March 1, 1739

1739 March 1 (Thursday).  Rode over to Cambridge and to College.  Thence up to Waterton for Neighbor Hezekiah Hows Company.  Overtook him at Woolsons.[1] Stop’d by Mr. William Williams[2] about Harvard affair, and by Brother Breck in Sudbury.  Visited Mr. Cook[3] and his Kinsman[4] who has receiv’d a renewed call to Marlborough.  Having been handsomely refresh’d there I pursued my Journey to Hows Tavern,[5] where came Neighbor Townsend but I had his Company but 2 or 3 miles for I came to Dr. Gotts, and made it into Evening, Cold, heavy, Dirty and Weary Home.

[1]Joseph Woolson of Framingham.

[2]Minister at Weston.

[3]Rev. William Cooke of Wayland, Mass.

[4]Samuel Cooke, later minister at Arlington, Mass.

[5]The Wayside Inn.