Tuesday, January 20 1756

At home all day. Mr T. Earle and Mr S. Tupper called on me but did not get off their horses… Borrowed of Mrs Mary Virgoe in cash 2.17.0; to wit, 1 36-shilling-piece and 1 guinea. Sarah Taylor drank tea with us. In the evening read part of Tournefort’s Voyage into the Levant [about 150 words omitted]…