r, affairs
were very quiet, and no skirmish of importance
occurred. The "Essex Gazette" of the 19th said,
"Scarcely a gun has been fired for a fortnight." On
the 4th, a small fleet, under Captain Mowatt,
sailed from Boston harbor, and destroyed Falmouth
(now Portland), Maine. On the 15th, a committee
from Congress arrived, to consult with Washington
concerning the future, and a reorganization of the
army.]

NOVEMBER 1775.

the 1. Las night the fire ran over Samuel Hawes's hair and that
provoket him to wrath Nothing very remarkable hapned this day that I
know of.

the 2. their was Some gentlemen and Laidies came down from Wrentham
and they went to cambridg.

the 3. It was a very rainy day and we went to childses and had an old
fudg fairyouwell my friends.

the 4. Nothing remarkable hapned this day onely the gentry went home
to Wrentham.

the 5. Being the memorial 5th of novem. the enemy fired from every
Ship in the harbour nothing more remarkable this day.

the 6. Nothing remarkable hapned this day.

the 7. Their was a vendue opened att this house and their was not Less
than a hundred and twenty Dollars worth of things vendued and sold at
private sale and Swapt.

the 8. Nothing remarkable hapned this day that I know of.

the 9. Nothing remarkable hapned this day that is worth
amentioning.[177]

[Footnote 177: On this day there was quite a severe
skirmish occurred at Lechmere's point, now
Cambridgeport.]

the 10. This day I went home upon furlow,[178] yesterday Sergent Yett
went home.

[Footnote 178: That is, a written permission from
his commanding officer, to leave for a specified
time.]

the 11. I went to captain whitings and nothing remarkable hapned.

the 12. Being Sunday I went to meting Nothing more this day.

the 13. This day the Long faced People trained at Wrentham and Serg
Felt went upon the piquet and fired several times upon the centrys.

the 14. This day I came down from Wrentham with Serg Felt and at
night their was three men deserted from the floating Battery this day
we had a Lottery and Serg Foster drawd a pair of Breeches[179] worth 5
Dollars and their was considerable other tradeing caried on at n