July 11, 1764

1764 July 11 (Wednesday).  Mr. Sumner came; but his Wife, he was obliged to leave at Deacon Miles’s; it being exceeding Hot, and having their Babe with her.  He dined with us, and preached my Lecture on Gal. 3.1.  N.B. Silas Biglow of College here, with his Sister Dorcas, on their Journey to Cambridge.  I gave him Rohault’s Philosophy, with various Cutts, large Octavo, and Bartholine’s Specimen of Natural Philosophy.  After Lecture Mr. Bowman, Dr. Crosby, Mrs. Maynard, Mrs. Tainter, Mrs. Hannah Rice, drink Tea — many Visitants to the Currants.