In the forenoon Mr Meadows Neatby and Mr Sterry called on me. I balanced accounts with Mr Neatby and paid him in cash 0.1.6, as also 1 bill on Mr William Margesson …value 8.19.0 …Rec’d of Mr Porter 1 bill on Mr Mayer in Gray’s Inn Court, Holborn, drawn by Mr Isaac Baley, payable to Mr Abraham Baley…value £20, for which I gave Mr Porter my note to pay the same as soon as the said bill is paid. I balanced accounts with Mr Richard Sterry and gave him the above bill, as also 1.2.0 in cash, which is in full of all demands as to this day. Mr Neatby and Mr Sterry stayed and dined with me on a hind-quarter of lamb roasted and carrots, and as soon as a dinner was over they went away immediately.
Paid Mr Ben Shelley in cash 2.7.3 in full for the same sum he has paid in London for me [including a Breman’s 3-foot rule in full, 0.3.9, and four lemons, 0.0.4]… Rec’d of George Alcorne by the payment of his wife 7/- on account. At home all day and pretty busy.