Solomon went away into the woods the morning of their arrival and returned in the afternoon with his money, which he gave to John Irons to be invested in land.

Jack, having had a delightful stay at home, took a schooner for New York that evening with Solomon.
The night before they sailed for England his friends in the craft gave Jack a dinner at The Gray Goose Tavern.

He describes the event in a long letter.

To his astonishment the mayor and other well-known men were present and expressed their admiration for his talents.
The table was spread with broiled fish and roasted fowls and mutton and towering spiced hams and sweet potatoes and mince pies and cakes and jellies.
"The spirit of hospitality expresses itself here in ham--often, also, in fowls, fish and mutton, but always and chiefly in ham--cooked and decorated with the greatest care and surrounded by forms, flavors and colors calculated to please the eye and fill the human system with a deep, enduring and memorable satisfaction," he writes.
In the midst of the festivities it was announced that Jack was to be married and as was the custom of the time, every man at the table proposed a toast and drank to it.

One addressed himself to the eyes of the fortunate young lady.