May 15,
16 [1776] 17
Continued very
Ill with the Boils the Doctor visited
Several Times Set up about 1/2 my Time
17th [May 1776] A Solemn
Fast throug the
Continent but a little esteemed
by many of the Inhabitants---
18 [May 1776] Authority
had been Several Times
before this employed in bringing
the Tories of this City to Terms, but
as many of late had returned
from the Country whither they had
fled for Safety they began again &
had each one before the Committee
of Safety, whom they obliged by an
Oath not to Act Inimically to
America
and then Took their Arms into Custody
, but about 20 proving refractory
were commited to Goal.
19 [May 1776] Sunday.
continueing unwell &
unable to walk I could not go to Chur-
-ch, & as I had an Oppertunity I
wrote a Letter to my Mother as also
one to S Emery, &
Sent them both
to
Nantucket---
20 [May 1776 ]The
News from Quebeck is that after
the Enemy had taken News has been
circulating in the City for Several Days
that a large Number of the Regulars are
at
Sandy Hook & will
Soon be up to the City.