 285, 
 2S7, 292, 299, 344 
 
 Catherall, Rachel, 287 
 
 Chalkley, Martha *83, 150, 199 
 
 Chalkley, Thomas, ...111, 130, 329 
 
 Chalkley, Rebecca 95 
 
 Chambers's Dictionary, 80, 
 
 81, 84, 86, 87 
 
 Chanders, Paul, 251 
 
 Chattin, James 100, 322 
 
 Chester, ....120, 126, 163, 165, 
 
 210, 247, 289, 345 
 
 Chesterfield, 234 
 
 Cheyne's Essay on Health and 
 
 Long Life, 89 
 
 Christiana Creek 327 
 
 Chubb, Piall or Noiall (?), .. 
 
 190, 192, 196, 200, 208 
 
 Churchman, John, ...*194-196, 
 
 199-201, 337 
 
 Clair, John, 132 
 
 Clark, B., 80 
 
 Clarke, Dr. Samuel, 99 
 
 Claypoole, James, *137 
 
 Clear, Esther, 343 
 
 Clemens, Samuel, 123 
 
 Clemon, W. , 138 
 
 Clifton, John, 233 
 
 Clymer, William, 112, 275, 
 
 298, 306 
 
 Coates, Samuel, 177 
 
 Coleman, Rebecca, 177 
 
 Coleman, William, ...115, 126, 130 
 
 Collins, Edward, 297 
 
 Collins, Isaac, 58 
 
 Collins, Susanna 58 
 
 Colonial Dames of America, ... 22 
 
 Comminings, .• 340 
 
 Commonplace Book (John 
 Smith's), ...86, 88, 102, 241, 264 
 
 Concord, 150 
 
 Condy, Captain William 326 
 
 Conorotor (?), Isa. 167 
 
 Coombe, Captain Henry, 333 
 
 Cooper, Hannah, 278 
 
 Cooper, Jacob, 206 
 
 Cooper, .Jos., 109, 168 
 
 Cooper's, 210, 222 
 
 Coppock, , 313, 314 
 
 Correa, Abbe, 24 
 
 Cottar's (?) Perry 106 
 
 Coultas, James, *138 
 
 Counterfeiting, 303 
 
 Couper, Dr. James, 58 
 
 CoujX'r, Mary, 58 
 
 Court of Common Pleas, 178 
 
 of Oyer and Terminer, 122 
 
 Orphans' 182 
 
 Superior, 97 
 
 Supreme, 110, 171, 305, 313 
 
 Courtney, Ruth 336 
 
 Cowie, Captain 255 
 
 Cox, John, Jr. , 58 
 
 Cox (Widow), 122 
 
 Cox, Sarah, 170, 185, 196, 227 
 
 Coxe's Bridge, 210 
 
[ndex] 
 
 Hannah Logan 353 
 
 Craribuiy 211, 215, 
 
 Crisp's Sermons, Stephen, 
 
 Crosby, Joshua, 85, 178, 
 
 198, 199, 263, 269, 303, 304, 
 
 Crosby, Thomas, 129, 169, 
 
 Cross, Henry, 
 
 Cross, Mary, 
 
 Croswicks, 106, 211, 215, 
 
 319 
 
 Crosswicks Creek 
 
 Darby, ....107, 121, 16.5, 180, 
 
 219, 248 
 
 Davie, Thomas, 
 
 Davis, Dr. George 
 
 Davis, Peter, ....110, 120, 121, 
 
 Dean, Lydia, 
 
 Decow, Isaac, 
 
 Delaplaine, James, 
 
 Delaplaine, Joseph, 
 
 Desideritus, 
 
 Dialogues on Education 
 
 Dickinson, John, 21, 
 
 Dicks, Peter *247, 
 
 Dillwyn, John, ...57, •79, 113, 
 
 126, 155, 171 
 
 Dillwvn, Susanna (Painter), 
 
 57, 246 
 
 Dillwj-n, Susanna, 
 
 Dillwyn, William, 
 
 Discipline, Book of, 
 
 Dolphin, The 66, 69, 
 
 Dolphin-barn-lane 
 
 Don Quixote, 
 
 Dowers, Captain Edward, . .67, 
 
 204, 205, 258-260, 
 
 Draison, P., 
 
 Drinker, Henry S. , 
 
 Drinker, John, 125, 
 
 Drinker, John 
 
 Drummond, Mary, on " In- 
 ternal Revelation," 
 
 Driirv, Edward, 
 
 Dublin 67, 165, 
 
 Duncan, Robert, 
 
 Durbraugh, Durbrugh (?), 
 
 Durburon, John, 
 
 Eaton. John, 
 
 Edsell. Robert 
 
 Edgell (Widow) , 280, 
 
 Edmonson's Journal, W 
 
 Elections 112, 243, 
 
 297-299, 312 
 
 Elfreth, .Ter 
 
 Elfreth, .Tesse, 
 
 Elfreth C Widow) 
 
 Rli^abethtown 
 
 Ellis. Margaret, ..142, 164, 239, 
 
 Elwell. D.ivid, 
 
 Emerson. Hannah 
 
 Emlen, George 21, 
 
 Emlon, O., .Tr 
 
 Emlen. Hannah, see Hannah 
 
 (Emlen) Logan. 
 
