To-night the
citizens in general illuminated their houses for the repeal of the Stamp Act.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, May 20, 1766
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, May 21, 1766
A great number of
gentlemen had a dinner at the State House, during which several great guns were
fired.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, May 29, 1766
Daniel Wister and
myself went to the Green to see a £10 race between Joseph Hogg's
and John Buckingham's horses.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, June 4, 1766
Being the King's
birthday, dined on the banks of the Schuylkill in company of about 380 persons.
Several healths were drunk, among them Dr. Franklin, which gave great
satisfaction to the company. A long boat was taken there on four wagon wheels,
and many great guns fired.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, June 24, 1766
Received the news
that Daniel Wister had a son born and named John.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, July 6, 1766
My Lord Hope's
carriage and horses arrived.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 12
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, July 30, 1766
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
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
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