1744 December 12 (Wednesday). My Wife and I rode to Marlborough. Call’d at Neighbour Matthias Rice’s, where was Mr. Thomas Ward. My wife was blooded by Dr. Gott, and we din’d with him. P.M. at Mr. Smiths[1] where was Mr. Edward Barns. N.B. Talk of Boynes’s Conduct. I call’d at divers Places to hire money to pay Mr. Lull and Thomas Winchester but in Vain. We return’d by Matthias’s, and were kindly and handsomely entertained by them.
[1]Rev. Aaron Smith of Marlborough.