Wednesday, June 3 1761

In the forenoon rode to several places to collect in some land and window taxes, but could not succeed… Rec’d of Joseph Fuller 2.2.0… and of Mr Jeremiah French 17.7.9 in full for land and window taxes due at Lady Day last. A remarkable wet night and all the forenoon, it having rained almost successively for 48 hours very hard, so that there are the greatest floods ever remembered in this neighborhood, and doubtless a great deal of grass spoilt.

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