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Browsing documents from 1756
January
- 14 January, 1756, | At Worcester. A very rainy Day. Kept school in the forenoon; but not in ...
- 15 January, 1756, | A fair morning and pretty warm. Kept school. Drank Tea at Mr. Swan’s, with ...
- 16 January, 1756, | A fine morning. A large white frost upon the ground. Reading Hutcheson’s ...
- 17 January, 1756, | A clowdy, dull, Day. Some snow about noon, and rain towards night. ...
- 18 January, 1756, | A fair morning. Heard Mr. Maccarty. ...
- 19 January, 1756, | A rainy Day. ...
- 20 January, 1756, | A fair, warm spring like Day. Drank Tea and supped at Mr. Greenes. ...
- 21 January, 1756, | A very rainy day. Dined with Coll. Chandlers Jur. Spent the Eve at Mr. ...
- 22 January, 1756, | A fair morning. Fresh and lively Air. Drank Tea and supped at Mrs. Paine’s. ...
- 23 January, 1756, | A fair and agreable Day. Kept School. Drank Tea, at Coll. Chandler’s Jur., ...
- 24 January, 1756, | A very high west Wind. Warm and cloudy. P.M. warm and fair. ...
- 25 January, 1756, | A cold Weather. Heard friend Thayer preach two ingenious discourses, from ...
- 26 January, 1756, | A sharp piercing Air. Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived 2’o clock. ...
- 27 January, 1756, | Att my Uncles. ...
- 28 January, 1756, | Ditto. Thick weather, and some rain. ...
- 29 January, 1756, | Still, cloudy Weather. Set out for Worcester, Drank Tea in Sutton, with my ...
- 30 January, 1756, | Still, foggy, damp Weather. Kept School and dined at Mr. Greenes. ...
- 31 January, 1756, | A warm, spring-like Day. Kept School. Lodged at Mr. Maccartys, at night. ...
- January, 1756 — January, 1756, to Bailey, Rev. Jacob | I receiv'd your favour of Decr. 29. about 3 or 4 Days after it was wrote. ...
These documents span several days:
February
- 1 February, 1756, | Pretty cold. Staid at Home, A.M. P.M. heard Mr. Maccarty. Lodg’d with ...
- 2 February, 1756, | Wrote to John Wentworth by Coll. Josiah Willard. Spent the Eve, sup’d and ...
- 3 February, 1756, | Breakfasted at Gardiners. This morn the Weather clear’d away. As warm and ...
- 4 February, 1756, | A charming warm Day. Dined at Coll. Chandler’s with Mr. Pain, Abel Willard ...
- 5 February, 1756, | A fair morning but some symptoms of a Change of Weather. Kept School. ...
- 6 February, 1756, | A cloudy morning. About 10 the sun brake out. A warm Day. Dined at Mr. ...
- 7 February, 1756, | A Fair warm, day. Dined at the Judges. Drank Tea at Major Gardiners. ...
- 8 February, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty. Fine Weather. ...
- 9 February, 1756, | Fine Weather. Settled roads. Drank Tea and spent the Evening at Coll. ...
- 10 February, 1756, | Fair Weather. Spent the Evening at Major Chandlers, with Major Greene and ...
- 11 February, 1756, | Serene Weather, but somewhat cool. I am constantly forming, but never ...
- 12 February, 1756, | A cool, but pleasant morning. Heard Mr. Welman Wellman preach the Lecture, ...
- 13 February, 1756, | A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, ...
- 14 February, 1756, | Good Weather. This afternoon took a Vomit of Tartar Emet. and Turbith ...
- 15 February, 1756, | Charming Weather. A.M. staid at home reading the Independent Whig. Very ...
- 16 February, 1756, | A most beautiful morning. We have the most moderate Winter that ever was ...
- 17 February, 1756, | A clowdy Day. Dined at Mr. Greenes. ...
- 18 February, 1756, | A charming morning. My Classmate Gardner drank Tea with me. Spent an Hour ...
- 19 February, 1756, | No man is intirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life. Men ...
- 20 February, 1756, | A dull Day. Symptoms of Snow. Writing Tillotson. ...
- 21 February, 1756, | A Snowy day. Snow about ancle deep. I find by repeated experiment and ...
- 22 February, 1756, | Suppos a nation in some distant Region, should take the Bible for their ...
- 23 February, 1756, | Fair weather. Crawford spent the Evening here. ...
- 24 February, 1756, | A fine morning. We are told that Demosthenes transcribed the history of ...
- 25 February, 1756, | Fair and cold Weather. An extream cold night. ...
