i3147

Jacob Hiltzheimer was the owner of a livery stable in Philadelphia and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. He kept a diary which is now at the American Philosophical Society. James Hutson included in his Supplement the daily entries made by Hiltzheimer about the weather.

Description

Jacob Hiltzheimer was the owner of a livery stable in Philadelphia and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. He kept a diary which is now at the American Philosophical Society. James Hutson included in his Supplement the daily entries made by Hiltzheimer about the weather.

Content

14th May: Some Rain in the Morning
15th May: Some Rain in the Morning
16th May: Clear & Pleasant
17th May: Cloudy in forenoon, Clear in the Afternoon
18th May: Clear in forenoon, in the afternoon . . . a gust coming on fast, . . . [later] it began to rain
19th May: Clear Last Night, had a Smart Shower of Rain with Some Thunder
20th May: a Gust in the Afternoon
21st May: Clear & Pleasant
22nd May: Rain, in the Afternoon
23rd May: Cloudy, forenoon . . . afternoon had Several Showers of Rain
24th May: Cloudy, a little Rain
25th May: rain All Day
26th May: Clear
27th May: Cloudy, after Drops of Rain in the Morning
28th May: Clear but not warme
29th May: Clear forenoon
30th May: The Wind South east, Rain All Day
31st May: Cloudy and Cool enough to sit by the Fire 
1st June: Cloudy & Cool 
2nd June: Cloudy . . . Rain toward evening, and Still Cold enough to Sit by the Fire
3rd June: Cloudy, with some rain 
4th June: Clear Cool enough to Sit by the Fire
5th June: Clear & Pleasant in the forenoon
6th June: Rain Most All day 
7th June: Rain
8th June: Cloudy 
9th June:
10th June: Clear & Pleasant
11th June: Clear & warme 
12th June: Clear & warme 
13th June: Clear and Pleasant
14th June: Clear & Pleasant
15th June: Pleasant
16th June:
17th June: Cloudy and a Very little rain
18th June: In the afternoon . . . Shower of rain
19th June: Clear & warme
20th June: Clear
21st June: two Small Showers of rain
22nd June: much Thunder & Lightning, last Night with Heavy rain
23rd June: Clear & warme
24th June: little rain 
25th June: Rain in the Morning, as well as last Night. Pleasant in the afternoon
26th June: Clear & Pleasant
27th June: Clear & warme 
28th June: Clear and Pleasant forenoon 
29th June: Cloudy, and a Very little rain in the Morning 
30th June: Clear & warme 
1st July: Cloudy. Rain several times, but Very little 
2nd July: Cloudy Close & Very warme
3rd July:
4th July: Clear & warme
5th July: Clear & warme forenoon 
6th July: Very warme
7th July: Very warme
8th July: Very warme, a Small Springle of rain in the afternoon
9th July: Warme . . . after Night had Much Thunder, but Little rain
10th July: Very warme
11th July: Cloudy
12th July: Clear & warme
13th July: Clear and Cool, but Very Dusty
14th July: Windy & Very Dusty
15th July:
16th July: had a Smart Shower of rain Last Night, and an other to day at Noon
17th July: Clear & Pleasant
18th July: Clear & Pleasant
19th July: In the Afternoon had a Small Shower of rain
20th July: Clear
21st July: Clear & Pleasant
22nd July: Warme
23rd July: Very warme
24th July: Very warme
25th July: had Several Showers of rain fore & afternoon
26th July: Had a Smart Shower of rain in the Morning
27th July: Clear, Cool & Very Pleasant
28th July: Cloudy
29th July: Rain Last Night, and some this Morning
30th July: Cloudy and uncommonly Cool
31st July: Cloudy & Some rain, and Quite Cool at the time 
1st August: Cloudy, Cool, & some Rain
2nd August: Clear, and Much Warmer
3rd August: Clear warme & Pleasant
4th August: Clear & warme
5th August: Very warme
6th August: Rain in the Morning, afternoon Very warme
7th August: Very Close & warme with a few Drops of rain at times
8th August: Very Foggy and Close in the Morning. afterward, exceeding warme
9th August: Very close & warme, Several Showers of rain
10th August: Much lightning last Night and heavy Rain, to Day Cloudy and Close with Several Showers of rain in the evening
11th August: Clear & warme
12th August: Clear & Pleasant
13th August: Clear & warme
14th August: Very warme
15th August: Warme forenoon
16th August: Clear Cool & Pleasant
17th August: Cloudy & Some rain
18th August: Clear and Pleasant
19th August: Clear & Pleasant
20th August: Rain . . . Very hard Shower of rain at Night
21st August: Cloudy Close & warme . . a Smart Shower of rain at Night
22nd August: Clear & Pleasant
23rd August: Clear & warme
24th August: Clear and Very Warme
25th August: Clear & Very warme
26th August: Cool & Pleasant
27th August: Rain
28th August: Rain
29th August: Clear
30th August: Little rain early in the Morning
31st August: Clear & Pleasant
1st September: Rain Most all Day
2nd September: Clear & Pleasant
3rd September: Clear & Pleasant
4th September: Clear
5th September: Clear in the Afternoon
6th September:
7th September: Clear & Pleasant
8th September: Clear & Pleasant
9th September: Clear & Pleasant
10th September: in the afternoon . . . it was exceeding warme at the Same time, the wind being from the West, which was no Benefit to the room up Stairs
11th September: Exceeding warme
12th September: Very warme
13th September: Exceeding close & warme Last Night—this Morning had a little rain
14th September: Rain Last Night, Close & Very warme today at Night had Some thunder, with Much Lightning, and heavy rain
15th September: Cool and Pleasant
16th September: Cool & Pleasant
17th September: Clear & Quite Cool

Associations (0)

None

Commentaries (0)

None

Text format

text/text

Copyright information

Supplement to the Records of the Federal Convention (James Hutson, 1987)