[["1858-10-27","Theodore Roosevelt is born in Manhattan","At 7:45 in the evening, after a labor that began late in the afternoon, Mittie Roosevelt gives birth to her second child, Theodore Jr., at the family's East 20th Street home. Both of the baby's grandmothers are on hand, and Dr. Markoe attends.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-stewart-bulloch","margaret-barnhill-roosevelt","dr-markoe"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1858-10-28","Mittie sizes up her newborn","The day after the birth, Mittie jokes that baby 'Teedie' resembles a terrapin crossed with Dr. Young.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","dr-young"],"York"],["1858-10-29","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"York"],["1858-10-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"York"],["1858-10-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"York"],["1858-12-22","Parents mark five years of marriage","Theodore Sr. and Mittie celebrate their fifth anniversary. They wed on December 22, 1853, after Dr. Hilborne West, whose sister Mary was Weir's wife, brought them together.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","hilborne-west"],"York"],["1858-12-23","The house on East 20th Street","A background note: soon after their marriage the couple settled in 1854 at 28 East 20th Street, the house where Theodore was born.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1859-01-18","Bamie turns four","Roosevelt's big sister Bamie celebrates her fourth birthday. Bright beyond her years, she lives with Pott's disease, a tubercular illness of the spine, and is strapped into a stiff steel-and-leather brace that pins her in place and chafes her back.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1859-01-19","Bamie's brace leaves a wound","The note on Bamie continues: the rigid brace rubs until it opens a painful sore on her back.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1859-01-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-02-14","Oregon joins the Union","Oregon is admitted as the nation's 33rd state while the Roosevelt baby is not yet four months old.",[],"New York City"],["1859-02-28","Settled in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-03-31","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-04-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-05-31","A new doctor for Bamie","Around now Bamie comes under the care of the orthopedist Dr. Charles Fayette Taylor, who is trying a fresh 'movement cure' of therapeutic exercise. She is among his first patients and gets a smaller, lighter brace that lets her move. Theodore Sr. later founds an orthopedic hospital with Taylor in charge.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","charles-fayette-taylor","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York Orthopedic Hospital and Dispensary"],["1859-06-08","Off to the country with Mother","Mittie, Grandmother Bulloch, the baby and nursemaid Dora Watkins head out of the city for the country, while Theodore Sr. and Bamie remain at home. The same day Charles Carow weds Gertrude Tyler in Norwich, Connecticut; they will become Edith Carow's parents.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","martha-stewart-bulloch","dora-watkins","theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","charles-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"New York City"],["1859-06-09","Edith's parents, a note","A follow-on note identifies the newlywed Carows as the future parents of Edith Kermit Carow, Roosevelt's second wife.",["charles-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1859-06-30","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-07-08","Mittie turns 24","Roosevelt's mother Mittie celebrates her 24th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1859-08-01","The baby becomes Teedie","By this point the infant Theodore is going by the family nickname 'Teedie.'",[],"New York City"],["1859-08-22","Grandmother reports on Teedie","Grandmother Bulloch writes to Susan West that little Teedie is still bothered by a milk crust and by teething, but is not really ill.",["martha-stewart-bulloch","susan-elliott-west"],"New York City"],["1859-08-23","A very bright little boy","The same letter goes on to praise Teedie as about the brightest small child the writer has ever known.",["martha-stewart-bulloch","susan-elliott-west"],"New York City"],["1859-08-31","Settled in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-09-22","Father turns 28","Theodore Roosevelt Sr. marks his 28th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1859-09-30","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-10-27","Teedie is one","Roosevelt celebrates his first birthday.",[],"New York City"],["1859-12-01","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1859-12-03","John Brown goes to the gallows","The abolitionist John Brown is executed at Charlestown, Virginia, a sign of the crisis building over slavery.",["john-brown"],"New York City"],["1859-12-22","Sixth anniversary for the parents","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark six years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-01-18","Bamie turns five","Big sister Bamie celebrates her fifth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1860-01-22","Father misses his little helper","Writing to Mittie, Theodore Sr. says he misses the help Teedie gives him at bedtime.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-01-23","Help with the buttons","The letter explains just what Theodore Sr. misses: the toddler's eager help as he undresses each night.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-02-26","A son for the Carows","Gertrude and Charles Carow welcome their first child, a boy, who dies at six months.",["charles-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"New York City"],["1860-02-27","Lincoln speaks at Cooper Union","Abraham Lincoln gives his address at Cooper Union in New York City, not far from the Roosevelt home.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Cooper Union"],["1860-02-29","A baby brother arrives","A new son is born to Theodore Sr. and Mittie in New York, giving Teedie a little brother.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-03-31","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-04-30","Teedie poses in a dress","A photograph is taken of the toddler in a dress and a hat, as was customary for small boys of the day.",[],"New York City"],["1860-05-31","Settled in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-06-30","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-07-08","Mittie turns 25","Mittie Roosevelt celebrates her 25th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-07-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-09-22","Father turns 29","Theodore Sr. marks his 29th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1860-09-30","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-10-27","Teedie turns two","Roosevelt celebrates his second birthday.",[],"New York City"],["1860-11-06","Lincoln wins the White House","Abraham Lincoln is elected to the presidency, the sixteenth man to hold it.",["abraham-lincoln"],"New York City"],["1860-11-30","Settled in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1860-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 7","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 7 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1860-12-31","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1861-01-18","Bamie turns six","Big sister Bamie has her sixth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1861-01-29","Kansas becomes a state","A new state, the 34th, is admitted to the Union.",[],"New York City"],["1861-02-28","Ellie's first birthday","Little brother Elliott, called Ellie, turns one.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-03-01","A house divided over the Union","Writing to Mittie on the eve of war, Theodore Sr. wishes the two of them saw eye to eye on the great national question that splits his Northern loyalties from her Southern ones.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-03-04","Lincoln takes office","Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his first term.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-03-31","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1861-04-12","Guns at Fort Sumter","Confederate batteries open on Fort Sumter, and the Civil War begins.",[],"New York City"],["1861-04-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1861-05-31","Settled in New York City","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1861-07-08","Mittie turns 26","Mittie Roosevelt has her 26th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-07-29","Alice Lee is born","In Boston, Alice Hathaway Lee is born. She will become Roosevelt's first wife.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1861-08-06","Edith Carow is born","Edith Kermit Carow, Roosevelt's future second wife, is born at her mother's family home, the Tyler house in Norwich, Connecticut. The Carows are comfortable: Charles has inherited more than $36,000 and stock in rail lines, canal and bank companies, and gas utilities, and they live on Livingston Place near East 14th Street.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Livingston Place"],["1861-08-07","Neighbors of the Roosevelt clan","A note on the Carow home places it close to the Manhattan mansion of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, Teedie's grandfather.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-09-09","A soldier laddie at the fitting","Aunt Anna writes Mittie about the struggle to fit the squirming Teedie for a Zouave shirt. When told the shirt was for a soldier, the toddler asked if he was one; she said yes and named herself his Captain.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-09-10","Standing still for the Captain","The letter concludes: with his new rank settled, Teedie stood still long enough to be measured.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1861-09-22","Father turns 30","Theodore Sr. marks his 30th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1861-09-27","Corinne is born","A baby sister, Corinne, joins the Roosevelt household.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1861-10-27","Teedie turns three","Roosevelt celebrates his third birthday.",[],"New York City"],["1861-10-31","Father heads to Washington; asthma begins","Theodore Sr. goes to Washington to push for a law letting Union soldiers set aside part of their pay for their families, and serves as one of three allotment commissioners with Theodore B. Bronson and William E. Dodge. He hires a substitute to serve in the army. About now Teedie's asthma starts. When Port Royal falls to the North, Grandmama weeps for three days.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","theodore-b-bronson","william-e-dodge","martha-stewart-bulloch"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-11-01","Grandmama's Southern loyalty","Grandmama Bulloch's lament continues: she would sooner lie in a common grave than see the South rejoin the Union.",["martha-stewart-bulloch"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-11-13","Full of mischief and a cold","Mittie tells her husband that Teedie is loving and sweet but getting into everything and in need of his father's firm hand. He also has a bad cold.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-11-30","North and South under one roof","With Theodore Sr. loyal to the Union and Mittie's family devoted to the South, the Roosevelt home is split by the war.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-12-08","Two fathers, says Teedie","Teedie informs Bamie that he has two fathers, his Papa and one in Heaven. Asked by Mittie how he knew, he points to the prayer his father says each morning.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-12-09","A long night with a sick boy","Mittie writes Theodore Sr. that Teedie was ill overnight and she got up to him six or seven times; she plans a dose of magnesia if he does not improve.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 8","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 8 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1861-12-31","Duty or family","Theodore Sr. tells Mittie it pains him to be away from the children so often, yet without the allotment work he feels he ought to be gone entirely, in the army.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-01-01","Father explains the allotment work","In a long New Year's letter to Mittie, Theodore Sr. lays out his allotment commission work in detail.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-01-02","Source note on the allotment letter","This date carries only the citation for the previous day's letter.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-01-08","A toothache in his stomach","Teedie comes down in the morning looking glum and announces a toothache in his stomach. His frailty has relatives fearing he may not survive the year.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-01-11","Worry from a Union camp","Writing from an army camp, Theodore Sr. frets over Teedie's illness and wonders whether the house furnace is keeping the children from good health, pinning hopes on summer.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-01-18","Bamie turns seven","Bamie celebrates her seventh birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1862-02-05","An evening at the White House","Theodore Sr. receives an invitation to Mrs. Lincoln's ball and goes.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","mary-todd-lincoln"],"White House"],["1862-02-25","Ellie turns two","Brother Ellie has his second birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Milan"],["1862-02-28","Ellie outtalks his brother","Two-year-old Ellie speaks more plainly than Teedie. Elsewhere, Edith Carow's grandfather Daniel Tyler becomes a brigadier general of volunteers and is sent to the Army of the Mississippi.",["elliott-roosevelt","daniel-tyler"],"Milan"],["1862-04-06","Shopping with Mrs. Lincoln; Shiloh","Theodore Sr. accompanies Mrs. Lincoln on a shopping trip as the Battle of Shiloh opens in Tennessee.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","mary-todd-lincoln"],"Shiloh"],["1862-04-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1862-05-31","Father returns from the camps","Theodore Sr. comes back to New York from his rounds of the army camps.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1862-06-30","The dough-throwing escape","The children grow up on Mittie's, Aunt Anna's and Grandmama's tales of plantation life at Roswell and the Br'er Rabbit stories, and act out tableaux. Teedie bites Bamie's arm, then hides under the kitchen table with dough from the cook. His father finds him, chases him to the stairs and punishes him.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","martha-stewart-bulloch","anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr","joel-chandler-harris"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1862-07-08","Mittie turns 27","Mittie celebrates her 27th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1862-07-29","Alice Lee turns one","Alice Lee, Roosevelt's future first wife, has her first birthday in Boston.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1862-07-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1862-08-06","Edith turns one","Edith Carow, Roosevelt's future second wife, has her first birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1862-09-17","Antietam","Union and Confederate armies clash at Antietam Creek in Maryland.",[],"Antietam"],["1862-09-22","Father's birthday and emancipation","Theodore Sr. turns 31 on the day Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, set to take effect on New Year's Day, 1863.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","abraham-lincoln"],"Antietam"],["1862-09-27","Corinne turns one","Baby sister Corinne has her first birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Antietam"],["1862-10-27","A birthday supper and a big laugh","For Teedie's fourth birthday the family gives a supper party. He announces that he likes chicken, roast beef and all good things more than salt water, and the laughter leaves him puffed up for days.",[],"Antietam"],["1862-12-13","Fredericksburg","Union and Confederate armies collide at Fredericksburg, Virginia.",[],"Fredericksburg"],["1862-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 9","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 9 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Fredericksburg"],["1862-12-31","Sunday school and blockade boxes","The children go to Sunday school at the Madison Square Presbyterian church led by Dr. Adams. With Theodore Sr. away, Mittie and Aunt Annie have them fill parcels of small comforts meant to slip through the Union blockade to the South.",["dr-adams","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Madison Square Presbyterian Church"],["1863-01-18","Bamie turns eight","Bamie celebrates her eighth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Madison Square Presbyterian Church"],["1863-01-31","Aunt Annie's schoolroom","Aunt Annie Bulloch teaches the children at home in return for her room and board. Teedie finds a glass prism that has dropped from the chandelier and hides it away as a prize.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Madison Square Presbyterian Church"],["1863-02-28","Ellie turns three","Ellie celebrates his third birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Madison Square Presbyterian Church"],["1863-03-31","First steps into books","Teedie starts to read, poring over David Livingstone's African travels.",["david-livingstone"],"Madison Square Presbyterian Church"],["1863-05-02","Chancellorsville","Far from the Roosevelt nursery, armies meet at Chancellorsville, Virginia.",[],"Chancellorsville"],["1863-05-31","Summer by the shore at Long Branch","The family heads to Long Branch, New Jersey, for the summer, where Mittie undergoes ether treatments for her health.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-06-20","West Virginia is admitted","West Virginia is admitted, bringing the count of states to 35.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-06-22","Hurried off for his health","Teedie is rushed to the city and then on to Saratoga in hope of easing his illness.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-06-30","Gasping in his father's arms","Looking back years later, Roosevelt recalls his asthma-ridden boyhood: trips in search of air he could breathe, and nights when his father paced the room carrying him while both parents tried to help him breathe.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-07-01","Gettysburg and Vicksburg","The decisive battles of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and Vicksburg in Mississippi rage through July 4.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-07-08","Mittie turns 28","Mittie celebrates her 28th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-07-12","Riots over the draft","Violence against the military draft breaks out in New York City.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-07-28","Alice Lee turns two","Alice Lee has her second birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1863-07-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1863-08-06","Edith turns two","Edith Carow has her second birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1863-09-22","Father's birthday; Chickamauga","Theodore Sr. turns 32 as the Battle of Chickamauga is fought in Georgia.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Chickamauga"],["1863-09-27","Corinne turns two","Corinne has her second birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Chickamauga"],["1863-09-30","Posed with a fur hat","Teedie stands for a portrait holding a fur hat, dressed in billowing Zouave trousers, a tie and a dark cutaway coat, his longish hair parted down the middle.",[],"Chickamauga"],["1863-10-27","Teedie turns five","Roosevelt celebrates his fifth birthday.",[],"Chickamauga"],["1863-10-31","The Russian Ball","Theodore Sr., Mittie and Aunt Anna go to New York's 'Russian Ball,' given for the Russian ambassador.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1863-11-19","The Gettysburg Address","At the dedication of the soldiers' cemetery in Pennsylvania, Abraham Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Gettysburg"],["1863-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 10","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 10 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Gettysburg"],["1863-12-25","Stockings on the big bed","Roosevelt's later memory of Christmas mornings: stockings borrowed from the grown-ups, opened before dawn on his parents' bed, and each child's larger gifts waiting on a separate table in the drawing room after breakfast.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Gettysburg"],["1863-12-31","Pocket treasures and the cubby-hole","When Theodore Sr. emptied his pockets the children got to play with whatever came out. Roosevelt later remembered the family's morning prayers, and the race at the stair foot to claim the snug spot beside Father on the sofa.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-01-01","A New Year's party","Theodore Sr. and Mittie host a large party to welcome 1864.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-01-18","Bamie turns nine","Bamie has her ninth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-02-28","Ellie turns four","Ellie celebrates his fourth birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-02-29","Afraid of the 'zeal'","A Bible verse from John, chapter 2, about zeal for God's house eating one up frightens Teedie, who imagines the 'zeal' as a beast hiding in churches. He later tells the story in his third Earl Lecture in March 1911, printed in Realizable Ideals (1912). Edith's grandmother, Emily Lee Tyler, dies.",["emily-lee-tyler"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-04-01","The best man he ever knew","In later life Roosevelt sums up his father as the finest man he knew, strong and brave yet gentle and generous, and intolerant of selfishness, cruelty, idleness, cowardice or lying in his children.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Gettysburg"],["1864-04-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are living in New York City; the record lists only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1864-05-31","Summer at Loantaka","The Roosevelts spend the summer at Loantaka in New Jersey. Roosevelt later remembered how the children adored the country, disliked the city, and hated the autumn move back to town.",[],"New York City"],["1864-07-09","Mittie turns 29","Mittie celebrates her 29th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1864-07-29","Alice Lee turns three","Alice Lee has her third birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1864-08-05","Mobile Bay","Union ships fight their way into Mobile Bay.",[],"Loantaka"],["1864-08-06","Edith turns three","Edith Carow has her third birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1864-09-01","Sherman takes Atlanta","Union forces under William T. Sherman occupy Atlanta.",["william-t-sherman"],"Loantaka"],["1864-09-22","Father turns 33","Theodore Sr. marks his 33rd birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Loantaka"],["1864-09-27","Corinne turns three","Corinne has her third birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Loantaka"],["1864-10-27","Teedie turns six","Roosevelt celebrates his sixth birthday.",[],"Loantaka"],["1864-10-31","Grandmama Bulloch dies","Roosevelt's grandmother, Martha Bulloch, dies at 65. Nevada is admitted as the 36th state.",["martha-stewart-bulloch"],"Nevada"],["1864-11-07","Lincoln wins a second term","Abraham Lincoln is reelected President.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Nevada"],["1864-12-22","Anniversary as Sherman reaches the sea","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark eleven years of marriage while William T. Sherman's army arrives at Savannah, Georgia, Mittie's home ground.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","william-t-sherman"],"Savannah"],["1864-12-31","A new top floor at home","Decorator Leon Marcotte remodels the family house at 28 East 20th Street, adding a fourth story.",["leon-marcotte"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1865-01-18","Bamie turns 10","Bamie has a birthday, turning 10.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1865-01-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1865-02-28","Ellie turns 5","Ellie has a birthday, turning 5.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1865-03-04","Lincoln's second inauguration","Abraham Lincoln is sworn in for a second term.",["abraham-lincoln"],"New York City"],["1865-04-03","Richmond falls","Union troops enter Richmond, the Confederate capital.",[],"Richmond"],["1865-04-09","Lee surrenders at Appomattox","Confederate General Robert E. Lee gives up his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.",["robert-e-lee"],"Appomattox Court House"],["1865-04-14","Lincoln is shot","An assassin kills Abraham Lincoln in Washington, and Andrew Johnson becomes President.",["abraham-lincoln","andrew-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1865-04-18","Edith gains a sister","Emily Carow, Edith's younger sister, is born.",["emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1865-04-25","Watching Lincoln's funeral from the window","Lincoln's funeral cortege rolls past Grandfather Roosevelt's Union Square mansion, and a Brady photograph catches Teedie and Ellie at an upstairs window. When little Edith Carow begins crying, scared by the black mourning drapery everywhere, the boys shut her in a closet.",["elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt","abraham-lincoln","mathew-brady"],"Union Square"],["1865-04-30","The Carows' nurse","Mary Ledwith, known as 'Mame,' is the nurse in the Carow household.",["mary-ledwith"],"Union Square"],["1865-05-26","The last Confederate army gives up","The final Confederate army surrenders at Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Civil War ends.",[],"Shreveport"],["1865-05-31","Southern cousins at Loantaka","At Loantaka, New Jersey, the Roosevelts host Aunt Lucy Elliott with her children Maud and Johnny, who spent the war in Georgia. Lucy's husband Dan Elliott died of tuberculosis during the war; years before, he had killed a man in a duel.",["lucy-elliott","maud-elliott","john-elliott","daniel-elliott"],"Loantaka"],["1865-07-08","Mittie turns 30","Mittie celebrates her 30th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1865-07-13","Barnum's Museum burns","P. T. Barnum's American Museum on the corner of Broadway and Park Place is destroyed by fire.",["p-t-barnum"],"Loantaka"],["1865-07-29","Alice Lee turns 4","Alice Lee has a birthday, turning 4.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1865-08-06","Edith Carow turns 4","Edith Carow has a birthday, turning 4.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1865-09-22","Father turns 34","Theodore Sr. marks his 34th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Loantaka"],["1865-09-27","Corinne turns 4","Corinne has a birthday, turning 4.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Loantaka"],["1865-10-27","Teedie turns seven","Roosevelt celebrates his seventh birthday.",[],"Loantaka"],["1865-11-05","Uncle Irvine's raider reaches Liverpool","The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah sails into Liverpool. Her sailing master is Irvine Bulloch, Mittie's brother and Teedie's uncle.",["irvine-bulloch"],"CSS Shenandoah"],["1865-11-06","Shenandoah handed to the British","The Shenandoah is surrendered to British authorities.",[],"CSS Shenandoah"],["1865-11-13","Barnum reopens","Barnum's replacement museum opens its doors on Broadway at Prince Street.",["p-t-barnum"],"New York City"],["1865-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 12","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 12 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1865-12-31","School, a wedding and Kipling-style tales","Teedie and Ellie have a brief spell at a 20th Street school run by Professor McMullen. Aunt Anna Bulloch marries James K. Gracie. Teedie entertains Ellie and Corinne with animal yarns of his own making.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie","professor-mcmullen"],"McMullen's Academy"],["1866-01-18","Bamie turns 11","Bamie has a birthday, turning 11.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"McMullen's Academy"],["1866-01-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1866-02-28","Ellie turns six","Ellie celebrates his sixth birthday at home in New York.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1866-03-31","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1866-04-30","A seal skull starts a museum","Spotting a dead seal at a Broadway market, Teedie is given its skull, the first prize of his 'Roosevelt Museum of Natural History.' He writes nature essays, including one on the 'Foregoing Ant' after misreading 'foregoing' in a book as the name of a species.",[],"Broadway"],["1866-05-31","Conie claims the pony","A Shetland pony called Grant arrives for the children. When Theodore Sr. asks who will ride first, Ellie and Teedie hang back and Conie leaps on, so the pony becomes hers. At Loantaka, the Elliott cousins and their mother come to stay.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","lucy-elliott","maud-elliott","john-elliott"],"Loantaka"],["1866-06-01","Elliott cousins return","Aunt Lucy and her children pay another visit.",["lucy-elliott","maud-elliott","john-elliott"],"Loantaka"],["1866-06-30","Readers, magazines and a shared classroom","The children love the McGuffey Readers and 'Our Young Folks' magazine. Aunt Annie teaches the Carow children alongside the Roosevelts; the Carows, cutting costs, now live with Aunt Ann Eliza, widow of Robert Kermit, whose house backs onto Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt's on Union Square.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","ann-eliza-kermit","cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1866-07-08","Mittie turns 31","Mittie celebrates her 31st birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1866-07-29","Alice Lee turns 5","Alice Lee has a birthday, turning 5.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1866-08-06","Edith Carow turns 5","Edith Carow has a birthday, turning 5.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Loantaka"],["1866-08-31","Uncle Irvine slips into town","Uncle Irvine Bulloch, the former Confederate officer, quietly enters New York and meets his sisters, Mittie and Anna, for a rendezvous in Central Park. At home, Mittie refreshes the 20th Street house with new wallpaper and upholstery, and dresses almost always in white. The Roosevelt children spend many hours playing at the Carows'.",["irvine-bulloch","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Loantaka"],["1866-09-22","Father turns 35","Theodore Sr. marks his 35th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Loantaka"],["1866-09-27","Corinne turns 5","Corinne has a birthday, turning 5.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Loantaka"],["1866-10-27","Teedie turns eight","Roosevelt celebrates his eighth birthday.",[],"Loantaka"],["1866-10-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1866-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 13","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 13 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1866-12-31","Birthdays with Father; a new portrait","Theodore Sr. makes each child's birthday a day of special attention, riding with Corinne and reading poems with her. Teedie sits for another photograph beside the fringed chair from his portrait at five, now shorter-haired in a dark suit and hat.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1867-01-18","Bamie turns 12","Bamie has a birthday, turning 12.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1867-02-28","Ellie turns 7","Ellie has a birthday, turning 7.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1867-03-01","Nebraska joins the Union","Nebraska is admitted as the 37th state.",[],"Nebraska"],["1867-03-02","Reconstruction by military district","Congress passes the Reconstruction Act, splitting the former Confederacy into five military districts.",[],"Nebraska"],["1867-04-30","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1867-05-31","Summer on the Hudson; a second pony","The family rents John Aspinwall's house at Barrytown-on-Hudson for the summer. Teedie writes to his old nurse Dora Watkins that a second pony has arrived, which Ellie rides, and that he himself nearly took a spill. New York opens its first elevated line on Greenwich Street, and the Carows summer with Grandfather Tyler at Red Bank.",["john-aspinwall","dora-watkins","elliott-roosevelt","daniel-tyler"],"New York City"],["1867-07-08","Mittie turns 32","Mittie celebrates her 32nd birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1867-07-29","Alice Lee turns 6","Alice Lee has a birthday, turning 6.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1867-08-06","Edith Carow turns 6","Edith Carow has a birthday, turning 6.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1867-09-22","Father turns 36","Theodore Sr. marks his 36th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Barrytown"],["1867-09-27","Corinne turns 6","Corinne has a birthday, turning 6.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Barrytown"],["1867-09-30","A quiet stretch in New York City","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1867-10-27","Teedie turns nine","Roosevelt celebrates his ninth birthday.",[],"New York City"],["1867-10-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1867-12-22","Parents' anniversary, year 14","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark 14 years since their wedding.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1867-12-31","A garbled note on Louisa May Alcott","The record's only line for this date names Louisa May Alcott, but the text is too garbled to say what it reports.",["louisa-may-alcott"],"New York City"],["1868-01-18","Bamie turns 13","Bamie has a birthday, turning 13.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1868-02-25","Stevens brings impeachment to the Senate","Representative Thaddeus Stevens carries the House's impeachment of President Andrew Johnson to the Senate.",["thaddeus-stevens","andrew-johnson"],"New York City"],["1868-02-28","Ellie turns 8","Ellie has a birthday, turning 8.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1868-02-29","Johnson faces trial","The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson gets under way.",["andrew-johnson"],"New York City"],["1868-03-02","Barnum's museum burns again","Barnum's Broadway showplace at Prince Street goes up in flames, less than three years after the first one was lost.",["p-t-barnum"],"New York City"],["1868-03-31","Lessons and pickles at Aunt Annie's","School for Teedie, Ellie, Conie and the Carow girls Edith and Emily moves to Aunt Annie Gracie's furnished rooms on Fourth Avenue, where she sets out open-air meals of green pickles and cold lamb. Late in April Mittie heads to Savannah with Theodore Sr. and Conie and visits Roswell, the plantation where she grew up.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1868-04-28","His earliest letters that survive","The oldest Roosevelt letters still in existence date from today: notes from Teedie to his mother, to Conie and to his father, who are away in the South.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1868-04-29","Four pet mice","Already drawn to animals, Teedie keeps four mice, two white and two brown.",[],"Bulloch Hall"],["1868-04-30","A request for supple jacks","Teedie writes his father asking for 'supple jacks' and reports that one of the brown mice has been crushed.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1868-05-26","Johnson acquitted","The Senate votes to acquit President Andrew Johnson.",["andrew-johnson"],"Bulloch Hall"],["1868-05-31","Back to Barrytown","The family again spends the summer at John Aspinwall's house in Barrytown-on-Hudson.",["john-aspinwall"],"Aspinwall house"],["1868-06-30","A boy's bookshelf","Teedie devours Robinson Crusoe, Mayne Reid's adventures, Little Women and Little Men, Swiss Family Robinson, Homes Without Hands, The Saga of King Olaf and the magazine 'Our Young Folks', and writes his own book, 'Natural History on Insects.'",["mayne-reid","louisa-may-alcott"],"Barrytown"],["1868-07-08","Mittie turns 33","Mittie celebrates her 33rd birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1868-07-29","Alice Lee turns 7","Alice Lee has a birthday, turning 7.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-06","Edith Carow turns 7","Edith Carow has a birthday, turning 7.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-10","Teedie begins a diary","At Barrytown, Teedie opens his first diary. He notes that his aunt and Uncle Jimmy Gracie left that evening, and records a bout of asthma.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie"],"Aspinwall house"],["1868-08-11","Rain, and the nurse leaves","A wet day. Dora Watkins, the children's nurse, has to go into New York City.",["dora-watkins"],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-12","Two rides on Grant","Teedie rides the pony Grant both before and after breakfast.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-13","A quiet day","Teedie's diary reports that nothing worth mentioning took place.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-14","Billy goes down in harness","Teedie rides Grant. The cart horse Billy collapses in the shafts.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-15","Playing store","The children play store and 'baby,' and Teedie spends time writing, reading and drawing.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-16","Church, then idleness","Sunday: Teedie goes to church and, by his own account, does nothing at all after lunch.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-17","A hidden house in the woods","Exploring the woods, the children stumble on a small house.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-18","Six miles to Cruger's Island","Teedie rides Grant six miles to Cruger's Island.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-19","Wading in the brook","The children spend the day playing in the brook.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-20","Early ride and a visitor","Teedie makes a six-mile ride before breakfast, and Annie Platt arrives.",["annie-platt"],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-21","Brook by day, games by night","Another day of splashing in the brook, followed by games after supper.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-22","Watching wildlife at the pond","Teedie heads to the brook and studies the animals around a pond.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-08-24","A lost book and talk of birds","Teedie loses his book, which turns up again by September 4, and writes about birds.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-04","Swallows gathering to leave","Teedie's diary records a cold, rainy day and some 75 swallows in the house as they gather to fly south. Cousin Jimmy arrives back from Niagara Falls and the boys play fort for the rest of the day.",["cousin-jimmy"],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-05","Tracking a weasel and a fox","Teedie and Cousin Jimmy find a weasel's hole and a fox's den, then take a long walk.",["cousin-jimmy"],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-06","The first diary ends","Teedie's first diary closes on this date.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-22","Father turns 37","Theodore Sr. marks his 37th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-27","Corinne turns 7","Corinne has a birthday, turning 7.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Barrytown"],["1868-09-30","Uncle Rob's second household","Without the knowledge of his wife, Aunt Lizzie Ellis, Uncle Robert Roosevelt maintains a mistress, Minnie O'Shea, under the name 'Mrs. Robert F. Fortescue,' just down the street.",["robert-barnwell-roosevelt","elizabeth-ellis-roosevelt","minnie-o-shea"],"Barrytown"],["1868-10-27","Teedie turns ten","Roosevelt celebrates his tenth birthday.",[],"Barrytown"],["1868-11-03","Grant wins the presidency","Voters send Ulysses S. Grant to the White House.",["ulysses-s-grant"],"Barrytown"],["1868-12-22","Parents' 15th anniversary","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark fifteen years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Barrytown"],["1868-12-31","A stay in Philadelphia","Mittie brings Teedie to Philadelphia to visit her half-sister Susan and Susan's husband, Dr. Hilborne West.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","susan-elliott-west","hilborne-west"],"Philadelphia"],["1869-01-18","Bamie turns 14","Bamie has her 14th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Philadelphia"],["1869-01-31","Home in Manhattan","The Roosevelts are in New York City; the record gives only the family's whereabouts for this date.",[],"New York City"],["1869-02-28","Ellie turns nine; Central Park done","Ellie celebrates his ninth birthday, and work on Central Park is finished.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Central Park"],["1869-03-04","Grant takes the oath","Ulysses S. Grant is inaugurated as the 18th President.",["ulysses-s-grant"],"New York City"],["1869-04-08","A charter for the museum in the parlor","Around now a charter is approved for the American Museum of Natural History, an institution born in the front parlor of the Roosevelts' East 20th Street house.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1869-04-30","Forty pages on bugs and fish","Teedie fills about 40 pages with natural history notes under the title 'About Insects and Fishes.'",[],"28 East 20th Street"],["1869-05-01","'We 3' and the 'big people'","As the family readies for Europe, Aunt Anna, now married to James Gracie, will stay behind. Bamie counts as a grown-up even in the eyes of her siblings, and Teedie explains his shorthand: the three younger children versus the adults.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1869-05-10","Rails join at Promontory","The transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory, Utah, while the Roosevelts prepare in New York for their voyage.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-11","Last day before sailing","The family is still in New York City on the eve of departure.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-12","Sailing for Europe on the Scotia","Teedie's travel journal begins as the family boards Cunard's paddle-wheeler Scotia, then the fastest ship to Europe. He weeps a good deal on the way to the docks. With nursemaid Mary Ann the party numbers seven, and by bedtime he is seasick.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","mary-ann"],"New York City"],["1869-05-13","Sick at breakfast, bored at sea","Teedie spots two ships and some fish, is ill at breakfast, finds the voyage dull, and spends the day reading and playing with Ellie and Conie.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1869-05-14","Porpoises off the bow","Three ships and a school of porpoises pass by; Teedie fills the day with play, reading and writing.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-15","Dolphins and sails","Dolphins appear and two ships are spotted.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-16","Too ill for Sunday service","Teedie is sick and homesick and misses the Sunday service. Mittie writes of a steward feeding him on deck, and of grubby carpets on an otherwise tidy ship.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1869-05-17","Fish and new friends","Teedie sees two ships and lots of fish, and makes friends with some boys on board.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-18","Into the Gulf Stream","The Scotia crosses the Gulf Stream, and Teedie gets to know a West Indian passenger, Mr. St. John.",["mr-st-john"],"New York City"],["1869-05-19","A shark sighting","A day of reading and play, with two ships, a shark, fish and gulls to watch.",[],"New York City"],["1869-05-20","Passing the Tunis","The steamer Tunis is sighted, and Teedie talks again with Mr. St. John.",["mr-st-john"],"New York City"],["1869-05-21","Landfall at Liverpool","At 4 a.m. the ship calls at Queenstown, Ireland, then crosses the Irish Sea to Liverpool. Mittie marvels that amid the bustle of customs, Teedie sits reading a book.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-22","Bulloch cousins in Liverpool","Teedie meets his Bulloch cousins, and the children race around the hotel.",[],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-23","Church with the Sears family","The Roosevelts attend church with the Sears family and walk in the Botanic Park. Ella Sears is engaged to 27-year-old Uncle Irvine Bulloch.",["ella-sears","irvine-bulloch"],"Botanic Park"],["1869-05-24","Out to Waterloo on the Queen's birthday","The family travels about five miles to Waterloo, home of Uncle James Dunwoody Bulloch, on Queen Victoria's 50th birthday.",["james-bulloch","queen-victoria"],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-25","A canary in the park","The children play in the park, and Teedie sees a canary.",[],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-26","Reading and drawing with cousins","Teedie plays with his cousins and passes time reading, writing and drawing, while Papa visits the Darbys.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-27","Sharp words with Jefferson Davis's son","Visiting his cousins' school at Waterloo, Teedie meets a son of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and the boys trade sharp words.",["jefferson-davis"],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-28","Parents to Chester, children to the park","Theodore Sr. and Mittie go to Chester while the three younger children visit Princes Park and trade funny rhymes.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Princes Park"],["1869-05-29","Donkey rides and a cut leg","At Southport with his cousins, Teedie rides donkeys and gashes his leg vaulting a fence.",[],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-30","A sore leg in church","Teedie goes to church, nursing the leg he cut the day before.",[],"Liverpool"],["1869-05-31","An outing to Chatsworth","The family takes the train some 80 miles to Chatsworth, the Duke of Devonshire's estate, in company with Ella Sears and Uncle Irvine, stopping at the Peacock Inn and the Edensor Hotel. Conie has a fright. Back home, the Alabama claims dispute simmers as the U.S. seeks damages from Britain.",["irvine-bulloch","ella-sears","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Liverpool"],["1869-06-01","A walk with Conie and a castle visit","Ten-year-old Roosevelt strolls with his little sister Conie, stops to admire some puppies, and sees Haddon Hall, an old castle dating to the 11th century, before the family returns to the Chatsworth Hotel in Liverpool.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Liverpool"],["1869-06-02","By rail to the ruins of Furness Abbey","The family rides the train to the ruined Furness Abbey, getting in after nightfall. The diary names the Roosevelts' hired valet, Noel Paovitch.",["noel-paovitch"],"Liverpool"],["1869-06-03","Exploring the abbey, then on to Ambleside","Roosevelt pokes around the abbey ruins and an old water tower, then the family travels by rail and carriage to Ambleside in the Lake District.",[],"Ambleside"],["1869-06-04","Lake Windermere, a dancing bear, and asthma","At Ambleside, Roosevelt visits Lake Windermere, watches a dancing bear, and goes to church. That night his asthma flares.",[],"Ambleside"],["1869-06-05","Rainy journey north to Edinburgh","Through the rain the family takes a coach to Keswick and then the railway cars to Edinburgh. Roosevelt notes in his diary that they \"romped.\"",[],"Edinburgh"],["1869-06-06","Sunday church and a climb on the crags","Roosevelt goes to church in Edinburgh on Sunday and later scrambles up the crags above the city.",[],"Edinburgh"],["1869-06-07","Climbing Arthur's Seat with his parents","The family drives to Arthur's Seat, and Roosevelt climbs the hill with his father, his mother Mittie, and his older sister Bamie. He buys himself a sweet cracker.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Edinburgh"],["1869-06-08","A visit to Sir Walter Scott's home","Roosevelt, his parents and Bamie take the train to Abbotsford, the house of the novelist Sir Walter Scott, and also see the ruins of Melrose Abbey.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","walter-scott"],"Edinburgh"],["1869-06-09","Roslin castle, chapel and a solo lunch","From Edinburgh the family heads out to Roslin, where Roosevelt sees the castle, its dungeons and a chapel, then buys his lunch and eats it on his own.",[],"Edinburgh"],["1869-06-10","To Stirling Castle by rail","The family takes the train to Stirling and its castle.",[],"Stirling Castle"],["1869-06-11","Through the Trossachs to Glasgow","Roosevelt travels through the Trossachs pass and past Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond on the way to Glasgow. The scenery calls to mind Scott's poem \"The Lady of the Lake.\"",[],"Glasgow"],["1869-06-12","A long, grimy train ride to York","An eight-hour rail trip of roughly 140 to 160 miles brings the family to York. Worn out and grubby, Roosevelt leaves the cathedral before seeing all of it.",[],"Glasgow"],["1869-06-13","Bible reading and York's Roman walls","Skipping church, Roosevelt reads the Bible indoors, then walks along York's old Roman walls and crosses the River Ouse by ferry.",[],"York"],["1869-06-14","Rowing on the Ouse and rock candy","Roosevelt and his brother Ellie row on the River Ouse. Later he and Conie visit a museum by themselves, and two shillings go to rock candy.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"York"],["1869-06-15","A long rail day to Leamington","The family spends six or seven hours on the train to Leamington, and Roosevelt picks up a book at a station along the way.",[],"Leamington"],["1869-06-16","Warwick Castle and its Saxon giant","From Leamington, Roosevelt visits Warwick Castle, with its legend of a Saxon giant.",[],"Leamington"],["1869-06-17","Back to Warwick with the valet","Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie return to Warwick with the family valet and play in a garden.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Leamington"],["1869-06-18","Rain, then garden play","It rains in Leamington, and in the afternoon Roosevelt plays outside in the garden.",[],"Leamington"],["1869-06-19","Archery and colleges at Oxford","The family travels by train to Oxford, where Roosevelt sees an archery match and the university's colleges.",[],"Liverpool"],["1869-06-20","Headache and a squabble in Oxford","Roosevelt goes to church in Oxford with a headache. When Conie and Ellie make a racket to annoy him, Bamie puts a stop to it.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oxford"],["1869-06-21","Arriving in London by hansom cab","The family moves on to London, the three younger children traveling ahead with the valet. Roosevelt, still nursing a headache, gets a ride in a hansom cab.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"London"],["1869-06-22","Let down by the London zoo","At the Zoological Gardens in London, Roosevelt is disappointed to find mostly the same creatures he could see at any other menagerie.",[],"London Zoo"],["1869-06-23","A second, happier zoo visit","Roosevelt goes back to the London zoo and this time is pleased, finding some rarer animals.",[],"London Zoo"],["1869-06-24","Fishing in Hyde Park and Punch and Judy","In Hyde Park, Roosevelt and Conie haul tiny fish out of the lake. He and Ellie then go to a riding school, and the children catch a Punch and Judy show.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Hyde Park"],["1869-06-25","Zoo, riding lessons, another headache","Roosevelt spends the morning at the zoo and the afternoon at riding school, and is troubled again by a headache.",[],"London Zoo"],["1869-06-26","Healthy lungs, then thrown at riding school","A London doctor examines Roosevelt and pronounces his lungs sound. At riding school the same day, he is thrown from his mount.",[],"London"],["1869-06-27","Sunday at Westminster Abbey","Roosevelt attends church at Westminster Abbey and looks at the tombs.",[],"Westminster Abbey"],["1869-06-28","Hyde Park and the waxworks","The three youngest Roosevelts play in Hyde Park and then visit a waxworks exhibit.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Hyde Park"],["1869-06-29","Another day of play in Hyde Park","Roosevelt spends the day playing in Hyde Park.",[],"Hyde Park"],["1869-06-30","Boats in Hyde Park, then the British Museum","Roosevelt watches boats on the water in Hyde Park and then goes to the British Museum. A letter his mother wrote around this time survives in print.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"British Museum"],["1869-07-01","Separated from the nursemaid in Hyde Park","Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie head to Hyde Park in the care of Mary Ann, lose track of her, and make their own way home.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","mary-ann"],"Hyde Park"],["1869-07-02","Indoor play and the British Museum","Roosevelt plays inside the hotel, spends time in Hyde Park, and then visits the British Museum with the valet.",[],"British Museum"],["1869-07-03","Asthma sends him to the seaside at Hastings","Roosevelt's asthma grows so severe that his father takes him to Hastings on the coast, where they walk the beach and see the castle.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Hastings"],["1869-07-04","A gloomy Independence Day by the sea","In Hastings, Roosevelt goes to church and walks along the cliffs, but it is a dreary Fourth of July. His asthma is so bad he lacks the breath to blow out his candle.",[],"Hastings"],["1869-07-05","Breakfast alone and a croquet win","Roosevelt has breakfast by himself in Hastings, goes out with his father to a spot he calls \"Roar valley,\" and wins a game of croquet.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Hastings"],["1869-07-06","A paper knife and the trip back to London","His father buys Roosevelt a paper knife before they return to London. A visit to the museum in Hyde Park is foiled because it is closed.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Hyde Park"],["1869-07-07","A trip to the Crystal Palace","Roosevelt visits the Crystal Palace.",[],"Crystal Palace"],["1869-07-08","Crystal Palace again on Mittie's birthday","The three younger children return to the Crystal Palace. It is their mother Mittie's 34th birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Crystal Palace"],["1869-07-09","Richmond outing and a sibling quarrel","Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie go out to Richmond, and Ellie and Conie get into an argument.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"London"],["1869-07-10","Head on the block at the Tower of London","The whole family tours the Tower of London with a guide in old warder's dress. Roosevelt looks over the armor, lays his head on the executioner's block, and glimpses the Princess of Wales.",["alexandra-princess-of-wales"],"Tower of London"],["1869-07-11","Bible reading and Kensington Gardens","Roosevelt spends Sunday at home reading the Bible, then goes to Kensington Gardens.",[],"Kensington Gardens"],["1869-07-12","Blind man's buff and the zoo","Roosevelt plays blind man's buff at the hotel in the morning and goes to the zoo in the afternoon.",[],"London Zoo"],["1869-07-13","Seasick crossing to Antwerp","The family sails down the Thames and across to Antwerp, and Roosevelt is seasick on the way.",[],"Antwerp"],["1869-07-14","First to step onto the Continent","Roosevelt is the first of the family ashore on the European mainland. In Antwerp he sees a church and the town hall.",[],"Antwerp"],["1869-07-15","Botanic gardens, then on to The Hague","In Antwerp's botanical garden the children play at bear hunting. A rail and boat journey then carries the family to The Hague.",[],"Antwerp"],["1869-07-16","Chinese curios and a glimpse of the queen","At The Hague, Roosevelt visits a museum with Chinese objects and the summer palace, sees the Dutch queen, and notices that the city has horse-drawn streetcars.",["queen-sophie-of-the-netherlands"],"The Hague"],["1869-07-17","A Dutch farmhouse and stories from Father","A carriage ride takes the family to a Dutch farmhouse, where they eat fruit. They go on by train to Amsterdam while his father tells stories.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Amsterdam"],["1869-07-18","Sunday church in Amsterdam","Roosevelt attends church in Amsterdam.",[],"Amsterdam"],["1869-07-19","Amsterdam galleries and tidy Delft","Roosevelt tours the museum of paintings in the palace and a privately owned gallery in Amsterdam, then the family drives to Delft, a spotless town where he sees wooden figures.",[],"Amsterdam"],["1869-07-20","Seven hours by rail to Cologne","The family enters Germany, riding the train for seven hours to Cologne.",[],"Germany"],["1869-07-21","Up the Rhine by boat from Mainz","After a train ride to Mainz, the Roosevelts spend eight or nine hours on a boat traveling up the Rhine.",[],"Mainz"],["1869-07-22","Sightseeing in Frankfurt","In Frankfurt, Roosevelt sees a museum, a cemetery, the Kaiser Hall and the promenade, eats at an outdoor restaurant, and goes to the zoo with the valet.",[],"Frankfort"],["1869-07-23","Through Heidelberg to Baden","The family passes through Heidelberg and continues by rail to Baden.",[],"Heidelberg"],["1869-07-24","Donkeys and a hike to the old castle","At Baden, Roosevelt and his father hike up to the old castle while Ellie and Conie ride donkeys.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Baden-Baden"],["1869-07-25","Verses, the Black Forest, and a letter to Edith","Roosevelt stays in on Sunday to learn verses and read the Bible, then walks in the Black Forest. He also writes to his childhood friend Edith Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Baden-Baden"],["1869-07-26","Rocky hills and Strasbourg Cathedral","The family drives among rocky hills, then takes the train to Strasbourg, where Roosevelt sees the cathedral.",[],"Strasbourg"],["1869-07-27","Feeling ill on the way to Basel","Roosevelt is sick as the family takes the train to Basel, Switzerland.",[],"Basel"],["1869-07-28","Into the Jura Mountains","The family heads into the Jura Mountains and stops for the night at Münster around 8 p.m.",[],"Jura Mountains"],["1869-07-29","Shoelaces in a walled village","Roosevelt spends two and a half hours crossing the Jura, sees a lake and the walled village of Auberg, and buys shoelaces. Back in America, Alice Lee turns eight.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Jura Mountains"],["1869-07-30","A brook, Bern, and a view of the Alps","After playing in a brook, the family travels by carriage and rail to Bern. Roosevelt sees the cathedral, eats ice cream, takes in the Alps from a hilltop, and tours two museums.",[],"Bern"],["1869-07-31","Wildflowers and a ride to Ouchy","Roosevelt and Conie gather wildflowers. After a drive around Bern, the family takes a three-hour train ride to Ouchy on Lake Geneva.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Bern"],["1869-08-02","A black cat and a sculptor's shop","Roosevelt wanders around town, spots a black cat, looks in at a sculptor's shop, and reads the Bible.",[],"Ouchy"],["1869-08-03","A rainy day in the grotto","His parents go off to Geneva while rain falls all day in Ouchy, and Roosevelt plays in a grotto.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Ouchy"],["1869-08-04","The dungeons of Chillon","From Ouchy, Roosevelt travels by steamer and rowboat to the Castle of Chillon and explores its dungeons.",[],"Geneva"],["1869-08-05","Down Lake Geneva and uphill toward Mont Blanc","The family sails down Lake Geneva to Geneva, sees Mont Blanc, and sets out for Chamonix in a four-horse wagon. On a long climb an extra mule and horse are hitched on; Roosevelt, suffering a sharp pain, walks up himself and arrives at 7.",[],"Geneva"],["1869-08-06","Climbing Mont Blanc on his own legs","At Chamonix, Roosevelt climbs to about 8,000 feet on Mont Blanc and does it without riding a mule. Back home, Edith Carow turns eight.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-07","Back on the glacier","Roosevelt goes out on the glacier again, spends time at the hotel, and buys specimens for his museum.",[],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-08","A cascade between the cliffs","The family hikes to a waterfall along a trail squeezed between steep cliffs, and Roosevelt notes passing a pair of drunks.",[],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-09","Sick on the trail, riding a mule","On an outing Roosevelt writes as \"the Shapo,\" a stomach pain and nausea force him to ride a mule rather than walk.",[],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-10","Drawing birds on a rainy day","Rain keeps the family indoors. Roosevelt draws birds, plays with Ellie and Conie, and listens as Bamie reads aloud to the three of them.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-11","Nineteen miles over the Tête Noire","Crossing the Tête Noire pass, the family logs its mileage: his father 22, Roosevelt 19, sister Bamie 18, brother Ellie 12, mother Mittie 9 and little Conie 3. At the border he stands with a foot in each country.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-12","Rail and carriage to Visp","The family takes the train and then a carriage to Visp, stopping at a waterfall where Roosevelt throws stones.",[],"Chamonix"],["1869-08-13","By mule and on foot to Zermatt","Riding mules part of the way and walking the rest, the family reaches Zermatt.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-14","Hike to a mountain chalet","Roosevelt climbs on foot to a chalet high on the mountainside.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-15","Learning Bible verses","Roosevelt spends Sunday learning verses from the Bible.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-16","Thirteen miles back to Visp","Roosevelt walks 13 miles as the family returns to Visp.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-17","Snow at the top of the Eggishorn","The family heads for the Eggishorn by way of Fiesch, with Ellie and his father walking while Roosevelt rides a horse. He reads \"Henry of Greece,\" reaches the frigid summit, and plays in the snow before coming down.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Visp"],["1869-08-18","Rhône Glacier and a toothache","Roosevelt sees the Rhône Glacier, and the family pushes on to Andermatt through a snowstorm. He has a bad toothache.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-20","A climb near Andermatt","Roosevelt hikes up a peak the diary calls \"Ardorne.\"",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-21","Twenty miles through the Grimsel Pass","The family crosses the Grimsel Pass on foot, Roosevelt covering 20 miles to his father's 22.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Visp"],["1869-08-22","Labeling crystals and English church","Roosevelt labels his crystal collection, plays with Ellie in the park, and attends the English church.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Visp"],["1869-08-23","Haircut and paper-ball mischief","Roosevelt gets his hair cut, goes shopping, plays indoors, and pelts the waiter and chambermaid with balls of paper.",[],"Visp"],["1869-08-24","A fall on the Grindelwald glacier","At Grindelwald, Roosevelt buys a tiny butter churn and takes a 20-foot fall on the glacier.",[],"Grindelwald"],["1869-08-25","Hearing avalanches on the Wengernalp","Roosevelt goes up to the Wengernalp and hears two avalanches.",[],"Grindelwald"],["1869-08-26","Galloping donkeys and a snake","The three younger children stay behind, take a galloping donkey ride, and see a poisonous snake that goes after the chambermaid.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Grindelwald"],["1869-08-27","Homesick in Lucerne","The family moves to Lucerne and goes out on the lake. Roosevelt feels very homesick.",[],"Lucerne"],["1869-08-28","Souvenirs and getting lost with Conie","Roosevelt and Conie buy keepsakes, including picture frames and candy, lose their way, and find their way back to the hotel.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Lucerne"],["1869-08-29","Sick in bed, with stories from his parents","Ill, Roosevelt spends the whole day in bed eating arrowroot, while first his mother and then his father tell him stories.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Lucerne"],["1869-08-30","A drawing torn up","Still sick in the morning, Roosevelt is left on his own in the afternoon. He draws a landscape and a church, then rips it up.",[],"Lucerne"],["1869-08-31","Croquet, an island row, and homesickness","The children go to Brunnen to play croquet and climb on rocks, and row out to an island. Roosevelt is homesick. A letter from Edith, undated, tells of a pulled tooth and laughing gas and encloses a leaf for him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1869-09-01","Exploring the house in the rain","Ellie is sick and it rains in Lucerne. Roosevelt and Conie explore the house and are spooked by a gurgling noise.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Lucerne"],["1869-09-02","Donkey ride, still homesick","Roosevelt goes on a donkey ride in Lucerne and is again homesick.",[],"Lucerne"],["1869-09-03","A cold day on the Rigi","The family goes up the Rigi, where it is bitterly cold.",[],"Rigi"],["1869-09-04","Walking most of the way to Zurich","Traveling to Zurich, Roosevelt and his father cover most of the distance on foot.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Zurich"],["1869-09-05","Church and a bath in Zurich","Roosevelt goes to church and has a bath.",[],"Zurich"],["1869-09-06","On to Bad Ragaz","The family travels to Ragaz, close to Liechtenstein. There is talk that Mary Ann may soon be let go.",["mary-ann"],"Bad Ragaz"],["1869-09-07","Pfäfers gorge and a solo castle hike","After visiting the gorge at Pfäfers, Roosevelt and Conie climb trees back at Ragaz, and he walks three miles alone to the castle of Wartenstein.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Bad Ragaz"],["1869-09-08","Picnic high above the Rhine at Splügen","At Splügen the family picnics, and a man drops a stone into the Rhine some 200 feet below.",[],"Zurich"],["1869-09-09","Crossing into Italy on foot","Roosevelt and his father hike out of Switzerland at 10:30, and he straddles the Italian border. At Chiavenna the journal he has kept ends; he finds Italy cold, gloomy and foul-smelling.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Chiavenna"],["1869-09-10","Moonlight row on Lake Como","At Cadenabbia on Lake Como, the family is rowed across the water under the moon.",[],"Cadenabbia"],["1869-09-11","Lakeside villas as the weather clears","Roosevelt sees the Villa Carlotta and Villa Melzi. Rain gives way in the afternoon to what he calls \"True Italy of the poets.\" His mother writes that he is ill with asthma.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Villa Carlotta"],["1869-09-12","Writing by a waterfall","After church, Roosevelt visits another villa on Lake Como and sits alone by a waterfall writing in his journal.",[],"Villa Carlotta"],["1869-09-13","Lizards and a moonlit row to Lugano","The family travels by rowboat on Lake Como toward Lugano. Roosevelt catches two lizards, the party steams down Lake Lugano, and they row under the moon.",[],"Lugano"],["1869-09-14","Isola Bella and a bad night","Sick at Stresa, Roosevelt rides by carriage to Lake Maggiore and Isola Bella and eats lemons. That night he is very ill.",[],"Stresa"],["1869-09-15","A lost watch and The Last Supper","Roosevelt loses his watch. The family takes the train to Milan, where he sees Leonardo's Last Supper in what he calls \"barracks.\"",["leonardo-da-vinci"],"Lake Maggiore"],["1869-09-16","Early to the cathedral, rough play","Roosevelt rises at six to see Milan's cathedral. Later the children play \"hotel,\" and Conie gets hurt in a rough game.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Stresa"],["1869-09-17","Games indoors and ice cream","Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie stay inside playing games, then get ice cream after dinner.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Stresa"],["1869-09-19","To Venice, fifty novels later","The family takes the train to Venice. Roosevelt figures he has gotten through some 50 novels since the family sailed, and they ride a gondola after dark.",[],"Venice"],["1869-09-20","Gnats, sleeplessness and collapse in Venice","Kept awake all night by gnats, Roosevelt is sick. While the family goes out, he later makes it to St. Mark's but collapses from exhaustion.",[],"St. Mark's Basilica"],["1869-09-21","Resting indoors, then a gondola","Roosevelt stays inside reading and drawing, then takes a gondola ride late in the afternoon.",[],"Venice"],["1869-09-22","Well again on Father's birthday","Feeling better, Roosevelt sees the churches of Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Frari, the Doge's Palace, and a glassworks. It is his father's 38th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Doge's Palace"],["1869-09-23","The lost watch returns","His watch is found and sent on to him. Roosevelt climbs the Campanile, visits the Lido, and sees a prince and princess glide by in a gondola.",["prince-clary","princess-clary"],"Campanile of St. Mark's"],["1869-09-24","Asthma in Venice on Black Friday","Sick with asthma, Roosevelt still visits a gallery, St. Mark's Square and the Ducal Palace. Across the ocean, the Black Friday gold panic hits Wall Street.",[],"Doge's Palace"],["1869-09-25","Midnight boat for Trieste","Roosevelt sees St. Mark's Square, the basilica and the glassworks while Mittie and Bamie shop. At midnight the family boards a boat for Trieste.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"St. Mark's Basilica"],["1869-09-26","Asthma, and a cigar as remedy","Asthma keeps Roosevelt up for four hours, and he is made to smoke a cigar for it. The boat reaches Trieste by six; he rests, walks alone and sleeps.",[],"Trieste"],["1869-09-27","A lone climb at Adelsberg","At Adelsberg, Roosevelt walks alone for two hours up a steep hill to a castle. The lane reminds him of Madison, New Jersey.",[],"Adelsberg"],["1869-09-28","Twelve hours by rail to Vienna","The family spends twelve hours on the train to Vienna.",[],"Adelsberg"],["1869-09-29","Sick indoors in Vienna","Roosevelt is ill and stays inside all day.",[],"Vienna"],["1869-09-30","Crowns, museums and Conie's birthday","Recovered, Roosevelt sees the imperial treasury and the crowns of Charlemagne and Rudolf II, and goes with his father to the natural history museum. Conie turns eight and is honored with a formal outdoor supper at a château.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Imperial Treasury"],["1869-10-02","Schönbrunn, the opera, and no more \"baby\"","In Vienna the three younger children give up their game of \"baby,\" meet their father at Prince Eugene's palace, and look without success for a riding school. Roosevelt drives out to Schönbrunn with his parents and Bamie and sees the Parliament buildings. Mittie writes that he has suffered two weeks of stomach trouble and near-asthma.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Belvedere Palace"],["1869-10-03","A country rest at Bad Vöslau","Sick again, Roosevelt goes with his father to Vöslau in the countryside, which he thinks resembles Hastings, and has Sunday school in the woods.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Vienna"],["1869-10-04","Museum and a doctor's visit","Back in Vienna, Roosevelt visits a museum with his parents and Bamie and then sees a doctor with his father.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Vienna"],["1869-10-05","Suits of armor at Ambras","Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie go to the Ambras collection and see suits of armor.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Vienna"],["1869-10-06","Letters from home on the way to Ischl","During an eight-hour train ride toward Bad Ischl, Roosevelt reads newly arrived letters from America. Four hours by carriage follow, and the family stays at a German inn.",[],"Ischl"],["1869-10-07","Fourteen horses to Salzburg","A six-and-a-half-hour carriage ride, with fourteen horses changed in relays, carries the family to Salzburg.",[],"Ischl"],["1869-10-08","A nightmare and illness on the way to Munich","Roosevelt has a bad dream about the devil and comes down with what he calls \"cholera morbus\" during an eight-hour train ride to Munich.",[],"Starnberg"],["1869-10-09","Riding school on a rainy day","It rains in Munich, and the boys go to riding school.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Munich"],["1869-10-10","Sick, then a walk at Starnberg","Very ill, Roosevelt is soothed by his mother's stories and rubbing. In the afternoon he, his father and Ellie take a walk at Starnberg.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Munich"],["1869-10-11","The royal palace and two galleries","Feeling better, Roosevelt returns to Munich and tours the royal palace and two picture galleries with Bamie and his parents.