Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 8, 1777

Set from home.¹ Very hot. Dined Newall's, reached Waltham.

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¹ On his preliminary journey to the station at Brookfield.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 106

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 9, 1777

Lodged Revd Cushing. Set off about nine oclock; dined Hows Marlboro.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 106

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 10, 1777

Lodged Baldwin's Shrewsbury — Arriv'd at Brookfield.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 106

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 11, 1777

Received of Capt Greenleaf 60 Dollars to be sent to his wife—paid him ten for my share of Tickets No. 3014 & 3015.¹ —Officers set off for Ti— about Ten o.clock—Fair Day.

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² This is only the beginning. The reader may be surprised as he discovers how often our examplary and devout clergyman bought Lottery Tickets. The custom prevailed at that time, and all classes participated in it freely. The states granted lotteries constantly for all sorts of enterprises, and the Continental Congress (Stiness, R. I. Hist. Tracts, 3, 45) raised money for the war by this means.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 106-7

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 12, 1777

Innoculated² about 10 o.clock A. M. took mercurial pill in evening, pleasant

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² This method for preventing small pox preceded Jenner's vaccination.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 107

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, Sunday, April 13, 1777

Took physick before sun rise—prd for Rev.Ward Ps. 103, 19 & 122. 6 & on—rained P. M. in evening very fast—took pill.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 107

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 14, 1777

Cold & windy—took pill

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 107

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, April 15, 1777

took powders in morning. Cold and windy took pill in evening.

SOURCE: William B. Weedex, Editor, formerly Captain Battery C, First R. I. Light Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, First Division, Fifth Corps, A. P., Diary of Enos Hitchcock, D. D., A Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army, p. 107