1750 June 1 (Friday). Thomas return’d to Concord; and Mrs. Nanny and Beckky Gott with him as far as Marlborough. Ebenezer and Joseph put up a Partition Fence from South to North in the upper part of the Great Pasture. I finish’d the Life of Miley Ismael Emperor of Morocco.[1] P.M. Mr. Millen[2] and his Spouse, accompany’d by Mr. Palmer,[3] Schoolmaster, here. The Weather, especially in the Nights, very Cool for Some Time.
[1]John Harrison, The Tragicall Life and Death of Muley Abdala Melek, the late King of Barbarie (Delph, 1633).
[2]The Reverend John Mellen of Sterling.
[3]Joseph Palmer (Harvard 1747) kept school in Westborough and neighbouring towns for about 2 years. He was the second minister of the First Church in Norton, 1753-1791. Sibley, XII, 197-199.