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with blankets; we were now able to make a Cup of Tea, or Coffee, tho with- out Milk; or Butter; and we have Bacon or Cheese to eat with, our bread, our Change being so great that one of our Young Men says they want nothing but a Cow to make their living equal to Chester Coun- -ty. 6 one 1 We were busy this Morning in hang- -ing our Grindstone, and in putting han- -dles in some of our tools, John Peirce and myself accompanyed by an Indian Chief went up the River in a Canoe near one Mile above our Settlement, to view a Stream that was on the Opposite shore which we were informed was suitable for to build a Mill on: upon viewing it we found plenty of fall, and suffici- -ency of Water for a Grist Mill, tho the stream was not large, it came down between some high hills, 25 feet pearch of a headrace would carry the water high enough for the purpose, and within five pearch of the River is a very suitable band to erect a mill on