,transcriber's ,note    ,italic text    
displayed as3 italic                    
,,anecdotes ,,and ,,memoirs             
,,of                                    
,,william ,,boen1                       
,a ,,coloured ,,man1              ,,who 
,,lived ,,and ,,died ,,near ,,mount     
,,holly1 ,,new ,,jersey4                
,,to ,,which ,,is ,,added1              
,the ,testimony of ,friends of ,mount   
,holly                    monthly       
meeting concerning him4                 
,philadelphia3                          
,,printed ,,by ,,john ,,richards1       
,no4 #abi ,north ,third ,street4        
#ahcd4                         ,,memoirs
 ,,and ,,anecdotes ,,of ,,william       
,,boen4      ,william ,boen was a       
coloured man1 who resided near ,mount   
,holly1 ,new  ,jersey4 ,like many of his
 brethren of the ,african race1 in those
  days1 he was from his birth held as a 
slave4 ,but though poor and  ignorant1  
in his early days1 he was cared for1 as 
all others are1  by the universal       

,parent of the human family4 ,he became 
a pious1  sober1 temperate1 honest1 and 
industrious man2 and by this means1 he  
obtained the friendship1 esteem1 and    
respect of all classes of his           
fellow-men1 and the approbation and     
peace of his heavenly ,father4    ,his  
industry1 temperance1 and cleanliness1  
no doubt1 contributed  much to his      
health and comfort2 so that he lived to 
be a very old  man1 with having but     
little sickness through the course of   
his  life4 ,his character being so      
remarkable for sobriety1 honesty1 and   
peace--that it induced some younger     
people to inquire by what means  he had 
arrived to such a state1 and attained   
such a standing in the  neighbourhood   
where he lived4 ,ever willing to        
instruct1 counsel1 and  admonish the    
youth1 he could relate his own          
experience of the work of  grace in his 
heart1 which led him into such          
uprightness of life and  conduct4 ,for  
his memory did not appear to be much    

impaired by reason  of old age4    ,to a
 friend who visited him in the          
eighty-sixth year of his age1  he gave  
the following account of his early life1
 and religious  experience4 ,on being   
asked1 whether he could remember in what
 way1  and by what means1 he was first  
brought to mind and follow that1  which 
had been his guide and rule of faith and
 life1 and which had  led and preserved 
him so safely along through time8       
,william answered  as follows3 8,oh6    
yes2 that ,i can1 right well4 ,in the   
time of the old  ,french war1 my master 
7for ,i was a poor black boy1 a slave7  
my master  sent me to chop wood1 on a   
hill-side1 out of sight of any house2   
and there was a great forest of woods   
below me2 and he told me to  cut down   
all the trees on that hill-side4 ,when  
,i went home1 in the  evenings1 ,i often
 heard them talking about the ,indians  
killing and  scalping people3 and       
sometimes1 some of the neighbours would 
come  in1 and they and my master's      

family talked of the ,indians killing   
such and such1--nearer and nearer to us4
 ,and so1 from time to time1  ,i would  
hear them tell of the ,indians killing1 
and scalping people1  nearer and nearer3
 so that ,i began to think1 like enough1
 by and by1  they would kill me4 ,and ,i
 thought more and more about it2 and    
again  would hear tell of their coming  
still nearer4 ,at length1 ,i thought1   
sure enough they will get so near1 that 
they will hear the sound of  my axe1 and
 will come and kill me4 ,here is a great
 forest of woods  below me1 and no house
 in sight3--surely1 ,i have not long to 
live4 ,i  expected every day would be my
 last2--that they would soon kill me1 a 
poor black boy1 here all alone40    8,a 
thought then came into my mind1 whether 
,i was fit to die4 ,it was  showed me1  
and ,i saw plain enough1 that ,i was not
 fit to die4 ,then it  troubled me very 
much1 that ,i was not fit to die2 and ,i
 felt very  desirous1--very anxious that
 ,i might be made fit to die4 ,so ,i    

stood  still1 in great amazement2 and it
 seemed as if a flaming sword passed    
through me4 ,and when it passed over1   
and ,i recollected myself 7for  ,i stood
 so1 some time7 it was showed me how ,i 
should be made fit to  die3 and ,i was  
willing to do any thing1 so ,i might be 
made fit to  die40    8,thus1 ,i was    
brought to mind and follow that1 that   
has been the  guide and rule of my      
life1--that within me1 that inclined me 
to  good1 and showed and condemned evil4
 ,now ,i considered ,i had a new        
master--,i had two masters2 and it was  
showed me 7in my mind7 by my new        
,master1 a certain tree on the          
hill-side1 that ,i must not cut down4   
,i knowed the tree well enough4 ,i had  
not come to it yet4 ,but ,i did  not    
know what ,i should do2 for my old      
master had told me to cut  all the trees
 down1 on that hill-side4 ,my new       
,master forbids me to  cut a certain    
one4 ,so ,i thought a good deal about   
it4 ,i cut on2 and  by and by ,i came to

