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forego the profits of this branch of their trade, had suffered themselves to be disunited. At the same time they declared that although friends disowned them, they would not disown their friends. Since their separation they have attended friends meetings for worship; and, being people of property, they have, on all occasions, encouraged their wives to be ge-nerous in their contributions towards the neces- sary expense of the society. I was told that in this instance their two wives had furnished the means of defraying nearly the whole expense of building this handsome meeting-house. In the afternoon I parted with J. B. and set out for Schenectady on the Mohawk River. I arrived there early in the evening where I lodged. This day I sent letters to my dear wife by J. B. to be forwarded from New-York.