10th Month, 15th,

was employed in writing to
my dear wife and the children, and to some of
my relations and friends in England.

10th Month, 16th,

was spent at Merion

in writ-
ing, and in the very acceptable company of a
family, our fellow-boarders, whom I was about to
leave with regret; intending next day to set out on
a visit to my cousin H. M.'s family at Hudson's,
on the North River, and to my cousin J. E.'s, at
Elkland's, near the head of the Susquehanna.

10th Month, 17th.

This day I came to E. W.'s,
and J. P. being so kind as to take me to Frank-
fort

in his carriage, I embraced the opportunity
of visiting a brother of his on the banks of the
Delaware, where I spent an hour or two agreeably.
Afterwards, he took me in his chaise to the stage
office, whence I rode to the shore opposite Borden
Town in the Mail Pilot. In crossing the Dela-
ware to that place, I fell in company with a respec-
table old Scotchman, who had been amusing him-
self in fishing. He told me that he had sometimes
had the company of General Moreau in his amuse-
ments, of whom he spoke highly, as a man of mild
and agreeable manners. I spent this evening at
Borden Town, the residence of the noted Thomas
Payne. My lodgings being at the tavern from
whence the stage set out early in the morning, I