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Bridget Davis has posted 32 annotations/comments since 23 March 2013.

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About Tuesday 13 January 1662/63

Bridget Davis  •  Link

This might be one of my favorite entries so far. I found it delightful and full of those details I love so much. I think Sam calling Elizabeth "poor" was in reference to yesterday - he realized that he must have been hard on her, for her to rise at so early (pitch dark).
I don't believe Sam was bragging at all tonight, though he probably will later. He admits that his dining room was too smoky for guests and that must have been embarrassing, especially after all that recent work on the house.
I think that our young man is simply pleased that he threw a successful grown-up dinner party.
And as for Bess? Showing off her newly remodeled house (with substantial dining table and hired chef) might have been one of the nights of her life.
I too was curious on how this party came about. Does anyone recall the date Sam first mentioned it?

About Thursday 8 January 1662/63

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It seems odd to me that Sam (or anyone) would get so excited about a play he had not seen that he would hire a smith to break open a clothes chest just to make it to the theater. Was it because it was opening night?

About Saturday 8 November 1662

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Sam has spoken much of dirt in the house which I would expect during construction. I wonder if the workers are being intentionally messy?

About Tuesday 4 November 1662

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Maurie Beck on 5 Nov 2005 •

"But there will be no great miss of him for all that."

But I do miss him and all the other characters. And I miss myself as well, and I'm not even dead yet.

My feelings exactly, Maurie Beck.

About Tuesday 28 October 1662

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Ridiculous talk...

He so rarely mentions his wife, I have every intention of celebrating when he does. I'm thinking he enjoyed the talk, or he wouldn't have engaged her for one to two hours. :)

About Sunday 26 October 1662

Bridget Davis  •  Link

Thanks, Bill, for the insight that Sam had, in fact, kept a neat dairy today. Many of us have not seen the manuscript to know.