one of those unable to get to meeting. Our friend James Robin-
son met us here and took us to his home, where another cordial
greeting was given by his wife, Sally, and their children. In the
evening quite a number of Friends and others gathered in, and
we held an interesting and I believe profitable parlor meeting,
which closed under much tenderness of feeling. We remained
here for the night.
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15th. James Robinson and his wife went with us some seven
or eight miles to Gainesboro, where a meeting had been appointed
for 10 o'clock. It was held in a union meeting-house, usually
occupied by the Methodists. About sixty assembled, which was
thought to be a good-sized meeting for the place at this busy sea-
son of the year. After meeting we went to the home of Joseph
and Rebecca Robinson to dinner, and then came back to Josiah and
Mary Jane Robinson's to tea. A meeting had been arranged for
in the evening at Winchester, at which the subject of Temperance
was to be presented. It was largely attended, and much expres
sion of satisfaction was given. After the meeting we went home
with William and Mary Smith for the night.
16th. Jonah L. Rees and his sister-in-law, Mary Jackson, came
for us this morning about 8 o'clock for a ride of some ten miles
co make a call on some Friends who are quite remote from meet-
ing, calling first on Jacob and Ella Rees, and then drove to Mary
Hackney's to dinner. Her aunt, Rebecca Jane Hackney, came in
after dinner, and we had a short talk with her. These Friends
seemed to appreciate our visit to them, and it was an enjoyable
one to us. After sitting awhile we started on our return, and
came back to John and Ann Bond's for the night, and here had
another pleasant visit.
iyth. John Bond took us this morning to visit our dear friend
Elisan Brown and her sister Catharine, and we remained with
them until after dinner, when John and Ann came for us to go
with them to the quarterly meeting of ministers and elders. This
was a meeting of interest, in which I had a message for their
encouragement. After meeting we went home for the night with
Jonah L. Rees, accompanied by our dear friend, Mary R. Wil-
liams.
18th. This morning opened bright and clear, and at the proper
time we wended our way to the old meeting-house. The Quarterly
Meeting at this place is made a time of general meeting for the
people in the vicinity, and a very large number gathered in and
around the grounds, and were some time in coming in and filling
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the house. The meeting was thought to be unsually orderly and
quiet. They gave good attention, as the message I had for them
was being delivered, and expression of satisfaction was given at
the close. After a recess of a couple of hours the First-day School
Union was called to order, and an interesting and instructive
program was presented from quite young to the more mature
young people. It was a very enjoyable occasion. At the close
of this meeting we went home with Charles E. and Susan Cleven-
ger for the night, and passed the evening with them and their
two sons and daughter Bertha in some interesting and I trust
profitable conversation.
ipth. We attended the quarterly meeting to-day. There was
little presented but the usual routine business, although during the
meeting for worship I found a message to call them to the work-
ings of the practical religion taught and lived by Jesus. After
meeting we went home with William Branson to dinner, and then
went to Hugh and Mary Lupton's for tea and to remain for the
night.
Fifth month 20. We left Hopewell this morning for Phila-
delphia, to resume our mission within the limits of Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, and came by way of the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road. We enjoyed this ride through the Shenandoah and Cum-
berland valleys very much. The showers the evening before and
in the early morning had freshened up the verdure, which had
been suffering somewhat from drouth, and the atmosphere had
been cooled, so that it rendered the ride a very pleasant one. We
went directly to the home of our friends, John L. and Emily T.
Longstreth, for the night.
21st. We left Philadelphia this morning for Kennett Square,
and were met at the station by Sally Martin and taken to her hos-
pitable home. After dinner John Yeatman came for us to make
some visits outside the borough, taking Anna Mary Martin with
us, and going first to the home of Isaac and Sarah McFarlan and
Elizabeth Marshall, and thence to see Sarah Scarlett and her son
Taylor Scarlett and his wife, Ada, and from there to Marshall and
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Ida Hannum's. In all these places we met with a cordial recep-
tion and had enjoyable visits. We returned to the Martins' home
for tea. In the evening we called on Eugene and Mary Mercer,
and then on Charles and Louisa Gawthrop, and had, we trust,
profitable visits.
22d. We attended the regular week-day meeting at Kennett
Square this morning. It was well attended. After dinner John
and Margaret Yeatman took us to visit William and Mary Scar-
lett, and from thence to Marshall and Emma Walton's, having
very pleasant visits at both places, and returning to the Martins
in time for tea. After that Charles W. and Louisa Gawthrop
took us to Unionville, where a meeting had been appointed for
the evening. This was much larger than we had anticipated, and
the message given seemed to be appreciated. The meeting closed
under a sweet and solemn covering. We returned to the Mar-
tin's for the night.
