- Spear William, Deacon
- Field Harvey.
- Thayer Minott
- Ides
- Loring Thomas
Last Evening, after closing my Lecture, I received a note from Mr Abbott
Lawrence inviting me to come and lodge at his house—
Mr
Foster had given me a similar invitation.— Mrs Felt,
who was at the Lecture, did the same.— Harriet Welsh and Elizabeth De Wint, were also there, and Miss De Wint told
me she wished to go with my
wife and family to New-York— The chapel last Evening was
full; but there were at least four women present, to one man— Except my
own Relations, and Degrand, I saw
there none of my acquaintance, except old Joseph May whom I had not seen for many years— Dr
Bowditch asked if I should be willing to give the
Association a copy of my Lecture, for publication, but I declined, as I
proposed to deliver it at sundry other places—and indeed it is not worth
publication.— As the carriage to bring me home was waiting at the Chapel
door, I could not answer Mr Lawrence’s Note,
but Mr
Barnard promised to send him word, that I had previously
arranged to return to Quincy— One of the Committee offered to come out
with me, but I thought it too severe a tax upon his complaisance, and
came alone. Dr Bowditch’s wife, an English woman said to me
that an ex Subject of the very fine girl thanked me for my Lecture— This
morning Deacon Spear and Harvey Field called together; and had
some conversation with me about my farm, and a house and lot bordering
on the Quincy Canal which Field wishes to sell— He returned last evening
from a trip to Bangor to make a purchase of lumber, and brought back my
Umbrella, which had been left on board the Steamer Bangor, when we
landed in the Night at Portland. The Deacon spoke about making sale of
the wood on the lot which we surveyed on the 8th. of this Month—but I referred him for all my business here
to my Son, who went this morning
to Boston, and returned to dine.— Mr Minott Thayer was here with
a young man by the name of Ides.— My Son
delivered a Lecture last Evening, to the whigs at Braintree, with which
Mr Thayer was highly delighted. He
promised to send me the 50 copies of my address of last year delivered
before the Inhabitants of Braintree at Mr Storrs’s Meeting
house— Mr
Loring invited us to a political whig meeting at Hingham
to-morrow Evening to hear Mr Caleb Cushing, but I have
other engagements, and Charles has promised to deliver a political
address to-morrow evening at Cohasset.— Mr
Loring brought and shewed me a Letter from me to his Aunt Hannah Thaxter dated 16. Jany 1775 now in possession of his Sister
Mrs
Whittemore—and he told me that Mrs Nehemiah
Parsons had a file of Letters from my mother to Mr John Thaxter.— This Evening at 7 O’Clock,
I delivered at the town Hall the introductory Lecture for the Season,
before the Quincy Lyceum. Charles went with me.— The Hall was full, but
not crowded— Home at 9.