Paid Benjamin Shelley in cash £16, part of which he is to pay in London for me, and part of which is on account of carriage. Mary Heath a-washing for us all day, and dined with us on some hog’s liver, crow [mesentery], sweetbreads etc. After dinner my sister went home. Rec’d of John Watford half a hog weighing 17 stone 6 lbs at 2/- the stone. Balanced accounts with Richard Page and paid him in cash 1.3.3½ in full; viz.,
| Richard Page Dr. | |
| To a book debt | 1.14.4½ |
| In cash today | 1.3.3½ |
| 2.17.8 | |
| Per contra Cr. | |
| Rec’d 2 sacks coals | 0.3.0 |
| Do. by carriage of salt etc. | 0.16.0 |
| Do. by 6 lbs hops for myself | 0.8.0 |
| Do. 23 lbs for Mr John Breeden | 1.10.8 |
| 2.17.8 |
At home all day. In the evening read part of Brook’s Practice of Physic. Pretty busy all day. A very sharp frosty day.