Tuesday, 24 May 1859
East wind & cold still.
Letters from Ann, Foord’s & Mrs. Bell. ―
Wrote all the morning, & finished the Athos tour.
At lunch John Blencowe came.
Letters from John Cross: ― Maria Hornby: ― Miss Clowes, & Emily Tennyson: Dear old Adml Sc. Phipps has become quite blind. ― Sent letters to G. Scrivens, Ann, & F.L.
Finished my Athos & Troy tour.
At 4¼ walked with Captn Warren ― & back by 6½. ―
Dinner &c.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]