1736 December 9 (Thursday). Last night Exceeding Cold — and to Day. Mr. Byles[1] Lecture on Ps. 42.2. I dined at Mr. Chauncy’s,[2] as did Mr. Benjamin Gerrish.[3] Visited Brother Alexander. At Eve to Cambridge. N.B. Mrs. Suse and Sister Lydia to Boston to Day notwithstanding the Cold.
[1]Mather Byles (1707-1788), Harvard 1725, minister of Boston’s Hollis Street Church, 1732-1776. SHG, 7:464-93.
[2]Charles Chauncy (1705-1787), Harvard 1721, minister of Boston’s First Church, 1727-1787. SHG, 6:439-67.
[3]Benjamin Gerrish (1714-1752), Harvard 1733. SHG, 9:297-98.