Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, February 13, 1767

My wife and I went to the play and saw acted Romeo and Juliet.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, February 14, 1767

At noon went to William Jones's to drink punch, met several of my friends, and got decently drunk. The groom could not be accused of the same fault.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, June 15, 1767

Drank punch at John Hughes's, who lately married Stephen Paschall's daughter.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, July 1, 1767

Last night heavy rain with thunder and lightning. The Moravian meeting house was struck.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, September 4, 1767

Timothy Matlack, J. Lukens, Palmer, and myself measured the new race track very exact, and find it lacks 144 yards of being two miles.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, October 13, 1767

Four horses started in the 100 guinea race: Selim, Granby, Old England, and Northumberland. Selim won.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 13

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, October 23, 1767

James Hamilton, Samuel Powell, and Francis Hopkinson returned from England.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 14

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, October 26, 1767

General Gage reviewed the troops on the Commons.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 14

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, December 12, 1767

The gentlemen hunters let a fox loose at Centre Woods, which afforded an agreeable ride after the hounds till dark. The fox ran up a tree on the Schuylkill side, and when Levi Hollingsworth climbed up after him, it jumped down and was killed.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 14

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, December 17, 1767

In the evening came James Wharton, Tench Tilghman, Samuel Hudson, Zebulon Rudolph, and Joseph Jones.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 14