- 26 February, 1756, | Fair cold morning. An extream cold Day. ...
- 27 February, 1756, | A fair, cold day. Drank Tea at Mrs. Paines. All day, in high health, and ...
- 28 February, 1756, | A raw cold day. Attended Mrs. Brown’s funeral. Let this, and every other ...
- 29 February, 1756, | Went to Leicester with Thayer. Heard him preach all Day. Dined at Mr. ...
March
- 1 March, 1756, | Wrote out Bolingbrokes reflections on Exile. ...
- 2 March, 1756, | A snow fall last night, half leg deep. Began this afternoon, my 3rd. ...
- 3 March, 1756, | Fair Weather. Natural Phylosophy is the Art of deducing the generall laws ...
- 4 March, 1756, | A fine morn. ...
- 5 March, 1756, | Dined at home, Mr. Barnes dined here, drank Tea, and spent the evening at ...
- 6 March, 1756, | Rose 1/2 after 4. A clowdy morn. Wrote Bolinbrokes letter on retirement ...
- 7 March, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty all day. Spent the Evening and supped at Mr. Greenes, ...
- 8 March, 1756, | Spent the Evening at Major Chandlers. Fair Weather. ...
- 9 March, 1756, | A charming Day. Spent the evening up Chamber. ...
- 10 March, 1756, | A misty morning. Sun brake out about noon. Spent Evening at Gardiners. ...
- 11 March, 1756, | Dined at the Colonels. Drank Tea at Mr. Paines with a number of Ladies, ...
- 12 March, 1756, | Clowdy. Laid a pair of Gloves with Mrs. Willard that she would not see me ...
- 13 March, 1756, | Some Snow last night, a clowdy, raw morning. ...
- 14 March, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day upon Abrahams Faith, in offering up Isaac. ...
- 15 March, 1756, | I sometimes, in my sprightly moments, consider my self, in my great Chair ...
- 16 March, 1756, | Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived about 12, dined. Rode to Aldridges after Mr. ...
- 17 March, 1756, | A fine morning. Proceeded on my Journey towards Braintree. Stop’ed at ...
- 18 March, 1756, | A cloudy morning. Spent the afternoon at my Uncles, and part of the ...
- 19 March, 1756, | A rainy morning. Went down in the afternoon, to the Point. Spent the ...
- 20 March, 1756, | After breakfast, rode to my Uncle Hunts, dined there, came Home, went to ...
- 21 March, 1756, | Vernal Equinox. Heard Mr. Wibird preach two excellent Discourses from ...
- 22 March, 1756, | A fair but cool morn. Mounted for Boston, arrived about 11 o’clock, went ...
- 23 March, 1756, | A fine morn. Breakfasted with Slewman at Prentices, mounted for Braintree, ...
- 24 March, 1756, | Sat out for Worcester. Dined at Dedham and rode from thence in the rain to ...
- 25 March, 1756, | Rode to Uxbridge. Tarried at my Uncle Webbs and lodged with Mr. Nathan ...
- 26 March, 1756, | A delightful morning. Rode to Grafton, dined at Josiah Rawsons. He exerted ...
- 27 March, 1756, | The Stream of Life sometimes glides smoothly on, through flowry meadows ...
- 28 March, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty, spent the Evening at Coll. Chandlers, in Conversation ...
- 29 March, 1756, | A little hail and rain fell to Day. We find our Selves capable of ...
- 30 March, 1756, | A fair day. Drank Tea and spent the Evening at Mr. Putnams, with Mr. ...
- 31 March, 1756, | A cool morning. Drank Tea with the Ladies at the Judges. Spent the Evening ...
April
- 1 April, 1756, to Cushing, Charles | I had the Pleasure, a few Days since, of receiving your favour of February ...
- 1 April, 1756, | A very rainy Day. A little Snow. ...
- 2 April, 1756, | Cool and very windy. Drank Tea, and Spent the Evening at Coll. Chandlers. ...
- 3 April, 1756, | Dined, Spent the afternoon and drank Tea at Coll. Chandlers. ...
- 4 April, 1756, | Heard Mr. Davis of Holden all Day. Spent the Evening at Mr. Putnams. ...
- 5 April, 1756, | A warm pleasant Day. Drank Tea at Mrs. Paines, came home, lodged with Dr. ...
- 6 April, 1756, | A fair Day. Drank Tea at Coll. Chandlers, and fixt a Letter for Cushing, ...
- 7 April, 1756, | A fair Morning. Mr. Thayer set out for Coll. Harvard College. ...