 the tree4 ,i cut on by it1 and let it  
stand4 ,but  ,i expected1 every day1 my 
old master would come1 and see that tree
  standing1 and say1 #8,what did thee   
leave that tree standing for8 ,did  not 
,i tell thee to cut all the trees down1 
as thee went8 ,go1 cut that  tree down4'
 ,then1 ,i didn't know what ,i should   
do4 ,but he never said  any thing to me 
about it4 ,i cut on1 and got some       
distance by it2 and  one day my old     
master brought out his axe1 and cut the 
tree down  himself2 and never said1     
,william1 why didn't thee cut that tree 
down8  never said any thing to me about 
it4 ,then ,i thought1 surely my new     
,master will make way for me1 and take  
care of me1 if ,i love him1 and  mind   
him1 and am attentive to this my guide1 
and rule of life4 ,and  this seemed an  
evidence and proof of it1 and           
strengthened me much in  love1 and      
confidence in my ,guide40    ,after the 
respectable and goodly old man1 had     
given this interesting  account of the  

way and manner in which he was brought  
to follow the  guide of his life1 the   
following question was put to him3      
8,well1  ,william1 has thee1 from that  
time1 till now1 been so careful and     
attentive to thy guide1 as never to say 
or do amiss80 ,to which he  replied1    
8,oh6 no3 ,i have missed it--,i have    
several times missed it40  ,he was then 
asked1 8,well1 ,william1 in that case1  
how did thee get  along80 ,he answered1 
8,oh6 when ,i missed it1--when ,i found 
,i had said1  or done wrong1 ,i felt    
very sorry4 ,i tried to be more careful1
 for  time to come2--never to do so any 
more3 and ,i believe ,i was forgiven40  
,another inquiry was made of ,william1  
how he and his old master got  along    
together1 after his change4 ,he said1   
8,very well4 ,some time  afterwards1 one
 of the neighbours said to me1 one day1 
#8,william1  thy master talks of setting
 thee free4' ,i didn't think much about 
it--didn't expect there was any thing in
 it2 though ,i heard others say  he     

talked of setting me free2--till1 after 
some time1 as my master was  walking    
with me1 going to my work1 he said1     
#8,william1 wouldn't thee  like to be   
free8' ,i didn't say any thing to it4 ,i
 thought he might  know ,i should like  
to be free4 ,i didn't make him any      
answer about it1  but then ,i thought   
there was something in it4 ,so after    
awhile1 sure  enough1 he did set me     
free40    ,there is no doubt his old    
master observed a great change in him2  
for  his guide taught him to be dutiful1
 industrious and diligent in his        
business1 careful in his words and      
actions1 and sober1 steady1 and         
exemplary in all he said1 and in all his
 conduct4    ,william ,boen's guide1 and
 rule of life and conduct1 his new      
,master1  as he called him1 that did so 
much for him1 and raised him from the   
state of a poor slave1 to be a free man1
 in good esteem--thro' habits  of       
temperance1 sobriety1 honest industry   
and integrity1--whereby  he was enabled 

to become the respectable head of a     
family1 and  to acquire a house1 and    
property of his own1 sufficient for the 
comfortable accommodation of himself and
 family2--and who forsook him  not when 
he became old1 and grey-headed2--his new
 ,master was the same  ,light that      
appears unto all2 and it would guide    
every one in the  right way1 as it did  
him1 if they would take it for their    
,master1 and  mind and obey it1 as he   
did4 ,it was the guide of his           
youth1--became  his ,lord and           
,master1--preserved him from evil1--and 
conducted him  safely through the trials
 of life1 to a good old age4    ,william
 ,boen's new ,master was1 and is the    
same thing that the apostle  ,paul1 in  
his ,epistle to ,titus1 bears testimony 
to1 in these words2  8the grace of ,god1
 that bringeth salvation1 hath appeared 
to all  men2--teaching us1 that1 denying
 all ungodliness and worldly lusts1  we 
should live soberly1 righteously1 and   
godly in this present  world40 ,now1    

