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��Peezumsuck River and Search'd the land untill the 16th at night

17th The River was froze so that we could not move our Canno & left her in the mouth of Peezumsuck River and Set out on foot for Co : os

18th ariv'd at Col : Bayleys

20th Came to Maj'r Tapplins and lodged there

21th Set out for home and Campt at the 10 mile tree

24th ariv'd at Plymouth and lodged at Ens'n Hobarts Camp

28th ariv'd home home about the mid- dle of the day I was absent 6 weeks aud 3 days we spent about a week in Hunt- ing and we Catch'd 5 Beaver and a Sap- pie While I was at Peezumsuck River I sold my traps te John Lahee for a Gun and a pair of Silver Buckles and pay us Beaver skin which 1 got and took his note of hand for 12 saple skins or their full value in money to be paid on de- mand with interest at 10 pr. cent pr an- num untill paid Which note I left with Maj'r Tapplin of Co : os to receive for me when Lahee came in our Entertainment at Col : Bayleys and what Provisions we Carried out with us came to 2 : 3 : 6 Lawful money being 7 1-4 Dollars which he had advanced to us on an order from Col : Goffe which acct. we Settled and Signed a Receipt on the back of the order to the amount of 2 : 2 : Lawful mon- ey and brought a bill from under his hand for the Charge"

��Mr. Patten surveyed the town of Pier- mout in 1765, and the following from his diary will be of interest to those who may be acquainted with the " Chohass " country :

" 1765. September.

25th I set out for Chohass to help lay out Piermont and arived at Pennykook

��and lodged at Mirs Osgoods and I bor- rowed 1 pound and the weight of six spoons of pewter from Deacon Gilmores wife

26th 1 received 12 £ old Tenor from Mrs McMilleu that Col : Goffe left for me and I bo't some Pork and other things I wanted for to carrie me over the woods and I arived at Bakerstown and Lodged at Calls

27th I arived at Lieut. Browns in Ply- mouth and Lodged there

28th It rained all the fore part of the day in the afternoon I arived at Jotham Cumings the uppermost house in Ply- mouth and Lodged there

29 was Sabath day aud I had a Sore on the Sole of my right foot that I was lame and lay by

30th I set out and got a little more than 3 miles beyond Bakers river Falls in the new road and I Campt and Col: Greeley, Esqrs. Webster & Bartlett and one Page came to me and Campt with me October

1st I arived at Cohass about one or two o'clock in the afternoon. Lodged at Mr Atkinson in Haverhill •

2d I went to surveying in Piermont

21st I finished laying out what was proposed to be laid out

22d We got our things and some pro- visions to last us home got to Mr Ladds the last house on our way in Co : os

23d Set off Early in the morning and arived at Capt Brainards Camp in Runi- ney

24th We came a mile on this side of Smith's River

25th We arived at Pennykook and Lodged at Mirs Osgoods Lieut Martins Expenses and mine there was £5

26th Came home in the Evening."

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