…I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. At home all day. Mr Long, assisting me in marking some sacks in the afternoon, drank tea with me. In the evening wrote my London letters. Sam Jenner coming in the evening, I persuaded him to stay all night in order to help kill a hog for me tomorrow, which I am to have of Robert Hook.
Paid Mr Gilbert in Waldron 9/- for:
| l dozen wooden hand dishes | 0.6.6 |
| 1 dozen porridge do. | 0.1.6 |
| ½ dozen flitting do. | 1.0.0 |
received of him today.