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December 1769
| Day | Planet | |
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| 1 | Friday | Moderate, very muddy in Boston |
| 2 | [Saturday] | Drizley day rode to Taunton & carried Dr McKinleys Chaise horse to my own Stable |
| 3 | [Sunday] | Fair Ther. 40°. Very muddy |
| 4 | [Monday] | Ditto Fair Ther 40° |
| 5 | Tuesday | Ditto Ditto Fair Ther 40° Infy Ct Saty by Adjd |
| 6 | [Wednesday] | Ditto Ditto Fair Ther |
| 7 | [Thursday] | Ditto Fair Cold Ther 25° |
| 8 | Friday | Ditto Fair Ther 25° |
| 9 | [Saturday] | Ditto Fair Ther 20° Court finished |
| 10 | [Sunday] | Ditto Ther 25° Some Snow-- |
| 11 | [Monday] | Ditto Ther 30° PM rode to Plymouth |
| 12 | Tuesday | Ditto Fair Supr Ct Plymouth Cold day |
| 13 | [Wednesday] | Ditto Fair very Cold |
| 14 | [Thursday] | Ditto Fair very Cold |
| 15 | Friday | Ditto Fair more moderate rode to Taunton |
| 16 | [Saturday] | Ditto pleasant day |
| 17 | [Sunday] | Ditto Cold ther 25 |
| 18 | [Monday] | Ditto pleasant bought four acres of Land of Capt Cobb adjoining my Garden |
| 19 | Tuesday | Ditto & a very dull day Ther 39° |
| 20 | [Wednesday] | Raw cold cloudy day. Spitting Snow Ther 30° |
| 21 | [Thursday] | Ther 30° fine pleasant |
| 22 | Friday | Ther. 25° Cold day fair |
| 23 | [Saturday] | Ther. 10° Cold night & morning, fair pleasant moderate Day Ther 25° Mrs Luscombe Wife of Robert Luscombe has died after 2 mo [dissuasion] |
| 24 | [Sunday] | Ther 13° fine pleasant day Ther 28° |
| 25 | [Monday] | Ther 30° very fine Day |
| 26 | Tuesday | Ther 25° Raw. Cloudy NE. Spit Snow |
| 27 | [Wednesday] | Ther 30° Fair Mrs Luscombe buried-- |
| 28 | [Thursday] | Ther 30° Ditto an Exceeding dry time. the Ground bare & as dusty as in mid Summer |
| 29 | Friday | Cloudy day Ther 30° Spit Snow |
| 30 | [Saturday] | Fair very Windy Ther. 25° Came on Cold Dust blows like mid Summer Evening Ther. 10° |
| 31 | [Sunday] | Ther. 4° at 9 o Clock Still Cold [FH] meeting all day very tedious Cold P.M. Ther 15° |
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January 1770
| Day | Planet | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Monday] | Ther 16° 9 o Clock. Cloudy. Night came on hard Storm S E & rained hard blew violently |
| 2 | Tuesday | 9 o Clock Ther. 50° Warm Sly Wind all day Fair froze in Night |
| 3 | [Wednesday] | Ther 28° fair |
| 4 | [Thursday | Ther. 18° 9 o Clock fair |
| 5 | Friday | Ther 15° 9 o Clock cold day |
| 6 | [Saturday] | Ther 45° 9 o Clock hazy morning |
| 7 | [Sunday] | Ther 50° SE Shower Rained hard & high Wind all day |
| 8 | [Monday] | Ther 50° Windy blustering day-- grew Cold at night. |
| 9 | Tuesday | Ther 20° Cold Rode to Boston in Co with Capt Cobb-- rough nubbly riding; Infr Ct Setting there |
| 10 | [Wednesday] | Ther 15° [] |
| 11 | [Thursday] | Ther 19 |
| 12 | Friday | Ther 20° Snow'd |
| 13 | [Saturday] | Ther 15° [] |
| 14 | [Sunday] | Ther 15° [] By [] at W Bowen P.M. Dr Cooper |
| 15 | [Monday] | Ther 15. |
| 16 | Tuesday | Ther 15. Evening to [] very Cold b 4.20 took cold |
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
461 January 1770
17 [Wednesday] very unwell kept about cold ther 15 18 [Thursday] Ditto attended merchants meeting [?] 201 wk 19 [Friday] Ditto Ditto in X [?] Ther 15 [degrees] 20 [Saturday] Very sick Ther 18 21 [Sunday] Ther 15 home 22 [Monday] Sent for Dr J Gardner took physick 23 [Tuesday] Ditto more physick violent headache 24 [Wednesday] Ditto took to my chamber, blister behind ear Snow storm Wind much Snow fell 25 Thursday Ditto fair feverish 26 Friday Ditto very ill 27 Saturday Ditto more physick 28 Sunday Ditto fine day better 29 Monday Ther 25 better Thaway -day Raind 30 Tuesday Ther 30 Thaway 31 Wednesday Ther 15 very Cold went out
