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Sarah Brackett was married by Mr. Smith. 1 11. A very great rainand thaw : Dr. Coffin died. 2 12. Sabbath. I preached in the forenoon,on confession; Mr Smith preached in the afternoon, on redeeming thetime. 13. News came of the Duke of Cumberland’s death, and ofthe death of the Duchess of Portland. 14. Dr. Coffin buried. 15,

1 married Moses Whitney to Priscilla Burnell. 19. I preached bothparts of the day on mortality ; Mr. Smith preached at Capt. Ilsley’s. 321. N. Gookin came here and brought news of Meservey’s beingdragged through the streets by the mob, and resigning his destestablecommission, &c. 4 23. A small earthquake just before day. 25. Amob arose and burnt some stamped clearances. 5 28. I married Wm.Knight to Ann Ayres. 30. No service at church to-day.

At the close of this month is the following entry : paper for tworooms and the entry, £40; the new chaise, £180; coarse thread

stockings, £-; for a horse to Dedham , £2. 5.; three night’s horse

keeping at Boston , £1.10.; two ferriages with horse, 4s ; one ferriage&c., 5s.; horse keeping at the Steward’s, £3. 12. 6.; journey to Norton,£1.10.; paid for the chaise, £160; wig, £16. 17. 6.; handkerchief,£1. 7.; chaise hire to Norton, £4. 10.; arms on my chaise, £1. 2. 6.;to the barber’s about £1; expenses to Newbury, £1. 7.; fromNewbury to Falmouth, £3. 3, 9.

N. B. The same almanac which contains the leaves on which theabove memoranda are made, puts down the value of coins inMassachusetts currency as follows; Guinea, 28s.; English shilling,Is. 4.; Milled dollar, 6s.

X. She was a daughter of Capt. Anthony Brackett, and was married to JoshuaFabyan, of Gorham.

2. Some notice of Dr. Coffin will be found in a note to Smith’s Journal, page207.

3. Capt. Isaac Ilsley’s, at Back Cove.

4. This took place in Portsmouth , N. H. George Meserve, son of Col. Meserve,who died at the seige of Louisburg, was appointed Commissioner of Stamps forNew Hampshire , but was not allowed by the people to act under it; his commissionwas sent back to the Stamp Office in London . (Belk. N. H. )

5. A brig had arrived in our harbor on that day from Halifax, with a parcel ofthese papers, and lodged them in the Custom House; this gave rise to this emeute.The papers were demanded by a body of the people, who marched to the CustomHouse, and when they received them, they were borne in triumph through thevillage, and then burnt amidst the shouts of a great crowd. (Bost. Eve. Gaz., Feb.3, 1766.)