On the 30th, I paid a second visit to my venerable friend John Cox. The
next morning his grandson kindly accompanied me to Mount Holly, to see
the humble dwelling of the late John Woolman. I afterwards received from
John Cox a letter, from which I quote the following extract relating to
this remarkable man, whose character confers interest even on the most
trivial incidents of his life which can now be remembered:


"Since our separation on the morning of the 31st ultimo, when my
grandson accompanied thee to Mount Holly, I have been there, it
having been previously reported that the ancient, humble dome,
which passed under thy inspection as the residence of John
Woolman, he never inhabited, though that he built the house (as
Solomon built the temple,) is admitted. With a view to remove
this erroneous impression, I sought and obtained an interview
with the only man now living in the town, who was contemporary
with John Woolman, (now eighty years of age,) and in habits of
occasional intercourse with him. He informed me that John
Woolman's daughter (an only child,) and her husband resided in
the house when her father embarked for London, which was in the
year 1772, as recorded in his journal. The fact of residence is
corroborated by the circumstance of the search for and
destruction of caterpillars in the apple orchard, which I think,
was related to thee.

"The sage historian of by-gone days, whom I met at Mount Holly,
spake of his being at John Woolman's little farm, in the season
of harvest, when it was customary, and so remains to the present
time, for farmers to slay a young calf or a lamb; the common
mode is by bleeding in the jugular vein; but with a view to