surely1 if we don't take it for our     
master1 and mind its  teachings1 we     
cannot know it to bring our salvation1  
or save us  from all ungodliness and    
worldly lusts1 as he did1 and as all do1
  that are obedient to this grace of    
,god1 the ,light of ,christ1 within4    
,in ,william ,boen's simple account of  
the way and means1 by which he  was     
showed how he should be made fit to     
die2--that is1 by minding  and following
 that within him1 which inclined him to 
good1 and  that showed and condemned him
 for evil1--the goodness1 mercy1 and    
condescending care of the ,almighty     
,father1 are strikingly manifest4  ,how 
graciously he suits his dispensations to
 the weak and ignorant  states of his   
children1 who sincerely seek him1 and   
inquire what they  shall do to be saved6
 ,when ,william ,boen thought of death1 
something  showed him he was not fit to 
die4 ,he 8saw it plain enough10 and was 
troubled4 ,in his anxiety to be prepared
 to die1 he became still and  quiet--and

 then he felt condemnation1 as a flaming
 sword1 pass through  him4 ,when this   
had its effect to bring him to a state  
of humility  and watchfulness1 the      
,divine ,light in his soul showed him   
the way  in which he should walk1 in    
order to become fit to die4 ,he became  
willing to do any thing required of him3
 so1 to prove his obedience1  it was    
showed him1 by his new ,master1 that he 
must leave a certain  tree standing1    
where he was felling timber4 ,he began  
to reason upon  consequences1 but       
resolved to obey his new ,master1 in    
preference to  his old one4 ,it was     
sufficient to test his faith and love2  
and though  a simple circumstance1 it   
was probably of great use to him ever   
after2 as by it he was taught to be     
faithful in little things1 and  thus    
became ruler over more4    ,it may be   
useful to survivors1 who1 like ,william1
 are desirous so to  live1 as that they 
may become fit to die1--to bring into   
view some  anecdotes of his life1 that  

show the principles by which his mind   
and  conduct were regulated4    ,in his 
conversation among men1 he was very     
careful to keep to the  plain           
language1--the language of truth and    
sincerity--yet1 through the  help of his
 guide1 he detected himself in a        
deviation from it1 in the  following    
circumstance4 ,a wealthy neighbour1 a   
white man1 frequently  availed himself  
of ,william's obliging disposition1 by  
using his  grindstone1 instead of       
procuring one for himself4 ,on an       
occasion of  this kind1 his neighbour   
told him he was obliged to him for the  
use  of his grindstone3 to which1       
,william returned the usual compliment  
of  saying he was welcome4 ,after the   
man was gone1 ,william became uneasy  in
 his mind1 with his reply1 as being     
insincere4 ,he therefore went  to his   
neighbour1 and made an acknowledgment1  
that although he had  told him he was   
welcome1 yet it was only in conformity  
with custom1  and was not the case2 for 

he thought his neighbour was better able
 to  keep a grindstone of his own1 than 
he was4    ,how many customary          
compliments1 by-words1 and common       
expressions1  would be dispensed with1  
as idle words1 for which we must give an
  account in the day of judgment1--if a 
strict regard to truth and  sincerity1  
were the ruling principle or guide of   
all our words and  actions6    ,william 
,boen appears to have been as strictly  
careful in his  adherence to the        
principles of justice1 and the rights of
 property1  as he was in regard to truth
 and sincerity in his communications4   
,being employed1 with several others1 to
 mow the meadows attached to  the place 
called ,breezy ,ridge1 on ,lomberton    
creek1--,william1 with  his scythe1     
accidentally struck a partridge that was
 concealed from  his view1 in the grass1
 and killed it4 ,as it appeared to be in
 good  order1 his companions proposed   
that he should take it home1 for  his   
own use4 ,william1 however1 was not easy

 to do so3 he said the  partridge did   
not belong to him1 but to the owner of  
the meadow4    ,on another occasion1 he 
manifested the acuteness of his         
feelings1  in regard to the rights of   
property4 ,with other labourers1 he  was
 employed to cut timber in the pines1 at
 a distance from the  settlements4 ,they
 took provisions with them1 to encamp   
for a week  or two in the woods2 and1   
finding an empty cabin on lands that did
  not belong to their employer1 they    
made use of it4 ,william's mind1        
however1 was not quite satisfied4 ,he   
had been using the property  of another1
 without leave4 ,so1 after his return1  
he took an early  opportunity to        
represent the case to the owner of the  
cabin1 who  lived some miles distant    
from him4    ,william ,boen believed in 
,christ1 as the ,prince of peace2 and   
that  those who professed to be         
,christians1 and lived in his peaceable 
spirit1 could have nothing to do with   
war1 in any shape4 ,he therefore  had a 

