June 26, 1775
they call it here a "Bridle Road",
to one Mr. Echarts, a Dutchmans
----He used me with great civi-
-lity, I may add politeness----
distance rode to day twenty
five miles course North East
I met on the road, a Tinker on
the way to what is called the
"new purchase".----He has
been at Cohansie; knows many
there, at Pittsgrove, Deerfield,
and New England Town----He
told me that he had been acquaint-
-ed in seven Colonies, but ne-
-ver yet saw many place in
which the inhabitants were so
sober, uniform in their man-
-ner, and every way so religi-
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