23d. We went this morning to visit an old friend, Hannah
Stubbs, finding there our friends Mary F. and Mercie Brown,
from Fawn Grove Meeting, one of the branches of Baltimore
Yearly Meeting, and visited with them and Eli and Deborah
Thompson until after dinner, very enjoyably. We then wended
our way to the meeting-house to attend the commencement of
Martin Academy, now conducted by our friend, Jane Rushmore.
The exercises of the students were very creditable, and we were
glad we had the opportunity of being present. At the close of the
exercises we went home with Anna Green, who, with her husband
Ellwood and son Samuel, and Edith A., gave us a very cordial
welcome. After tea in the evening we went with them to the
new Friends' Boarding Home to meet with the Young Friends'
Association for a social evening. We enjoyed this opportunity
very much. We remained over night at Green's.
24th. We went this morning to the Home to call upon some
of those who did not get out the previous evening, and then to
John and Margaret Yeatman's for dinner. In the afternoon we
called upon Anna and Lydia Cox, and found Susan Dixon there,
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and after a pleasant visit we went to Samuel and Deborah Pen-
nock's to tea, meeting here with Joseph Taylor, Samuel's brother-
in-law, and Edith Pennock, Samuel's sister, and then returned to
the Martins for the night.
2$th. Charles W. Gawthrop took us, with Anna Mary Martin,
this morning to Marlborough Meeting. To our surprise, the
house was nearly full. The testimony delivered seemed to be
well received. The meeting closed after a short testimony from
Charles H. Pennypacker. We went home with William and
Martha Tussey, and dined with them and Hannah Martin and
Amy Moore. After dinner we were soon on our way to old
Kennett, where a meeting had been appointed for the afternoon.
This meeting was also larger than we had anticipated, and from
the expressions given at its close was appreciated. After meet-
ing, Edward Passmore took us to his hospitable home, where we
met a cordial welcome from his wife Emma and three children,
and remained over night.
26th. Edward Passmore took us this morning to call first upon
Aaron Mendenhall, and then on Edward Palmer and daughter,
and next upon Sarah Heald. These were short but pleasant calls.
We then went to Pennock Pyle's and had an enjoyable visit with
him and his wife, Hannah Mary, and their daughter, Helen, and
next called on Sarah Jacobs and her daughter Anna. Sarah is
now in the 91st year of her age, and in good possession of her
faculties, has never worn glasses, and can read the fine print of
the papers without them. It was a pleasure to be with her. Then
called on Milton and Minerva Walters, and then at William Pen-
nock's, and made a short call on Milton Mendenhall and wife, and
returned to E. Passmore's to dinner. We were well cared for at
each place, though some were so situated that we did not think it
best to get out of the carriage. In the afternoon Edward took
us to call on Anna Way and family, and then to Lydia Dilworth's,
where, in company with her son Horace, and daughters, Deborah,
Martha, and Elizabeth, we passed a pleasant and instructive even-
ing, remaining for the night. This family had been recently be-
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reaved of a husband and father, and were bearing their sorrow
with Christian fortitude.
27th. Awoke to find that a much needed rain was falling.
Visited with this family and endeavored to leave a word of cheer
with them until about 10 a. m., when Joseph and Anna Way came
for us and took us first to Franklin Dilworth's, who, with his wife
Mary and daughter Anna Lee, gave us a cordial welcome. We
then went to the home of Lavinia Yeatman and her daughters,
Florence and Gheretien Pyle, and remained to dinner. We had
an agreeable and I trust profitable visit here, our conversation
calling up many reminiscences of the past, and drawing a lesson
from some of those experiences. We then called on James G.
Cloud and Francena, his wife, and daughter Lillian and son Wil-
liam, and after a pleasant social visit went to William J. and
Amanda Cloud's, where several had come in to meet us. We
endeavored to interest them in cheerful conversation, leaving some
lessons of instruction, and then went to T. Ellwood and Ella Mar-
shall's, where, with his and her mother and three children, Alfred,
Henry and Estelle, and with Joseph and Anna Way, we passed
an enjoyable evening and remained for the night.