This month has been dry & cold & the ground bare for the most part
February 1 Thursday exceeding Cold, went out - Ther 15 (degrees) 2 Friday Ditto Ther 15 (degrees) bought a Sulkey 3 Saturday Moderate day Wind Southerly Rode to Taunton in (?), very icy hard going - 4 Sunday Cloudy day Ther 20 (degrees) 5 Monday Ther 20 (degrees) 9 o'clock fair day good sledding but thin 6 Tuesday Ther 15 9 o'clock fair moderate 7 Wednesday Ther 20 fine day - 8 Thursday Ther 40 (degrees) snowed in night. AM raind 9 Friday Ther 35 (degrees) Thawey Sloppy weather Cloudy 10 Saturday Ther 35 (degrees) Small Snow last night, fair
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY March 1770 5 Monday Cold, continued sick. Massacre in Boston 6 Tuesday Ditto Snowey most snow that has fell at a time this winter. 7 Wednesday Rained in the night. Bad travailing took physick 8 Thursday Fine day 9 Friday Ditto Rode to Taunton AM: bad riding Ther. 45 degrees 10 Saturday Cloudy day very muddy. poorly. Ther 45 degrees 11 Sunday Dull cloudy day Ther. 30 degrees 12 Monday Ditto Snowy day with much snow fell. Ther. 35 degrees 13 Tuesday Ther. 25 degrees. fair 14 Wednesday Ther. 25 degrees. Ditto 15 Thursday Ther. 25 degrees. Ditto. PM Rode to Attleboro, muddy 16 Friday Fair 17 Saturday Ditto Rode to Boston down Post Road. got there 9 'o Clock in Sulkey - 18 Sunday Fair. Mr Jackson or W Howard all day 19 Monday Ditto Superior Court sitting at Boston 20 Tuesday Fair 21 Wednesday Fair - Sloppy rode to Cambridge to [?] 22 Thursday Ditto The [Pr...?] (Snowy) [Lorde? William?] 23 Friday Ditto 24 Saturday Ditto Rode to Attleboro. very Muddy. 25 Sunday Ditto 26 Monday Ditto 27 Tuesday Ditto PM Rode to Robbins, lodged exceeding Muddy 28 Wednesday Ditto Rode to Boston to dinner. PM to Cam bridge. General Court Sitting. 29 Thursday Fair 30 Friday Ditto 31 Saturday Ditto windy PM rode to Boston
April 1770 1 Sunday Mr Howard all day (?) 2 Monday Fair 3 Tuesday Ditto 4 Wednesday Ditto. Rofe to Attleboro 5 Thursday Annual Fast.... 6 Friday Fair AM rode to Taunton. Ther 45 7 Saturday Ditto. Ther 45 degrees 8 Sunday Ditto. Fine day Ther 50 degrees 9 Monday Ditto Raw cold PM Rode to Plymouth 10 Tuesday Plymouth Gnlr Court 11 Wednesday Raw 12 Thursday Ditto 13 Friday Ditto Raind in night 14 Saturday Ditto Rode to Taunton 15 Sunday Fine day Ther 50 degrees 16 Monday Ditto Rode to Boston Sulkey, fair 17 Tuesday Supr Ct (?).... fair 18 Wednesday Fair 19 Thursday Ditto 20 Friday Ditto Ebenezer Richardson tryd for Murther of Christr Snyder & George Witmore as accessory. I acted for the Crown cause held till 11 o'clock PM 21 Saturday Fair Jury found Richardson guilty & acquitted Witmore - Court adjd to 29 May 22 Sunday fair exceeding hot sultry day equall to July, heard Mr Stillman all day 23 Monday fair 24 Tuesday Ditto. Capt (?) from London, news, Mr (?) -son appointed Chief Governor & duty taker of all but (?), on 6th March
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
April 1770 25 Wednesday Fine day Rode to Taunton 26 Thursday Ditto Ther 45 27 Friday Cloudy Some rain 45 degrees Raind hard in night 28 Saturday Fair - warm 50 degrees 29 Sunday cold raw 48 30 Monday very raw cold 40 degrees North wind
