Diary of Samuel Cooper 331 Sah: 14 /any. Went (my H and Ch. ) to Watertown. M" C. and Nabby with me. We din'd at D. Fisk's. Nabby at Mr. Hall's. I pch'd all day. We return'd. Katy went and bro't Nabby after She had drank Coffee M' Hall's. We all supt slept and H. at home. Monday. 15. dull rainy day. We all din'd at home. I went a. m. (my H and ch) to Watertown. M' Gushing call'd upon us p. m. M' J. Pollard drank Coffee with us. slept and H. at home. Tuesday 16. Jan. Went (my H. and ch) with Mrs. C. to Watertown a. m. We all din'd at home. Went my H and ch. p. m. with Nabby to Watertown. Nabby drank Coffee at M" Hall's, found at home M' J. Wheelwright Who drank Coffee and slept with us. slept and H. at home. Wednesd. I J. W ]. Wheelwright breakfasted with us. I din'd at M' Cushing's. went (my H : and ch) pch'd his Lecture. I drank Coffee M' Paynes. ISP Storer, Barrell, Woodward and B' Payson there, great Storm of Snow p. m. Nabby and M" Cooper at home, slept and H : at home. Thursday iS'"- Went Mrs C. (my H : and ch) to Watertown. We all din'd at home. Nabby drank Coffee Mrs. Durants. I went (my H. and ch) p. m. to Watertown. Mrs. C. at home, slept and H. at home. Wrote to Cousin Scott. Tn'dav ig. I went Mrs. C. my H : and Ch. to Watertown a. m. Nabby walk'd there. She din'd old Madam Hunts: drank Coffee there : and spent Evg. at Mrs. Cockran's. My Wife and I din'd at home, slept and H : at home. Sat : 20. M" C. went my H : and ch to Watertown. She re- turn'd with B' Cooper who din'd with us. I went with B^ Cooper p. m. my H : ch. to Watertown. Katy went in it to Mr. Durant's afterwards, slept and H : at home. N. B. Shed paid this Day in full for Milk. Sab. Jan". 21. Went (my H : Ch) with M" C. and Nabby Water- town, we all din'd with B' and Sister Cooper D. Fisk's. I pch'd a. m. D' Appleton kindly pch't for me p. m. We drank Coffee at D. Fisk's : Nabby with Miss Polly Johnston at Cap't. Craft's. I married Robert Hughs and Meriam Pearse. Fee, i Dollar Bill, slept and H. at home. M' Clark arriv'd fm New York. Monday 22. M" C. and Nabby went (my H : and ch) to Water- town. Nabby din'd at M" Cockrans ; We at home. M" C. and I p. m. (in my H: and Ch) to Daw's, pray'd with her. Nabby slept at M" Cockran's. We, and H : at home. Tuesday 23. M" C. and I went (my H : and ch) to Brooklyne. din'd with D' Chauncey and Lady at M" Hyslop's. Nabby at M" Cock- ran's. M" Cook came home with Nabby and spent the Evg. slept and H at home. Wednesday 24. Went with M" C. my H : and ch to Watertown. I din'd with M' Gerry, M' Gordon^ etc at Squire Hunt's. M" C. and ' The Rev. William Gordon, D.D., minister of the Third Church in Roxbury, and chaplain to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. Dr. Cooper had declined to offici- ate as chaplain of the Congress on account of the state of his affairs. Journals, pp. 1S4, 187.
