1752 June 24 (Wednesday). Lieutenant Tainter came and brought an Horse, plough and Lad to plough my Island. Mr. Williams also plough’d, Ebenezer Rice junior led, and Eleven Hands hold — viz. Messrs. Grow, Harrington, Jonathan Forbush and Daniel Grout, Joseph Baker, William Stone, James Bowman, Jonathan and Thomas Bond, Abner Warrin came and half hill’d my Corn at the Island; and they finish’d by half after 9 a.m. P.M. came Jeduthun Baldwin. Took up both my notes with him, by giving him one that is of 60£ old Tenor. P.M. Rain.