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William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
the Experiment had Devolved on Him, & Who, Under Providence... felt at present, Disposed, to make the trial..... And what was now Wanted, to Compleat His Contemplated Arrangement, was, For His Sarah to Consent, in taking the Charge of their Bedding, Kitchen Furniture and provisions, and to Sail up the Hudson River, About Sixty Miles to New Windsor With these New friends... If she thought she Could Do this, He Would Endeavour to get, two or three Carpenters With their tools, to go Along, Besides, a Couple of Cows and two Horses, to carry our Baggage, and these new friends, the Natives of the Wilderness, and Who are to be our Neighbours, Will Guide You and Lead the Way About twenty Miles, to my Sequestered Spot, for a Residence... --- And as Soon, As these New friends With the Workmen, Can make Accommodations to receive Us, Madam Denn and I, Will Leave New York, and On Horse-back grope our Way, through the Mountainous Wilderness, Of the High lands of the Highlands... --- And meet You, at some future Day, in the Land of Goshen, at the place Appointed for Our Residence... --- Upon hearing this, Sarah, (as she said) Cast Her Eye around, took a glance at the Indians... And then turned her back, Upon them all; in a kind of Dismay, and with, as it were, A pouting Grumbling Silence... --- too plain to be Concealed... Disgusted with the proposal & Said to Herself, "is this the fate of Orphan Children a Poor Destitute girl, Without a Guardian, or protector Who Could Scarcely Dare think Herself a Woman, to be Huddled and Crowded on Board A Vessel; and from thence 20 Miles Through a Wilderness --- And with a Motely Group of Strange Men... And Without even an Acquaintance to Counsel with... It was, too Hazardous a task to put to stake, That Delicate Pathetick and mutual sensibility... With Which, Female Nature is heir to... --- Her Feelings, Therefore, Shrank from the proposition, With some [?] of Dismay, and
[?] Panting And Pondering Over Her fate...
Christopher Denn, Spoke Kindly to Her, And Said Sarah, We place an Entire Confidence, in your Faithfulness, Relative to the Business [overwritten: concern] We Confide to your Care --- We have no Desire of Being Otherwise Seperated from You, than the mere accomplishment of a Settlement, in the Wilderness.... Where We Expect, to be United in Company Again... perhaps forever... while Life may Last..... --- And to secure to You, a Livelihood... As an independent means of Living, I Will give You, A hundred Acres of Extra Bounty Land, at the End of Your Servitude for Your faithful services... And that we may Live as friends and Neighbours, through Life....
The "Hundred Acres of Bounty Land" sounded Large, & Cheering to Sarah's Ear, and having no Desire of Being Seperated from "Madam Denn" The Only Female friend, She had in the World; She therefore, the more Readily Assented to, Their Proportion, though not without Some Misgivings Relative to those Delicate feelings, Which appertain to Female Nature..... She Nevertheless Assented, and was at their Discretion, and Under their Direction How to proceed.....
Matters, Being thus fairly Stated And as Clearly Understood... The Next concern was, How to Bring about the Expedition.... While the Season Was favourable However, As Madam Denn immediately Set about fixing up Sarah, While Christopher Denn Was Seeking for Carpenters, With Suitable tools, to Begin in the Woods, Who Readily found three, Who was willing to Volunteer: the next thing Was, How to find Credit to procure the Cows, Horses, and provisions, Necessary for the Voyage & Campaign Which He made known, to some of His Patentee friends, and others, Connected in Confidence With their concernment --- But, to his Disappointment And
