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1794 9 mo. 15 2 Third Journey.

in margin: Canandaigua

 Left home about 8 o'clock in the morning under a sense of duty in company with my beloved friends David Bacon, William Savory and James Emlen to attend a Treaty with the six Nations of Indians intend to be held in the Seneca Country at a place Canada..qua, about 300 miles from Philadelphia, we refreshed ourselves at Casper Haines in Germantown from there rode to Joseph Potts's and dined. From hence to Perquioma and bathed, washed ourselves and horses from hence to Potts Town and lodge at our kind friend Thos. Rutter's, it was an exercising day's journey thro' the heat, but a confirming sense of the rectitude of our present under taking was comfortable. 
 16  3  A rainy morning, set out about 10 o'clock and rode to Reading about 18 miles and lodged at Samuel Jacksons. 
  17  4 Rose early and rode to Maiden Creek about 10 miles to breakfast, from hence about 7 miles to Carter's Town and bated, from hence to Stevens's about 8 miles and dined, from hence to the Widow Hallowell's about 9 miles. 
  18  5  Rose early and rode over the Locus Mountain to Devall-Trash about 6 miles to breakfast, the morning being pleasant we travelled cheerfully, tho' the road exceeding mountainous and stony, and rain coming on we continued forward about 14 miles to Laden Burgars and dined, after which we stoped and fed at a waist house, and got to Cattewisa in the evening about 13 miles and Loded John Merrisse's. 
  19  6  Called to ? R. Nisbitt's family and divers friends then forded the Susquehanna and rode to Hugh Watson's and refreshed ourselves, and of whom I bought a good you