December 9, 1752

1752 December 9 (Saturday).  Cold Searching Winds, and very uncomfortable Weather to poor Rheumaticks.  Lieutenant Hunt[1] of Concord, Brother in Law to Deacon Merriam[2] of Grafton, here; chiefly on the Affairs of Acton, from whence he wants to be dismiss’d.  The uneasiness which he and others have with Mr. Swift,[3] much the Same with the Sudbury Brethren with Mr. Loring.[4]

[1]Simon Hunt.

[2]Joseph Merriam, one of the pioneers of Grafton, married Ruth Hunt of Concord.  Pierce, Grafton, p. 532.

[3]John Swift, Jr.

[4]Israel Loring.