The Diary of William Bray: extracts by William Bray
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page 28 of 67 (41%)
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7th.--Drank tea with Jenkins. 10th.--With Mrs. Kerr to Drury Lane: 'Provoked Husband' and 'Devil to Pay:' Mr. Garrick. 11th.--Drank tea with Adderley. To the Coffee-house for half-an- hour. 12th.--Drank tea at Dr. Adee's. 13th.--With Jenkins to Mundy's Coffee-house. Paid reckoning, 2s. 6d. 14th.--To the Coffee-house half-an-hour; wine, 6d. 15th.--Drank tea at Mrs. Emily's, at quadrille. 1767, March 18th.--It pleased God to release my William from his sufferings, when half a year old he was seized with convulsions which never left him. June 9th.--With Mr. Hollingworth to the Downs Guildford Races. Sir John Evelyn being taken ill, went off the Downs to Wotton. 19th.--Jack was taken with the smallpox, and on the 28th the dear soul died. Polly was taken on the 1st of July, I sent for Mr. Kerr who gave her Sutton's powders, and she recovered. Dec. 22nd.--With Mr. Waddington to Drury Lane: 'Suspicious |
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