Robert Carter records his suffering with gout, the work being done on his plantations, the prevailing winds and other weather, visitors he received including members of his family, family weddings and births, trips to Williamsburg and the sums he spent while there, the death and funeral of Governor Hugh Drysdale and his assumption of the post of acting governor of the colony, arrival of ships with goods and letters from Britain, movement of tobacco and other crops from his outlying farms on his sloops, the loading of tobacco on ships bound for Britain, and frequent trips to his farms and mill.

     Janry 1 [1726] I went to Captn Lawrence Store very cold Stood a
great while on the Sand eat heartily bread & Cheese dra^nk
a bottle Soham 2 or 3 glasses wt wine began to be
lame I came home
2d rise very well was Lame when I came out of my
Coach recd the Com[ission?] grew lamer the Gout in my
left foot had an uneasier night rise twice my
Pain in my left foot somewhat better drank water had a
pretty good Night
3d rise easie a little Lame eat no breakfast but
Coffee eat Venison drank some wine Soham
afterwd water in the Night more uneasie the
day before my Goods from Lawrence Landed
4 rise pretty well eat nothing drank Coffee Robin
his wife [and her mother] E[lizabeth] Churchil came home brot my Lettrs
from Keiling & Cobb eat stewd Chicken Turkey drank
wine So ham [cyder] had a very uneasie r night got n[ot]
to sleep till neer 4 slept till allmost 9 rise pr[etty] [well]
but Lame
5 drank Coffee eat nothing mr Stepto here & [r . . .]
Eat Peas drank Water some So ham [cyder] sat up late had a ni[. . .]
rise twice
6 smart frost W[ind] NW clear had an easie day grow w[. . .]
Eat a little 12th Cake set up till 12 drank 3 or 4 Gla[sses wine]
had a uneasie Night sharp weather wind Blows [hard?]
sent Cha Coachman to Peanketank [River . . .]