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reached and lodged at the House of Abraham Gibbons in Lancaster County where Henry Simmons met us, also John Pierce and Joshua Sharpless who had given up to accompany us to the Seneca Country. 1st of 5 mo. being five in company we all set forward on our journey and lodged the night following at William Wrights at Wrights ferry on Susquehannah. 2nd of the month crossed the River and rode to York, thence piloted by W.Kirk (a promising your Man) to John Garritsons and Isaac Everots where we lodged that night and believe were heartily welcome. 3rd of the month being now out of the neighbourhood of Friends I shall not be particular noteing the stages till we crops the Mountains, we trailed about 35 miles a Day along very rough and Mountainous roads still we got to ConnellVille on the banks of the Yoxhioyany River in the settlement of Readstone, some of those high mountains whose summits seemed to mingle with the Clouds afforded a prospect truly gratifying to me and displayed the wonderful world of Omnipotence more