May 09, 1775
Greenwich: New-Jersey.
May 9th. 1775.
-------- I left Home.
Ignotis errare Locis, ignota videre
Humina gaudebam; Studio minuente Laborem.
----How soft is Ovid’s Language!
But can I apply it to myself?--
Is my inclination for rambling into o-
-ther Provinces, and seeing new and
strange Faces, and manners, strong-
-er than to fix down at once on some
little Farm, in this Cohansie, my
native dear Sod? ----But my
duty, from the course of my educati-
-on, calls me abroad; ---- On the
sixth day of last December, I solemnly
promised "Submission in the Lord" to
the first Presbytery of Philadelphia----
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Published with permission of Princeton University Library.