Monday, July 4 1763

Lent the widow Page by her son John in cash three guineas. I dined on the remains of yesterday’s dinner. In the afternoon Mr Faulkner Bristow called on me and drank tea with me. I paid him in cash 3.3.0 in full on my account. He and my worthy friend Dr Snelling, who called on me, stayed and spent the afternoon with me and drank a glass of ale with me.

In the evening I wrote my London letters. Pretty busy all day. Sam Jenner sat chatting with me in the evening. My brother came over in the forenoon and dined with me.