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Month: December 1782

December 1, 1782

[1782 December 1 (Sunday).]  Mr. Piper preached on Ps. 19.12.13 a. and p.m.  He [supped?] not here at Eve.

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December 2, 1782

1782 December 2 (Monday).  Miserab[blot] — The Select men [illegible] ducting the Affair, and were [Bearers?] Council at Mendon for Mr. [illegible] Willard.

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December 3, 1782

1782 December 3 (Tuesday).  Brigham goes to Boston.  I was but feeble and Weak.

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December 4, 1782

1782 December 4 (Wednesday).  [Not in Parkman’s hand:] I was but very faint and low.  My appetite depraved.  Rev. Mr. Whitney and his delegates returned from Council at Mendon. Reverend Mr. Ebenezer Grosvenor of Harvard here.  Gave a particular account of the Funeral obsequies of Late Reverend Daniel Rogers of Littleton.

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December 5, 1782

1782 December 5 (Thursday).  This morning Mr. Grosvenor goes on his Journy to Pomfret. [In Parkman’s hand:]  At Eve [illegible] Warrin [illegible] the News Paper [illegible] Deacon Wood, Mr. Belknap and his Wife here.

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In 1752, Great Britain and the American colonies switched from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, which we use today in a slightly updated form.

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