1740 August 17 (Sunday). On Luke 12.21. Mrs. Bathsheba Pratt,[1] Mrs. Rebecca Warrin,[2] Mrs. Joanna Forbush[3] and Mrs. Sarah Bruce[4] din’d with us. At Noon I receiv’d a Letter from Mr. Ebenezer Morse[5] to request me to preach at Rutland this Day sennight — Mr. Frink having abdicated, but it must be (by Divine Permission) our Communion Day. At Eve I sent an answer by Dr. Smith who had been to See Two more of Mr. James Bradish’s Children Sick of the Throat Distemper. Scil. Jonas and Joseph.
[1]Mrs. John Pratt.
[2]Mrs. Timothy Warrin.
[3]Mrs. Jonathan Forbush, Jr.
[4]Mrs. Thomas Bruce.
[5]Later the minister at Boylston, Mass.