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Munich Residenz"],["1869-10-12","Five months gone, seven to go","After a bad night, a homesick Roosevelt counts five months away from America with seven still ahead. The family rides five hours by train to Nuremberg.",[],"Munich"],["1869-10-13","Churches of Nuremberg","Roosevelt sees the churches of Nuremberg.",[],"Nuremberg"],["1869-10-14","Twelve hours by rail to Dresden","The family spends twelve hours on the train to Dresden in Saxony.",[],"Nuremberg"],["1869-10-15","A harsh chest rub in Dresden","Roosevelt's chest is rubbed so hard that it bleeds. He also sees forests, gets a haircut, and visits the picture gallery.",[],"Dresden"],["1869-10-16","Christmas shopping for china","Roosevelt visits a Dresden china shop and buys Christmas presents.",[],"Dresden"],["1869-10-17","Homesick by the fire","After church, Roosevelt lies by the fire feeling homesick.",[],"Dresden"],["1869-10-18","Helping his siblings shop","Roosevelt helps Ellie and Conie pick out souvenirs and plays with a \"Miss Wolf.\"",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","miss-wolf"],"Dresden"],["1869-10-19","Dresden's historical museum","Roosevelt visits the historical museum in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1869-10-20","Counting animals at the natural history museum","Roosevelt goes alone to the natural history museum and tallies 101 animals, then visits Miss Wolf. His journal for this period ends.",["miss-wolf"],"Dresden"],["1869-10-21","Children first to Berlin","The three children travel five hours to Berlin, in Prussia, with the adults following six hours behind.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Berlin"],["1869-10-22","A pulled tooth and the royal palace","The whole family visits the dentist, and Roosevelt has a tooth pulled. He also sees the royal palace, the stock exchange and a synagogue.",[],"Berlin"],["1869-10-23","Walking to Charlottenburg","Roosevelt and Brilliot, a servant, walk four or five miles to Charlottenburg.",["brilliot"],"Berlin"],["1869-10-24","Listening to the organs","The family visits two churches to hear their organs and then attends the American church in the rain.",[],"Berlin"],["1869-10-25","Sick, with a stop at riding school","Roosevelt is sick, goes to riding school, and otherwise stays indoors.",[],"Berlin"],["1869-10-26","Illness cuts the Berlin stay short","Sick, homesick and suffering a headache, Roosevelt still goes to riding school and the zoological museum. The family leaves Berlin because he is ill.",[],"Berlin"],["1869-10-27","Back to Cologne","After seeing an aquarium, the family rides the train twelve and a half hours to Cologne, where they had been four months earlier.",[],"Cologne"],["1869-10-28","Eleven presents for his eleventh birthday","In snowy Cologne the family celebrates Roosevelt's eleventh birthday. He receives eleven presents, including a writing desk, and Mittie dresses in full evening attire for his party.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cologne"],["1869-10-29","Six hours to Brussels","The family takes a six-hour train ride to Brussels.",[],"Brussels"],["1869-10-30","A rainy day with Ellie","Rain keeps Roosevelt inside, where he plays with Ellie.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Brussels"],["1869-10-31","Indoors in Brussels","Roosevelt spends the day at the house.",[],"Brussels"],["1869-11-01","To the market with the valet","Roosevelt walks to the market and plays with the valet.",[],"Brussels"],["1869-11-02","Shoemaker, then the train to Paris","After a stop at the shoemaker's, the family rides six hours by train to Paris. Another journal volume closes.",[],"Brussels"],["1869-11-03","Comfortable rooms and a carousel","In Paris the family settles into pleasant rooms, and Roosevelt rides a merry-go-round.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-04","Play along the Seine","On a wet day that grows dark early, Roosevelt plays in the hotel and beside the Seine.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-05","Glowing hands from match heads","Out shopping for Christmas gifts, Roosevelt rubs the phosphorus off matches onto his hands and makes them glow.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-06","Fruit market and homemade candy","On a rainy day Roosevelt visits a fruit market and makes sugar candy.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-07","Sunday church in Paris","Roosevelt goes to church.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-08","Teased for a favorite phrase","Mittie pokes fun at Roosevelt for constantly saying \"pretty Papa, Pretty Mama.\"",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-09","A sore toe and the Vendôme Column","Despite a corn on his toe, Roosevelt climbs the Vendôme Column with the valet.",[],"Vendôme Column"],["1869-11-10","A riverside walk and a steam bath","Roosevelt walks by the Seine with the valet and takes a steam bath.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-11","Steam bath with Mother and a new stamp book","Roosevelt takes a steam bath with his mother and buys a stamp album.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-12","Halfway home","Roosevelt marks the halfway point of the trip abroad with a cheer. He and Ellie visit a Russian steam bath.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-13","Thirty stamps collected","Roosevelt and Mittie take steam baths, and he sees a doctor with his father. His stamp album now holds 30 stamps.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Paris"],["1869-11-14","Sick, and sharing the stamp album","Roosevelt is ill and takes a steam bath. He, Mittie and his father look over his stamp collection together.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Paris"],["1869-11-15","Pillow fight and a letter to Edith","Still sick and taking steam baths, Roosevelt gets into a pillow fight and writes to Edith Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-16","Johnny Lampson and the chambermaids","Roosevelt stays in, plays with Johnny Lampson, and gets into a scuffle with the chambermaids.",["john-lamson"],"Paris"],["1869-11-17","A walk instead of a bath","Roosevelt skips his bath and goes walking with his mother.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-18","Father leaves for London","His father goes to London while the rest of the family stays in Paris. Roosevelt explores the house with Johnny Lampson and takes a walk.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","john-lamson"],"Paris"],["1869-11-19","Gymnastics and a pop gun","While Mittie takes a steam bath, Roosevelt and Ellie do gymnastics, and he buys a pop gun. At home in America, Edith Carow writes Conie that she misses her.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-20","Too rough with Johnny Lampson","Roosevelt and Ellie do gymnastics and go to a little theater. Their rough play with Johnny Lampson gets them told to stop.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-lamson"],"Paris"],["1869-11-21","Mittie's thirteen brothers and sisters","Staying in, Roosevelt listens as his mother tells about her 13 siblings and what became of them; four are still living.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-22","Edith's portrait stirs homesickness","In the evening Mittie shows Roosevelt a portrait of Edith Carow, and the sight of her face fills him with longing for home and the past.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-23","Wooden horses and the Arc de Triomphe","After a doctor's visit, Roosevelt plays with Johnny Lampson, sees a theater, rides the carousel, and visits the Arc de Triomphe.",["john-lamson"],"Arc de Triomphe"],["1869-11-24","Stiff neck and two letters","With a stiff neck and headache, Roosevelt writes two letters and feels worse as the day goes on. Edith writes him from America.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1869-11-25","New medicine, toast and tea","The doctor calls and changes Roosevelt's medicine for the third time. He has no appetite and eats only tea and toast.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-26","Kept indoors","Roosevelt stays in the house.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-27","Another day inside","Roosevelt spends the day indoors again.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-28","Indoors but improving","Still confined to the house, Roosevelt starts to feel better.",[],"Paris"],["1869-11-29","Too tired to enjoy play","On his sixth straight day indoors, Roosevelt has a visit from Johnny Lampson but is too worn out to enjoy their evening games.",["john-lamson"],"Paris"],["1869-11-30","Tears of homesickness on the way to Dijon","The family travels to Dijon. Roosevelt cries from homesickness, wishing to escape a land of people who cannot speak his language.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Dijon"],["1869-12-01","A cold walk and a night train","In bitter cold, Roosevelt walks around Dijon, and the family spends the night on a train to Marseille.",[],"Marseille"],["1869-12-02","Seeing Marseille with Father","Ellie is sick, so Roosevelt and his father explore Marseille: the exchange, the harbor and docks, the cathedral, the forts and the old town. He closes his second journal book with a roll call of the children's ages.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Paris"],["1869-12-03","First sight of the Mediterranean","Leaving Marseille, the family rides the train until 6:30 and Roosevelt sees the Mediterranean. His father calls the three youngest \"bothers,\" and Roosevelt takes his medicine.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Marseille"],["1869-12-04","Coins and reading on a rainy day in Nice","It rains in Nice. Roosevelt plays with his coins and reads. The family's two servants are the valet, called \"B,\" and Mary Ann.",["mary-ann"],"Nice"],["1869-12-05","Donkey on the beach and Revolutionary ancestors","On the beach at Nice, the adults walk, the two younger children stand by, and Roosevelt rides a donkey. Mittie tells of family ancestors who served in the American Revolution.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Nice"],["1869-12-06","Beach, hillside and a far view of the Alps","Roosevelt plays on the beach, as do Mittie and Bamie, runs up a hill, spots the Alps in the distance, and plays with his coins.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Nice"],["1869-12-07","A new knife for Ellie","Roosevelt goes to the post office with the valet and buys Ellie a knife to replace the one he lost the day before.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Nice"],["1869-12-08","Talking over the trip with Mother","On a wet day, Roosevelt plays with tin animals, eats at an English restaurant, and talks with Mittie about the journey so far.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Nice"],["1869-12-09","Rowing out to the U.S.S. Sabine","The three youngest play a chasing game, buy gifts for Mary Ann and the valet, and row out to see the American warship Sabine anchored in the harbor.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","mary-ann"],"Nice"],["1869-12-10","An outing to Monaco","After a trip to the post office, Roosevelt visits Monaco and its casino, then plays on the hotel steps.",[],"Nice"],["1869-12-11","Beach day in Nice","Roosevelt plays on the beach.",[],"Nice"],["1869-12-12","An unimpressive Roman amphitheater","Conie pretends to be sick. Roosevelt goes to church and on a walk, finds the Roman amphitheater dull, and notices painted scenes on the houses.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Nice"],["1869-12-13","Along the Corniche to San Remo","Behind four horses and a mule, the family climbs the steep Corniche road 37 miles to San Remo. Roosevelt straddles the French-Italian border, and another journal volume ends.",[],"Corniche"],["1869-12-14","Feeding beggars at Finale","Roosevelt walks with his mother as the family continues by carriage into Italy. At Finale his father buys cakes, and he and the children toss them to beggars.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Finale"],["1869-12-15","Keepsakes, a pageant, and Savona","The three youngest buy mementos; Mittie and Bamie admire them while their father makes fun of them. Roosevelt goes to church and watches a pageant in Savona.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Savona"],["1869-12-16","Sightseeing on foot in Genoa","After a morning romp, the family reaches Genoa and takes a long walk around the sights.",[],"Genoa"],["1869-12-17","Genoa, Chiavari and four coins","Roosevelt tours Genoa and then goes by train to Chiavari. Ellie loses his knife, Roosevelt gets four coins, and their parents are still behind.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Genoa"],["1869-12-18","Walking beside the carriage to La Spezia","On a climb over a high mountain, Roosevelt, Ellie and his father walk alongside the carriage past many beggars. From La Spezia they take the train to Pisa.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"La Spezia"],["1869-12-19","Sunday at the Leaning Tower","Roosevelt goes to church in Pisa, sees the Leaning Tower and the cathedral, and attends Sunday school.",[],"Leaning Tower of Pisa"],["1869-12-20","Up the Leaning Tower","Roosevelt climbs the tower and returns to the cathedral. His diary notes the \"League of the Cross\" for the first time.",[],"Leaning Tower of Pisa"],["1869-12-21","A flooded rail trip to Rome","A long train ride through flooding from heavy rain, by way of Livorno, takes the family to Rome.",[],"Rome"],["1869-12-22","Rome in the rain on an anniversary","Rain keeps Roosevelt in the hotel, playing and looking at coins; he finds Rome dirty and dreary. It is his parents' 16th wedding anniversary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Rome"],["1869-12-23","Coins, books and a rainy walk","Roosevelt plays with his coins, plays with Conie and Ellie, and reads. After dinner he and Conie go walking in the rain.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Rome"],["1869-12-24","Hanging stockings in Rome","Excited about Christmas, Roosevelt plays in the hotel and hangs up his stocking.",[],"Rome"],["1869-12-25","Christmas morning and the Pope at St. Peter's","Before six the children burst in on their parents to open their stockings. Later Roosevelt visits St. Peter's and sees Pope Pius IX.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","pope-pius-ix"],"St. Peter's Basilica"],["1869-12-26","Temple of Vesta and St. Paul's","Roosevelt attends church and sees the Temple of Vesta and the Church of St. Paul.",[],"Temple of Vesta"],["1869-12-27","Writing a story","Roosevelt writes a story, reads and plays.",[],"Rome"],["1869-12-28","Through hail to Naples","An eight- or nine-hour train trip in hail takes the family past Albano, Roman ruins, Velletri, Segni and Cassino to Naples. Roosevelt and Mittie read about the mountains along the way.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Naples"],["1869-12-29","Vesuvius in view","With Vesuvius in sight, Roosevelt visits the church of San Martino and sees a Pietà.",[],"Naples"],["1869-12-30","Carriages to Pompeii","On a sunny day the family rides two carriages about two hours to Pompeii and sees the House of Diomedes.",[],"Pompeii"],["1869-12-31","Snowballs on smoking Vesuvius","Roosevelt climbs Mount Vesuvius, sees lava still smoking, and joins a snowball fight.",[],"Pompeii"],["1870-01-01","Old Naples, Sorrento, and a letter to Edith","Roosevelt sees the old quarter and market of Naples before going on to Sorrento. Answering Edith Carow's letter, he tells her that the day before he poked an alpenstock into the volcano and it caught fire.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Naples"],["1870-01-02","Rocks by the sea and a letter to Aunt Annie","Skipping church, Roosevelt goes to the seaside and plays on the rocks. He writes to Anna Gracie.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Naples"],["1870-01-03","Back to Naples and the museum","In the rain, the family returns to Naples, where Roosevelt visits the museum.",[],"Naples"],["1870-01-04","Volcanic ground and a Roman vase","Two carriages take the family to Lake Agnano, the Grotto of Posillipo, the Solfatara crater and Roman temples. His father gives Roosevelt a Roman vase and coin.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Grotto of Posillipo"],["1870-01-05","A night cough and ipecac","Sick in the night with a cough, Roosevelt is dosed with ipecac. He and Conie stay home while the others go to Pompeii.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Naples"],["1870-01-06","Donkey ride and rooftop play","Roosevelt reads, plays, buys journal books, rides a donkey and plays on the roof.",[],"Naples"],["1870-01-07","Fishing from the rocks","On a rainy day, Roosevelt buys a charm, plays with coins, and fishes from the rocks.",[],"Naples"],["1870-01-08","By rail past Caserta","On the train, the family stops at Caserta and its villa, and Roosevelt and Ellie play baby.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Rome"],["1870-01-09","Meeting an American boy in Rome","Back in Rome, Roosevelt skips church and walks with Ellie. They meet an American boy and invite him to dinner on Thursday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Rome"],["1870-01-10","Rainy-day soldiers and a costume party","Rain falls all day. Roosevelt and Ellie play soldiers and then donkey, and their father throws a dress-up party.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Rome"],["1870-01-11","Tin soldiers and leaping posts","Roosevelt plays with tin soldiers and vaults over posts.",[],"Rome"],["1870-01-12","Ashamed of dirty clothes","Roosevelt plays by a fountain and is embarrassed by how dirty his clothes get.",[],"Rome"],["1870-01-13","At the hunt meet","Roosevelt goes to a hunt meet and plays with lances.",[],"Rome"],["1870-01-14","Happy in Rome","Roosevelt goes to the post and buys a Roman coin, and he is enjoying Rome.",[],"Rome"],["1870-01-15","Rough soldier games with Charlie","Roosevelt buys a present for Bamie, then he, Ellie and a boy named Charlie play soldier roughly.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","charlie-cromwell"],"Rome"],["1870-01-16","A pleasant Sunday at the Villa Borghese","Roosevelt goes to church, walks in the Villa Borghese gardens, has supper with Mittie and attends Sunday school, and has a very good time.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Villa Borghese"],["1870-01-17","Chasing dogs on the Pincio","Roosevelt, Ellie, Conie and George Cromwell go out on the Pincian Hill, meet priests and chase dogs.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-cromwell"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-18","Caps, ancient tombs and Bamie's birthday","Roosevelt and Ellie buy caps, shoot at dogs and play soldier. With his mother he goes to see some old tombs. Bamie turns fifteen.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Rome"],["1870-01-19","A gun and a bugle","Roosevelt buys a gun and a bugle and plays soldier with George Cromwell.",["george-cromwell"],"Rome"],["1870-01-20","Father's dinner for twenty-two","After a poor night, Roosevelt plays soldiers and chases dogs on the Pincio. His father hosts a grand dinner for 22 guests.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-21","Coffee for a sleepless night, then Albano","Awake for two or three hours in a very bad night, Roosevelt is given coffee. After a visit to the Pincio, he, Ellie and his father ride the rail line out to Albano, where they stay overnight.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-22","Donkey ride at Albano","His father returns to Rome while Roosevelt and Ellie go on a donkey ride in the rain. The rest of the family arrives.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Albano"],["1870-01-23","Exploring the caves at Albano","Roosevelt skips church, plays baby with Ellie and Conie, and explores caverns that fascinate him.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albano"],["1870-01-24","Monte Cavo and the Appian Way","Riding donkeys, the family climbs Monte Cavo and visits Rocca di Papa, dines at Albano, and rides by carriage to Rome along the Appian Way.",[],"Albano"],["1870-01-25","George made captain","George is chosen captain of the boys' soldier company. Roosevelt climbs a tree, plays with coins and has supper with Mittie.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","george-cromwell"],"Rome"],["1870-01-26","Pushed into the fountain","Roosevelt and Charlie Cromwell go to the Pincio to play soldiers; someone ends up pushed into the fountain. Tea and coins round out the day.",["charlie-cromwell"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-27","Races on the Pincio","Roosevelt buys caps, runs races and plays horse on the Pincio. A guest recorded as T. Bronzen comes to dinner.",["theodor-bronzen"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-28","Playing brigands","The three youngest go to the Pincio and play brigands.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Pincio"],["1870-01-29","Coachman games and coins","Roosevelt plays coachman and looks over his coins.",[],"Rome"],["1870-01-30","Church, Villa Borghese and the Pincio","Roosevelt attends church and Sunday school, visits the Villa Borghese and the Pincio, and plays with coins.",[],"Villa Borghese"],["1870-01-31","Kissing the Pope's hand on the Pincio","While the children play leapfrog, Pope Pius IX passes in his sedan chair. Young \"Teedie\" has just boasted that no true American believes in popes, yet when the pontiff holds out his hand, Roosevelt kisses it, as Conie later recalled and his diary confirms.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","pope-pius-ix"],"Rome"],["1870-02-01","Prisoner's base on the Pincio with Conie","Roosevelt and his little sister Conie head up to the Pincio gardens in Rome and join a crowd of other children in a game of prisoner's base, then take their supper with their mother, Mittie. Back home, young Edith Carow writes Conie that she has been ordered to set her books aside.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-ledwith"],"Pincio"],["1870-02-02","Jostled in the crowd at St. Peter's","After hide-and-seek on the Pincio, the family goes to St. Peter's hoping to see the Pope. In the packed crowd a monk shoves young Theodore, and his father pushes the man back, hard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","pope-pius-ix"],"St. Peter's Basilica"],["1870-02-03","A birthday party for Ellie in Rome","It is Ellie's birthday. Roosevelt plays horse on the Pincio, and at five o'clock a crowd of friends arrives for the party, where a girl named Elliese Van Schaack gives him a kiss.",["elliott-roosevelt","elliese-van-schaack"],"Pincio"],["1870-02-04","Captain of the gendarmes","A full day of games on the Pincio: fort, coins, horses, tag, and robbers-and-gendarmes, with Roosevelt leading the gendarmes as their captain.",[],"Pincio"],["1870-02-05","Bull, tag, and hide-and-seek","Another afternoon on the Pincio, this time spent playing bull, tag, and hide-and-seek.",[],"Pincio"],["1870-02-06","Two brothers go to church alone","Roosevelt and his younger brother Ellie attend church on their own. The diary also names two boys, Theodor Bronzen and Elliott de Briskey, apparently playmates.",["elliott-roosevelt","elliott-de-briskey","theodor-bronzen"],"Rome"],["1870-02-07","A new ball for Conie","On the Pincio, Roosevelt buys his sister Conie a ball.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Pincio"],["1870-02-08","Rainy day of books and sisters","Rain keeps the children indoors. Roosevelt reads about travel and geography and plays with his sisters Bamie and Conie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Rome"],["1870-02-09","Ball and horse despite the weather","The weather is poor, but Roosevelt still gets out to the Pincio for games of ball and horse.",[],"Pincio"],["1870-02-10","From the Pincio to the Vatican Loggia","After time on the Pincio, Roosevelt visits the Vatican and its Loggia.",[],"Vatican"],["1870-02-11","Riding up top to Tivoli","The family drives out by carriage to Tivoli, with Roosevelt perched on the driver's box in the bitter cold. They see the waterfalls and Hadrian's Villa.",[],"Rome"],["1870-02-12","Ancient Rome while Ellie stays in bed","With Ellie ill at home, the rest of the family rides by carriage through ancient Rome: the Forum, Trajan's Column, the Colosseum, and the Baths of Caracalla.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Colosseum"],["1870-02-13","Church, Sunday school, and battles","A Sunday of church and Sunday school, with battle games in between.",[],"Rome"],["1870-02-14","Paintings at the Vatican","Roosevelt goes to the Vatican to look at its paintings.",[],"Vatican"],["1870-02-15","Pincio and the Farnese pictures","A morning on the Pincio, then paintings at the Farnese palace.",[],"Palazzo Farnese"],["1870-02-16","Horse and Indian on the Pincio","Roosevelt spends the day at the Pincio playing horse and Indian.",[],"Pincio"],["1870-02-17","A visit to Castel Sant'Angelo","After the Pincio, Roosevelt sees the Castle of St. Angelo.",[],"Castel Sant'Angelo"],["1870-02-18","Goodbyes in Rome as Father falls ill","On a last day at the Pincio, Roosevelt plays horse and bids farewell to the friends he has made in Rome. His father is unwell, and guards go through the family's luggage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Pincio"],["1870-02-19","Father gravely ill in Florence","Now in Florence, Roosevelt plays in the garden while his father lies very sick.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Florence"],["1870-02-20","Father rallies; Mittie tells old stories","His father is much improved. Roosevelt goes to church with Bamie and Ellie, plays coins and baby in the garden, and listens as his mother tells stories about her own girlhood.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Florence"],["1870-02-21","Muddy games and San Marco's paintings","Roosevelt plays baby in the garden and ends up covered in mud, then visits the paintings at the convent of San Marco.",[],"San Marco"],["1870-02-22","A chilly trip up to Fiesole","The family makes a cold outing to Fiesole, in the hills above Florence.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-23","Garden play and gallery paintings","Roosevelt plays in the garden and looks at paintings in a Florence gallery.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-24","Soldiers, coins, and history","In the garden Roosevelt plays soldiers and coins, and he spends time reading history.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-25","Feeling poorly, reading Greek history","A bit under the weather, Roosevelt still plays soldiers and reads Greek history.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-26","Building miniature catacombs","In the garden Roosevelt lays out tiny roads, palaces, and catacombs. He also visits the zoo, has tea, and reads.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-27","Headache keeps him from Sunday school","Roosevelt is sick with a headache and misses Sunday school.",[],"Florence"],["1870-02-28","Ellie turns ten","Roosevelt goes back to building little roads in the garden as his brother Ellie celebrates his tenth birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Florence"],["1870-03-01","A visit to Mr. Elliott by the river","Roosevelt and Ellie call on a Mr. Elliott, then play in a park along the river in Florence.",["elliott-roosevelt","mr-elliott"],"Florence"],["1870-03-02","Watching the bears at feeding time","With his father sick again, Roosevelt gets a haircut at the barber and visits the zoological garden, where he watches the bears being fed.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Florence"],["1870-03-03","The Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio","Roosevelt looks at pictures in the Uffizi, crosses the Ponte Vecchio, and plays in the garden.",[],"Uffizi"],["1870-03-04","Three children, three little cities","In the garden, Roosevelt, Ellie, and Conie each tend a miniature city of their own.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Florence"],["1870-03-05","Through 18 tunnels to Bologna","The family travels to Bologna, passing through eighteen tunnels along the way, while Roosevelt reads Greek history.",[],"Bologna"],["1870-03-06","Pigeons and carnival in Bologna","Church is held at the hotel in Bologna. Roosevelt watches the pigeons and sees the carnival.",[],"Bologna"],["1870-03-07","Galleries, then a night train to Turin","After visiting the art galleries in the rain, the family boards a train for Turin following dinner, and Roosevelt plays with his father.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Bologna"],["1870-03-08","Skeletons and armor in Turin","In Turin, Roosevelt sees the armory, the royal palace, and animal skeletons at a museum.",[],"Turin"],["1870-03-09","Fourteen hours by rail into France","A fourteen-hour train ride carries the family over steep mountains into France. This is the last entry in this volume of the boy's journal.",[],"Turin"],["1870-03-10","Arriving in Paris, unwell","After four more hours by train the family reaches Paris. Roosevelt is sick but still finds time for his coins.",[],"Turin"],["1870-03-11","Playing at the Tuileries","In Paris, Roosevelt plays in the Tuileries, visits the shoemakers, and plays coins.",[],"Tuileries Garden"],["1870-03-12","Toy boats and soldiers","A day of play with boats and toy soldiers in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-13","Snowy Sunday in Paris","Snow falls on a Sunday of church and Sunday school, with coins for play.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-14","A frozen fountain and the Lampsons","Roosevelt sails his boats, finds the fountain frozen over, and spends time with the Lampson family's Johnny.",["john-lamson"],"Paris"],["1870-03-15","Ice on the fountain still","The fountain is still iced over. Roosevelt plays soldiers and hide-and-seek.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-16","Shut in a dark closet","On a rainy day Roosevelt plays soldiers and reads. The diary also mentions a dark closet.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-17","A glimpse of the Emperor","Johnny Lampson comes to dinner after a day of soldiers and boats, and Roosevelt catches sight of Emperor Napoleon III.",["john-lamson","napoleon-iii"],"Paris"],["1870-03-18","Sailing boats with Ellie","Roosevelt and Ellie spend the day sailing their toy boats.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1870-03-19","Choosing a school for Bamie","Feeling a little sick, Roosevelt goes by train to Fontainebleau to see the palace. The family inspects Les Ruches, Mlle. Marie Souvestre's private school, where Bamie will remain when the rest go home to America.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","marie-souvestre"],"Paris"],["1870-03-20","Sunday church in Paris","Roosevelt goes to church in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-21","Rain, soldiers, and boats","A wet day passed with toy soldiers and boats.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-22","More rain, more soldiers","Rain again, and more games with toy soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-23","A walk and the soldiers","Roosevelt takes a walk and plays with his soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-24","Boat, ball, and soldiers","Roosevelt plays with his boat, a ball, and his soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-25","Uncle Silas Weir Roosevelt dies","While Roosevelt plays ball in a Paris garden, his uncle Silas Weir Roosevelt dies back in the United States.",["silas-weir-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1870-03-26","Garden and soldiers","Time in the garden and with the toy soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-27","Church with Bamie","Roosevelt and Bamie go to church together, followed by a walk, coins, and Sunday school.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Paris"],["1870-03-28","Forty-five minutes locked in a closet","Roosevelt spends three-quarters of an hour shut inside a closet, and plays soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-29","Window-shopping for soldiers","Roosevelt plays boat and marbles and gazes at the toy soldiers in a shop.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-30","Tag and stamps","Outdoors in the garden for tag, then time with his stamps.",[],"Paris"],["1870-03-31","A visit to the Louvre","Roosevelt is taken to the Louvre.",[],"Louvre"],["1870-04-01","Tea with Fanny Lampson","After the Tuileries garden, Fanny Lampson comes over to play and stays for tea.",["fanny-lampson"],"Tuileries Garden"],["1870-04-02","Tombs at Pere Lachaise","Roosevelt tours the tombs of Pere Lachaise cemetery and the Pantheon.",[],"Pantheon"],["1870-04-03","Sunday church","Roosevelt attends church in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-04","Back to the Tuileries garden","Another day of play in the Tuileries garden.",[],"Tuileries Garden"],["1870-04-05","Looking at the animals","Roosevelt goes to see animals in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-06","The porcelain works at Sevres","The family drives by carriage to Sevres and tours the china factory.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-07","Sitting for photographs","Roosevelt has his photograph taken and takes a French lesson.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-08","French class after the Tuileries","A visit to the Tuileries, then French class.",[],"Tuileries Garden"],["1870-04-09","A helmet and a bow","Roosevelt buys himself a helmet and a bow and arrows.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-10","Church and a walk","Sunday brings church and a walk.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-11","Emperor and Prince Imperial review troops","Roosevelt watches Napoleon III and the young Prince Imperial review the French troops in Paris.",["napoleon-iii","napoleon-eugene-louis-bonaparte-prince-imperial"],"Paris"],["1870-04-12","Day trip to Versailles","The family travels an hour and a half to Versailles.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-13","Nine boys and an army indoors","Nine boys fill the house for a game of soldiers.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-14","Soldiers, and a scrap","During a day of soldiers, Roosevelt gets into a fight.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-15","Ten soldiers and a ball","Roosevelt plays soldiers, with ten of them noted, and ball.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-16","A sick boy goes to Fontainebleau","After a rough night, Roosevelt goes to Fontainebleau and plays in the garden, though he is ill.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-17","The best Easter of his life","At Fontainebleau, Roosevelt walks in the woods and hunts Easter eggs, and calls it the happiest Easter he has known.",[],"Fontainebleau"],["1870-04-18","Parents and Bamie head to Paris","His father, mother, and Bamie go up to Paris while Roosevelt stays at Fontainebleau playing in the garden.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Fontainebleau"],["1870-04-19","By train back to Paris","Roosevelt returns to Paris by train.",[],"Fontainebleau"],["1870-04-20","Sick in Paris","Roosevelt is ill.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-21","Reading in the shade","Still sick, Roosevelt reads in the shade.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-22","French lesson and garden","A French lesson and time in the garden.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-23","Climbing rocks at Fontainebleau","Roosevelt takes the train to Fontainebleau and scrambles over the rocks.",[],"Fontainebleau"],["1870-04-24","Rocks in the park","A day in the park at Fontainebleau among the rocks.",[],"Fontainebleau"],["1870-04-25","The Tuileries and the Champs-Elysees","Back in Paris, Roosevelt visits the Tuileries and the Champs-Elysees.",[],"Tuileries Garden"],["1870-04-26","A full day of lessons and play","Garden, soldiers, a French lesson, reading, and play fill the day.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-27","Rain in Paris","A rainy day in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-28","Tag and coins in the rain","Despite rain, Roosevelt plays tag and coins and has a French lesson.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-29","Horse and fort","Roosevelt plays horse and fort and reads.",[],"Paris"],["1870-04-30","Tearful goodbye to Bamie; on to London","The family leaves Bamie behind at school and everyone cries. After five hours on the train and a slightly queasy Channel crossing from Boulogne to Folkestone, they reach London. Years later Roosevelt said plainly that he disliked the whole trip.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Paris"],["1870-05-01","Sent from the table in London","There is no church today. Roosevelt goes to Hyde Park, and at a meal he dips his fingers into the butter dish and is dismissed from the table.",[],"Hyde Park"],["1870-05-02","A gift of stamps from a stranger","Roosevelt goes to Wells and to a bank, where a kind gentleman hands him some stamps.",[],"London"],["1870-05-03","Windsor Castle and Eton","A train ride to Windsor Castle, where Roosevelt sees the farm, stables, and castle, then a stop at Eton before heading home.",[],"London"],["1870-05-04","A day at the London zoo","Roosevelt visits the zoo in London.",[],"London Zoo"],["1870-05-05","A walk in Hyde Park","Roosevelt walks in Hyde Park.",[],"Hyde Park"],["1870-05-06","Stamps and the zoo again","Roosevelt works on his stamps and returns to the zoo.",[],"London Zoo"],["1870-05-07","Liverpool and Uncle Irvine","Roosevelt travels to Liverpool, with his parents coming along after, and meets his uncle Irvine Bulloch. Coins round out the day.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","irvine-bulloch"],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-08","Sunday in Liverpool","Church and a walk in Liverpool.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-09","Cousins, the beach, and rare stamps","Roosevelt sees his cousins, goes to the beach, and comes across some rare stamps.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-10","Digging trenches at Aunt Hattie's","At Waterloo, near Liverpool, with Aunt Hattie, Roosevelt digs burrows and trenches.",["aunt-hattie"],"Waterloo"],["1870-05-11","Rainy reading day at Waterloo","Rain at Waterloo, and Roosevelt reads.",[],"Waterloo"],["1870-05-12","A cave in the sand hills","Roosevelt plays in the sand hills and finds a cave, then rides into Liverpool in the afternoon.",[],"Waterloo"],["1870-05-13","Waxworks and farewells","A visit to the waxworks, then goodbyes to the Liverpool cousins.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-14","Aboard the Russia, homeward bound","The family sails on the screw steamer Russia across the Irish Sea. It rains, but Roosevelt does not get seasick.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-15","Nine hours at Queenstown","With no church aboard, the ship lies at Queenstown, Ireland, for nine hours. Sunday school is held.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-16","Seasick, then shipboard friends","The first days at sea are rough and Roosevelt gets seasick, but he recovers fast, makes friends, and plays on deck.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-17","Crossing the Atlantic","The Russia steams on across the Atlantic; the diary records only that the family is at sea.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-18","Crossing the Atlantic","The Russia steams on across the Atlantic; the diary records only that the family is at sea.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-19","Crossing the Atlantic","The Russia steams on across the Atlantic; the diary records only that the family is at sea.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-21","Crossing the Atlantic","The Russia steams on across the Atlantic; the diary records only that the family is at sea.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-22","Crossing the Atlantic","The Russia steams on across the Atlantic; the diary records only that the family is at sea.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-23","Sixteen children play Colosseum","Church and Sunday school at sea, a fight in the morning, then tag, hide-and-seek, and a game of Colosseum with sixteen children.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-24","Whales off the bow","The ship takes on a pilot, and Roosevelt sees whales, one of which sprays him with water. His travel journal ends here.",[],"Liverpool"],["1870-05-25","Hip! Hurrah! Home to America","America comes into view. The Russia passes Sandy Hook into New York Bay, and friends meet the family at the pier.",[],"New York Bay"],["1870-05-26","Breakfast and Jimmy's collection","Back in New York, Roosevelt goes round to a neighbor's for breakfast, sees his friend Jimmy, and looks over a collection.",["jimmy"],"New York"],["1870-05-27","Home all day with Jimmie and Dora","Roosevelt spends the whole day at home playing with Jimmie and chatting with Dora.",["jimmy","dora"],"New York"],["1870-05-28","The rest of the family goes to the country","While the others head out to the country, Roosevelt stays in the city with his parents and has Jimmie over to play.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","jimmy"],"New York"],["1870-05-29","Off to Philadelphia with Aunt Susy","No church today. Roosevelt walks with Evelen and reads, then sets off with Aunt Susy on a four-hour train trip to Philadelphia, reading and writing along the way.",["evelen","susan-elliott-west"],"New York"],["1870-05-30","China animals and strawberry ice cream","In Philadelphia Roosevelt buys little china animals, shares strawberry ice cream with Aunt Susy, and sees the U.S. Mint. His father arrives that night and goes to the Union League Club.",["susan-elliott-west","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"United States Mint"],["1870-05-31","The young naturalist starts collecting","Roosevelt begins collecting every kind of wild creature he can find, launching a boyhood natural history collection.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1870-06-01","Out of the city to Riverdale","After only a few hours back in New York, the family heads up to the country at Spuyten Duyvil in Riverdale for the summer.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-02","Rocks and a brook","Roosevelt scrambles over the rocks and plays in the brook at Spuyten Duyvil.",[],"Spuyten Duyvil"],["1870-06-03","Tin armor, six nests, and haying","Roosevelt fashions a suit of armor from tin, finds six birds' nests, and helps make hay.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-04","A visit to the Dodges","Roosevelt calls on the Dodge family and goes to the beach.",["the-dodge-family"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-05","Church, photographs, Sunday school","A Sunday of church, photographs, and Sunday school in Riverdale.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-06","Building a hut","Roosevelt builds a hut and spots a bird's nest.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-07","Climbing trees at Aunt Annie's","On a rainy day Roosevelt visits his aunt Annie Gracie, climbs trees, and reads.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-08","Croquet, woods, and a ride with Conie","Roosevelt and Conie go riding, play by the brook and in the woods, and finish with croquet.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-09","A filling at the dentist","Roosevelt goes to the dentist and has a tooth filled, then turns to his coins.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-10","Swollen gland sends him to the doctor","A swollen gland takes Roosevelt to the doctor and into New York, where he visits 14th Street and stays the night with his friend Jimmie.",["jimmy"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-11","Steamboat game, then back to the country","In rainy New York, Roosevelt plays steamboat, then takes the train back to Riverdale and drives to Yonkers.",[],"New York"],["1870-06-12","A morning in bed, a cow in the afternoon","Sick, Roosevelt stays in bed through the morning. In the afternoon he takes a walk and watches a cow being milked.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-13","Showing off coins; Jimmie and Frank visit","On a rainy day Roosevelt shows an aunt his coins. Jimmie and Frank come up for croquet and hide-and-seek.",["jimmy","frank"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-14","A fire in the hut","Roosevelt builds a fire in his hut.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-15","Aunt Annie visits; the hut is done","Aunt Annie comes to call, and Roosevelt finishes his hut.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-16","All the cherries he can eat","At Aunt Annie's, Roosevelt climbs a cherry tree and eats until he is full.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-17","A scorching day","The diary notes only that it is very hot.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-18","A quiet day","Roosevelt records nothing of note.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-19","An oriole's nest for the collection","After Sunday school, play, and reading, Roosevelt gets hold of a Baltimore oriole's nest.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-20","To the doctor","Roosevelt goes to see the doctor.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-22","Sick, into the city","Ill again, Roosevelt goes into the city.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-23","Candy and a walk with Father","In New York Roosevelt walks with his father, has candy, reads, and plays, then returns to Riverdale with his mother.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York"],["1870-06-24","Weeding with the gardener","Roosevelt helps the gardener pull weeds.",[],"New York"],["1870-06-25","A garden, a swim, and a festival","Roosevelt plants a garden and goes swimming while Ellie goes yachting. There is a Sunday school festival.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-26","Church and a Sunday school meeting","Roosevelt attends church and a Sunday school meeting.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-27","Swimming and on the mend","Roosevelt swims and is feeling better.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-28","Selling eggs to Papa","Roosevelt finds two hens' nests and sells the eggs to his father.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-29","A long French exercise","Roosevelt works through an hour and a half of French, rides his pony, and swims.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-06-30","Heat wave brings back his asthma","Roosevelt swims and plays among the woods and rocks. A punishing heat wave strikes New York, and after a healthy stretch since Europe his asthma returns; his family begins moving him from place to place hoping to ease it.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-01","Rain at Riverdale","A rainy day in Riverdale.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-02","Croquet and pony rides","Roosevelt plays croquet and rides his pony.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-03","A letter to Bamie in France","Nineteen people turn out for Sunday school despite the rain, and Roosevelt writes to his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-04","Fourth of July torpedoes","Roosevelt celebrates the Fourth by setting off torpedoes, firing them at his toy soldiers, and enjoying fireworks.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-05","Nest hunting","Roosevelt goes looking for birds' nests.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-06","Chasing a cow and building a fort","A busy day: a swim, a cow chase, a new fort, riding, play, and a bath.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-07","Woods, creek, and river","Roosevelt tramps through the woods down to the creek and on to the river.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-08","Fishing gear on Mittie's birthday","Roosevelt buys fishing tackle and goes swimming on his mother's 35th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-09","Riding with Father","Roosevelt rides out with his father and goes swimming.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-10","Climbing trees on the hill","After Sunday school, Roosevelt plays on the hill and climbs trees.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-11","Learning to swim","His friend Johnny Elliott leaves, and Roosevelt learns how to swim.",["john-elliott"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-12","Getting better in the water","Roosevelt swims again and notes that he is improving.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-13","Horseback with Father","Roosevelt plays, swims, and rides horses with his father.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-14","Swimming","Another day of swimming.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-15","War in Europe, worry for Bamie","Roosevelt has lessons, a ride, and a swim. As the Franco-Prussian War breaks out, the family grows anxious about Bamie, still at school in France.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-16","Nests and a swim in the rain","Roosevelt searches for birds' nests and swims, though it rains.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-17","Sunday school and a letter","Roosevelt attends Sunday school, writes a letter, and plays around.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-18","More nest hunting","Roosevelt hunts for birds' nests.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-19","France declares war","Roosevelt spends the day on coins and swimming as France formally declares war on Germany.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-20","Riding and play","Roosevelt rides and plays.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-21","Bath day","The diary notes a bath.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-22","Sick, into the city","Roosevelt is ill and goes to the city.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-23","Six grimy hours to Saratoga","After playing indoors in New York, Roosevelt and his parents ride six hours by train to Saratoga. Covered in grime, he takes a bath.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1870-07-24","Church and Aunt Lucie's","In Saratoga, Roosevelt goes to church and to Aunt Lucie's.",["aunt-lucy"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1870-07-25","A bow from the Indian camp","Roosevelt visits an Indian encampment at Saratoga and buys a bow and arrows.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1870-07-26","Another day like the last","Roosevelt reports that the day was much the same as the one before.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1870-07-27","Back toward New York","Roosevelt leaves Saratoga for New York.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1870-07-28","Nests again at Riverdale","Back in Riverdale, Roosevelt plays and hunts birds' nests.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-29","Bow and arrow on the rocks","Roosevelt plays on the rocks and shoots his bow. In Massachusetts, Alice Lee, his future first wife, turns nine.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-30","Riding with Conie and friends","Roosevelt and Conie go riding with friends.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Riverdale"],["1870-07-31","Sunday school and play","Roosevelt goes to Sunday school and plays; the record also places him at Richfield Springs.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-08-01","Boat, train, and coach to Oyster Bay","Though sick, Roosevelt makes the trip out to Oyster Bay, changing from boat to train to coach.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-08-02","Boats and swimming at Oyster Bay","At Oyster Bay Roosevelt plays with boats, swims, reads, and plays.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1870-08-03","By boat back to Riverdale","Roosevelt returns to Riverdale by boat.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1870-08-04","School, archery, and a lost journal","Roosevelt has school, shoots arrows, and plays soldiers. He later notes that his journal went missing for the next several weeks.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-08-06","Edith Carow turns nine","Edith Carow, a childhood playmate and later Roosevelt's second wife, celebrates her ninth birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1870-08-07","An asthma attack","Roosevelt suffers an attack of asthma.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1870-08-08","Off to Long Island to breathe easier","The family takes Roosevelt to Oyster Bay in hopes the change will help his breathing.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1870-08-09","Happy at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay and thrilled to be there.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1870-08-13","A rainy walk to Otsego Lake","At Richfield Springs, Roosevelt walks to Otsego Lake and back in the rain, with nothing to read.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-08-14","Writing Bamie: he can swim","From Richfield Springs Roosevelt writes Bamie about the long trip from Oyster Bay, ten hours by train and two by boat, and proudly reports that he can now swim.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-08-15","Bamie safe in Liverpool","Bamie is out of the war zone, staying in Liverpool with Uncle Jimmy Bulloch. At Richfield Springs, Roosevelt is with his mother and a crowd of relatives.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-bulloch","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","hilborne-west","susan-elliott-west","johnny","maud","aunt-lucy","aunt-mary"],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-08-16","Battle of Gravelotte noted","The record notes the Battle of Gravelotte between French and German armies, part of the Franco-Prussian War.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-08-31","Home to East 20th Street","The family returns to its New York house on East 20th Street.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-01","Worse in the city, back to Richfield","Mittie brings Roosevelt back to New York, but his health declines, so the two return to Richfield Springs.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-02","At Richfield Springs","Roosevelt is at Richfield Springs.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-03","Still at Richfield Springs","Roosevelt remains at Richfield Springs.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-04","A hard night after another attack","Roosevelt has another asthma attack at Richfield. The spasm eases, but he spends a wretched night.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-05","Mother and son return to New York","Roosevelt and Mittie travel back to New York City.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1870-09-06","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1870-09-07","At Riverdale","Roosevelt is back at Riverdale; the record notes only the place.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-08","At Riverdale","Roosevelt is back at Riverdale; the record notes only the place.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-09","At Riverdale","Roosevelt is back at Riverdale; the record notes only the place.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-10","Meeting John Hay at Riverdale","Roosevelt spends the whole day playing hunt the stag, and meets John Hay, his father's friend and once President Lincoln's private secretary. This journal ends here.",["john-hay","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-22","Father turns 39","Roosevelt's father celebrates his 39th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-26","Back on East 20th Street","The family moves back into the city house on East 20th Street.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-27","Conie turns nine","His sister Conie celebrates her ninth birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-28","Father's charge: build your body","Roosevelt's father tells the sickly boy that he has a fine mind but lacks the physical strength to match, and that he must make himself strong. Within days the boy starts regular gymnasium work.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Riverdale"],["1870-09-30","Wood's Gymnasium and dancing lessons","Daily trips to John Wood's gymnasium begin, with Mittie bringing Roosevelt and Ellie and patiently watching as Wood teaches them the equipment. The children also begin lessons at Mr. Dodsworth's dancing school on Fifth Avenue, alongside Fanny Smith and Edith Carow.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","john-wood","frances-theodora-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1870-10-27","Turning twelve","Roosevelt celebrates his 12th birthday.",[],"Riverdale"],["1870-10-29","French surrender noted","The record notes a French capitulation to the Germans, entered here as the end of the Franco-Prussian War.",[],"France"],["1870-11-30","A home gym on the piazza","John Wood helps fit out a gymnasium on the piazza of the family's house on East 20th Street, where Roosevelt begins the dull, repetitive work of building up his chest.",["john-wood"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1870-12-21","Parents' 17th anniversary","His father and mother mark seventeen years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1870-12-24","A bird book for Christmas","For Christmas, his father presents young Teedie with William Bailey's Our Own Birds.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1870-12-31","Bamie home; Uncle Rob to Congress","Bamie comes back from Liverpool, and Roosevelt's uncle Robert B. Roosevelt has been elected to Congress on the Democratic ticket.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","robert-barnwell-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1871-01-18","Bamie turns sixteen","Bamie celebrates her 16th birthday, which she spends, like every Saturday, riding horseback with her father. The record also mentions museum visits.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1871-01-31","Winter at East 20th Street","The family is at home at 28 East 20th Street in New York.",[],"28 East 20th Street"],["1871-02-28","Ellie turns eleven","His brother Ellie has his 11th birthday at the family home on East 20th Street.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"28 East 20th Street"],["1871-03-31","Still on East 20th Street","The family remains at 28 East 20th Street.",[],"28 East 20th Street"],["1871-04-30","Spring in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1871-05-31","Twelve years old in New York","Roosevelt, now 12, is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1871-06-30","Summer begins in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1871-07-08","Mittie turns 36","His mother celebrates her 36th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1871-07-17","Grandfather Roosevelt dies","At 77, Roosevelt's grandfather Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt passes away in New York, leaving TR's father at least a million dollars. The same day, rioting involving Irish immigrants breaks out in the city.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1871-07-29","Alice Lee turns ten","Alice Lee, Roosevelt's future first wife, has her tenth birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1871-07-31","An Adirondack party sets out","A family party forms for the Adirondacks: Uncle Cornelius Roosevelt and Aunt Laura, Uncle Hilborne West and Aunt Susy, and cousin West Roosevelt, a boy close to Roosevelt's age. The Carows leave for Renovo, Pennsylvania.",["cornelius-roosevelt","aunt-laura","hilborne-west","susan-elliott-west","west-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1871-08-01","North by rail and stage to Lake George","The party rides the train to Glens Falls, then a stagecoach to Lake George, where they stay at the William Henry Hotel.",[],"William Henry Hotel"],["1871-08-02","Fort ruins, specimens, and a mountain","Roosevelt and two other boys explore the ruins of Fort George, gather specimens, see an Indian encampment, row to an island, swim, and climb a mountain.",[],"Lake George"],["1871-08-03","Airgun and steamboat","Roosevelt tries an airgun, takes a steamboat ride, and goes up a mountain.",[],"Lake George"],["1871-08-04","Up the lake to Ticonderoga's ruins","The party steams up Lake George aboard the Minnehaha, then takes a stagecoach past the ruins of Ticonderoga. Roosevelt picks up a cannonball the record links to the Battle of Plattsburgh.",[],"Plattsburg"],["1871-08-05","Quizzing the stage driver about animals","A train ride of an hour and a half and a stagecoach bring the party to Paul Smith's, sixty miles in all. On the way Roosevelt talks with the driver about wild animals.",[],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-06","A snake for the collection","After church, Roosevelt kills a snake to keep as a specimen. Back home, Edith Carow turns ten.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-07","Off into the woods with Father","His father, Uncle Hilborne, and the three boys set out by boat on an excursion to Upper St. Regis, practicing with a revolver and landing on an island.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","hilborne-west"],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-08","Storm shelter under the boats","Camped in the woods by Lake St. Regis, the party shelters under their boats in a thunderstorm. Roosevelt describes the animals, and his father reads to the boys by the campfire.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"St. Regis Lakes"],["1871-08-09","Swept into the stream","Out fishing, Roosevelt is carried into the stream, and a guide tells the boys a panther story.",[],"St. Regis Lakes"],["1871-08-10","Last of the Mohicans by the fire","The party moves back upstream to its starting point. The boys chase the guide around, and his father reads them The Last of the Mohicans.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"St. Regis Lakes"],["1871-08-11","Back across the lake","The party crosses the lake by boat to Paul Smith's.",[],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-12","Climbing St. Regis Mountain","Roosevelt climbs St. Regis Mountain and watches the wildlife.",[],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-13","Church and rowing","Sunday church and a row on the lake.",[],"Paul Smith's"],["1871-08-14","By boat to Martin's","Roosevelt goes by boat to Martin's on Lower Saranac Lake while most of the party takes the stagecoach.",[],"Lake Placid"],["1871-08-15","Hunting fungi at Lake Placid","After a stagecoach ride to Lake Placid, Roosevelt goes hunting for fungus specimens.",[],"Lake Placid"],["1871-08-16","The Ausable River and its falls","Near Plattsburgh, Roosevelt sees the Ausable River and its falls.",[],"Plattsburgh"],["1871-08-17","Ausable Glen and a steamboat","Roosevelt visits Ausable Glen and rides a steamboat.",[],"Plattsburgh"],["1871-08-18","A lost hat and a tame bear","The party crosses Lake Champlain and takes the train to White River Junction, Vermont. Roosevelt loses his hat and sees a tame bear.",[],"White River Junction"],["1871-08-19","Into the White Mountains","By train through Wells River and Littleton, the party reaches the Profile House in New Hampshire's White Mountains.",[],"Profile House"],["1871-08-20","Up Cannon Mountain","With no church service, Roosevelt climbs Cannon Mountain.",[],"Profile House"],["1871-08-21","Riding to the Flume with West","Roosevelt and his cousin West ride to the Flume and its waterfall, then climb Bald Mountain twice.",["west-roosevelt"],"Profile House"],["1871-08-22","Warned to go easy on the horses","Roosevelt is told to stop riding the horses so hard.",[],"Profile House"],["1871-08-23","A full day on Mount Lafayette","Roosevelt, West, and Ellie spend a whole day on the tough climb up Mount Lafayette, watching for wildlife along the way.",["west-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Profile House"],["1871-08-24","On to the Crawford House","A 27-mile stagecoach trip brings the party to the Crawford House, and they go up Mount Willard by carriage.",[],"Crawford House"],["1871-08-25","By mountain car up Mount Washington","From the foot of Mount Washington the party rides the mountain railway to the top. Roosevelt bathes in an emerald pool.",[],"Crawford House"],["1871-08-26","A dip at Diana's Falls","At North Conway, Roosevelt bathes at Diana's Falls and explores a cave.",[],"North Conway"],["1871-08-27","Sunday in North Conway","Roosevelt goes to church in North Conway.",[],"North Conway"],["1871-08-28","Across Lake Winnipesaukee","The party crosses Lake Winnipesaukee on the way to Worcester.",[],"Worcester"],["1871-08-29","A glass factory in Pittsfield","Roosevelt arrives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, by train and tours a glass factory.",[],"Pittsfield"],["1871-08-30","New Haven, missing the armory","The party reaches New Haven without seeing the Springfield Arsenal.",[],"New Haven"],["1871-08-31","Home again, and a first museum gift","Roosevelt lingers in New Haven, driving about, before following his father, Conie, and Ellie home to Riverdale. That season the young collector gives New York's American Museum of Natural History a bat, 12 mice, a turtle, a red squirrel skull, and four bird eggs. The Carows settle at 200 West 44th Street, and Edith enters Miss Comstock's School.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1871-09-22","Father turns 40","His father celebrates his 40th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New Haven"],["1871-09-27","Corinne turns ten","His sister Corinne has her 10th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New Haven"],["1871-09-30","Tutors, exercise, and taxidermy lessons","Back on East 20th Street, Roosevelt works out every day and studies English, French, German, and Latin with private tutors. A Mr. Bell begins teaching him taxidermy.",["mr-bell"],"New Haven"],["1871-10-08","Fire sweeps through Chicago","The Great Chicago Fire breaks out, a national disaster noted here for context; the record places nothing of Roosevelt's own on this day.",[],"New Haven"],["1871-10-27","Roosevelt turns thirteen","Roosevelt marks his thirteenth birthday.",[],"New Haven"],["1871-10-31","Thirteen and at home in New York","Now thirteen, Roosevelt is living with his family in New York City; no particular events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1871-12-22","Parents mark eighteen years of marriage","Roosevelt's parents, Theodore Sr. and Mittie, celebrate their eighteenth wedding anniversary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1871-12-31","Year closes with the family in New York","The year ends with Roosevelt in New York City. The record also flags two items of the moment: Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days and the coming creation of Yellowstone in March.",[],"New York City"],["1872-01-18","Bamie turns seventeen","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her seventeenth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1872-01-31","January in New York City","Roosevelt spends the month at home in New York City; the record notes no specific events.",[],"New York City"],["1872-02-28","Elliott turns twelve","Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott, called Ellie, celebrates his twelfth birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1872-02-29","Taxidermy lessons from Audubon's old companion","Around this time young Roosevelt begins learning to stuff and mount specimens from Mr. Bell, an elderly taxidermist who had once worked alongside John James Audubon. Roosevelt later recalled the lessons in his own words.",["john-g-bell","john-james-audubon"],"New York City"],["1872-03-01","Congress creates Yellowstone","Congress establishes Yellowstone as the first national park, noted here for context; the record ties no Roosevelt activity to the day.",[],"New York City"],["1872-03-31","March at home in New York","Roosevelt, thirteen, passes March at home in New York City; no particular events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1872-04-30","April at home in New York","Roosevelt, thirteen, passes April at home in New York City; no particular events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1872-05-31","May at home in New York","Roosevelt, thirteen, passes May at home in New York City; no particular events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1872-06-30","Summer at Dobbs Ferry and a first gun","The family settles in for the summer near Dobbs Ferry, where Uncle Hilborne West helps tutor the children and sparks fresh interests. Roosevelt receives his first gun, a 12-gauge Lefaucheux double-barrel, but keeps missing everything he aims at; he admits to his father he can't even make out the letters on a big billboard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","hilborne-west"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-08","Mittie turns thirty-seven","Roosevelt's mother Mittie celebrates her thirty-seventh birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-09","Writing Aunt Annie about the Fourth","Roosevelt writes to his aunt Annie Gracie describing the family's Fourth of July.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-20","No events recorded","The record for this day carries no legible entry.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-21","Mittie ill through the night","Roosevelt's mother Mittie is sick through the night with severe nausea, a doctor at her side until dawn.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-22","Mittie stays in bed","Still unwell, Roosevelt's mother Mittie spends the whole day in bed after a hard week.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-28","Sunday school on the piazza","Mittie writes her sister Annie Gracie that she has been laid low by a long bout of dyspepsia. She describes Theodore Sr. teaching Sunday school on the porch while young Teedie sprawls on a blanket with a religious tract, now and then letting out his odd, squeaky laugh. Uncle Hilborne West is visiting too.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","theodore-roosevelt-sr","hilborne-west"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-29","Alice Lee turns eleven","Alice Hathaway Lee, the Boston girl Roosevelt would marry eight years later, celebrates her eleventh birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-30","Teasing Aunt Annie about Europe","Roosevelt sends Aunt Annie Gracie a funny, illustrated letter poking fun at her upcoming trip to Europe.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Riverdale"],["1872-07-31","Bullied on the way to Moosehead Lake","After an asthma attack, Roosevelt is sent to Moosehead Lake in Maine. Along the way two boys taunt him and knock him around, and he vows to build up his body and learn how to box.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-06","Edith Carow turns eleven","Edith Carow, Roosevelt's childhood playmate and future second wife, celebrates her eleventh birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-20","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-22","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-24","Late summer in Maine","The entry is badly garbled but appears to place Roosevelt in Maine, likely around Moosehead Lake.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-26","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-27","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-29","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-08-31","Entry unreadable","The record for this day survives only as unreadable OCR, so nothing can be said with confidence.",[],"Riverdale"],["1872-09-18","Enjoying a visit to Philadelphia","Writing to his father from Philadelphia, Roosevelt asks to stay on until Saturday because he is enjoying himself so much. He visits the Academy, whose library he notes holds 38,000 books.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Academy of Natural Sciences"],["1872-09-22","Theodore Sr. turns forty-one","Roosevelt's father celebrates his forty-first birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Philadelphia"],["1872-09-27","Corinne turns eleven","Roosevelt's younger sister Corinne, known as Conie, celebrates her eleventh birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Philadelphia"],["1872-09-30","Spectacles open a new world","Shortly before the family's second trip abroad, Roosevelt finally gets eyeglasses. He later wrote that they revealed a world he had never seen, and his fascination with birds takes off.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-16","Sailing for Liverpool aboard the Russia","The family boards the steamer Russia bound for Liverpool. Once past Sandy Hook, Roosevelt turns seasick and heads to bed. He has packed ready-made pink labels for the specimens he plans to collect. His mother describes him as tall, gangly and bespectacled, with his squeaky laugh.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-17","Seasick on the Atlantic","Crossing the Atlantic on the Russia, Roosevelt is badly seasick all day.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-18","Seasick on the Atlantic","Crossing the Atlantic on the Russia, Roosevelt is badly seasick all day.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-19","Seasick on the Atlantic","Crossing the Atlantic on the Russia, Roosevelt is badly seasick all day.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-20","Seasick on the Atlantic","Crossing the Atlantic on the Russia, Roosevelt is badly seasick all day.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-21","Seasick on the Atlantic","Crossing the Atlantic on the Russia, Roosevelt is badly seasick all day.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-22","Over the seasickness at last","Feeling better at last, Roosevelt spends time playing up on deck.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-23","Another quiet day at sea","Shipboard life carries on much as it did the day before.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-24","A gale keeps him in his berth","A gale hits the ship, and a sick Roosevelt stays in his bunk.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-25","Rough water in the Irish Sea","The Russia pushes through a rough Irish Sea toward Liverpool.