December 18, 1774
knew where I might find him." & c ---- to
a very full assembly----I was much
frighted in the entry of the Service----
And, as I was told by a friend afterward,
made a material blunder in the first Prayr.
"desiring of God that the King may be-
-come a nursing mother, & the Queen a
nursing Father to the Church. I preached
however, without Notes, & with little difficulty----
----Early last week a Quantity of Tea
said to be shipped at Rotterdam was
brought & privately stored at Dan. Bow-
-ens in Greenwich----A pro Tempore
Committee was Chosen to secure it till
the County Committee be duly elected.
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Published with permission of Princeton University Library.