Paid Mr Thomas Harman in cash 1.12.6 in full for 21 gross pipes received by him today… He dined on a fillet of veal roasted in Marchant’s oven with a batter pudding under it. In the evening Mr James Gadsden, Messrs Hargrave and Standing’s rider, called on me, and I paid him… We spent the evening at Jones’s and came home sober about 12:15. Mr Gadsden supped and lodged at our house all night. Rec’d of Thomas Prall 4/6 in full for his last year’s poor tax; viz.,
| Thomas Prall Dr. | |
| To poor tax for the year 1756 | 1.8.0 |
| Per Contra Cr. | |
| Rec’d by washing the surplice 2 years | 1.0.0 |
| Do. by the horse, 2 journeys | 0.3.6 |
| Do. in cash | 0.4.6 |
| 1.8.0. |
…A very fine warm day.