Feb 27 [ 1816]

This evening I have attended a wedding at Judge Olins in Leicester  I rode in the carriage with my sister and Br. Jon'a  We had an agreeable and interesting chat on the way and arived [sic] in season  I was much pleased with the simplicity of the celebration  Many ceremonies of which the fashionable part of the world are peculiarly fond were omited [sic]  I saw nothing in the course of the evening that I thought needless  The parties were neatly dressed but plainly  After they had joined hands and were pronounced lawfully married Elder B made a very appropriate prayer