September 14, 1775

1775 September 14 (Thursday).  Mr. Forbes, his Wife and [illegible] left us and are going to Cape AnnEbenezer goes home.  N.B. wrote by him to Samuel Brigham and Sent him the Allens Alarm,[1] which I had given my Son JohnBreck and Elijah Brigham are gone to [Harwich?] I am informed that Jabez Snow, the grandson of Ensign Snow, is dead.[2]  I visited Molly [Warrin?] and prayed with her.  She is very [illegible] and [exceedingly to be pittyed?].

[1]Joseph Alleine (1634-1668), An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners (Boston, 1703; Evans 39,390).  There were at least eight subsequent editions before 1775.

[2]Jabez, son of Jabez, Jr., and Hannah Snow, b. Mar. 31, 1770; d. Sept. 13, 1775; Westborough Vital Records, 94, 253.