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Diary of Grace Gkowden Galloway, Kept at Philadelphia, July 1, to September 30, 1779* ino T\»*»». ~4 n^,^^^ n~~»..j^ n~n~ „. DIARY OF GRACE GKOWDEN GALLOWAY, KEPT AT PHILADELPHIA, JULY 1, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1779* Edited by RAYMOND C. WERNER, A.M., Ph.D. Department of History, University of Illinois * Since the publication of the Diary of Grace Growden Gal- loway, June 17, 1778, to July 1, 1779, with an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Werner, in the Magazine (LV. 32-94), the Society has purchased the original. Editor of the Magazine, July, 1779 Thursday ye 1th I was taken very ill in [sic] at Noon and obliged to Lay down Sent for Neighbour Zanes1 & when she came was So low & faint that I was ready to give out; talked freely to her of My situation [&] that I was Afraid to die & till I couM be brought to forgive My enimies & put re- liance in Nothing but a Divine being I cou'd Not be happy She encouraged Me & roused Me from that Dejection of spirits & I got Up & eat some cake & Drank [;] after which I was better; it was a rainy afternoon & Owen Jones came to talk with Me About My estate as I sent for him & I find he wou'd not advise Me to buy as I may be drawn into many difficulties: & thought Nothing can be done but waiting with patience: young Joe redman Drank tea with Me & Owen & Debby2 I am now come to a resolution of leting [sic] it go without Dispute. 1 Mrs. Isaac Zanes. 2 Mrs. Deborah Morris with whom Mrs. Galloway lodged after being ejected from her home by the republican authorities. Diary of Grace Growden Galloway 153 Friday y* 2d Mrs. Craig/ betsay Johns, Mrs. Cox4 & Nancy redman Drank tea with Me I was tolerable Chearful but My dear child is Never out of My Mind am Afraid things go wrong in England & that No troops will come in this Year Mr Chew5 here in ye evening & Isaac Morris at last he went away & Mr Chew & I had a Deal of talk he told Me if I did not [inte?]nd to stay [,] laying a Claim to My Estate Wou'd be of No Use for by so doing I made Myself a subject of ye state & they wou'd Not let Me go away this an[d] Other reasons made Me lay aside all hopes of redress I find chew has little hopes of y6 English doing anything but I [he?] treated Me better than sometimes & behaved friendly I think of going to N york begining of September I am very Uneasey about My child & J G Saturday ye 3d very hot weather sat by My- self ye whole day & am Just distres'd for want of exercise Dr Chovet6 in ye evening he advised Me to be bleed as I am fearful of fitts from a Disorder in My head but as I have fevers it may 6 Mrs. Craig was a cousin of Joseph Galloway's. (Sir Charles Burton's notes.) *Mrs. Daniel Coxe? On 17 December, 1778, Daniel Coxe wrote Gallo- way as follows: "Mrs. Coxe, in her last to me, mentions having seen Mrs. Galloway very well, and tho' happy at the thoughts of you and Miss Galloway having sailed for England [October, 1778], lamented her amiable Daughter's absence very pathetically. ." {Historical Magazine, First Series, V. 359.) Daniel Coxe was a wealthy citizen of New Jersey and a member of the legislature under the old administration. With the opening of the Revolution he fled to the British and was accordingly attainted. He was a faithful correspondent of Galloway's. {New Jersey Archives, Second Series, III. passim, especially 7 note, and 362 note; also, Force Miscellaneous Manuscripts in the Library of Congress.) 8 Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was one of the most prominent lawyers of the day. He had read the law with Andrew Hamilton and later had studied at the Middle Temple. He had been attorney-general and member of the Council in the Proprietary Government. When, after the Declara- tion of Independence, he did not show sufficient patriotism he was arrested but soon after paroled. He later became judge of the Court of Errors and x4ippeals, and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Tory spirits were at low ebb in the summer of 1779. Howe's ill-success in conquering America and the evacuation of Philadelphia had dashed their hopes. 6 Dr. Abraham Chovet (1704-1790) was one of the most outstanding anatomists and physicians of his day. He had studied in France and England and was a foreign-brother of the Company of Barber-Surgeons of London. He practised in Barbadoes and Jamaica whence he fled to Philadelphia in 1774, on a threatened uprising of the blacks. 