"Warm and cloudy. In the morning I went to Mrs. Rush's
where I spent the day and night. In the evening I had the pleasure of seeing
Capt. Bethel1 for the first time. About ten o'clock I went to bed
and left Miss Bets up. Query, which was the happier, that lady sitting up with
her, or myself lying in a fine soft bed, reading the "Adventures of the
renowned Don Quixote," and in a most excellent humour to enjoy it?
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1 Robert Bethel, a sea captain. He married the young lady mentioned, Betsy, daughter of William Rush. She was a second cousin of Dr. Rush.
SOURCE: “Extracts from the Journal of Miss Sarah Eve,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1881), p. 28-9
