1780 September 16 (Saturday). This Day I begin my 78th year. Thanks be to God, who hath sustained me! I still continue a Monument of his sparing Mercy and Goodness. To His Name be all Praise and Glory! See Natilitia. Mrs. P. being very much out of Health rode to Dr. Crosby’s. At eve came my Daughter Cushing from Ashburnham. Mr. Fitch, wife and Daughter from Connecticut, and p.m. Mrs. Dolly Rice.