My late servant Mary Martin came to see me in the forenoon and brought me a present of green peas. She dined with me on some garden beans and bacon.
In the afternoon Mr Josias Smith, attorney at law, and Mr Turner, clerk to Mr Burtenshaw, drank tea with me. The former came to take my further orders concerning two trials we have the ensuing [quarter] sessions, the other to summon me to bring the land and poor rates to the sessions…
In the evening wrote my London letters. Pretty busy all day and at home. Mr Carman, coming in the evening, smoked a pipe or two with me.