I really appreciate your description, A. Hamilton. I had been woefully confused and your offering is the best I've ran across so far, even ten years later. Thanks!
Will, whom I used to call two or three times in a morning...
In most jobs today that would get you fired. Is it normal for people to be so lenient with their servants back then? Is it Will's young age that excuses him? Or our Sam's young age, for that matter?
I don't know anything about architecture but could the "boring holes" already have been there, maybe from the construction? I sure enjoy reading these annotations; thank you all.
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Second Reading
About Thursday 9 October 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
I wonder why Sam mentioned where Will slept?
About Wednesday 8 October 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
A busy day for Sam and our annotators!
About Sunday 28 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
"For the first fifteen months of the diary Sam usually mentions his parents in tandem..."
Thank you for putting this in perspective, Pauline. I was quite lost.
About Friday 26 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
A.Hamilton on 27 Sep 2005 • Link • Flag
Sam's house & the Navy
Although Sam constantly refers to "my workmen..."
I really appreciate your description, A. Hamilton. I had been woefully confused and your offering is the best I've ran across so far, even ten years later. Thanks!
About Sunday 21 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
Thank you, Terry Foreman; I wondered at the Portuguese mass.
About Sunday 14 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
Toast, bread baked before the fire...
Good job, Bill!
I'm curious if the peeping-servant is going to be punished at all.
About Tuesday 2 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
Thank you, JayW.
About Tuesday 2 September 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
Was a "mistress" the same then as it is now?
About Thursday 28 August 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
Will, whom I used to call two or three times in a morning...
In most jobs today that would get you fired. Is it normal for people to be so lenient with their servants back then? Is it Will's young age that excuses him? Or our Sam's young age, for that matter?
About Friday 22 August 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
These annotations are a joy; I'm sure half of Sam's meanings would be lost on me without you all.
About Monday 30 June 1662
Bridget Davis • Link
I don't know anything about architecture but could the "boring holes" already have been there, maybe from the construction? I sure enjoy reading these annotations; thank you all.
About Thursday 22 March 1659/60
Bridget Davis • Link
Hi Tonyel, you are not alone. I just started about one month ago. I appeciate your insight.