1771 December 31 (Tuesday). Busy my self in Collecting Money for tomorrow. Borrow 20£ and l0/ of Mr. Thomas Bond, because Mr. Wheelock fails me, though the time with him is out, and out again some time agoe. He however sends his man Mr. Ware to Marlborough after it; but returns without it. Yet he delivers me 8 Dollars for Mr. Wheelock, who has borrowed it for me. Capt. Maynard came and lends me 50£ Old Tenor. My Boys have not only gone to school in the Day; they go to Brecks Evening School also. Thus Ends another Year! Having greatest Cause to magnifie and praise His Glorious Name who has sustained and preserved me and mine through the various Passages of it: But O how many are my Transgressions and my Offences against Him! How justly an End might be put to my unprofitable Life, So full of Miscarriages and Deficiencies! May God forgive me through the Abundant Mercy offered in Jesus Christ. And O that I might be ever ready for the Will of the Sovereign God!