The morning fine. I have from this place a view of the broad Chesapeek--Expence here for Tea in the Evening, Oats Cordial &c 4/10, set away half after Six--To Boy /3d. Rode from Rock Hall over a delightful part of the country to Chester-Town 13 Miles[162]--this is a beautiful small Town on a River out of the Bay navigable for Ships. The Situation is low & I apprehend it is subject to summer Fevers--It has an elegant I may say grand Court-House, in which is the town Clock--Mr _Wall_[163] the Commedian, has been for several Evenings past exhibiting Lectures in Electricity, & I understand with some considerable applause. They have a lottery here on foot & to be drawn in May next for to assist them in building a market-House Town-Wharf &c.--I breakfast here, & feed, Expence 2/3. to Boy 2d--In this Town & the neighbouring Country rages at present a malignant, putrid Fever, & what is generally called the spotted Fever!--From chester Town I rode to George-Town, 16 miles--The Land levil, fertile, & vastly pleasant--In this Town I visited Mr _Voorhees_, an eminent Merchant here, & he seems to be a Gentleman of peculiar smartness Industry & Oconomy--The Fever I now mentioned, is also here, & the whooping-Cough is very general & malignant--I lodged with this Gentleman--We had Evening prayers--Since I left Cohansie I have not heard the like--This is a small Town, & lies on a fine River, which divides it from another small Town directly opposite call'd Frederick.[164] [162] Chestertown, Maryland. [163] Wall gave a lecture on electricity in Williamsburg, Virginia, the following year. He is doubtless identical with the comedian and "Mental Physician," Dr. Llewellyn Lechmere Wall, who was described as "of Orange County," North Carolina in 1797. He appeared in numerous comedies in Newbern that year. Cf. _Virginia Gazette_ (Pinckney, ed.), January 5, 1775; original playbill in Department of Research, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia. [164] Frederick, Maryland. _Fryday 15._