John Evelyn I, Oliver Cromwell's rise and eventual natural death, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Evelyn's posthumously "rival" diarist, Samuel Pepys, wrote a different kind of diary, covering a much shorter period, 1660–1669, but in much greater depth, within the same era. Over the years, Evelyn's Diary has been overshadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life. Born into a family whose wealth was largely founded on gunpowder production, John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey and grew up in Lewes, Sussex. While living in Lewes, in Southover Grange, he was educated at Lewes
Samuel T. Day 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 Ulysses S. Grant in May 1870 and