- 8 April, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty preach the Lecture, drank Tea with him, and spent the ...
- 9 April, 1756, | Drank Tea at Coll. Chandlers, spent the Evening at home with My Friend ...
- 10 April, 1756, | A raw cold day. The man to whom Nature has given a great and Surprizing ...
- 11 April, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty preach all Day. Spent the Evening at Mr. Paines, and ...
- 12 April, 1756, | Signs of Rain. Cleard off about 10. A most beautiful Day. Drank Tea with ...
- 13 April, 1756, | A fine morning. A Charming warm Day. Every thing looks gay and lively. The ...
- 14 April, 1756, | A pleasant morning. Wheeler drank Tea here. I went with him in the ...
- 15 April, 1756, | Wheeler and I breakfasted at Mr. Maccarty’s. Went to Mr. Dyers. Very warm. ...
- 16 April, 1756, | A Stormy Day. ...
- 17 April, 1756, | A Stormy Day. ...
- 18 April, 1756, | A Stormy Day. For these 3 days past there has been a severe N.E. Storm. ...
- 19 April, 1756, | The Storm continues. ...
- 20 April, 1756, | A lovely Day after the Storm. Drank Tea at Major Chandlers. Walked with ...
- 21 April, 1756, | Charming Weather. The Fields begin to look verdant. The leaves begin to ...
- 22 April, 1756, | Cloudy, black morning. Cleared away very pleasant about 9. Dined at Capt. ...
- 23 April, 1756, | A pleasant Day. I can as easily still the fierce Tempests or Stop the ...
- 24 April, 1756, | A cloudy morn. All my Time seems to roll away unnoticed. I long to study ...
- 25 April, 1756, | Astronomers tell us, with good Reason, that not only all the Planets and ...
- 26 April, 1756, | The Reflection that I penned Yesterday, appears upon the review to be weak ...
- 27 April, 1756, | We had a few soft, vernal Showers to Day. ...
- 28 April, 1756, | A cool but pleasant morning. Dined at Mr. Paines. Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams. ...
- 29 April, 1756, | Fast day. Heard Mr. Maccarty. Spent the Evening at Mr. Putnams. Our proper ...
- 30 April, 1756, | A hazy, dull Day. Reading Milton. That mans Soul, it seems to me, was ...
May
- 1 May, 1756, | A rainy Day. If we consider a little of this our Globe we find an endless ...
- 2 May, 1756, | Last night we had rain all night accompanied with a very high Wind, and ...
- 3 May, 1756, | I was mistaken one Day in my reckoning. A pleasant Day. Spent the Evening ...
- 4 May, 1756, | Let any man, suppose of the most improved understanding, look upon a ...
- 5 May, 1756, | A very cold Day. Drank Tea at the Colonels. Spent the Evening at the ...
- 6 May, 1756, | A cold day. Spent the Evening and supped at Mr. Putnams. ...
- 7 May, 1756, | Spent the Evening and supped at Mr. Maccartys. A mans observing the Flux ...
- 8 May, 1756, | Went a Shooting with Mr. Putnam. Drank Tea with him and his Lady. ...
- 9 May, 1756, | Since last Sunday I have wrote a few Papers of the Spectators, read the ...
- 10 May, 1756, | A pleasant Day. ...
- 11 May, 1756, | A pleasant day. The first Day of Court. Nature and Truth or rather Truth ...
- 12 May, 1756, | Rambled about all Day, gaping and gazing. ...
- 13 May, 1756, | Spent the Evening with Mr. Swan at home. ...
- 14 May, 1756, | Drank Tea at the Colonels.—Not one new Idea this Week. ...
- 15 May, 1756, | A lovely Day. Soft vernal Showers. Exercise invigorates, and enlivens all ...
- 16 May, 1756, | A pleasant morning. The Week past was Court week. I was interrupted by ...
- 17 May, 1756, | The Elephant and the Lion, when their Strength is directed and applyd by ...
- 18 May, 1756, | ...
- 19 May, 1756, | ...
- 20 May, 1756, | Spent the Evening at Gardiners. ...
- 21 May, 1756, | After School, rode to Shrewsbury, went to Capt. Hows, to see Dr. Flynt, ...
- 22 May, 1756, | Dined at Judge Chandlers. ...
- 23 May, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty. He is particularly fond of the following Expressions. ...
- 24 May, 1756, | A pleasant morning. Drank Tea at the Colonells.—Had the projectile Force ...
- 25 May, 1756, | A cool, but pleasant Day. ...
- 26 May, 1756, | Election Day. I have spent all this Day at Home reading a little and ...
