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Tuesday Novr. 4th. -

[1783-11-04]
This forenoon we went with Messrs. ...

Friday Novr. 7th. -

[1783-11-07]
In the forenoon I went with M: W. ...

Thursday Novr. 6th. 1783.

Docno: DQA01d618

Author: JQA
Date: 1783-11-06
This day, being Term day,1 we went, with Mr. Jennings, and saw the procession of the Lawyers, and Judges to Westminster Hall; and we saw the four Courts; the Kings Bench, Common Pleas, Chancery, and Exchequer, all sitting. Dined at M: W. Vaughan's.
 
1. That is, the beginning of Michaelmas Term, one of four yearly sessions of English courts of law.
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