4th Month, 18th.

Meetings for worship being
held at the three different meeting-houses in this
city, I attended that in Pine-street

, and afterwards,
being kindly invited, I dined at N. W.'s, in com-
pany with a large number of friends, from different
parts of the continent.

In the afternoon, I attended the seventh sitting
cf the yearly meeting, when it was almost imme-
diately agreed, that the report from the committee
on Indian affairs should be read; and it turned out
very interesting and satisfactory to the meeting at
large. After this sitting, I drank tea and spent a
pleasant evening at W. A.'s, in company with
J. S. a worthy minister, and a broom-maker; a
humble occupation, like that of the apostles of old.

4th Month, 19th.

I attended the eighth sitting,
when the minutes of the last yearly meeting were
read; also the report of the committee on the revi-
sion of the discipline. In consequence of this
report, it was agreed that any friend paying money
in lieu of personal service in war, even though the
money thus paid should be applied to the uses of
the parochial poor, would infringe upon our testi-
mony against that dreadful evil.

In the afternoon, I attended the ninth sitting,
which was mostly occupied about money concerns;
when it appeared that the national stock had a