Robert Hook, a-gardening for me all day, dined with me on a piece of beef boiled and some cabbage. In the evening finished posting my day book. At home all day and very busy a-marking up a parcel of earthenware.
Rec’d of John Piper in cash 1.19.0 in full for poor tax assessed on the land, late Mr Will Piper’s, by a poor rate made the 9th instant. Very little to do in the shop all day. A most melancholy time…