28th. Ellwood Marshall went with us this morning to call on
his mother Mary Marshall, and then to Nathaniel and Sarah
Way's, who, with their children, gave us a cordial welcome, and
in both homes had a pleasant visit. After dinner at Ellwood Mar-
shall's he, with his mother, took us to his brother Israel's, where
he, with his wife Elizabeth, who is not in good health, received us
kindly, and we spent a very agreeable hour. We next called on
Mary Dennison, at Yorklyn Station, and after a pleasant visit with
her went to Hockessin to call on Dr. and Mary Mitchell, she a
sister of Ellwood Marshall, and with them and their daughters,
Bessie, Edith, and Ella, we had an enjoyable evening and remained
for the night.
Sixth month 5 and 6. These days were occupied in going to
and returning from Baltimore in order to attend the marriage of
Thaddeus Thomas and Anna D. Andrews. In the afternoon of the
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6th we returned to Avondale, where we were met by Samuel
Wickersham and taken to his home, and warmly welcomed by him
and his wife, Mary J., and her sister, Louisa Hoopes, and re-
mained there for the night. We also found Sarah Thompson, of
West Grove, there, to welcome us.
yth. Samuel and Mary J. Wickersham went with us this morn-
ing to the home of John C. Parrish, son of John Parrish, formerly
of Woodbury, N. J., where with him and his son Charles and wife
Anna we had an interesting visit. From there John Parrish took
us to call on Emma Starr and her daughter Mary, and then to
Truman and Anna Cooper's, he a member of the other branch of
Friends. In both homes we were cordially received. John
then took us to Samuel Wickersham's to dinner. After resting
awhile Samuel and wife went with us to the home of her brother,
J. Walker Hoopes, who with his wife Rachel received us kindly,
and after a social talk we went to John and Sarah Schrader's, and
had a visit with them and their daughter, Eva, and then went to
call on Swithin and Margaret Shortlidge. These last two families
are not members but are attendants of New Garden Meeting.
Samuel and Mary then took us to Thompson Richards', and left us
for the night. Here we also received a very cordial welcome
from him and his wife Anna M. and their seven children, and in
the evening his brother Isaac Richards and his wife and two of
their sons came in, and we passed a very social and agreeable
evening.
8th. Thompson Richards and wife took us this morning to
New Garden Meeting. The large house was nearly filled, though
the meeting was somewhat slow in gathering. I was led to open
and analyze the subject of Regeneration and the reasons and
necessity for it ; very close attention was given and the meeting
closed under solemn covering. After meeting Thompson took us
to the home of I. Frank Chandler, where he and his wife Emily
and their daughter Anna gave us a cordial welcome. After dinner
1 F. C. took us for a call on Samuel and Ann Martin, and then to
Samuel and Martha Thompson's, where we found some of their
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children, with their companions, had gathered. These, with a
number of boarders, made quite a company, and we had an ex-
cellent visit with them until the hour arrived for us to go to a
meeting appointed in Avondale. This was held in a large hall,
and was well attended. The means of reaching a perfected life
and the benefits to be attained therefrom was the subject I was
led to present. We felt it to have been a baptizing and satisfac-
tory opportunity. We went to Samuel Wickersham's for the
night.
oth. John Parrish and Mary J. Wickersham went with us this
morning to Emma Wollaston's, where several of her brothers and
their families came in to meet us. From there we went to visit
Franklin and Emma Mercer, and her mother Phebe S. Hobson,
and their daughter Mabel, all of whom gave us a cordial welcome.
We then went to John and Eliza Harper's, and had another inter-
esting call with them and their daughters, Sarah Yarnall and
Mary Harper. In the afternoon Samuel Wickersham and I went
first to Brinton and Sarah O. Chambers' home, and then to call
on Gilpin and Sarah Seal, and from there to tea with Martin and
Jane Maloney and their daughters, Anna Thomas and Cordelia
Maloney, and in the evening called on Tilghman and Rebecca
Maloney, where Richard Chambers and his wife Susan met us.
In each of these places we had some interesting and I trust
instructive conversation.
