Samuel Pepys frustration to Pepys. Pepys' diary provides a first-hand account of the Restoration, and it is also notable for its detailed accounts of several major events of the 1660s, along with the lesser known diary of John Evelyn. In particular, it is an invaluable source for the study of the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665–7, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. In relation to the Plague and Fire, C. S. Knighton has written: "From its reporting of these two disasters to the metropolis in which he thrived, Pepys's diary has become a national monument."
Samuel T. Day and died there on December 26, 1877. Samuel T. Day Samuel T. Day (1828 – December 26, 1877) was an American physician, plantation owner, and politician who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Florida, from January 3, 1871 to June 3, 1872. Born in Hanover County, Virginia around 1828, in 1856 Day was a candidate for the state legislature in Columbia County, Florida. Day was a Union supporter during the Civil War. After the war, he helped organize the Republican Party in the state. Day was nominated for the job of U.S. Consul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by President