1727 January 2 (Monday). I rode to Mr. Swifts[1] according to appointment made with Mr. Barrett and Mrs. Leasingby to meet them there at one o’clock. And though I was precisely at the hour, they did not wait for me. However, they were not So long gone before Me, but that I caught up with them a mile of Two further down. We were in at Livermore’s[2] and din’d there. It was heavy riding and sometimes rainy; so that it was somewhat tedious! I lodg’d at Father Champneys.[3]
[1]Reverend John Swift of Framingham.
[2]Joseph Livermore of Framingham.
[3]Samuel Champney, Sr., Parkman’s father-in-law.