1755 October 31 (Friday). Mr. Hall[1] and his Delegate here, in their return from a Council on Mr. Reeds[2] affair at Framingham. Mr. Putnam,[3] Candidate, here, on his Journey to Pomfret. The Weather Fair, but every Thing wears a Winter Hue. I hear Mr. Eliezer Rice is return’d home from Lake George.
[1]The Reverend David Hall of Sutton.
[2]The Reverend Solomon Reed of the Second Church of Framingham, a fervent New- Light preacher, had salary problems, and the next year departed for other pulpits. Sibley, X, 398-400.
[3]Aaron Putnam (Harvard 1752) served the First Church of Pomfret, Conn., 1755-1802.