testimony to bear against the spirit of 
war1 and the love  of money that stands 
in connexion with it4 ,not far from     
,william's  habitation1 there lived a   
storekeeper1 a man of considerable note1
  who had been an officer in the army1  
during the time of the ,american        
revolution4 ,some time after the peace  
was concluded1 this storekeeper  traded 
largely in buying up soldiers'          
certificates1 for much less  than their 
nominal value4 ,by this means1 he made  
considerable profits  to himself1 with  
which he engaged in building a large and
 fine  house4 ,while thus employed1     
,william ,boen called on him1 and told  
him  he had been much concerned for him1
 on account of his traffic in  what he  
considered no better than the price of  
blood1 and that the  money with which he
 was building his house1 was unrighteous
 gain4 ,he  also quoted that passage of 
scripture1 as applicable to the case1   
respecting ,judas1 who betrayed his     
,master for the sake of money2 and      

mentioned the manner of his death4      
,his reproof and admonition were        
delivered with so much honesty and      
tender feeling1 and the kind and        
friendly motives that influenced him    
thereto1 were so apparent1 that his     
neighbour1 though a high-spirited  man1 
received his communication1 in a        
respectful manner2--and1 on a           
subsequent occasion1 upon hearing some  
persons remark1 that they  wondered that
 ,william was not ridiculed by boys1 and
 light1 vain  persons1 on account of his
 singular appearance1 and wearing his   
beard  so long1--he stated1 that        
,william ,boen was a religious man2 and 
that  his well known piety impressed the
 minds of such people with awe and      
respect towards him2 and thus they were 
prevented from manifesting  that levity 
which the singularity of his dress and  
appearance might  otherwise have        
produced4    ,for it is to be observed1 
that he thought it right to have all his
  clothing of the natural colours1 and  

made very plain and simple4 ,as  he was 
very clean in his person1 his wearing   
apparel became very  white1 by          
washing--his hair and beard also became 
white through age3  and these1          
contrasted with his dark skin1 gave him 
a very venerable  appearance4 ,he was   
affable1 modest1 and respectful1 in his 
manners  and deportment2 while the      
mildness and gravity of his countenance1
  indicated a mind governed by the      
precepts of the gospel1 and often       
impressed lessons of serious reflection 
on those who beheld  him2--especially in
 the solidity and reverence1 with which 
he sat in  religious meetings4    ,it   
was probably on account of his dress1   
that some person remarked to  him1 that 
he appeared to be endeavouring to walk  
in the footsteps of  ,john ,woolman1--a 
,friend with whom he had been intimately
 acquainted4  ,after a pause1 he said1  
8,i am endeavouring to follow the       
footsteps of  ,christ40    ,william     
,boen1 by attending to his ,guide1 and  

faithfully following  ,christ1 his new  
,master1 was brought to believe in his  
doctrine1 in  relation to gospel        
ministers3 8,freely ye have received1   
freely give40  ,he therefore did not    
approve of hireling ministry1 or paying 
men for  preaching4 ,this testimony to a
 free gospel ministry1 he carried so    
far1 in order to keep a pure conscience 
towards his ,divine ,master1  that on   
one occasion1 after he had sold some    
wood to a person1 who  was called a     
clergyman1--he felt scrupulous about    
receiving money from  him1 which was    
obtained by preaching3 as it would not  
be1 in his  apprehension1 bearing a     
faithful testimony against hireling     
ministry4  ,so he went to the man1 and  
asked him whether he got his money by   
preaching4 ,on being answered in the    
affirmative1 ,william told him1  he was 
not free to take his money in pay for   
the wood1 as he did not  approve of     
making money by preaching1 contrary to  
the command of  ,christ4    ,yet his    

mind was clothed with ,christian charity
 towards his  fellow-creatures1 who had 
not been brought to see and walk in the 
way  which he apprehended to be required
 of him4 ,william was not free to  use  
any thing either in food or clothing1   
that he knew to be produced  through the
 labour of slaves4 ,on its being asked  
him1 whether he  thought so well of his 
friends that used the products of       
slavery1  as he would do1 if they did   
not use such articles2 he replied1      
8,obedience is all1 with me4 ,i believe 
it is required of me1 not to  use these 
things3 and if it has never been        
required of them1 not to  use these     
things1 then they are as much in the way
 of their duty1 in  using them1 as ,i am
 in the way of my duty1 in not using    
them40    ,when ,william was drawing    
near the close of his long and exemplary
  life1 his bodily powers failed through
 weakness1 and the decay of  nature2 but
 his mind was preserved clear and       
tranquil4 ,at this  season1 he was      

