Crowe and I are boarding with a family by name of Weisbach, newly arrived from Germany. They had been unable to practice their Quaker religion in Bohemia and so took a three month journey to America. This farm is in upstate New York and after only two seasons they have strong horses, well made barns and are able to practice their religion freely; we will be going to their services with them tomorrow for further insight into religious practices here. As we have gone about town with them we have noted that there are indeed peoples of all nationalities here, I bumped into and angered an Irishman, spoke with three Welsh blacksmiths, talked about the best harvesting techiques with a Swedish man and had dinner with a Quaker minister of Dutch descent who had also invited a Native American family as well, truly fascinating, more details on this will be found in my final report.
Visual File 2398: Interior of Quaker Meeting House 4.4.1740
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