Thursday, July 23, 2026

Journal of Sarah Eve, February 1, 1773

I dined at Mr. Clifford's and indeed staid a few days with them, had called to congratulate them on the birth of a daughter. In the afternoon Anna and I went out to look for some Calico for Mrs. Smith, we were to return immediately, but instead of that, we staid and drank Tea with Betsey Guest, — sad girls, sad girls! — but we really could not help it, our cloaks and bonnets were taken off by force, and locked up — but that was from our desire, as we found they were determined to keep us, we begged they would secure them, which they accordingly did; — worse and worse! — worse and worse!

SOURCE: “Extracts from the Journal of Miss Sarah Eve,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1881), p. 24

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