leave the doors unlocked, although the town stood
upon one of the most public turnpike-roads in
America, only about 7 miles from Philadelphia, a
city containing considerable more than one hun-
dred thousand inhabitants.

1st Month 3d.

I attended Merion Preparative
Meeting

, where a discussion of a rather singular
nature took place, by which it appeared that, ad-
joining to Friend's burying ground, there is ano-
ther grave yard, set apart by Friends, for the use
of people of other persuasions who incline to bury
in it. For many years past, a number of the
neighbouring families had availed themselves of
the privilege; but not satisfied with burying only,
they had taken down nearly the whole of the stones
which composed the wall that separated the two
grave yards; and had placed them at the head and
feet of the graves, by way of tomb-stones, and thus
the two burying groups had nearly become one.
Many Friends of the Preparative Meeting thought
it was necessary to build up the partition wall, whilst
others were for having the remains of this wall
entirely taken away. However, as it appeared on
discussion, that persons of other persuasions were
in the practice of using certain ceremonies at
their burials, and of erecting tomb-stones, &c. it
was at length concluded that it would be right to
rebuild the wall, in order that the peculiar testi-
monies of Friends, in these respects, might be