Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
Lady Frances Russell to Samuel Rogers, 16 January 1854
‘Chesham Place: 16th Jan., 1854.
‘Dear Mr.
Rogers,—Your kind note made Lord
John very happy, and me too. What he said was but the truth, and
what you say is one of his pleasantest rewards for the trouble he has taken.
You ought to have told us how you are, and whether as we hope you are coming. I
must thank you for another note which I received some time ago, the kindness of
which touched me deeply.
‘Yours affectionately,
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
English poet, banker, and aesthete, author of the ever-popular
Pleasures of Memory (1792),
Columbus (1810),
Jaqueline (1814), and
Italy (1822-28).
John Russell, first earl Russell (1792-1878)
English statesman, son of John Russell sixth duke of Bedford (1766-1839); he was author
of
Essay on the English Constitution (1821) and
Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe (1824) and was Prime Minister (1865-66).