March 5 Monday

March 5 ca. – Allowing for ten days crossing the Atlantic plus mail delivery, Sam’s letter (not extant), referred to in Pamela A. Moffett’s Mar. 16 to her son, would have been written about this day. Pamela quoted her brother’s letter she’d received on Mar. 15: “This has been a devilish winter here, & is not over yet; but please God it may come to an end in time” [MTP]. Note: MTP gives Sam’s letter as ca. Mar. 12.