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Nabby at home. Mrs C. came with Chaise and bro't me home. Slept : and H : at home.

Thursday. Wrote to Dr Witherspoon,[1] and to Mr S. Adams[2] at Congress. Nabby went my H : and ch. to Menotomy with Hannah Cook and din'd at her Father's. I walk'd to Watertown din'd at M" Hunt's. M" C. at home. We all slept and Horse at home. Wrote this day to M' Hooker N. Hampton. Newman came with my Goods. M' Cook part of Evg. Friday 26. We all din'd at home. Mrs C. went (my H and ch j p. m. to Brown's at little Cambridg. We all slept and H at home. Sat. 27. M" C. went (my H : and ch) to little Cambridge. She din'd. Nabby and 1 din'd at home, we all drank Coffee, slept, and H. at home.

Lord's day. 28th. Jany Went (my H and ch) with Mrs C. and Nabby to Watertown. pch'd all day there. We din'd at D. Fisk's. Nabby at Mr Hall's : and drank Coffee there, slept and H. at home.

29th Monday. M{{subst:rs}} C. and Nabby went my H : and ch. to Enoch Brown's, little Cambridg. They return'd a. m. Cap't Freeman and Wife came to visit us about 12 oClock and din'd with us. They gave us a fine Leg of Mutton. 2tb Butter. 2tb Coffee. They drank Coffee, supt and slept with us ; their Horse kept with ours. We gave Butter, Mutton and Coffee to Miss Sally.

30. Went with Capt Freeman (my H : and ch) to Watertown. returned a. m. Our Friends din'd with us. They went p. m. with Mrs Cooper (my H : and ch) to Watertown, old Madam Hunt's. They supt slept and Horse kept with us.

31. Wednesday. Our Friends Capt. Freeman and Wife breakfasted with us, and left us about 10 o Clock. Mrs. C. and I went about the same Time (my H: and ch.) to Medford. I visited and pray'd with Miss Nanny Payne, sick at Mr Brook's, din'd at Mr Turell's Mrs Cooper went on Business towards the Bridge. She din'd, sold twenty silk Handkerchiefs, return'd by Watertown Meeting House. Nabby din'd at home; where we all Drank Coffee; slept and Horse.

1. Feby Thursday. Mrs C. went (my H: and chaise) to Dorchester, on Business. She din'd. Nabby and I at home. D' Langdon call'd upon me in the Evg. We all slept and H: at home.

2 Feby. Friday. Mrs. Cooper went after Breakfast (my H: and ch) to Milton. She din'd. drank Coffee at Sister Gardiner's slept at Mrs Foyes. I walk'd to Watertown a. m. din'd at D. Fisk's. Nabby at home. Horse with Mrs C. at Mrs Foye's.

3. Saturday. Nabby and I din'd at home. Mrs Cooper return'd to us in Evg. very cold. We all drank Coffee, supt and H at home.

4. Lord' s day. Went with Mrs||C (my H : and ch) and with Nabby to Watertown. I pch'd there all day. read Proclamation f'm General

  1. The Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D., president of the college of New Jersey, and a delegate to the Continental Congress.
  2. See extract from a letter of Dr. Cooper of about this date, in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1875-76, p. 279.