frequently visited by a friend1 who1 on 
one occasion1  made some remarks        
respecting the calm and peaceful state  
of mind1  which he appeared to enjoy1   
and inquired of him by what means he    
had attained to such a happy state4     
,william1 in accordance with his  common
 expression of trying all things by the 
mind1 gave this short  and comprehensive
 answer3 8,by keeping the mind          
easy1--and resisting  every thing that  
made it uneasy40    ,soon after his     
death1 the following obituary notice1   
appeared in one  of the public papers3  
8,died1 near ,mount ,holly1 on the #abth
 instant1 in the ninetieth year  of his 
age1 ,william ,boen1 7alias ,heston7 a  
coloured man40    ,rare1 indeed1 are the
 instances that we meet with1 in which  
we feel  called upon to record the      
virtues of any of this afflicted race of
  people4 ,the deceased1 however1 was   
one of those who had demonstrated  the  
truth of that portion of scripture1 that
 8of a truth ,god is no  respecter of   

persons2 but in every nation1 they that 
fear him and  work righteousness1 are   
accepted with him40    ,he was concerned
 in early life1 8to do justly1 love     
mercy1 and walk  humbly with his ,god20 
and by a close attention to the light of
 ,christ  within1 and faithfully abiding
 under the operation of that blessed    
spirit of ,divine grace in his soul1 he 
was enabled1 not only to bear  many     
precious testimonies faithfully1 to the 
end of his days1 but  also to bring     
forth those fruits of the spirit which  
redound to the  glory of ,god1 and the  
salvation of the soul4 ,he was an       
exemplary  member of the religious      
,society of ,friends2 and as he lived1  
so he  died1--a rare pattern of a       
self-denying follower of ,jesus ,christ4
 ,he  had no apparent disease1--either  
of body or mind2 but1 as he expressed   
himself a short time before his death1  
he felt nothing but weakness3  which    
continued to increase1 until he gently  
breathed his last2 and  is1 no doubt1   

entered into his heavenly ,father's     
rest4    8,mark the perfect man1 and    
behold the upright3 for the end of that 
man is peace40    #fth month1 #ahbd4    
99       99       99       99       99  
,memorial of ,mount ,holly monthly      
meeting of ,friends1 concerning         
,william ,boen1 a coloured man4 ,read in
 the ,yearly ,meeting of     ,friends1  
held in ,philadelphia1 #ahbi4    ,as the
 memory of those who have followed the  
leadings of that ,teacher  which leadeth
 into all truth1 and enables its        
votaries to become1 by  example1        
preachers of righteousness1 is precious1
 we feel engaged to  give the following 
testimony concerning our deceased       
friend1 ,william  ,boen1 a coloured man4
    ,he was born in the year #agce1 in  
the neighbourhood of ,rancocas4 ,being  
a slave from his birth1 he had very     
little opportunity of acquiring  useful 
learning2 yet by his own industry and   
care1 he succeeded in  learning to read 
and write4    ,his mind became seriously

 impressed while very young1 and he was 
induced in early life1 to attend to the 
monitions of light and life  in his own 
mind1 being convinced from what he felt 
within him1 of  the existence of a      
,supreme ,being2 and also of the manner 
of his  visiting the children of men1 by
 the inward peace which he felt upon  a 
faithful performance of what he thus    
apprehended to be his duty4    ,about   
the twenty-eighth year of his age1 he   
contracted for his  freedom2 and having 
entered into marriage engagements with a
 woman  in the neighbourhood1 but not   
being1 at that time1 a member of our    
society1 he was straitened in his mind  
how to accomplish it2 as he  was fully  
convinced of our testimony in that      
respect4    ,in this difficulty1 he made
 known his situation to our friend1     
,john  ,woolman1 who1 to relieve him1   
had a number of persons convened at  a  
friend's house1 where they were married 
after the manner of our  society1 and a 
certificate to that effect1 furnished   

