1. Oh that my head were as waters & mine eyes as a fountain of Tears, that I might weep day & night untill acquainted with my God. 2. O Lord that I may enjoy thy presence, or else my time is Lost, & my life a Snare to my Soul.

3. O Lord that I may receive bread from thy Table, and that thy Grace may abound in me.

4. O Lord that I may be acquainted with thy presence, that I may be Seasoned with thy Salt, that thy grace may abound in me.

Of late I found drawings in my mind to Visit Friends in New England and thereaway; and having an Oportunity of joyning in company with my Beloved Friend Peter Andrews,17 we having obtained certificates from our Monthly Meeting set

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forward on ye 16. 3. 1747 and reached the Yearly Meeting at Long Island at which were our Friends, Samuel Nottingham 18 from England, John Griffith,79 Jane Hoskins,80 and Elizabeth Hudson 1 from Pennsylvania, and Jacob Andrews 82 from Chesterfield, several of whom were favoured in their public exercise, & through the goodness of the Lord we had some Edefying meetings. After this Samuel, John and Jacob went toward Rhode Island, and my companion and I visited [the Meetings of] Friends on Long Island, and through the mercies of God we were helped in the work. Besides going to the setled meetings of Friends, we were at a General Meeting at Setocket,' chiefly made up of other Societies, and had a meeting at Oyster Bay, in a Dwelling house at which were many people: At the first of which there was not much said by way of Testimony, but it was I believe a good meeting at the latter through the springing up of Living waters it was a day to be thankfully remembred. Having visited the Island we went over to the main, taking meetings in our way to Oblong, Nine Partners, and New Milford.

In these back settlements we met with several people, who, through the imediate workings of the spirit of Christ in their minds, were drawn from the vanities of the world, to an inward acquaintance with Him. They were Educated in the way of the presbeterians.2

1 Setauket, L. I.

MS. C ends at this point. It contains forty-eight quarto pages, and in style has the freshness and vivacity of the younger man.

A considerable number of ye youth, members of that society, were used often to spend their time together in merriment, and some of the principal young men of that company being Visited by the powerful workings of the Spirit of Christ, and thereby led humbly to take up His cross, could no longer joyn in those vanities and as these stood steadfast to that inward convincement, they were made a blessing to some of their former companions, so that through the power of Truth several were brought into a close Exercise concerning the Eternal well being of their Souls: these young people continued for a time to frequent their public worship, and besides that had meetings of their own, which meetings were a while allowed by their preacher, who sometimes met with them, but in time their judgment in matters of religion disagreeing with some of the Articles of the presbeterians, their meetings were disapproved by that society; and such of them who stood firm to their duty as it was inwardly manifested, had many difficulties to go through. Their meetings were in a while dropped, some of them returning to the presbeterians, and others of them after a time joyned to our Religious Society. I had conversation with some of the latter, to my help and Edefication, and believe several of them are acquainted with the nature of that worship which is performed in Spirit and in Truth.

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From hence accompanied by Amos Powel, a Friend from Long Island, we rode through the Colony of Connecticut, chiefly inhabited by Presbeterians, who were generally civil to us, so far as I saw and after three days rideing, we came amongst friends in the Colony of Rhode Island. We visited Friends in and about Newport and Dartmouth, and the meetings generaly in those parts, and then to Boston and proceeded Eastward as far as Dover, and then returned to Newport, and not far from thence, met our Friend Thomas Gawthrop 84 from England, who was on a visit to these parts. From Newport we Sailed to Nantucket; was there near a week, and from thence came over to Dartmoth, and having finished our Visit in these parts, we crossed the Sound from New London to the East end of Long Island, and taking some meetings on the Island, proceeded homeward; where we da mo

reached the 13. 7. 1747 having rode about 1500 and sailed 150. In this journey I may say in general we were sometimes in much

weakness, and laboured under discouragement, & at other times through the renewed manifestations of Divine Love we had seasons of Refreshment wherein the power of Truth prevailed.

We were taught by renewed experience to labour for an inward stillness; at no time to seek for words, but to live in the Spirit of Truth, and utter that to the people which Truth opened in us. My beloved Companion and I belonged both to one Meeting, came forth in the ministry near the same time, and were inwardly united in the work. He was about thirteen years older than I, bore the heaviest burthen, and appear'd to be an instrument of the greatest use.

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Sykes, we obtained certificates and set of the 7. 8. 1748; were at the meetings of Friends in the lower Counties, attended the Yearly Meeting at Little Creek, and made a visit to chief of the meetings on the Eastern Shore, and so home by the way of Nottingham, we were abroad about six weeks and rode by computation about 550 miles.

Our exercise at times was heavy but through the goodness of the Lord we were often refreshed, and I may say by experience, "He is a Strong Hold in the day of trouble." Though our Society in these parts appeared to me to be in a declineing condition, yet I believe the Lord hath a people amongst them, who labour to serve him in uprightness but have many defeculties to

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1 Burlington M. M. of Ministers and Elders has a minute dated "27th day of 6mo. [August 1743," recognizing them both in the ministry. There is no record at Dover of this visit, nor of the later one in 1760.

* Of Pennsylvania-i.e., Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, now the state of Delaware,

Residence of John Woolman, Mount Holly, N. J. From a sepia drawing in Collection of Samuel Parrish. Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Photograph by C. S. Bradford.

Whisrat John Wolleman of the Sönmektige of Nuthampten in the Cometer of Burlington for the Province of Newffey and Sarah Ellis of the Coun vunty Protime afla hausing declared their Intentions of Mariags with d Other before Querall Monthly Meetings of the People Called Questions albusting ton aforesaid according to the Good order bed amongst them and handing Confent of Parents Concerned their laid prepossall of Mariage was allowed of by the Sat Meeting Now those are to fortifis whome It May Concern that for the full accomplishing their said Intentions this righ bonth day of the Eight Month in the year of our Lord one thousand Sonen hundra fartigsten 8749 The bid John Wollman and Sarah Ellis appeared in a publik Meeting of said People In the Reetinghouse at Migunt In Northe mpton aforesaid And the said Jeton Collman Jarving the Sand say Ellis by the tund did In Solom Manage pruly declare that he took her t Sarah Ellis be his Wifoi proting to be unto her a Lovwving and faith his band timill death Shout Soperats them And then and there in the aspmbly the Said Sarah, Ellis did Like Manher declare that the Gook the Said John (dollman to be her has band promising to be beto him. Lousing and frith full Wiss in till death Shoud Seperate them and Moreover they the said John Woman and Sarah Ellis the according to the atom of Marlage assuming the flame of herkenbare, Confirmation thereof DD then there to Hote

Mint are Mr er allso subscribed at the Solemnisation of the far Mariage and Subscription ha Wilnoses thereunto Sot our hands the bay and year abour Criston

Marriage Certificate of John Woolman and Sarah Ellis

8 mo. (October) 18, 1749.

In Possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.