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Very busy all the forenoon. Charles Diggens came over and took up a coat, waistcoat and breeches for Mr Porter, and a coat and waistcoat for Thomas Fuller.

In the afternoon went to see, a cricket match in the park between Hoathly and Framfield, which turned out a pretty match though it was not played out by reason of not having time, Framfield having 5 [runs] to fetch and 3 wickets to go down. Spent 2½d.

At home all day and busy. Sent by Smith £20 to Margesson and Collison, and gave him 8/- to pay for books in London for me. Paid Mr Will Piper 6/6 for 2 bushels of malt. Paid Thomas Harman 30/- for Pipes brought this day as under:

6 gross at 14d	0.7.0
10 gross at 18d	0.15.0
5 gross at 21d	0.8.9

Paid Joseph Fuller 14d for a calf’s head.

Balanced accounts with Mrs Hannah Atkins and received 13/- in full. At home all day; posted my day book. Rec’d of Francis Turner 7/-.

At home all day. Paid Thomas Freeman of Mayfield 7/- for half a dozen women’s cloth pattens and ½ dozen women’s cloth clogs.

Rec’d of Ann Smith 9/- in full. Rec’d of Thomas Peckham 0.14.9¾. Paid Francis Smith 8/6, which with 8/- paid him on Tuesday is 16/6, which sum he paid to Messrs Woodgate and Crowder for me. J. Vine’s man at work from 7 o’clock to 2.

At home all day and busy. Paid for break [?] and asparagus 8d.

My wife and I both at church forenoon and afternoon. The text in the morning: the 18th chapter of Proverbs, 14th verse: “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” In the afternoon the text was the 13th verse of the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.”

After evening service paid Mr John Wigginton in cash £8 and by bill on Messrs Margesson and Collison, 30 days’ date, £9, which together makes £17 and remains due to Messrs Grant, Barlow and Wigginton £18. Mr Wigginton stayed and drank tea with us. Afterwards my wife and I went for a walk and called at Mr French’s. Stayed and smoked 2 pipes. Came home about 9:15.

At home all day and busy. Rec’d of Dame Pilbull 2/3½ in full. Rec’d of Dame Babcock 7/2½ in full.

Samuel Slater went home about 5 o’clock in the morning. Dame Dallaway all day a-helping my wife quilt. Halland gardener gave me 3 cucumbers and Thomas Fuller, chandler, gave we 2 fine roach.

Rec’d of William Rice a stallage¹ which J. B. said would be about 3/6.

1. Stand or support for a cask. ↩︎

At home all day. Paid the post 4/6 for ½ dozen women’s cloth pattens received of Thomas Freeman by him [i.e., through him] the 2nd instant.