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 3 1 4 Documents at M' Savage's between lo and eleven in the Evg : where we slept, my Horse at Hagar's : Hir'd Horse at Savages Barn. 11. Spent the Day at home, where we slept, extreme hot. Horse at Hagars. 12. Wednesday. Went with M" Cooper in our Horse and chaise, in Company with M' and M" Savage to Cambridg : my Vife din'd with them at Stuart Hastings Table. I din'd with the Committee of Safety, among other good Dishes an excellent corn'd Cod. Soon after Dinner a very Severe Storm of Thunder, and plenteous Rain, after the Rain, waited on General Washington, Lee, &c. gave my Letters to Friends at Philadelphia to the Care of Secretary Reed. Return' d and reach' d home about 9 o Clock. Slept at S. Horse at Hagars. ij. Thursday. Sat out with Mrs Cooper in our own chaise and Horse for Holliston. Call'd at Brother Woodward's — not at home — at M' Dunbars — not at home, stop'd and cool'd and refresh' d my Self at Farmer Hastings': the Woman at home and very hospitable, din'd at M' Demings of Needham. saw there Mr Clough of Boston, and Mrs Edes of Charlestown. met M' Benj° Eustis and Daughter, and Daughter of Widow West, who inform' d me her Mother died about a Fortnight ago at Waltham. Call'd at M' S. Well's, Natick. saw his Wife and Brother Arnold. Call'd at M' Badgers,' at Capt Newell's, Sherburn. saw him and Family, Miss Sarah Jackson. M' Ezekl Hall and Lady : who treated me with a Glass of Dorchester Ale. Call'd at President Lockes,' saw him and Lady and Professor Sewall's Lady, arriv'd before Sunset at M' Prentice's. Found Capt Freeman and Lady and all our good Friends well. Much fatigued with Riding and Heat, having come about 20 Miles. 14. Friday. Still fatigued and unwell, tho most kindly receiv'd by our very dear and obliging Friends the Capt. and M". Freeman at their own Apartments, pass'd the day most agreably with them, saw Mr Brown of Sherburn p. m. rode about an Hour with Capt Freeman in his Chaise, slept and Horse there. 75. Saturday. Din'd at Capt Freemans Lodgings. Drank Coflee with their Neighbor Newton. 16. Lord's day. pch'da. m. for M' Prentiss, andpray'd. Hepray'd p. m. I pch'd. !■/. Monday, visited with Capt Freeman and Lady Mr Townsend and Family at their Lodgings in Hopkinton Col Jones House, din'd there, an agreeable Day. Returned to M Prentiss in the Evg. 18. Tuesday. Went in my Horse and chaise with M" Cooper ac- companied with Capt Freeman and Wife to Medfield. Din'd at M' Prentiss' Junr Visited M"^ Adams p. m. Mrs Plimpton. M" Chauncy, M" Hyslop. Mr Townsend. Slept and Horse at M'^ Prentiss' Jun^ 'The Rev. Stephen Badger (H. C. 1747), missionary to the Indians at Natick. 2 The Rev. Samuel Locke, D.D. (H. C. I7S5), minister of Sherborn, and sometime president of Harvard College.