March 21 Saturday – Isabel Lyon’s journal:  Such a wonderful day we have had, for Mrs. Rogers organized a party to go to Somerset, 12 miles away and to lunch there. We set out at eleven; Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. [Zoheth] Freeman, the King, Mr. Weir, Mrs. Peck, Mrs. [Marion Schuyler] Allen, Mr. John Wayland, Elizabeth [Wallace] and I. And the drive around by Paget and through Warwick was beautiful with glimpses of wide views of these waters through cedared openings, with each house more quaint and satisfying in its architecture than the last one, with darkeys bending over the vast onion fields, patiently thinking they are finding weeds; with the oleanders just coming into bloom; with the life plant lifting its stately bells, and with the sight of the King’s beautiful head always away in front, 3 carriages ahead. Then the drive home was even better, for John Wayland and I talked alone, and he said that his father had said of the King that the King stands for the same things that Lincoln stands for— that he is of the same greatness, and it is very true [MTP: IVL TS 35].