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Jeremy Belknap diary, 1773, inside back cover

Phillis Wheatley's first
Effort     AD 1765 Æ 11.

Mrs Thacher's Son is gone Unto Salvation her Daughter too
    so I conclude
They are both gone to be renewed

Mr [Mrs.] Thacher's Son is gone
Unto Salvation
Her daugther too, so I conclude
They are both gone to be renewed

NB. A cable's Length (a term
frequently used by seamen & writers of
Voyages) is one hundred fathoms or
six hundred feet.

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