 319 Emlen, Joseph, 303 
 
 338 Emlen, M 83, 85, 105, 112, 
 
 133, 156, 177, 251, 256, 318, 324 
 315 Emlen, Samuel, 57 
 
 198 England, 2!)0, 332 
 
 29<1 Estaugh, Elizabeth 'llS, 
 
 290 119, 167, 168 
 
 Estaugh, John, 344 
 
 Etter, Petter, 138 
 
 Evan, Edward, 199 
 
 Evan, Owen, 112, 207, 297 
 
 Evans, C. , 129 
 
 Evans, Elizabeth, 100, 223 
 
 Evans, Ellen 284 
 
 Evans, Evan, 100 
 
 Evans, Hugh, ...112, 208, 297, 312 
 
 Evans, John, *101, 112, 
 
 164, 208, 296 
 
 Evans, Lewis 304 
 
 Evans, Thomas, 337 
 
 Evans (Widow), ....86-88, 110, 118 
 
 Evergreen, 95 
 
 Evesham, 118 
 
 Fairhill, 21, 101, 173. 244, 256, 259 
 Falls of the Schuylkill River, 
 
 194, 205, 223 
 
 Faris, Zechariah, 69 
 
 Farmer, Richard, *137 
 
 Farris, Benjamin, 343 
 
 Farrington, Abraham 110, 
 
 128, 143, 150, 151, 209, 219, 
 
 220, 273 286 
 
 Fearn, Peter, 150, 187, 209, 
 
 225, 227 310 
 
 Feke, Robert *290 
 
 Fell, Benjamin, 125, *164 
 
 Fielding, Henry, ....207, 240, 28S 
 
 Fire company, 90, 93, 
 
 97, 135, 295, 319 
 
 Fislibourne, W. , 287 
 
 Fisher, Henrj% 340 
 
 Fisher, John 272 
 
 Fisher, Samuel 288, 291, 342 
 
 Fisher, Thomas 206 
 
 Fisher, William 206, 271 
 
 Fishing, ....20.5, 206, 223, 224, 285 
 Fitzosborn's, Sir Thomas, Let- 
 ters, 277 
 
 Fitz-Randolph. Ezekiel, ..203, 211 
 
 Fitzrandolph, Hugh, 202 
 
 Fitzrandolph, Richard 215 
 
 Fleeson. Plunket, 137 
 
 313 Fletcher. Thomas, 112 
 
 233 Flovd, Samuel 330 
 
 126 Flashing, 68 
 
 207 Forman, .John 263 
 
 335 Forstor, Hannah 337 
 
 343 Fortescue's " Praise of the 
 
 200 Laws of England," 294 
 
 342 Fothergill, .John 336 
 
 202 Foulke, Judah •126, 129, 
 
 199 1,59, 261, 294 296 
 
 Fox, Joseph, 298, 300, 312, 313, 322 
 Francis, Tench, •278, 298, 320 
 
 343 
 335 
 
 273 
 203 
 
 58 
 127 
 345 
 338 
 290 
 296 
 
 88 
 272 
 
 24 
 248 
 
 280 
 57 
 57 
 
 133 
 71 
 
 345 
 86 
 
 348 
 210 
 
 58 
 132 
 58 
 
 339 
 
 80 
 
 214 
 
 300 
 
 207 
 302 
 339 
 330 
 348 
 339 
 
354 Courtship of 
 
 [Inde 
 
 Frankford, ..82, 234, 287, 293, 304 
 
 Frankford Road, 283 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin, ...13, 24, 
 30, 100, 141, 262, 298, 304, 
 
 306, 312-314, 322, 339 
 
 Franklin, Governor William, . . 56 
 
 French, Joseph 330 
 
 French, Richard, 337, 343 
 
 Friendship, The, 68, 71, 89 
 
 Fuller & Holmes, on " Suffer- 
 ings of the People Called 
 
 Quakers," 339 
 
 Galloway, Jos., Jr., 129 
 
 Gallowav, Samuel 209 
 
 Gamble," Dr. Joseph, 114, 329, 34.5 
 
 Garrigue, F., 139 
 
 Gawthrop, Thomas, 81-85, 
 
 *92, 108, 109, 120, 122-125, 
 
 127, 182, 220 
 
 Genet, French minister, 24 
 
 George, David, 203, 206, 208 
 
 George III. of England, 69 
 
 Georgia, 102 
 
 Germantown, 5, 65, 85, 89. 
 
 114, 122, 129, 158, 160, 169, 
 194, 209, 226, 240, 244, 252, 
 
 254, 283, 290, 305, 318 
 
 Germantown, Battle of, 24 
 
 Gerrard, 318 
 
 Gibson, John, 330, 333 
 
 Gibson, Rowland, 330, 333 
 
 Giles, Jacob, 93 
 
 Giles, John, 165 
 
 Gloucester Point, 203 
 
 Goodman, Captain, 261 
 
 Goodson, Job, 343 
 
 Goshen, Ill 
 
 Govett, Jos 221 
 
 Graeme, Ann (Diggs) *92 
 
 Graeme, Dr. Thomas, 92, 
 
 *237 321 
 
 Gray, 'George, jr., nss, 253 
 
 Gray, Robert 330 
 
 Gray, William 297 
 
 Great Britain 189 
 
 " Great Brittain, A Tour 
 
 thro' " 99 
 
 Greenleafe, Elizabeth, 304 
 
 Greenleafe, Isaac, *84, 86, 
 
 87, 93, 103, 114, 115, 121, 123, 
 
 127, 220, 263, 269 273 
 
 Griffith, John, 102, *nO, 127 
 
 Griffith, Polly, 304 
 
 Griffith, William 190, 344 
 
 Griffitts, Isaac *134, 276, 297 
 
 Griffitts, Mary 275 
 
 Griffitts, Thomas *67 
 
 Griffitts, William, *67, 87, 
 
 92, 103, 322 324 
 
 Grudv, Martin, 115 
 
 Guinea 332 
 
 Gwvnedd, 100, 177 
 
 Haddonfield 157 
 
 Hall, David *140, 141 
 
 Hamilton, Andrew *106 
 
 Hamilton, James, *255 
 
 Hancock, William, 337 
 
 Hannibal, Old, 172 
 
 Harding, Francis, ....189, 202, 207 
 
 Harnaus, William, 164 
 
 Harper (Widow) 330, 333 
 
 Harrison, Hannah, 203 
 
 Hartshorne, R., 167, 198 
 
 Harvey, Rebecca Minshall, . . . 248 
 
 Hasell, Samuel, *307 
 
 Haslam, John, 122 
 
 Hassert, Arent, Jr., *300 
 
 Hatton, Elizabeth 342 
 
 Hatton, Thomas 342 
 
 Haverford, 88 
 
 Haydock, Eden, 76 
 
 Haydock, Henry, 214 
 
 Hazard, Samuel, *309 
 
 Heap, George, 297 
 
 Hellibel, Mount, 333 
 
 Heulings, Esther, 58 
 
 Heulings, William .58 
 
 Hevsham, Captain, 93 
 
 Hill, Deborah, 58 
 
 Hill, Dr. Richard 58 
 
 Hilles, Gulielma Maria, see 
 Gulielma Maria (Hilles) 
 Howland. 
 