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1872-10-26","Landing in Liverpool, hunting for arsenic","The family comes ashore at Liverpool and checks into the Adelphi Hotel, where Uncle Irvine Bulloch, Aunt Ella and cousins greet them. Roosevelt sets out to buy arsenic for preserving specimens, only to meet a wary druggist, and local boys pester him in the street.",["irvine-bulloch","ella-bulloch","cornelius-roosevelt","hilborne-roosevelt"],"Adelphi Hotel"],["1872-10-27","Fourteenth birthday in Liverpool","Roosevelt turns fourteen in Liverpool and goes to church.",[],"Liverpool"],["1872-10-28","Birthday presents and bird skins","Roosevelt buys birds and skins them, then celebrates his birthday. His gifts: a bag, two pens, two pencils, an inkwell and two penknives.",[],"Liverpool"],["1872-10-29","Bookshops with Conie","Roosevelt and his sister Conie browse Liverpool's bookstores, and he spends more time skinning birds.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Liverpool"],["1872-10-30","Football and books at Waterloo","Roosevelt and his brother Ellie head out to Waterloo, near Liverpool, to play football and read.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1872-10-31","A swim and some play","Still in Liverpool, Roosevelt goes swimming and spends the day playing.",[],"Liverpool"],["1872-11-01","Visitors, old books and tea","Arthur Dean and Jimmy call on the family. Roosevelt visits an old bookshop, and the day ends with tea at Waterloo.",["arthur-dean","jimmy"],"Liverpool"],["1872-11-02","Reading Audubon at Waterloo","At Waterloo, Roosevelt reads Audubon from a copy belonging to his Aunt Hattie.",["aunt-hattie","john-james-audubon"],"Liverpool"],["1872-11-03","Sunday church in Liverpool","Roosevelt goes to church in Liverpool; the diary also mentions heavy boots.",[],"Liverpool"],["1872-11-04","Ahead to London with Ellie","Roosevelt and Ellie travel to London with Antoine, the family's courier, and put up at a Brunswick hotel; they will meet the rest of the family in Paris.",["elliott-roosevelt","antoine"],"London"],["1872-11-05","Book hunting on the Strand","In London Roosevelt calls on Arthur Dean and walks the Strand trying to find books. Back home, Ulysses S. Grant wins a second term as President.",["arthur-dean","ulysses-s-grant"],"Strand"],["1872-11-06","Across the Channel to Brussels","Roosevelt takes the train to Dover, gets seasick on the hour-and-a-half steamer crossing to Calais, then rides the rails to Brussels.",[],"Brussels"],["1872-11-07","Train to Bonn and a cousin visit","Roosevelt travels by train to Bonn, where he sees his cousin West and Frankie Roosevelt at their school.",["west-roosevelt","frankie-roosevelt"],"Bonn"],["1872-11-08","Rabbits and birds to skin","In Bonn, Roosevelt buys rabbits and birds so he and his cousin West can skin them.",["west-roosevelt"],"Bonn"],["1872-11-09","Rainy day of talk and dissection","On a wet day in Bonn, Roosevelt talks and dissects specimens. He is lodging at the Golden Star.",[],"Bonn"],["1872-11-10","Sunday in Bonn","Roosevelt attends church, then spends the day talking at the hotel.",[],"Bonn"],["1872-11-11","A dreary, rainy day","With rain falling and nothing to do in Bonn, Roosevelt finds the day gloomy.",[],"Bonn"],["1872-11-12","West and Frankie drop by","Another day much like the last in Bonn, brightened when West and Frankie come over.",["west-roosevelt","frankie-roosevelt"],"Bonn"],["1872-11-13","All-day train to Paris","Roosevelt rides the train from seven in the morning until eleven at night to reach Paris, where he stays at the Hotel du Jardin.",[],"Paris"],["1872-11-14","Larks, buntings and a changed Paris","Roosevelt buys larks and buntings to skin and takes a walk in the rain. He notices how Paris has been altered since the war of 1870. His parents arrive.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1872-11-15","Christmas shopping and a bunting","On another rainy day, Roosevelt buys and skins a bunting, shops for Christmas presents and stops at a café.",[],"Paris"],["1872-11-16","Dinner with the Bronsons","Roosevelt skins birds through a rainy day in Paris, dines with the Theodore Bronsons, and writes to his uncle Hilborne West.",["theodore-b-bronson","hilborne-west"],"Paris"],["1872-11-17","Church and specimens in the rain","Roosevelt goes to church in Paris and works on bird skins while the rain continues.",[],"Paris"],["1872-11-18","More rain in Paris","Rain is the only thing recorded for the day in Paris.",[],"Paris"],["1872-11-19","Market, skinning and reading","Roosevelt visits a Paris market, skins specimens and reads.",[],"Paris"],["1872-11-20","The whole family leaves for Turin","All the Roosevelts board a train out of Paris, heading for Turin.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Paris"],["1872-11-21","Bound for Italy and Egypt","The family is in transit toward Italy, the next leg of a journey that will carry them on to Egypt; the record gives no details.",[],"Turin"],["1872-11-22","A hotel stop in Turin","The family stays at a hotel in Turin.",[],"Turin"],["1872-11-23","Churches of Bologna","The family takes the train to Bologna, where they visit the churches of San Domenico and Santo Stefano.",[],"San Domenico"],["1872-11-24","From Bologna to Brindisi","After seeing San Pietro and Bologna's market square, the family rides the train down to the port of Brindisi.",[],"Bologna"],["1872-11-25","Sailing for Alexandria","The family boards a steamer for Alexandria, and Roosevelt is seasick again.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1872-11-26","Passing the coast of Greece","The steamer carries the family past Greece.",[],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1872-11-27","Open water on the Mediterranean","Out on the Mediterranean, the family sees only a handful of other vessels.",[],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1872-11-28","First sight of Egypt","At eight o'clock Alexandria comes into view. Roosevelt writes a lively account of coming ashore, including a customs house where bribes changed hands, and the family checks into the Hotel Abbat.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Hotel Abbat"],["1872-11-29","Exploring Alexandria on foot","Roosevelt walks around Alexandria and describes what he sees.",[],"Alexandria"],["1872-11-30","Train across the delta to Cairo","A six-hour train ride through the Nile delta brings the family to Cairo and Shepheard's Hotel. Each day after breakfast, Bamie gives Roosevelt, Ellie and Conie two hours of lessons. Theodore Sr. will spend about $2,000 on the Egyptian part of the trip.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Shepheard's Hotel"],["1872-12-01","Sunday wanderings in Cairo","Roosevelt attends the English church in Cairo and roams about the city.",[],"Cairo"],["1872-12-02","Donkey rides through the bazaars","Roosevelt and Ellie explore Cairo's bazaars on donkeyback.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-03","Inside a pyramid","A two-hour trip takes the family to the pyramids, where Roosevelt notes the animals along the way and sees the Sphinx. Only the men climb the pyramids, but Theodore Sr., Conie, Bamie and Roosevelt venture inside one.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-04","Seeing clearly with spectacles","Roosevelt visits gardens and goes for a donkey ride, delighted that his new spectacles let him see.",[],"Cairo"],["1872-12-05","A group photograph at the mosque","At the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, a photograph is taken of the Roosevelts together with the Clift family and a party of Harvard men.",["smith-clift"],"Mosque of Muhammad Ali"],["1872-12-06","An ancient obelisk at Heliopolis","Roosevelt misses the howling dervishes but sees the old obelisk at On, also called Heliopolis.",[],"Cairo"],["1872-12-07","Procession of the sacred cloth","Roosevelt watches the procession of the cloth for Mecca. His father admires a Circassian woman glimpsed in a window.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-08","Church, gardens and Dr. Grant","Roosevelt attends the English church, visits gardens and talks with a Dr. Grant.",["dr-grant"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-09","Readying the riverboat","While the others outfit the dahabeah, the Nile houseboat named Ibis, Roosevelt wanders and skins birds.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-10","Shopping in Cairo","The day is spent shopping in Cairo.",[],"Cairo"],["1872-12-11","Purchases with his father","Roosevelt and his father make some purchases, perhaps including the book on Egyptian birds that Roosevelt later mentions in his Autobiography.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-12","Moving aboard the Ibis","In the afternoon the family settles onto the dahabeah, which Roosevelt finds snug and pleasant.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-13","First bird he ever shot","Out shooting with his father near Cairo, Roosevelt brings down the first bird of his life. He also sees the howling dervishes.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-14","A white wagtail and fifteen species","Roosevelt and his father go shooting and bag a white wagtail; on an hour's walk he counts fifteen kinds of birds.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-15","Sunday near Cairo","Roosevelt goes to church, pays visits and takes a walk.",[],"Cairo"],["1872-12-16","Shooting and the Boulaq Museum","After a morning's shooting, Roosevelt visits the museum at Boulaq with its collection of ancient Egyptian objects.",[],"Boulaq Museum"],["1872-12-17","Conie sick, the men out shooting","Conie is ill, while Roosevelt and his father spend the morning shooting.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-18","A rare white-tailed plover","Theodore Sr. and Bamie go into Cairo and friends call. Out shooting with his father, Roosevelt spots an uncommon white-tailed plover.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-19","A yellow wagtail in five shots","Roosevelt and his father go shooting, and it takes him five shots to get a yellow wagtail.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-20","Three boats start up the Nile","That afternoon a small flotilla heads upriver: four Harvard men aboard the Rachel, the Clift family on the Gazelle, and the Roosevelts on the Ibis.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frances-merriam","augustus-jay","harry-godey","nathaniel-thayer","smith-clift"],"Cairo"],["1872-12-21","Aground near Tura, full game bags","Near Tura the boat runs onto a sandbar. Roosevelt and his father shoot in a palm grove and come back with bulging game bags.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Tura"],["1872-12-22","A Sunday pelican near Beni Suef","Near Beni Suef the men of the Rachel shoot a pelican on the Sabbath. Roosevelt watches birds, and his parents mark their nineteenth anniversary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Beni Suef"],["1872-12-23","Skinning a pelican aboard the Rachel","Roosevelt skins the pelican on the Rachel and goes shooting. The American consul calls.",["american-consul"],"Beni Suef"],["1872-12-24","Christmas Eve on horseback","Roosevelt skins birds, then rides horses with his parents. Mr. Clift pays a visit.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","smith-clift"],"Beni Suef"],["1872-12-25","A shotgun for Christmas","Christmas gifts are opened in his father's cabin, and Roosevelt's is a double-barreled shotgun. He promptly shoots four doves and calls on the American consul.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","american-consul"],"Beni Suef"],["1872-12-26","Shooting four miles upriver","Four miles above Beni Suef, Roosevelt and his father go shooting.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Beni Suef"],["1872-12-27","An ibis, a lark and a collision","At Fechtan Roosevelt shoots an ibis and a lark. The Ibis bumps into the Rachel, which stays behind, and Mr. Waitman appears on the Water Lily.",["mr-waitman"],"Fechtan"],["1872-12-28","Villagers object to the shooting","About fifteen miles beyond Fechtan the party goes shooting, and local people complain.",[],"Fechtan"],["1872-12-29","Under sail, watching birds","The Ibis sails on, and Roosevelt watches the birdlife along the river.",[],"Fechtan"],["1872-12-30","Live doves at Golosna","The boat sails and stops at Golosna, where the family buys live doves.",[],"Golosna"],["1872-12-31","New Year's Eve party on the Ibis","At Minich, Roosevelt and his father shoot eighteen birds, and the Rachel catches up. That night about twenty people from all three boats crowd onto the Ibis to sing, drink eggnog, toast midnight with champagne and dance the Virginia reel.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","nathaniel-thayer","augustus-jay","frances-merriam","harry-godey","smith-clift","mrs-smith-clift","edith-clift","elizabeth-clift"],"Minich"],["1873-01-01","New Year's Day under sail","The Ibis sails on, about seven miles past Roda.",[],"Roda"],["1873-01-02","Stuck again, jackals at night","The boat grounds on a sandbar and the crew must haul and pole it free. Roosevelt hears jackals.",[],"Roda"],["1873-01-03","Bumps and groundings on the Nile","The day's excitement comes from collisions, groundings and similar mishaps on the river.",[],"Gebel Abu Feda"],["1873-01-04","Becalmed below the cliffs of Abu Feda","With no wind opposite Abu Feda, the crew tows and poles the boat. The day closes with a splendid sunset over the cliffs.",[],"Gebel Abu Feda"],["1873-01-05","A broken tiller at Asyut","At Asyut the Ibis breaks its tiller, and Roosevelt sees a mirage.",[],"Asyut"],["1873-01-06","Donkeys to the tombs of Asyut","Above Asyut, Roosevelt rides a donkey out to ancient tombs covered in hieroglyphs, and he scorns the scrawls left by modern visitors.",[],"Asyut"],["1873-01-07","Sailing past Girga","The Ibis sails on below Girga.",[],"Minich"],["1873-01-08","Good wind and a sketch of the ibis","With a good breeze above Girga, Roosevelt goes shooting and writes a description of the ibis.",[],"Minich"],["1873-01-09","Fair wind above Qena","The boat makes good time with a strong wind above Qena.",[],"Qena"],["1873-01-10","Karnak by moonlight","At Thebes Roosevelt walks ashore past the temple of Medinet Habu and the two seated colossi, hands resting on their knees. The boat ties up beside the Temple of Luxor, and that night he sees Karnak under the moon.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-01-11","Across the river to the Valley of the Kings","Roosevelt crosses the Nile, sees temples on the Valley of the Kings side, and collects several birds.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-01-12","A Sunday stroll in Luxor","Roosevelt spends the day walking around Luxor.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-01-13","Royal tombs and a wolf","Roosevelt visits the tomb of Ramesses III and Belzoni's tomb, and on the way back shoots a wolf.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-01-14","Towed to Armant","The boat is tracked upstream to Armant, where Theodore Sr. shoots a hawk.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Armant"],["1873-01-15","A long walk at Sharuna","At Sharuna Roosevelt makes a long hike across a sandbank.",[],"Sharuna"],["1873-01-16","Doves and a misfire near Edfu","Above Edfu Roosevelt walks along the shore and gets some doves, though his gun misfires once.",[],"Edfu"],["1873-01-17","A full day's sail to Aswan","The Ibis sails from morning to evening to reach Aswan.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-19","Philae by moonlight on Bamie's birthday","Roosevelt hunts in the desert outside Aswan. Everyone dines aboard the Ibis, and by moonlight he sees the ruins at Philae. It is Bamie's eighteenth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Aswan"],["1873-01-20","Elephantine Island and Philae by day","After sleeping through much of the morning, Roosevelt visits Elephantine Island and returns to Philae to see it in daylight.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-21","A jackal in the desert","Hunting in the desert near Aswan, Roosevelt sees a jackal.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-22","At the cataracts","Roosevelt visits the Nile cataracts at Aswan.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-23","Desert hunting at Aswan","Roosevelt spends the day hunting in the desert.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-24","Turning back downriver","After one more desert hunt, the Ibis heads downstream in the afternoon. The family has to turn around because Theodore Sr. must be in Vienna by May 1.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Aswan"],["1873-01-25","Kom Ombo at sunset","Roosevelt hunts along the river and sees the ruins of Kom Ombo at sunset; the boat sails through the night.",[],"Aswan"],["1873-01-26","A cheerful letter to Aunt Annie","Near Kom Ombo Roosevelt visits a ruin and writes to Aunt Annie Gracie that he is having a fine time.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Aswan"],["1873-01-27","Edfu's temple, then shooting","Roosevelt tours the temple at Edfu in the morning and shoots in the afternoon.",[],"Edfu"],["1873-01-28","El Kab's tombs and on to Isna","Roosevelt sees the temple and tombs of El Kab, and the boat reaches Isna in the afternoon.",[],"El Kab"],["1873-01-29","The temple of Khnum","At Isna Roosevelt sees the temple of Khnum and goes shooting.",[],"Isna"],["1873-01-30","Back at Thebes","Returning to Thebes, Roosevelt spends the day shooting.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-01-31","Fifteen birds and outgrown clothes","On a daylong shooting trip at Thebes Roosevelt takes fifteen birds and visits Medinet Habu. He has shot up so much on the journey that his clothes no longer fit.",[],"Thebes"],["1873-02-01","Karnak and specimens","At Thebes Roosevelt tours Karnak and collects some specimens. His sister Corinne writes to Edith Carow back home.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Thebes"],["1873-02-02","Sunday services and Karnak again","The family holds Sunday services, and Roosevelt returns to Karnak.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Thebes"],["1873-02-03","A crane, snipe and pigeons","Roosevelt goes out shooting and brings back a crane, snipe and pigeons, while his father and Ellie visit a tomb on the far bank.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Thebes"],["1873-02-04","The temple of Dendera","Stopping two days at Qena, the family visits the Temple of Dendera, and Roosevelt goes shooting.",[],"Qena"],["1873-02-05","Shooting at Qena","Roosevelt spends the day shooting at Qena.",[],"Qena"],["1873-02-06","Rowing down to El Balyana","The boat is rowed downstream to El Balyana, and Roosevelt shoots.",[],"El Balyana"],["1873-02-07","Abydos and sixteen pigeons","Roosevelt sees the temple at Abydos and kills sixteen pigeons.",[],"El Balyana"],["1873-02-08","Meeting the Zingara","After a morning of shooting, the crew rows all day, and the Ibis falls in with the boat Zingara.",[],"El Balyana"],["1873-02-09","Father preaches to the Rachel's party","The passengers of the Rachel come aboard to hear Theodore Sr. read a sermon. Roosevelt writes to Aunt Annie Gracie.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Beni Hasan"],["1873-02-10","Shooting and tea","Roosevelt goes shooting and later takes tea.",[],"Beni Hasan"],["1873-02-11","Shooting at Beni Hasan","At Beni Hasan Roosevelt heads out to shoot.",[],"Beni Hasan"],["1873-02-12","Rowing Ralph Waldo Emerson to lunch","After touring the Beni Hasan tombs and shooting an owl, Roosevelt helps host Ralph Waldo Emerson and his daughter Ellen for lunch, rowing them over to the family boat himself. Ellen later wrote home describing the ruddy-cheeked, blue-eyed boy at the oars.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","ralph-waldo-emerson","ellen-emerson"],"Beni Hasan"],["1873-02-13","Collision with the Moorkat","Roosevelt shoots with his father near Beni Suef. The Ibis runs into another boat, the Moorkat, which smashes the front cabin.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Beni Suef"],["1873-02-14","Rough sailing toward Memphis","The boat sails all day toward Memphis, with choppy water in the afternoon.",[],"Memphis"],["1873-02-15","The Serapeum and back to Cairo","At Memphis Roosevelt sees the Serapeum and the Apis pits, kills two ibises and arrives back in Cairo in the afternoon.",[],"Memphis"],["1873-02-16","Church in Cairo, still aboard","The family goes to church in Cairo and continues living on the boat.",[],"Cairo"],["1873-02-17","Rainy day of collecting","Still on the dahabeah, Roosevelt kills birds on a rainy day.",[],"Cairo"],["1873-02-18","Back to Shepheard's Hotel","The family leaves the boat for Shepheard's Hotel; it rains.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Shepheard's Hotel"],["1873-02-19","Lounging around a wet Cairo","Roosevelt idles about the city in the rain.",[],"Cairo"],["1873-02-20","Calling on Dr. Grant","On another rainy day Roosevelt visits Dr. Grant's.",["dr-grant"],"Cairo"],["1873-02-21","First look at the Suez Canal","At Ismailia, Roosevelt sees the Suez Canal and stays at the Hotel Pagnon. The women of the family go by way of Alexandria to Port Said, where the men will meet them.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Ismailia"],["1873-02-22","Up the canal to Port Said","Roosevelt takes a steamer up the canal to Port Said and stays at the Hotel de France. His asthma flares.",[],"Port Said"],["1873-02-23","Reunited aboard the steamer","On board the steamer Alphe, Roosevelt and the men rejoin the rest of the party.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-02-24","Landing at Jaffa, a night in a monastery","The party lands at Jaffa and rides three hours to Ramleh, lodging in a monastery. Theodore Sr. persuades the monks to let the women stay as well.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Jaffa"],["1873-02-25","Racing Mr. Jay to Jerusalem","Roosevelt shoots a kestrel and a lark, then rides to Jerusalem, outracing Mr. Jay on horseback. He finds the city surprisingly small; the family stays at the Damascus Hotel.",["augustus-jay"],"Jerusalem"],["1873-02-26","Holy Sepulchre and Gethsemane","Roosevelt visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden of Gethsemane.",[],"Church of the Holy Sepulchre"],["1873-02-27","The Dome of the Rock","Roosevelt sees the Mosque of Omar.",[],"Mosque of Omar"],["1873-02-28","Wailing Wall on Ellie's birthday","After a morning hunt, Roosevelt goes to the Wailing Wall and the tombs of the judges and kings. Ellie turns thirteen.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Wailing Wall"],["1873-03-01","Photographs and a ride","Roosevelt visits a convent, buys photographs and goes riding.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-02","Sunday church in Jerusalem","Roosevelt attends church in Jerusalem.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-03","Caravan to Jericho","Roosevelt sets out on horseback for the Dead Sea over a rough road. The caravan counts some 35 pack animals and 25 people, with Bedouin guards, and camps near Jericho.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-04","Floating in the Dead Sea","Roosevelt bathes in the Jordan, which strikes him as no bigger than a creek, then swims in the Dead Sea and finds he can't sink.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-05","Bethlehem and the Nativity","After a convent visit, the party rides to Bethlehem by way of the Pools of Solomon. Theodore Sr. pays guards to let them into the site of the Nativity.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Church of the Nativity"],["1873-03-06","Hebron and Abraham's Oak","Roosevelt rides to Hebron, sees Abraham's Oak and the mosque, and goes shooting.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-07","Rain in Jerusalem","Back in Jerusalem, the day is rainy.",[],"Jerusalem"],["1873-03-08","Riding back to Ramleh","The party rides to Ramleh.",[],"Ramla"],["1873-03-09","Farewell to a horse named Grant","Roosevelt rides to Jaffa and boards ship, where he is seasick. He is sad to say goodbye to the horse he rode and named Grant.",[],"Jaffa"],["1873-03-10","Asthma in Beirut","The family sails to Beirut and stays at the Hotel d'Orient. Roosevelt rides a horse and suffers an asthma attack.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Hotel d'Orient"],["1873-03-11","Trying out horses","In Beirut the party tests horses for the overland trip.",[],"Beirut"],["1873-03-12","Seven hours to Ain Tufeh","A ride of about seven hours brings the party to Ain Tufeh. Roosevelt and Ellie are stuck with poor mounts.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Ain Tufeh"],["1873-03-13","Off the Diligence Road to Abla","The party follows the Diligence Road until lunch, then turns off and meets people at Abla.",[],"Ablah"],["1873-03-14","The ruins of Baalbek","A three-hour canter from Abla brings Roosevelt to the grand ruins of Baalbek, where he shoots a finch.",[],"Ablah"],["1873-03-15","A cold night in tents","After shooting several birds in the morning, the party rides to Syrahayi and spends a bitterly cold night in tents.",[],"Baalbek"],["1873-03-16","Asthma and stomach sickness","The party rides to Sukr El Wady. That night Roosevelt is struck by a severe asthma attack along with cholera morbus.",[],"Sukr El Wady"],["1873-03-17","Chasing jackals toward Damascus","On a showery day Roosevelt hunts and spots jackals that had killed a goat; he gives chase but they escape. The party reaches Damascus.",[],"Damascus"],["1873-03-18","Haggling in the bazaar","Roosevelt sees the horse market in Damascus and bargains in the bazaars for a suit.",[],"Damascus"],["1873-03-19","Up a minaret of 220 steps","Roosevelt tours the Mosque of St. John, climbs a 220-step minaret for the view, and goes shooting with the British consul.",["british-consul"],"Umayyad Mosque"],["1873-03-20","Several birds near Damascus","Roosevelt goes shooting and brings back several birds.",[],"Damascus"],["1873-03-21","Consulate men to dinner","After another day of shooting, men from the British consulate dine with the family.",["british-consul"],"Damascus"],["1873-03-22","Ten changes of horses to Beirut","On the road back to Beirut, Roosevelt sees gazelles; the party switches horses ten times.",[],"Beirut"],["1873-03-23","Ellie falls ill","In Beirut, Ellie is sick; Roosevelt goes to church.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Beirut"],["1873-03-24","Dinner at the Blisses'","Roosevelt and Conie dine with Mr. Bliss and his family while Ellie remains ill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","mr-bliss","elliott-roosevelt"],"Beirut"],["1873-03-25","Boarding an Austrian steamer","The family sails from Beirut at seven aboard an Austrian steamer; Ellie is still sick.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Beirut"],["1873-03-26","Off Cyprus","The steamer passes Cyprus. Ellie is still unwell.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-03-27","Birds land on deck","Far from land, birds alight on the ship, and Roosevelt pays to have them so he can skin them. Ellie is still ill.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-03-28","Specimens from the sailors off Rhodes","The sea is too rough to land at Rhodes, but sailors catch specimens for Roosevelt. In the afternoon the ship runs along the coast of Asia Minor, and Ellie improves.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-03-29","Changing ships at Smyrna","The steamer reaches Smyrna, where the family transfers to another ship.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Smyrna"],["1873-03-30","Candy and tag on a paddle steamer","On a small paddle-wheeler bound for Athens, Roosevelt buys candy, gets seasick and plays tag.",[],"Beirut"],["1873-03-31","First look at the Acropolis","Seasick still, Roosevelt reaches Piraeus and takes a carriage up to Athens, where he sees the Acropolis. The men and women of the party lodge at separate hotels.",[],"Austria"],["1873-04-01","Touring ancient Athens","By carriage, Roosevelt tours the ruins of the Olympieion, a Greek theater, the Acropolis and the Parthenon, in the rain.",[],"Parthenon"],["1873-04-02","Areopagus, then a ship for Constantinople","Roosevelt goes back to the Acropolis and climbs the Areopagus, then drives to Piraeus to board an Italian steamer for Constantinople.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Areopagus"],["1873-04-03","Walking around Smyrna","The steamer reaches Smyrna in the afternoon, and Roosevelt walks through the town.",[],"Smyrna"],["1873-04-04","A late departure","The steamer does not get under way until six in the evening.",[],"Smyrna"],["1873-04-05","Through the Dardanelles","The ship passes through the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara while Roosevelt plays on deck.",[],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-04-06","Ashore at Constantinople","At Constantinople the family rows ashore, walks to the Hotel d'Angleterre, and attends church.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Mediterranean Sea"],["1873-04-07","Candle fight with the Lawrence boys","Roosevelt rides out with Frank and Tom Lawrence, who stay for dinner and games of muggins. He, Ellie and Tom end up in a candle fight, flinging hot wax at each other. He writes Edith Carow, mentioning that he has lost his gun.",["frank-lawrence","tom-lawrence","elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-08","The old city walls","Roosevelt visits the ancient walls and towers of Constantinople.",[],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-09","Thrown from his horse","Sightseeing on horseback while the others ride in carriages, Roosevelt is thrown. He sees the Süleymaniye Mosque and Hagia Sophia and is sick that night.",[],"Süleymaniye Mosque"],["1873-04-10","A quiet day in Constantinople","Nothing much happens.",[],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-11","A glimpse of the Sultan","The Lawrences and Roosevelts go together to the Sultan's palace, and Roosevelt sees the Sultan.",["lawrence-family","sultan-abdulaziz"],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-12","The Lawrences depart","The Lawrence family leaves for Brindisi.",["lawrence-family"],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-13","Sunday church in Constantinople","Roosevelt attends church.",[],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-14","Midnight sailing into the Black Sea","The family boards a steamer at ten in the evening and sets out at midnight across the Black Sea toward Romania.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-15","Varna and a Danube riverboat","Seasick, Roosevelt reaches Varna at six in the evening and transfers to a riverboat on the Danube.",[],"Varna"],["1873-04-16","Up the green Danube, gasping","The riverboat steams up the Danube all day through green, rolling country, and Roosevelt suffers a severe asthma attack.",[],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-17","From boat to train","Between Serbia and Austria the family changes boats and then boards a train.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Constantinople"],["1873-04-18","Arriving in Pest","The family reaches Pest around one o'clock, stays at the King of England Hotel, visits a picture gallery and climbs the hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Pest"],["1873-04-19","Vienna, and Father's exposition duties","The family checks into the Grand Hotel in Vienna. Theodore Sr., who sits on the exposition's board of directors, prepares for its opening.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Grand Hotel"],["1873-04-20","Sunday church in Vienna","Roosevelt goes to church.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-21","An idle day in Vienna","Nothing in particular fills the day.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-22","Cousins arrive in Vienna","Cousin West Roosevelt, Frank, Aunt Mary and the Misses Tiny and Gertrude Roosevelt pay a visit. Roosevelt buys a rabbit, dissects it, and plays.",["west-roosevelt","frankie-roosevelt","mary-west-roosevelt","tiny-roosevelt","gertrude-roosevelt"],"Vienna"],["1873-04-23","In Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-24","In Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-25","In Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-26","In Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-27","In Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-28","A week of pleasant sameness","Roosevelt sums up the past week in Vienna in his diary as pleasantly uneventful, spent skinning birds or rabbits. West leaves for Bonn, and Ellie and Theodore Sr. go to Dresden.",["west-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Vienna"],["1873-04-29","Suits of armor at the Ambras collection","Roosevelt goes to see the Ambras collection and its armor.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-04-30","Panic on the Vienna exchange","Roosevelt is in Vienna as a financial panic hits the city.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-01","Vienna's world's fair opens without him","The great 1873 international exposition opens its doors in Vienna, where the Roosevelt family is staying. Young Roosevelt will not get his first look at it for two more days.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-02","Vienna, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Vienna but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-03","First quick look at the exposition","Roosevelt gets his first, brief look around the Vienna exposition, two days after it opened.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-04","An American church opens in Vienna","A church for Americans living in Vienna holds its opening service; twenty-seven worshippers turn out.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-05","Another unrecorded day in Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-06","Quiet day in Vienna","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Vienna.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-07","Vienna, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Vienna. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-08","Still in Vienna","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Vienna, with no further entry.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-09","Vienna, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Vienna but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-10","Another unrecorded day in Vienna","Roosevelt is in Vienna; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-11","Books, birds and a growing congregation","The past few weeks in Vienna have felt dull and repetitive, the record notes, with Roosevelt putting his money toward books and bird specimens. At the American church, attendance has climbed to nearly 200.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-12","Back to the Vienna exposition","Roosevelt returns to the great Vienna exposition for another visit.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-13","Quiet day in Vienna","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Vienna.",[],"Vienna"],["1873-05-14","Night train out of Vienna","At ten in the evening Roosevelt, his brother Elliott and their father Theodore Sr. set off from Vienna bound for Dresden. His travel journal ends here.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Vienna"],["1873-05-15","Settled with a German family in Dresden","Roosevelt and Elliott move in with the Minkwitz household in Dresden, parents plus three daughters and two sons, to soak up German. Corinne lodges with another family in town, Bamie and their mother Mittie head off for spa cures, London and Paris, and Theodore Sr. stays on in Vienna before sailing home.",["elliott-roosevelt","herr-minkwitz","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Vienna"],["1873-05-16","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-17","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-18","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-19","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-20","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-21","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-22","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-23","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-24","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-25","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-26","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-27","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-28","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-29","Understanding more German than they think","In a letter to his mother, Roosevelt reports that the Minkwitz family assume his German is too weak to follow their remarks about the Roosevelts.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-05-30","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-05-31","A schoolboy's day in Dresden","Roosevelt's Dresden schedule runs from a 6:30 wake-up through nearly a full day of lessons, broken by lunch, coffee and free afternoons, until bed at ten. Anna Minkwitz drills him and Elliott in German grammar and arithmetic. Homesick Corinne moves in to join her brothers, and his collection now counts 40 animals and 220 coins.",["anna-minkwitz","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-01","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-02","Corinne writes home about a children's club","Corinne tells her friend Edith Carow about a club the five American children in Dresden have formed. Each Sunday they gather at Aunt Lucy's to share the poems and stories they wrote that week. Cousins Johnny and Maud Elliott live close by with Aunt Lucy.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","aunt-lucy","john-elliott","maud-elliott"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-03","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-04","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-05","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-06","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-07","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-08","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-09","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-10","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-11","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-12","Butterfly net in hand on a Saxon outing","Roosevelt joins Elliott and the Minkwitz sisters, Anna and Lina, on a day trip outside Dresden, carrying his butterfly net. Part of the way they travel by boat and catch sight of a castle.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-minkwitz","lina-minkwitz"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-13","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-14","A black eye from boxing Johnny","Roosevelt squares off in a boxing match with Johnnie and comes out the loser, sporting a large black eye.",["john-elliott"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-15","Confiscated arsenic and evicted mice","Roosevelt writes his father about church and the children's writing club, and tells Aunt Annie that Corinne has joined him and Elliott. His hosts have seized the arsenic he used for preserving specimens and flung his pet mice out the window with tongs.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-bulloch-gracie","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-16","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-17","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-18","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-19","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-20","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-21","Bloody nose, then a swim in the Elbe","This time it is Elliott who wins the boxing bout, leaving his brother with a bloody nose. Afterward the boys go swimming in the Elbe.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-22","Sunday club at Aunt Lucy's","Roosevelt heads to Aunt Lucy's for the children's Sunday club, and writes his father about Edward Jacobs, a friend of Johnny's.",["aunt-lucy","theodore-roosevelt-sr","edward-jacobs","john-elliott"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-23","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-24","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-25","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-26","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-27","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-28","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-06-29","Downplaying a hard asthma spell","Writing to his father, Roosevelt treats his asthma as a small matter, though the attack is in fact severe. The letter later appeared in his sister Corinne's memoir of him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Dresden"],["1873-06-30","Sent to the Bastei for his health","To help his health, Roosevelt is taken to the Bastei with Elliott, Corinne and the Fräuleins Anna and Emma. He hunts butterflies and reads the Nibelungenlied for the first time. Back in New York, his father watches builders at work on the family's new 57th Street house and on the natural history museum, lodging at the Union League Club meanwhile.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-minkwitz","fraulein-emma","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Bastei"],["1873-07-01","The DLAC sits for a photograph","Roosevelt, Elliott, Corinne and cousins Maud and John Elliott pose for a picture as the Dresden Literary American Club, whose motto 'W.A.N.A.' stood for 'We Are No Asses.' Corinne wrote the poems, Elliott and John the tragedies, and Roosevelt the comic tales, among them 'Mrs. Field Mouse's Dinner Party.'",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","maud-elliott","john-elliott"],"Dresden"],["1873-07-02","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-03","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-04","Caught up with Elliott in grammar","On Independence Day Roosevelt assures his father that the Bastei trip cost him nothing in his studies: extra lessons have brought him level with Elliott in grammar and ahead in writing and poetry. Elliott, writing the same day, asks their father whether America isn't the finest country anywhere.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-07-05","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-06","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-07","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-08","Mittie turns 38","Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, celebrates her 38th birthday while he is in Dresden.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-07-09","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-10","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-11","Asthma and a pounding headache","Roosevelt is struck by another asthma attack along with a severe headache.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-12","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-13","Down with the mumps","Roosevelt writes his mother that he has come down with the mumps.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-07-14","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-15","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-16","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-17","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-18","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-19","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-20","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-21","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-22","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-24","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-25","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-26","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-27","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-28","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-29","Alice Lee turns 12 in Boston","Far away in Boston, Alice Lee, the girl Roosevelt will one day marry, has her 12th birthday. He is still in Dresden.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-07-30","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-07-31","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-01","Mittie arrives with Swiss plans","His mother Mittie comes to Dresden and arranges to bring Roosevelt to Switzerland for a three-week stay.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-08-02","On the mend in Dresden","Roosevelt, still in Dresden, is reported to be recovering.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-03","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-04","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-05","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-06","Fleeing cholera for the Swiss Alps","With cholera sweeping Dresden, and Roosevelt still unwell and in need of fresh air, Mittie sets out for Switzerland with him, Elliott, Corinne, cousin Johnny Elliott and Anna Minkwitz. Across the ocean, Edith Carow turns 12.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","john-elliott","anna-minkwitz","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-08-07","By way of Augsburg to Chur","The party travels through Augsburg and on to Chur in eastern Switzerland.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-08","Up the Domleschg to Tiefencastel","From Reichenau the travelers head south up the Domleschg valley, pass Thusis, and follow the Albula River to Tiefencastel.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-09","Over the Julier Pass in the rain","A carriage carries the family over the Julier Pass from the Oberhalbstein to Silvaplana, then down the Inn valley past St. Moritz to Samaden. Seven straight hours of rain close out the trip, and they pull in after nightfall.",[],"St. Moritz"],["1873-08-10","Samaden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Samaden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-11","Another unrecorded day in Samaden","Roosevelt is in Samaden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-12","Quiet day in Samaden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Samaden.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-13","Samaden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Samaden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-14","Still in Samaden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Samaden, with no further entry.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-15","Samaden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Samaden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-16","Another unrecorded day in Samaden","Roosevelt is in Samaden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-17","A good night reported from Samaden","From Samaden, Mittie writes to Theodore Sr. that their son went to bed in good health.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Samedan"],["1873-08-18","Quiet day in Samaden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Samaden.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-19","Samaden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Samaden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-20","Still in Samaden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Samaden, with no further entry.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-21","Samaden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Samaden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-22","Another unrecorded day in Samaden","Roosevelt is in Samaden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-23","Quiet day in Samaden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Samaden.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-24","Samaden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Samaden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-25","Splitting up after the Alps","Anna Minkwitz sets off back toward Dresden with the children, while Mittie goes on to Paris.",["anna-minkwitz","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Samedan"],["1873-08-26","On the road back to Dresden","Roosevelt and the other children are in transit from Switzerland to Dresden.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-27","Still traveling toward Dresden","A second day of travel as the group makes its way home to Dresden.",[],"Samedan"],["1873-08-28","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-29","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-30","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-08-31","Home in Dresden after Switzerland","The chronology marks Roosevelt's return to Dresden from his Swiss stay.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-01","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-02","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-03","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-04","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-05","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-06","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-07","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-08","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-09","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-10","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-11","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-12","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-13","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-14","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-15","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-16","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-17","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-18","Panic of 1873 breaks out at home","While Roosevelt studies in Dresden, the Philadelphia banking house Jay Cooke & Co. shuts down, setting off the Panic of 1873 and a depression felt around the world. In New York, forty banks collapse.",["jay-cooke"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-19","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-20","Drawings of evolution for Bamie","Roosevelt sends his sister Bamie a letter illustrated with pictures about evolution. In New York, the Stock Exchange halts trading for ten days as the panic deepens.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-21","A dead bat banned from the house","Roosevelt tells Bamie that he carried home a dead bat, only to be told it could not come indoors.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-22","Father's 42nd birthday in New York","Theodore Sr. marks his 42nd birthday in New York, while Mittie and Bamie go shopping in Paris and Roosevelt stays in Dresden.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-23","More failures on Wall Street","The firm of Henry Clews & Co. collapses. Theodore Sr. writes Mittie that business failures keep piling up at a staggering rate. Roosevelt remains in Dresden.",["henry-clews","theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-24","Mantels and servants for the new house","In New York, Theodore Sr. takes on household staff and picks out marble mantelpieces for the family's new home. Roosevelt is still in Dresden.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-25","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-26","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-27","Corinne turns 12","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 12th birthday in Dresden.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Dresden"],["1873-09-28","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-29","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-09-30","Skinny, Swelly and Brissells box","Roosevelt, Elliott and cousin Johnny Elliott spar nearly every day, using ring names: Teedie is 'Skinny,' Elliott 'Swelly,' and Johnny 'Brissells.' Elliott jokes that boxing lets them see stars in broad daylight.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Dresden"],["1873-10-01","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-02","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-03","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-04","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-05","Darwin in letters; a new house in New York","Roosevelt writes his mother with more drawings illustrating Darwin's theory. Across the Atlantic, Theodore Sr. settles into the family's newly finished house on West 57th Street, staffed by a large household including Dora Watkins, Mary Ann, Frank and a groom named Davis, all in the family livery of claret and green.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","dora-watkins","mary-ann","frank","sophie","mary","george","davis"],"Dresden"],["1873-10-06","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-07","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-08","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-09","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-10","Still in Dresden","Only his whereabouts are known: Roosevelt is in Dresden, with no further entry.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-11","Dresden, with nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt in Dresden but notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-12","Another unrecorded day in Dresden","Roosevelt is in Dresden; the chronology logs no letters, outings or other events.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-13","Quiet day in Dresden","No activity is written down for this day, beyond Roosevelt's location in Dresden.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-14","Dresden, no events logged","Roosevelt remains in Dresden. Nothing else about the day survives in the record.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-15","Leaving Dresden for Liverpool","Fräulein Anna Minkwitz escorts the Roosevelt children to Liverpool to start the journey home.",["anna-minkwitz"],"Dresden"],["1873-10-25","Sailing home aboard the Russia","The Roosevelts board the steamer Russia at Liverpool and head out across the Atlantic for New York.",[],"Liverpool"],["1873-10-26","First full day on the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea aboard the Russia, bound for New York.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-27","Turning 15 in mid-ocean","Roosevelt celebrates his 15th birthday aboard ship on the way home from Europe.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-28","Steaming west on the Russia","The Russia carries the Roosevelts onward across the Atlantic.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-29","Another day crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and his family remain at sea, homeward bound.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-30","Ocean passage continues","No event is logged beyond the ship's steady progress toward New York.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-10-31","Mid-Atlantic aboard the Russia","The family is still aboard the Russia, partway across the ocean.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-11-01","Still at sea","Another day on the water for Roosevelt and his family.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-11-02","Nearing the American coast","The voyage home continues, with land not far off.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-11-03","Atlantic crossing, day after day","Roosevelt passes another day on the Atlantic.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-11-04","Westbound across the ocean","The ship keeps on its course for New York.",[],"Dresden"],["1873-11-05","Home to 57th Street","The Russia docks in New York, and the Roosevelts move into their new house at 6 West 57th Street, next door to a newly built home for James Roosevelt at No. 4.",["james-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1873-11-12","Edith weighs Oyster Bay against Long Branch","Edith Carow writes a school essay called 'Port Washington,' arguing the virtues of Oyster Bay over Long Branch, New Jersey. Her family summered at both.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1873-11-29","Lessons with tutor Arthur Cutler","Back in New York, Roosevelt prepares for college under tutor Arthur Hamilton Cutler, sharing lessons with his cousin West and brother Elliott. He shines in science, history, geography, German and French, but lags in Greek, Latin and math.",["arthur-hamilton-cutler","west-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1873-11-30","Six to eight hours of study a day","Roosevelt is putting in between six and eight hours of schoolwork each day.",[],"New York City"],["1873-12-22","Parents' 20th anniversary","Theodore Sr. and Mittie mark twenty years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1873-12-26","The Roosevelt Museum meets","The boys' own Roosevelt Museum of Natural History holds a meeting; its minutes were later published by historian Paul Russell Cutright.",[],"New York City"],["1873-12-31","Wealth, clubs and four-in-hands","Corinne, Edith Carow, Fanny Smith and eleven other girls start a club called P.O.R.E., first the 'Paradise of Ravenous Eaters,' later the 'Party of Renowned Eligibles,' and the D.L.A.C. writing club carries on. The Roosevelts are now truly wealthy: Theodore Sr. does charitable work and handles the reins of a four-in-hand coach, and the mansion hosts formal dinners often.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1874-01-18","Bamie turns 19","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 19th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1874-01-31","Winter at 6 West 57th Street","The record places Roosevelt at the family home on West 57th Street, with nothing more noted.",[],"6 West 57th Street"],["1874-02-28","Elliott turns 14","Elliott celebrates his 14th birthday; Roosevelt, 15, is at home on 57th Street.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1874-04-06","Final meeting of the Roosevelt Museum","The boys' natural history museum holds what proves to be its last recorded meeting.",[],"New York City"],["1874-04-14","A wedding for Nelly Dean","Roosevelt attends the wedding of Miss Nelly Dean, noting it in his diary.",["nelly-dean"],"New York City"],["1874-04-15","Sandwiches meet Charlotte Russe","Roosevelt confesses to his mother that while helping Cousin Leila serve at Nelly Dean's wedding, the sandwiches and Charlotte Russe got jumbled together, much to his embarrassment.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","cousin-leila","nelly-dean"],"New York City"],["1874-04-30","Church on Fifth Avenue; a benefit at home","Roosevelt is attending the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. His father opens the 57th Street house for a reception to rally support for the Orthopedic Hospital.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1874-05-23","Listing the animals of Oyster Bay","Roosevelt draws up a list of animals he has observed.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-05-24","More animal lists at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt keeps compiling his list of animals.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-05-31","Summer at Tranquility","The family settles into 'Tranquility,' a rented house at Oyster Bay, and spends days rowing to Yellowbanks and Cooper's Bluff for picnics, across the water from where Sagamore Hill would later rise. Roosevelt has pulled well ahead of West and Elliott in lessons, and tutor Cutler stays through the summer for three hours of recitations each morning.",["arthur-hamilton-cutler","west-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Tranquility"],["1874-06-30","Sea Bright, and worries over Elliott","Roosevelt is at Sea Bright, New Jersey. The happy Oyster Bay summer stands in contrast to Elliott's troubling health, marked by fainting, bouts of delirium and a dread of the dark.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-08","A passenger pigeon on Mittie's birthday","On his mother's 39th birthday, Roosevelt shoots a passenger pigeon.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-10","A nest of deer mice","Roosevelt comes across a nest of deer mice.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-23","Starting his natural history notes","At Sea Bright, Roosevelt begins writing 'Notes on Natural History,' a project he keeps at through July 30.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-24","At the shore in Sea Bright","Roosevelt is at Sea Bright, New Jersey, likely still at work on his natural history notes.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-25","Sea Bright, nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt at Sea Bright and logs nothing further.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-26","Another day at Sea Bright","Roosevelt remains on the New Jersey shore at Sea Bright.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-27","Still at Sea Bright","No events are written down beyond Roosevelt's stay at Sea Bright.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-28","Sea Bright days continue","Roosevelt spends another day at Sea Bright, New Jersey.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-29","Alice Lee turns 13","Alice Lee, who will one day become Roosevelt's first wife, turns 13 while he is at Sea Bright.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-30","Natural history notes completed","Roosevelt wraps up 'Notes on Natural History' at Sea Bright.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-07-31","Back to Oyster Bay, then the Adirondacks","The family returns to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt sets off with Elliott and West for the St. Regis Lakes and writes up his first kill of a whitetail deer, taken from a boat at night.",["elliott-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-08-06","Edith turns 13","Edith Carow celebrates her 13th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-08-14","Ausable Forks to St. Regis Lake","Roosevelt records the trip from Ausable Forks to St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-08-15","Burned-over Adirondack country","Roosevelt describes the hilly terrain on the way to St. Regis Lake, once forested but burned off and now choked with brush.",[],"Sea Bright"],["1874-08-31","Father's single standard of conduct","In his later Autobiography, Roosevelt recalls that his father held his sons to exactly the same code of clean living he expected of his daughters.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-09-01","End of a remembered lesson","The record carries over the close of Roosevelt's recollection of his father's code of conduct; no other event is logged.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-09-22","Father turns 43","Theodore Sr. celebrates his 43rd birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-09-27","Corinne turns 13","Corinne celebrates her 13th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sea Bright"],["1874-09-30","Elliott falls ill in Liverpool","Theodore Sr. brings Elliott along on a business trip to England. In Liverpool Elliott suffers a relapse and stays behind with the Bulloch relatives while his father travels on to Paris.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1874-10-10","Specimen hunting at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt makes a one-day trip out to Oyster Bay to gather natural history specimens.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-10-17","Another collecting day at Oyster Bay","Another single-day outing to Oyster Bay, where Roosevelt collects specimens.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-10-20","Out to Oyster Bay for specimens","Roosevelt heads out to Oyster Bay for the day to add to his collection.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-10-24","Collecting trip to Oyster Bay","A day's excursion to Oyster Bay gives Roosevelt more specimens for his collection.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-10-27","Sixteen years old","Roosevelt turns 16.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-10-31","Oyster Bay collecting run","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay hunting for specimens. Nationally, the midterm elections hand Democrats a gain of 70 seats in the House.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-11-07","Day out collecting at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay on a specimen-gathering day trip.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-11-17","Back to Oyster Bay to collect","Once more Roosevelt travels to Oyster Bay for a day of collecting.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-11-22","Elliott makes light of his illness","Elliott writes Roosevelt from abroad, brushing off his illness as a matter of nerves and nothing serious.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-11-23","A charge from father in Liverpool","Writing from Liverpool, Theodore Sr. tells Roosevelt he must take on more of an older brother's duties once the travelers come home.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Liverpool"],["1874-11-30","Elliott home, then sent south","Elliott and Theodore Sr. arrive back from Europe. Elliott is soon packed off to the South on a hunting trip in the company of Dr. John Metcalfe, the family physician.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt","john-metcalfe"],"Liverpool"],["1874-12-20","Winter collecting at Oyster Bay","Even in December, Roosevelt makes the trip out to Oyster Bay in search of specimens.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-12-22","Parents' 21st anniversary","Theodore Sr. and Mittie celebrate 21 years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1874-12-30","Collecting with Fred Osborn at Garrison","Roosevelt travels to Garrison, New York, for specimens and a visit with his good friend Frederick Osborn, a fellow natural history enthusiast.",["frederick-osborn"],"New York City"],["1874-12-31","Dances on 57th Street","Theodore Sr. and Mittie throw dances for the young people at their 57th Street home.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Garrison"],["1875-01-18","Bamie's birthday; back to Garrison","Bamie turns 20, and Roosevelt heads back to Garrison.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1875-01-19","Glasses lost in a mishap","During the Garrison trip Roosevelt loses his glasses in an accident. His friend Fred Osborn would drown four months later.",["frederick-osborn"],"Garrison"],["1875-01-31","Citation only","No event is recorded for this day; the entry holds only a source citation for the Garrison trip.",[],"Garrison"],["1875-02-28","Elliott turns 15","Elliott celebrates his 15th birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Garrison"],["1875-03-06","Elliott's praise from the South","Elliott, still in the South, writes their father, whom he addresses as 'Dear Old Governor,' and speaks warmly of his older brother as good and noble.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Garrison"],["1875-03-13","Keeping the clock wound for Mittie","The Roosevelts hold a small party at home. Bamie runs the household capably, and Roosevelt takes charge of winding the clock in their mother's absence.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1875-03-14","Spring birds in Central Park","Roosevelt writes his mother that spring is on its way and tells of watching birds in Central Park.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Central Park"],["1875-03-31","At home on West 57th Street","The record places Roosevelt at 6 West 57th Street, with nothing more noted.",[],"6 West 57th Street"],["1875-04-08","Spring days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-04-09","Oyster Bay, nothing else noted","The record places Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and nothing more.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-04-10","Still at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt remains at Oyster Bay, with no further entry.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-05-01","In New York City at 16","Roosevelt, now 16, is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-05-14","Back at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, with no events noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-05-15","Oyster Bay again","The record places Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and logs nothing further.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-05-31","A second summer at Tranquility","The Roosevelts begin their second summer in the rented house 'Tranquility' at Oyster Bay. In New York, builders finish the bridge's tower on the Brooklyn side of the East River.",[],"Tranquility"],["1875-06-19","A lost boat found at Lloyd's Neck","Rowing over to Lloyd's Neck with Elliott, Roosevelt turns up the boat he had lost there the year before.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-06-20","Writing beside six heron skins","Roosevelt writes Bamie from a room that smells of the six fresh night heron skins lying on the table next to him.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-06-28","Visiting singers at church","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Corneil and Hill came to the family's church to sing.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","cornelius-roosevelt","hill"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-06-30","Bandanna and sideburns at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt, sporting sideburns and a bandanna tied around his head, is photographed at Oyster Bay with Elliott, Corinne and Edith Carow. A poem he wrote during a game there survives. Edith's report card from Miss Comstock gives her top marks for compositions and good thoughts, but zero for regularity.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","miss-comstock"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-07-01","Sitting the Harvard entrance exams","Roosevelt sits for the exams that will decide his admission to Harvard College.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-07-08","Mittie turns 40","Roosevelt's mother celebrates her 40th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-07-25","Through Vermont, proud of his exams","Roosevelt, Elliott and tutor Arthur Cutler pass through Burlington, Vermont, headed for the St. Regis Lake country. He crows to Bamie that he passed all eight of his Harvard exam subjects well.",["elliott-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Burlington"],["1875-07-29","Alice Lee turns 14","Alice Lee, Roosevelt's future first wife, celebrates her 14th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Burlington"],["1875-08-01","Back to the St. Regis Lakes","For the second time, Roosevelt heads into the Adirondacks to the St. Regis Lakes.",[],"Burlington"],["1875-08-02","In camp at Bay Pond","Roosevelt is at Bay Pond in the Adirondacks. The record notes the place and nothing else.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-03","In camp at Bay Pond","Roosevelt is at Bay Pond in the Adirondacks. The record notes the place and nothing else.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-04","In camp at Bay Pond","Roosevelt is at Bay Pond in the Adirondacks. The record notes the place and nothing else.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-05","Camping with Ellie and their tutor","From a small camp on the Bay Pond River, Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie about the trip with his brother Elliott and their tutor, Mr. Cutler: a waterfall and open woods nearby.",["elliott-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-06","A rowboat named for Edith","On Edith Carow's 14th birthday, Roosevelt writes her from Bay Pond asking her to sew a flag for his rowboat, which he has christened \"THE EDITH.\"",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-07","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-08","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-09","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-10","Camped at the Upper Falls","Roosevelt is at the Upper Falls on the Bay Pond River in the Adirondacks; no further detail survives for the day.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-11","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-12","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-13","Another Adirondack day","Roosevelt stays on at the Upper Falls of the Bay Pond River. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Bay Pond"],["1875-08-21","Sprinting against cousin West","Home at Oyster Bay, Roosevelt beats his cousin West Roosevelt in a 100-yard race, clocking 13 seconds, and the two also compete in standing and running jumps, all logged in his diary.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-22","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-23","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-24","Out-jumping West","Roosevelt tops his cousin West in a standing jump, reaching eight feet by his diary's count.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-25","Footraces and long jumps","Roosevelt wins a 300-yard run against a boy named Alfred and records a 13-foot running jump, edging West.",["alfred","west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-26","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-27","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-28","A dash against Emlen","Roosevelt outruns his cousin Emlen Roosevelt over 100 yards in 12¼ seconds.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-29","Scorning the marriage market","Writing to Bamie, Roosevelt objects to parents who keep telling his friends what fine marriage prospects they are.