Saturday, December 8 1764

Paid Ed Foord 3/- in full for bringing home my cider. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner with the addition of some pea soup. Paid Richard Page 2/6 in full for a side of venison he bought in Lewes for me today. At home all day and very busy. A very wet afternoon.

In the evening Joseph Fuller Jr sat with me some time, as did also Thomas Durrant. Oh, how low and depressed are my spirits, quite low indeed, almost to a stupid dullness!