154 Diary of Grace Growden Galloway proceed for that I have been long in a bad state of health & struggled hard to keep about Debby supped with Me My Mind will Never be at rest till I hear from England Sunday ye 4th was better today ye weather very Hot Nancy and beckey Jones & polly Wharton/ & Mrs Eedman drank tea with me I was very Chearful & better then I have been for some time I talked to them of ye slighting treatment of those that wanted to impose themselves as friends but was it to save My life wou'd not lend me a Carriage to ride out but if there was a sick horse I was sure to be informed of it tho they [ne]er offered me to ride till something happened that they couM not [overlook?] me Debby & I supped to- gether. Monday ye 5th Nicholas Walln8 sent his Car- riage to take Me out [it] was violent hot but Debby & I went to frankfort & came home ye [MS. torn] road; I think I never enjoyed a ride so much in My life everything look[ed] so pleasent & ye fresh Air revived Me: we saw A. James9 on y6 road by his house; he look[ed] rather grave but told me my mother in law had Dower granted her & that it was no matter to Me as they cou'd Not sell My land :10 but said he did not know how to advise me but thought My friends in England as well as here wou'd be best pleased if I did not Ask any thing of these people Upon ye whole [,] I find Neither Abel [James] John Thompson Nor Ned Penington11 or [are?] either Mine or J G [*s] friends. ye Eide did Me Much Good My spirits had No lang[u]or this evening TMary (?) Wharton (1755-1784), daughter of Thomas Wharton. She married Owen Jones, Jr. (Wharton, Anne H., "The Wharton Family," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, I. 455.) 8Nicholas Wain, Quaker, had studied law at the Temple (London) and became the partner of William Lewis. Overcome with contrition after having won what he believed to be an unjust cause, he retired from the law and devoted himself to religious work. (Scharf, J, T., and Westcott, Thompson, History of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1884, III. 1526-1527.) 9 Abel James, Quaker and prominent merchant and partner of Henry Drinker in the firm of James & Drinker. It was to this firm that the tea was consigned. He was one of those seized by the provincial au- thorities on Howe's approach. 10 This, without question refers to Mrs. Galloway's mother, Mrs. Lawrence Growden. On 6 December, 1779, she was granted maintenance of £650 per annum, in lieu of an annuity under the terms of her husband's will, from the properties willed to Mrs. Galloway. ("Diary of Grace Growden Galloway," Pennsylvania Magazine, LV. 74, and note; 86, and note. Pennsylvania Colonial Records, XII. 77-78.) 11 Edward Penington. Diary of Grace Growden Galloway 155 Tusday y6 6th Never was a Hotter spell of weather & I went to Zanes to Ask Hannah Pemberton12 to lend Me her Carriage but the fellow was Not at home & she was so Cold about; it that I wished I had not asked [it] of her yet these people pretends to pitty [sic] Me yet can see Me ill for want of that excercise [sic] which they have in their power but not in their inclination to grant tho others they can oblige No very agreeable evening oh that I eou'd hear from J G & my dear Child as to politicks there is Nothing but silent Gloom for Us No News Wednessday y6 7th sent to Nicklas [Wain] for his Chariot sent me word was engaged, but in y° afternoon he sent it & I ealPd on Becky Shoemaker13 & we rid to her place she is very friendly: I had no resolution to go to our place she came back to tea but when I had put her down [at her door] I went to Tommy Whartons he was very glad to see Me but he cannot converse tho he expressed every sign to regard14 to [sic] told Me he did not Doubt but [that] every thing wou'd yet go well very hot to day but a good Air in Riding but if I have a little pleasure it is Checked by the Thought of My dearest Child & her father & y6 Uncertainty of our [fu]ture fate for they now are never from my thoughts I am only wounded [MS. torn] God Almighty protect & Guard them & that we may enjoy each others company once More is the great Desire of my soul Debby supp'd with Me smith15 as Usual to look on had a bad Night rest "Wife of John Pemberton (1727-1795), a prominent merchant and Quaker preacher.
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