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-30","Three-way sprint","Roosevelt beats John and his cousin Emlen in a 100-yard dash, finishing in 13 seconds.",["john","emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-08-31","Adirondack journals; Ellie off to school","Roosevelt's notebooks from the summer include a journal of his August Adirondack trip and notes on the region's animals. His brother Elliott heads to St. Paul's School in New Hampshire alongside Archibald Gracie.",["elliott-roosevelt","archibald-gracie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-01","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-02","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-03","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-04","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-05","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-06","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-07","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-08","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-09","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-10","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-11","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-12","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-13","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-14","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-15","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-16","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-17","Racing Johnny","At Oyster Bay, Roosevelt wins a race against Johnny.",["johnny"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-18","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-19","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-20","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-21","A clean-shaven portrait","Roosevelt sits for a photograph at Oyster Bay, wearing a buttoned shirt and no beard or whiskers.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-22","Father turns 44","Roosevelt's father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., celebrates his 44th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-09-27","Conie's 14th birthday","Roosevelt's younger sister Corinne, known as Conie, turns 14.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-01","Worrying news from Ellie","Roosevelt's brother Elliott writes home from his New Hampshire school about a sudden dizzy spell that struck him in Latin class.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-23","Watching wildlife at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay and spends time observing the local animals and birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-24","Watching wildlife at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay and spends time observing the local animals and birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-25","Watching wildlife at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay and spends time observing the local animals and birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-27","Roosevelt turns 17","Theodore Roosevelt celebrates his 17th birthday.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-29","A vaulting win","Roosevelt clears 5 feet 4½ inches to beat J. Elliott at vaulting.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-10-31","Sideburns, a tape measure and a rescue","Roosevelt, now growing sideburns, records his body measurements: 5 feet 6 inches tall, 124 pounds, 34-inch chest. With his brother Elliott seriously ill at school, he goes up to New Hampshire to fetch him back.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-11-06","Watching wildlife at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay and spends time observing the local animals and birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-11-21","Wrestling and boxing with West","Roosevelt spars and wrestles with his cousin West Roosevelt.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-11-25","Topping West at the vault","On Thanksgiving Day Roosevelt out-vaults his cousin West, clearing about 5 feet 7.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-11-29","Vaulting and wrestling wins","Roosevelt wins a vaulting match against Elliott and W. Jacobs, then beats Elliott at wrestling.",["elliott","w-jacobs"],"Oyster Bay"],["1875-12-07","A boxing win at John Long's","Roosevelt beats an opponent named Buckmeister in a boxing bout at John Long's.",["buckmeister"],"New York City"],["1875-12-11","Timing the quarter mile","Roosevelt clocks himself over a quarter mile and over 400 yards.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1875-12-31","Ellie to Texas; a winter of dancing","Elliott leaves for an army post at Fort McKavett in central Texas, traveling with Dr. Metcalfe to toughen up. Back in New York, Roosevelt, Edith Carow, his sister Conie and friends form the core of a winter dancing class, and the young crowd skates in Central Park.",["elliott-roosevelt","dr-metcalfe","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","grace-howard-potter","frances-theodora-smith","annie-murray"],"Central Park"],["1876-01-01","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-01-02","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-01-03","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-01-04","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-05","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-06","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-07","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-08","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-09","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-10","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-01-11","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-01-12","A letter from Fort McKavett","Roosevelt is in New York City while his brother Elliott sends their father a letter from the Texas army post.",["elliott-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"York"],["1876-01-13","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-14","Ellie stays clear of vice","Roosevelt is in New York; from Texas, Elliott assures the family he neither drinks nor smokes.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"York"],["1876-01-15","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-01-16","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-01-17","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-18","Bamie turns 21","Roosevelt's older sister Anna, called Bamie, celebrates her 21st birthday; the family is in New York City.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"York"],["1876-01-19","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-20","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-21","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-22","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-23","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-01-24","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-01-25","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-26","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-27","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-01-28","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-01-29","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-01-30","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-01-31","The family leaves the glass trade","Roosevelt's father steps away from importing plate glass. The trade is sold to a British company, and Roosevelt & Son turns to private banking and investing.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"York"],["1876-02-02","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-03","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-04","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-05","A hard fall on the ice","Roosevelt tells Anna Minckwitz Fischer in a letter that he is unsure of his future career now that the family has left the glass business. On the ice he falls on his head and lies unconscious for hours.",["anna-minckwitz-fischer"],"York"],["1876-02-06","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-07","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-02-08","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-09","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-10","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-11","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-12","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-13","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-14","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-15","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-16","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-17","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York"],["1876-02-18","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-19","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-02-20","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-21","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-22","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-23","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-24","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"York"],["1876-02-25","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-02-26","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-02-27","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"York"],["1876-02-28","Ellie turns 16","Roosevelt's brother Elliott marks his 16th birthday; Roosevelt is in New York City.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"York"],["1876-02-29","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"York"],["1876-03-01","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-02","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-03","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-04","Teaching Sunday school","In a letter to his mother, Mittie, Roosevelt reports that he has started teaching Sunday school and mentions the study time illness has cost him.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1876-03-05","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-06","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-07","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-08","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-09","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-10","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-11","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-12","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-13","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-14","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-15","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-16","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-17","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-18","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-19","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-20","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-21","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-22","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-23","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-24","Field notes at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, adding to his running notes on the animals and birds of the area.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-25","Still recording Oyster Bay wildlife","Another day at Oyster Bay, where Roosevelt continues his notes on local wildlife.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-26","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-27","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-28","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-29","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-30","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-03-31","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-01","At 6 West 57th Street","Roosevelt is at the family home, 6 West 57th Street in New York City.",[],"6 West 57th Street"],["1876-04-02","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-03","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-04","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-05","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-06","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-07","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-08","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-09","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-10","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-11","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-12","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-13","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-14","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-15","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-16","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-04-17","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-18","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-19","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-20","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-21","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-22","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-23","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-24","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-25","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-26","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-27","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-28","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-29","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-04-30","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-05-01","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-02","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-03","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-04","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-05","Spring returns to Oyster Bay","At Oyster Bay, Roosevelt writes that the countryside has changed overnight with the arrival of spring.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-05-06","Buds, shoots and insects","Roosevelt's Oyster Bay notes describe the woods leafing out and insects swarming back to life.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-05-07","Woken by a wood thrush","Roosevelt is roused at 4:30 in the morning by the song of a wood thrush, and his notes celebrate the return of the birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-05-08","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-09","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-10","Centennial Exhibition opens","Roosevelt is in New York City as the nation's Centennial Exhibition throws open its gates in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-11","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-12","Dancing the German","Roosevelt writes the Bowdoin family that he led the German, a popular figure dance, with Annie Murray.",["the-bowdoins","annie-murray"],"New York City"],["1876-05-13","Annie Murray's picnic","Roosevelt goes to a picnic given by Annie Murray and writes admiringly, and a little sheepishly, about her.",["annie-murray"],"New York City"],["1876-05-14","Mixed-up shirts","Roosevelt tells Bamie the maid handed him his father's and Elliott's shirts by mistake, and that the family sang together that evening.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1876-05-15","Father joins the reformers","Roosevelt's father attends a meeting of Republican reformers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and is chosen to lead a delegation aiming to stop Roscoe Conkling's presidential bid at the national convention.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","roscoe-conkling"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1876-05-16","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-17","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-18","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-19","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The record places him there but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-20","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-21","Forty-five kinds of birds","Out in the Oyster Bay woods, Roosevelt lists 45 bird species he has spotted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-05-22","Planning for Harvard","Roosevelt asks Bamie, who is staying with friends in Boston, to pick out rooms for him at Harvard, away from the college grounds.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1876-05-23","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-24","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-25","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-26","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-27","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-28","Another day in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City, with no further detail in the record.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-29","A New York day with no entry","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no activity is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-30","In the city, nothing recorded","The family's New York City home is Roosevelt's base today. No events are logged.",[],"New York City"],["1876-05-31","The boat that kept floating away","As the family's third Oyster Bay summer starts, Roosevelt rows over to see a girl, dozes under her dock, and loses his boat twice, the second time with his clothes in it. He hides until she and a friend leave, then retrieves the boat and rows home.",[],"New York City"],["1876-06-01","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-02","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-03","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-04","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-05","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-06","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-07","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-08","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-09","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-10","Father arrives in Cincinnati","While Roosevelt stays at Oyster Bay, his father reaches Cincinnati at the head of the reform delegation bound for the Republican National Convention.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-11","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-12","Father speaks against Conkling","Roosevelt's father addresses a crowd from the balcony of Cincinnati's Gibson House, opposing Roscoe Conkling, who is angered when he hears of it. Roosevelt himself is at Oyster Bay.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","roscoe-conkling"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-13","Convention news for Bamie","From Cincinnati, Roosevelt's father, a backer of Benjamin Bristow, writes Bamie on the reformers' progress against James G. Blaine, whose standing has suffered since the Mulligan Letters came out. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-g-blaine","benjamin-h-bristow"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-14","Republicans convene in Cincinnati","The Republican National Convention opens at Exposition Hall in Cincinnati. Roosevelt remains at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-15","Blaine nominated, reformers resist","Robert Ingersoll puts James G. Blaine, \"The Plumed Knight,\" in nomination, but Roosevelt's father and fellow reformers, who see Blaine as tainted, work to stop him. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["robert-g-ingersoll","james-g-blaine","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-16","Hayes takes the nomination","On the seventh ballot, the Republicans choose Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes as their presidential candidate. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["rutherford-b-hayes"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-17","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-18","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-19","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-20","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-21","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-22","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-23","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-24","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on Long Island. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-25","Little Bighorn; the telephone","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay. In Montana, Custer and some 250 men of the 7th Cavalry are killed at the Little Bighorn, and in Philadelphia Alexander Graham Bell shows off his telephone at the Centennial Exhibition.",["george-armstrong-custer","alexander-graham-bell"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-26","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-27","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-28","A Long Island day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay; the record gives no details.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-29","Oyster Bay, no entry","The family's summer place at Oyster Bay is where Roosevelt is today. No activity is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-06-30","Ready for college","Roosevelt has finished preparing for Harvard. At Oyster Bay he and Edith Carow grow close, reading poetry aloud together, and his father stages a children's play, \"To Oblige Benson.\" Elliott is back from Texas while Bamie visits friends in Maine, and in the city the Great Bridge's Manhattan tower is completed.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-01","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-02","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-03","Harvard says yes","Good news reaches Oyster Bay: Harvard has admitted Roosevelt, and he will start classes in the fall.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-04","The nation turns one hundred","The United States marks its centennial, a full century since the Declaration of Independence; Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-05","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-06","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-07","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-08","Mother turns forty-one","Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, celebrates her 41st birthday during the family's summer at Oyster Bay.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-09","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-10","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-11","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-13","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-14","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-15","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-17","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-18","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-19","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-21","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-22","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-23","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-24","Counting the birds of Oyster Bay","Field naturalist at work: Roosevelt takes a tally of the local birdlife and logs 59 different species.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-25","A headstrong horse named Light Foot","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie about rides on Light Foot, a balky mount who bolts toward the hay wagon and twists under him. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge are guests of the family.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","mr-dodge","mrs-dodge"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-26","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-27","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-28","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-29","Alice Lee turns fifteen","Far from Oyster Bay, Alice Hathaway Lee, the girl Roosevelt will later marry, celebrates her 15th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-30","Sailing party, with a jab","In a letter to Bamie, Roosevelt recounts a sailing outing and pokes fun at the name of one young lady aboard.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-07-31","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-01","Home with a jar of toads","Roosevelt visits the Osbornes and returns carrying preserved toads and salamanders for his collection. Out west, Colorado joins the Union as the 38th state.",["osborne-family"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-02","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-03","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-04","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-05","The mix-up maid departs","Sophie, the household maid known for jumbling Roosevelt's clothes, leaves the family's service.",["sophie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-06","Moonlight row with Nelly Smith","Roosevelt rows to Laurelton, takes Miss Nelly Smith out on the water after tea, and gets home late. Edith Carow turns 15, and Conie writes her a teasing note.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","nelly-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-07","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-08","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-09","Shooting, sailing and swimming","A busy summer day: Roosevelt hunts specimens for his collection, his brother Ellie goes sailing with Aunt Annie Gracie, and his mother Mittie takes swimming lessons.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-10","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-11","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-12","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-13","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-14","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-15","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-16","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-17","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-18","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-19","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-20","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-21","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-22","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-23","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-24","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-25","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-26","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-27","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-28","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-29","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-30","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-08-31","A shrew study as college nears","The record marks the opening of Roosevelt's freshman year, in a college of 821 students, 246 in his class. He also writes a paper on the short-tailed shrew.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-01","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-02","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-03","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-04","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-05","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-06","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-07","Outlaws strike Northfield","In Minnesota, the James gang attempts a raid on the bank at Northfield. Roosevelt is still at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-08","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-09","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-10","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-11","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-13","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-14","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-15","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-17","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-18","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-19","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-21","Another Oyster Bay summer day","Roosevelt spends the day at Oyster Bay. No letters, outings or other events are logged.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-22","Father turns forty-five","Theodore Roosevelt Sr. celebrates his 45th birthday as his son prepares to leave for college.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-23","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","Only his whereabouts survive for this day: Roosevelt is at the family's Oyster Bay summer place.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-24","Quiet stretch on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Long Island; the chronology records nothing else.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-25","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay with his family; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-26","Off to Cambridge for the first time","With his father there to see him off, Roosevelt boards the train at little Syosset station, bound for a city he has never visited: Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1876-09-27","Settling into 16 Winthrop Street","Roosevelt takes rooms upstairs in a boarding house run by Mrs. Richardson, at the corner of Winthrop and Holyoke, an apartment Bamie had furnished for him. Conie turns 15.",["mrs-richardson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"16 Winthrop Street"],["1876-09-28","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-09-29","Mother's picture on the mantel","Roosevelt tells his mother that her portrait now sits on his mantel and describes his snug room with its coal fire, admiring every furnishing.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1876-09-30","A new friend, Minot Weld","Writing to Bamie, Roosevelt mentions a new acquaintance, Christopher Minot Weld, a classmate who is lame.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-01","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-02","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-03","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-04","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-05","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-06","Grumbling about the Commons","Roosevelt complains to his mother about the meals at the college dining hall and sketches his room for her. Back home, Conie writes in her diary about Bamie.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-07","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-08","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-09","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-10","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-11","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-12","An unimpressive night at the theater","Staying with Mrs. Shaw, a friend of his mother's, Roosevelt goes to see the play John Garth and is not much taken with it.",["mrs-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-13","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-14","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-15","A new table and boxing gloves","Roosevelt has left the Commons for a private eating club organized by Thomas Nickerson, with William Andrews and John Lamson. He asks Bamie to mail his boxing gloves.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","thomas-white-nickerson","william-s-andrews","john-lamson"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-16","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-17","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-18","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-19","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-21","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-22","A son's thanks to his father","Roosevelt writes his father that no one at college could have a more loving family than his own.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-23","Asking Mother for a doctor's name","Roosevelt asks his mother to send him the name of a trustworthy doctor, just in case.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-24","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-25","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-26","Students rally for Hayes","Cambridge students stage a demonstration supporting Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes.",["rutherford-b-hayes"],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-27","Eighteen at the Centennial Exposition","Roosevelt marks his 18th birthday in Philadelphia, where he has come to see the Centennial Exposition. His father writes to tell him what a good son he is.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Centennial Exhibition"],["1876-10-28","In Philadelphia for the fair","Roosevelt is still in Philadelphia on his Centennial Exposition visit; nothing else is noted.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1876-10-29","Eighteen happy years","Looking back on his life so far, Roosevelt tells his mother he cannot recall an unhappy day that was not his own doing.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Philadelphia"],["1876-10-30","Back to Cambridge","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge after his Philadelphia trip; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-10-31","Family heads back to the city","Roosevelt's family leaves Tranquility for New York City. His health has improved: he will suffer only one mild asthma attack all freshman year. Hayes and Tilden face off for president.",["rutherford-b-hayes","samuel-j-tilden"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-01","A freshman's daily schedule","Roosevelt lays out his routine for Bamie: up at 7:15 for required chapel, breakfast at eight, classes morning and mid-afternoon, exercise until dinner at six, then study and bed by eleven.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-02","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-03","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-04","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-05","Greek is hard, math harder","Roosevelt confesses to his father that Greek is a struggle and that he is getting nowhere in mathematics.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-06","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-07","A presidential race too close to call","On election night, Samuel Tilden looks to have beaten Rutherford B. Hayes, but the result soon falls into dispute.",["samuel-j-tilden","rutherford-b-hayes"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-08","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-09","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-10","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-11","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-12","A laundry grievance over cravats","Roosevelt grumbles to Bamie that his washerwoman is not dealing fairly with his neckties. Back home, Conie writes warmly of Edith Carow in her diary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-13","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-14","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-15","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-16","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-17","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-18","Off to New Haven","Roosevelt is in New Haven for the day; he goes down for the Harvard-Yale football game.",[],"New Haven"],["1876-11-19","No fan of Yale","Back from the Harvard-Yale football game in New Haven, Roosevelt tells his mother he has little use for Yale or its men, and that he is feeling fine.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-20","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-21","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-22","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-23","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-24","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-25","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-26","Teaching Sunday school at Christ Church","Roosevelt takes up a Sunday school class at Christ Church in Cambridge, a duty he will keep nearly every Sunday of his college years. He also writes Conie and Bamie about friends and Boston society.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-davis-minot","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Christ Church"],["1876-11-27","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-28","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-29","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-11-30","Side whiskers for the camera","Roosevelt sits for a photograph sporting side whiskers and a formal cravat. His eating club gains two members: Henry Jackson and Robert Bacon, the future Secretary of State.",["henry-jackson","robert-bacon","richard-w-g-welling","minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-01","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-02","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-03","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-04","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-05","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-06","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-07","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-08","Heading home to New York","Roosevelt leaves Cambridge for a short visit home to New York City.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-09","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-12-10","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"New York City"],["1876-12-11","Homesick after a visit home","Back at college, Roosevelt finds his brief trip home has left him missing family. He tells Bamie the work is tougher than he expected, and that few classmates are really there to learn.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","johny"],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-12","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-13","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-14","Exams and dancing lessons","Roosevelt tells his sister Conie he is preparing for examinations and going to a dancing class.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-15","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-16","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-17","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-18","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-19","In Cambridge, nothing legible","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; the rest of the day's entry is unreadable.",[],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-22","Parents mark 23 years married","Roosevelt's father and mother, Theodore Sr. and Mittie, celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1876-12-24","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-12-25","Christmas in New York","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day in New York City with his family.",[],"York"],["1876-12-26","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"York"],["1876-12-27","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1876-12-28","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"New York City"],["1876-12-29","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1876-12-30","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"New York"],["1876-12-31","A winter-break party","Roosevelt's parents host a party for him and his friends home on vacation. Ellie is off in Texas again. At college, TR keeps up his collecting, dissecting and stuffing specimens in his rooms.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1877-01-01","New Year's at West 57th Street","Roosevelt opens 1877 at the family home, 6 West 57th Street in New York City.",[],"6 West 57th Street"],["1877-01-02","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1877-01-03","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"New York City"],["1877-01-04","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1877-01-05","A quiet day in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City, with no further entry.",[],"New York City"],["1877-01-06","Sleighing with Father in Central Park","Roosevelt and his father take a sleigh ride through Central Park.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Central Park"],["1877-01-07","Back to college on the train","Roosevelt rides back to Cambridge, passing a dull trip with Harper's and the Atlantic and squab sandwiches, then resumes his studies and Sunday school class. He also writes Ellie about a gathering at Aunt Annie Gracie's home.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1877-01-08","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-09","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-10","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-11","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-12","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-13","Party calls and a pile of work","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has made three social calls, after a week with two themes to write and three exams to sit.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-14","Coasting at the Minots'","Roosevelt reports that he took Saturday's 2:40 train to the Minots' and went sledding with a group of boys. To Conie he praises a Miss Whitney from dancing class.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","minot-family","frank","jim","george","bob","harry","miss-whitney"],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-15","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-16","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-17","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-18","Bamie turns twenty-two","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 22nd birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-19","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-20","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-21","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-22","Matinees, theater parties and balls","Roosevelt fills a letter to Bamie with his social calendar: afternoon shows, theater outings and dances.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-23","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-24","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-25","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-26","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-27","Edith writes a private poem","Edith Carow writes a poem, meant for P.O.R.E., that lays bare her inner feelings.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-28","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-29","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-30","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-01-31","Forty girls in two sleighs","Roosevelt is part of a sleighing party: two enormous sleighs carrying forty girls and a pair of chaperones.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-01","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-02","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-03","Dancing in Brookline with Minot Weld","Roosevelt and his friend Minot Weld go to a dance at Brookline attended by sixty couples.",["minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-04","Sunday school class","Roosevelt teaches his Sunday school class.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-05","A broken window and conic sections","Roosevelt calls himself quite the dandy in a note to Bamie. To Conie he reports a baseball through a window, cramming for conic sections, and a verdict on Edith Carow's looks.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-06","Good food at last","Roosevelt reports to Bamie that he is pleased with the meals where he now boards.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-07","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-08","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-09","Friday dancing class","Roosevelt goes to the dancing class he attends every Friday.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-10","Outboxed by Dick Trimble","Roosevelt steps into the ring with Dick Trimble and loses.",["dick-trimble"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-11","Please send the gun","Roosevelt writes his parents an account of a day at college and asks them to ship his gun.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-12","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-13","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-14","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-15","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-16","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-17","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-18","Down with measles","Roosevelt falls ill with measles, though he assures his mother it is only a light case.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-19","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-20","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-21","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-22","In Cambridge, nothing noted","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, and the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-23","Another day at Harvard","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge as a first-year student; only his location is known.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-24","Freshman days at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for his first year at Harvard; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-25","A quiet college day","The Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-26","On the mend, off to New York","Partly recovered from measles, Roosevelt heads to New York City.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-02-27","Home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1877-02-28","Ellie turns seventeen","Roosevelt's brother Ellie celebrates his 17th birthday. At college, TR has a manservant who shines his boots and lights his morning fire, and a Black laundress who handles his washing.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1877-03-01","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-02","Hayes wins the disputed election","While Roosevelt studies in Cambridge, the long fight over the 1876 vote ends: Rutherford B. Hayes, not Samuel Tilden, is named the next President.",["rutherford-b-hayes","samuel-j-tilden"],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-03","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-04","A Sunday inauguration day for Hayes","March 4 falls on a Sunday this year, so Rutherford B. Hayes, who quietly took the oath at the White House the evening before, holds his public inauguration as the 19th President on Monday. In Cambridge, Roosevelt hears from his brother Elliott, writing from Fort McKavett in Texas about the disputed election.",["rutherford-b-hayes","elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-05","Public inauguration in Washington","Rutherford B. Hayes holds his public inauguration in Washington, D.C., while Roosevelt remains at Harvard in Cambridge.",["rutherford-b-hayes"],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-06","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-07","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-08","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-09","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-10","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-11","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-12","Off to Oyster Bay to hunt","Roosevelt leaves Cambridge and heads to Oyster Bay on Long Island for a few days of bird shooting.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-13","Shooting days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on his hunting break from Harvard. No further details survive for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-03-14","Shooting days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on his hunting break from Harvard. No further details survive for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-03-15","Shooting days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on his hunting break from Harvard. No further details survive for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-03-16","A meager bag of two ducks","Roosevelt wraps up his Oyster Bay shooting trip and returns to New York City with just two ducks to show for it.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-03-17","Back to college","Roosevelt travels from New York City and returns to his rooms at Harvard in Cambridge.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-03-18","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-19","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-20","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-21","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-22","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-23","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-24","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-25","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-26","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-27","A loving note to his little sister","From his room in Cambridge, Roosevelt sends a warm, affectionate letter to his younger sister Corinne, whom he calls his \"Pet Pussie.\"",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-28","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-29","Wrestling bouts with classmates","Roosevelt spends time on the wrestling mat at Harvard. He pins four opponents, Billy Hooper, Learned, Peters and Nickerson, before Davis finally puts him down.",["william-hooper","learned","peters","thomas-white-nickerson","davis"],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-30","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-03-31","Visiting the Hooper family","Roosevelt spends time with the Hooper family in the Cambridge area.",["hooper-family"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-01","Teasing Bamie about her busy life","Roosevelt writes to his older sister Anna, playfully poking fun at how much she gets done in a day.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-02","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-03","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-04","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-05","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-06","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-07","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-08","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-09","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-10","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-11","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-12","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-13","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-14","Dancing at a Dorchester matinee german","Roosevelt and his friend Minot Weld head to Dorchester for an afternoon german, a dance drawing some 100 couples, and stay overnight with the Weld family.",["minot-weld","weld-family"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-15","Snakes, salamanders and Sunday church","Writing home, Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne he gathered about a dozen snakes and salamanders while walking back from the Welds', and describes church. He assures his father he is hitting the books.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr","weld-family"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-16","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-17","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-04-18","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-19","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-20","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-22","Escorting two young women to an art show","Roosevelt writes his sister Anna that he and Harry Jackson escorted Miss Bigelow and Miss Andrews, two young women, to an exhibition of borrowed artworks.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","harry-jackson","miss-bigelow","miss-andrews"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-23","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-24","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-25","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-26","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-27","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-28","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-29","Football news and worry for Father","Roosevelt reports to his father that Harvard beat Princeton at football the day before, and voices concern for his father's health after a trip south.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-04-30","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-01","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-02","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-03","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-04","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-05","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-06","German exam, and a call for visitors","Roosevelt tells his sister Anna he thinks his German exam went well without heavy cramming; he in fact failed it. He also urges his father to bring the family up for a weekend, with Maud and Edith along.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr","maud-elliott","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-07","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-08","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-09","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-10","Family descends on Cambridge","Roosevelt's father, his sisters Anna and Corinne, cousin Maud Elliott and Edith Carow arrive to visit him at Harvard. His brother Elliott comes too, bursting with stories from Texas.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","maud-elliott","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-11","Family visit continues","Roosevelt's father and visiting relatives, along with Edith Carow, are still with him in Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-12","Family visit continues","Roosevelt's father and visiting relatives, along with Edith Carow, are still with him in Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-13","Family visit continues","Roosevelt's father and visiting relatives, along with Edith Carow, are still with him in Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-14","The visitors head home","Roosevelt's family leaves Cambridge after a three-day stay that he counts as great fun, and he feels low once they go. In New York, his father attends a Chamber of Commerce dinner at Delmonico's alongside President Hayes and Collector Chester Arthur.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","rutherford-b-hayes","chester-a-arthur"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-15","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-16","Father guides Hayes through the museum","In New York, Roosevelt's father and Albert Bickmore show President Hayes around the nearly finished American Museum of Natural History. The President's day also includes a reception at Edwin D. Morgan's, a City Hall welcome and a reception at J. J. Astor's. Roosevelt is in Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","albert-s-bickmore","rutherford-b-hayes","edwin-d-morgan","john-jacob-astor"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-17","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-19","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-20","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-21","Cramming for year-end exams","Roosevelt is deep in study for his first-year final examinations at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-22","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-23","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-24","A letter from Edith Carow","Edith Carow writes to Roosevelt about her recent visit to him in Cambridge.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-25","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-26","Locomotive engineers walk out","A large strike by railroad locomotive engineers makes news while Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-05-31","Customs probe opens as the bridge takes shape","The Jay Commission opens its inquiry into graft at the New York Custom House. Over the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge is nearing its cable-making stage: a first trial wire crossed between the towers on May 29, and spinning of the great cables will begin about two weeks later.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-01","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-02","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-03","Glad Corinne liked his room","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne that he is pleased she enjoyed seeing his college room, and hopes to fix it up even more before the family's next visit.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-04","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-05","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-06","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-07","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-08","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-09","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-10","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-11","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-12","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-13","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-14","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-15","Another college day in Cambridge","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a first-year Harvard student; the record holds no further details.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-16","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his freshman year at Harvard. No particular events are recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-17","Freshman routine at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge, where the record for the day lists only his whereabouts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-18","In Cambridge, nothing noted","The eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman is in Cambridge. Nothing else is set down for this day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-19","Exam results and Aunt Mary's death","Roosevelt notes he has made the rank list in every exam but one. His freshman marks average 75, with a failed German grade he later raised to 92. His aunt Mary West Roosevelt, widow of Silas Weir Roosevelt, dies. He spent $1,742 this year, well above the typical student's $650 to $850.",["mary-west-roosevelt","silas-weir-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-20","To New York for Aunt Mary's funeral","Saddened by his aunt Mary's death, Roosevelt leaves Cambridge for New York City to attend her funeral.",["mary-west-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1877-06-21","Setting out for the Adirondacks","Roosevelt departs New York City, bound for a summer stay in the Adirondack Mountains.",[],"New York City"],["1877-06-22","Arrives at St. Regis Lake","Roosevelt reaches St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks and settles in at Paul Smith's hotel with his close Harvard friend Harry Minot.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-23","First song of the hermit thrush","In the Adirondack woods, Roosevelt hears a hermit thrush sing for the first time in his life.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-24","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-25","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-26","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-27","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-28","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-29","Summer days in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is in the Adirondacks with his friend Harry Minot. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-06-30","Minot leaves; Roosevelt stays on","Harry Minot heads home, but Roosevelt remains in the Adirondacks. His father and his sister Anna travel to Bar Harbor, Maine.",["henry-davis-minot","theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-01","Lingering in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is still in the Adirondack Mountains; the day carries no further details.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-02","Lingering in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is still in the Adirondack Mountains; the day carries no further details.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-03","Heading into the woods to camp","Roosevelt leaves the comforts of the hotel behind and sets off into the Adirondack forest to sleep out.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-04","Lingering in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is still in the Adirondack Mountains; the day carries no further details.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-05","First deer, a buck at Potter's Pond","Camped at Potter's Pond, about 25 miles from Paul Smith's, Roosevelt kills his first deer, a buck, and adds two black ducks and three ruffed grouse to the bag. He later wrote about this hunt in The Deer Family.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-06","Lingering in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt is still in the Adirondack Mountains; the day carries no further details.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-07","Out of the woods after a week","Roosevelt emerges from a week of camping with no tent and only bread and tea to eat. The haul: 4 bucks, 2 ducks, 3 grouse and 52 trout weighing around 15 pounds, though he wishes the fishing had been better.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-08","Homeward on his mother's birthday","On his mother Mittie's 42nd birthday, Roosevelt is on the road from the Adirondacks back to Oyster Bay.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-09","On the road","Roosevelt is still in transit from the Adirondacks to Long Island.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1877-07-10","Arrives at Tranquility","Roosevelt gets to Oyster Bay in the afternoon and settles in at Tranquility, the family's summer house.",[],"Tranquility"],["1877-07-11","Telling Minot about the camp","Roosevelt writes his friend Henry Minot that his Adirondack camping trip was a real pleasure, with both deer and trout to show for it.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-13","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-14","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-15","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-16","Riding, walking and rowing daily","Roosevelt fills his Oyster Bay summer with exercise outdoors: a ride and a walk every day, and frequent outings in his small rowboat.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-17","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-18","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-19","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-21","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-22","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-23","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-24","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-25","Out hunting frogs","Roosevelt spends part of the day at Oyster Bay on an expedition after frogs.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-26","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-27","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-28","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-29","Alice Lee turns 16","Alice Hathaway Lee, the Boston girl Roosevelt will later marry, has her 16th birthday. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-30","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-07-31","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-01","Moonlit poetry on Cove Neck","Roosevelt and his sister Corinne row across the bay to Cove Neck, to the spot where Sagamore Hill will one day stand, and read Swinburne aloud under the moon.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","algernon-charles-swinburne"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-02","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-03","Three days sailing the Sound","Roosevelt, his cousin Emlen and his brother Elliott set out on a sailing cruise on Long Island Sound that will last three days.",["emlen-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-04","Still under sail","Roosevelt is out on Long Island Sound with Emlen and Elliott on the second day of their cruise.",["emlen-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-05","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-06","Edith Carow turns 16","Edith Carow, Roosevelt's childhood friend and his future second wife, celebrates her 16th birthday. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-07","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-08","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-09","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-10","Six herons from a rookery","Roosevelt visits a heron nesting colony and shoots six of the birds.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-11","Jack Elliott comes to stay","Roosevelt's cousin Jack Elliott arrives at Oyster Bay, the start of a stretch of rowing and shooting trips together.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-13","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-14","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-15","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-17","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-18","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-19","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-21","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-22","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-23","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-24","A 25-mile row to Whitestone","Roosevelt and Jack Elliott take his small boat all the way to Whitestone, some 25 miles, near the home of his aunt Annie Gracie.",["john-elliott","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-25","Caught in a nor'easter rowing home","Rowing back from Whitestone, Roosevelt runs into a fierce nor'easter and does not reach home until 1 a.m. Sunday.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-26","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-27","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-28","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-29","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-30","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-08-31","Conkling goes after his reform critics","New York party boss Senator Roscoe Conkling goes on the attack against reformers out to break his brand of machine politics, above all their push to remove Collector Chester A. Arthur. Roosevelt's father is in Saratoga for a meeting of the State Board of Charities.",["roscoe-conkling","chester-a-arthur","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-01","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-02","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-03","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-04","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-05","A day hauling a seine net","Roosevelt passes the day at Oyster Bay dragging a seine net to catch fish.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-06","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-07","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-08","Rowing around Lloyd Neck","Roosevelt and Jack Elliott row all the way around Lloyd Neck, hauling the boat across the narrow neck of land rather than going the long way.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-09","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-10","Rifle hunting herons at Lloyd Neck","Roosevelt and Jack Elliott row over to Lloyd Neck, where Roosevelt brings down several herons with his rifle.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-11","Snipe on a row around Centre Island","Roosevelt and Jack Elliott circle Centre Island by rowboat and come back with half a dozen snipe.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-12","Two sea coots at the harbor mouth","Roosevelt shoots a pair of sea coots where Oyster Bay harbor opens to the Sound.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-13","Rowing to Hempstead Harbor to camp","Roosevelt and Jack Elliott take their small boat west to Hempstead Harbor and spend the night sleeping outdoors.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-14","Dawn shooting, then home","Up early at Hempstead Harbor, Roosevelt takes four coots and six snipe before heading back to Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-15","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-17","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-18","At Oyster Bay, nothing noted","The summer break finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. The day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-19","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-21","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-22","A soaking row to see Miss Boden","On his father's 46th birthday, Roosevelt rows through rough water to Lloyd Neck to call on Miss Boden. Drenched, he dries off by lying naked on the dock for an hour, then faces big seas on the way home.",["miss-boden","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-23","Quiet day on the Sound","Roosevelt is at the family's summer place at Oyster Bay, with no further details recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-24","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay on Long Island. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-25","Another Long Island summer day","Home from the Adirondacks, Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no particular events are set down.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-26","A night ride and a fallen horse","Roosevelt rides to Lloyd Neck to see Miss Boden again. Heading home, his horse goes down, and he gets back at 10 p.m.",["miss-boden"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-27","Back to Harvard on Corinne's birthday","On his sister Corinne's 16th birthday, Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay to begin his sophomore year at Harvard.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-28","Chosen for the Institute; Sunday school again","Back in Cambridge, Roosevelt is elected to the Institute (D.K.E.) as fifth man of the second group of ten. He also takes up his Sunday school teaching once more.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1877-09-29","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-09-30","Adirondack bird list appears in print","Roosevelt's work on the birds that spend the summer in the Adirondacks of Franklin County, New York, is published while he is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-01","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-02","Second-year routine at Harvard","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a Harvard sophomore, with no further details set down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-03","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-04","Pins Davis on the mat","Roosevelt gets the better of Davis in a wrestling match, turning the tables on the classmate who threw him back in March.",["davis"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-05","Chief Joseph surrenders","Far to the west, the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph gives himself up to U.S. troops, ending a four-month flight of some 1,000 miles. Roosevelt is at Harvard.",["chief-joseph"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-06","Second-year routine at Harvard","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a Harvard sophomore, with no further details set down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-07","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-08","Loving his zoology classes","Roosevelt finds his sophomore coursework far more enjoyable than his first year's, and the zoology courses are a particular delight.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-09","A night at the theater","Roosevelt takes in a play with his friends Minot Weld and Arthur Hooper.",["minot-weld","arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-10","Second-year routine at Harvard","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a Harvard sophomore, with no further details set down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-11","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-12","A wrestling win over Ellis","Roosevelt bests a classmate named Ellis in a wrestling bout.",["ellis"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-13","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-14","French is hard; keeping an eye on the collectorship","Roosevelt writes his sister Anna that French is giving him real trouble, though his other classes are going fine. He asks her to tell their father he is following the news on the collectorship.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-15","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-16","Sophomore days in Cambridge","Roosevelt is back at Harvard for his second year. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-17","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-18","Boxing Hooper, wrestling Ellis","Roosevelt spars to a draw with Arthur Hooper and then beats Ellis on the wrestling mat once more.",["arthur-hooper","ellis"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-19","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-20","Sophomore days in Cambridge","Roosevelt is back at Harvard for his second year. Nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-21","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-22","Winning in the boxing ring","Roosevelt comes out on top against both Hooper and Ellis in boxing.",["arthur-hooper","ellis"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-23","A quiet sophomore day","Roosevelt is in Cambridge for the fall term. No particular events are noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-24","Father's nomination goes to the Senate","President Hayes sends the Senate his nomination of Roosevelt's father to be Collector of Customs for the Port of New York.