August 30, 1723

1723 August 30 (Friday).  Read Dr. Prideaux[1] and Spectators.  Visit divers Neighbors.  See Ammi Printer at Captain Fay’s.[2]

[1]Humphrey Prideaux, D.D. (1648-1724), Scots scholar.  The work may have been The Old and New Testament Connected, in the History of the Jews and Neighboring Nations (London, 1716-1718), 2 vols.

[2]Captain John Fay, town Clerk of Westborough.  See George H. Johnson, Fay Family Tree (Columbus, 1913).