May 1 Tuesday fair cool. 50 degrees N wind 2 Wednesday Ditto - 50 degrees - 3 Thursday Ditto Warm 55 degrees Southerly wind 4 Friday Ditto Warm 50 5 Saturday Ditto Warm 6 Sunday Cloudy (?) Wind Mr (?) all day 7 Monday fair (?) Rode to Plymouth in Sulkey Showery - 8 Tuesday Cloudy Drizley Dull day Rode to Barnstable 9 Wednesday Dull Cloudy (?) Superior Ct Barnsta -ble PM rainy 10 Thursday Rainy - PM Ct finished 11 Friday Dull I rode to Barrow at Rochester - 12 Saturday Dull warm Rode to Taunton by 11 Clock - found there had been an exceeding great Rain there the River higher than I ever knew at this time of year 13 Sunday fair Warm, Mr (?) all day 14 Monday fair, at 5 o Clock this PM
May 1770 I rode to Middleboro 15 Tuesday I rode to Plymouth by 1/2 past 7 AM Superior Court Plymouth fine day 16 Wednesday fair - - 17 Thursday Ditto Court finished PM. I rode to Taunton 18 Friday Warm Ther 65 degrees 19 Saturday Ditto Ther 63 degrees 20 Sunday Mr Jackson & Mr (?) Ther 63 degrees. 21 Monday Fair Ther 60 degrees 22 Tuesday Ditto Ther 63 degrees. began to Garden 23 Wednesday Ditto Ther 63. 24 Thursday Ditto Ther 65 degrees. Sowed Carrots & Potatoes - 25 Friday Ditto Ther 65 degrees 26 Saturday Ditto Ther 65 degrees Raind last night. AM Showery Warm 27 Sunday Ditto Ther 65 degrees. 28 Monday Ditto Rode to Boston in Sulkey 29 Tuesday Ditto Superior Ct adjourned to this day. Adjourned to Thursday by Proclamation Judge Oliver having hurt himself on his journey so as not in Court & Judge Trowbridge very sick 30 Wednesday General Election held at Cambridge at Boston great Festivity Dr Chauncy (?) an Ox roasted whole & a dinner in Faneuil Hall 31 Thursday Superior Ct (?) & adjourned (?) day This Month very Cool
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
June 1770 1 Friday Rode to Cambridge & return 2 Saturday Rode to Taunton fair (?) (?) 3 Sunday Fair Ther 70 - 4 Monday Ditto 5 Tuesday Rode to Boston Shower PM 6 Wednesday Fair 7 Thursday Ditto PM raind hard 8 Friday fair ... Arbitrators met on Settlement of Edward Ensor (?) Estate 9 Saturday Rainy day with rain fall Rode to Taunton 10 Sunday Cloudy day (?) 11 Monday fair 12 Tuesday Ditto (?) Court (?) Taunton 13 Wednesday Ditto 14 Thursday Fine Shower 15 Friday Fair 16 Saturday Ditto Ct adjourned to 27 June. 17 Sunday Raind in night. (?) windy day 18 Monday Rode to Boston in Sulkey - 19 Tuesday fair 20 Wednesday arbitratory on Settlement of Edward Ensor (?) Estate (?) 21 Thursday Ditto (?) 75 degrees 22 Friday Ditto PM rode to German Town 23 Saturday Cloudy. PM rode to Abington 24 Sunday very rainy day. heard (?) AM: raind all night 25 Monday rode to Taunton (?) Ther 75 degress 26 Tuesday Ther 80 degrees very hot. Weeding Carrots 27 Wednesday Superior Ct (?) by Ther 80 degrees. very hot 28 Thursday Ther 75 degrees.
June 1770 29 Friday very hot Ther 85 degrees. 12 o Clock 95 degrees. 2 o Clock 30 Saturday Ther 80 degrees. very sick with Cholick (?) sold 2 (?) five (?) of grass
July 1770 1 Sunday Ther 75 degrees. poorly - a Comet. crinita, appears 2 Monday Ther 75 degrees PM rode to Middleboro in Sulkey 3 Tuesday Ther 80 degrees AM rode to Plymouth Superior Ct there 4 Wednesday Ther 80 degrees - fair 5 Thursday Ditto - Ditto - 6 Friday Ditto - 7 Saturday Ditto - Rode to Taunton. a Shower by (?) vote at Taunton (?) 8 Sunday Ther 75 degrees. PM to meeting with Wife 9 Monday Ther 75 fair 10 Tuesday Ther 80 degrees 11 Wednesday Ther 80 - very dry 12 Thursday very (?), Ther 84 degrees. PM fine Showers this Night Thunder 13 Friday very muggy Ther 84 degrees. PM fine Showers... 14 Saturday Ther 84 degrees 15 Sunday Ther 75 degrees. Easterly Wind cold Night 16 Monday Ditto - fair 17 Tuesday Ther 80 degrees. Rode to Boston, very dry - 18 Wednesday Commencement Camb. very hot 85 degrees. went to Camb. in Hack. 19 Thursday Ther 87 degrees. fine showers PM Thunder 20 Friday fine showers this Morning Cool Ther 75 degrees. went to Boston -