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quite satisfied that he depends mainly for his bread and butter 

 upon the English Treasury, I said, &quot; Well, do you know this Mr. 

 Hulme ? &quot; &quot; No, he had only heard of him.&quot; &quot; Then I 

 do, and I know that he never had any patent, nor ever asked 

 for one, from the English government ; all he has got he has 

 gained by his own industry and economy, and, so far from 

 receiving a fortune from that vile government, he had nothing 

 to do with it but to pay and obey, without being allowed to 

 give a vote for a Member of Parliament or for any Government 

 Officer. He is now, thank God, in a country where he cannot 

 be taxed but by his own consent, and, if he should succeed in 

 contributing in any degree to the downfall of the English 

 Government, and to the improvement of this country, he 

 will only succeed in doing his duty.&quot; This man could be no 

 other than a dependent of that boroughmongering system which 

 has its feelers probing every quarter and corner of the earth. 



966. August 8th. Return to Philadelphia, after a journey of 

 72 days. My expences for this journey, including every thing, 

 not excepting the loss sustained by the purchase and sale of my 

 horse, amount to 270 dollars and 70 cents. 



967. As it is now about a twelvemonth since I have been settled 

 in Philadelphia, or set foot in it, rather, with my family, I will take 

 a look at my books, and add to this Journal what have been the 

 expences of my family for this one year, from the time of landing 

 to this day, inclusive. 



Dolls. Cents 

 House-rent . . * . . . . 600 o 



Fuel ....... 137 o 



Schooling (at day-schools) for my 

 children, viz. : for Thomas, 14 

 years of age, . . 40 



Peter and John, ages of 12 and 10 .48 



Sarah, 6 years of age . . . 18 106 o 



Boarding of all my family at Mrs. Anthony s 



Hotel for about a week, on our arrival . . 80 o 



Expences of house-keeping (my family fourteen 

 in number, including two servants) with every 

 other out-going not enumerated above, tra 

 velling, incidents, two newspapers a day, 

 &c., &c. . 4 . . . . 2076 66 



Taxes, not a cent. . . . .00 



Priest, not a cent. . . . . o o 



Total 2999 66 



968. &quot; What 1 nothing to the Parson ! &quot; some of my old 

 neighbours will exclaim. No : not a single stiver. The Quakers 

 manage their affairs without Parsons, and I believe they are as 

 good and as happy a people as any religious denomination who 



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