 Hilles, Samuel 53 
 
 Hilles, William, Samuel, and 
 
 John, 58 
 
 Hockley, Richard 294 
 
 Holcomb, Mary 272, 273 
 
 Holland, 301 
 
 Holland, Margaret, ...133. 170, 
 
 177, 229, 273 
 
 Holland, (the book bind- 
 er), 267 
 
 Homan, Sarah, 116 
 
 Hopkin, Ebenezer, '. 118 
 
 Hopwood. Samuel, 123, 334 
 
 Home, William, 280 
 
 Hoskins, Jane, *108, 111, 
 
 116-118, 162, 164, 165, 214, 
 
 248, 311 
 
 Hough, Benjamin, 176, 189, 197 
 
 Howard, Thomas, 113 
 
 Howe, Lord 2t 
 
 Howland, Charies W., 58 
 
 Howland, Gulielma Maria (Hil- 
 les) 58, 60 
 
 Hudson. Elizabeth, ..127, 157, 
 
 162, 165, 214, 314 324 
 
 Hudson, Susannah, 336 
 
 Hugh, Ellis 284 
 
 Hulford, Hannah, 164, 221, 251, 307 
 
 Hume, Isabella 10 
 
 Hume, Sophia, ..205, 207, 216, 
 
 220-222, 241, 242, 247 289 
 
 Hunt, D., 123 
 
 Hunt, John, 289, 302, 336, 337, 341 
 
 Hunterdon 259 
 
 Hutton, John *232 
 
index] Hannah Logan 355 
 
 Uutton, Thomas, 232 
 
 Hyiim, Thomas, 308 
 
 Indian Commissioners, 5 
 
 Indians, 5, 14, 348 
 
 Inglis, John, "IS? 
 
 Inoculation 74 
 
 Ireland, 71, 76, 332, 341 
 
 Iroquois, 5 
 
 Jackson, Joseph 330 
 
 Jackson, Samuel, 303 
 
 Jamaica 68, 71, 204, 290, 301 
 
 James, Abel 79, 81, 86, 95, 
 
 96, 101, 103, 107, 115, 155, 
 159, 182, 186, 193, 198, 199, 
 210, 211, 214, 229, 230, 240, 
 245, 250, 258, 260, 269, 275, 
 
 279, 293 300 
 
 James, Dinah, 345 
 
 James, Edward, 197 
 
 James's Coffee House, ..158, 
 
 275-279 
 
 James, Mary Ill 
 
 James, Michael 2G9 
 
 James, Rebecca (Chalkley), .. 95 
 
 James, Thomas, 297 
 
 Jasson ( ?), Captain, 236 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 24 
 
 Jenkin, Cliarles, 71 
 
 Jenkins, William 102, 166 
 
 Jenkinson, Hannah, 167 
 
 Jenkinson, William, 167 
 
 Jennings, Samuel 27 
 
 Jewish Spy, The, 91, 264 
 
 Jones, Abraham, 138 
 
 Jones, John, 112, 197, 294 
 
 Jones, Owen, *292, 293, 315 
 
 Jordan, Jo., 97 
 
 Jordan, Mary, see Mary (Jor- 
 dan) Pemberton. 
 
 Jordan, Robert, 340, 343, 344 
 
 Kearney, E. , 129 
 
 Kearnv. H 129 
 
 Kearsley, Dr 106, 321 
 
 Kelpius 225 
 
 Kensington, 299, 306 
 
 King, Joseph, 269 
 
 Kinsev, John, 93, 95, 107, 
 
 112, 129, 140, 177, 180, 191, 
 198, 208, 209, 270, *285, 286, 
 
 288-290, 292, 295, 314 
 
 Kinsey, John, Jr 129, 253 
 
 Kirkbride, Jane 334 
 
 Kirkbride, Joseph 189 
 
 Knight, Mary, 318 
 
 Kock (Widow), 280 
 
 Krepner, Paul, 207 
 
 Lancaster, Pa., 5, 80 
 
 Lancaster, Phebe 307 
 
 Lane [Zane?], Isaac, 126, 177 
 
 Langley, Robert, 156-158 
 
 Lardner, Lynford, *1.37 
 
 Large, Ebonezer, 153 
 
 Large, Elizabeth, 338 
 
 Large, Jenny, ..107, 111, 215, 233 
 
 Largo, Jolm 338 
 
 Large, Samuel 109 
 
 Large (Uncle) 127, 227, 233 
 
 Law, William 263 
 
 Lawrence, Robert, 280 
 
 Lawrence, Thomas, ..*75, 136, 308 
 
 Lawrence, Thomas, Jr 137 
 
 Lawson, Captain, 236, 237, 248, 257 
 
 Lay, Benjamin, *81, 82 
 
 Lebanon, 95, 199 
 
 Leech, Thomas *112, 243, 297 
 
 Letter, James Logan to Sarah 
 
 Read, 19, 20 
 
 Letter, John Smith to Elias 
 
 Bland 341 
 
 Letter, John Smith to James 
 
 Pemberton, 341 
 
 Letter, John Smith to John 
 
 Warden, 339 
 
 Letter to Dr. Joseph Gamble,.. 343 
 Letters of John Smith to Han- 
 nah Logan, ....144, 161, 173, 253 
 
 Lewes, Delaware, 67 
 
 Lewis, Adam, 290 
 
 Lewis, Hannah, 300 
 
 Lewis, John 290 
 
 Lewis, Margaret, 124 
 
 Lewis, Mordecai, 58 - 
 
 Lewis, Nathan 109, 110 
 
 Lewis, Sarah 124 
 
 Library, The (Philadelphia), 
 see Philadelphia Library. 
 
