July – Sam noted eighteen lines of a memorial poem at the grave of James Thomson (1700-1748), author of The Seasons (poems, 1730) [Gribben 702]. Sam also wondered why Pepys failed to mention the great Shakespeare [540]. Sam also noted the title, translator and publisher of Comte de Hezecques’ Recollections of a Page to the Court of Louis XVI (1873) [312].

Lady Mary Anne Hardy (Mrs. Thomas Dufus Hardy) (1825-1891) wrote to Sam and enclosed two tickets for “the French Play.” She mentioned “Desclée” as “the most divine of French actresses” [MTP]. Note: Aimée-Olympe Desclée (1836-1874).