Joseph John Gurney in Philadelphia, 1837

Abstract

After a voyage of forty seven days [in the ship Monongahela] we landed at Philadelphia on the fifth day even of 8 mo. 24th 1837, and found my dear friend John Paul on the wharf awaiting our arrival. One night at sea when I was troubled and anxious respecting our voyage, a kind of mental sight was given me before I fell asleep of him and his valued wife Hannah Paul and their comfortable abode, with an intimation that these were the hosts and this the rest prepared for me at Philadelphia. The effect at the time was to send me quietly to sleep, and truly on my arrival I found the vision verified.