 Lightfoot, Michael 81, *83, 
 
 85, 100, 108-110, 112, 115, 121, 
 130, 133, 140, 146, 153, 154, 
 156, 157, 164, 176, 177, 185, 
 193, 196-198, 200, 202, 203, 
 207, 220-222, 232-234, 246, 
 251, 258, 261, 267, 268, 271, 
 273, 277, 281, 284, 286, 305, 
 
 317, 319, 340 344 
 
 Lightfoot (?), Peter 121 
 
 Lightfoot, Thomas, 81, 86, 
 
 175, 210, 264, 269, 281, 340, 345 
 
 Linccv, Jane 307 
 
 Lisle,' Henry, 71, 90 
 
 Liverpool 67, 234, 307 
 
 'Lloyd, David, 13 
 
 Llovd, Grace (Growden),.*121, 
 
 126, 241, 248 
 
 Lloyd, Hannah, 315 
 
 Llovd, Mordecai, 284 
 
 Lloyd, Tliomas, 269, 275, 277, *310 
 
 Logan, Albanus C, Esq 21 
 
 Logan, Deborah, 23 
 
 Logan, Dr. George 23 
 
 Logan, Hannah, . .6-*9, 21, 73, 
 85, 89, 92, 96, 98-100, 109, 
 116-118, 122, 127, 128, 132, 
 133, 142-149, 151, 1.53, 1.54, 
 1.58-160, 163, 166. 167, 169, 
 171-175, 178, 179, 181-186, 188, 
 100, 193-195, 198, 201. 202, 
 205, 206, 208, 209, 216-218, 
 
3 5^ Courtship of 
 
 [Inde 
 
 220, 222-224, 228, 230-236, 
 238-210, 242-247, 249-254, 256, 
 257, 259, 264, 266-268, 270, 
 271, 273, 281, 283, 284, 286, 
 287, 289-291, 296, 302, 309, 
 
 314-316, 319, 323, 346, 347 
 
 Logan, Hannah (wife of Wil- 
 liam) 167, 168, 194, 217, 
 
 224, 247, 250, 254, 257, 271, 
 
 281, 295 315 
 
 Logan, H;mnah (Emlen), 21 
 
 Logan, James, ..5, 16-*20, 23, 
 28, 65, 73, 101, 114, 153, 154, 
 160, 169, 179, 182, 186, 201, 
 208, 228, 231, 232, 235, 240, 
 242, 243, 245, 249, 250, 254, 
 256-259, 261, 281, 282, 293, 
 302, 304, 305, 314-*316, 320, 323 
 
 Logan, James, Jr., 21, 149, 
 
 150, 206, 230, 233, 234, 240, 
 246, 270, 276, 279, 282, 288, 
 
 289, 309 
 
 Logan, Miss Maria Dickinson,. 21 
 
 Logan, Patrick 10, *11 
 
 Logan, Sarah (Read), 19, 
 
 20, 85. 109, 116, 155, 160, 166, 
 179, 186, 201, 217, 218, 223, 
 224, 231, 239, 241, 244, 249, 
 250, 252, 254, 256, 259, 260, 
 264-266, 271, 283, 284, 304, 
 
 318, 319 320 
 
 Logan, Sarah (Armitt), ...21, 174 
 
 Logan, Sarah, Jr 8, 9, 20 
 
 Logan, William 21, 85, 96, 
 
 100, 101, 122, 126-128, 132, 
 134, 142, 143, 149, 152, *156, 
 158, 159, 162, 165, 171, 180, 
 182, 183, 194, 195, 198, 202, 
 204, 217, 218, 220, 222-225, 
 227, 230, 235, 241, 242, 247, 
 248, 2.50, 252, 257, 259, 260, 
 263, 26.5, 268-271, 273, 274, 
 276, 280, 282, 286, 288, 290, 
 
 299, 304, 307, 317, 318 320 
 
 Logan, Dr. William 8, 21, 
 
 179, *289 
 
 London 71, 127, 142, 182, 
 
 226, 228, 236, 245, 255, 309, 341 
 
 Long Island 212, 340 
 
 Lord, Jos., 69, 164 
 
 Louisburg, Surrender of, 69 
 
 Love, Jonathan, 300 
 
 Luke, Jacob 330, 333 
 
 Luke, John 269, 271-273 
 
 Lyde, Byfield, 104, *10.5, 106 
 
 Lynn, Joseph, 106, 182 
 
 McCall, Samuel n36 
 
 McKedrick, Captain 328 
 
 Maekanat, Daniel 226 
 
 Mansfield 167 
 
 Marcus Hook 289, 327 
 
 Marriott, Thomas 139 
 
 Marshall. Christopher 120, 
 
 *305 306 
 
 Marshall, Thomas 299 
 
 Marsha, Witham, Journal of, . 5 
 
 Martin, George, 74 
 
 Martinique 79 
 
 Maryland, 110, 198, 341 
 
 Mason, A 138 
 
 Masters' Mill, 299 
 
 Masters' Plantation, 274 
 
 Masters' Wharf 286 
 
 Mathers, , 127, 165, 248 
 
 Matlack, Timothy, 177, 348 
 
 Matthai, Conrad, ....*225, 226, 235 
 
 Maugridge, Drury, 279, 280 
 
 Maugridge, William, *279, 280 
 
 Medicalfe, Matthew, 114 
 
 Mendenhall, Lvdia 164 
 
 Meredith, Reece, 126, 130 
 
 Merion, 202, 207, 219 
 
 Mesnard, Captain, 101, 226, 
 
 229, 245, 247, 289, 309 
 
 Mickle, Samuel, wife of, ..159, 269 
 
 Mifflin, George, 86, 205 
 
 Mifflin, John, ..113, *275, 278, 313 
 
 Mifflin, Jona., 348 
 
 Mifilin, Sally, 86 
 
 Minshall, Rebecca, see Rebecca 
 
 Minshall Harvey. 
 
