1770 September 19 (Wednesday). He accompanyed me over to Mr. Parsons’s. I went there but I could not see him: he was [illegible]. Was at the Manufactory. Dined at Mr. David Hitchcocks. John was bound to him. Squire [Foster?] and Mr. Moses Hitchcock Witnesses. Squire invited us to go over to his House to drink Coffee with Mrs. Foster. While there he acquainted me with a remarkable kind of Manure which he had found in his Land, with his great success in using it. I returned at Eve to Mr. Forbes’s and lodged there.