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NOTES AND QUERIES 117 NOTES AND QUERIES. Friends' Meeting for Indians in the State House at Philadelphia , I2TH Mo., 1759.—"A conference was held with the Indians whilst I tarried here [in Philadelphia ] which I was at; and Daniel Stanton and myself, with a few other friends, had a meeting with them at Philadelphia in the State House. After some time of waiting in silence, I had something to say, and one Isaac Still, an Indian, who could speak English , delivered the substance of what I said in the Indian language . He appeared tender and well satisfied, being a sensible sober young man. " Tedeuscung and several of the Delaware chiefs were present, and a few of the Jersey Indians. They were solid, attentive, and behaved in a becoming manner. The meeting ended in humble prayer and supplication to Almighty God." Life of William Reckitt, of Lincolnshire, England. London, 1776, pp. 179, 180. M. G. S. Account of Marmaduke Stevenson , given by the mother of John Richardson, 1697.—" When I mentioned Marmaduke Stevenson , that good man and great sufferer in the cause of Christ, as before, my mother said it was true; for she lived a servant with Edward Wilbermoss, an honest Quaker in Skipton, where Marmaduke Stevenson was a day labourer, about the time he had his call to go to New England. ... If I remember right she said, he was such a man as she never before knew, for his very countenance was a terror to them, and he had a great check upon all the family; if at any time any of the servants had been wild, or any way out of the truth, if they did but see him, or hear him coming, they were struck with fear, and were all quiet and still; and if one of the children came into the house where he laboured, and he would not have it to come, these were his words, ' Go thy way,' or ' Go home, lest I whip thee ' ; and they were subject and quiet." Life of John Richardson, p. 67; p. 25. Philadelphia edition, 1783. M. G. S. New York to Philadelphia in 1841.—"4th Month 20th [1841]. Rose early, and at six o'clock, with our host and hostess, and other Friends who had left home on the same errand as ourselves, we took the steamer to Amboy in New Jersey. ... At half-past seven, the company were summoned to breakfast, and about sixty of us sat down at two long tables to a handsome repast. Our fare consisted of cutlets, beef steaks, stewed oysters, shad, eggs, omelets, tea and coffee, with a great variety of hot and ??8 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY cold bread and cakes; the charge to each person was half a dollar. .... On reaching Amboy, we found the railway train in readiness to convey us through the State of New Jersey, to Camden, a village or small town on the Delaware, directly opposite Philadelphia ; the distance between the two places being 64 miles. ... At one o'clock p.m. we crossed the Delaware at Camden, and landed at Philadelphia, having performed our journey of 94 miles in seven hours, at a charge, including breakfast, of three dollars , for each passenger." John Candler, " Letters on America." British Friend, vol. I, PP- 33, 34- 1843· Philadelphia to Baltimore in 1841.—" Leaving Wilmington, we proceeded onward to Baltimore. through a country abounding with pine and fir trees . . . and we met with nothing worthy of notice till we came to the mouth of the river Susquehannah, at its junction with the bay of Chesapeake . Here we crossed the water in a steamboat, and viewed the scenery on both banks of the river with delight. This is indeed an interesting spot. At Havre de Grace, on the Maryland side, a new train of carriages stood ready to receive us, and conveyed us quickly to our journey's end. The train drew up at a station three miles short of Baltimore, and the engine being detached, several teams of handsome horses, four-in-hand, and in sumptuous harness, were put to the separate carriages; in half an hour we arrived at one of the great hotels...