| Description | Entries similar to those in volume 1.
Scope and Content
Specific references include the following:
- 'Went to Deptford and saw the 'Hindoostan' launched from Mr.Bernard's dock' (17 November 1796)
- Birth of his grandson (son of Lydia, his daughter, and John Blunt) (21 November 1796)
- 'Attended the anniversary of the London Hospital - being one of the Stewards - went to the Chapel at the Hospital, heard a sermon preached by the Bishop of St.David's' (30 March 1797)
- 'This day the Tower guns were fired on account of Admiral Duncan having taken the Dutch fleet, thank God for the news' (13 October 1797)
- 'Good news from Admiral Wilson, having destroyed the French fleet at Alexandria, God be praised' (2 October 1798)
- 'Arrived in London from Epping, dined at Mr.Blunt's, slept in Broad Street at my home'. (3 November 1798) |