 Minshall, Robert, 219 
 
 Moor (?), AbraJiam, 171 
 
 Moore, Ann, 311, 318 
 
 Moore, John 251, 260 
 
 Moore, Robert 291, 292, 299 
 
 Moore, Samuel 74 
 
 Moore, Dr. Samuel Preston, 
 
 *155, 239, 262, 269, 304, 
 
 306, 322 
 
 Aloorestown 167 
 
 Moravian preachers, 98 
 
 More, Sir Thomas 85 
 
 Morgan, Elizabeth, 124, 164 
 
 Morgan, Evan, ..297, 300, 309, 
 
 312 .323 
 
 Morris, Anthony, 58, 101, 
 
 120, 125, 131, 140, 220. 269, 
 
 295 311 
 
 Morris, Anthonj', Jr 269, 
 
 295, 305 324 
 
 Morris, Charles, 165 
 
 Morris, Daniel, 177 
 
 Morris, Debby 86, 107, 165 
 
 Morris, Eliza 258 
 
 Morris, Elizabeth, 186, 
 
 266, 286 289 
 
 Morris, Gulielma Maria 58 
 
 Morris, James, 112, 29.5, 300 
 
 Morris, .Tolin 101, 125, 126, 
 
 165, 177, 264, 287, 292, 293, 
 
 295, 297, 299 
 
 Morris, John, 58 
 
 Morris, Joshua, ..81, 102, 312, 315 
 
 Morris, Lewis *73, 339, 340 
 
 Morris, Margaret (Hill), 58 
 
 Morris, Mary 180, 315 
 
 Morris, Samuel, 208 
 
Index] Hannah Logan 357 
 
 Morris, Sarah •80, 83, 85, 
 
 110, 129, 130, 133, 142, 152, 
 155, 156, 162-164, 174, 177, 
 178, 181, 183, 186, 188, 193, 
 195, 221-223, 236, 244, 250, 
 251, 257, 258, 260, 261, 264, 
 266, 267, 269-271, 274, 280, 
 284, 286, 287, 295, 296, 305, 
 
 310 324 
 
 Morris, Susanna, ....110, 251, 
 
 284. 307, 311, 343 
 
 Morris (Widow), 171, 174, 
 
 206, 221, 222 
 
 Morris, William 58, 154, 230 
 
 Moss (Mors?), Abraliam, ..*69, 
 
 181, 227 
 
 Mount Holly, 117, 119 
 
 Mulberry Street, 308 
 
 Murfin, Sarah, 234 
 
 Naglee, John, 297 
 
 Narrows, The, 214 
 
 Needhain's Fort 332 
 
 Neshaminy 124 
 
 New Castle, Del 58, 76, 327 
 
 New England, 69, 102, 108, 110, 344 
 
 New Garden, 232 
 
 New Milford, 343 
 
 New York 69, 74, 210-212, 
 
 214, 335, 340 
 
 Newbould, Thomas, 340 
 
 Newburj', M., 114, 129 
 
 Newbury, Peggy, 86, 247 
 
 Nightingale, Sarah, 338 
 
 Nightingale, Simon, 338 
 
 Nixon, R., 139 
 
 Noble, Abel 77 
 
 Noble, Jos., 83, 150, 200, 
 
 230, 304, 342, 343 
 
 Noble, M-. 340 
 
 Noble, Mary, 345 
 
 Noble, Samuel, 75, 83, 90, 
 
 126, 187, 199, 261, 326, 320, 345 
 
 Norfolk, Duke of, 341 
 
 Norris, Bethy 260, 272 
 
 Norris, Charles, »50, 304, 314 
 
 Norris, Deborah, 244 
 
 Norris, Isaac 20, 112, *131, 
 
 173, 244, 256, 259, 260, 262, 
 
 273, 297, 300, 312, 320, 323 
 
 Norris family, 21, 272 
 
 North AVales IOC 
 
 Nottingham, Samuel, 163, 
 
 164, 167, 180, 185-188, 208- 
 
 210, 219 
 
 Old York Road, 5 
 
 Onion, Stephen, 220 
 
 Orphans' Court, 182 
 
 Orum, Jacob, 337 
 
 Overseers of the Press, ....111, 
 
 112, 130 140 
 
 Owen, R 138 
 
 Owen, Rebecca, 86, 129 
 
 Owen (Widow) , 206 
 
 Oxford, 292 
 
 Oxley, John, 329, 345 
 
 Page, George 339 
 
 Painter, Susanna, see Susanna 
 (Painter) Dillwyn. 
 
 Palatines 237, 238 
 
 Panmure, Lord, 10 
 
 Paper Money, burning, ..300, 
 
 304, 310 
 
 Parker, Josiah, *247 
 
 Parr, N.athanicl, 232, 2.35 
 
 Parr, Samuel 93, 186, 188, 
 
 269, 287, 292 
 
 Parr's Cove, 285 
 
 Parrock, Hannah, 177, 196 
 
 Parrock, James, *261) 
 
 Parrock, John 258, 259 
 
 Paul, Jona., 121, 122 
 
 Pauling, Henry, 312 
 
 Peal, John 60, 210, 212-214 
 
 Peale, Paul, 26 
 
 Pearsall, Rachel C, 58 
 
 Pearsall, Robert, 58 
 
 Pearson, Enoch, 125, 337 
 
 Peckover, Edmund 123, 
 
 204, 343, 345, 347 
 
 Peckover, Haggit 203, 220 
 
 Peel, Oswald, 113, 243 
 
 Peirce, Ann (Webb) (Pyle).. .*115 
 
 Pemberton, Charles, 132, 
 
 140, 158, 160, 166, 167, 175, 
 
 181, 186, 187 
 
 Pemberton, Israel, Sr., 65, 
 
 66, 72, 84, 85, *90, 92, 95, 
 96, 98-100, 103, 106, 112, 122, 
 123, 126, 130-133, 140, 142, 
 149, 151, 152, 155, 158, 160, 
 162-164, 171, 175, 177, 181, 
 185, 186, 188, 189, 193, 195, 
 198, 200, 205, 206, 209, 210, 
 216, 220, 221, 227, 2.30, 241, 
 246, 264, 265, 268-271, 273, 
 
