Winthrop, John, 1714-1779. Papers of John and Hannah Winthrop, 1728-1789. Annotated almanac, 1743. HUM 9 Box 4, Volume 4, Harvard University Archives.

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Almanac containing calendar pages with sporadic annotations of unidentified measurements and interleaved pages with short handwritten entries about Winthrop's daily activities, and astronomical and meteorological observations. The entries include personal notes about travel, the weather, occasional alcohol consumption, and deaths in the community including a Latin note of the death of Winthrop's father (October 2) . There is an entry listing burials and baptisms in Boston, and a note that "Fever & fluxes prevail this month & prove very mortal" (September).|The title page is no longer extant.

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[preprinted]1743 JANUARY hath 31 Days. ---------------------Uncomfortable Rain[/preprinted]

[Obsenting?] of freezing. Wind Water January 13 9.5 M [Thom?]. 79.8 . SE by E 1 . not froze January 30 10.5 E ------------------- 79.7 . N by W 1 . freezes. February 4 4 E -------------------- 72.5 . NNE 1 . [forent thand?] 11 E -------------------- 74. . N by E 1 . [much thawd?]

4 [females?] of my [baromis?] to [communion?] water : : 13 73/85 : 1 . ------

11 [June?]. My num req1uires 46.5 gr to raise 4 bubble

25 8br. R.A. of [symbol?] bright Star of [V?]. 28d. 11'. 17". --------------- [O'1?] R.A. 24th day at noon. 219. 25. 53 ------------------25th--------------- 220. 25. 29. ---------------------7 10br. 63[?]. Mass. - 78 Rk. [sol?] [Buried?] in [Roct?] ye year Whites 536. Blacks 84. Baptized 585.

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13. Went to Bost with Mr. Mayhew & came back 1/2 [?]

20. Went to Bost with Mr. Preno & came back 1/2 [?]

22. a bottle wine [?]

25. 2 [?] candles. Whitt.

27. Went to Bost with Mr. Danforth. 1/2 Whitt

2[?]. Came back to [?]

21. 41st [?] [?] year. 4 coldest day was 4 18.

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[left side} 1. 2 {pound} candles Whitt.

3. Peter Faneuil {Esquire} died.

10. Went to {Boston} {and} cam back with Mr Flynt. 1/2 [?]

17 Went to {Boston} with Mr Mayhew. 1/2 [?] 18. Came back with Mr Trowbridge

22. An earthquake felt at N [London?] {and} walk at noon. 23. Went to {Boston} with Mr Hancock {and} cam back 1/2 [?]

29. [?] {pound} candles. Whitt

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1. a quart wine {and} 4 limes. [?]

5. a quart wine. [Wed?] 6. Went to Medford. [G?] Charles with Mr Flynt. 1/2 [?]

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