1740 December 22 (Monday). At Mr. Hows[1] in the Morning by whom I wrote to Mr. Cooper[2] of Boston. Dr. Smith,[3] Master Townsend and Mr. Hezekiah Pratt here. Dr. Smith din’d with us. Set up a Bedstead in the dining room.
[1]Parkman’s neighbor, Hezekiah How.
[2]Rev. William Cooper of the Brattle Street Church.
[3]Joshua Smith, physician of Shrewsbury.