 283, 284, 287, 290, 292, 296, 
 305, 307, 310, 313, 314, 340, 343 
 
 Pemberton, Israel, Jr 66, 
 
 *93, 94, 100, 101, 111, 112, 
 115, 126, 128, 129, 131, 133, 
 139, 140, 142, 152, 155, 156, 
 158, 176, 178, 180, 181, 186, 
 189, 193, 198, 202, 205, 210, 
 216, 220-222. 230, 247, 248, 
 265, 266, 268-270, 278, 283, 
 
 284, 286, 288, 295-297, 304, 
 311-313 322 
 
 Pemberton, .Tames, 56, 67, 
 
 *68, 69. 72, 81, 84, 86, 87, 
 90, 91, 100-102, 108, 112, 114, 
 115. 121, 126, 129, 1.57-159, 
 1S6, 190, 192, 202, 205, 207, 
 208. 217, 224, 230, 231, 247, 
 2&5, 269, 288. 314, *315, 341, 344 
 
 Pemberton, .Tesse, 120 
 
 Pemberton, .John, ...*168, 254, 
 265, 271, 281, 288 289 
 
358 
 
 Courtship ot 
 
 [Index 
 
 Pemberton, Mary (Jordan), 72, 
 *S5, 89, 92, 96, 99, 114, 120, 
 
 128, 177 244 
 
 Pemberton, Rachel *72, 
 
 88, 120, 167, 168, 172, 177, 
 182, 207, 217, 254, 260, 271, 
 
 281, 309 
 
 Pemberton's Plantation House, 95 
 
 Pembroke, The, 165 
 
 Penington, Edward, 79 
 
 Penn, Hannah, 7 
 
 Penn, Thomas, the Proprietor, 
 
 28, 72, 106 
 
 Penn, William, 7, 9, 12, It 
 
 Penn, William, Jr., 18 
 
 Pennell, John, ..247, 248, 257-259 
 Pennoek, Elizabeth, ..102, 114, 
 151, 176, 177, 188, 196, 197, 
 
 265, 278 307 
 
 Pennoek, Samuel, 120, 129, 
 
 158, 207, 227, 264 
 
 Pennsylvania Gazette, 283 
 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, ...307, 
 
 308. 311, 313, 314, 319-323 
 
 Pepperill, William 69 
 
 Peters, Richard 5, *166, 
 
 ISO, 259, 262, 265, 270, 279, 
 
 308 310 
 
 Philadelphia, ....65, 187, 326, 
 
 330, 334 342 
 
 Philadelphia Contributionship, 38 
 Philadelphia Library, ..16, 97, 
 
 158, 189 
 
 Pickering, John, 344 
 
 Pickering, Thomas, 24 
 
 Pierce. Edward, 338 
 
 Pleasant, Eliza 344 
 
 Pleasants, Robert, ....84, 114, 
 
 115, 156-158 
 Plumsted, William, ..75, *298, 
 
 313, 322, 323 
 
 Plymouth, 309 
 
 Point-no-point 74, 79, 
 
 107, 132, 159, 168, 190, 193, 
 198, 199, 230, 273, 284, 287, 
 
 291, 292, 299 
 
 Pole, John, 103, 269 
 
 Polgreen, James, 138, 202 
 
 Poole, Nathaniel, 162 
 
 Pope, Alexander 77, 282 
 
 Poquessin, 234 
 
 Powell, Samuel, 115, 269, 292, 293 
 
 Powell, Samuel, Jr 114, ♦268 
 
 Price (Lawver) 92 
 
 Prince William, The 93, 
 
 119, 221, 290, 301 
 
 Privateers, 79, 99, 100, 108, 
 
 109, 189-191, 196 
 
 Proud, Jenny, 86 
 
 Prvor, Thomas 338 
 
 Punkin Hill, ■ 332 
 
 Pusey, Caleb 57 
 
 Quarry, Cglonel Robert, 13 
 
 Randolph, John, 24 
 
 Rankin, Captain, 234 
 
 Paper, Caleb, 70, 338 
 
 Paper, Marv, *74, 83, 340 
 
 Read, Charles, ....19, 20, 56, 167 
 Read, Sarah, see Sarah (Read) 
 
 Logan. 
 
 Ready Island 189, 328 
 
 Red Bank, 327 
 
 Redemptioners, 237, 238, 307 
 
 Redman, Joseph 138 
 
 Redmon, Captain, 327 
 
 Redwood, Jonas Langford, ...*129 
 Redwood, Mehitable, •115, 128, 129 
 
 Reed, Alice, 290 
 
 Reed, James, 289 
 
 Reeve, Peter 86 
 
 Renshaw, R. , 139 
 
 Revnell, John, *66, 102, 
 
 109, 116, 125, 128, 131, 162, 
 
 174, 186, 200, 216, 269, 300, 
 
 315 322 
 
 Rhode Island 185, 188 
 
 Ridiards, Joseph 127 
 
 Richardson, Jos., 124, 156, 
 
 171 269 
 
 Richmond, 102 
 
 Ritchison, John 329 
 
 Roberts, Ann 290 
 
 Roberts, Hueh, ....58, 74, 112, 
 
 113, 275, 296, 313 322 
 
 Roberts, John *224 
 
 Roberts, Mary 58 
 
 Roberts, Molly (Yarnall), 70 
 
 Robinson, J., 138 
 
 Rockliflt, see Wilhous & Roek- 
 
 lifF. 
 
