7/4/1805

John Ordway:

a beautiful clear pleasant warm morning. ...it being the 4th of Independence we drank the last of our ardent Spirits except a little reserved for Sickness. the fiddle put in order and the party amused themselves dancing all the evening untill about 10 oClock in a Sivel & jovil manner. late in the evening we had a light Shower of rain but did not last long.--