April 26, 1742

1742 April 26 (Monday).  Could not go with the Delegates till I had Sent to Grafton for my Mare.  When my sons were returned I rode to Shrewsbury.  Overtook Mr. Frink[1] riding up from Boston home.  Overtook our Delegates in Holden.  Reached Rutland at Night.  No Minister besides, for some Time.  At length Mr. Solomon Prentice.  Lodged at Deacon Stevens’s.

[1]Thomas Frink (1705-1777), Harvard 1722, minister of Rutland, 1727-1740; minister of the Third Church, Plymouth, 1744-1748; minister of Barre, 1753-1766.  SHG 7:69-75.