- 27 May, 1756, | Drank Tea at the Colonels with a Number of Ladies. Spent the Evening ...
- 28 May, 1756, | Dined at the Majors. A pleasant Day.—If we examine critically the little ...
- 29 May, 1756, | Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams.—What is the proper Business of Mankind in this ...
- 30 May, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty. “You who are sinners, are in continual Danger of being ...
- 31 May, 1756, | When we see or feel any Body, we discern nothing but Bulk and Extention. ...
June
- 1 June, 1756, | Drank Tea at the Majors. The Reasoning of Mathematicians is founded on ...
- 2 June, 1756, | Went to Spencer in the afternoon.—When we come into the World, our minds ...
- 3 June, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty preach the Lecture, drank Tea with him, and spent the ...
- 4 June, 1756, | ...
- 5 June, 1756, | Dreamed away the afternoon. ...
- 6 June, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Drank Tea at home with Crawford. Spent the ...
- 14 June, 1756, | Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams. Spent the Evening at the Majors, with Esqrs. ...
- 15 June, 1756, | Consider, for one minute, the Changes produced in this Country, within the ...
- 20 June, 1756, | Supped and spent the Evening at the Majors. ...
- 21 June, 1756, | A cool Day. ...
- 22 June, 1756, | A rainy Day. Drank Tea and spent Evening at Putnam’s. ...
- 23 June, 1756, | Went with Mr. Thayer and Mrs. Willard, to Mr. Richardsons of Sutton. ...
- 28 June, 1756, | ...
- 7 June, 1756 — 13 June, 1756, | ...
- 24 June, 1756 — 27 June, 1756, | Spent the Evening at the Colonels. ...
These documents span several days:
July
- 19 July, 1756, | Sat out for Boston. Borrowed the Idea of a Patriot King of Ned. Quincy. ...
- 20 July, 1756, | Eliot and Trumble lodged here with me. ...
- 21 July, 1756, | Kept School.—I am now entering on another Year, and I am resolved not to ...
- 22 July, 1756, | Fast day. Rose not till 7 o clock. This is the usual Fate of my ...
- 23 July, 1756, | Rose at 7. Wrote the 2 last Chapters of St. James. Spent the Evening at ...
- 24 July, 1756, | Rose at 7. Wrote a little in Greek. Afternoon wrote Bolinbroke. ...
- 25 July, 1756, | Rose 1/2 after 6.—Good Sense, some say, is enough to regulate our Conduct, ...
- 26 July, 1756, | Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines in Virgil. ...
- 27 July, 1756, | Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines, in Virgil. Wrote a little in ...
- 28 July, 1756, | Read about 40 lines in Virgil, and wrote a little at noon. Nothing more. ...
- 29 July, 1756, | Rose half after 6. Read a little Greek. ...
- 30 July, 1756, | A very rainy Day. Dreamed away the Time. ...
- 31 July, 1756, | A rainy forenoon. Dined at Mr. Paines. A fair afternoon. The Nature and ...
August
- 1 August, 1756, | Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Spent the Evening at the Collonels.— The Event ...
- 2 August, 1756, | Agreably to the Design laid last night, I arose this Morning before the ...
- 3 August, 1756, | Dind at the Colonels. Lodged at Putnam’s. ...
- 4 August, 1756, | Breakfasted at Putnam’s. ...
- 7 August, 1756, | All this past Week my designs have been interrupted, by the Troubles and ...
- 14 August, 1756, | I seem to have lost sight of the Object that I resolved to pursue. Dreams ...
- 15 August, 1756, | If one Man or Being, out of pure Generosity, and without any Expectation ...
- 22 August, 1756, | Yesterday I compleated a Contract with Mr. Putnam, to study Law under his ...
- 23 August, 1756, | Came to Mr. Putnams and began Law. And studied not very closely this Week. ...
- 29 August, 1756, to Cranch, Richard | I am set down with a Design of writing to you.—But the narrow Sphere I ...
- 29 August, 1756, | ...
- 12 August, 1756 — 13 August, 1756, | I know not what became of these days. ...
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September
- September, 1756 — September, 1756, to Wentworth, John | I brought a few Ideas with me when I first came to this Town, that grew in ...
These documents span several days:
October
- 18 October, 1756, to Cranch, Richard | In my last you remember I desired your sincere Opinion of the new ...
- 19 October, 1756, to Cushing, Charles | I look upon myself obliged to give you the reasons that induced me to ...
- October, 1756 — October, 1756, to JA | Tho' I acknowledge that one ought never to be asham'd to speak the truth; ...