September

Tuesday 7. Septr. !
I took a ride in the Carriage to Parramatta accompanied by Capt. Antill & Mr. Meehan to see the Works & Improvements carrying on there – and to see a new Road marked out from Parramatta to Kissing Point; returning Home to Dinner. —

Tuesday 21. Septr. —
I visited Parramatta to view the Improvements carrying on there this forenoon in the Carriage accompanied by Capt. Antill, and retured again to Sydney before 3,O'Clock. —

Friday 24 Do. !
I went to Parramatta to lay the Foundation Stone of the Building intended for the reception of the Female Orphans – who are to be removed from Sydney to Parramatta as soon as this new Building is finished. — I returned to Town to Dinner. —

Tuesday 28 Do. !
I went up to Windsor to view the Improvements going on there, accompanied by Capt. Antill and Mr. Meehan in the Carriage, Breakfasting at Parramatta. — I staid one night at Windsor, and returned to Sydney at 1. OClock P.M. on Wednesday the 29th. Septr. having Breakfasted at Parramatta – and rested there for two hours. —

Source
Macquarie, Lachlan. Memoranda & Related Papers. 22 December 1808-14 July 1823.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A772 63-64 ff. [Microfilm Reel CY301 Frames #69-70].