1756 August 23 (Monday). Mr. Rice left us. Mr. Hezekiah Pratt gives me a Note of 12£ Old Tenor which will be payable Dec. 25 Next; this he Offers me for the remains of my Old Cyder Mill. P.M. My Wife and I rode out, and visited at several Houses — viz. Deacon Forb., Deacon Bonds, Mr. Jonah Warrins. Billy goes again to Ebenezers to work for him.