10th. Samuel and Mary Wickersham went with us this morn-
ing to call first on Lillian Darlington, and then on Benjamin L.
and Mary Wood and her mother Hannah Martin, an aged friend
and blind, and next upon Lydia R. Moore, widow of Sharpless
Moore, and sister of our late friend Spencer Roberts, of Philadel-
phia. At each of these places we were warmly welcomed and
had a pleasant visit. In the afternoon the same friends went with
us first to call on Charles and Emma Wickersham and their
daughter Abby, and then to Esther Brown's, she being 87 years
old, and in good possession of her faculties ; from there to see
Elizabeth Gerkes, where a number of her children and grand-
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children had gathered, and to Toughkenemon to call on Amy Pratt
and her daughter Anna. At each of these places we were wel-
comed, and had some interesting and we trust profitable conversa-
tion. We then came to Ruth Anna Michener's for tea and to
remain over night. We miss the genial presence of her husband,
Ellwood, with whom we had been acquainted in years past. Ezra
Webster and wife came in the evening, and we had a pleasant visit
until the hour of retiring.
nth. Charles Parrish came for us this morning and took us
to London Grove to their regular week-day meeting, which we
found to be unexpectedly large. As the message relating to some
of the practical duties of a religious life was being delivered
solemnity overspread the meeting, and it closed under the feeling
that we had been blessed together. We went home with Bennett
and Tacy Walton to dine. Soon after dinner Ellen Pyle, daughter
of Robert Pyle, came and took us to call on Stephen Pusey
and his sister Caroline, who had recently been bereaved of a
brother. From there we went to Mary McFarlan's, where we
found her daughter, Anna Hallowell, from West Chester, with her,
and then to William Clouds' and visited with his sister Catherine
and his daughters, and thence to Isaac and Elizabeth Swain's.
In each of these places we had a pleasant call. On our way back
to London Grove, we called at the door to see our dear friend
Orpha Pyle a few moments, and then returned to Bennett Wal-
ton's for the night. During the evening quite a number of friends
who lived near came in and spent a little while with us enjoyably
and I hope profitably.
12th. Francis W. Hicks came for us this morning and took us
first to see Anna Chambers. This dear friend has been passing
through deep trials, being suddenly bereft of her husband while
she was in the hospital after undergoing a severe surgical opera-
tion. We found her cheerful and bravely bearing her sorrows.
We then went to see Anna Palmer and her daughters Rachel and
Abby, and then called on Ellwood and Ida Glisson, and made
a short stop at Morris and Mary Chambers' and from there to
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Charles and Mary Chambers' where we found her mother, the
widow of Ezra Smedley, and then went to Samuel and Mary
Pusey's, and there met his brother William and their aunt, Philena
Pusey, and their sister Helen Pusey, and then to Francis W.
Hicks' to dinner, meeting a cordial reception from his wife, Mar-
garet. In each of these places we met the same kind reception
which has been given in the families we have heretofore visited.
In the afternoon Francis and Margaret Hicks went with us to
John I. and Caroline Carter's, and then to Lamartine and Adelaide
Wood's ; we called a few moments on Howard Pusey, and then
went to Samuel and Elizabeth Pennock's to tea with them and
his mother Anna Pennock and Elizabeth's sister, Bertha Lippin-
cott, and their Aunt Deborah. Made a short call on Hannah
Michener and returned with Francis and Margaret for the night,
feeling somewhat fatigued with the very full day, but believing
that it had been well spent.
Sixth month 13. Chalkley and Anna Bartram came for us this
morning, and took us first to Thomas and Florence Baker's, then
to Davis Allen's, and to Evan and Ella Spencer's, to Simon
and Ella Pyle's, and then to William and Sally Sharpless to dine.
At each of these places we had a cordial reception, and some
interesting and profitable conversation. We then called on Mary
Piott, and on Charles Walters and his children, Bessie, Mabel
and Townsend, and on Joshua and Anna Thompson, and went
from there to Edward and Rebecca Pusey's to tea. These visits
were interesting and satisfactory, and they all seemed glad to
welcome us. After tea we made a short call on Samuel and
Anna Moore and Ella Roberts, and then went to Chalkley's for
the night.
14th. Ellen Pyle came for us this morning and took us to call
on Clifton Marshall and family, and Charles Michener and
family; returned to Robert L. Pyle's for dinner. This com-
pletes our mission in Western Quarterly Meeting, and in the after-
noon we took the cars for West Chester and were soon in the
home of our dear friend, Jonathan Travilla, where, after a
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night's rest, we hope to be ready for our visits in Concord Quar-
terly Meeting.
15th. We attended the closing exercises of the First-day school
at West Chester this morning, which were deeply interesting, and
then the meeting, which was large. Close attention was given to
the message which was given and expressions of satisfaction
reached us at its close. We returned to Jonathan Travilla's to
dinner and to rest. In the afternoon we went to the Friends'
Boarding Home and had an enjoyable visit with the Friends there,
We had another large meeting here in the evening, with a testi-
mony conveying some lessons from the teachings of Jesus, under
which a sweet solemnity overspead the meeting. We retired
with the feeling that while the day had been full it had been
satisfactorily spent.
