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 Diary of John Harrozver 7 7 Freiday, 13th. This forenoon put ashore here what bale goods we hade remaining onboard, in the afternoon Mr. Burnet, Stewart and myself went ashore on liberty to take a walk and see the Toun, who's principal street is about half an English Mile long, the houses generally at a little distance one from another, some of them being built of wood and some of them of brick, and all covered with wood in the form of sclates about four Inches broad, which when painted blue you wou'd not know it from a house sclated with Isedell sclate.' In this Toun the Church,^ the Counsell house, the Tolbooth the Gallows and the Pillory are all within 130 yd? of each other. The Market house is a large brick Building a litle way from the Church, here we drank some Bottles of beer of their own brewing and some bottles of Cyder for which we paid 3JL per bottle of each, returned on board in the evening. Turner still in handcuffs. Muiuiay, i6th. This day severalls came onb'l to purchase serv" In- dentures and among them there was two Soul drivers, they are men who make it their business to go onW all ships who have in either Ser- vants or Convicts and buy sometimes the whole and sometimes a parcell of them as they can agree, and then they drive them through the Coun- try like a parcell of Sheep untill they can sell them to advantage, but all went away without buying any. Tuesday, ijth. This day M' Anderson the Merch' sent for me into the [cabin] and verry genteely told me that on my recomendations he would do his outmost to get me settled as a Clerk or bookeeper if not as a schoolmaster which last he told me he thought wou'd turn out more to my advantage upon being settled in a good famely. The ships crew and servants employed in getting ashore all the cask out of the hould, no sales th' day. JVedncsday, i8th. This day the ships crew and servants imployed in getting out the ballast and unrigging the ship. One Cooper, one Black- smith and one Shoemaker were settled with Masters this day. Thursday, igth. One Farmer's time sold and one Cabinet Maker on tryall. Saturday, 21st. This day one M'. Cowly a man 'twixt fifty and sixty years of age, a serv!, also three sons of his their ages from eight to four- teen were all settled with one McDonald a Scotchman. Munday, 23d. This morning a great number of Gentlemen and Ladies driving into Town it being an annuall Fair' day and tomorrow the day of the Horse races, at 1 1 AM M' Anderson begged to settle as a schoolmaster with a friend of his one Colonel Daingerfield' and told 1 Easdale or Eisdale, a small island among the Hebrides, entirely composed of slate, and at this time famous for its quarries. ^Of the parish of St. George. 3 A law of 1738 (Hening, V. S2), ordered that fairs should be held at Fredericks- burg twice a year for the sale of "cattle, victuals, provisions, goods, wares and mer- chandizes." The law, continued from time to time, had last been renewed in 1769. Mary Bassett, daughter of Col. William Bassett of Eltham. The Bassetts were near of
 * Col. William Daingerfield of Belvidera was the son of Edwin Daingerfield and