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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

November 1770
28 Wednesday Cold, Court Continued, Court met at 9 'o
clock AM adjd (?) one for (?) an hour
& then had (?) dark & adjourned
29 Thursday Ditto - Moderate
30 Friday Ditto - Ditto

December
1 Saturday Ditto - Ditto - Court adjd to Monday 9 o Clock
2 Sunday Moderate
3 Monday Ditto this morning the Mr Josiah Quincy
Council for the (?) began his Arguments
on the Evidence - PM Mr John
Adams of Council likewise for ye (?) began
his Arguments
4 Tuesday Ditto. Mr Adams finished at 12 oClock & I began
very much fatigued & unwell -
5 Wednesday at 10 oClock I finished.. & the
Court summd up the Cause largely to
the Jury who went out & at 2 oClock
gave in their Verdict Montgomery &
Kilroy guilty of Manslaughter & all
the rest not guilty -
6 Thursday Annual Thanksgiving, to Dr
Cooper all day -
7 Friday moderate, at noon set out & rode to
(?) & lodged, 3 - (?)
8 Saturday AM to Taunton to dinner moderate
(?)
9 Sunday moderate....

December 1770
10 Monday fine day. PM to Middleboro & lodged
11 Tuesday Ditto. Cold morning Rode to Plymouth Supr
Court sat there
12 Wednesday Stormy Rain same (?)
13 Thursday fair Cold
14 Friday Ditto - Court finished
15 Saturday fine day Rode home (?)
16 Sunday Ditto - very unwell
17 Monday early this morning my house was broke
open by Henry Hodgden as I found out next day & a new Bridle
stolen.. fair. horse cart in stable & (?)
18 Tuesday Ditto. A Warrant sent after sd. Hodgden
Supr. Ct. at Taunton
19 Wednesday Ditto sd. Hodgden Indicted. fine moderate
20 Thursday Ditto
21 Friday Ditto - Rainy AM. (?)
22 Saturday Cold windy day - freezing Court adjd to
next Friday
23 Sunday Cold freezing day fair Ther 25 degrees.
24 Monday Ditto Ther 20 degrees. 9 o Clock AM
25 Tuesday Ditto. very fair Ther 20 degrees. -
26 Wednesday very cold last night Ther 18 degrees. - fair Court sat
27 Thursday Cold. fair
28 Friday fine moderate day. sd Hockley tryed & Committd
Court finished
29 Saturday moderate
30 Sunday Ditto -
31 Monday Ditto -

This Month moderate, ground bare of Snow