 Rodman, Clark 337 
 
 Rodman, Scamon, 68 
 
 Rodman, Thomas 69 
 
 Rodman. Dr., 150 
 
 Rooke, George, Sr., 345 
 
 Ross, .lohn *1V3 
 
 Ross, J., 138 
 
 Rush, W., 13S 
 
 Russell, Honorable Bertrand, . . 59 
 
 Salem 328 
 
 Salkil, John 337 
 
 Sansom, S., 77 
 
 Sassafras Street, 279, 280 
 
 Say. Thomas, 342 
 
 Scarlxirough, John, 164 
 
 Schuvlkiir River, The, ....71, 
 
 81. 87. 1.58, 265, 327 
 
 Scotland 76 
 
 Scull, Edward 297 
 
 Scull, Nicholas *112 
 
 Seaton, Alexander, 337 
 
 Sewel. Richard 112 
 
 Shakespeare, William, 99 
 
 Shaw, Dr 345 
 
 Sheldon, Elcazer 65 
 
 Sherlocke's Treatise on Death, 97 
 
 Shipley, Elizabeth, "120 
 
 Shippen, Ann, 17, 18 
 
Index] 
 
 Hannah Logan 359 
 
 Shippen, Edward (Mayor), 17, 
 
 IS, 70. 254, *262, 270 308 
 
 Shippen, Edward, Jr. (Chief 
 Justice of Pennsylvania, and 
 
 son of Mayor), *245, 296 
 
 Shippen, Edward (of Boston 
 
 and Philadelphia) 262 
 
 Shippen, Joseph (of German- 
 town)), 262 
 
 Shippen, Dr. William, ..*281, 306 
 
 Shoemaker Lad, Tlie, 158, 
 
 222, 227, 246 
 
 Slioemaker, Samuel 87, 
 
 *134, 207 285 
 
 Shotwell, Joseph, *213 
 
 Shrewsbury, 16, 117, 167, 
 
 168, 175 182 
 
 Shute, Attwood, "IS? 
 
 Shute, Joseph, 116, 311 
 
 Shute, Thomas, 122, 127, 159 
 
 Sikes, .John, 164, 337 
 
 Skating, 81, 87, 265 
 
 Slater, Michael 275-278, 
 
 280, 283, 301 
 
 Small-pox 74, 301 
 
 Smith, Abigail Bowne 58 
 
 Smith, Abigail (Rapier) 24 
 
 Smith, Albanus 59 
 
 Smith. Alys Whitall Pearsall,. 59 
 
 Smith. Benjamin, 335 
 
 Smith, Caroline M., 59 
 
 Smith, Charles Logan, 58 
 
 Smith, Daniel, 73. 210, 285 
 
 Smith, Elizabeth 25, 58, 
 
 70, 111, 220, 221, 249, 250, 
 
 252, 255, 261, 283, 287 288 
 
 Smith, Elizabeth Pearsall 59 
 
 Smith, Hannah, 58 
 
 Smith, Hannah (born 1753),... *58 
 Smith, Hannah (Logan), see 
 Hannah Log-in. 
 
 Smith, Hannah, Jr., 323 
 
 Smith, Hannah Whitall, 59 
 
 Smith, Horace J 59 
 
 Smith, James, •58 
 
 Smith, James Logan, 58 
 
 Smith, John, 30-*39 
 
 Smith, John (cousin of the au- 
 thor), 92, 115, 168 
 
 Smith, John (1761-1803), *58 
 
 Smith, John, Jr., 261 
 
 Smith, John J 58 
 
 Smith. John Jay (1798-1881), 
 
 58, 59 60 
 
 Smith, Lloyd Pearsall 58 
 
 Smith, Margaret Hill 58 
 
 Smith, (Cousin) Mary 232 
 
 Smith, Mollie 283 
 
 Smith, Morris, 59 
 
 Smith, Nanny 97, 102, 
 
 174, 204 233 
 
 Smith, Phebe 110 
 
 Smith, Rachel 58 
 
 Smith, Richard (1593-1647), .. 26 
 
 Smith, Richard (1626-1688), .. 26 
 
 Smith, Richard, *25, 260, 318 
 
 Smith, Richard, Jr., *24, 
 
 25-30, 73, 103, 117, 123, 149, 
 166, 180, 181, 187, 188, 194, 
 210, 218, 220, 227, 229, 230, 
 234, 238, 249, 250, 252, 255, 
 260, 267, 268, 273, 276, 282, 
 283, 287, 318, 319, 326, 334, 
 
 337, 340 
 
 Smith, Richard M 58 
 
 Smith, Richard Morris, 59, 60 
 
 Smith, Robert 210, 254, 338 
 
 Smith, Robert Pearsall 59 
 
 Smith, Samuel 25, *28, 56, 
 
 74, 104, 120, 128, 132, 150, 
 177, 187, 193, 194, 211, 215, 
 220, 255, 256, 260, 266, 271, 
 276, 283, 285, 286, 310, 334, 341 
 Smith, Samuel (grandfather of 
 
 John), 25, 26 
 
 Smith, Sarah Logan, *57, 58 
 
 Smith, Susanna Dillwvn, 58 
 
 Smith, Thomas ." 102, 253 
 
 Smith, William (of Braham), 26 
 Smith, William (cousin to au- 
 thor), 318 
 
 Smith, William, " Antient and 
 
 valuable friend," 207 
 
 Smith, William Lovett, ...*25, 
 
 114, 143, 168 
 
 South's, Dr. Robert, Sermons,. 181 
 
 South Carolina, 311, 327 
 
 South River, 211, 215 
 
 Spectator, The, 88 
 
 Speightstown, 330, 332, 333 
 
 Spencer's (in the Broadway, 
 
 N. Y.) 212, 213 
 
 Spofford, G., 138 
 
 Stanton, Daniel 83, *105, 
 
 112, 114, 124, 125, 127-130, 
 164, 170, 171, 177, 189, 200, 
 
 202, 204, 208, 210, 336, 343 
 
 State House, The, 158, 
 
 189, 194 309-311 
 
 Stapler, Stephen, 156, 174 
 
 Stedman, Alexander '322 
 
 Stedman. Charles, •322 
 
 Steele, Richard 94, 181 
 
 Stenton, ..5, 15, 21-24, 72, 85, 
 86, 89, 100, 114, 148, 149, 152, 
 154, 158, 160, 166, 167, 169, 
 171, 173, 174, 178, 180, 181, 
 183, 185, 190, 193, 194, 201, 
 209, 217, 218, 222, 224, 227, 
 230, 231, 234, 235, 238, 240, 
 242-246, 249, 250, 2.52, 253, 
 257-262, 206, 268, 270, 274, 
 279, 281-285, 289, 291, 293, 
 295, 296. 305, 309, 314-317, 319 
 
