[p. 36]
Relative to this, we reproduce portions of his diary above alluded to:
| 1738. | Apr. 7 bought of Joseph Porter one hundred and a half of |
| Rails 2/5 P C. £3.7.6 |
| Bought 130 Posts of Charls £5.5.0 |
| Bought of Deacon Waterman 40 Rails £ 1.10.6. |
| Bought of Ebenezer Porter 100 Rails |
| Paid Mr. Willis for Boating up—Rails and posts £ 1. |
| Bought of Mr. Austin a Jack 3.10. |
| 1739 | January 2.
Went to Charlestown Re[turne]d 10 |
| 8 1 p[reache]d at Charlestown all day |
| Paid David an Indian the sum of £ 5. for stone wall |
| April 15 I p[reache]d |
| April 13 and 16 grafted in my Orchard and in the Parson- |
| age land abt So Grafts Paid Primus £0.8 |
| April 25 Went to Boston |
| 27 Planted 60 Apple Trees at my Farm to South of ye house |
| 1751. | June 14 Recd of Mr. Goodwin a Chaise which cost abt. £ 202 old tenor |
| 1759 | Tickets in Boston pier lottery 5 class.
No. 1309 |
| 1763 | June 20 Bought a Farm at Medford cost £ 1200. |
| P——d [prayed] to Paul Torrey in his Distress |
| 23 Paul Torrey died 30 at Medford |
| Aug 18 At Medford—Measured my Farm |
There is good reason to believe that the farm he purchased in
Medford was the ‘widow's dower,’
i.e., the portion held by his mother until her decease, which was then (1763) by the set off of 1754 within (and now) in
Medford bounds.
On a separate leaf, carefully pinned into the back of the almanac, is
| The Expenses of my Farm Barn erected 6th of June 1751 |
| To 3 thousand of Board nails at 55/ | £8.5.0 |
| 11 thousand and half of shingle nails, 10 thousand at 24. thousand and half at 25 | 13.17.6 |
| half a thousand of Double tens 2/5 | 2.5.0 |
| Cash for 2 thousand of Boards | 27.0.0 |
| Cash for 2 thousand of Boards | 30.0.0 |
| Cash for the Frame | 95.0.0 |
| Boating it | 5.0.0 |
| Boating Shingles at 20.
pr M. 12 Thousand | 1.4.0 |
