1748 June 3 (Friday). Bright Day, Mr. Breck left us. Mr. Leavitt[1] of Sommers here and din’d. Neighbour Jonathan Rogers here again and I took pains with him in examining him for some Hours. Ebenezer and Joseph carting fencing-Stuff. Receiv’d a Proclamation for a Fast on account of the Drought, dated June 1 the very Day the Rain came.
[1]he Reverend Mr. Freegrace Leavitt (Yale 1745), the minister of Somers, Conn., 1748-1761. Dexter, Biographical Sketches, II, 43-44.