Saturday, 14 January 1860
Sent letters to Mrs. A. Tennyson, & Holman Hunt. F.L., & Lord Stanley
Rose earlish. Wrote a good deal. ― Worked at Palermo by fits & starts. Dr. Kennedy & Stansfeld called. Letters from F.L. S.W.C. Macbean, & Lord Stanley.
Called on P. Williams. At 4 on Isabella K. ― where was Duchess Sermoneta, & Mrs. Caldwell. ― Walked on Pincian. Dined at Table d’hôte. ― More came & had coffee.
Penned out Baalbek.
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]