12th – Cold day – Wind N.E. Went to Town, return’d to Dinner. Hooper commend’d Fence to protect the Ever-greens on Eastern [end?] of the House. Paid Wm. Foose $6 on acct. of Post & Rail Fence putting up at the Meadows
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, April 12, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.