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13 Left Elias Gilberts a Bought 5 oClock in the Morning Came To Metcalfe 13 miles Got Breakfast Set [?] &; Came to /Joseph Bivins 6 miles got there Before one oClock Being 22 miles &; 1/2 to Both &; no house we agreed to Stay all night, John Parish &; my Self lodg at Rich Hookers 14 Left Bivins Rode abought 10 miles to a Brush Cabin in the woods Baited our Horses Eat a little Breakfast it Began to Snow &; Some allready on the Ground we Set of for Bath Being 13 miles Got there abought 3 oClock Continued Snowing are Concluded to Stay all night there Capt Williamson Kindly Invited us to Lodg with him which we Imbraced. 15th Left Bath Early in of Morning Rode to Corbits 6 miles, Got Brakefast Snowed all the way Being abought 8 in Deep &; the horses Balded Badly continued Snowing Set out for the Painted Post 11 miles Stopt there &; Baited from thence we Rode to the Mary Widow Lindleys 13 miles Lodged there left our Horses at her Sons liveing near her house &; Brakefasted with her set our again in the Snow Rode to Rich Daniels 5 m Bated then Rode to Peter Roberts 5 m there to William Carters 6 miles Lodged there the Prospect of going to the Block house 17 next Day was very Trying however we had a poor old Bed Laid on a Bark flore which served 3 of us I took a blanket Spread it a Side the Bed Laid Down Slept untill 12 o Clock then got up Smoaked my Pipe &; lay Down a short time slept but a little more that night Rose up abought half past 2 set of for the Block house between 3 &; 4 in the morning Cold &; the Snow abought 6 or 7 inches Deep