Went up town to
Nicholas Brosius' funeral.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 10
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, February 22, 1766
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, March 2, 1766
With my wife
attended the burial of Mrs. Dean.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 10
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, March 4, 1766
Attended Court to
give my reasons why I did not serve as a juryman last term.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 10
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, March 18, 1766
Went over Schuylkill
to meet D. Wister and his brother William, and brother-in-law, Owen Jones, to
shoot pigeons.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 10
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, March 19, 1766
Attended at Robert
Smith's house-warming, with Joseph Fox, John Lawrence, Samuel Mifflin, Will
Parr, Tench Francis, T. Francis, Judah Foulk, Henry Elves and son, William
Bard, Joseph Wood, Dr. Phineas Bond, R. Keen, and Robert Erwin.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, March 24, 1766
Mr. Willing brought
the news from Maryland that the Stamp Act had been repealed.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, April 6, 1766
The Court House bell
was rung twice to-day for fires.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, April 7, 1766
An express arrived
last night from Maryland confirming the report of the repeal of the Stamp Act,
for which news the bells rang all day.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, April 16, 1766
Daniel Wister went
with me to the Schuylkill to see the great freshet.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, April 29, 1766
All the public
offices were opened to-day.
SOURCE: Jacob Cox
Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11
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