Thursday, June 7 1759

…About 7:30 Thomas Davy, Thomas Durrant, and Mr Thornton and myself went to the widow Horsecraft’s at Chiddingly. The account of our going was this: the good woman buying spirituous liquors of me, I have long since proposed to go and spend 6d with her, which was this night agreed to. I spent 8d and came home about 11:20, and in a manner quite sober. Our [late] servant stayed at our house all night. My wife something better.

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