16th. Alfred D. Sharpless and Lavinia C. Hoopes went with
us this morning to call first upon Peter and Jane Smedley ; Caleb
and Susan Taylor came in to meet us. Then we went to Sarah
Flail's, and then to call on Mary Beck, and on Mary Jenkin-
son. All these friends were advanced in years, and all appeared
to enjoy with us these social calls. We next went to see Town-
send Walters, who is nearly 87, and is lamed from a broken hip.
We found him bright in intellect and had with him a very agree-
able visit. He is quite hard of hearing, but he asked me to take
his hand and to my surprise while holding it he could hear dis-
tinctly without my raising my voice. This was so new to me that
I felt it worthy of notice. We then went to see Anna and Amy
Ann Seeds, but found the latter too ill to see us, so after a little
visit with the former we went to the Friends' Boarding Home for
dinner and a little rest. In the afternoon the same friends went
with us to call on Josiah Hoopes, an old friend of mine, and had
a very pleasant call. We went next to call on Frances Marshall,
who, with her three daughters and son, gave us a cordial welcome,
and then went to Sally and Mary Bonsall's for tea. A heavy and
much needed shower set in just as we reached here and continued
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until sometime in the night. We had a pleasant visit with them,
as they were friends we had known in Baltimore.
17th. Alfred D. Sharpless came for us again this morning and
took us to make our calls, first upon Caleb and Rebecca Sharpless
and their two daughters, then on Mary Garrett and daughter
Anna, on Edmond and Sarah Hoopes, and then on Joshua L. and
Caroline Garrett, and on Amos and Anna Garrett, and next to his
own home, where we visited with him and his wife Rachel and
two of their children ; then on Lydia and Sally Mendenhall, and
on Hannah Hoopes and her two daughters, leaving us at Dr.
Jesse Green's to dine with him, his sister-in-law Ann Williams,
and his son William. The visits this morning were deeply inter-
esting and I trust instructive. In several of the homes we found
some aged and infirm ones, whom we sought to cheer. In the
afternoon Alfred came for us and took us to call on Susanna
Painter and her sisters, Mary Garrett and Lydia Williams, and
then upon Elva Foulke and her daughters, Helen, Lydia, and
Eliza, and on Ellwood and Amy Hickman, and Charles and Eliza-
beth Pennypacker, and Anna Wood and her daughter Mary ; and
we were met here by Anna Darlington and Alice Derrick and her
husband. We then went to visit Jesse and Susan P. Taylor and
their daughter Edith, and to Phebe Paxson's for tea, meeting
here her sons Edward and Charles and his wife and several friends
who came in the evening, returning to J. Travilla's for the night.
At each of these places, as well as those of the morning, we were
met with a cordial welcome.
18th. Mary Travilla went with us this morning to call on Re-
becca Speakman and her niece, Eliza Fell. Rebecca is blind and
quite hard of hearing, but very cheerful and happy. Then we
went to see Mary Parker and her son Edgar and wife and daugh-
ter Elizabeth, and then to the week-day meeting. This meeting
was a baptizing season in which the message was given for the
cheering and uplifting of each heart. We went home to dine with
John P. Worth, and his son Herbert Worth and Caroline, Her-
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bert's wife. After dinner Jonathan Travilla came for us and took
us to Marshallton to call on Alfred and Anna Hallowell, where
we found his mother Martha Yerkes, and her mother Mary Mc-
Farlan, and John R. Baldwin and daughter from Romansville
came in. We then went to call on Henry Hall and his father, and
to William and Rachel Hayes's to tea, finding there his aged
mother Caroline Hayes, and his daughter Mary Gawthrop from
Baltimore, then called on Isaac and Ruth Esther Haines and their
daughter Mary ; some other friends were also there. We re-
turned to Herbert Worth's for the night.
ipth. Jonathan Travilla and Lavinia C. Hoopes accompanied
us this morning to make a number of calls — first upon Amy Storm
and Elizabeth Corson, then successively upon Phebe Ann Martin,
Ann Hannum, Susan Hall, Phebe Bailey, and Rebecca Clayton,
Anna L. Moore, Abby Leedom, wife of Edwin, and Abigail