September 06, 1774
Tuesday 6.
The day fine----It is whispered to Day
that B… is the Ghost that walk'd in
the Nursery the other night, but I think
the report is false, and arises from ca-
-lumny. We had an expectation of
company to day, but are disappointed.
We dined on Fish & Crabs, which were
provided for our company, to-morrow
being Fish-Day----I begun a Sermon
Job XXIII. 3. 4. We have too vagrant Tin-
-kers with us mending several articles,
one of whom is this afternoon violent
sick with the Fever & Ague----I rode
to my old spot, the Corn field, by chance
met with Mr. Taylor. I walked with
him among the Tobacco Cotton &c.
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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