JOSHUA green's diary, 1775. 135 



On the fourth post at the right of the entrance is a smaller 

 tablet with these words : 



THESE 



POSTS 



WERE A PART 

 OF THE FENCE 



AROUND 

 HARVARD 



COLLEGE 

 CAMBRIDGE 

 FOR MORE 

 THAN HALF 

 A CENTURY 



Mr. Lawrence's residence and his extensive farm were 

 in the neighborhood of the playground, which adjoins the 

 Shumvvay Athletic Field belonging to Lawrence Acad- 

 emy. These two playgrounds, the Lawrence and the Shum- 

 way, used both for health and pleasure, comprise more than 

 twenty-five acres of land conveniently situated for the pur- 

 pose. 



JOSHUA GREEN'S DIARY, 1775. 



The following paper was found among the manuscripts of 

 the late Henry Williamson Haynes, my classmate at Harvard 

 College. The Diary is still in my possession, and I have in- 

 serted a few entries not copied by him. The signature 

 " J : Green jun', " written at the top of the titlepage, is that of 

 my grandfather (H. C. 1784). 



May 25, 1848. I borrowed of Mr. Samuel A. Green, of Groton, 

 Mass., an almanac [Nathanael Low's] for 1775, ^^ which his grand- 

 father, Mr. Joshua Green, then a boy in the third class at the Boston 

 Latin School, had inserted several blank leaves, upon which he wrote 



