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London, and had received his education in Christ Church Hospital. On coming over to America about 60 years ago, he landed near the place where Baltimore now stands; but, at that time, the town was not begun, altho' it now contains near 30,000 inhabitants, and is one of the best built towns I have seen. Indeed I do not know any in England su- perior to it in beauty. In the evening I came to an elegant inn called the Stone-house, and the next day reached Baltimore, and it being 1st day, I at- tended the meeting there. 2d Month, 3d. I attended the quarterly meet- ing at Baltimore, which was held in the new meeting-house, a very handsome brick building, about 50 yards in length and proportionably broad. It cost nearly 6000l. This meeting-house is so con- structed, that both men and women keep their seats when the meetings for worship close, which are held previously to proceeding to their respective busi- ness. The partition which divides the house into two parts, is so constructed, that it winds round a windlass with flat sides. The pannels of the par- tition are joined to teach other by hinges; are so proportioned that they wrap round the windlass as truly and regularly as a piece of canvas; and are so nicely managed, that in winding up or letting down, they make no more noise than a common curtain. It is obvious that the first range of pan-nels at the top, next to the windlass, must be the