 Stephens, Eliza, 221, 229 
 
 Stewardson, George 58 
 
 Stewardson, Thomas, 58, 60 
 
 Story, Thomas, 17, 18 
 
360 Courtship of 
 
 [Index 
 
 story's, Thomas, Journal, 198, 240 
 
 Strettell, Amos *131, 
 
 154, 156 I60 
 
 Strettell, Robert, ...*125, 130, 151 
 
 Superior Court, 97 
 
 Supreme Court, ..110, 171, 305, 313 
 
 Swan, R., 138 
 
 Swift, John 309 
 
 Swingett, Robert, 333 
 
 Symcock, Jane, 342 
 
 Symes (?) (Sytres?) (Supres?), 
 
 John, 187, 233 
 
 Symond's Ferry, 211 
 
 Syng, Philip, *113 
 
 Tatler, The, 88 
 
 Taylor, Abraham, 136 
 
 Taylor, Dr. Jeremiah, " Imita- 
 tion of Christ," 231 
 
 Teal, Louisa, see Louisa (Teal) 
 Belcher. 
 
 Tennent, Rev. Gilbert 139- 
 
 141, 143, 158, 187, 226, 288, 
 
 295, 305 
 
 Thanksgiving Proclamation, . . 77 
 
 Thomas, Elizabeth 107 
 
 Tliomas, George, *93, 98 
 
 Thomas, Sarah, 342 
 
 Tliomas, Thomas, 178 
 
 Thomas, William, 343 
 
 Thompson, Jonah, ...293, 295, 298 
 Thomson, James, 148, 200, 201, 202 
 
 Thornton, James, 295 
 
 Three Tuns Tavern, 5 
 
 Tickell's, Thomas, Life of Ad- 
 dison, 295 
 
 Tillotson, Dr. John 283 
 
 Toole, Daniel 81 
 
 Tortola 329, 343, 344 
 
 Trenton 295 
 
 Trotter, Benjamin, ..*80, 123, 
 128, 130, 133, 162, 181, 195, 
 204, 229, 236, 256, 264, 265, 
 271, 284, 293, 296, 299, 307, 
 
 317, 318 
 
 Trotter, Joseph, 112, 297, 312 
 
 Trotter, William, 297 
 
 Tnimble, Francis, 293 
 
 Turkish Spy, The, 288 
 
 Tyley, Edward, 336 
 
 Vanderspiegel, William, ..177, 
 
 280, 285 
 
 Virginia 84, 156, 328, 344 
 
 Virginia Indian Commission, 5, 9 
 
 Wain, Robert, 197 
 
 Wain, M., Jr. 265 
 
 Warden, John, 339 
 
 Warden's 241 
 
 Warner. Edward, ..*112, 269, 
 
 297, 300, 303 312 
 
 Warren, Captain 69 
 
 Warren, Lady Susanna (De 
 
 Lancey) 212 
 
 Washington, George, 24, 36 
 
 Watson, Matthew, 335 
 
 Watson (Widow) 197 
 
 Watson's Ferry, 335 
 
 Watts, Anne, *212 
 
 Watts, Dr. Isaac, 227 
 
 Wellinborough 219 
 
 Welch Men (from Haverford) . 88 
 
 West, Cha 197 
 
 West Indians, 348 
 
 West Indies, 27 
 
 Westminster Abbey, 95 
 
 WetherUl, Samuel, 73, 345 
 
 Wharton, Joseph, *171, 309 
 
 Whipple, S., 128 
 
 White, Ann 337 
 
 White, Captain, 123, 127 
 
 White, Esther 102, 177, 
 
 207, 247, 258 
 
 White, John 264 
 
 White, Josiah, 110, 117 
 
 Whitefield, Rev. George, ..*76, 
 
 98, 339, 340 
 
 Wicaco 171 
 
 Widow, The, (ship), 127 
 
 Widowfield, Ann, 108 
 
 Widowfield, Peter, 156, 165 
 
 Wilhous & Rockliff, 309 
 
 Willan, Dr. Robert 227, 
 
 *229, 230, 243, 254, 257, 262, 
 
 266, 302 
 
 Williams, Enion, 295 
 
 Williams, Isaac 329 
 
 Williams, Isaac, Jr., 333 
 
 Williamson, John 337 
 
 Willing, Charles, *136 
 
 Wilkins, Mary 337 
 
 Wilmington 327 
 
 Wilson, Christopher, ..65, 122, 198 
 
 Wilson, David, 125 
 
 Wilson, John, *302 
 
 Wilson's, Thomas, Journal, . . . 3.39 
 
 Wissahickon Road, 225 
 
 Wister, Caspar, .269, 296, 323, 348 
 
 Witt, Dr. Christopher, *283 
 
 Wood, Joseph, 138 
 
 Wood, Seymour 292, 293 
 
 Wood, Thomas 254 
 
 Woodbridge, 213 
 
 Woolman, John 209 
 
 Wormley, Henry 342 
 
 Worrell,' R., 130 
 
 Wortliington, Daniel 287 
 
 Wright, John, 223 
 
 Wyatt, B., 96, 114 
 
 Wyatt, Elizabeth 86, *92, 277 
 
 Yarnall. Mordecai 70, *87, 
 
 110, 111, 127, 152, 171, 177, 
 188, 193, 195, 204, 207, 232, 
 
 236, 271 314 
 
 Yates, Anne, 26 
 
 Yates, Wniiam, 26 
 
 Yellow fever, ..106, 111, 114, 342 
 
 York, 153, 335 
 
 Zachary, Lloyd, 269 
 
 Zane, Isaac, see Isaac Lane. 
 
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