…I then paid [Ben Shelley] in cash 7.7.0 in full for carriage as under:
| Shelley Dr. | |
| To a bill of goods in full to this day | 2.3.11¾ |
| To money paid John Piper for 2 qrs Crab grass seed | 1.16.0 |
| In cash today as before | 7.17.0 |
| 11.16.11¾ | |
| Per Contra Cr. | |
| Rec’d by a bill or carriage from the 7th July, 1762 to the 22nd Dec., 1762, both days inclusive | 11.16.10½ |
I then received of him in cash 26/- in full on account of Edward Foord, and which sum I gave Mr Foord’s account credit for with me.
I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner, as did my brother, we came over just before. In the afternoon walked down to the Nursery to talk with Thomas German and to ask him for a small debt. He agreed for Mrs Browne to pay me out of the goods she had seized for rent. His debt was 5/6. Mrs Browne also agreed to pay it.
In my way home I went with my friend Mr Tipper, who was coming to see me, and we came home together. My brother stayed and took up some cloths and then went home. Mr Tipper drank tea with me, and we together with Sam Jenner spent the evening with Thomas Durrant. Mr Tipper took part of my bed…
Pretty busy all day. But oh, the loss I hourly find in that of my ever-to-be-remembered wife… [46 words omitted].