1750 August 30 (Thursday). Messrs. Gale and Bradish began to Frame my House. Samuel Bumpso and Martyn Pratt dugg at the Cellar. N.B. Early in the Morning I went to Noah How and Elijah Rice and got them to go into the Ministerial Lot and hew’d one Post. Noah had my Team to carry it over, but could not perswade him to do any more work to Day, though we wanted Hands very much. I catechiz’d at the Meeting House. At Eve Visit Mr. Lewis Brigham’s sick Child. Mr. Edwards return’d from Boston, accompany’d by Mr. Tuttle and Mrs. Martha Edwards.