My wife gave birth
to a son at three o'clock this morning.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, July 30, 1766
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, August 1, 1766
In the evening went
to Mrs. Gray's, and drank a bowl of punch with William Jones.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, August 20, 1766
Robert Erwin gave a
beefsteak dinner at the Bettering House to J. Fox, Jacob Lewis, Joseph Redman,
John Palmer, Robt. Smith, John Drinker, Wm. Jones, John Parish, Nicholas Hicks,
Isaac Coates, Joseph Allen, and myself.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, October 12, 1766
This morning the
Highlanders, Captain Stuart, came from Lancaster.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, October 21, 1766
Attended the funeral
of Daniel Wister's son; he was five months old.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, November 12, 1766
Five horses started
for the £60 purse. Trial, Merry Andrew, Sterling, Valiant, and a
mare belonging to Colonel Armstrong. Trial won the purse.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, November 13, 1766
Four horses started
in the race to-day-Smoker, Merry Andrew, Sampson, and a little roan, belonging
to Joseph Richardson. Smoker won.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, December 11, 1766
Opened my cask
containing ten saddles and twentyfour bridles, received from England.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, December 16, 1766
Spent the evening at
Mrs. Gray's with William Jones, Robert Smith, and Robert Erwin.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Monday, July 20, 2026
Diary of Christopher Marshall, June 1, 1774
This being the day
when the cruel act for blocking up the harbour of Boston took effect, many of
the inhabitants of this city, to express their sympathy and show their concern
for their suffering brethren in the common cause of liberty, had their shops
shut up, their houses kept close from hurry and business; also the ring of bells
at Christ Church were muffled, and rung a solemn peal at intervals, from
morning till night: the colours of the vessels in the harbour were hoisted
half-mast high; the several houses of different worship were crowded, where
divine service was performed, and particular discourses, suitable to the
occasion, were preached by F. Allison, Duffield, Sprout, and Blair. Sorrow,
mixed with indignation, seemed pictured in the countenances of the inhabitants,
and indeed the whole city wore the aspect of deep distress, being a melancholy
occasion.
SOURCE: William
Duane, Editor, Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept
in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, Vol. 1,
1774-1777, p. 6
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