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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. JOURNEY TO OHIO ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS OHIO YEARLY MEETING INDIANA YEARLY MEETING LABORIOUS JOURNEY AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES WITHIN ITS LIMITS BACKWOODS LIFE INTENSE COLD BANKS OF THE WABASH REFLECTIONS ON CLOSE OF 1831. Accompanied by Jane Johnson, a valuable elder, J. and H. C. Backhouse now set out for Ohio. Baltimore, 17th.--Breakfasted at the country-house of the Careys, where I met my old friend, Margaret Cheston. It was an interesting interview to me, and I believe to her also. 20th.--Reached Hagar's Town, the ride through very beautiful country. We saw a number of new flowers, birds, and butterflies. 22nd.--Continued our wilderness travel over mountains covered with wood, and a rough turnpike road, on a very rainy day, till darkness overtook us, and we were obliged to stop short of the inn we had hoped to reach. Nor should we have found a lodging there, had not a party of kind Hicksites offered one of the rooms they had engaged. 25th.--Set off early this morning for the Monthly Meeting at Dunning's Creek. There are a few Friends here who have been saved in the separation. 26th.--To-day we have crossed the Alleghany mountains. My driving powers are in great request, and it requires fixed attention to steer clear of stumps and keep the carriage from overturning in the deep ruts that the rain has made; but we are in no real danger,--all is so slow-paced that it cannot well exist, and we have a remarkably good pair of horses. 27th.--Rose early, and went eighteen miles to a meeting at Brownsville; a beautiful ride, through a more cleared country than we have yet been in. It was refreshing to be at a Friends' meeting again. On the other side of the shutters were the Hicksites. In the evening, a public meeting, which has been altogether a comfort to me...
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- PublisherWentworth Press
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1362054607
- ISBN 13 9781362054603
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages316
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