Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries
Lady Frances Russell to Samuel Rogers, 19 June 1850
‘My dear Mr.
Rogers,—You have often, when you were well, made me pass a
pleasant evening; will you allow me—when you feel fit for it—to
prevent you from passing a solitary one? Tuesdays and Fridays I am always in
town, and I shall hope for a summons, though I dare not hope for it soon, as I
know you must be very quiet for some time. I shall only add that, if thinking
of you could have done you good, Lord John
and I should have cured you long ago.
‘Believe me, dear Mr. Rogers, always affectionately
yours,
‘32 Chesham Place: 19th June, 1850.’
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).