February 25, 1820 – no entry. (Thaddeus Journal)
Feb. 25. We are now in Lat with the Society Isles. It is pleasant to think we are near a land, inhabited by those who love & fear of God. Were it so ordered in providence, I should like to visit the mission there; but probably I never shall. (Mercy Partridge Whitney Journal)
25. – Our fresh provisions is now all consumed. I sometimes think our water is as good as that which I have drank at NH but probably I am mistaken. I am happily disappointed in this respect, and indeed in our whole manner of living. I believe my friends would think so if they were to see me. I have become so corpulent that my best clothes are of little use. A surtout that I wore over my coat at College has burst off its buttons by been worn without one. I have not had a sick day since I left my father’s house; & Mrs Whitney had none except a little seasickness. (Samuel Whitney Journal)
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