April 17, 1745

1745 April 17 (Wednesday).  The Prizers of the Personal Estate at Mothers again, and Viewed Husbandry Tools, Wearing Apparell, Household Goods etc.  We din’d in Mothers Room to Day, and with more composedness among those of the House.  At Eve we laid Some Scheme respecting the Prizing the Real and made Choice of the following Gentlemen for that Purpose, viz. Captain Sharp, Captain Benjamin Dana (one of the other Committee of Prizers), Deacon Henry Prentice, Mr. Richard Gardner[1] and Mr. Thomas Sparhawk.

[1]Richard Gardner of Cambridge.