1738 August 23 (Wednesday). I preach’d publickly on Isa. 53.1. Very hot, Dry Time. N.B. Mr. Stearns propos’d to have Mr. Prentice of Lancaster Dismiss’d that he might assist in founding another Association to the Northward, but the Motion was oppos’d.[1] I rode to Marlborough, in Company Mr. Stone, Mr. Rogers[2] (preacher at Marlborough) and Captain Amsden. Lodg’d at Dr. Gott’s.
[1]See Allen, Worcester Association, p. 19.
[2]Probably John Rogers (Harvard 1732), later the first minister of Leominster, Mass. Sibley, IX, 189-198.