1754 August 21 (Wednesday). Mr. Barrett came not — I was oblig’d to preach the Public Lecture. Text was Heb. 11.6. Major Keys and Sir Foster[1] with us. May God grant to all of us a Right and part in that better Country! and may we seek it in a proper Manner! N.B. Conversation after Dinner about Mr. Morse’s Letter to me about Mr. Silas Brigham — it was advis’d that I let the Matter run and not meddle with it, till more be done by Mr. Morse[2] at Shrewsbury Church. When I return’d with Mr. Foster Stop’d at t’other House where was my Wife and we drank Tea there.
[1]Abiel Foster (Harvard 1756), later became the minister of Canterbury, N.H.
[2]The Reverend Ebenezer Morse of Boylston.