Justin Hitchcock's Remarks and Observations

It will be proper to observe that when I began
to live in a family of my own I began to put in
practise a resolution I had formed before and that was
to attend to morning and evening prayers in the family
And if my advice is worth nothing I can freely advice
all yong men to do the same They will find less
difficulty in performing this duty at the commencement
of their family State than they will ever after.
We lived for some time without any other in the family
the winter following was extremely severe and a vast
quantity of snow lay on the ground and the
American Army were in danger of perishing for want
on occount of the difficulty of transporting provisions
to them The roads were so block up with snow
1779 In September this year a constitution convention
met at Cambridge to form a Constitution for
Massachusetts their labours were so far successful as
to present that excellent form of government which
was accepted by a Majority of the people and under
which enjoy as much freedom as is consistent
1780 Tho the Winter was very severe yet according to
the divine promise that summer and winter seed time
and harvest shall not fail The spring opened as
usual. At the anⁿual March meeting I was again
chosen Town Clerk in May the constitution framed
for Massachusetts was submitted to the people I
had to read the whole thee times in Town Meeting
I kept a Singing School the last fall and ^and past winter
I had composed several peices of music some of which
I introduced into the School and were sung in
public Worship they were chiefly fuging tunes as
such music was much in use about this time