At home all day. We dined on some beans, a bread pudding and the remains of yesterday’s dinner. In reading in The Universal Magazine for June, I find the following, which I have copied word for word:
“June 25 The word [“] without [“] is properly to be regarded. A Paper intitled Meditations for every Hour in the day is now very Public; and is intitled the true state of a Nation in Europe in the year 1757
| Supreme Majesty | Power |
| Counsellor | Abilities |
| Bishops | Religion |
| Nobels | Honour |
| Senators | Honesty |
| Manufacturies | Trade |
| Colonies | Protection |
| Seamen | Encouragement |
| Parading Fleets | Fighting |
| Great Armies | Use |
| The Common People | Money |
| The Poor | Bread |
N.B.: The Introduction of the word WITHOUT is necessary to the reader’s information.”… Rec’d of Mr Sam Beckett the 5.8.0 I gave him the 12th instant, he not having paid it in London for me…