1751 December 2 (Monday). Various weather. Early Morn fair. Cloudy generally through the Day, and not very Cold — but the Earth with a very Winter Face. Mr. Hall[1] of Sutton din’d here, in his Way to Concord. Sent Mr. Henry Goold 7£ old Tenor by him. Read Sir Hovenden Walkers journal of his Expedition to Canada.[2] Mr. Samuel Harrington here in the Evening. Ebenezer and Thomas brought a Side of an Hog, kill’d at t’other House — weigh’d (the whole Hog) 11 Score and 17 pound.
[1]The Reverend David Hall.
[2]A Journal. . . of the late Expedition to Canada (London, 1720). Admiral Walker commanded the ill-fated expedition against Quebec in 1711, which ran into stormy weather, lost 8 transports and 900 men in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and then returned to England.