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304 23. Lord' s day. Confin'd at M' Savages by Weather and Indisposition. Horse kept.

24. Monday. Went with B$r$ Cooper to Watertown. din'd at Brewers, saw Dispatch f'm Hartford, slept at M$r$ Savages. Horse kept there.

25. Went with M$r$ Cooper towards Boston to be near at Hand in Case the Inhabitants s'd have Leave f'm Gen! Gage to quit the Town wch had been shut up since last Thursday : found no Communication between Boston and the Country, din'd at M$r$ John Dennies at little Cambridg. return'd to M{sup|r}} Savages, saw in the Way vast Number of our Militia marching in from the western Parts, slept at M$r$ Savages. Horse kept for first Night at Deacon Russell's.

Wednesday 26. Went in my Chaise to Cambridg, din'd at D' Ap- pleton's M$r$ Hill and M$r$ How came to see me there, bro't me a Letter f'm Gov' Pownall and another f'm D' Franklin. Went to the Committee of Safety, communicated D. [r] F.'s Letter, saw General Ward paid  transient Comps to Him and Committee, heard on my return that D$r$ Bond of Marblehead was apprehended forgiving false Intelligence to  Salem and Marblehead &c Forces by wc'h they were delay'd coming up  to the Fight on Wednesday. Slept at M$r$ Savages. Horse at Deacon Russell's. Boston still shut up. my dear Nabby there, no communication. Reports that the Inhabitants were promis'd Liberty to leave the Town with their Effects upon giving up their Arms, that many had done so, but all still shut up. Reports also that the Forces from the Country wanting to be led immediately on to action began to grow uneasy.

Thursday 27. Went with M$r$ Cooper in my chaise to Cambridg, both din'd at President Langdon's, return'd to M$r$ Savages p.m. slept there. Horse at D. Russell's.

Friday 28. At M$r$ Savages, din'd there. Went with M$rs$Cooper to visit Sister C. at Park's. I visited Neighbors Fisk. Fuller. Osmore. Ephraim Parks, slept at M$r$ Savages. Horse at Russels

''Sat. 29. Saturday.'' My Wife went to Cambridg with B$r$ Cooper in my Chaise. She took a Boy there and proceeded to Roxbury : to try