them by those  present4    ,about this  
time he made application to become a    
member of our  society2 but way not     
opening in ,friends' minds1 he was not  
received1  but encouraged to continue   
faithful2 which we believe he did1 from 
the account we have of nearly his whole 
life4    ,he was concerned above all    
things1 to walk in the path of truth and
  righteousness2 and according to his   
measure1 to be faithful to every        
opening of duty1 by which means he      
obtained the esteem of all who  knew    
him4    ,as he thus continued steadfast 
to the light in his own mind1 he  was   
favoured to see the necessity of a daily
 cross to all the  gratifications of    
self1 and that the cause of truth cannot
 grow in  us1 while we are governed by a
 worldly spirit4    ,by yielding full   
obedience to that light1 which it was   
his chiefest  joy to follow1 he became  
truly convinced of the necessity of     
maintaining the various testimonies     
which we1 as a people1 have  been called

 upon to bear2 and1 in some respects1 he
 had to bear a  testimony against things
 in which many of his white brethren    
indulge1  particularly in regard to     
slavery2 refusing to wear1 or use in any
  shape1 articles which come through    
that corrupted channel4 ,and1 we        
believe1 it was through dedication to   
the ,lord1 and an unreserved  surrender 
of his will1 to the ,divine will1 that  
he was brought to see  these things in  
that light which deceiveth not4 ,thus1  
evincing by his  conversation and       
example1 the truth of that scripture    
declaration1  8,all thy children shall  
be taught of the ,lord1 and great shall 
be the  peace of thy children2 in       
righteousness shalt thou be             
established40    ,it appears1 not only  
from his own words1 but also from his   
weighty  example1 that his great concern
 was to keep his mind easy1 believing   
that right and wrong actions would      
result either in peace or pain  within2 
hence1 his great care was to 8try all   

things by the mind10  as he expressed   
it1 or the light of ,christ within2 with
 which he  was1 no doubt1 through       
faithfulness1 in a remarkable manner    
favoured2  esteeming it right to be     
obedient to every manifested duty1      
however  in the cross1 or insignificant 
to the carnal mind1 these small duties  
might appear2 and as he was found1 like 
the servant in the parable1  8faithful  
in the little10 he was strengthened to  
rule over the carnal  propensities of   
his nature1 bringing his words and      
actions into the  obedience of ,christ4 
,his humility was such1 that although in
 low  circumstances1 he appeared to be  
content1 and even refused to indulge    
himself in rich food or clothing1 saying
 that 8bread and water was  good enough 
for him40 ,in #ahad1 he was1 on         
application1 received into  membership  
with us1 and continued to the last1 when
 able1 a steady  attender of our        
meetings1 both for worship and          
discipline4    ,he enjoyed reasonable   

health and strength until about his     
eighty-seventh year1 when his strength  
began to fail1 but the  faculties of his
 mind remained good until his end4      
,some weeks previous to his death1 he   
spoke of it with the utmost  composure1 
and recounting his past trials and      
experiences said1  8he had thought he   
was alone with regard to his testimony  
against  slavery40 ,but1 as though he   
had fresh evidences thereof1 said1 8he  
believed it would grow and increase     
among ,friends40 ,he appeared  perfectly
 resigned to death1 having no will      
therein2 and as he  expressed himself1  
8that some died hard and others easy1   
but for  himself1 he had no wish for    
either1 being fully resigned to the     
,divine will in all things40    ,to a   
friend present1 the day previous to his 
death1 he stated  8that he felt himself 
going very fast2 but that he had no wish
 to  stay40 ,his weakness increasing1   
and having no desire to take any        
nourishment1 he was asked if he was     

sick1 or felt any pain2 to which  he    
answered1 8that he felt neither pain nor
 sickness1 but weakness1  and a total   
disrelish for every thing of this       
world40 ,his weakness  continued to     
increase until he passed quietly away1  
on the night of  the #abth of the #fth  
month1 #ahbd1 in the ninetieth year of  
his age2  and we doubt not1 he has      
entered into his heavenly ,father's     
rest4    ,read in1 and approved by1     
,mount ,holly monthly meeting of        
,friends1  held #aath month #fth1 #ahbh4
                                        
,,amos ,,bullock1 ,clerk4    ,read in1  
and approved by1 ,burlington ,quarterly 
meeting of ,friends1  held at           
,chesterfield1 on the #beth of the #aath
 month1 #ahbh1 and  directed to be      
forwarded to the ,yearly ,meeting4      
,,andrew ,c4 ,,ridgway1 ,clerk4         
,transcriber's ,notes      pg #e        
,changed ,then1 ,i did'nt to3 didn't    
pg #f ,changed did'nt to3 didn't in #d  
places    pg #f ,changed ,william1      

would'nt to3 wouldn't    pg #ac ,added  
ending quote after3 a coloured man