May 11, 1774
Wednesday 11.
I rose a little after seven. It is not my
custom to lie in bed so long, but I was
with Lazy Boys, Reading Beatty, and
Stephen Ranney. Mrs. Green is better, but
Miss Beatty says she has the Hipp----
Soon after breakfast I returned Home----
Mrs. Pecks Family Mr. Howel, & Miss
Beatty at the same time set out on
a visit to Mr Hoshels. There came a
report to Day that Mr. Stephen Reeve
Silver Smith of Philadelphia is broken
up, & has left the City; disagreeable
News this to his Relations here----
There was an Ox killed this Day at Bridge-
Town which weighed upwards of a thou-
-sand weight, supposed to be the largest
ever kill'd in the County.
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Published with permission of Princeton University Library.