1746 November 7 (Friday). Snow, Cold, Blustering — and yet Sun shine. Sent Colonel Wards Chair Home by my son Ebenezer — who brought Monsieur Calmetts Dictionary[1] volume I from Mr. Cushings. ‘Rody and Jonathan Devereux help’d my sons husk at Eve, but twas very Cold.
[1]Augustin Calmet, An Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological, and Etymological Dictionary of the Holy Bible (London, 1732), 3 vols.