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","rutherford-b-hayes"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-25","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-26","Second-year routine at Harvard","Roosevelt spends the day in Cambridge as a Harvard sophomore, with no further details set down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-27","Nineteenth birthday at Minot Weld's","Roosevelt turns 19 and marks the day by riding out to spend the night with his friend Minot Weld.",["minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-28","Tennyson aloud and a redeemed German grade","Roosevelt thanks his sister Corinne for the three books she sent, and says he and friends have been reading Tennyson aloud. To his sister Anna he reports passing German with a 92, the course he had failed in the spring.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alfred-tennyson"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-29","At Harvard, nothing noted","The sophomore is in Cambridge; the day's entry lists only where he was.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-30","Father speaks up for children in asylums","Roosevelt's father goes to New York's City Hall to protest how insane children are being cared for in the city. Roosevelt is at Harvard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-10-31","Boxing and Poe in his rooms","At Harvard, Roosevelt spars in his room and shares poetry with friends, Edgar Allan Poe above all; his mother calls him a \"blue eyed berserker.\" In New York, his father pledges not to run the customs office for party gain.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","edgar-allan-poe"],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-01","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-02","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-03","Loses one bout, wins two","In the Harvard gym Roosevelt takes a beating from Arthur Hooper with the gloves, then evens his record by besting two other classmates, Ellis and Brooks.",["arthur-hooper","ellis","brooks"],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-04","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-05","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-06","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-07","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-08","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-09","New bookcase, worry over the Collectorship","Roosevelt writes Bamie to thank her for a book on a Scottish naturalist and mentions the new bookcase in his college rooms. He fears his father will not win confirmation as Collector of the Port of New York.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-10","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-11","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-12","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-13","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-14","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-15","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-16","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-17","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-18","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-19","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-20","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-21","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-22","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-23","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-24","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-25","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-26","Joins the Nuttall Ornithological Club","Roosevelt becomes a member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club in Cambridge, a society of serious bird students.",[],"Nuttall Ornithological Club"],["1877-11-27","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-11-28","Home to New York for Thanksgiving","Roosevelt leaves Cambridge for the family house on West 57th Street to spend the Thanksgiving holiday at home.",[],"6 West 57th Street"],["1877-11-29","Thanksgiving with the family","Roosevelt celebrates Thanksgiving at home in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1877-11-30","Senate committee blocks Father's appointment","A Senate committee led by Roscoe Conkling turns down a batch of President Hayes's nominations, among them Roosevelt's father as Collector of the Port of New York. Roosevelt is home for the holiday.",["roscoe-conkling","rutherford-b-hayes","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1877-12-01","Home in New York, nothing noted","Roosevelt is home in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-02","Unrecorded day in New York","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York and notes no events.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-03","Quiet day in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City with his family; the day has no entry.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-04","Back to college after the holiday","Roosevelt leaves New York and goes back to Harvard at the end of his Thanksgiving break.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-05","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-06","Hayes vows to back his nominees","President Hayes declares he will not abandon the men he named to office, Roosevelt's father among them, despite the Senate committee's rejection. Roosevelt is at Harvard.",["rutherford-b-hayes","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-07","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-08","Fearing Conkling has won","Roosevelt writes his father that nothing has changed in the Collectorship fight and that he is afraid Senator Roscoe Conkling has carried the day.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","roscoe-conkling"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-09","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-10","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-11","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-12","Senate votes down Father again","Behind closed doors, Roscoe Conkling argues against Roosevelt's father, and his nomination to run New York's customhouse fails a second time. Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge.",["roscoe-conkling","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-13","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-14","Father speaks to the Tribune","The New York Tribune reports that Roosevelt's father was reluctant to comment on his defeat, describing it as a contest between party bosses and President Hayes. Roosevelt is at Harvard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","rutherford-b-hayes"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-15","A win in the ring, gains in class","Roosevelt soundly beats a red-haired classmate named Coolidge in a gymnasium boxing match and notes that his grades are running ahead of his freshman year.",["coolidge"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-16","Uneasy about Father","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is worried about their father, whom the Senate turned down for the Collectorship by a vote of 31 to 25. The same day his father writes about corruption in government.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-17","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-19","Father stricken in New York","In New York, Roosevelt's father collapses with what is called acute peritonitis and is gravely ill. That same night Bamie hosts a party and Corinne stays up until 2 a.m. Roosevelt is still in Cambridge.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-20","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-21","Aunt Annie comes to help","Roosevelt's father remains very sick in New York, and Aunt Annie Gracie arrives to support the family. Roosevelt is at Harvard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-22","Called home to Father's bedside","Word reaches Roosevelt in Cambridge that his father is very ill, and he hurries to New York.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1877-12-23","Museum opens without Father","The American Museum of Natural History holds its grand opening, but Roosevelt's father, one of its founders, is too sick to go. It is also his parents' 24th wedding anniversary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"American Museum of Natural History"],["1877-12-24","Father rallies on Christmas Eve","Roosevelt finds his father much improved. Aunt Annie Gracie helps lay the table and fill the stockings for Christmas.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1877-12-25","A shotgun for Christmas","Roosevelt's father seems brighter on Christmas Day, and Roosevelt gets a double-barreled shotgun. The family sits down to dinner without his parents. His diary for the year closes here.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1877-12-26","With family in New York","No activity is written down for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-27","No entry for the day in New York","Roosevelt is at home in the city; the record is silent.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-28","Taffy at Aunt Annie's with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith Carow visit Aunt Annie Gracie's house in New York for cream taffy.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1877-12-29","Another blank day at home","Only his location survives for this day: New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-30","Home in New York, nothing noted","Roosevelt is home in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1877-12-31","Tallying a year of specimens","Roosevelt closes the year by counting his natural history collections: 16 mammals, 68 birds, 17 reptiles, 61 amphibians and 10 fishes. A separate list of game shot includes a buck, ten ducks, a dozen snipe, three grouse and six plover.",[],"New York City"],["1878-01-01","New Year's calls and three dear friends","Roosevelt makes about twenty New Year's Day calls in New York. In his diary he praises Annie Murray and Fanny Smith, and counts Edith Carow as the third of his close girl friends.",["annie-murray","frances-theodora-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-01-02","Father's blessing, a spill, back to school","Roosevelt's father tells him he has never given him a moment's pain, words Roosevelt treasures. A sleigh overturns and drags him behind the horses, which he calls great fun, and he heads back to Harvard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-01-03","Back at his books","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge and picks up his college work.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-04","Taking stock of family and friends","Missing home, Roosevelt fills a diary page with thoughts on his family and friends: Elliott has grown up, Jack Elliott is his closest friend after his brother, and Hal Minot, Will Blodgett, Minot Weld and Harry Chapin look like college friends in the making.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","west-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot","will-blodgett","minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","george-pellew","arthur-hooper","charles-g-washburn","john-tebbets","dick-trimble"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-05","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-06","Teaching Sunday school again","Roosevelt is back in front of his Sunday school class, his regular weekend duty.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-07","Sizing up the term ahead","With classes rolling again, Roosevelt predicts strong marks everywhere but French and expects to shine in natural history. He is sparring with a boxing instructor five days a week, aiming at the lightweight cups.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-08","Kind words for his science teachers","Roosevelt notes in his diary how helpful and friendly he finds Harvard's natural history faculty.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-09","Dinner with Agassiz","Roosevelt dines with Agassiz and enjoys the evening.",["alexander-agassiz"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-10","Dinner with 'Piggy' Everett","Roosevelt dines with the man students called 'Piggy' Everett and finds him cultured and charming, if unwashed.",["william-everett"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-11","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-12","Dancing class and Boston belles","Roosevelt goes to dancing class and admires several Boston girls, among them Carrie Goodwin, Bessie Whitney, the Rotch sisters and Pauline Revere. He stays over with Arthur Hooper until Monday.",["carrie-goodwin","bessie-whitney","pauline-revere","arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-13","Jeannie Hooper reads aloud","At the Hoopers', Roosevelt passes a happy evening listening to Jeannie Hooper read, and calls her an unusually sweet girl.",["jeannie-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-14","Bird club with Hal Minot","Roosevelt attends a meeting of the Nuttall Ornithological Club with his friend Hal Minot and takes a liking to Brewster and Allen.",["henry-davis-minot","william-brewster","joel-asaph-allen"],"Nuttall Ornithological Club"],["1878-01-15","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-16","An evening party at the Hoopers'","Roosevelt enjoys a party at the Hooper family's home.",["arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-17","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-18","Theatre night on Bamie's birthday","On his sister Bamie's 23rd birthday, Roosevelt spends the evening at the theatre with a group of friends.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-19","Dinner with Harry Shaw","Roosevelt has dinner with his friend Harry Shaw and then heads to a party.",["harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-20","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-21","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-22","Out with the Hoopers","Roosevelt joins the Hooper family for an evening party.",["arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-23","Beats Briggs in the ring","Roosevelt spars with a smaller classmate named Briggs and comes out on top.",["briggs"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-24","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-25","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-26","A perfect score in natural history","Roosevelt earns 100 percent on a Natural History 3 exam, then spends the afternoon and weekend at Minot Weld's home and goes to dancing class that night.",["minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-27","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-28","Paper on English sparrows","Roosevelt reads a paper on the English sparrow to the Nuttall Ornithological Club in Cambridge.",[],"Nuttall Ornithological Club"],["1878-01-29","A party with friends and the Lane sisters","Roosevelt goes to a party with Minot Weld, Harry Chapin, Bessie Whitney and the two Lane sisters, whom he finds delightful.",["minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","bessie-whitney"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-30","Edged out by Bob Bacon","Roosevelt loses a close boxing match to classmate Robert Bacon, though by his own account not by much.",["robert-bacon"],"Cambridge"],["1878-01-31","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-01","Wrestling win over Tebbetts","Roosevelt puts Jack Tebbetts on the mat in a wrestling bout.",["john-tebbets"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-02","Calling with Arthur Hooper","Roosevelt makes a round of social visits with Arthur Hooper.",["arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-03","Sunday with the Hoopers","Roosevelt spends a pleasant Sunday at the Hoopers' and admits that his regard for Jeannie Hooper keeps rising.",["jeannie-hooper","arthur-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-04","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-05","Gets ahead in required history","Roosevelt takes the second-half exam in required history early and scores 83 percent.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-06","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-07","Top marks, and Father out on a sleigh","Roosevelt scores 91 percent on his midyear history exam and goes sleighing in Cambridge. In New York his father is strong enough to go sleighing with Bamie, and smiles when Mittie reads him a letter from his son.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-08","A second sleigh ride ends in agony","In New York, Roosevelt's father goes sleighing again but is in terrible pain by the time he returns, and a doctor is called. Roosevelt is still at Harvard.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-09","Racing home as Father lies dying","Summoned by urgent word that his father is gravely ill with a bowel tumor, Roosevelt boards the night train for New York. Theodore Sr., 46, dies late that night, hours before his son can reach him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-10","Flags at half mast for Father","Roosevelt reaches New York to find flags lowered for his father. Orphans and newsboys, the children his father spent his life helping, fill the street and steps outside the 57th Street house.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1878-02-11","Home in New York, nothing noted","Roosevelt is home in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1878-02-12","Father laid to rest at Green-Wood","After a short service at home and another at the church on 57th Street, the family crosses by ferry to Green-Wood Cemetery to bury Roosevelt's father. Roosevelt, shattered, pours out his grief in his diary and resolves to live as his father would have wished.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1878-02-13","Unrecorded day in New York","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York and notes no events.",[],"New York City"],["1878-02-14","Quiet day in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City with his family; the day has no entry.",[],"New York City"],["1878-02-15","'I owe everything to him'","Roosevelt writes a tribute to his father in his diary, remembering his wisdom, his fairness and his unselfishness, and blaming himself for having done nothing for him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-02-16","With family in New York","No activity is written down for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1878-02-17","Visiting Father's poor and old pupils","Roosevelt calls on some of the poor families his father helped, who speak movingly of him, and is glad to see the boys from his old mission class again.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-02-18","Praise for Elliott and Bamie","Roosevelt writes that the whole family stood by his father during his illness, singling out his brother Elliott and sister Bamie.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-02-19","'A father to the poor'","Roosevelt struggles to accept that he will not see his father again and borrows a line from the Book of Job to describe him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-02-20","Grateful for Uncle Jimmie's comfort","Roosevelt thanks everyone for their kindness, above all Uncle James Gracie, and writes Hal Minot that his letter lifted the family's spirits.",["james-king-gracie","henry-davis-minot"],"New York City"],["1878-02-21","Hardest on Mother and his sisters","Roosevelt writes that the loss falls hardest on his mother and sisters, though it is terrible for all of them.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-02-22","Like a hideous dream","Roosevelt confides that at times his father's death still feels unreal.",[],"New York City"],["1878-02-23","Returning to college a grieving son","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge for his first night at college since the funeral. He notes an income of about $8,000 a year from his father's estate, enough to live comfortably.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-24","Living memories of Father","Alone at college on a Sunday, Roosevelt addresses his father directly in his diary.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-25","Back to work, moved by his boxing coach","Roosevelt is working hard again and is touched by the sympathy of his boxing instructor.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-26","Friends rally around him","Roosevelt is grateful for the kindness of his college friends, especially Hal Minot, and notes Harry Shaw's thoughtfulness.",["henry-davis-minot","harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-27","Let down by Will Blodgett","Roosevelt admits in his diary that Will Blodgett has fallen short of his hopes.",["will-blodgett"],"Cambridge"],["1878-02-28","Exams, Elliott's birthday and sparrows in print","On his brother Elliott's 18th birthday, Roosevelt, turning down all invitations until May, does well on two midyear exams and tells his mother the boys have been kind. A journal called The Country prints a short summary of his views on English sparrows.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-01","Grateful for kind professors","Roosevelt notes how considerate his Harvard teachers have been in the weeks since his father's death.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-02","A day spent dissecting a seal","Roosevelt devotes most of the day to dissecting a seal.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-03","A good cry and a long ride","After an evening of thinking about his father, Roosevelt lets himself break down and feels better for it. He rides twenty miles on his horse Lightfoot and writes Conie, who is in Philadelphia with their mother and Aunt Susan West.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","susan-elliott-west"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-04","Leaning on Bamie","Roosevelt writes that the loss is only now sinking in. He asks Bamie for her counsel, telling her she resembles their father more than anyone else in the family.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-05","First glass ball shoot","At the first meeting of a glass ball shooting club, Roosevelt breaks 11 of 25 targets. He forces himself to keep busy but cannot yet face socializing with classmates.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-06","'Thy will be done'","Roosevelt admits to bitter moments and fears what too much idle time might do to him, yet finds he can accept his loss with humble faith.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-07","Dreaming of a life in science","Measuring himself against his father, Roosevelt feels his own life is weak by comparison. He writes that he would like to become a scientist and will miss his father's advice.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-08","Eleven of 22 at the glass ball club","At another Glass Ball Club meeting, Roosevelt hits 11 of 22 targets.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-09","A month since his father died","The lightweight wrestling matches he had trained for take place, but they feel distant now. Roosevelt marks one month since his father's death, the worst day he has known.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-10","Comforting his mother by letter","Roosevelt teaches Sunday school, then breaks down again thinking of his father. He writes Mittie a tender letter wishing he could be at her side.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-11","Busy enough not to brood","Roosevelt counts himself lucky that a full schedule leaves little time for dwelling on his loss.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-12","Letters from home, none to Father","Roosevelt treasures the loving letters from his family and finds it strange no longer to write to his father.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-13","Coaching Billy Gaston","Roosevelt helps prepare his classmate Billy Gaston for an upcoming wrestling match.",["billy-gaston"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-14","Not ready for Boston society","Roosevelt confesses he still cannot bring himself to visit his friends in Boston.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-15","Father's letters as a talisman","Roosevelt rereads his father's affectionate letters and vows to keep them as a guard against wrongdoing.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-16","Watching the sparring, walking with Dick Morgan","Roosevelt watches a boxing contest and goes on a long walk with Dick Morgan.",["dick-morgan"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-17","Communion Sunday and John 14","On Communion Sunday Roosevelt teaches his class and reads John 14, one of his father's favorite chapters. He writes to comfort Bamie, saying that being at school makes the pain easier for him to bear.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-18","98 percent in German","Roosevelt scores 98 percent on an hour-long German exam.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-19","Rereading his Egyptian journal","Paging through the journal he kept in Egypt as a boy, Roosevelt finds his father in every scene. He aches for his mother and sisters and wishes he were home.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-20","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-21","Counting his blessings","Roosevelt writes that his father seems part of his own self, and that every event in his life is tied to him. Still, he feels luckier in his family than most men.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-22","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-23","95 on a natural history exam","Roosevelt sits a three-hour natural history examination and scores 95 percent, then watches the Athletic Club's third meeting.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-24","Father's rule: morals, health, studies","After Sunday school, Roosevelt writes home and reminds Mittie of his father's order of priorities: character first, then health, then schoolwork.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-25","Tutoring Arthur Hooper in German","Roosevelt is coaching Arthur Hooper in German, admiring his friend's love of poetry and athletic skill. He also boxes Teschmaker and thinks he wins.",["arthur-hooper","teschmaker"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-26","'Father, companion, friend'","In a long diary entry Roosevelt recalls his father's habits, down to the curl that would not lie flat. He marvels that he has carried on with daily life, and calls his father everything to him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-27","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-28","College routine in Cambridge","No events survive for this day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-29","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-30","A rare book on Italian wildlife","Roosevelt scores 90 percent on a three-hour German midyear and buys a copy of Bonaparte's Fauna Italica, a scarce natural history work.",["charles-lucien-bonaparte"],"Cambridge"],["1878-03-31","No man did more good than Father","After Sunday school, Roosevelt writes that no one in New York did as much good as his father or was so loved at home.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-01","Bruised by Bacon, bird club at night","Robert Bacon wears Roosevelt out in a sparring match. He then outshoots Minot Weld at glass balls, though with a poor 6 of 10, and spends the evening at the Nuttall Ornithological Club.",["robert-bacon","minot-weld"],"Nuttall Ornithological Club"],["1878-04-02","Longing for home, dreading it too","Roosevelt can hardly wait to see his family yet fears walking into a house without his father. He writes that every happy family memory includes him.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-03","Nothing logged at Harvard","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-04","Another blank day in Cambridge","The day passes without a recorded event; Roosevelt is at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-05","At Harvard, nothing noted","Only his location survives for this day: Cambridge, at college.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-06","Rain and gloomy thoughts","Kept indoors all day by rain, Roosevelt broods over the family's loss.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-07","Sizing up his Sunday school boys","Roosevelt calls his grief selfish but still painful. He sketches each boy in his Sunday school class, from eager Watson to troublesome Phillipot, and takes comfort that his father approved of his teaching. He also writes Bamie.",["watson","ward","blennerhasset","kinsey","phillipot","anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-08","A day without an entry","Roosevelt is a Harvard student in Cambridge; the record is silent otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-09","Night boat home with Harry Chapin","Two months to the day after his father's death, Roosevelt sets out for New York on the overnight boat with his friend Harry Chapin.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-10","A joyful welcome home","Roosevelt's family greets him warmly in New York; only Bamie is missing, away in Denver.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1878-04-11","Harder to be home than expected","The memories at home hit Roosevelt hard, and he writes that his days of pure happiness are over. He still counts his blessings and enjoys an evening meal with his Gracie aunt and uncle.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1878-04-12","Sweet Conie, warming to Emlen","Roosevelt delights in his sister Conie's company and finds his opinion of cousin Emlen improving.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","emlen-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-04-13","Visiting Cassin, a bedridden man","Roosevelt calls on Cassin, a poor man confined to bed, one of many who will feel his father's absence keenly.",["cassin","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-04-14","Choosing his mottoes","After a talk with the boys, Roosevelt adopts two Bible verses as personal mottoes.",[],"New York City"],["1878-04-15","Three days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay with his mother and Conie. Everything there reminds them of his father, which makes the start of the stay painful.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-04-16","Rowing Centre Island, hunting muskrats","Roosevelt rows his skiff around Centre Island, kills an oldsquaw duck and shoots two muskrats in a brackish pond.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-04-17","One more muskrat, then the city","Roosevelt bags a muskrat in a tiny brook before returning to New York, where Bamie is just back from Denver.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-04-18","A hymn from Conie, thoughts of a wife","Conie copies out a hymn of consolation for Roosevelt. He writes that he has lost the one person he told everything, and wonders who the wife will be who might one day fill that place.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-04-19","Home in New York, nothing noted","Roosevelt is home in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1878-04-20","Unrecorded day in New York","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York and notes no events.",[],"New York City"],["1878-04-21","Quiet day in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City with his family; the day has no entry.",[],"New York City"],["1878-04-22","Mother sees him off to Boston","Roosevelt boards the overnight boat for Boston, with his mother coming down to say goodbye. On board he is homesick and grieving for his father.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-04-23","Back in his snug room","Roosevelt settles back into his small room in Cambridge, and his friends give him a hearty welcome.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-24","Four weeks of grinding left","Roosevelt notes that a month of hard study stands between him and the end of term.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-25","Easier at college than at home","Roosevelt writes that the sharpest grief is passing, though nights are still hard. College holds fewer reminders than home, and the Bible chapters his father loved bring him both joy and sadness.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-26","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-27","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-28","Last Sunday school until fall","Roosevelt teaches what he expects to be his final Sunday school class until October.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-29","Strong grades, a proud father remembered","Roosevelt's marks are excellent, and he recalls how proud his father was of his progress.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-04-30","Clean-shaven and teased for it","Roosevelt shaves off his whiskers and takes no end of ribbing from his friends. He also takes up lawn tennis.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-01","Memories that bring pleasure","Kept indoors by gloomy weather, Roosevelt thinks about his father at length, and for once the memories bring him only happiness.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-02","Hal Minot leaves Harvard","Roosevelt is sorry to learn that his friend Hal Minot has left college, remembering how kind Minot was during his worst days of grief.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-03","Off to Minot Weld's for the weekend","Roosevelt heads to Minot Weld's home for the evening, planning to stay until Monday.",["minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-04","Cows, chickens and a drive","Roosevelt and Minot Weld poke around the farmyard in the morning, then drive over to visit Dick Saltonstall.",["minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-05","A short, practical sermon","Roosevelt hears a brief sermon he likes and reflects on how widely his father was loved.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-06","An early return to college","Roosevelt gets back to Cambridge early in the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-07","Grades mean less without Father","Roosevelt keeps working hard but admits his marks matter less now, since he valued them most for his father's pride in them.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-08","Club table photographed","Roosevelt and the friends who share his club dining table have their picture taken.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-09","Three months on, a boat to New York","Three months after his father's death, Roosevelt and Harry Chapin catch the evening Fall River line boat to New York.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-10","Spring warblers at Oyster Bay","Arriving in New York at dawn, Roosevelt takes a morning train to Oyster Bay to join his mother. He finds the countryside lovely, collects a warbler and spends the night.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-05-11","Family gathering at Orange","After noting plenty of warblers at Oyster Bay and shooting two squirrels, Roosevelt goes into the city and straight out to Uncle Corneil's place in Orange, New Jersey, where the whole family and the Gracies make a fuss over him.",["cornelius-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1878-05-12","A lonely Sunday at Orange","Roosevelt spends a quiet Sunday in Orange, New Jersey, where he last stayed years ago with his father. Being with the family lifts his spirits.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Orange"],["1878-05-13","Night boat back to Boston","Roosevelt goes into the city early and takes the overnight boat to Boston.",[],"New York City"],["1878-05-14","Back in Cambridge at dawn","Roosevelt reaches Cambridge early in the morning.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-15","Studying like a Trojan","Roosevelt is deep in exam preparation.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-16","Missing Father's advice on his future","On a walk into town with Jack Tebbetts, whom he calls a rough diamond, Roosevelt is moved by his friend's words about his father. He writes how lost he feels without his father's guidance on what to do after college.",["john-tebbets","theodore-roosevelt-sr","george-pellew"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-17","Unrecorded day in Cambridge","The chronology places Roosevelt in Cambridge and logs no letters or events.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-18","No entry for the day at college","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge, with no activity written down.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-19","Sunday with the Minot family","Roosevelt spends Sunday with the George Minot family, hears a sermon on finishing whatever one starts, and takes a long afternoon walk.",["george-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-20","Battling French","Back in Cambridge, Roosevelt is putting extra effort into French, which he despises, amid poor weather.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-21","Tennis and rowing for exercise","Roosevelt is keeping fit with lawn tennis and the occasional row on the river in a racing shell.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-22","DKE theatricals","Dick Saltonstall comes to the Delta Kappa Epsilon theatricals, and Roosevelt is pleased he will join their table next year. Several students, Pellew among them, drink far too much.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","george-pellew"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-23","Feverish, dreaming of Father","Feeling ill and feverish, Roosevelt has a vivid dream about his father that leaves him sad and lonely.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-24","Bob Bacon flies at Beacon Park","At the Harvard Athletic Association's foot races at Beacon Park, Robert Bacon turns in an impressive time.",["robert-bacon"],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-25","French exam, a loss to Yale","Roosevelt sits his French midyear exam, and the Harvard baseball team is badly beaten by Yale.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-26","Breaking his Sunday rule","With his exams piling up, Roosevelt studies on a Sunday and feels ashamed of it.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-27","Anatomy final","Roosevelt takes his year-end anatomy exam.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-28","Coaching classmates for an exam","Roosevelt helps about six classmates prepare for the next day's exam.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-29","Rhetoric final","Roosevelt sits his annual rhetoric exam.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-30","German final","Roosevelt takes his year-end German exam.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-05-31","Sophomore year by the numbers","Cool weather helps Roosevelt study. His sophomore marks average 89, from a 96 in German I down to a 51 in French, and the year at Harvard cost him $2,049.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-01","French final, freshmen beat Yale","Roosevelt takes his annual French exam after a week of feeling poorly. Harvard's freshman nine trounces Yale's class of 1881.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-02","'How pleased Father will be!'","With the spring's hard work behind him, Roosevelt catches himself still imagining his father's pleasure at each success.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-03","Boston hospitality and summer invitations","Roosevelt credits his Boston friends' hospitality with brightening college life. Jack Tebbetts invites him to Schooner Head for a month and Harry Shaw for a Sunday. With his club table disbanded, he now eats at Memorial Hall beside Gorham Peters.",["john-tebbets","harry-shaw","gorham-peters"],"Memorial Hall"],["1878-06-04","Quiet day at Harvard","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-05","Botany exam, then off for summer","Roosevelt finishes his botany final and leaves Cambridge that evening, heading for Oyster Bay as the term ends.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-06","Oyster Bay full of Father","Roosevelt reaches Oyster Bay around noon and finds every corner of the house tied to memories of his father.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-07","Warblers, a ride and a cry for Father","Roosevelt collects a parula warbler and a grasshopper sparrow in Fleets Woods and takes a fine ride on Lightfoot. Annie Murray is visiting Conie, the Gracies are in town, and his grief breaks through again.",["annie-murray","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-08","Varnishing his boat","Roosevelt sands and varnishes his boat. He is grateful for his family's affection but wishes his mother and Bamie would stop quarreling.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-09","Seeing Father in the pew","Four months after his father's death, Roosevelt spends the sermon picturing him in his familiar corner of the family pew.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-10","Dawn tramp, then a boathouse","Roosevelt is up with the sun for a long hike, back by nine, and spends the rest of the day building his boathouse.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-11","Rainy day of chores, a petted son","On a wet day Roosevelt divides his time among the boathouse, his gun and his rowboat, and worries that his doting family will spoil him.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-12","Riding with Annie Murray","Roosevelt and Annie Murray ride out to Syosset and back through Laurel Hollow, then takes her rowing. He finds her sweet, pretty and clever; she leaves the next day.",["annie-murray"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-13","Pine Island and the season's first swim","Roosevelt rows to Pine Island, collects a pine warbler and takes his first swim of the year. He notes that all the Roosevelt young men but him are now in business.",[],"Pine Island"],["1878-06-14","Fanny Smith arrives; West smitten","Fanny Smith has come to visit, and cousin West Roosevelt, who has loved her for three years, comes for tea. Roosevelt rows her to Cooper Bluff, where they race down the slope like children.",["frances-theodora-smith","west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-15","Picnic at Yellow Banks","Roosevelt picnics at Yellow Banks with Fanny, Conie and West, and in the afternoon takes Fanny on a long ride. The Gracies arrive for a stay of several weeks.",["frances-theodora-smith","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","west-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie"],"Yellowbanks"],["1878-06-16","A gloomy stop at West 57th","After church Roosevelt sets out for Harvard to take his last two exams, stopping for tea at the family's New York house, which feels empty and desolate.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-17","Asthma sank his French exam","After a botany exam, Roosevelt explains that he did badly on French three weeks earlier because asthma kept him awake the night before. He shrugs it off.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-18","Elected to the A.D. Club","After his final German exam, Roosevelt is surprised to be elected to the A.D. Club. He judges his second Harvard year happy and useful, and boards the night boat for New York.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-06-19","Remembering Father's nights of care","Roosevelt visits Cassin in New York before going out to Oyster Bay. He recalls his father pacing the floor for hours carrying him through childhood asthma attacks.",["cassin","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-20","Bad shooting, rowing and riding","Roosevelt shoots poorly with the rifle, rows to Plum Point and goes riding.",[],"Plum Point"],["1878-06-21","A happy outdoor summer","Roosevelt describes his days of riding, tramping after specimens and rowing or sailing, gun in hand. He resolves not to be gloomy, since his father was always cheerful, and gallops twenty miles on Lightfoot.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-22","Sailing to Lloyd Neck with Alfred","Roosevelt rows to Plum Point and back, then sails with Alfred to Lloyd Neck for lunch and some shooting. In the afternoon he rides with two girls; the day's bag is two herons and two sandsnipe.",["alfred-roosevelt"],"Plum Point"],["1878-06-23","Quiet Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-24","A chickadee nest and a sunburn","Roosevelt finds a chickadee nest on Pine Island and takes Nellie Beekman riding. His sunburned face, he jokes, looks like an undercooked lobster, and he frets about Elliott's friends.",["nellie-beekman","elliott-roosevelt"],"Pine Island"],["1878-06-25","Rough water around Centre Island","Roosevelt rows around Centre Island in two hours, shooting along the way and taking on water in a heavy sea. A long gallop on the flat Long Island roads follows; he bags two sandpipers.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-26","Water lilies and a supper sail","Roosevelt rides to Brookville and Glen Cove, walks Fleets Woods with his mother, drives Conie to Cold Spring for water lilies, rows to the marsh, and sails with Elliott at dusk, eating dinner aboard.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-27","At New London for the boat race","Roosevelt travels to New London for the Harvard-Yale race, staying at Harry Chapin's with Minot Weld and Jackson.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld","jackson"],"New London"],["1878-06-28","Harvard wins; hoarse from cheering","Harvard wins the race handily and Roosevelt shouts himself hoarse. He takes the night boat to New York that evening.",[],"New London"],["1878-06-29","A new Sharps rifle","Back at Oyster Bay, Roosevelt buys a Sharps rifle, and Harvard takes the baseball championship.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-06-30","'Rest in trouble, not from trouble'","A sermon line strikes Roosevelt, who credits his faith with carrying him through his grief; the family spends the evening singing hymns. Meanwhile President Hayes removes Chester A. Arthur and puts Edwin A. Merritt in charge of New York's customhouse.",["rutherford-b-hayes","chester-a-arthur","edwin-a-merritt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-01","Target practice and a tan at Tranquility","Summering at the family's Oyster Bay house, Roosevelt tests a new rifle and scores 67 of 100, calling himself a poor marksman. Rowing has bronzed his upper body, his horse has gone slightly lame, and the swimming is a delight.",[],"Tranquility"],["1878-07-02","Rifle practice, then a farewell visit in town","Roosevelt improves to 71 of 100 at the rifle, then heads into New York City to see Annie Murray, who leaves for Europe the next day, and spends a pleasant evening calling on her.",["annie-murray"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-03","Seeing Annie off, then a night sail","At seven in the morning Roosevelt boards the steamer Russia to bid Annie Murray goodbye, finding her pretty but a touch cross. He accompanies Aunt Susie on the trip to Oyster Bay, and that night he and his brother Elliott sail Elliott's 21-foot Daphne across to Rye Harbor, dropping anchor at 1:30 a.m.",["annie-murray","susan-elliott-west","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-04","Fourth of July sail home from Rye","Roosevelt and Elliott pass the morning and have dinner at the Bulkleys' near Rye, then set off for home at 4:15 p.m., not reaching their Oyster Bay mooring until eleven. The long sail calls up memories of the brothers' many earlier cruises together.",["elliott-roosevelt","mrs-bulkley"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-05","A tender talk with his mother","Roosevelt and his mother Mittie talk at length, sweetly and sadly, about his late father. Uncle Jimmie Gracie stays over from the city, and he and Roosevelt spend time sailing and rowing.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","james-king-gracie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-06","Timed row around Centre Island","Roosevelt rows eight miles around Centre Island, logging each landmark against the clock, though low tide forces a half-mile detour and the portage eats 14 minutes. In the afternoon he outshoots Alfred at the rifle, 54 to 18.",["alfred-roosevelt"],"Plum Point"],["1878-07-07","Missing Father at Sunday prayers","Roosevelt writes that he is heartsick for his father. At evening singing the family cannot get through a hymn they last sang together on the Sunday he died, and Roosevelt reads Isaiah 55, one of his father's favorites, at prayers.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-08","Winning a rifle match on Mittie's birthday","On his mother's 43rd birthday, Roosevelt wins a shooting match against his cousins West and Emlen, 57 to their 48 and 49. His horse has nearly recovered from its lameness.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-09","Five months without his father","Marking five months since his father's death, Roosevelt reflects that he feels much older and must now solve his own problems instead of bringing them to his father, whose words and gestures he still recalls with startling clarity.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-10","Stuck in the mud at Lloyd Neck","Rowing around Lloyd Neck, Roosevelt bogs down in the mud flats while carrying his boat across the isthmus and struggles to free himself. On the way home a thunder squall catches him in a stiff southwest wind. Fifteen miles, two plover and two gulls.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-11","Sailing with cousins, doubting himself","Roosevelt sails with West and Alfred, picnic lunch aboard, and splits the rest of the day between riding and rowing. In his diary he frets that so remarkable a father deserved a worthier son.",["west-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-12","Rained in, sizing up his friends","Rain keeps Roosevelt indoors for the first time all summer. He takes stock of his five closest friends: Elliott and Jack Elliott think too well of him, West and Emlen too little, and Alfred judges him about right.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-13","A daily run through the woods","Roosevelt runs a mile flat out through the woods and plans to make it a daily habit.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-14","Pascal and doubts at Communion Sunday","On Communion Sunday Roosevelt copies out a line from Pascal warning against both excluding and relying only on reason, and writes that he finds materialism and superstition equally distasteful. During church he broods on feeling less useful than his father, yet ends on a note of faith.",["blaise-pascal","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-15","Hot row and a long gallop","In dead calm and fierce heat at high tide, Roosevelt rows around Centre Island again, the portage this time taking only five minutes. Later he and Emlen gallop out beyond Wheatley and around it.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Plum Point"],["1878-07-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-17","Riding to Lake Ronkonkoma","Roosevelt and West ride out on a cool, cloudy morning, reach Smithtown by 10:45, push on to Lake Ronkonkoma for supper, and return to Smithtown to sleep. About 35 miles, and his horse finishes as fresh as it began.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-18","Back from Smithtown in the heat","Roosevelt rides home from Smithtown to Oyster Bay in two and a half hours on a very hot day.",[],"Smithtown"],["1878-07-19","Twenty-five miles by oar to Rye","Leaving at 5:15 a.m., Roosevelt rows across to Rye Beach by way of Rocky Point and Oak Bluff, then rows home that evening, a round trip of more than 25 miles in calm, heavy heat. He spots a stormy petrel.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-20","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-21","A one-line Sunday prayer","Roosevelt's diary for this Sunday holds a single line of scripture, a plea from the Gospel of Mark.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-22","Woodcock in the woods","Roosevelt hikes far through woods and fields with his shotgun and brings back four woodcock and two doves.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-23","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-24","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-25","Visiting the sick, then the Dickeys","In New York City Roosevelt calls on his ailing friend Cassin, then spends the evening with the Dickey family, whose warmth he loves. Young Charles Dickey will enter Harvard next year, and Roosevelt promises himself to help him.",["cassin","charles-p-dickey-jr"],"New York City"],["1878-07-26","Home again to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt heads back out to Oyster Bay from his stay near the city.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-27","Rigging a sail on his skiff","Roosevelt fits his small outrigger skiff with a leg-of-mutton sail on a seven-foot mast and takes her out. She points poorly into the wind but holds steady and moves briskly downwind.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-28","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-29","Marsh shooting on Alice Lee's birthday","On the day Alice Lee, his future wife, turns 17, Roosevelt rows to Lloyd Neck and paddles the winding marsh channels at high tide, taking shots at herons and snipe. A southerly breeze lets him sail several miles out into the Sound. Elliott leaves on a three-week holiday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-30","Rainy woods, then a fine ride","Despite rain, Roosevelt roams the woods with his gun in the morning, bagging a dove and a wild pigeon, and enjoys a splendid ride in the afternoon.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-07-31","Quick row around Centre Island","Roosevelt borrows Alfred's boat and circles Centre Island in an hour and 24 minutes.",["alfred-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-01","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-02","Timed circuit of Lloyd Neck","Starting at ten, Roosevelt rows around Lloyd Neck past the Huntington Harbor lighthouse and is home by 1:45. A dead-high tide trims the portage to four minutes.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-03","Aiming for Greenwich, landing in Darien","Roosevelt and Emlen sail across the Sound meaning to reach Greenwich but misjudge which side of Shippan Point to pass and end up at Darien. Roosevelt notes he has ridden his horse every day he has been home this season.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-04","Doers of the word","Roosevelt admires the scripture carved over his church door and writes that he puts no stock in faith without deeds. He has been reading the published memorial to his father and resolves to live as his father would have hoped.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-05","Woodcock in thick cover","Roosevelt hunts woodcock over some 25 miles of rough country, where the birds now hide in dense brush. He misses more than half his shots and comes home with seven, he and the dog both worn out by the heat.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-06","A birthday gift for Edith Carow","For Edith Carow's 17th birthday, Roosevelt sends her a bonbonniere. His sister Corinne also writes Edith an affectionate letter about her future.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-07","Jack Elliott comes to stay","Roosevelt's good friend Jack Elliott arrives at Oyster Bay for a visit of five or six weeks.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-08","Sail, oar and paddle to Lloyd Neck","With a following wind, Roosevelt and Jack Elliott make good time to Lloyd Neck using sail, oars and paddle together. They hunt the lagoons, lunch, fight their way out of the marsh at dead low tide and row home into a headwind, with two yellowlegs and two herons.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-09","Six months gone, a glorious sail","Roosevelt and Jack sail in a near-reefing breeze without shortening canvas. He calls Oyster Bay the ideal place for young men and wonders if anyone could be happier, while noting it has been six months since his father died.",["john-elliott","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-10","Harvard grades arrive","Roosevelt's Harvard rank list comes, showing an average near 85, a ten-point gain over the year before, with his best marks in German and natural history. He is pleased and thinks his father would have been too, though he is laid up with cholera morbus.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-11","Missing church, thinking of Father","Still ill, Roosevelt misses church for nearly the first time that year. With idle hours, a rarity for him, his thoughts keep returning to his father.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-12","Mosquito portage and a note from Edith","Roosevelt and Jack row to Plum Point, haul the boat 200 yards over miserable, mosquito-thick ground into the big marsh behind Centre Island, then hunt, lunch and sail home. Edith Carow has sent a sweet thank-you for her birthday gift.",["john-elliott","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Plum Point"],["1878-08-13","Riding the tide through Lloyd Neck marsh","Roosevelt and Jack row to Lloyd Neck, going into the marsh as the tide rises and coming out as it falls. A stiff southerly holds them out until late afternoon. One yellowlegs, one sand snipe.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-14","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-15","Nine hours after woodcock","Roosevelt hunts woodcock from eight to five without stopping to eat or rest, testing new knickerbockers, gaiters and hunting shoes. The cover is so thick he misses two shots in three, yet he takes six birds and feels completely fresh.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-16","Edith visits; caught in a squall","Edith Carow arrives for a two-week stay with Corinne. Roosevelt, Emlen and Jack sail to the Connecticut shore and run into a heavy rainstorm on the way back.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","emlen-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-17","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-18","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-19","Picnic sail and boxing lessons","Roosevelt, Edith, Corinne, Jack and Emlen sail out for a picnic lunch at Yellowbanks. He starts teaching Jack to box, gets the better of Emlen in a bout, and loses to him at the rifle.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","john-elliott","emlen-roosevelt"],"Yellowbanks"],["1878-08-20","Rowing Edith; West's confession","Roosevelt rows Edith out toward Lloyd Neck and spars with Jack and West. Riding with West, he hears all about his cousin's devotion to a young woman named Fanny and is touched by how smitten West is.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-elliott","west-roosevelt","fanny"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-21","Water lilies with Edith","Roosevelt drives Edith to Cold Spring to gather water lilies, a lovely morning together. In the afternoon Elliott sails in on the Waterwitch with cousin Jack Roosevelt after a three-week cruise.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","jack-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-22","Family sail and tea at West's","Roosevelt, Elliott and Jack take their mother, Edith and Corinne sailing. That evening a large family party has tea at West's, after which Roosevelt and Edith walk up to the summer house. He worries his hard ride that day may have hurt his horse.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","west-roosevelt","james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie","alfred-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-23","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no activities are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-24","Shooting a troublesome dog","Having warned a dog's owner after the animal harassed him on horseback, Roosevelt carries out the threat while riding with West, killing it with his revolver as it runs beside his horse.",["west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-25","Sunday family prayers","Roosevelt notes how much he values the family habit of morning and evening prayers on Sundays.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-26","A dawn gallop, then off on the Addie","On a crisp, clear morning Roosevelt rides twenty miles at a gallop with Emlen. Around noon he, Emlen, West and Jack board the Addie for a short cruise, reaching New Haven about ten that night in light air.",["emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-27","Lazy day under sail to New London","Light winds keep the Addie under way until 8 p.m. before she reaches New London. The young men swim, read the New Symposium, climb the rigging and play whist.",[],"New London"],["1878-08-28","Revolver practice off Greenport","The party sails on to Greenport in fitful breezes. With hundreds of cartridges aboard, they fire their revolvers at anything that surfaces, from bottles and buoys to sharks and porpoises.",[],"Greenport"],["1878-08-29","Along the Long Island shore","In a steady breeze the Addie sails all day along Long Island's low, sandy shoreline. Roosevelt spends long stretches up in the crosstrees; the rest goes to whist and arguments about materialism and politics.",[],"Long Island Sound"],["1878-08-30","Cruise ends at Oyster Bay","The Addie reaches Oyster Bay at 1 a.m. and the crew comes ashore for breakfast. Roosevelt has loved the cruise, and in the afternoon he goes sailing again with Jack and Alfred. Corinne writes Edith that her visit was worth another painful goodbye.",["john-elliott","alfred-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-08-31","Hunting sea coots in vain","Roosevelt and Jack row nearly twenty miles after sea coots without seeing a single one. George Minot arrives for a few days' visit.",["john-elliott","george-minot"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-09-01","Uncertain about the future","Roosevelt talks with Uncle Jim about what he will do with his life and admits he has no idea what follows college. Missing his father's guidance keenly, he decides his job for the next two years is plain: study hard and live as a brave Christian gentleman.",["james-king-gracie","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-09-02","Racing to Rye and back","A strong westerly sends two boats across to Rye and back: Roosevelt and Alfred in the Meteor, with Elliott, Jack and George Minot crewing the Daphne. They lunch with the Bulkleys, where Roosevelt meets Miss Lee Berry.",["alfred-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","george-minot","lee-berry"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-09-03","Racing a squall to Rocky Point","Roosevelt and Jack plan a night out in the skiff, but heavy rain sends them home. After lunch at Matinecock Point a fierce northwest squall hits off Oak Bluff, and they run before it under sail to Rocky Point, taking on a lot of water.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-09-04","Grim news about Hal Minot","George Minot tells Roosevelt that his brother Hal, a close friend, has lost his reason and been placed in an asylum. Roosevelt grieves for the gentle, bright young man and his family. Later Uncle Hill and Aunt Susie come to stay.",["george-minot","henry-davis-minot","uncle-hill","susan-elliott-west"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-09-05","Sad news, then dinner at the Union League","Overnighting in New York, Roosevelt visits Cassin, who is slowly dying, and learns that Cousin Sam Roosevelt has died. Still low about Hal Minot, he dines that evening at the Union League Club with Jack Roosevelt and Emlen.",["cassin","sam-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot","jack-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"Union League Club"],["1878-09-06","Northbound for the Maine woods","Roosevelt, West and Emlen board an early-morning train to Boston, bound for three weeks in the Maine woods. Writing of Hal Minot, he says his father's death has dulled his ability to grieve.",["west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-09-07","Arriving at Island Falls","After an overnight train to Mattawamkeag, the party rides a buckboard to Island Falls, arriving at 8 p.m. Roosevelt is suffering a bad bout of asthma and misses his horse.",["west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot"],"Maine"],["1878-09-08","Psalm 19 and a Methodist meeting","Roosevelt walks, reads his Bible and memorizes Psalm 19. With no church in Island Falls, he attends a Methodist meeting in the schoolhouse. Thoughts of Hal Minot bring back his grief for his father.",["henry-davis-minot","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Maine"],["1878-09-09","Partridge hunt, seven months on","Seven months after his father's death, Roosevelt spends the whole day after partridges without seeing one.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Maine"],["1878-09-10","Paddling down to Mattawamkeag Lake","The party heads downstream to camp at the foot of Mattawamkeag Lake, the others in a bateau with guide Sewall while Roosevelt goes ahead by canoe with guide Dow. He enjoys the paddling and woods walking but misses every shot at pigeons and ducks.",["west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","will-thompson","william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1878-09-11","A loon at long range and a quiet ramble","Roosevelt and Emlen canoe the lake; Roosevelt fires at a loon over a hundred yards away and nearly hits it. In the afternoon they hike about ten miles after partridge, taking one ruffed grouse, and he praises Emlen as a loyal companion.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1878-09-12","Rainy day in camp","Rain keeps the party under canvas with books, cards and gun cleaning, eating duck, partridge, trout and pickerel. Roosevelt and Emlen sit three hours in the wet waiting for ducks and come back empty-handed.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1878-09-13","Still raining at camp","Another wet day of reading, euchre, whist and rifle practice in camp. Roosevelt waits for ducks again with one long miss, and kills a bat and a nighthawk.",[],"Maine"],["1878-09-14","Missing foxes across the river","When the rain stops at noon, Roosevelt hikes fifteen miles with Sewall and comes back with nothing. He misses two foxes at about sixty yards and is fed up with his week of poor shooting.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1878-09-15","Bible, guns and specimens","Roosevelt reads his Bible in the morning, then fills the afternoon cleaning guns and labeling specimens before a swim in the mill race.",[],"Maine"],["1878-09-16","Thirty miles along the Mattawamkeag","After a frosty night, Roosevelt and Sewall hike thirty miles near the Mattawamkeag River, on the move from eight to seven save a half-hour lunch. He gets only four shots, bagging a rabbit, a merganser and two grouse, but loves the walk.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1878-09-17","A night in a wigwam","Roosevelt, West and guide Dow paddle to the head of the lake and hunt the sloughs and bogs with middling luck, taking two ducks. The three camp overnight in a wigwam on a meager supper.",["west-roosevelt","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1878-09-18","Up at four for ducks","Up before dawn, the three hunt ducks and see none. Back at the main camp, Roosevelt walks about ten miles with Will Dow for four shots, a merganser and three grouse, and decides moccasins are the best footwear for the woods.",["west-roosevelt","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1878-09-19","Through alder and cedar swamps","Roosevelt hikes about fifteen miles, three of them through some of the hardest swamp walking he has known. He takes a spruce partridge among the cedars and a ruffed grouse up on a hemlock ridge.",[],"Maine"],["1878-09-20","Fooled by a decoy duck","On a ten-mile walk with Sewall, Roosevelt stalks and kills a duck on a small lake. The others then trick him with a dead duck propped up to look alive in a pond. He has bathed in the mill race daily.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1878-09-21","Autumn color in the Maine woods","Roosevelt and Emlen hunt in the afternoon; Emlen never fires, and Roosevelt misses a duck but drops a partridge. The leaves are turning, and he counts the trip a real success.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1878-09-22","Quiet Sunday in camp","Roosevelt passes Sunday much as he did the week before.",[],"Maine"],["1878-09-23","Breaking camp by bateau","The party breaks camp and heads back to Island Falls in the clumsy bateau: Sewall paddling, Roosevelt and Dow at the oars, Thompson trolling, and West and Emlen in the bow watching for game. Roosevelt spends the afternoon in the woods with West.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","will-thompson","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1878-09-24","Twenty-five miles with Dow","Roosevelt hikes 25 miles with Dow, taking a woodcock and two partridges. Game has been scarce all trip, but he has loved it, and the party has not had one quarrel.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1878-09-25","Hunting from a buckboard","Roosevelt rides around all day in a buckboard, Will Dow at his side, climbing down each time they spot a partridge. He gets five grouse and sees a fox.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1878-09-26","Leaving Maine","The party drives by wagon to Mattawamkeag and boards the night train for Boston. His companions will continue to New York; Roosevelt is bound back to Harvard.",[],"Maine"],["1878-09-27","Back at Harvard, a surprise invitation","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge for his junior year to a warm welcome. To his astonishment the Porcellian Club asks him to join, and he feels he must decline because he belongs to the A.D. Club, though he wishes otherwise. His sister Corinne turns 17.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Harvard University"],["1878-09-28","Settling into the junior-year routine","Roosevelt finds his classes and lab work will fill about twenty hours a week, with an 8 a.m. recitation daily, Saturdays included. Harry Shaw and Dick Saltonstall each invite him for Sunday, and his club table at Mrs. Wilson's serves excellent meals.",["harry-shaw","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","mrs-wilson"],"Harvard University"],["1878-09-29","Sunday church in Cambridge","Roosevelt goes to church and plans to resume teaching Sunday school in a week or two.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-09-30","Down to work and the rifle club","Roosevelt starts studying in earnest and joins the rifle club, meaning to shoot regularly this year. In New York the cables for the Brooklyn Bridge are finished.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-01","Into the Glee Club","Roosevelt is voted into the Harvard Glee Club.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-02","At the D.K.E., but not drinking","Roosevelt attends the first D.K.E. meeting of the year. He finds its drinking tiresome as a steady diet, though fun now and then; he does not drink there, drinks very little anyway, and will not smoke before he is 21.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-03","First meeting of the Art Club","Roosevelt goes to the opening meeting of the Art Club and enjoys it.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-04","Favorite courses: philosophy and economics","Roosevelt ranks his courses: philosophy and political economy come first, natural history is engaging if less so than last year, and the rest interest him little.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-05","Morning at the rifle range","Roosevelt spends the morning shooting at the range.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-06","Communion Sunday at Cambridge","Roosevelt marks Communion Sunday.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-07","Hard work, with holidays ahead","Roosevelt is studying hard, but his strong average last year earns him optional recitations, so he expects some three weeks of winter holidays.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-08","Boxing lessons resume","Roosevelt starts up again with his boxing teacher and writes his mother an affectionate letter saying his studies take six or seven hours a day.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-09","Caught between two clubs","After two drunk club men argue about him and reveal his preference for the Porcellian, the A.D. members vote to let Roosevelt choose between the clubs, since he never formally joined theirs. Knowing either choice will hurt someone, he spends a miserable day weighing what honor requires.