I left Philadelphia on Thursday morning at eight o'clock and arrived in New York on Friday at ten....
I stayed in New York but one night.

I found it quite insipid after seeing Philadelphia.

[The character of the two cities seems to have changed a trifle in a hundred years, for, with all her faults, no one could nowadays accuse New York of being insipid.] I went on board the packet on Saturday at twelve o'clock and arrived, as I before stated, on Sabbath evening.

We had, on the whole, a very good set of passengers from New York to this place.

On Sunday we had two sermons read to us by one of them, Dr.Hawley, of this place, and in the evening we sang five psalms, and during the whole of the exercises the passengers conducted themselves with perfect decorum, although one of the sermons was one hour in length....
June 25, 1810.
MY DEAR PARENTS,--I received yours of the 23d this day and receive with humility your reproof.