The Diary of William Pynchon of Salem

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 4. Sunday. Fair and fine. Slept well last night; had] my usual headache; rode in Dr. Pemberton's chaise to the fortification and back with son John, which almost cured my headache; dined on w. berry pudding, butter sauce, stringed beans and peas, and roast pigeon, and eat heartily without inconvenience,...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 4. Sunday. Fair and fine. Slept well last night; had] my usual headache; rode in Dr. Pemberton's chaise to the fortification and back with son John, which almost cured my headache; dined on w. berry pudding, butter sauce, stringed beans and peas, and roast pigeon, and eat heartily without inconvenience, and drank a beaker of wine and water. Hear that Parson Barnard is yet living. Tea at home; Mrs. Pynchon and John at Miss Gerrish's. Dr. Loring and the Miss Hunts spend the evening with us. Supper w. and milk. 5. Monday. Fair and fine. Rose at 6 almost free from headache; chocolate for breakfast; at 8 went over the Neck with Mr. Coburn's horse and chaise; a glass of senna before breakfast; mutton, squash and turnips for dinner, with a little flip at landlady's desire, and it did no harm; tea at Dr. Lloyd's, where were Dr. Pemberton, and N. Dowst, and Mrs. Temple and daughter; visited at Mr. Russell's afterwards, and at Mr. Hunt's in the evening; chocolate for supper; took electuary first. N. Ropes came with chaise for Dr. Putnam and Eben. 6. Tuesday. Fair and fine. Rose without headache; to Charlestown Ferry with Dr. Putnam, who with N. Ropes went for Salem; took a glass of senna; chocolate for breakfast; received a present of sermons from Dr. Pemberton; at eleven took electuary. B. and S. came and dined with us at two; tarried the night. I went to visit Parson Cooper, and he not at home; went to Mr. Kent's, and he absent; thence to Mr. Coburn's; went to neighbour Giles'. 7. Wednesday. Fair and warm. Rose without the headache; took a glass of senna; chocolate for breakfast. B. and S. tarried at breakfast and dinner, and they with John set out for Salem after dinner, with S. Cabot and Deb. Higginson about 4 o'clock from Winnisimet.Mr. Vans with me in the evenin...