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-10","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-11","Choosing the Porcellian","Roosevelt settles it and joins the Porcellian, listing classmates on each side: Weld, Shaw, Trimble, Morgan and Griswold among the Porcellian men; Bob Bacon, Billy Hooper and others in the A.D.",["minot-weld","harry-shaw","dick-trimble","charley-morgan","george-griswold","robert-bacon","william-hooper","will-blodgett","charley-ware","harry-jackson","freddy-allen","john-lamson"],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-10-12","Notes on classmates","Roosevelt records that Arthur Hooper has left Harvard and that Brooks and Peters have been dropped. He has warmed to Charley Ware and Harry Shaw, and calls Harry Chapin a perfect trump.",["arthur-hooper","charley-ware","harry-shaw","henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-13","Charley Dickey under the same roof","Roosevelt is glad to have Charley Dickey living in his house and feels he has helped him. He writes Bamie that more than half his college career is behind him.",["charles-p-dickey-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-14","Lab work eats the hours","One of Roosevelt's natural history courses demands heavy laboratory work, which he enjoys though it devours his time.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-15","Sparring and gratitude to the A.D.","Roosevelt has been boxing with several classmates and writes that the A.D. men have handled the club episode very decently.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-16","Who sits at his table","Roosevelt lists his dining-table companions: Weld, Chapin, Ware, Washburn, Ellis, Peters and Saltonstall.",["minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","charley-ware","charles-g-washburn","ralph-ellis","gorham-peters","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-17","Dinner with the Hoopers","Roosevelt enjoys dinner at the Hoopers' and is pleased to meet Miss Jeannie once more.",["jeannie-hooper"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-18","Off to Chestnut Hill with Dick Saltonstall","After boxing Tucker Burr to a standstill, Roosevelt rides in Dick Saltonstall's buggy to the Saltonstall home at Chestnut Hill, where the family's kindness makes him feel completely at home.",["tucker-burr","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-10-19","Meeting Alice Lee","Roosevelt rambles through the woods alongside Dick, Dick's sister Rose and their cousin Alice Lee, whom he finds sweet and pretty. The group dines and takes tea at the Whitneys', dancing and singing until they drive home around eleven. He would marry Alice in 1880.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-10-20","Chestnutting with Alice Lee","After church, Roosevelt spends the afternoon gathering chestnuts with Alice Lee.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-10-21","Back to Cambridge and the Glee Club","Roosevelt returns by carriage to Cambridge early in the day and that evening hears some lovely singing at the Glee Club.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-10-22","Town and gown scuffle","A political meeting for Benjamin Butler and Denis Kearney sets off a brawl between students and townspeople, and Roosevelt enjoys watching the crew pile in.",["benjamin-f-butler","denis-kearney"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-23","Arguing with Mill, tiring of Ferrier","Roosevelt finds political economy absorbing even though he does not fully accept John Stuart Mill, and is losing patience with Ferrier's philosophy.",["john-stuart-mill","james-frederick-ferrier"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-24","A long walk and a family scandal","Roosevelt hikes with Jack Tebbetts, who has grown on him. Then a letter brings word that his cousin Cornelius has married a French actress, which Roosevelt condemns harshly in his diary.",["john-tebbets","cornelius-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-25","Evening boat to New York","Roosevelt takes the night boat to New York for a break, admitting he has not studied as hard as he should in some subjects and vowing to buckle down on his return.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-10-26","Home with family at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt breakfasts with West, who is upset over Cornelius's marriage, visits Aunt Annie, lunches with West and Alfred, and reaches Oyster Bay in the afternoon, happy to be with his family. All look well except Elliott.",["west-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","elliott-roosevelt","cornelius-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-10-27","Turning twenty","Roosevelt marks his 20th birthday at Oyster Bay with his mother and sisters, but the day is shadowed by longing for his father. He also shoots two gray squirrels.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-10-28","Rough water around Centre Island","In a stiff north wind Roosevelt rows around Centre Island through seas that half-fill his boat, then sails home fast from Pine Island. An afternoon walk with his gun turns up nothing.",[],"Pine Island"],["1878-10-29","Coots and a checker-back loon","Sailing for ducks in light, shifting wind, Roosevelt finds few birds but plenty of fun: he drops two coots from a flock, runs down a loon after a lengthy pursuit, and misses an old squaw.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-10-30","Drenched and empty-handed","A southeaster with steady rain squalls soaks Roosevelt on a duck-hunting sail, and he comes home with nothing after missing a grebe.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-10-31","Bad luck with the weather","Rain again. Roosevelt grumbles that his whole break has been spoiled by weather: too rough one day, too calm the next, then two days of rain.",["leverett-saltonstall","george-lee","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-11-01","Back to Cambridge","Roosevelt returns from Oyster Bay to Harvard.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-11-02","Porcellian initiation night","Roosevelt serves as a steward at the athletic association's field meeting, and that evening is initiated into the Porcellian Club. He admits the wine left him tipsier than ever before, vows it won't happen again, and notes that drink makes him combative.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-03","Morning after, back to Sunday school","Feeling the effects of the previous night, Roosevelt nonetheless resumes teaching his Sunday school class, whose pupils are delighted to have him back.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-04","A sample day, hour by hour","Roosevelt begins logging a typical week: chapel at 7:45, study nearly all day, a walk before dinner, then an evening with the University crew and a couple of hours lounging at his club after midnight.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-05","A surprise visit from Mother and Elliott","Between chapel and study, Roosevelt is astonished when his brother Elliott and their mother arrive for the day. He shows Elliott his club and lunches in Boston with Mittie, then studies, boxes, plays whist and works until eleven.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-11-06","Study, then a walk with friends","Roosevelt studies from 8:30 to 4, goes walking alongside Dick Saltonstall and Jack Tebbetts, spends the evening at the club and studies again until eleven.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","john-tebbets"],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-07","Study, boxing and billiards","Another full study day, broken up by boxing and a game of billiards.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-08","Partridge and burgundy at the club","After a day of study, Roosevelt joins eight or ten friends for a late supper of partridges and burgundy at the club, not getting to bed until nearly 2 a.m.",[],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-11-09","Football, then a weekend at Minot Weld's","Roosevelt breakfasts late at the club, drives with Harry Chapin to watch a football game, and in the afternoon heads to Minot Weld's home to stay through Monday.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-10","Moonlit drive home from the Saltonstalls'","Staying with Minot Weld in Jamaica Plain, Roosevelt attends church and walks home with Miss Wheelwright, then rides in Minot's tilbury to the Saltonstalls' for tea, where Alice Lee is as lovely as ever. He writes to Corinne and Bamie, telling Bamie how much he enjoys the Porcellian.",["minot-weld","miss-wheelwright","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","annie-murray","fanny","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Jamaica"],["1878-11-11","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-12","Boxing Billy Gaston","Roosevelt spars with classmate Billy Gaston.",["billy-gaston"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-13","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-14","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-15","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-16","Economics exam and a night at George Minot's","Roosevelt sits his political economy exam and in the afternoon goes out to George Minot's to stay the night.",["george-minot"],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-17","Back in time for Sunday school","After Sunday dinner Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge to teach his Sunday school class.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-18","Three exams ahead","Facing three exams this week, Roosevelt has been studying flat out.",[],"Harvard University"],["1878-11-19","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-20","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-21","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-22","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-23","A scarlet fever scare","When scarlet fever is suspected among the Richardson children in his lodging house, Roosevelt moves out at once and bunks for now with Harry Jackson, since his roommate Bob Bacon is home nursing a sore throat.",["harry-jackson","robert-bacon","richardson-family"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-24","Dinner at Harry Shaw's","Roosevelt goes into town for a pleasant dinner at Harry Shaw's.",["harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-25","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-26","Dinner at the Hoopers'","Roosevelt dines with the Hoopers; Miss Jeannie Tuckerman is among the company.",["jenny-tuckerman"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-27","Thanksgiving at Chestnut Hill","After lunch Roosevelt rides out with Dick Saltonstall to spend Thanksgiving at Chestnut Hill. He feels nearly at home with the family and admires Mr. Saltonstall as an old-fashioned gentleman.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","leverett-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1878-11-28","Thanksgiving with Alice and Rose","Roosevelt spends Thanksgiving dancing, walking and playing lawn tennis with Alice Lee and Rose Saltonstall. He calls Alice as sweet and refined a girl as he has met, and the household now calls him by his first name.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-11-29","At Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill; no activities are recorded.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-11-30","At Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill; this page of his diary was torn out.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1878-12-01","Sunday breakfast at the Porcellian","Roosevelt enjoys the club's regular Sunday breakfast around 9:30, praising the food and the company.",[],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-12-02","New quarters until Christmas","Roosevelt moves into the room shared by Charley Ware and Charley Washburn, likely staying through Christmas, and is grateful for friends' offers of space. Teddy Baylies celebrates turning 21 with a club breakfast.",["charley-ware","charles-g-washburn","teddy-baylies"],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-12-03","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-04","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-05","Holding his own against Sharon","Roosevelt boxes more than half an hour with Sharon, taking the worse of it but making him work. His hour exams are going well, and he grows fonder of the Porcellian, especially of Otho Williams.",["sharon","otho-williams"],"Harvard University"],["1878-12-06","First letter to Alice Lee","Roosevelt sends Alice Lee a letter for the first time, planning an outing to have tintypes made on Saturday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-07","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-08","Honoraries at breakfast, dinner in town","Several honorary members join the Porcellian Sunday breakfast. After teaching Sunday school, Roosevelt dines pleasantly in Boston with Jack Tebbetts.",["john-tebbets"],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-12-09","Routine thrown off by the move","Living away from his own room has upset Roosevelt's schedule, cutting into study and exercise. Grateful as he is to his two hosts, he admits he is spending too much time at the club on whist, billiards and late suppers.",["charley-ware","charles-g-washburn"],"Porcellian Club"],["1878-12-10","Founding a Finance Club","Roosevelt and classmates launch a Finance Club, which he expects to be valuable, and he and Bob Bacon begin a paper on city taxation.",["robert-bacon"],"Harvard University"],["1878-12-11","Night thoughts of Father","Busy as Harvard keeps him, Roosevelt writes at length about his father: dreading a Christmas without him, recalling being called his dearest child, and resolving to live in a way he would never be ashamed to confess. The entry ends under an ink blot.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-12","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-13","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-14","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-15","A child's funeral stirs old grief","Roosevelt's whole Sunday school attends the funeral of one of its pupils. Seeing the coffin carried in brings back his father's funeral so sharply that he fears breaking down in church.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-16","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-17","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-18","D.K.E. theatricals and late billiards","Roosevelt finds the D.K.E. theatricals surprisingly clever and clean, stays until midnight, then plays billiards at the club until 2 a.m. with Otho Williams, the other weakest player there.",["otho-williams"],"Harvard University"],["1878-12-19","Italian exam and closest friends","Roosevelt does poorly on his Italian exam but notes good marks overall. He names Minot Weld and Harry Chapin as his closest college friends, and lists several others he is fond of.",["minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","harry-shaw","dick-trimble","john-tebbets","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","charles-g-washburn","charley-ware"],"Harvard University"],["1878-12-20","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; the day's diary line is crossed out.",[],"Cambridge"],["1878-12-21","Home for the holidays","Roosevelt travels to New York for Christmas break. Much as he loves college, he is always glad to be home, and he calls these his golden years.",[],"New York City"],["1878-12-22","Sweetness overtaking sorrow","Though cheerful, the family cannot help thinking of his father. Roosevelt senses the sweet now outweighing the bitter in their memories, and finds he has been very happy these past six months despite his loss.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-12-23","Mission school visit and cousins in love","Roosevelt visits his former mission school pupils and learns that his friend Cassin has died. Among his cousins, romance is everywhere: Emlen confesses his love for Miss Parish, West is devoted to Fanny, and Alfred is courting Miss Tuckerman.",["cassin","emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","jack-roosevelt","grace-parish","fanny","miss-tuckerman"],"New York City"],["1878-12-24","Jack Elliott arrives, a touch of fever","Jack Elliott comes from Philadelphia, as delightfully absent-minded as ever, and Roosevelt is relieved to find one friend not in love. He is slightly unwell with what West calls an 'ephemeral fever.'",["john-elliott","west-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-12-25","First Christmas without Father","Christmas is a sad one for Roosevelt, the first without his father, whom he remembers as the heart of every family celebration. His gifts are mostly books.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1878-12-26","Leaning toward a naturalist's life","Kept indoors by fever, Roosevelt writes that he seems headed for a career as a naturalist, which would mean three years of study abroad, a prospect that depresses him.",[],"New York City"],["1878-12-27","Cheering on Emlen","Still housebound, Roosevelt listens to Emlen's heartfelt talk about Grace Parish and wishes him well. Elliott is doing well, and Roosevelt marvels at his relatives.",["emlen-roosevelt","grace-parish","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1878-12-28","A rare Ipswich sparrow","Roosevelt heads out to Oyster Bay, Jack Elliott along with him, for a long cold tramp. Amid redpolls and crossbills he shoots an Ipswich sparrow, a rarity, and the evening goes to philosophy talk and double-dummy whist.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-12-29","Winter rambles at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes to church, then takes a long walk with Jack, whom he calls the best partner for such outings. He loves these winter trips: thin shooting but a warm supper and roaring fire at day's end. Snow falls overnight.",["john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1878-12-30","Swamped in the winter surf","In snow and wind, Roosevelt and Jack smash through shore ice in the rowboat, sail to Plum Point and lunch on Pine Island. Finding West Harbor frozen, they are swamped twice launching through heavy surf, soaked in icy water, then fight their way to Rocky Point before racing home under sail.",["john-elliott"],"Plum Point"],["1878-12-31","Twelve hours afield on New Year's Eve","Setting out at 7:30 with a local gunner and no dog in four inches of snow, Roosevelt covers about 25 miles without food or rest, home twelve hours later. He calls it one of his best days ever, shooting six quail, five rabbits and a squirrel.",["bempson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-01-01","New Year's at Oyster Bay","The family, joined by Uncle Jimmie and Aunt Annie Gracie, has come out to Oyster Bay for a merry New Year's. After they leave in the afternoon, Roosevelt and Jack Elliott take their guns into the snowy woods.",["james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie","john-elliott"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-01-02","Rabbit tracks lost in the snow","Roosevelt hunts through a heavy snowfall, taking three rabbits before fresh snow buries the tracks. In the afternoon he returns to New York City.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-01-03","Usher twice over, confidant to cousins","Tom Ludlow and cousin Jack Roosevelt both ask Roosevelt to usher at their weddings, to his puzzlement. West, Emlen and Alfred all confide their romances to him, and Elliott brings two friends to dinner, one named Russell whom Roosevelt likes.",["tom-ludlow","jack-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","russell"],"New York City"],["1879-01-04","Sorry to leave home","Roosevelt dreads leaving his family even though Cambridge suits him so well. He calls on Annie Murray and praises his brother Elliott.",["annie-murray","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-01-05","Tea with Hal Chapin, a talk with Bamie","Hal Chapin comes to tea, and Roosevelt has a heartfelt talk with his sister Bamie, wondering whether any man has two better sisters. That evening he leaves for Harvard.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1879-01-06","Back to the books","Arriving in Cambridge early, Roosevelt dives into his studies with fresh resolve.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-01-07","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-08","A poor exam and two writing projects","Roosevelt fears he did badly on a natural history exam, and later notes that he did. He is also writing on city taxation for the Finance Club and compiling a list of Oyster Bay's bird species.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-01-09","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-10","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-11","Sleighing to the Saltonstalls'","Harry Shaw's cutter takes Roosevelt from the Porcellian to the Saltonstalls', where Dick, Minot Weld, Alice and Rose are gathered, on a perfect cold, clear day. He sees Mr. Saltonstall about Dick joining the Porcellian, then plays whist and billiards that evening. He writes Hal Minot that he misses having someone to share his interests with.",["harry-shaw","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","leverett-saltonstall","otho-williams","van-rensselaer","charley-morgan","henry-davis-minot"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-01-12","Sunday school resumes","Roosevelt picks up his Sunday school class again after the holidays.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-13","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-14","Off to a wedding","Roosevelt takes the night boat to New York for Tom Ludlow's wedding.",["tom-ludlow"],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-15","Wedding rehearsal","Arriving in New York, Roosevelt attends the rehearsal for Tom Ludlow's wedding, where one of the bridesmaids is Helen White, an old sweetheart.",["helen-white","tom-ludlow"],"New York City"],["1879-01-16","Ushering at Grace Church","Despite bad weather Grace Church is packed for the Ludlow wedding, where Roosevelt ushers the middle aisle with Livingston, Rutherford and Cruger. Heading for the night train back to Harvard, his cutter overturns.",["livingston","rutherford","cruger","tom-ludlow"],"Grace Church"],["1879-01-17","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-18","Elected to the Hasty Pudding","On Bamie's 24th birthday, half the Porcellian rouses Roosevelt late at night to tell him he is fifth man of the Hasty Pudding's first group of nine, and parades him around until 6 a.m. That evening a Porcellian dinner draws many graduates and ends in rowdy drinking by some.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","robert-bacon","dick-trimble","william-hooper","charley-ware","harry-jackson","harry-shaw","charley-morgan","jeff-miller","minot-weld"],"Hasty Pudding Club"],["1879-01-19","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-20","Running for the Pudding","Roosevelt begins the initiation run for the Hasty Pudding.",[],"Hasty Pudding Club"],["1879-01-21","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-22","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-23","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-24","Initiated into the Hasty Pudding","Roosevelt completes his initiation into the Hasty Pudding Club.",[],"Hasty Pudding Club"],["1879-01-25","Old papers and theology at Chestnut Hill","After a three-hour exam, Roosevelt goes to Chestnut Hill for the weekend. He spends the evening going through Mr. Saltonstall's family papers, swapping stories of travel in Egypt and Syria. Tom Lee arrives and they argue theology.",["leverett-saltonstall","tom-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-26","Coasting with Alice","After an engaging sermon, Roosevelt joins about 25 people sledding on double runners and has the time of his life. He likes Rose and especially Alice more each visit; the family now calls him 'Thee.' Alice comes in for tea and stays the evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-27","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-28","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-29","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-30","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-01-31","Toboggans at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt joins a toboggan party at Chestnut Hill with Alice, Rose and several other young women and friends, sharing a sled with Alice, Miss Whitney and Dick. He writes Bamie that he likes the two girls more daily, Alice most of all.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","lulu-lane","nana-rotch","bessie-whitney","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld","john-tebbets","ellerton-whitney","tom-lee","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-01","A weekend in Worcester","Roosevelt heads to Worcester for a Sunday visit with Charley Washburn, has tea at the Tiffanys', meets a pretty Miss Cross, and enjoys a sleigh ride behind Charley's trotter.",["charles-g-washburn","miss-cross"],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-02","A homelike Sunday in Worcester","Roosevelt spends a pleasant Sunday much like those he spends at home.",["charles-g-washburn"],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-03","Grinding away","Roosevelt sets to studying hard and writes to Corinne about the January 31 sledding party.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Harvard University"],["1879-02-04","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-05","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-06","Midyear exams begin","Harvard's semiannual examinations get under way.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-02-07","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-08","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-09","One year since Father died","On the first anniversary of his father's death, Roosevelt asks God for the strength to honor his father's hopes. Writing to the family has been hard; heavy study and Sunday school keep him busy, but evenings and nights are sad.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-10","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-11","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-12","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-13","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-14","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-15","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-16","A week of hard work","Roosevelt notes that he has worked hard all week.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-02-17","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-18","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-19","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-20","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-21","Exams done, time to rest","With the semiannual exams over, Roosevelt plans to rest after steady work since Christmas.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-02-22","Porcellian midyear supper","About forty honorary members join the 18 active members at the club's big midwinter supper. Many older men knew his father or of him, and Roosevelt wishes he could someday honor that name. George Upham joins the club along with three other sophomores.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","george-upham","sam-hammond","dick-sprague","billy-peters"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-02-23","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-24","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-25","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-26","At Harvard","Roosevelt is at Cambridge; no activities are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-27","Bound for Island Falls","Roosevelt boards an evening train north toward Island Falls, Maine, planning a two-week stay.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-02-28","A winter sleigh ride to Island Falls","Bill Sewall meets Roosevelt's train at Mattawamkeag with a sleigh, and the two travel 36 miles over half-broken roads, reaching Island Falls near ten at night. The air is bitter but still, and well bundled, Roosevelt loves the ride. Elliott turns 19. His notes on Oyster Bay birds are dated to this period.",["william-sewall","elliott-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1879-03-01","First try on snowshoes in Maine","Roosevelt straps on snowshoes for the first time and covers about six miles checking lynx traps with Will Dow. The traps are empty, but he marvels at the snow-heavy evergreens and drops a porcupine from a hemlock with his rifle.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-03-02","Bible reading and a winter tramp","A quiet Sunday: Roosevelt reads his Bible in the morning, then walks the snowy pine and spruce woods in the afternoon. He finds the cold easy to bear among the trees but harsh in the wind, and notes how little life stirs in the forest.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-03","Eight hours in the woods with Dow","With Will Dow, Roosevelt hikes to Dyer Brook and then strikes off cross-country through hardwoods and tangled spruce and cedar swamps. Over an eight-hour tramp he logs an arctic woodpecker, chickadees, two gray jays at lunch, and the tracks of hare, lynx and spruce grouse.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-03-04","A ruffed grouse after a long hunt","Roosevelt spends the day in the woods with Bill Sewall. Tracks of a dozen kinds of animals are everywhere, yet they see only chickadees and a woodpecker until they trail a partridge, flush it from a fallen birch and Roosevelt brings it down.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-03-05","Asthma at night, grouse by day","Another day of snowshoeing with little game to show for it, though Roosevelt is having the time of his life. Asthma keeps him awake at night. After lunch at a logging camp he shoots a partridge from a spruce top and a porcupine; the traps have so far yielded a lynx and a fox.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-06","Thirty miles by pung to a logging camp","Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow set out with a box sleigh and a scrawny horse for a logging camp thirty miles off, arriving after dark. It is ten below at the start and the roads are terrible. Along the way he spots a red crossbill, flocks of snow buntings and some unusually tame grosbeaks.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-03-07","On the trail of a caribou","Through a heavy snowstorm Roosevelt and Dow hunt all day, finally jumping a caribou in thick spruce. He glimpses it at under thirty yards but cannot shoot, and they track it until dark, then spend a cold, hungry night by a big fire with no blankets.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-03-08","Caribou chase ends without a shot","Before sunrise, in subzero cold, the hunters take up the caribou's trail again through swamps, ledges and open cranberry bogs. Roosevelt studies how the animal trots and bounds in snow over three feet deep. By midday they quit and are back at the logging camp at sunset.",["wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-03-09","Resting among the lumbermen","Worn out from two days after the caribou, Roosevelt rests. His asthma has not troubled him since reaching camp, and he warms to the rough, generous lumbermen, especially one named Charley Brown. Rain followed by frost has coated every tree in ice.",["charley-brown"],"Maine"],["1879-03-10","A buck, rabbits and a venison feast","Roosevelt and Sewall find a small deer yard. He trips and misses his first shot at the buck, then runs it down over a mile and kills it with his rifle. After an afternoon of rabbit hunting, venison replaces the usual pork and beans. He writes his mother that he has stored up health enough to last into summer.",["william-sewall","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Maine"],["1879-03-11","Dragging the sleigh back to Island Falls","The return trip is miserable: sleet and rain, wretched roads, and a horse that keeps floundering into drifts until the men unhitch it and haul the sleigh themselves. Wet, chilled and hungry after walking the whole way, Roosevelt still notes snow buntings singing, and reaches Island Falls by teatime.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-12","A raccoon and a camp on Mattawamkeag Lake","After another empty seven-mile trap round, Roosevelt follows a raccoon's track and shoots it from a dead tree. The party then snowshoes to Mattawamkeag Lake and camps at its foot, picking up two spruce grouse on the way in the best snow conditions of his stay.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-13","Long-range rifle practice on the ice","The party breaks camp and returns to Island Falls by dinner, traveling over the frozen lake and river. Seeing no game, they pass the time shooting at targets 300 to 500 yards off, and all three do well with a Sharps rifle.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-14","Counting trophies from two happy weeks","A last morning hunt turns up no partridges and empty traps, but Roosevelt is content. He sums up the trip as his pleasantest two weeks ever, with skins of fox, lynx, raccoon and buck to take home, plenty of game eaten and many specimens collected.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-03-15","Leaving Maine to catch up on studies","Roosevelt leaves by sleigh at five in the morning for Mattawamkeag and boards the night train to Boston. He resolves to work double time until Easter to make up for the holiday.",[],"Maine"],["1879-03-16","Back at Harvard, too late for church","After a train held up six hours, Roosevelt reaches Cambridge late Sunday morning and writes his mother from the Porcellian Club that he arrived too late for church.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-03-17","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-18","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-19","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-20","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-21","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-22","Boxing for the lightweight cup","Roosevelt boxes in the Harvard lightweight competition, beating W. W. Coolidge before losing to the champion, C. S. Hanks. He weighs in at 135 pounds. He also notes he has nearly caught up on the work missed in Maine. Owen Wister later made this bout famous.",["w-w-coolidge","charles-s-hanks","owen-wister"],"Harvard University"],["1879-03-23","Telling Conie about the bout","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne that he placed second in the sparring contest and had a fine time in Maine.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-24","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-25","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-26","Overnight with the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt goes out to Chestnut Hill to dine and sleep at the Saltonstalls', who make him feel like family. He spends the evening at the Lees' with Alice Lee and plans to give Alice and Rose Saltonstall rugs made from his Maine fox and lynx skins.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-27","D.K.E. theatricals","Roosevelt takes in the Delta Kappa Epsilon club's theatricals, which he rates as very good, followed by a convivial night.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-03-28","Hasty Pudding show and a gift of poems","Roosevelt calls the Hasty Pudding theatricals the best he has seen, and enjoys the singing that follows in the club room and the Yard. He mails his sister Corinne a little volume of verse, Charles Fletcher Lummis's Birch Bark Poems.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","charles-f-lummis"],"Harvard University"],["1879-03-29","Skipping supper to see Alice","Roosevelt ducks out of the start of a Porcellian supper to join Jack Tebbetts' party with Alice Lee, Rose Saltonstall and other young women, then returns around eleven for the rowdy end of the club evening, where a tipsy Otho Williams asks him to be his second in a mock duel with Charley Sprague.",["john-tebbets","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","miss-whitney","miss-lane","otho-williams","charley-sprague"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-03-30","Eastern photographs for Sunday school","At his Sunday school class Roosevelt shows the boys a batch of photographs from the East, which makes for an unusually lively session. In the evening he calls on Jeannie Hooper and Mrs. Jude.",["jeannie-hooper","mrs-jude"],"Cambridge"],["1879-03-31","Private theatricals at Minot Weld's","Roosevelt drives to Minot Weld's for amateur theatricals, sitting beside Alice Lee and later spending much of the evening with Nana Rotch. Back around one, he stays up singing and talking at the Porcellian until three.",["minot-weld","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","nana-rotch","miss-bacon","miss-frothingham"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-04-01","Game supper at the Porcellian","Roosevelt shares a game supper at the Porcellian Club with Otho Williams, Jim Wright and Charley Sprague.",["otho-williams","jim-wright","charley-sprague"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-04-02","A lunch party and gifts of fur rugs","Roosevelt hosts a luncheon in his rooms, with Mrs. Saltonstall as chaperone, for Alice Lee, Rose Saltonstall and a dozen friends, then shows them the Porcellian and Pudding clubs. He gives Alice the lynx rug and Rose the fox; Alice is making him slippers. That night he sails for New York with Minot Weld and Dick Saltonstall.",["mrs-leverett-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","nana-rotch","emily-rotch","bessie-whitney","lulu-lane","minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","john-tebbets","harry-shaw","gordon-lane","ellerton-whitney"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-04-03","Shaving off the whiskers","Home in New York for vacation, Roosevelt shows Minot Weld and Dick Saltonstall the city. At Aunt Annie's that evening he sees Fanny Smith, Margie Tuckerman and Edith Carow. He announces to his sister Corinne that his side-whiskers are gone.",["minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","anna-bulloch-gracie","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith","margie-tuckerman","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1879-04-04","Worry over a sick mother","Christine and Lucy Kean come to lunch, and Roosevelt likes them both. His mother has fallen ill, which leaves him feeling wretched.",["christine-kean","lucy-kean","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-04-05","Elliott's dinner at the Jockey Club","Elliott hosts a dinner at the Jockey Club. Roosevelt travels in Harold Haddon's dog cart while the rest of the party, including Grove Porter and Ike Iselin, comes by drag, and he takes a strong liking to Haddon.",["elliott-roosevelt","grove-porter","isaac-iselin","harold-haddon","smith-haddon"],"Jockey Club"],["1879-04-06","Consoling cousin Emlen","Roosevelt's cousin Emlen has been turned down by Grace Parish, and the two have a long talk. His mother is still unwell.",["emlen-roosevelt","grace-parish","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-04-07","Lunch downtown, dinner at West's","Emlen treats the group to a successful lunch at the Down Town Club, and they dine at cousin West's before an evening at the theater.",["emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Down Town Club"],["1879-04-08","Dog show, then the night train north","Roosevelt visits the dog show, lunches with Lizzie Moran and escorts Annie Murray to a rehearsal for the Fancy Dress Ball before catching the night train to Boston. His guests loved the holiday, and his mother is nearly recovered.",["lizzie-moran","annie-murray","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"New York City"],["1879-04-09","Back to work at Harvard","Roosevelt is back in Cambridge and picks up his studies again.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-04-10","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-11","Teaching Nana Rotch to waltz","Roosevelt spends the afternoon at Nana Rotch's, teaching her the five-step waltz.",["nana-rotch"],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-12","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-13","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-14","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-15","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-16","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-17","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-18","Exams done and a horse arrives","After two examinations and a week of hard study, Roosevelt welcomes his horse to Cambridge, stabling it at Pike's for the spring. He heads to Chestnut Hill for the weekend and dines at the Lees'.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-04-19","A snowy walk with Alice","Snow falls all day at Chestnut Hill, but Roosevelt takes a long walk with Alice Lee anyway. He spends much of the day showing the young women how to dance the five-step, plus a newer step called the knickerbocker, and the evening goes to whist and ghost stories.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-04-20","Church and a walk at Chestnut Hill","After church the party visits the Francises, and in the afternoon Roosevelt walks out with Codman, Rose Saltonstall and Alice Lee. He writes his sister Bamie an account of the day.",["codman","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-04-21","First ride on the new horse","Roosevelt returns reluctantly to Cambridge after two days of rest. That afternoon he rides his horse for the first time; it goes well and is full of spirit, which he enjoys.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-22","Riding and the Jeffries collections","Roosevelt rides again, calling the horse the one thing missing from his happiness this spring. He visits the Jeffries family to look over their collections, stays for dinner and plays whist.",["jeffries-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-23","Early study, free afternoons","With spring in full swing, Roosevelt rises early to study before breakfast and keeps the rest of the day for himself, his heavy work for the year done. He loves riding out to Milton, Jamaica Plain, Forest Hills and Chestnut Hill and staying for a meal.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-24","A drive with Alice, then a conversazione","Roosevelt rides to Chestnut Hill early and takes an afternoon drive with Alice, Rose and Endicott. After dinner he hurries back to Cambridge for a conversazione at Laughlin's, where he meets a lively Miss Longfellow.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","endicott","laughlin","miss-longfellow"],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-25","Theater in town, night at Jamaica Plain","Roosevelt gallops out past Watertown to work off his horse's winter coat. He dines in Boston with Harry Chapin at Young's Hotel, catches a play with Weld and Dick Saltonstall, and goes home with Weld to Jamaica Plain for the night.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-26","A flirtation he regrets","Roosevelt tours Minot Weld's livestock, then drives to Chestnut Hill, where he spends the afternoon with Nana Rotch and later wishes he had not flirted with her. At a Porcellian dinner, Van Rensselaer confides his feelings for Lulu Lane.",["minot-weld","nana-rotch","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","van-rensselaer","lulu-lane"],"Jamaica"],["1879-04-27","Last Sunday school class of the year","Roosevelt teaches his Sunday school class for the last time before summer, handing every boy a present and praising their good behavior.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-28","Riding to Chestnut Hill and Jamaica Plain","Roosevelt rides out to Chestnut Hill and on to Jamaica Plain.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-04-29","An exam and an evening at the Rotches'","Roosevelt sits an hour-long exam and spends the evening with the Rotch family. He writes his mother asking her to send along some suits and hoping she is well and resting.",["rotch-family","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1879-04-30","Theater party with Alice","Roosevelt and Harry Shaw take Mr. and Mrs. Saltonstall, Rose and Alice to the theater after dining together. He and Alice sit a row behind the others.",["harry-shaw","mr-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-01","Calling on the Welds","Roosevelt rides to Jamaica Plain to pay a call on the Weld family.",["weld-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-02","A rifle match, won and lost","In a shooting match Roosevelt outscores Sam Skinner but falls to Fred Sharon.",["sam-skinner","fred-sharon"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-03","Lunch with the Lees, a ride with George Minot","Roosevelt rides to Chestnut Hill for lunch at the Lees' and drives Alice and Rose into Boston to see the Rotches. George Minot arrives on horseback at four; the pair ride a long way and then go to Minot's home at Forest Hills for the night.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","george-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-04","Six hours' walk with Alice","After church with the Minots, Roosevelt sees Julia Bacon home, then drives to Chestnut Hill. A walking party sets out, but he and Alice Lee drift off alone and are not back until nearly six. He takes tea at the Lees' and rides to Cambridge late.",["george-minot","julia-bacon","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","harry-shaw","van-rensselaer"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-05-05","Weekend news for Corinne","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne about his weekend at Forest Hills and Chestnut Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-06","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-07","A ride with Rose and a D.K.E. election","Roosevelt rides with Rose Saltonstall, dines at her family's home and passes the evening dancing and talking with Alice and Frank Lee. He returns past ten for the D.K.E. meeting, which names Woodbury Kane and Charles Dickey first and second of the class of '82's first ten.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","frank-lee","woodbury-kane","charles-p-dickey-jr"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-08","A long day at the Whitneys' in Milton","Roosevelt rides to Milton right after breakfast, stopping briefly at Chestnut Hill. At the Whitneys' he spends six hours before a late dinner rambling the woods and farm with Bessie Whitney, then rides home at dusk in high spirits.",["bessie-whitney","whitney-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-09","Lawn tennis at the Bacons'","Dining at the Bacons', Roosevelt is surprised to find Rose and Alice there, and they spend the afternoon at lawn tennis. He likes Julia Bacon, and rides back in time for tea at the Tudors'.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","julia-bacon","tudor-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-10","Photographs and a bicycle meet","Roosevelt meets Rose and Alice in Boston, where the three sit for photographs, then goes with them to Chestnut Hill for the weekend. They watch the Suffolk Club's bicycle meet among many friends, dance in the evening, and he walks out with Alice after tea.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","ellerton-whitney","minot-weld","frank-codman"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-11","Church, a drive and a call on the Lowells","Roosevelt again walks with Alice after church at Chestnut Hill. The group goes for a drive in the afternoon and in the evening visits the Lowells, who have a houseful of young people.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","lowell-family"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-05-12","His longest ride yet","Roosevelt takes his longest ride so far, through the country beyond Waverley, and spends the evening at the O.K. society. His horse, now in summer coat, looks splendid; bringing it to Cambridge, he says, was his best move. He also writes to his mother.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-13","A fall in the dark","Roosevelt rides hard to and from an evening at the Lees'. Coming home at about a quarter past ten in pitch darkness, he and the horse go down while galloping downhill, a spill he admits he fully earned.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-14","A lame horse and regrets","His horse is lame after the previous night's gallop, so Roosevelt has to skip dinner at the Saltonstalls'. He spends the evening at the D.K.E., scolding himself for pushing the animal too hard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-15","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-16","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-17","Class races, then a weekend in Milton","Roosevelt watches the class boat races in the morning, in the company of the Lee family. Later he heads to Milton for a Sunday stay with the Whitneys, where the evening is given to singing and dancing.",["lee-family","ellerton-whitney","bessie-whitney"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-18","Through the Blue Hills to Punkapoag","The Whitney party drives through the Blue Hills to Lake Punkapoag, and Roosevelt finds the springtime country perfect. In the afternoon he walks a long way through the woods with Bessie Whitney.",["bessie-whitney"],"Milton"],["1879-05-19","Tea with the Lanes","Roosevelt returns early from Milton to Cambridge and spends a pleasant evening taking tea with the Lane family, whose daughters he admires.",["lulu-lane"],"Milton"],["1879-05-20","Charms for the girls; a horse laid up","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive a buggy to Chestnut Hill, where he presents the young women with gold and silver charms. He fears his horse is lamed for good but is glad of the three and a half weeks of riding he had. He urges Corinne to come up for Class Day.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-21","The photographs are a hit","Roosevelt dines at the Lees' and walks with Alice in the evening. The photographs taken earlier in the month have turned out well. John Tebbetts walks back to Cambridge with him.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","john-tebbets"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-22","Judging the athletic games","Roosevelt serves as a judge at the Harvard Athletic Association meet. In the evening he calls on the Lanes, finds Alice and Rose there, and dances most of the night.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Harvard University"],["1879-05-23","Glee Club and waltzes in Memorial Hall","Roosevelt sits beside Miss Bacon at the Glee Club concert, then waltzes in Memorial Hall with Alice, Rose, Lulu Lane and Miss Francis.",["miss-bacon","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","lulu-lane","miss-francis"],"Memorial Hall"],["1879-05-24","Sending the lame horse home","Roosevelt and Van Rensselaer show Mrs. Lane and her daughters Lulu and Kitty their college rooms, play lawn tennis and stay to dance into the night. With the horse hopelessly lame, he decides to ship it back to New York and misses it badly.",["van-rensselaer","lulu-lane","kitty-lane","mrs-lane"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-25","Sunday walk at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt takes a buggy to Chestnut Hill in the afternoon and walks out with the young women there.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-26","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-27","Chestnut Hill, then tea with Bessie","Roosevelt spends the afternoon at Chestnut Hill with Alice and Rose, then drives on to the Whitneys' for tea and an evening with Bessie, with whom he is now close. The drive home is very dark.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","bessie-whitney"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-28","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-29","On foot to Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt walks out to Chestnut Hill, spends the afternoon with Rose and Alice, dines at the Saltonstalls' and walks back that evening.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-30","A circus party with Alice","Roosevelt, Harry Shaw and Dick Saltonstall head into Boston for a theater and circus party hosted by Charley Codman. He escorts Alice both ways and sits beside her.",["harry-shaw","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","charley-codman","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-05-31","Junior year ends 13th in his class","Roosevelt drives to the Bacons' for tea with Nellie and Julia Bacon and George Minot, then visits the Frothinghams. His junior-year results put him 13th of 166, averaging 87, with top marks of 97 in zoology and 92 in geology. He spent $4,113 at college this year.",["nellie-bacon","julia-bacon","george-minot"],"Harvard University"],["1879-06-01","No entry for the day","The record gives no place or activity for Roosevelt today; he is presumably still at Harvard ahead of exams.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-02","First of the annual examinations","Roosevelt sits his first annual exam. Looking back over two weeks of cramming, he tallies early rising at six and seven to ten hours of study a day. His horse is much better, and he exercises it a little daily.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-06-03","No entry for the day","The record gives no place or activity for Roosevelt today; exams are under way at Harvard.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-04","Evening at the Whitneys'","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive out to the Whitneys' for tea and a lively evening.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","whitney-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-05","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-06","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-07","Hardest exam passed, horse sound again","Having passed his third and toughest exam, Roosevelt takes the afternoon off. The horse is healthy and frisky, and he struggles to keep it from straining its leg on the ride to Chestnut Hill. He walks with Alice, dines at the Lees' and rides home at ten.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1879-06-08","Evening with the Lanes","Roosevelt and Van Rensselaer spend a pleasant evening with the Lane family.",["van-rensselaer"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-09","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-10","Afternoon at the Saltonstalls'","Roosevelt rides to Chestnut Hill and passes the afternoon with the Saltonstall family.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-11","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-12","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-13","Last exam of the year","Roosevelt finishes his final examination, then rides to the Saltonstalls', walks with Rose in the afternoon, dines there and goes walking with Alice afterward.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1879-06-14","Looking after a drunken clubmate","After a late Porcellian breakfast, Roosevelt rides to the Bacons' for lunch with Nellie and Julia. At the club dinner that night, Charley Morgan, on a weeklong binge, nearly goes into delirium tremens; Roosevelt sleeps in his room and, heading home next morning in evening clothes, almost collides with a proctor.",["nellie-bacon","julia-bacon","charley-morgan"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-06-15","Caught in a downpour","Roosevelt and Van Rensselaer drive to the Saltonstalls' for tea. A rainstorm drenches them during a walk with Alice and Rose, and on the dark drive home Roosevelt barely avoids crashing into a wagon.",["van-rensselaer","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-16","A life of luxurious ease","With exams behind him, Roosevelt describes his routine: breakfast at the club around ten, his horse waiting at the door, a ride out to lunch with friends, and if not dining out, a champagne supper at the club. Pleasant, he admits, but probably not healthy for long.",[],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-06-17","Fans for Rose's birthday","It is Rose Saltonstall's birthday, and Roosevelt rides to Chestnut Hill with fans for her and Alice, spending the day there. He tallies that the two have cost him more than $150 so far. That night he attends to the O.K. society's strawberry night.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-18","Three strawberry parties","Roosevelt calls on the Guilds at Forest Hills, dines at the Lees', and escorts Alice to the Lowells' strawberry festival before the Hasty Pudding's own strawberry night.",["guild-family","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","lowell-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-19","Called a flirt, then a fistfight","At the Whitneys' in Milton, Roosevelt teases Bessie for calling him a flirt; it seems she and Nana Rotch traded impressions of him. That evening, at a D.K.E. strawberry party, he brawls with a rough and knocks him down, cutting his knuckles on the man's teeth.",["bessie-whitney","nana-rotch"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-20","Class Day, and a moment with Alice in Hollis","As a junior usher, Roosevelt works Class Day from Saunders to the tree exercises, dances with some twenty young women at Van Rensselaer's spread, then sits with Alice Lee in a Hollis Hall window watching the lit Yard and hearing the Glee Club. Historians think he may have first proposed to her there and been gently refused.",["van-rensselaer","nana-rotch","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","maggie-wolf","helen-white","cornelia-baylies","pauline-revere","rose-saltonstall"],"Harvard University"],["1879-06-21","Visit to the Lowells","Roosevelt rides out for a pleasant visit with the Lowells and attends a Porcellian supper that evening.",["lowell-family"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-06-22","Sunday tea and a group walk","Harry Shaw drives Roosevelt to the Saltonstalls' for tea, where callers stream in all afternoon. In the evening three couples go walking, Roosevelt paired with Alice.",["harry-shaw","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","ellerton-whitney"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-23","A day at the Lees'","After breakfast with Harry Shaw at the club, Roosevelt rides to the Lees' for a day of walking and dancing with Alice, returning late. He plans to send the horse, now in fine form, home at week's end.",["harry-shaw","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-24","Grateful to the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt calls on Susie Wheelwright in Jamaica Plain, then settles in at the Saltonstalls' until Thursday. He talks with Rose, teaches young Phil to shoot and plays with Getty. He writes that the Saltonstalls and the Lees have added so much to his year that leaving Chestnut Hill will hurt more than leaving Harvard.",["susie-wheelwright","rose-saltonstall","phil-saltonstall","getty","lowell-family","mr-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-06-25","Ushering at Commencement; Harvard beats Yale","Roosevelt rides to Cambridge early to usher at Commencement, lunches with the Lanes alongside Alice, Rose, Lulu and Kitty, and spends the afternoon at the club and the baseball game, which Harvard wins over Yale. He is back at the Saltonstalls' for tea.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","lulu-lane","kitty-lane"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-06-26","Goodbye to Chestnut Hill","With deep regret Roosevelt takes leave of Chestnut Hill after breakfast and rides to Cambridge. In the afternoon he goes to the Whitneys' for a couple of days, joined by the Lane sisters and Nana Rotch.",["lulu-lane","kitty-lane","nana-rotch","whitney-family"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-06-27","Cheering Harvard at the Yale race","A large party boards a special car to watch the Harvard-Yale boat race, which Harvard wins handily. They sing most of the way home, reaching it at 2 a.m.; Roosevelt has shouted himself hoarse and spent much of the day with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","bessie-whitney","nana-rotch","van-rensselaer","john-tebbets","harry-arnold","john-sharp"],"Boston"],["1879-06-28","Junior year comes to an end","Roosevelt says goodbye to the Whitneys and heads to New York. Looking back on the year, he credits his studies, the club, his horse and above all the young women of Chestnut Hill, and doubts he will ever enjoy himself as much again.",["whitney-family"],"Boston"],["1879-06-29","Home to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay, overjoyed to see his family; his mother and his two sisters welcome him warmly. Weekend guests include Russell, Haddon, Betts, Maud Elliott and the Kane sisters, and all the Roosevelt cousins are on hand.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","russell","harold-haddon","betts","maud-elliott","aunt-lucy"],"New York City"],["1879-06-30","Back to the old Oyster Bay life","Roosevelt fixes up his rowboat, builds a boathouse, rows to Plum Point and sails with Uncle Jimmie, who is summering there with Aunt Annie. He relishes the outdoor life of horse, gun and boat. Edith Carow's aunt dies this day, and the Carows move to East 36th Street.",["james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Plum Point"],["1879-07-01","Summer at Tranquility","Roosevelt is at Tranquility, the family's summer house at Oyster Bay; no other details are recorded.",[],"Tranquility"],["1879-07-02","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-03","Thrown in a jumping spill","Roosevelt has been rowing himself into shape, including a trip to Lloyd's Neck. Trying his horse over fences, he takes a hard fall when it rolls on top of him. That evening he sails with Emlen, West and Alfred to Matinecock Point to meet Elliott's boat carrying the Haddons, Douglas Robinson and Percy King.",["emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","harold-haddon","smith-haddon","douglas-robinson","percy-king","jane-t"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-04","Independence Day with the crowd","Roosevelt spends the Fourth with his friends and cousins, sailing, playing lawn tennis and jumping horses.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-05","A moonlight sail","A morning ride with Emlen schooling the horses over jumps is followed by a row around Hog Island with West and lawn tennis with the group. At night about twenty people take a moonlight sail and come home to dance, sing and swap stories.",["emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-06","Communion Sunday","On Communion Sunday Roosevelt reflects that the plain Presbyterian service always sets him thinking, something he admits he rarely does on serious matters.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-07","Overnight with the Dodges","Roosevelt goes to stay a night with the Dodge family, whose sons Earl and Cleve he admires. They drive past the family's old summer places at Mosholu and Riverdale, and he sees the two Oyne boys.",["earl-dodge","cleveland-h-dodge","oyne-brothers"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-08","His mother turns 44","Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, celebrates her 44th birthday while the family summers at Oyster Bay.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-09","Sixteen miles around Lloyd's Neck","Roosevelt rows sixteen miles around Lloyd's Neck and reports that he is tanned to the waist and in top shape. Afternoons, once Elliott is up from the city, the brothers play tennis, wrestle and swim, and he sleeps soundly every night.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-10","Training the horse to harness","Cousin Alfred spends the day, and they row around Centre Island, play tennis and ride. Roosevelt begins teaching his horse to pull in harness. In the evening he dances at West's, where Gerty, Tiny and Virginia Roosevelt are guests.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","gertrude-roosevelt","tiny-roosevelt","virginia-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-11","The carefree charm of Oyster Bay","Emlen takes a holiday to spend with Roosevelt, and they row around Centre Island. He writes that the mix of active outdoor life and freedom from care is what he loves most about Oyster Bay.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-12","A day with Elliott","Elliott takes a day off, and the brothers sail and play tennis together. Roosevelt is teaching his horse to trot, thinking of hitching it to a tilbury next winter.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-13","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-14","Rowing thirty miles across the Sound","Roosevelt rows across Long Island Sound to Sheffield Island light and back, about thirty miles. With the tide and no wind, the outward leg takes under three hours; the return, into a stiff headwind, takes four and a half and ships plenty of water. Charades and dancing follow at the crowded house.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-15","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-16","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-17","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-18","Setting out on the Meteor","Roosevelt, Alfred and West set off for a week aboard the Meteor, an open 24-foot sloop, stocked with hardtack, canned meat and coffee. The breeze dies by evening and they anchor off the Saugatuck River, sleeping in sailors' hammocks slung in the cockpit.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-19","Sheltering at the Thimble Islands","The Meteor weighs anchor at 5:30 into light headwinds. Roosevelt notes terns, gulls, coots and a storm petrel. Becalmed in the afternoon, they anchor off the Thimble Islands, then run for shelter behind one when a southerly wind kicks up at night.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1879-07-20","A rough beat to New London","Low on water, the crew sails on Sunday despite Roosevelt's misgivings. Beating into a strengthening northeaster and a heavy sea, they struggle off Bartlett's Reef to keep the boat upright, taking on much water, and reach New London at 4 p.m.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1879-07-21","Dinner with the Chapins, revolvers at sea","The sailors call at the Chapins' house for dinner, then turn back into a strong southwesterly and put into Saybrook at sunset. Sharks and porpoises along the way serve as revolver targets.",["chapin-family","alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"New London"],["1879-07-22","Fighting out of Saybrook","Leaving at 5 a.m., the Meteor battles over the shoals and tide rips at Saybrook's harbor mouth in a strong wind and big sea. Rain falls all morning, the breeze dies at noon, and they anchor in the lee of Charles Island at 7:30.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Saybrook"],["1879-07-23","Rowing home in a dead calm","Light, shifting winds give way to a flat calm from nine to six, and the crew labors at the long oars, not reaching Oyster Bay until 11:15 that night. Roosevelt judges the cruise a great success and his cousins fine company.",["alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1879-07-24","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-25","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-26","Friends worth having","Roosevelt describes his days of riding, rowing, sailing, swimming and shooting, with one of his four cousin-companions staying over most days. He wishes John Elliott were there too. Evenings mean reading, whist or dancing, and he often takes Miss Hale of Philadelphia, a guest of Aunt Lizzie's, out rowing.",["elliott-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","john-elliott","miss-hale","aunt-lizzie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-27","Against too much slaughter","Roosevelt writes to fellow naturalist Henry Minot that he has collected little this summer because he disapproves of killing too many specimens.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-28","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-29","Alice Lee turns 18","While Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, Alice Lee marks her 18th birthday at Chestnut Hill.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-30","Racing Elliott around Lloyd's","Elliott stays out from town and the brothers row fifteen miles around Lloyd's Neck, racing nearly all the way. Roosevelt sizes them up as evenly matched athletes: Elliott the better rower, sailor, swimmer and shotgun hand; he the better runner, wrestler, boxer and rifle shot.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-07-31","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-01","Twelve hours after woodcock","Roosevelt hunts woodcock with young Pendleton Cruger from seven in the morning to seven at night through brutal cover in the heat, wading waist-deep in mud holes and swamps. Cruger shoots well; Roosevelt says he does not. They bag seven birds.",["pendleton-cruger"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-02","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-03","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-04","A big woodcock bag near Locust Valley","Hunting with Cruger again, Roosevelt works Fleet's swamp, Townsend's and the Beekman place, then a string of boggy spots near Locust Valley. For once, he notes, he shoots very well.",["pendleton-cruger"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-05","Rowing and riding with Emily Swan","Roosevelt counts Emily Swan among the prettiest and most charming young women in Oyster Bay, and has enjoyed several rows and rides with her.",["emily-swan"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-06","A birthday book for Edith","For Edith Carow's 18th birthday, Roosevelt gives her a copy of the verse novel Lucile, signing it as her sincere friend.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-07","Snipe hunting by skiff","Roosevelt and Cruger take a skiff after snipe, rowing the beaches, poling through shallow lagoons and twisting marsh creeks, sailing when the wind allows and carrying the boat over several portages. The fast ebb sweeps them out of Lloyd's Neck so they need only steer and shoot.",["pendleton-cruger"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-08","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-09","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-10","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-11","Rowing, tennis and walks with Mother","Roosevelt rows nearly every day, plays tennis with whichever cousins stay over, walks with his mother and takes his sisters Bamie and Corinne rowing. He is also giving Emily Swan tennis lessons.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","emily-swan"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-13","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-14","A poor day for woodcock","Roosevelt and Cruger hunt woodcock all day, but the molting birds are scattered and both shoot badly, so they come home with just three.",["pendleton-cruger"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-15","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-16","Junior grades top the class in zoology","Roosevelt's junior-year marks arrive: an average above 87 percent, his best yet, and first in the class in zoology and political economy. Afternoons bring tennis and a swim with Elliott, and the horse is getting used to harness.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-17","A happy home","Roosevelt notes the family's Sunday morning and evening prayers and wishes they were daily. He writes warmly of his mother, his sisters Bamie and Corinne, and Elliott, his best friend, who together make as happy a home as anyone could ask for.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-18","Weighing science or law","On the eve of leaving for Maine, Roosevelt reflects on a fine, sunburned summer. He is thinking hard about life after college and expects either to pursue science or to read law as a path into public life.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-19","Dinner at the University Club","In New York Roosevelt praises his guardians, Uncle Jim Roosevelt and Uncle Jimmie Gracie, as the best he could have. That evening Douglas Robinson joins him for dinner at the University Club, along with Haddon, Stratton, Sedgwick and Kingsford.",["james-alfred-roosevelt","james-king-gracie","douglas-robinson","harold-haddon","sydney-stratton","bob-sedgwick","kingsford"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-08-20","Warm welcome at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt travels to Boston and on to Chestnut Hill, where Dick Saltonstall greets him heartily. After dining with Mrs. Lee they drive to the Whitneys', where Bessie, Rose, Rosy Lee and Alice are staying, and plan a picnic for Ell Whitney's birthday.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","caroline-haskell-lee","bessie-whitney","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","ellerton-whitney"],"New York City"],["1879-08-21","Picnic day at the Whitneys'","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive to the Whitneys' at nine and stay past midnight, sailing, walking, dancing and playing tennis. He is especially glad to see Rose and Alice again.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","bessie-whitney"],"Boston"],["1879-08-22","Turning down Alice to keep a promise","Roosevelt visits Rose, Rosy Lee and Alice in town as they leave for the Slades', and they press him to come along. Alice is so lovely that refusing is hard, but he keeps his promise to meet Emlen and takes the night train for Mattawamkeag after dinner with Frank Lee at the Union Club. On the train he writes Bamie about his Boston stay.",["rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","frank-lee","anna-roosevelt-cowles","emlen-roosevelt"],"Union Club"],["1879-08-23","Back in the Maine woods","Roosevelt reaches Mattawamkeag at 10 a.m. and drives to Island Falls with Dave Sewall. Emlen and Arthur Cutler are there, and he plans a short trip with them to Mount Katahdin.",["dave-sewall","emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler"],"Maine"],["1879-08-24","Packing for Katahdin","Roosevelt spends the day getting ready, listing his kit: two changes of clothes, wool socks, a flannel shirt, duck trousers, a blanket and thick jacket, plus rifle and shotgun.",[],"Maine"],["1879-08-25","Paddling the lake with Emlen","Roosevelt and Emlen paddle about 25 miles to their former campsite at the lake's lower end and back. No partridges turn up, but he picks up wood ducks along the channels and praises Emlen and Arthur as good-natured trail partners.