Mr Breeden and his daughter stayed and breakfasted with me and then went away. I dined on a piece of bacon boiled. At home all day, pretty busy…
In the evening my brother came over. He stayed and supped with me and gave me in cash £20 for the bill on Mr Margesson the 5th instant of the same value, which I let him have. A very severe frost, which has continued now very severe, and that without almost any even the least thaw for a month. The ice in many places is not less than 8 or 9 inches thick.