1751 November 1 (Friday). Wind at South West and my House fill’d with Smoke. See October 24. N.B. Mr. Joseph Woods here and reckon’d with him for 750 feet of Boards at 16/ per hundred. N.B. His Objections against the people’s adding the 50£ lately granted to be added to my Sallery and Support. Nay and against the people’s paying 500£ towards my Remove to this Place. Exclaims against my New House and thinks that it is too big, and that it is too high. He thinks there needed to be no Chamber over the room we were sitting in etc., etc. P.M. Baldwin to Shrewsbury and return’d to t’other House.