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler"],"Maine"],["1879-08-26","Starting for Katahdin with a 45-pound pack","Roosevelt, Emlen, Arthur Cutler, Will Dow and Bill Sewall set out for Mount Katahdin, driving 23 miles and then backpacking about ten before camping. He carries roughly 45 pounds and loses a shoe in a stream crossing, luckily having moccasins tied to his pack.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-08-27","Campfire at Katahdin Lake","The party walks to the upper end of Katahdin Lake and makes camp. Roosevelt stalks and kills four ducks, adds two grouse, and they land some trout. By day the black flies are fierce, but evenings around the blazing fire feel like old times.",[],"Maine"],["1879-08-28","Lost after dark","After a morning partridge hunt the group heads for Katahdin, catching about a hundred trout at Sandy Brook. Then they lose their way, push through terrible ground into the night, and camp beside a small water hole, soaked, worn out and hungry yet happy. Fresh bear and caribou tracks are everywhere.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-08-29","Climbing Mount Katahdin","Starting before dawn, Roosevelt climbs Mount Katahdin through hard terrain; Emlen and Arthur give out before the top, but he reaches the summit and its fine view. He finds he can bear fatigue nearly as well as the woodsmen. Back at Katahdin Lake by dark, in rain, with about 60 trout.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-08-30","Scarce game around the lake","Roosevelt circles half the lake in the morning without seeing anything, then walks down Sandy Brook in the afternoon and takes a black duck on Moose Pond. Small trout are plentiful, but game is sparse or out of reach.",[],"Maine"],["1879-08-31","A lazy Sunday in camp","Roosevelt spends Sunday around camp cleaning guns, mending clothes and bathing in the lake. The black flies torment his companions but hardly trouble him, and though game is scarce he is having a grand time.",[],"Maine"],["1879-09-01","Breaking camp for Island Falls","Up before sunrise, Roosevelt hunts the bogs around a barrens pond and wounds a duck that escapes into the rushes. In the afternoon the party shoulders packs and heads for Island Falls, camping after crossing the Wassataquoik. He says he can now walk, wrestle and shoot with most of the lumbermen.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-02","Katahdin trip ends at Island Falls","The party hikes to the Penobscot's East Branch, fords it and rides on to Island Falls. Roosevelt calls the trip a delight and his companions excellent company.",["emlen-roosevelt","arthur-hamilton-cutler","wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-03","Buckboard hunt comes up empty","Roosevelt spends the afternoon riding around in a buckboard in search of partridges, without seeing a single bird.",[],"Maine"],["1879-09-04","Outfitting a canoe trip with Sewall","Roosevelt prepares for a trip to the Munsungan waters, just he and Bill Sewall in a canoe. He packs tea, pork, hardtack and flour, a shelter tent, two blankets, spare underclothes and plenty of ammunition, and plans to wear only moccasins. He writes Bamie that moccasins served his feet well on Katahdin.",["william-sewall","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Maine"],["1879-09-05","Forty-five miles to the Aroostook Oxbow","Setting off before dawn by farm wagon, Roosevelt and Sewall cover 45 miles of thinly settled forest and some burned-over land to reach the Oxbow of the Aroostook by 6 p.m. They lodge in a bare-bones backwoods house. From the wagon he shoots a spruce grouse and a red-tailed hawk.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-06","Poling up the Aroostook in a dugout","In a dugout that handles rough going better than birchbark, the pair works some twenty miles upriver on the Aroostook, mostly poling. The country is wild and lovely, with no sign of people or game, though trout abound. They camp before dark to cook bread, trout and partridge.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-07","Wading the Munsungan in the rain","They push on despite the Sabbath, though Roosevelt neither shoots nor fishes. After poling to the Munsungan's mouth by lunchtime, they wade upstream hauling the boat, sometimes hip-deep, in heavy rain, and camp at dusk soaked and spent.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-08","Beaver dams, falls and a lovely time","In steady rain they drag the heavy dugout through rapids, cut through beaver dams and logjams, unload it to climb past falls, then paddle across the lower Munsungan Lake and halfway up the middle one to camp. Roosevelt is cold, wet and hungry but still enjoying himself, though there is no sign of game.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-09","Turning back for lack of game","Through more rain they paddle up the middle lake and slog over brutal terrain to the top of the upper lake. Roosevelt finds only old moose sign, a fresh bear track, a few grouse, loons and mergansers, so he decides to head back to Island Falls rather than stay as planned.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-10","Running the rapids downstream","Starting before sunrise, Roosevelt and Sewall paddle out of the lakes, run the falls, wade the quick water and then pole swiftly downstream, reaching Saturday's campsite by early afternoon. He treasures the evenings by the fire under their small tent.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-11","Living off the land","They paddle down to the Oxbow, where Roosevelt shoots a wood duck, then walk about 15 miles, partly overland, to a crude farmhouse in the woods. Food is plain but there is good milk, and with a rabbit and a partridge taken on the way they supply their own meat.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-12","Twenty miles to a cranberry-bog pond","Roosevelt walks over 20 miles round trip through the woods to a bog pond ringed with cranberries, shooting a duck there and picking up two grouse and a hawk along the way.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-13","Footsore return to Island Falls","A 25-mile walk through the forest brings Roosevelt back to Island Falls, past waterfalls in deep ravines, with five grouse shot on the way. One moccasin is nearly worn through and his feet are sore.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-14","Admiring the Yankee backwoodsmen","Roosevelt attends church, reads his Bible and spends the day shaving, bathing and readying for another expedition. He praises the backwoods meeting houses and the hunters, lumbermen and farmers of the region. To Bamie he writes that the Katahdin outing was luxury next to this second trip.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Maine"],["1879-09-15","Rained in","Steady rain keeps Roosevelt from starting out.",[],"Maine"],["1879-09-16","Rough road, rougher cabin","Roosevelt and Bill Sewall set out by wagon behind an unruly horse over bad roads, stopping after about 30 miles at a very crude cabin.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-17","A welcome at Littlefield's clearing","Roosevelt walks about 25 miles through the woods to a backwoods homestead run by a settler named Littlefield, who looks after them well. He shoots spruce grouse in a spruce thicket and a tamarack swamp.",["william-sewall","littlefield"],"Maine"],["1879-09-18","Tough as a pine knot","Walking back to the horse, Roosevelt kills four grouse, then drives to Island Falls and shoots a pigeon from the wagon. Two weeks of foul weather have not dampened him; he feels superbly healthy.",["william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-19","To the foot of Mattawamkeag Lake","Roosevelt walks through the woods to the lower end of Mattawamkeag Lake, where he camps.",[],"Maine"],["1879-09-20","Seven grouse from one flock","On a 20-mile walk Roosevelt takes two partridges on a hemlock ridge and then seven from a flock of eight in a river meadow. At rifle practice that afternoon he shoots well, though Dow and Sewall shoot better.",["wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Maine"],["1879-09-21","Luxury and hardship, both enjoyed","Roosevelt paddles to Island Falls for the night and packs to leave. A porcupine that wanders into camp is chased off with a tin dipper. He marvels at the swings of his year between high living and hard toil, both of which he loves.",[],"Maine"],["1879-09-22","Down the Mattawamkeag by birchbark","Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow start down the Mattawamkeag in a birch canoe, covering about ten miles below the lake. He and Dow circle through the woods to ambush a flock of mergansers, and he misses some long rifle shots at loons and cranes. He will hate to end the trip but is eager to get back to Harvard.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-09-23","Camp below Wytopitlock","The canoe party paddles past Wytopitlock and camps. Dow shoots well at ducks and pigeons while Roosevelt misses most, but he redeems himself with rifle shots at hawks and owls. Muskrat and merganser both prove good eating.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-09-24","Leaving Maine strong as a bull","Roosevelt paddles about 12 miles of still water to Kingman and takes the train to Boston, sorry to part from Sewall and Dow after a superb month. He feels immensely strong and almost fears his happiness is too great to last.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maine"],["1879-09-25","Senior year begins with a stylish rig","Back in Cambridge, Roosevelt is greeted by his friends with noisy delight. He boards his horse and a new dogcart at Pike's Stable and expects a fine winter.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-09-26","Feeling at home at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt drives Dick Saltonstall to Chestnut Hill, where the welcome is so warm he feels he has come home.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-09-27","Tennis at Minot Weld's and gifts for the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt drives Harry Chapin to a tennis party at Minot Weld's with Rose, Rosy Lee, Alice and others, then goes to the Saltonstalls' for Sunday, bringing a gun for Phil, toy soldiers for Cotty and pins for Rose and Mrs. Saltonstall. It is also Corinne's 18th birthday.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","phil-saltonstall","cotty","mrs-leverett-saltonstall","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-09-28","Sunday with the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt enjoys his Sunday at Chestnut Hill with the Saltonstalls and takes Rose for a walk in the afternoon.",["rose-saltonstall","mr-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-09-29","Italian and political economy","Roosevelt begins logging his study hours: Italian prep and recitation in the morning, then political economy, six hours in all. He is thrilled with his horse and cart, and tells Bamie he came back from Maine tough as a pine knot.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Harvard University"],["1879-09-30","Zoology at the Museum, geology in the field","Roosevelt puts in eight hours: zoology at the Museum through the morning, geology fieldwork in the afternoon and political economy at night. After dark he pays a call on the Lane sisters.",["lulu-lane"],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-01","Naming his closest friends","After six hours of Italian, political economy and a geology lecture, Roosevelt takes his cart out as he does most afternoons. He ranks Dick Saltonstall as his closest friend at Harvard, ahead of Harry Shaw, Minot Weld, Harry Chapin and John Tebbetts, and as dear to him as his Roosevelt cousins.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","harry-shaw","minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","john-tebbets"],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-02","Moonlit drive from the Whitneys'","After zoology and political economy, Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive his cart to the Whitneys' for the evening and return under a full moon.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","whitney-family"],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-03","Dinner with new acquaintances","Following his usual six hours of classes, Roosevelt dines at the Saltonstalls', where Rosy Lee, Mary Tuckerman and the delightful Harriet Lawrence are guests.",["rose-lee","mary-tuckerman","harriet-lawrence"],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-04","Thirty-six hours a week","Roosevelt tallies his schedule at about 36 hours of study a week. He takes Minot Weld on a long cart ride and ends the night with a boisterous party at the club.",["minot-weld"],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-05","Porcellian breakfasts resume","The Porcellian's Sunday morning breakfasts start up again, and in the afternoon Roosevelt and Harry Chapin walk into Boston to call on the Hoopers.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","hooper-family"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-10-06","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-07","At Harvard in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-08","Training to run","Roosevelt drives out every afternoon and finds his horse a quick trotter. He is also training as a runner, covering about a mile a day at roughly a 5:15 pace.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-09","A quick call, then the theater","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive to Chestnut Hill, but he cuts the visit short to make the theater with Harry Shaw.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-10","Officer of half the clubs on campus","Roosevelt complains of too many club duties: he keeps the Porcellian's library, serves as Pudding secretary, treasurer of the O.K., second in command at the Natural History Society, head of the A.D.G. club and an editor of the Advocate. Evenings go to whist, billiards and late suppers at the club.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-10-11","A rowdy roommate for the night","After a big Porcellian supper, Dick Saltonstall and Jack Tebbetts come to the club, and a tipsy Dick sleeps in Roosevelt's room, to its considerable damage.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","john-tebbets"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-10-12","Nursing Dick, walking with Rosy and Rose","With Dick feeling the effects of the night before, Roosevelt drives him to Chestnut Hill after a late club breakfast. He has tea at the Saltonstalls' and takes walks with Rosy Lee and then Rose.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-13","Nineteenth in the class","Roosevelt drives Jack Tebbetts to call on the Bacon sisters, pleased that his cart rides smooth as a cradle. He tells Bamie he ranks 19th in his class and sends Corinne an outline of his schedule.",["john-tebbets","nellie-bacon","julia-bacon","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-14","A missing diary page","The diary page for this day and the next was torn out. A later letter to his mother indicates that sometime in these two days Roosevelt dined at the Lees'.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-15","An evening at the Lees'","Per a letter to his mother written five days later, Roosevelt dined at the Lees' around this time and had a wonderful evening with Rosy Lee, Alice and Rose.",["rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-16","Visiting the Chinese professor","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall bring the Lane sisters along for a visit with the Chinese professor, an outing he found highly entertaining. His later letter home also refers to an evening at the opera with Alice.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","lulu-lane","kitty-lane","the-chinese-professor","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-17","A birthday fan chain for Mrs. Saltonstall","Roosevelt drives Minot Weld home, calls on George Minot, and stops briefly at the Saltonstalls' to wish Mrs. Saltonstall a happy birthday, giving her a small silver fan chain.",["minot-weld","george-minot","mrs-leverett-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-18","Tennis and a weekend with the Guilds","Roosevelt plays tennis all morning with the Lane sisters, then drives Harry Guild to his family's home for Sunday. He likes the Guilds, who he notes are Harry Shaw's cousins.",["lulu-lane","kitty-lane","harry-guild","harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-19","Church with the Bacons, tea at the Whitneys'","Roosevelt walks the Bacon sisters home from church and drives to the Whitneys' for tea in the afternoon.",["nellie-bacon","julia-bacon","whitney-family"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-20","A perfect morning drive","Roosevelt drives home from the Guilds' on a glorious morning, the horse flying. That afternoon he and Van Rensselaer walk with Rose and Alice. He writes his mother a full account of his busy week and tells Henry Minot he can likely get to the White Mountains for a weekend in October.",["van-rensselaer","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-21","Edison's light bulb","Roosevelt is at Harvard; his own day goes unrecorded. Meanwhile, at Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison achieves a working electric light bulb.",["thomas-a-edison"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-22","Thrown from the cart after the opera","Roosevelt and Harry Shaw take the Saltonstall parents, Rose and Alice to the opera after dining at the Saltonstalls'. Leaving near midnight, the restless horse rears and falls, spilling both young men from the cart, but no one is hurt.",["harry-shaw","mr-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-23","Whist and late suppers","Roosevelt takes Charley Morgan out for a drive. Most evenings he plays whist at the club or joins a theater party, and a habitual late supper keeps him up past bedtime.",["charley-morgan"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-10-24","Night boat to New York","Roosevelt drives Minot Weld home, noting that his horse goes well apart from rearing at the start and occasional shying. He then takes the overnight boat to New York.",["minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1879-10-25","Home to the family","In New York Roosevelt has breakfast and lunch at Aunt Lizzie's, then goes out to Oyster Bay, where Aunt Annie is staying. He is delighted to be with the family again.",["aunt-lizzie","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1879-10-26","A classic Oyster Bay Sunday","Roosevelt enjoys the familiar Oyster Bay Sunday routine: family prayers, a late breakfast, church, a long afternoon walk and an evening of hymn singing.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-10-27","Turning 21, thinking of Father","Roosevelt celebrates his 21st birthday at Oyster Bay surrounded by his uncle James A. Roosevelt, Aunt Annie, Aunt Lizzie and cousins West, Emlen and Alfred; Emily Swan and other young women come for tea, charades and dancing. Amid the joy he thinks sadly of his late father and prays to live as he would have wished.",["james-alfred-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie","anna-bulloch-gracie","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","emily-swan","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-10-28","Tennis, walking and rowing","Roosevelt fills the day at Oyster Bay with tennis, walks and rowing.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-10-29","Bloodied in the catbrier","Roosevelt spends twelve hours out with dog and gun. The morning brings rabbits and woodcock; in the afternoon he chases a wild covey of quail through catbrier so dense it soaks his shirt with blood, staying out past moonrise but shooting only two.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-10-30","Ducking on the Sound","Roosevelt sails into Long Island Sound after ducks, but the few birds are wary and the wind is so strong he can barely handle the old fishing boat under a reefed sail. Back in the bay he finally downs a lone loon after many wasted shots.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-10-31","Quail hunting and a Halloween party","Roosevelt drives with an old gunner named Ramson to a farmhouse eight miles away and spends six or seven hours in woods and stubble, whistling scattered quail back together. That evening he enjoys a Halloween party at the Swans', complete with the customary rituals and dancing.",["ramson","swan-family"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-11-01","A last day of autumn shooting at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt spends the whole day hunting the woods and fields around Oyster Bay, bagging squirrels, rabbits and quail despite poor aim. He caps a fine week of crisp fall weather with evenings of reading and whist with his mother and sisters, and his brother Elliott arrives that night.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-11-02","Leaving Oyster Bay for New York","Reluctantly leaving Oyster Bay, Roosevelt heads into New York and stays the night at his Uncle Jim's. That evening he calls on the visiting Lee family, whom his mother and sisters are entertaining with a round of outings all week.",["james-king-gracie","george-lee","caroline-haskell-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1879-11-03","On to Boston","Roosevelt leaves New York and returns to Boston, heading back to college.",[],"New York City"],["1879-11-04","Back to the books at Harvard","Back in Cambridge, Roosevelt throws himself into his studies, determined to catch up on everything he missed within the week.",[],"Harvard University"],["1879-11-05","Driving out with Harry Shaw","Roosevelt takes his friend Harry Shaw on a drive to the Lyman home, then has dinner with the Saltonstall family.",["harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-06","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard in Cambridge; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-07","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge at college, with no other details for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-08","Dinner at the Whitneys, night at the Minots","Roosevelt makes a round of calls by carriage, from the Saltonstalls to the Whitneys, where he enjoys dinner and finds himself growing fonder of Bessie Whitney. He ends at Harry Minot's house for the night, with whist and billiards among the young men of several families.",["bessie-whitney","henry-davis-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-09","Sunday school, and a talk on machine politics","Roosevelt hurries back to Cambridge to teach his Sunday school class and spends the evening with Lulu Lane. At an O.K. Society meeting he speaks about political machines, drawing on New York's recent election, and classmate Frederick Almy notes in his own diary that the talk sparked a lively discussion.",["lulu-lane","frederick-almy"],"Harvard University"],["1879-11-10","Evening at the Lees","Roosevelt drives out to the Lee family's home, stays for dinner and a long evening, and doesn't get back until after eleven. He is pleased with how well his new horse and cart are running.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-11","A rueful note to Bamie","Roosevelt writes to his sister Bamie, grumbling about how fickle women can be, as he senses that Alice Lee is turning him away.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-12","Club life and late nights at Harvard","After taking Minot Weld on a drive to the Saltonstalls and a walk with Rose Lee and Rose Saltonstall, Roosevelt reflects in his diary on his college routine: free hours at his club and the A.D., many outings, hard study and late nights, all carried on the strength of his summer conditioning.",["minot-weld","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Harvard University"],["1879-11-13","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at college in Cambridge; the day has no other entry.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-14","To New York for the Princeton game","Roosevelt travels to New York to watch Harvard's football team take on Princeton. Classmates Jack Tebbets and Harry Chapin come along as his guests, planning to return to Boston on Monday with Bamie and Conie, who are bound for a week at Chestnut Hill.",["john-tebbets","henry-bainbridge-chapin","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-15","Harvard loses; a night on the town","Harvard's football team goes down to defeat. Roosevelt calls on Grace Potter, has Fanny Smith to dinner, then takes in the theater, supper at Delmonico's and a long, song-filled night at the Harvard Club.",["grace-howard-potter","frances-theodora-smith"],"Delmonico's"],["1879-11-16","A Sunday visit with Edith Carow","Roosevelt enjoys a familiar family Sunday in New York; the family takes warmly to his friend Jack Tebbets. He lunches with Aunt Annie and pays a delightful call on his childhood friend Edith Carow, whom he calls the best-read girl he knows.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","john-tebbets","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-11-17","Back to Boston with his sisters","Roosevelt returns to Boston with Bamie and Conie and attends a class meeting that night. His sisters settle in at Chestnut Hill, where the Saltonstalls host a dinner in their honor.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1879-11-18","A runaway ride home from the Lees","On a rainy day Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive a buggy to dinner with the Lees, followed by an evening of dancing and talk with friends. On the way home a brandy-fueled Dick gallops the horse, which bolts several times, leaving Roosevelt helpless with laughter.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-19","Another evening at the Lees","Roosevelt brings Jack Tebbets to dinner at the Lees, and the evening passes in dancing and games.",["john-tebbets"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-20","Through the snow to the Saltonstalls","In a heavy snowfall, Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall drive over to the Saltonstall home for dinner.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-21","Dinner with the Lawrences","Roosevelt has dinner with the Lawrence family and enjoys a pleasant evening.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-22","A 34-guest luncheon at the Porcellian","Roosevelt hosts a grand lunch for 34 at the Porcellian Club in honor of Bamie and Corinne, with the Lees, Saltonstalls, Whitneys and many classmates at the table. Flowers, food, wine and witty toasts all land well. He finishes the day at a small party at the Minots.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","leverett-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall","caroline-haskell-lee","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld","john-tebbets","harry-shaw","lulu-lane","bessie-whitney","emmons-blaine"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-11-23","Sisters' last day in Boston","Roosevelt breakfasts at his club, makes a trip out to Chestnut Hill, and returns to teach Sunday school. His sisters, who have loved their stay, head home the next day.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-24","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; no other details survive for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-25","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge at college; the record is blank otherwise.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-26","Settling in with the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt lunches with the Lees, drives Rose Lee to the Lawrences' for tennis and takes her on a long drive afterward. He then moves in with the Saltonstalls through Sunday, feeling completely at home with the whole family, and plays whist in the evening.",["rose-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1879-11-27","Thanksgiving dinner with the Lees","Roosevelt takes Rose Saltonstall out in the dog cart and goes skating with young Phil before heading to the Lees at four for Thanksgiving dinner. The evening dissolves into games, dancing and charades.",["rose-saltonstall","phil-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-11-28","Rain, candy and late-night theology","Caught in the rain on a long cart ride with Alice Lee, Roosevelt must beg an umbrella at a stranger's door. Later he walks with Alice and Rose, who tease him into buying candy, and stays up talking poetry and theology with Mr. Saltonstall long after Mrs. Saltonstall dozes off.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","leverett-saltonstall","mrs-leverett-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-11-29","A rainy day of stories and dancing","Kept indoors by rain, Roosevelt reads, dances with Mamie and Hattie and tells stories to the younger children. After lunch he walks out with Ell Whitney, Rose and Alice, calls on Julia Bacon, and spends the evening at the Lees.",["ellerton-whitney","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","julia-bacon"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-11-30","Five lovely days end","After church, Roosevelt sadly leaves Chestnut Hill and drives back to Cambridge, teaching Sunday school and spending the evening at the Whitneys. Privately he has lost hope of winning Alice Lee, and friends find him roaming the wintry Cambridge woods without purpose.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1879-12-01","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-02","Alice and Rose make their debut","Roosevelt attends a party at the Wares that marks the society debut of Alice Lee and Rose Saltonstall, and enjoys watching the crowd of debutantes. He resolves to go out into society this winter.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-03","Supper at the Porc","Roosevelt has a small supper at the Porcellian Club.",[],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-12-04","Overnight at Minot Weld's","Roosevelt drives Jack Tebbets and Minot Weld to the Weld home, where they stay the night, and goes on to an enjoyable party at the Grays after dinner.",["john-tebbets","minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-05","Dinner at the Lees, a drive to Boston","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge in the morning, drives out to the Lees for dinner, and then takes Frank Lee into Boston.",["frank-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-06","Seven-fifteen every morning","Roosevelt spends most of the day at Minot Weld's, dines with Harry Shaw in Boston and passes the evening at a commerce party with Miss Silsbee. He notes his growing pleasure in his horse and cart and worries that society life may wear him down, since he rises at 7:15 every weekday no matter how late he stays out.",["minot-weld","harry-shaw","miss-silsbee"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-07","Sunday school is thriving","Roosevelt reports that his Sunday school class is doing well, then takes tea with the Lane sisters and enjoys the evening.",["lulu-lane"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-08","Nightly whist and a spree","Roosevelt plays his regular evening whist at the club with Jack, Dick and Minot, a nightly habit, and then the four go out on a lively spree.",["john-tebbets","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-09","A grand party at the Amorys","Roosevelt dines with Emmons Blaine at Harry Shaw's and then goes on to a large party given by the Amory family.",["emmons-blaine","harry-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-10","Dinner with the Lanes","Roosevelt dines with the Lane family, who have been kind to him; he is especially fond of Lulu Lane.",["lulu-lane"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-11","Dancing at the first Harvard Assembly","At the season's first Harvard Assembly Roosevelt dances happily with Rose Lee. Back in Cambridge afterward, he and friends hold a small 'Symposium'.",["rose-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-12","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; no other entry exists for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-13","A three-mile run and a night at the theater","Roosevelt runs three miles in the morning, at an easy 21 minutes. He drives Jack and Dick to Chestnut Hill after lunch, then heads into town with Harry Chapin for dinner at Young's and a play.",["john-tebbets","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-14","Tea at Minot's","After his customary breakfast at the Porcellian and his Sunday school class, Roosevelt drives Harry Chapin to the Minots for tea; Howard Townsend is also spending Sunday there.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","howard-townsend"],"Porcellian Club"],["1879-12-15","Lulu Lane is engaged","Roosevelt calls on Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Whitney in Boston with Jack Tebbets and dances with Nana Rotch at the first Papanti Hall party of the season. He is delighted to learn that his friend Van Rensselaer is engaged to Lulu Lane.",["john-tebbets","nana-rotch","van-rensselaer","lulu-lane"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-16","A comic play at the Gaiety","After dinner at the Amorys, Roosevelt goes with Harry Chapin and Jack Tebbets to see a comedy at the Gaiety that has them laughing.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","john-tebbets"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-17","Hasty Pudding theatricals","Roosevelt drives Tom Lee to the Saltonstalls and spends the evening at the Hasty Pudding Club's theatricals, which he rates very good.",["tom-lee"],"Harvard University"],["1879-12-18","Champagne supper and D.K.E. theatricals","Roosevelt takes Dick for a drive and calls on the Lanes and Rotches. That night brings a champagne dinner, a D.K.E. stage show he ranks above any he has seen, and a nightcap of punch at the club.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Harvard University"],["1879-12-19","Night boat to New York","Roosevelt and Harry Chapin board the overnight boat bound for New York at the start of the holidays.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Cambridge"],["1879-12-20","Home for the holidays","Roosevelt arrives in New York and is overjoyed to be reunited with his family.",[],"New York City"],["1879-12-21","Sunday with the Roosevelt cousins","After church Roosevelt spends the day with his Roosevelt relatives, and his cousin West, known as Doc, stays the night.",["west-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-12-22","Ike Iselin's dinner","Ike Iselin hosts a dinner for Roosevelt, with Elliott, Harold Haddon, Douglas Robinson, Archie Russell, Sydney Stratton and Bob Sedgwick at the table. Roosevelt pronounces them all good company.",["isaac-iselin","elliott-roosevelt","harold-haddon","douglas-robinson","bob-sedgwick","sydney-stratton","archibald-d-russell"],"New York City"],["1879-12-23","Sleighing to Jerome Park","After a heavy snow, Roosevelt and Elliott take a cutter up to Jerome Park for a cozy dinner and ride home under the moon around ten. Then he heads to the University Club where the Harvard Glee Club is hosting a supper.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"University Club"],["1879-12-24","Christmas Eve calls","Roosevelt spends Christmas Eve making the rounds of New York friends, including Annie Murray, Emily Post, Edith Carow, Fanny Smith and the Kane and Potter sisters.",["annie-murray","emily-post","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith","nellie-phelps","lizzie-moran"],"New York City"],["1879-12-25","Christmas and the newsboys' dinner","Roosevelt enjoys a happy Christmas with fine presents. He and Elliott oversee the holiday dinner for the city's newsboys, and every Roosevelt turns out for the family's traditional Christmas dinner.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1879-12-26","Chestnut Hill friends arrive","Roosevelt has lunch with Edith Carow. That evening Alice Lee, Rose Lee, Rose Saltonstall, Dick Saltonstall, Harry Shaw and Ell Whitney arrive from Boston to stay with the family for a week.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","harry-shaw","ellerton-whitney"],"New York City"],["1879-12-27","Showing the boys the city","Roosevelt shows his visiting college friends around New York and goes to a small party at Aunt Annie's in the afternoon.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","harry-shaw","ellerton-whitney","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1879-12-28","Afternoon at the Newsboys' Lodging House","Roosevelt spends Sunday afternoon at the Newsboys' Lodging House and delights in having the Chestnut Hill visitors under the family roof.",[],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1879-12-29","A rowdy theater party","Roosevelt, Jack Kingsford and Ell Whitney escort the three Chestnut Hill girls around the city, lunch at West and Hilly Roosevelt's, and end with an uproarious theater party hosted by Aunt Lizzie.",["jack-kingsford","ellerton-whitney","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall","west-roosevelt","hilborne-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"New York City"],["1879-12-30","Music hall and a dinner at Mrs. Haddon's","The whole party takes in an afternoon show at the music hall, and Roosevelt dines at Mrs. Haddon's in the evening, seated between his hostess and Rose Lee.",["mrs-haddon","rose-lee"],"New York City"],["1879-12-31","Dancing out the old year","Roosevelt gives Rose a buggy ride around the park and takes Alice for a walk. Alfred treats him and the visiting men to lunch at a downtown club, and the night ends with a small party that dances out 1879. He also closes his diary year with a page of accounts.",["rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt"],"Central Park"],["1880-01-01","New Year's sleigh party at Jerome Park","Elliott throws a lavish New Year's lunch at Jerome Park, with couples riding out in cutters and the rest piled into a great sleigh. The group dances waltzes, polka redowas and the Virginia Reel, and that evening Roosevelt and Dick pay a comical visit to Fanny Smith.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","rose-saltonstall","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","annie-murray","leila-schuyler","emlen-roosevelt","harold-haddon","smith-haddon","harry-shaw","ellerton-whitney","isaac-iselin","frances-theodora-smith"],"Jerome Park"],["1880-01-02","The Boston visitors head home","Roosevelt drives Alice Lee in the park after breakfast; at 11 the Boston guests leave after a much-enjoyed stay. That night he joins Elliott and the members of their whist club for a theater party and supper.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","isaac-iselin","douglas-robinson","archibald-d-russell","sydney-stratton","bob-sedgwick"],"Central Park"],["1880-01-03","A day of calls","Roosevelt spends the day visiting friends young and old across New York.",[],"New York City"],["1880-01-04","Newsboys, then the night train","Roosevelt spends a last afternoon at the Newsboys' Lodging House and boards the overnight train for Boston.",[],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1880-01-05","Back at work in Cambridge","Roosevelt resumes his studies, working until three, then takes Jack Tebbets for a drive behind his now-steady horse. His new cutter has arrived, but snow is still too thin for sleighing, so he passes the evening reading and playing whist at the club.",["john-tebbets"],"Harvard University"],["1880-01-06","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard, with no further entry for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-07","Reception at the Homers","Roosevelt and Jack Tebbets drive into Boston in the evening for a large reception given by the Homer family.",["john-tebbets"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-08","Meeting the Rathbone sisters","At the Harvard Assembly Roosevelt leads the german with Julia Bacon and meets two charming young women from Albany, the Rathbone sisters.",["julia-bacon","grace-rathbone"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-09","A rainy afternoon at the Saltonstalls","With rain falling, Roosevelt hires a buggy instead of using his cart and spends the afternoon and evening with the Saltonstall family.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-10","A drive with Grace Rathbone","Roosevelt drives his cart to the Brunswick Hotel and takes Grace Rathbone on a long outing. He dines with the Whitneys and finishes at an enjoyable party at the Amorys.",["grace-rathbone"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-11","Asked to give up his Sunday school class","After three and a half years of teaching, Roosevelt is asked to resign his Sunday school class because he is a Presbyterian unwilling to become an Episcopalian, and he finds it unfair. He spends the afternoon and evening at the Saltonstalls and writes home asking his mother to send his silk hat.",["mamie-saltonstall","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-12","The Papanti parties","Roosevelt goes to the Papanti party, his favorite of the season's dances, and notes that dancing is the amusement he loves most after riding.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-13","First sleigh ride and the Great Assembly","Roosevelt hitches his horse to the new sleigh for the first time and it performs perfectly. That evening he goes to the Great Assembly ball in Horticultural Hall, the biggest ball he has seen in Boston.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-14","Party at Mrs. Parkman Shaw's","Roosevelt and Minot Weld dine in Boston with Harry Shaw before going on to a lovely small party at Mrs. Parkman Shaw's.",["minot-weld","harry-shaw","mrs-parkman-shaw"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-15","Sleighing to a Saltonstall dinner","Roosevelt takes Jack Tebbets in his cutter to a small, pleasant dinner with the Saltonstalls, where he sits between his hostess and Kitty Lane.",["john-tebbets","mrs-leverett-saltonstall","kitty-lane"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-16","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; the day has no further record.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-17","Single-stick, vaulting and sparring","Roosevelt attends a lunch given by Van Rensselaer for the Rathbone sisters and an afternoon reception at the Minots, where he admires Grace Minot. He notes that he works out steadily in the gym, fencing with single-sticks, vaulting, boxing and running three or four miles daily.",["van-rensselaer","grace-rathbone","grace-minot"],"Harvard University"],["1880-01-18","Bamie turns 25","On his sister Bamie's 25th birthday, Roosevelt writes to her from the Porcellian Club with news of sleighing and his regular workouts, and spends a pleasant evening with the Rotch family.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-01-19","A party at the Dexters","Roosevelt takes Minot Weld on a long afternoon drive and goes to an enjoyable party at the Dexters that night. With Dick Saltonstall's ankle on the mend, he feels free to invite other friends driving.",["minot-weld","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-20","A birthday gift for Rosy","For Rose Lee's birthday Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill with a present, spending the afternoon and dinner with the Lees.",["rose-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-21","A dull dinner party","Roosevelt attends a dinner at the Wales home that he finds rather dull.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-22","A.D. Club dinner for a hundred","Roosevelt joins more than 100 men at a big A.D. Club dinner in Boston, leaves around eleven, and moves on to the Sears home for a party that lasts until about two.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-23","Off to old Salem","Roosevelt travels to Salem with Alice, Rose, Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Saltonstall, lodging in a curious old house owned by Miss Saltonstall, and enjoys a lively party at Hamilton Hall.",["mrs-leverett-saltonstall","caroline-haskell-lee","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","miss-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-24","Back from Salem","Roosevelt returns from Salem, dines at Theodore Lyman's and finishes with a small spree at the Porcellian.",["theodore-lyman"],"Salem"],["1880-01-25","Alice Lee says yes","Nearly eight months after his first proposal, Roosevelt drives to the Lees determined to settle things, and after long pleading Alice Lee agrees to marry him. In a rapturous diary entry he vows to devote his life to her happiness and gives thanks to God.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-26","Semiannual exams begin","Roosevelt sits the first of his midyear examinations, then dances at the Papanti Hall party, where Alice is the belle of the room and gives him her favor.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1880-01-27","Afraid it won't last","Only now beginning to grasp his engagement, Roosevelt confesses a lingering fear that Alice may change her mind, as she has before.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-28","Hinting at big news","Roosevelt looks in on a little gathering at the Parkman Shaws', though parties have lost their appeal this winter. He writes Bamie that he has important news to share, promising to reveal it when he comes home at week's end.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-29","A day with his sweetheart","Roosevelt lunches with the Saltonstalls, spends the afternoon with Alice, dines with Frank Lee at the Union Club and closes the evening at the Horticultural Assembly, where Alice looks lovelier than ever.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","frank-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-30","Looking back on months of torment","Roosevelt reflects on the four months of anguish behind him, sleepless nights over Alice that no one else suspected. He admits it was love at first sight and his first love.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-01-31","Telling the family","Roosevelt travels to New York to break the news of his engagement; the family is thrilled and very surprised. His mother writes to Alice Lee.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-01","Sharing the news with uncles and aunts","Roosevelt tells his uncles and aunts about the engagement and they are delighted. He still feels he must be dreaming.",[],"New York City"],["1880-02-02","Choosing a diamond ring","Roosevelt selects a diamond engagement ring for Alice and returns to Boston that afternoon.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-02-03","Upset in a snowdrift","In heavy snow Roosevelt sleighs to Chestnut Hill, his horse sinking to its belly in drifts, to see Alice. On the way home the sleigh overturns and he is dragged some 300 yards clinging to the reins. Alice writes his mother that she loves him deeply.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-04","Keeping the secret","Roosevelt and Dick go for a long sleigh ride in perfect sleighing weather. The engagement won't be made public until a week from Monday, and staying away from Alice is hard.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-05","Harvard Assembly with Lulu Lowell","Roosevelt dances with Lulu Lowell at the Harvard Assembly.",["lulu-lowell"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-06","Almost too happy","Roosevelt sleighs over to the Saltonstalls, dines there and spends the evening with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-07","A great Porcellian supper","Roosevelt drives Minot Weld home and back, and attends a big supper at the Porcellian in the evening.",["minot-weld"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-02-08","A new mission school and a tribute to friends","Roosevelt begins teaching at a mission school in East Cambridge. In his diary he praises his circle of friends, led by Elliott, as plucky, honorable and sensible, and declares his happiness complete now that Alice is his. He ends the day with tea at the Whitneys.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld","john-tebbets","henry-bainbridge-chapin","harry-shaw","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-09","A below-zero sleigh ride","Roosevelt dines at Jim Parker's and dances with Nana Rotch at the Papanti party. Afterward he and Dick ride out to Chestnut Hill in Dick's cutter with the thermometer below zero, so bundled up they hardly notice.",["jim-parker","nana-rotch","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-10","Nothing to hide from Alice","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge and goes to a party at the Winthrops. In his diary he gives thanks that he has nothing in his past he could not tell Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-02-11","Sleighing to the Lowells for leap year","Seven friends pile into a sleigh bound for the Lowells' leap year gathering, where Alice is among the guests.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-12","Presiding at an A.D. dinner","Roosevelt presides over an A.D. Club dinner for 25 in Boston and counts it among the best he has attended, full of good songs, stories and speeches.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-13","Storm-bound with his 'Little Sunshine'","Roosevelt drives through hard rain to dine with the Lees and, thanks to the storm, stays the night. He fills his diary with devotion to Alice, his 'Little Sunshine', and writes Henry Minot to announce the engagement.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-14","Champagne for the club","On Valentine's Day Roosevelt returns to Cambridge, tells his club about the engagement and buys champagne for all. He spends the evening at the Fish family's leap year dance.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-02-15","A snowy drive with Alice","After Sunday school Roosevelt drives to the Lees and takes Alice for a long ride as snow begins to fall, then spends the evening and night there.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-16","A boxing benefit","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge early and goes into Boston in the evening for a boxing benefit.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-02-17","The family comes to meet Alice","Roosevelt goes into Boston to greet his family, who have come to see Alice, and brings Elliott back to stay the night with him.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-18","Forty-two bouquets","Roosevelt drives Elliott to lunch at the Saltonstalls, where his whole family gathers. He spends the afternoon with Alice, dines at the Lees and stays late at the Porcellian. Alice has received 42 bouquets.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-02-19","Theater party for Bamie and Conie","Roosevelt drives Elliott into Boston, dines with his family at the Brunswick and joins a theater party that Frank and Tom Lee give for his sisters, with Alice acting as chaperone. He also accepts Henry Minot's invitation to dinner for himself and Alice on March 1.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frank-lee","tom-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-20","Up all night after the Pudding","After a family day and a big family dinner at the Lees, Roosevelt drives home by moonlight and joins a rowdy night at the Hasty Pudding Club. He stays up until a quarter to six and plays billiards at the club until breakfast.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1880-02-21","Forty-four hours without sleep","Roosevelt and Jack Tebbets see the family off in Boston. He makes calls with Alice, dines with 'Uncle' Bill Lee and returns for the annual Porcellian dinner, finally going to bed at midnight after 44 hours awake.",["john-tebbets","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","william-lee"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-02-22","A drive toward Milton","After teaching at the mission school, Roosevelt takes Alice on a long drive to Forest Hills and out toward Milton on a beautiful day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-23","A stormy day with Alice","With rain and snow all day, Roosevelt happily spends nearly every hour with Alice, and his diary overflows with affection for her.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-24","Surprise party for Danny Peabody","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge early and that evening joins a surprise gathering at the Rogers home in honor of Danny Peabody.",["danny-peabody"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-25","A day without Chestnut Hill","For once Roosevelt stays away from Chestnut Hill, driving his dogcart in the afternoon and spending the evening at the club. He writes to his uncle John Roosevelt in praise of Alice.",["john-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-26","Dinner at the Bartletts","Roosevelt lunches at Chestnut Hill and takes Alice for a cart ride. In the evening he escorts Alice and Rose to dine with the Bartletts, sitting between Miss Whitney and Miss Sears and spending the rest of the night with Miss Perkins.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","bessie-whitney","miss-sears","miss-perkins"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-27","Overnight in Salem with Alice","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge early, then travels to Salem with Alice to stay with the Lees there. He is charmed by the old town and by her company.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-02-28","Lunch for two at Parker's","Roosevelt and Alice return to Boston and share a cozy lunch for two at Parker's. That evening Colonel Russell is his host for dinner at the Somerset Club. It is also Elliott's 20th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","colonel-russell","elliott-roosevelt"],"Salem"],["1880-02-29","Leap Day drive through Milton","After Sunday school Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill as usual and takes Alice on a long cart ride through Forest Hills and Milton, staying the night at the Lees. In New York, the Second Avenue elevated railway opens the same day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-01","Calls in Boston, and plans for an autumn wedding","Roosevelt drives Alice into Boston in his high cart behind his horse Lightfoot to pay calls and lunch, and the Minots host a dinner for the couple that evening. He writes Bamie that his first two exams earned 94 and 98, and that Alice hopes to marry next fall.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-02","A lecture to the Natural History Society","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge and gives a lecture to the college's Natural History Society.",[],"Harvard University"],["1880-03-03","The bowling parties begin","Roosevelt attends the first in a series of bowling parties, which he enjoys.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-04","Dinner at the Lees with Dick","Roosevelt drives Dick Saltonstall in his cart to a pleasant dinner with the Lees, with Fanny Peabody and Mrs. Jack Peabody on either side.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","mrs-jack-peabody","fanny-peabody"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-05","An afternoon drive with Alice","Roosevelt heads to the Lees in the afternoon, takes Alice for a drive and stays the evening and the night.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-06","Dinner with the Whitneys","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge that morning and dines with the Whitneys.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-07","A headache cancels the drive","After Sunday school Roosevelt goes to the Lees as usual, but Alice has a headache and their drive is called off.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-08","Mr. Lee agrees to a fall wedding","Back in Cambridge, Roosevelt writes Conie that he will bring Alice to live at the family home on West 57th Street after they marry. That promise has won George Lee's consent to an autumn wedding.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-09","Danny Peabody's dinner for Alice","Roosevelt goes into town for a pleasant dinner that Danny Peabody gives in Alice's honor.",["danny-peabody","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-10","Bowling and a stag dinner","Roosevelt bowls in the afternoon and attends a men's dinner in the evening. The bowling series will run to six parties, hosted in turn by Alice, Rose, Rosy, the Lee brothers and himself, and Dick, Ralph Ellis and Peters keep the stag dinner laughing.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","frank-lee","tom-lee","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","ralph-ellis","peters","katy-lowell","harriet-lawrence","gus-heminway","bob-grant","bob-russell"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-11","Planning the wedding party","Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill after breakfast and spends a snowy day with Alice. He writes his mother that he will bring home a Boston bride, and tells Bamie that Alice, her sisters and Mrs. Lee have chosen his ushers, with Elliott as best man and four bridesmaids including Corinne.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","frank-peabody","endicott-peabody","rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","caroline-haskell-lee"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-12","A failed sleigh outing","With snow on the ground, Roosevelt tries to take Rose out in the Lees' cutter and makes a sorry mess of it. A big dinner follows that evening.",["rose-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-13","Sparring and wrestling in Cambridge","Roosevelt goes over to Cambridge to watch the sparring and wrestling matches, then returns and escorts Alice to a dinner at the Amorys in Boston.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-14","Sunday school and back","Roosevelt drives to Cambridge to teach Sunday school and returns to Chestnut Hill.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-15","Visiting Alice's grandparents in New Bedford","Mrs. Lee takes Roosevelt and Alice to visit her own parents in New Bedford, and the couple travel home on their own. He enjoys the day in the quaint old house and its even quainter household.",["caroline-haskell-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-16","Rained in at Chestnut Hill","Rain keeps Roosevelt from returning to Cambridge, so he spends the whole day with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-17","Back for bowling","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge and attends an afternoon bowling party.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-18","Cousin West's heartbreak","His cousin West Roosevelt arrives, and Roosevelt brings him to Chestnut Hill for dinner and then to the Porcellian. West has been turned down by Fanny, whom Roosevelt thinks has treated him shamefully, but West plans to try again.",["west-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-03-19","Dinner at the Minots","West heads back to New York. Roosevelt goes to Chestnut Hill and takes Alice, Rosy and Rose to dinner with the Minot family.",["west-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-20","Athletic sports and dinner at the Shaws","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge for the college athletic games and dines that evening at the Shaws.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-21","Tea with Alice at the Cabots","With Alice staying at the Cabot home in Boston, Roosevelt goes to see her for tea after Sunday school.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-22","Overnight at the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt and Dick drive over for a pleasant dinner at the Saltonstall home and stay the night.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-23","Dinner at the Lowells","Roosevelt and Dick head back to Cambridge early. Later he walks to the Lees to stay the night, and dines with the Lowells that evening.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-24","D.K.E. theatricals","Roosevelt returns on foot to Cambridge early and watches the D.K.E. theatricals that evening.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-25","Writing his economics thesis","Roosevelt spends the day in the library working on his political economy thesis. He admits he has barely studied since his engagement and skips most recitations, reasoning that good grades have earned him a last holiday before law school.",[],"Harvard College Library"],["1880-03-26","Defying a doctor's warning","Roosevelt walks to Chestnut Hill and spends the evening with Alice, writing that they have no secrets between them. Dr. Dudley Sargent warns him that his heart is weak and that he must avoid strain, even running up stairs; Roosevelt answers that he intends to do the very opposite.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","dudley-a-sargent"],"Harvard University"],["1880-03-27","More sparring and wrestling","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge to watch the boxing and wrestling. He writes Conie that he took Alice driving on both Thursday and Friday afternoons.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-28","A snowy Sunday buggy ride","Snow is falling, so after Sunday school Roosevelt takes a buggy to Chestnut Hill to spend the night.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-03-29","Back and forth to Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt drives to Cambridge for the day and returns to Chestnut Hill in the evening for another night.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-30","Party at the Bryants","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge and goes to an evening party given by the Bryants.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-03-31","Dinner for the 'Big Six'","After an afternoon of bowling, Roosevelt dines at Young's with his close circle, Dick Saltonstall, Jack Tebbets, Minot Weld, Harry Chapin and Harry Shaw, and they finish at the theater with a comic play. Around this time he steps down from many posts and gives less time to his studies.",["harry-shaw","henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld","john-tebbets","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Harvard University"],["1880-04-01","Specimen hunting at Nahant","Roosevelt sets out early with fellow advanced zoology students on a specimen-collecting trip to Nahant. In the afternoon he takes Alice, whom he calls Birdie, for a drive, and at night escorts her to the Harvard Assembly, where she is the belle. The same day, New York's new Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes its first visitors.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-04-02","No mortal happier","Roosevelt goes to Cambridge for recitations, returns to Chestnut Hill, drives Alice out and spends the evening with her, so happy he wonders if it is a dream.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-03","A dinner from the Rotches","After a trip to Cambridge, Roosevelt takes Alice on a long afternoon drive, and in the evening the couple ride into town for a dinner the Rotches give in their honor.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-04","Last Sunday school class of the year","Roosevelt drives to Cambridge for his final Sunday school class of the year, then returns to spend the evening with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-05","Calls in town and a Papanti party","Roosevelt drives Alice into Boston to make calls, including one on Fanny Peabody, his favorite Boston girl after Rose and Rosy. That night he dances with Rose Saltonstall at the Papanti party.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","fanny-peabody","rose-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-06","A day of driving friends","Roosevelt drives to Dick Saltonstall's, takes him on to the Minots, dines at Jack Tebbets' and then drives Jack out to Cambridge.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","john-tebbets"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-07","Bringing Alice to New York","Roosevelt, Alice and Mrs. Lee travel to New York for a ten-day visit, where his mother, Bamie, Conie and Elliott welcome them warmly.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","caroline-haskell-lee","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-08","Introducing Alice to the family","Roosevelt spends most of the day on his thesis, and in the evening the family holds a party to introduce Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-09","Aunt Laura's dinner","Roosevelt's Aunt Laura Roosevelt gives Alice a large family dinner.",["laura-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-10","Dinner at home","Roosevelt dines at home, with Miss Prince and Miss Moran beside him.",["miss-moran","miss-prince"],"New York City"],["1880-04-11","Everyone rallies around Alice","Roosevelt is touched by the warm attention his cousins, friends, mother and sisters give Alice, and especially by Elliott's flowers and kindness.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-12","Harvard theatricals in New York","After an afternoon tea, Roosevelt takes Alice and Bamie to see the Harvard theatricals.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1880-04-13","A big party for Alice","The Roosevelt family hosts a large party in Alice's honor.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-14","Emlen's stag dinner","Cousin Emlen Roosevelt throws Roosevelt a stag dinner.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-15","A drive past Jerome Park","Roosevelt drives Alice far out past Jerome Park in the morning, and Aunt Annie gives a party for her.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Jerome Park"],["1880-04-16","Last day in New York","On the final day of the visit, Roosevelt reflects that everyone has gone out of their way for Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-04-17","A dream of happiness","Roosevelt, Alice and Mrs. Lee take the 11 a.m. train to Boston, and he attends a Porcellian supper for Charley Dickey's initiation. Looking back on three blissful months, he describes days of light work, frequent drives, and most nights at Chestnut Hill with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","caroline-haskell-lee","charles-p-dickey-jr","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"New York City"],["1880-04-18","Back to Cambridge with Dick","Roosevelt drives Dick Saltonstall back to Cambridge.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-19","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; no other entry survives for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-04-20","Funeral of Alice's grandmother","Alice's grandmother, Mrs. Haskell, has died, and Roosevelt travels to New Bedford for the funeral.",["mrs-haskell","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-04-21","Packed for a long stay","Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill in the afternoon with a bag tucked under the seat, planning to stay several days, and takes Alice out driving.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-04-23","Evenings of whist and music","Roosevelt drives to Cambridge and back. He describes the Lee household's evenings of whist, reading and piano, with an hour or two alone with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-24","A drive through Milton and Forest Hills","Roosevelt spends the morning with Mamie Saltonstall and little Bella, then drives Alice for hours by way of Milton, Forest Hills and Longwood.",["mamie-saltonstall","bella","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-25","Church and a drive past the Charles","Roosevelt attends the small Chestnut Hill church and takes Alice on a long afternoon drive beyond the Charles River. He writes that he has never been as happy as in these last three months.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-04-26","A sample day at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt describes a typical day: studying while Alice practices music, tennis, reading Prescott's Conquest of Peru aloud as she sews, a three-hour drive out past Dedham to the Blue Hills, stories and games with the children, whist, and an hour alone with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","bella","georgie"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-27","Return to Cambridge","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge early.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-04-28","Tennis and the Pudding theatricals","Roosevelt plays tennis with Harry Chapin and enjoys the Hasty Pudding theatricals at night. He admits he has hardly studied since getting engaged, working only about three days a week, since his earlier marks give him room to coast.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Harvard University"],["1880-04-29","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; no other details are recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-04-30","A drive with 'Baby'","Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill and takes Alice, his 'Baby', out driving.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-01","Tennis weather","Roosevelt romps with the children Georgie and Bella, plays tennis with Rose Saltonstall and takes Alice on a long drive in glorious spring weather.",["georgie","bella","rose-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-02","An ideal Sunday at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt goes to the little church in the morning and drives Alice in the afternoon, calling Chestnut Hill an ideal place and the Lee home a joy to stay in.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-05-03","Tennis all day","Roosevelt plays tennis with Rose and Rosy in the morning and with Alice in the afternoon, drives her into Boston and back, and spends the evening at the Saltonstalls.",["rose-saltonstall","rose-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-04","Return to Cambridge","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge early.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-05","Living like a prince","Roosevelt drives Minot Weld 12 miles to Frank Codman's farm in Lincoln for a day of fun. In his diary he sums up his last two college years: ample money, the Porcellian, hunting trips, a good horse, true friends, light work and, above all, Alice.",["minot-weld","frank-codman","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-06","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; nothing else is noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-07","The Rotch sisters visit","Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill, where the Rotch sisters are guests of the Lees.",["nana-rotch"],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-08","Tennis all day and a Porcellian dinner","With the Rotch sisters and Miss Reynolds visiting, Jack Tebbets, Frank Codman and Tom Lee drive over and everyone plays tennis all day. Roosevelt then drives Jack to a Porcellian dinner that he, Harry Shaw and Dick give for some older honorary members.",["john-tebbets","frank-codman","tom-lee","miss-reynolds","harry-shaw","richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-09","Sunday at Chestnut Hill","After breakfast at the Porcellian, Roosevelt drives Dick to Chestnut Hill and takes Alice out in the cart that afternoon.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-05-10","An evening drive in the heat","The day is so hot that Roosevelt waits until after dinner to take Alice for a pleasant drive.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-11","Early return to Cambridge","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge early in the morning.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-12","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; the day is otherwise blank.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-13","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge, with no further record for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-14","Tennis after tea","Roosevelt drives to Chestnut Hill in the afternoon and plays tennis after tea.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-15","Class races and a drive down Beacon Street","Roosevelt takes Alice to the Union Boat Club in Boston to watch the class races, which his class loses. Driving her home along Beacon Street, he feels very grand in his smart rig beside her.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-16","A walk in the woods with the children","After church Roosevelt takes Cotty, Georgie and Bella walking in the woods, and in the afternoon drives Alice through Waverley and Belmont.",["cotty","georgie","bella","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-05-17","Back with Dick","Roosevelt brings Dick Saltonstall back to Cambridge early.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-18","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; no entry exists for the day.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-19","A call on Joe Whitney's fiancée","Roosevelt and Dick pay a comical call on Georgie Heyward, Joe Whitney's fiancée, then he attends an O.K. dinner and the D.K.E. He sends Bamie a 'Rollo' piece from the Harvard Lampoon and reports his horse Lightfoot looking thin and the cart a bit worn.