Martha Ballard's Diary, Apr. 21-26, 1790 (T)

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A very rainy foreⁿ. Cleard of pleas^t at y^e 3 h pm. mr Ballard Bot two Bushels of Corn of meloy; gave 10/ in Cash. I have been at home. Foster went from here; he has not Eat anything here y^s Day. Samuel Cumings Jun^rs Son Drowned.

a^t home. Sam^l Smith here for Sustenance for his father who is Sick. Death.

Cloudy morn. Clear y^e middle of y^e Day. Revd mr Foster here. David Pollard & mr Sprague brot Loggs to our mill. mr Ballard & Georg Bolton Setled acounts. mr Richardson receivd money of mr Ballard for Servic Done in the business of Surveying last fall. mrs Chamberlin & Sally Bolton here; Drank Tea with me.

I have [been] at home.

Clear & pleasant. I have been at home. mr Dexter here; informs that Biah Town is wasting fast, that Nathan Haywood is mending & that a woman in their new Plantation Expired in Child bed last Lords Day, & Son Towns famely are well. mr Shuball Pitts here this night. Elisha Mathews had a Son Drowned at his Logg Landing as they were raffting Loggs.

at home. a Death; Mathews^s Son Drownd.

Cloudy morn. Sun Shine before noon. mr Ballard Gone to Settle with Cap^t Hersey. Hannah Putt Soup on to Boil this morn. I am informd that a mrs Cragg of winthrop Departed this life the weak past. mr Andrews gave me a Lemmon y^s Day & mrs Hamlin gave me a piece of Veal.

at home. news of a Death. there was a Drowned Lad taken up at y^e Chopps in this river.

Clear & Pleasant. mr Learned was here; took Tea & went to Varsalbor^o. I have been at home. Jobe Sleeps here. Ephm^s tooth aich^t.

a^t home; unwell.

Clear & Pleasant. we were informd that mr Pollard had broke his Legg this morn. I am Calld to See mrs Burton who is unwell. Son Town is Coming with Loggs, our men gone to meet him, it is 12 OClok. mrs M^c Cathney, mrs Black, Judy Huston, Polly Pollard, Nr Savage & wife took Tea here. mr Stratten, Son Town & Robsⁿ, Dexter Dind here. my Dagt & famely well. Biah Declineing, Nalhan Haywood mending.

a^t home. mr Pollard Broke his Legg.

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April 21 - 26, 1790

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