336 Doc2imcnts 5. Tuesday. Went with M" C. (my H : and ch) to Watertown. M' Thatcher' pronounc'd Oration — for horrid Massacre. I pray'd on that Occasion in Meeting House, din'd with Inhabitants of Boston at M"Coolidge's Tavern. M"C. din'd at M' Dennie's. we return' d home in Evg. slept and H. at home. 6. Wednesday. Very high Wind and Rain at South last Night con- tinu'd windy all day. General Howe's Troops went yesterday f'm Bos- ton to the Castle intending an attack on our Troops at 5 "Clock this Morn^. prevented by the Wind. I went to Watertown, (my H : and ch) to attend Corporation Meeting at D'Appleton's Lodgings, could not reach there with D' Winthrop in my Chaise on Acc't of bad Roads, return' d and din'd at home, slept and H. there. 7. March. Thursday. Fast appointed by Gen' Court thro the Colony. I pch'd all day at Watertown. M" C. went with me (my H : and Ch) she went after Service p. m. to Mrs. Cockran's and drank Coffee there. I went with D. Fisk (my H : and Ch) to M' Bright's Funeral, pray'd there, return' d slept and H : at home. 8. Fiyday. Went to have my Chaise mended at Whitney's Water- town, din'd at home. Went (my H : and ch) p. m. with Mrs. C. to Watertown. pray'd at Widow Sanger's Child's Funeral, slept and H. at home, heard by a Cap't of Vessell who escap'd f'm Boston last Night, that the Troops there were preparing to embark and leave the Place. Letter f'm Selectmen^ remaining in Boston to Gen! Wash — about cannonading the Town &c. slept and H. at home g. Sat. Went a. m. with M" C. (my H : and Ch) to Watertown. we din'd at home, went (my H : and ch) p. m. to visit M' Ham- mond sick. He had just expir'd. I pray'd with the Family, on Return we call'dat Sister Cooper's and M Payne's, slept and H : at home. 10. Lord' s day. Went with M" C. my H : and Ch. to Watertown. we din'd at D. Fisk's. I pch'd all day there, went after Service p. m M' Bennies, inform'd of the great Cannonading last Night to and from Boston, a Surgeon and 3 Privates kill'd at Dorchester Hill, by one Cannon Ball f'm Boston, slept and H at M' I)" No Thundring f'm Cannon to Night. /i-'" March. Mond. Went with M' Tho^ Dennie (his H : and ch) to Cambridg. waited on Gen! Washington and Lady, Gates &c. convers'd with the Gen! and Gates about the Manner of our taking Possession of Boston s'd the Enemy leave it. more Accts of the Preparation of the Enemy to depart. Preparations on our Side for Troops to march towards N. York, as the Enemy expected to go tht way. Return'd with M' Th. D. to Jackson's Tavern: din'd there, according to Invitation 3. Days ago, with Selectmen of Cambridg. open'd about 3 " Clock their Annual Town Meeting with Pray'r. M" Cooper din'd at M' Dennies. return'd with her. drank Coffee slept and H. at home. ' Peter Thacher, D.D. (H. C. 1769), minister of Maiden. In 1785 he succeeded Dr. Cooper as pastor of Brattle Street Church. 2 See Sparks, Washington's Writings, III. 531-532; Timothy Newell's Journal, . c, pp. 292, 293.
