In the index to the Diary there are one hundred and sixteen pages marked as containing reference of some kind to dinner parties.

The old New York names appear again and again.

H.Brevoort, Chancellor and Mrs.Kent, Mr.and Mrs.
W.B.Astor, Bishop Hobart, C.Brugiere and Miss Brugiere, Robert Maitland, Dr.Wainwright, Mr.and Mrs.Anthon, Judge Spencer, Judge Irving, Dr.Hosack, Peter Jay, P.Schemerhorn.And only the formal dinner parties are indexed.

Aside from them there are scores of allusions to where the diarist dined and who dined with him.

Small wonder that the passing of a cook of unusual abilities was an event to be recorded.