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","georgie-heyward","joe-whitney","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Harvard University"],["1880-05-20","A few days at the Lees","Roosevelt drives to the Lees for a stay of several days and plays tennis in the afternoon.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-21","A moonlight drive","Roosevelt walks to Cambridge and back for his recitations, and after dinner takes Alice on a long drive by moonlight.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-22","Athletic games and a garden party","Roosevelt takes Tom Lee to the college athletic games, which he rates very good, then on to the Dixwells' garden party, and drives Alice home under the moon.",["tom-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-23","A drive around Auburndale","Fanny Peabody and Cotty are guests at the Saltonstalls, and after church the group takes a woodland walk. Later Roosevelt takes Alice on a long drive through the countryside near Auburndale.",["fanny-peabody","cotty","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-05-24","Reading aloud and tea at the Whitneys","Roosevelt spends the whole day with Alice, reading to her while she sews. In the afternoon they make calls in the cart, end up having tea and fun at the Whitneys, and drive home by moonlight around ten.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-25","Return to Cambridge","Roosevelt drives back to Cambridge.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-26","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-27","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge; the day has no other entry.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-28","Off to Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt drives over to Chestnut Hill.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-05-29","Their longest drive yet","Roosevelt reads Thackeray's Pendennis aloud to Alice as she sews, then takes her on their longest drive so far, through Dedham and Needham nearly to Wellesley and back by Grantville. In New York, the family closes the 57th Street house and his mother leaves for Oyster Bay.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-05-30","A rainy Sunday indoors","Rain keeps everyone inside after church, and Roosevelt spends the day spinning tales for the children or sitting with Alice.",["bella","georgie","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-05-31","Senior thesis on equal rights","Roosevelt reads Pendennis to Alice in the morning and drives her out at night. He completes his senior thesis, on whether men and women can practically be given equal rights, and his grades include 91 and 89 in natural history.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-01","Early return to Cambridge","Roosevelt heads back to Cambridge at an early hour.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-02","A quiet day in Cambridge","Roosevelt is at Harvard; no further record exists.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-03","Tea and tennis","Roosevelt reaches Chestnut Hill by teatime and plays tennis afterward.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-04","A darling of a sweetheart","Roosevelt takes Alice for a cart ride and marvels in his diary at his good fortune.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-05","A day of reading and driving","Roosevelt spends the day with Alice, reading aloud and taking her on a long, lovely cart drive.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-06","A rainy Sunday walk","It rains, so after church Roosevelt walks by himself, and when the weather clears he walks again with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill church"],["1880-06-07","Cramming for finals","Roosevelt returns to Cambridge for his first final exam and resolves to stay there for ten days of hard study to make up for months of loafing, not returning to Chestnut Hill until his last exam on the 16th.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-08","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge studying for his finals; no other entry is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-09","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt remains in Cambridge during finals, with no other details recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-10","A call on the Lanes","Roosevelt visits the Lane sisters and remarks that his friend Van Rensselaer, Lulu Lane's fiancé, is a lucky man.",["lulu-lane","van-rensselaer"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-11","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge during his final examinations; nothing more is noted.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-12","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt stays in Cambridge studying; the day is otherwise blank.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-13","Nine hours a day at the books","Roosevelt breakfasts at his club and dines with the Lanes. He reports studying nine or ten hours daily, with only a walk or tennis and an hour of whist for relief, and misses Alice terribly.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-14","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge with finals under way; no other entry survives.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-15","Exam season in Cambridge","Roosevelt is in Cambridge on the eve of his last exam; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-16","Last exam, and back to Alice","Roosevelt passes his final examination after ten days of real effort, then drives his cart to the Lees, delighted to be back among the family and above all with Alice.",["george-lee","caroline-haskell-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harvard University"],["1880-06-17","Games, a drive and tennis","Roosevelt spends the morning playing with the children Georgie and Bella, drives Alice in the afternoon, and plays tennis until dark.",["georgie","bella","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-18","The finest drive of the season","Roosevelt takes Alice on an evening drive from about 6:30 to 9:30 through the wooded hills north of Wellesley, returning in clear moonlight. To him it is the best drive of the whole season.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-19","Elliott arrives","Roosevelt drives to Cambridge for a Porcellian supper, then meets Elliott's late train in Boston and takes him to the club.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-06-20","Two families together","Roosevelt and Elliott idle at the club until four, then drive to the Lees, where their mother and sisters are staying. He is pleased that the two families get along so well.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Porcellian Club"],["1880-06-21","Tennis and singing at the Lees","Roosevelt breakfasts with Elliott and brings him to the Lees for a day of tennis, walks and songs.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-22","Garden party at the Winthrops","Roosevelt brings Elliott to dinner at the Lees, escorts Alice to the Winthrops' garden party and back under a bright moon, and then drives Elliott home.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-23","Charades and hide-and-seek in Salem","A big party of Roosevelts, Lees, Saltonstalls and Peabodys has lunch at the Lee home in Salem, then drives over to the Peabodys to spend the night with dancing, charades and hide-and-seek.",["rose-saltonstall","mamie-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-24","Ike Iselin comes to visit","The party is back in Boston by morning, and Ike Iselin arrives to stay a few days, and Roosevelt takes him and Elliott to the D.K.E. theatricals and then to the club.",["isaac-iselin","elliott-roosevelt"],"Salem"],["1880-06-25","Class Day in Hollis Hall","On Class Day Roosevelt marches with his class in dress suits and silk hats, helps run the class spread in the gym and joins the exercises around the tree. That night he sits with Alice for nearly two hours in his old Hollis Hall room, looking down on the lantern-lit Yard, and gets to bed at four.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","jack-kingsford"],"Harvard University"],["1880-06-26","Garden party at the Lowells","After breakfast at the club, Roosevelt drives Jack Kingsford, Ike Iselin and Elliott to dinner at the Lees, followed by the Lowells' garden party.",["jack-kingsford","isaac-iselin","elliott-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-27","A stroll in the woods with Alice","Roosevelt takes his visitors to Chestnut Hill by a roundabout route to show off the countryside. Iselin and Kingsford return to New York, and in the evening he and Alice take a lovely walk in the woods.",["isaac-iselin","jack-kingsford","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-28","A summer evening walk","After a late breakfast Roosevelt brings Elliott to the Lees for the day, and in the evening he and Alice walk out in the cool summer air.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-29","Packing up four years","While the others go to Nahant, Roosevelt stays behind to pack and settle his bills. He marvels that college is over but feels no gloom, with Alice beside him and only four months until their wedding.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cambridge"],["1880-06-30","Harvard graduate, magna cum laude","Roosevelt receives his B.A. from Harvard magna cum laude, finishing 21st among 177 classmates, with John D. Long giving the main address. He spends the day at the club, attends the Dexters' garden party and drives Alice back to Chestnut Hill. Meanwhile Douglas Robinson is courting Conie and Elliott works at Uncle James Gracie's bank.",["john-d-long","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie","lucy-elliott"],"Harvard University"],["1880-07-01","Alice and friends come to Oyster Bay","Fresh from Harvard, Roosevelt brings his fiancée Alice Lee, her sister Rosy and Rose Saltonstall out to Oyster Bay, where they arrive after dark. His new cart and horse turn up safely, and he pauses to look back on his college years with real satisfaction.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-02","Drives and tennis with his 'Queen'","Roosevelt revels in having Alice at Oyster Bay. He takes her on a carriage ride to Laurelton and Syosset with Rose and Ike Iselin riding behind, plays tennis after lunch, and passes the evening alone with her in the garden summer house.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","isaac-iselin"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-03","A full house at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt takes Alice on a morning drive through the Long Island countryside, goes sailing with the group after lunch, and visits Uncle Jim's in the evening. Houseguests Douglas Robinson and Romy Colgate swell the party at home.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","uncle-jim","douglas-robinson","romy-colgate"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-04","A Fourth of July vow of love","After church, Roosevelt walks Alice through Fleets woods and down to the dock in the evening. In his diary he pours out his devotion, writing that no hardship could shake her loyalty and that his love will only deepen with time.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-05","Pond lilies and a condolence letter","Roosevelt drives Alice to Cold Spring to gather pond lilies and that evening watches some amateur acting at the Weeks home. He also writes his Harvard friend Henry Minot, whose mother has died, confessing that Alice has consumed his last two college years.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","henry-davis-minot"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-06","Tea at Aunt Annie's","Roosevelt takes Alice for a morning drive, then goes to tea at Aunt Annie Gracie's in the evening. He tells his diary he spends most of every day with her and has never been happier.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-07","Rowing Alice to Yellow Banks","Roosevelt rows Alice across to Yellow Banks and back in time for lunch. The afternoon brings tennis, and the evening a lively tea with the Beekman family.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Yellowbanks"],["1880-07-08","A long drive past Glen Cove","On his mother's 45th birthday, Roosevelt rows in the morning and later takes Alice on a lengthy carriage outing by way of 'Old Kentuck' and around behind Glen Cove and Norwich, ending the day with her in the summer house.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-09","Sailing, then a drive over the plains","Roosevelt sails in the morning. After lunch he drives Alice out across the open plains country and again spends the evening at her side in the summer house.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-10","Seeing Alice off to Chestnut Hill","Alice, Rosy and Rose Saltonstall head home to Chestnut Hill, and Roosevelt rides into the city to see them off. Even a week apart feels too long to him.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-11","A quiet Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-12","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt remains at Oyster Bay with no entry in the record for the day.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-13","Another day at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is still at Oyster Bay; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-14","Summer games feel flat without Alice","Roosevelt keeps up his usual round of Oyster Bay sport, from tennis and rowing to swimming and sailing, but admits that with Alice away none of it holds the old appeal.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-15","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-16","Last day before the trip north","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, with nothing further noted, the day before he sets off to rejoin Alice.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-17","Reunited with Alice at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt travels from Oyster Bay to Chestnut Hill and is overjoyed to see Alice again, delighted by how pretty she looks and how warmly she welcomes him.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-07-18","A whole Sunday with Alice","Roosevelt spends the entire day at Chestnut Hill with Alice and fills his diary with praise for her, calling her the noblest of women.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-07-19","Blackberrying at Chestnut Hill","Most of the day again goes to Alice, but Roosevelt also spends about three hours leading George, Cottie and Bella out to pick blackberries.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","george","cotty","bella"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-07-20","Overnight train to Mount Desert","Roosevelt, Alice, Rose Saltonstall and her brother Richard board the night train for Mount Desert, Maine, transferring to the boat at 11 p.m. The same day Commander Henry Gorringe delivers the ancient obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle to New York, bound for Central Park.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","henry-h-gorringe"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-07-21","Settling in on Mount Desert","The party lands on Mount Desert after midday. Alice and Rose lodge with the Weld family at Bar Harbor, while Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall are put up by Jack Tebbets at Schooner Head, about three and a half miles off.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","john-tebbets"],"Mount Desert Island"],["1880-07-22","Two rides into Bar Harbor","From his base at Schooner Head, Roosevelt rides over to Bar Harbor twice, and fits in tennis and bowling besides.",[],"Schooner Head"],["1880-07-23","Taking in the Maine coast","Roosevelt plays tennis through the morning and spends the afternoon walking around to the local sights, marveling at the grandeur of the Maine scenery.",[],"Schooner Head"],["1880-07-24","Laid up with cholera morbus","A stomach illness keeps Roosevelt indoors. He writes his sister Corinne to ask after Douglas Robinson and jokes about how awkward it is for a suitor to be sick.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Schooner Head"],["1880-07-25","Up and about again","Recovered enough to get around, Roosevelt is driven by Jack Tebbets over to Otter Creek in the afternoon.",["john-tebbets"],"Schooner Head"],["1880-07-26","Moving in with the Welds","Roosevelt and Dick Saltonstall leave Schooner Head and take rooms with the Weld family in Bar Harbor, under the same roof as Alice and Rose.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-saltonstall"],"Schooner Head"],["1880-07-27","Tennis, woods and rocky shores","Roosevelt plays tennis all morning, then spends the rest of the day with Alice exploring the Bar Harbor woods and the rugged shoreline.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-07-28","A buggy ride and a party","Roosevelt takes Alice for an afternoon spin in a buggy and goes to an enjoyable party that evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-07-29","Alice turns nineteen","On Alice's 19th birthday, Roosevelt marvels in his diary at his luck in winning her, promising to repay her love with lifelong care and tenderness.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-07-30","Sick, and nursed by Alice","Roosevelt falls ill again. His 'Big Six' friends rally around him, and Alice gives up her own fun to look after him, which leaves him more devoted to her than ever.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","john-tebbets","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","minot-weld","sammy","chip"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-07-31","Alice wins the ladies' tennis prize","Roosevelt is on the mend, and Alice carries off first prize in the women's tennis tournament.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-01","Sunday sermon at Bar Harbor","Roosevelt attends church and hears what he judges an excellent sermon.",[],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-02","Evenings in the Welds' kitchen","Roosevelt praises the Welds' kindness. When rough weather keeps them off the rocks at night, he and Alice slip away to the kitchen to be alone.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-03","Climbing Newport Mountain","Roosevelt hikes up Newport Mountain in the morning.",[],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-04","Rain, Alice and a dance","Wet weather does not stop Roosevelt from spending most of the day beside Alice, and there is a dance in the evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-05","Dinner at Schooner Head","Roosevelt drives Alice over to Schooner Head for dinner.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-06","Leaving Maine for Chestnut Hill","The Mount Desert party breaks up. Roosevelt and Alice travel with Shaw, Chapin and the Saltonstalls and reach Chestnut Hill late at night. It is also Edith Carow's 19th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","shaw","henry-bainbridge-chapin","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","rose-saltonstall","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Bar Harbor"],["1880-08-07","Glad to be among the Lees","Back at Chestnut Hill, Roosevelt says how fond he is of the whole Lee family and spends the entire day with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-08-08","Alice takes the reins","Alice drives Roosevelt out for a carriage ride, and he records how happy he is.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-08-09","Dreading six weeks apart","Roosevelt stays close to Alice, already miserable at the thought of the six-week separation that begins in two days.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-08-10","Reading Hawthorne and Thackeray aloud","Roosevelt spends another full day with Alice, reading to her from Hawthorne and Thackeray. Both love poetry, especially Longfellow and parts of Shelley and Swinburne.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-08-11","Farewell to Alice, night train south","After a last happy day together, Roosevelt says goodbye to Alice for what he expects will be six or seven weeks and boards the overnight train to New York.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-08-12","Shopping, then out to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt spends the day shopping in New York and goes out to Oyster Bay that evening, finding his mother there along with Aunt Susie, Uncle Hill and two members of the Locke family.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","susan-elliott-west","uncle-hill"],"New York City"],["1880-08-13","Tennis and canoeing","Roosevelt plays tennis with Frank and goes out paddling in his cousin Emlen's canoe.",["frank","emlen-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-08-14","Packing for the West","Roosevelt gets his gear ready for a western hunting trip, and also walks in the woods and takes his mother out in the light wagon.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-08-15","Elliott arrives; homesick for Alice","His brother Elliott turns up while the family is at church. Roosevelt confesses he is painfully lonely for Alice and thinks of her constantly.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-08-16","Off to Chicago with Elliott","Roosevelt and Elliott board the overnight train for Chicago to begin a western hunting trip.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-08-17","Rolling west through Ohio","The brothers ride all day across Pennsylvania's forested hills and Ohio's prairies. Roosevelt delights in traveling with Elliott, noting that the two of them keep their tempers and get things done.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-08-18","Sweltering Chicago, and a guide found","In Chicago, a big Freemasons' gathering makes rooms scarce and the heat is fierce. That evening the brothers meet a man named Wilcox and agree to go to his farm until September.",["elliott-roosevelt","wilcox"],"Chicago"],["1880-08-19","First prairie chicken in Illinois","At Wilcox's farm near Huntley, sixty miles out of Chicago, the brothers hunt prairie chickens across the open fields. Elliott misses his bird; Roosevelt drops his. He finds the open-country shooting new and fun, though the farm food is coarse.",["elliott-roosevelt","wilcox"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-20","A four-hour grouse tramp","The brothers spend four hours walking the fields after prairie chickens. Elliott outshoots Roosevelt, four grouse to one.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-21","A day's shooting by wagon","Roosevelt and Elliott set out by wagon, stopping wherever the cover looked good to hunt stubble and pasture for chickens and the sloughs for ducks, snipe and plover. He calls it one of his most pleasant days.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-22","Hymns with the farmhands","Roosevelt admits Elliott is the better shot but says he is getting better. He likes the farm men despite the plain pork-and-potatoes fare, misses Alice terribly, and that night joins everyone in singing hymns. He writes Corinne and Bamie about it.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-23","Elliott's day with the gun","On a full day's wagon hunt, Roosevelt shoots worse than ever while Elliott seems to hit nearly everything he aims at.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-24","A wet dawn with few birds","The brothers head out before sunrise through soaking prairie grass, but birds are scarce and both shoot poorly.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-25","Rained in with a rowdy crew","Rain keeps the brothers indoors. Two farmhands, a Texan and an Irish youth, get roaring drunk and Roosevelt braces for a brawl that never comes. He tells his mother in a letter how shabbily dressed he and Elliott are.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-26","Poor luck, constant thoughts of Alice","A day of shooting yields little. Roosevelt writes that Alice is his first thought on waking and his last at night.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-27","The fields are hunted out","A morning on foot turns up no game at all. Roosevelt decides the area has been shot clean and plans to leave the next day.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-28","Back to comfort at the Sherman House","The brothers return to Chicago and check into the Sherman House, which feels like a palace after the rough farmhouse.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntley"],["1880-08-29","A Methodist service in Chicago","Roosevelt goes to a Methodist church and admires the earnest, if startling, preacher, noting that most of the congregation are men, unlike the usual crowd.",[],"Chicago"],["1880-08-30","Sightseeing while waiting for Wilcox","Stuck in Chicago until Wilcox is ready to head west with them, the brothers take in the city's sights.",["elliott-roosevelt","wilcox"],"Chicago"],["1880-08-31","Turkish bath, theater and a hunting portrait","Still waiting for Wilcox, Roosevelt fills the day with a drive, reading, whist, the theater, a long walk and a Turkish bath. He and Elliott sit for a studio photograph in their hunting clothes, but his longing for Alice keeps growing.",["elliott-roosevelt","wilcox","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-01","Wilcox finally appears","Wilcox at last shows up, and the brothers expect to head west within a couple of days.",["wilcox","elliott-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-02","Impressed by Chicago","Roosevelt writes Bamie that Chicago is a remarkable city, huge and wealthy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-03","Heading west at last","The hunting party sets out from Chicago: Roosevelt, Elliott, an engineer and a former Confederate soldier.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-04","Out on the Iowa prairie","Arriving at Carroll, Iowa, before dawn, the party heads straight out by wagon over the open, unfenced prairie and does not return until 9 p.m. Birds are plentiful and Roosevelt shoots his best yet, despite colic and asthma.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-05","Twenty-five miles south over treeless hills","After breakfast the party drives about 25 miles south through low, bare, thinly settled hills and spends the night at a rough farmhouse. Birds are few and skittish, but Roosevelt shoots as well as Elliott or better.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-06","A lame horse and a near upset","The party works back over the prairie, the dogs mixed in quality. They return after dark with a horse lame and the wagon nearly overturned in a mudhole. Roosevelt loves the cross-country driving and outshoots Elliott.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-07","Snakebite by a bayou","Driving toward Wall Lake, Roosevelt shoots chickens in tall grass, then wades hip-deep in mud to retrieve snipe and is bitten by a snake as he climbs out. The night is spent at a tidy little farmhouse.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-08","Sunrise and pelicans on Wall Lake","Roosevelt hunts yellowlegs along the lakeshore at dawn and admires the sunrise, a big flock of pelicans and thousands of yellow-headed blackbirds. He shoots badly later, while Elliott excels. Asthma bothers him, yet he can walk all day.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-09","His last gun breaks","In crisp fall weather the party bags some two dozen chickens before dinner. Paddling the lake with Elliott in an old flat-bottom boat, Roosevelt's second gun breaks, leaving him without one.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-10","Thrown from the wagon","On the drive back to Carroll the wagon nearly overturns on a large rock, pitching Roosevelt and the driver out headfirst, though neither is badly hurt. He catches the overnight train to Chicago.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Carroll"],["1880-09-11","Safely in Chicago","Roosevelt arrives back in Chicago without mishap.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-12","Communion and family letters","Roosevelt takes communion at a Methodist church. He reflects that the trip has helped his health but cannot make up for being away from Alice. He writes Corinne, poking fun at Elliott's eating and drinking, and tells his mother the sport has been decent.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-13","New guns, and parting ways","Roosevelt and Elliott buy new guns, split from their two companions, whom they dislike, and take the night train toward St. Paul. Their goal is a reunion in Moorhead, Minnesota, with their cousin Jack Elliott.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-14","To Moorhead with a bobtailed pointer","Armed with two new guns and an old short-tailed pointer, the brothers leave St. Paul in the evening for Moorhead, on the Dakota line, to see Jack Elliott.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"St. Paul"],["1880-09-15","Sharp-tailed grouse and cousin Jack","At Moorhead the brothers drive out to vast stubble fields and hunt a new kind of grouse until the old pointer tangles with a skunk. Back at their poor hotel they find cousin Jack Elliott and talk late into the night.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-16","A day with Jack","Roosevelt spends the day with Jack Elliott, whom he has not seen in almost two years, and says he feels strong and healthy.",["john-elliott"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-17","First jackrabbits","A serious old German drives the brothers north past the Buffalo River to hunt grouse and ducks. Roosevelt sees jackrabbits for the first time, and they ride five miles by full moon to a settler's house for the night.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-18","Best day's sport, despite asthma","The brothers find countless grouse, but Roosevelt, up much of the night with asthma and plagued by colic and rain, shoots badly while Elliott excels. He longs to get back to Alice.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-19","Lost on the prairie in the rain","In cold, lashing rain the party drives more than thirty miles, loses its way more than once, and ends at a Norwegian settler's home. When the sky clears near sunset they bag ducks and grouse.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-20","Sleeping under a buffalo robe","Roosevelt beds down on a settler's floor beneath a buffalo robe while a gale howls outside, then hunts ducks in the cornfields and chickens across the fields all day in wind and rain. He says he feels in superb health.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-21","Camping on the Buffalo River","On a cold, clear day the brothers cross country by wagon, nearly bog down in a slough, shoot grouse and ducks, and drop two geese from a passing flock while hiding behind wheat sheaves. They camp in the timber by the Buffalo River and dine on roast duck and chicken by a big fire.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Buffalo River"],["1880-09-22","No tent, no frying pan","Another day of hunting stubble fields for chickens and sharp-tailed grouse, with both brothers shooting well. They again sleep on the ground by the river, with no tent or proper outfit, not even a frying pan.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Buffalo River"],["1880-09-23","Head over heels in a mudhole","Roosevelt has great fun wading after ducks in a big slough until he tumbles headfirst into a mudhole, gun and all. That evening the brothers are back in Moorhead with Jack Elliott. He calls it his best hunt ever, though he aches to see Alice.",["elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Buffalo River"],["1880-09-24","Tallying the bag: 404 head","Roosevelt spends the day with Jack Elliott and totals the trip's game in his diary: 203 for himself and 201 for Elliott, 404 in all, mostly grouse, with ducks, plover, yellowlegs and much else.",["john-elliott","elliott-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-25","Homeward bound","The brothers leave Moorhead for St. Paul. Roosevelt has loved the trip, but is gladder still that it is over and Alice is near.",["elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Moorhead"],["1880-09-26","Back through Chicago","Roosevelt arrives in Chicago on the way east.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-27","Leaving Chicago on Corinne's birthday","Roosevelt departs Chicago heading east. At home, his sister Corinne turns 19.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Chicago"],["1880-09-28","A stop at Niagara Falls","Roosevelt breaks his journey east with a stop at Niagara Falls.",[],"Niagara Falls"],["1880-09-29","Racing to Alice","Roosevelt reaches New York, collects a suitcase Bamie packed for him at the family home on West 57th Street, and hurries on to Chestnut Hill that evening to be reunited with Alice.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-09-30","Happiness almost too great","Reunited with Alice, Roosevelt writes that she is unchanged yet somehow even more charming, and that he cannot bear to have her out of his sight.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-10-01","A day with his fiancée","Roosevelt spends the whole day at Chestnut Hill with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-10-02","Living in a dream","Roosevelt says his days with Alice feel like a dream of happiness.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-10-03","Last parting before the wedding","Roosevelt reluctantly returns to New York in the evening, comforted that this is the final separation: the wedding is just over three weeks away.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-10-04","Wedding errands and law school","Staying with Aunt Annie and Uncle Jimmie Gracie in their snug New York house, Roosevelt busies himself with wedding gifts and preparations. He also enrolls at Columbia Law School.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Columbia Law School"],["1880-10-05","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-06","First day at Columbia Law","Roosevelt begins classes at Columbia Law School, where he will spend about six hours a day. He plans Alice's gifts, a diamond crescent, ruby bracelet and sapphire ring worth about $2,500, and vows to be thriftier once married. His wedding gifts alone ultimately cost $3,889.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Columbia Law School"],["1880-10-07","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing further.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-08","Wedding talk at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt goes out to Oyster Bay and is glad to find Elliott, Corinne, Bamie and his mother at home. There is much to discuss about the wedding.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-10-09","Beating Elliott and Fred Weeks at tennis","Roosevelt spends the day outdoors, defeating both Elliott and Fred Weeks at tennis. Cousins Emlen and Alfred, with Griswold, arrive to spend Sunday.",["elliott-roosevelt","fred-weeks","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt","griswold"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-10","Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-11","Cousins shower Alice with gifts","Back in New York, Roosevelt says he enjoys law school so far. His cousins have been generous with wedding presents for Alice, including a pearl ring from Emlen and a bracelet from West.",["emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-12","Between New York and Boston","The record places Roosevelt in New York City and Boston but gives no details.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-13","Dinner at Edith Carow's","Two weeks before the wedding, Roosevelt dines at the home of his childhood friend Edith Carow, joined by Fanny Smith and Grace Potter, all of whom will attend. Fanny finds him wild with excitement.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith","grace-howard-potter","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-10-14","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-15","Out to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels from New York out to Oyster Bay.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-16","Woods and tennis with the Weeks boys","Roosevelt walks in the woods and plays tennis with Johnny and Freddy Weeks.",["johnny-weeks","fred-weeks"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-17","Last bachelor Sunday at Oyster Bay","Knowing his next visit to Oyster Bay will be with his bride, Roosevelt prays he can make Alice happy and resolves to be as unselfish and cheerful as she is.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-18","Naming the wedding party","Roosevelt heads into New York to wrap up business before leaving for Boston on Friday. He records the wedding party: Corinne, Rosy Lee, Rose Saltonstall and Fanny Peabody as bridesmaids, and ten ushers including cousins Emlen and West Roosevelt.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall","fanny-peabody","emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","frank-lee","tom-lee","endicott-peabody","frank-peabody","john-tebbets","minot-weld","walter-trimble"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-19","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-20","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record is otherwise silent.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-21","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-22","Overnight train to Boston","Roosevelt takes the night train to Boston for his wedding.",[],"New York City"],["1880-10-23","To Chestnut Hill, then Kernwood","Roosevelt hurries out to Chestnut Hill in the morning to embrace Alice, who has received some 250 wedding presents. In the afternoon he goes with his friend Cottie Peabody to the Peabody estate, Kernwood, in Salem, and admires both the place and the bright, well-read family.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","endicott-peabody"],"Boston"],["1880-10-24","Church in Salem and tea with Fanny Peabody","Roosevelt and Cottie walk into Salem for church, then he calls on old 'Grandma Lee.' They take tea at Fanny Peabody's, and he meets Frank Peabody's fiancée, Rosamund Laurence, whom he finds handsome and cultivated.",["endicott-peabody","grandma-lee","fanny-peabody","rosamund-laurence","frank-peabody"],"Kernwood"],["1880-10-25","Final arrangements, and some tree-felling","Roosevelt settles the last wedding details and in the evening cuts down trees and fools around with Cottie Peabody. Elliott checks in at Boston's Brunswick Hotel, bringing Fanny Smith, Grace Potter and Edith Carow.",["endicott-peabody","elliott-roosevelt","grace-howard-potter","frances-theodora-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Kernwood"],["1880-10-26","Eve of the wedding","Roosevelt comes into Boston, lunches with both families at the Lees', and dines and sleeps at the Brunswick. Elliott will be his best man. At dinner he tips Fanny Smith's chair so far back she fears a backward somersault.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith"],"Salem"],["1880-10-27","Roosevelt marries Alice Lee","On his 22nd birthday, Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee at noon in Brookline's Unitarian church, with Elliott as best man. After a reception at the Lee home, where Edith Carow dances the evening away, the couple leave around 4 p.m. for a suite in Springfield.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-smith"],"Boston"],["1880-10-28","Honeymoon begins at Oyster Bay","The newlyweds travel from Springfield through New York to Oyster Bay for a two-week stay, with the house to themselves apart from two servants and a groom.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Springfield"],["1880-10-29","Alice rests","Alice spends the day recovering from the trip.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-30","Honeymoon routine","Roosevelt's horse is in fine shape for lovely drives, the tennis court is marked out and his rowboat is afloat. The couple breakfast at ten, dine at two and take tea at seven.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-10-31","Bible, autumn walks and Dickens","Instead of church, Roosevelt reads the Bible aloud, and the couple walk among hills turned red and gold. While Alice sews he reads to her from Quentin Durward, The Pickwick Papers and The Newcomes. He writes his mother that the honeymoon at Tranquility is a joy.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Tranquility"],["1880-11-01","Portrait of a honeymoon","Roosevelt sketches honeymoon life at Oyster Bay: wood fires, the servants Mary Ann and Kate, the coachman Davis, a collie named Dare, a calf and a gloomy cat. He adores Alice at the tea table in her pink and gray dress, and their days run to drives, walks, tennis, reading aloud and cards.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","mary-ann","kate","davis"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-02","First presidential vote: Garfield","Roosevelt drives to Norwich to cast his first-ever vote for president, choosing Republican James A. Garfield. Garfield wins the White House over Winfield Scott Hancock, with Chester A. Arthur as vice president.",["james-a-garfield","winfield-scott-hancock","chester-a-arthur"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-03","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt and Alice are at Oyster Bay; nothing else is recorded.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-04","Living in dreamland","Roosevelt writes that he and Alice are almost never apart and he wishes the honeymoon could go on forever.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-05","A healthy, happy day","Roosevelt notes another wholesome, contented day at Oyster Bay.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-06","Politics and poetry indoors","Rain keeps the couple inside. Roosevelt loves talking with Alice about everything from politics to poetry and reading to her from history, novels or the daily paper, their only link to the wider world.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-07","A walker who climbs fences","Roosevelt reads the Bible aloud, then takes a long autumn walk with Alice, who strides well and climbs fences nearly as easily as he does. His hunter keeps them in woodcock and partridge. Elsewhere, James Roosevelt and Sara Delano marry and sail for Europe on the Germanic, the ship carrying Elliott toward India.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","james-roosevelt","sara-delano-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-08","Drive to the brush plains past Syosset","The couple take a long carriage ride out past Syosset onto the brush plains, returning through the Cold Spring valley, Laurel Hollow and Oak Openings, then play lawn tennis.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-09","Rowing Alice around Centre Island","On a fine Indian summer day Roosevelt plays tennis and reads Manzoni's The Betrothed aloud on the piazza, then rows Alice around Centre Island and watches the sun set over the water.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-10","Happiest honeymoon ever","The couple drive toward Locust Valley and Glen Cove. Roosevelt doubts any honeymoon has been happier.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-11","Rain, then a drive","Rain keeps them in all morning, but they go driving after lunch.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-12","Last day of the honeymoon","On a cross-country walk toward Syosset, Alice stops to pet every animal but flees bulls and turkey cocks, while the collie trots along. Roosevelt is sorry to see the honeymoon end but eager for the life ahead.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-13","Home to West 57th Street","The couple leave Oyster Bay and drive into New York to an enthusiastic welcome, settling at the family home at 6 West 57th Street with his mother, Bamie and Corinne. Elliott is away in the East.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1880-11-14","Sunday lunch and the Newsboys' Home","Roosevelt notes that Alice plans to join the Presbyterian church. After services he hosts the family's customary Sunday lunch, and in the evening he goes to the Newsboys' Home. He and Alice will spend the winter living with his mother.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-15","The park and the opera","Roosevelt shows off his smart cart on an afternoon drive with Alice through the park. That night they go to the opera in Hilborne Roosevelt's box.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","hilborne-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-11-16","Alice receives callers","Alice holds her afternoon at-home for visitors.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-17","A law student's daily round","Roosevelt describes his routine: walk downtown to Columbia Law School on Great Jones Street at 8:30 to study under Professor Theodore Dwight, read Blackstone, research his naval history of the War of 1812 at the Astor Library, then hurry uptown so he and Alice can go driving.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","theodore-w-dwight"],"Columbia Law School"],["1880-11-18","St. Andrew's Society and Whitelaw Reid","Roosevelt attends a lively gathering of the St. Andrew's Society and has a long conversation with newspaper editor Whitelaw Reid.",["whitelaw-reid"],"New York City"],["1880-11-19","Riverside drive and the opera","Roosevelt drives Alice up through Riverside Park and takes her to the opera that night.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1880-11-20","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no entry survives for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1880-11-21","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more.",[],"New York City"],["1880-11-22","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-11-23","Evenings full of visitors","Roosevelt notes that even on nights at home, callers pour in, though he and Alice still find quiet time together. He drives her out every afternoon he can, or his mother or a sister when Alice cannot go.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-24","Sleigh ride in the snow","After a heavy snowfall Roosevelt takes Alice on a sleigh ride. He finds his law studies absorbing.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-11-25","Thanksgiving dinner for 100 newsboys","Roosevelt and his cousin Emlen host a big Thanksgiving dinner for about a hundred newsboys. That evening the family gathers for its own feast.",["emlen-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1880-11-26","Dinner at Aunt Annie's","Aunt Annie Gracie gives a dinner for the newlyweds. Roosevelt is seated next to Annie Murray and meets a bright young man named Archie Alexander.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","annie-murray","archie-alexander"],"New York City"],["1880-11-27","The Lees come to New York","Alice's parents and her sister Kitty arrive in New York, to Roosevelt's delight, and dine with the family.",["george-lee","caroline-haskell-lee","kitty-lee"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-28","Alice decides to join the church","The Lees and others come for tea. Roosevelt records that Alice has made up her mind to join the church, and he speaks to the newsboys as he does every Sunday.",["george-lee","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-29","A Russian diplomat to dinner","Villamof, a member of the Russian legation whom Roosevelt finds very clever, dines with the family. Roosevelt also takes Kitty Lee for a drive.",["villamof","kitty-lee"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-11-30","Buying land at Cove Neck","Roosevelt buys the first of three Cove Neck parcels near Oyster Bay from Thomas Youngs; together they total 155 acres. When his mother reads Elliott's letters from India aloud, he paces restlessly, longing for the wilds and a rifle.",["thomas-youngs","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","john","nannie"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-12-01","A drive and the theater with the Lees","Roosevelt takes Alice on a long drive and goes to the theater with the Lees that evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","george-lee"],"New York City"],["1880-12-02","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-03","Seated beside Mrs. Astor","While Corinne, Alice and Edith Carow make a trip to Morristown, New Jersey, Roosevelt goes to a large dinner party, sitting between Mrs. Newbold and Mrs. Astor and chatting with Mrs. Cutting and Mrs. Potter. He takes a liking to Astor and Cutting.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mrs-newbold","caroline-schermerhorn-astor","mrs-cutting","mrs-potter"],"New York City"],["1880-12-04","Driving Mother; enjoying law","Roosevelt drives his mother through Riverside Park and notes how much he likes his law studies.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1880-12-05","A Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no entry survives.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-06","Alice and the city's rush","Alice grumbles that New York keeps her forever hurrying and running after things, such as the horsecars.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-12-07","A dull dinner at the Millers","Roosevelt attends what he considers a rather boring dinner at the Millers', seated by a Miss Duncan.",["miss-duncan"],"New York City"],["1880-12-08","Grand ball for Alice and Corinne","The Roosevelts throw a great ball at home for Alice and for Corinne's debut, drawing some 500 guests including Mrs. William Astor and the Vanderbilts, Dodges, Harrimans and Iselins.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","caroline-schermerhorn-astor"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-12-09","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record is silent.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-10","Preparing for Alice's church membership","Roosevelt attends the preparatory service held before Alice joins the church.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-12-11","A reception, and pride in Alice","At a grand reception at home Roosevelt enjoys roaming and chatting freely. He confesses he is not much for society, though he likes some married women such as Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Cutting and Mrs. Newbold, and is proud that everyone admires Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","caroline-schermerhorn-astor","mrs-cutting","mrs-newbold"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-12-12","Alice joins the church","Roosevelt describes a perfect Sunday: late breakfast, church, dinner, an afternoon with Alice, tea with West, Hilborne, Uncle Jimmie and Aunt Annie, then the newsboys. Alice formally joins the church, and he feels they are now united in all things.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","hilborne-roosevelt","james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-12-13","Dinner at the Iselins","Roosevelt goes to a cheerful small dinner at the Iselins'.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-14","Mendelssohn concert","Roosevelt attends a Mendelssohn concert and thinks it excellent.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-15","Riverside drives along the Hudson","With his horse in high spirits and lovely weather, Roosevelt relishes driving Alice up Riverside Park beside the Hudson, or his mother when Alice cannot come, and marvels at his luck in their home life.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1880-12-16","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-17","Two afternoon teas","Roosevelt makes the rounds of big afternoon receptions at the Iselins' and the Morans'. He likes these teas because he never lingers with any one girl long enough to run out of talk.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-18","Founding a whist club","At Alice's suggestion Roosevelt hosts a whist club of young men including Douglas Robinson, Ike Iselin, Bob Sedgwick and his cousins West and Emlen. He likes them all, especially Doug, who may join the family.",["douglas-robinson","harry-haddon","archibald-d-russell","isaac-iselin","bob-sedgwick","gaspar-griswold","willys-betts","west-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1880-12-19","A Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no entry is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-20","Waltzing at the Patriarchs' Ball","At the Patriarchs' Ball, Corinne is a belle and Alice is much sought after. Roosevelt enjoys some splendid waltzes, partnering Lucy Tuckerman, Emily Post and Miss Livingston.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","lucy-tuckerman","emily-post","miss-livingston"],"New York City"],["1880-12-21","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing further.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-22","Winter drives by the Palisades","When the streets are icy Roosevelt swaps the cart for the buggy. He loves driving Alice up Riverside Park, with the snow-covered Palisades set against gray skies above the ice-choked Hudson.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1880-12-23","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1880-12-24","Christmas trip to Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt and Alice travel to Chestnut Hill to spend Christmas with the Lees, happy to see everyone again.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1880-12-25","Christmas with the Lees","Roosevelt watches the young Lees open their presents, goes sledding, and joins the whole Saltonstall family at Christmas dinner.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-26","Church and sledding","Roosevelt attends the little Chestnut Hill church in the morning and goes coasting after lunch.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-27","Crashing a sled into a tree","Roosevelt's sledding ends with a smash into a tree. In the afternoon he takes Rosy Lee for a long sleigh ride in excellent conditions.",["rose-lee"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-28","Measles drive them next door","Returning from errands in Boston, Roosevelt and Alice learn that Rosy has the measles and move at once to the Saltonstalls, who welcome them warmly.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-29","Worried about the measles","Roosevelt laments the measles outbreak, feels for Mrs. Lee, half fears going home, and praises the Saltonstalls' kindness.",["rose-lee","caroline-haskell-lee"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-30","At Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1880-12-31","Closing his happiest year","Roosevelt and Alice decide to head home the next day. He calls 1880 by far his happiest year because he won Alice, and closes his diary with a month-by-month cash account and notes on his shooting tallies.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-01-01","Back to New York","Roosevelt and Alice return to New York from Chestnut Hill.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-01-02","Sunday routine resumes","Roosevelt goes to the Newsboys' Home in the evening as he does each Sunday, after his cousin West and others come to tea. He and Alice likely spend the day paying calls on their return.",["west-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-01-03","A thirty-mile sleigh ride","On the holiday Roosevelt takes Alice on a 30-mile sleigh ride in splendid snow. They dine with Hill and Frank and go to the theater.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","hill","frank"],"New York City"],["1881-01-04","Back to the law books","Roosevelt resumes classes at law school, walking both ways as always. He takes his mother sleighing and plays whist at the Robinsons'.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Columbia Law School"],["1881-01-05","Mrs. King's ball at Delmonico's","After a long sleigh ride with Alice, Roosevelt dines at James Roosevelt's and then attends Mrs. King's ball at Delmonico's.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","james-roosevelt","mrs-king"],"Delmonico's"],["1881-01-06","Starting a free trade club","Roosevelt dines at the Astors' and works with college friends to organize a free trade club. Every minute of his time is spoken for.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-07","The Rathbone sisters arrive","Two Rathbone sisters come to stay, and there is a pleasant small party at Aunt Annie Gracie's.",["alice-rathbone","grace-rathbone","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1881-01-08","Sleighing with Alice Rathbone","Roosevelt takes Alice Rathbone out in the sleigh.",["alice-rathbone"],"New York City"],["1881-01-09","A Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no entry survives for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-10","Sleigh ride and a dinner at home","Roosevelt takes his mother sleighing. At a dinner at home he sits between Grace Rathbone and Lucy Tuckerman.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","grace-rathbone","lucy-tuckerman"],"New York City"],["1881-01-11","Fanny Smith and dinner at the Delanos'","Roosevelt takes his friend Fanny Smith sleighing, then dines at the Delanos', seated between Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Drayton.",["frances-theodora-smith","caroline-schermerhorn-astor","mrs-drayton"],"New York City"],["1881-01-12","Sleighing past Harlem","In superb sleighing weather Roosevelt drives Alice out beyond Harlem. The evening brings a lively theater party and supper at the Tuckermans'.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Harlem"],["1881-01-13","Ball at the Astors'","Roosevelt attends a grand ball given by the Astors.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-14","A private car to Niagara","Roosevelt, Alice, Corinne and Bamie set out in a party of fifteen young people, riding a special railroad car bound for Niagara Falls, a jaunt he calls tremendous fun.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","emlen-roosevelt","robinson","betts","beekman","whitmore","colgate","weir","turnbull"],"New York City"],["1881-01-15","A frolic at Niagara Falls","The party views the falls, rapids and whirlpool, takes long sleigh rides, and finishes with a dance. Roosevelt says they took the hotel by storm.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Niagara Falls"],["1881-01-16","Under the falls, then home","The group goes to church by sleigh and ventures beneath the falls, a grand sight. Riding the night train back to New York, they swap ghost stories and songs.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Niagara Falls"],["1881-01-17","Patriarchs' Ball","Roosevelt attends the Patriarchs' Ball.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-18","Cousin John visits on Bamie's birthday","Cousin John Elliott comes to stay, and Roosevelt takes Flora Grant out in the sleigh. It is Bamie's 26th birthday.",["john-elliott","flora-grant","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1881-01-19","Checking on the newsboys' night school","Roosevelt takes his mother sleighing and goes downtown to look in on the newsboys' night school.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-01-20","Sleighing with Alice","Roosevelt takes Alice out in the sleigh.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-01-21","A win in moot court","Roosevelt argues a case in the law school's moot court and prevails.",[],"Columbia Law School"],["1881-01-22","Sleighing with Harriet Lawrence","Roosevelt takes Harriet Lawrence for a sleigh ride.",["harriet-lawrence"],"New York City"],["1881-01-23","A Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-24","Dinner for Lowell and friends","The Roosevelts give a dinner at home for Lowell, a Miss G. and Miss Lawrence.",["lowell","miss-lawrence"],"New York City"],["1881-01-25","Dinner at Rosy Roosevelt's","Roosevelt enjoys a cheerful dinner at Rosy Roosevelt's.",["james-roosevelt-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-01-26","Daily sleigh rides with Alice","Roosevelt says the sleighing is the best he has ever seen and he takes Alice out every day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-01-27","A sleigh outing and a party at home","Roosevelt takes a Miss Peabody out in his sleigh, and the family hosts a party that evening.",["rosamima-peabody"],"New York City"],["1881-01-28","Dinner at the Morans","Roosevelt dines with the Moran family.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-29","Juggling at Hilborne's","Roosevelt goes to an evening party at Hilborne Roosevelt's featuring a juggler.",["hilborne-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-01-30","Sunday tea","The family's Sunday tea draws its usual crowd of callers.",[],"New York City"],["1881-01-31","Sleighing and an evening club","Roosevelt takes Fanny Peabody sleighing and spends the evening with a group he calls the F.C.D.C. His days run to a three-mile walk to law school under Theodore Dwight, lectures and library study, the walk home, a sleigh ride and a social evening.",["fanny-peabody","theodore-w-dwight"],"Columbia Law School"],["1881-02-01","Dinner at the Keans' and a coffeehouse","Roosevelt dines at the Keans' and goes downtown with John Fernan to look over a coffeehouse.",["john-fernan"],"New York City"],["1881-02-02","Rosy and Rose come to visit","Alice's sister Rosy and Rose Saltonstall arrive to stay.",["rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"New York City"],["1881-02-03","Sleigh ride and a theater party","Roosevelt takes Rosy sleighing and goes to a theater party in the evening.",["rose-lee"],"New York City"],["1881-02-04","Sleighing with Rose Saltonstall","Roosevelt takes Rose Saltonstall out in the sleigh and attends a dinner that night.",["rose-saltonstall"],"New York City"],["1881-02-05","Mother, then a small party","Roosevelt takes his mother for a sleigh ride and goes to a small party in the evening.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-02-06","Corinne says yes to Douglas Robinson","After much wavering and distress, Corinne agrees to marry Douglas Robinson, a wealthy young man whose family fortune is in real estate. Roosevelt is delighted and calls Douglas a splendid fellow.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-02-07","Aunt Annie's sleigh ride","Roosevelt takes Aunt Annie Gracie sleighing and dines at the Leavitts'.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1881-02-08","Dinner at Aunt Laura's","Roosevelt dines at Aunt Laura's.",["aunt-laura"],"New York City"],["1881-02-09","A spree at the Robinsons'","Roosevelt takes Rosy sleighing and joins a rollicking party at the Robinsons'.",["rose-lee"],"New York City"],["1881-02-10","Tea at Julian Weir's","Roosevelt enjoys a tea at Julian Weir's and a dinner at the Griswolds', and finds both great fun.",["julian-weir"],"New York City"],["1881-02-11","Communion lecture at Dr. Hall's","Roosevelt attends a preparatory communion lecture given by Dr. Hall and goes sleighing with his mother.",["dr-hall","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-02-12","Dinner at the Weekes'","Roosevelt dines with the Weekes family.",[],"New York City"],["1881-02-13","An unreadable entry","Roosevelt is in New York City; his diary entry for the day is a single unclear mark.",[],"New York City"],["1881-02-14","First step into Republican politics","After a drive with Rose Saltonstall, Roosevelt goes to a political meeting before the Patriarchs' Ball. It is the first mention of the 21st District Republican Association, run by boss Jake Hess from Morton Hall on 59th Street; Roosevelt probably joined the previous fall.",["rose-saltonstall","jacob-hess"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-02-15","A Mendelssohn concert; Edith's congratulations","Roosevelt attends a Mendelssohn concert. Edith Carow writes Corinne to share her joy at the engagement and hopes to like Douglas Robinson.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-02-16","Tea and a party","Roosevelt goes to a tea at Percy King's and a small party at Aunt Annie Gracie's.",["percy-king","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1881-02-17","A Republican primary at Morton Hall","Roosevelt attends a primary of the Republican Association at Morton Hall, drives Alice in the buggy now that the snow has melted, and sees Rosy and Rose off to Chestnut Hill.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee","rose-saltonstall"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-02-18","A musicale at the Betts'","Roosevelt attends a musical evening at the Betts' home and takes Corinne for a drive.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-02-19","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no entry survives.",[],"New York City"],["1881-02-20","A Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-02-21","A 'Niagara Party' reunion","The Niagara travelers reunite for a party at the Betts', with tableaux, waxworks and lively dances from the Virginia reel to the Highland schottische. Alice's piano playing is loud enough that cousin Emlen's family hears it through the wall next door.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"4 West 57th Street"],["1881-02-22","Chaperoning an overnight party","Alice, with Roosevelt in tow, chaperones a small group of young people on an overnight visit to the Keans' country place.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-02-23","Back in town","Roosevelt returns to New York and takes Missy Robinson for a drive.",["missy-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-02-24","Political club, then the Bachelors' Ball","Roosevelt stops at the Primary Political Club at Morton Hall, then goes on to the very stylish Bachelors' Ball.",[],"Morton Hall"],["1881-02-25","A long drive and dinner guests","Roosevelt takes Alice on a long drive; Mr. and Mrs. Meusing come to dinner.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","mr-meusing","mrs-meusing"],"New York City"],["1881-02-26","Dinner at the Stuyvesant Fishes'","Roosevelt drives his mother and dines with the Stuyvesant Fish family.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","stuyvesant-fish"],"New York City"],["1881-02-27","Sunday with the newsboys","Roosevelt spends Sunday evening with the newsboys, as is his custom.",[],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-02-28","Elliott turns 21 in India","Roosevelt spends the evening with the F.C.D.C. Far away in India, Elliott turns 21. Around this time Roosevelt writes 'Sou' Sou' Southerly,' a story about how he and Elliott nearly drowned in a boat; it was never published.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-03-01","Law books by day, a party by night","Roosevelt spends an evening at a party given by the Johnsons and notes in his diary that his legal studies have been demanding.",["the-johnsons"],"New York City"],["1881-03-02","A long carriage ride with Alice","Roosevelt takes his wife Alice out for a lengthy drive around the city.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-03-03","Dinner guests, then a Republican primary","The Thayer family dines with the Roosevelts, and afterward Roosevelt heads to Morton Hall for a Republican primary meeting.",["the-thayers"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-03-04","A night at the theater as Garfield takes office","Roosevelt joins John and Nannie Roosevelt and Walter Suydam for an evening at the theater. In Washington, James A. Garfield becomes the twentieth President.",["john-roosevelt","nannie-roosevelt","walter-suydam","james-a-garfield"],"New York City"],["1881-03-05","A quiet Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no particular activities are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-06","Sunday at home in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-07","Spring arrives for a cart ride","With the first real taste of spring in the air, Roosevelt takes his wife Alice out in the cart.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-03-08","A blank Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-09","Along the Hudson by Riverside Park","Roosevelt drives his wife Alice up through Riverside Park, a ride he remembers as a lovely one.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1881-03-10","A small dinner","Roosevelt's diary notes a modest dinner gathering.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-11","Politics and opera in one evening","Roosevelt fits both a Republican primary meeting and a night at the opera into a single evening.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-12","Saturday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day has no recorded details.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-13","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing further is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-14","Speaking up on the city charter","After dinner at the Free Trade Club, Roosevelt gives a talk to the Republican Association about the proposed new city charter.",[],"Free Trade Club"],["1881-03-15","A long drive with Corinne","Roosevelt takes his younger sister Corinne for a long drive.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-03-16","Up Riverside Park again with Alice","Roosevelt and his wife Alice take another extended drive through Riverside Park.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1881-03-17","Blessing Corinne's engagement","Roosevelt visits the Newsboys' lodging house and then a reception at the Tuckermans'. He also writes his sister Corinne to give his warm approval of her coming marriage to Douglas Robinson.",["the-tuckermans","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-03-18","Two new trusteeships","Roosevelt is chosen as a trustee of both the Orthopaedic Dispensary and the New York Infant Asylum, an honor he notes comes with real work attached.",[],"New York Orthopedic Hospital and Dispensary"],["1881-03-19","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-20","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day passes without recorded detail.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-21","Back to the law after some loafing","Roosevelt drives Alice, vows to buckle down on his law studies after a lazy stretch, and spends the evening dining with Hilly before joining him in his opera box.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","hilly"],"New York City"],["1881-03-22","Driving Fanny Smith on Alice's at-home day","Because his wife Alice keeps Tuesdays for receiving callers, Roosevelt takes family friend Fanny Smith out for a drive instead.",["frances-theodora-smith","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-03-23","Six miles on foot each day","Roosevelt drives his sister Bamie through the park and notes that his daily walks to and from downtown, about six miles, plus park drives, make up all his exercise.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1881-03-24","Law school and stalled writing projects","Roosevelt reports a daily drive with Alice, hard work at law school, and a couple of literary projects that are not going well.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-03-25","Lunch with Lord and Lady George Campbell","Roosevelt lunches at the Kennedys' to meet Lord and Lady George Campbell. That evening Uncle Jimmie arrives.",["the-kennedys","lord-george-campbell","lady-george-campbell","james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1881-03-26","Saturday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no specific events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-27","Church, the newsboys, and family tea","Roosevelt and his wife Alice attend Dr. Hall's church in the morning, he spends the evening with the newsboys, and the extended family gathers for the usual Sunday tea.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","dr-hall"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-03-28","Alice leaves for Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt's wife Alice departs for two weeks at Chestnut Hill with her family, and he admits he misses her badly. He takes Uncle Jimmie out driving.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1881-03-29","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-03-30","Hitting the law books, Tod and Bigelow to dinner","Roosevelt reports intense study at law school, and friends Tod and Bigelow join him for dinner.",["tod","bigelow"],"New York City"],["1881-03-31","Thursday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-01","A drive with Edith Carow","Roosevelt takes his childhood friend Edith Carow out for a drive.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-04-02","The best dinner party of the winter","At a dinner party Roosevelt is seated between Maria Potter and Christine Kean and later chats with Lulu McAllister; he rates it the most enjoyable such evening of the season.",["maria-potter","christine-kean","lulu-mcallister"],"New York City"],["1881-04-03","A struck-out diary line","Roosevelt is in New York City. His only diary entry, apparently about a dinner party, was crossed out in the original.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-04","Out driving with Bamie","Roosevelt gives his older sister Bamie a drive.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1881-04-05","Aunt Annie's drive and an evening of whist","Roosevelt drives his Aunt Annie and later hosts a whist party for friends including Beekman, Sedgwick, Iselin, and Colgate.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","beekman","bob-sedgwick","iselin","colgate"],"New York City"],["1881-04-06","A drive with Conie","Roosevelt takes his sister Corinne out for a drive.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1881-04-07","A houseguest and a dogcart ride","George Minot is staying with the Roosevelts. A dinner party fills the evening, and Roosevelt takes Lizzie Moran out in the dogcart.",["george-minot","lizzie-moran"],"New York City"],["1881-04-08","Shouted down over street cleaning","Roosevelt drives his mother, then goes to a rowdy Republican primary at Morton Hall, where he speaks for a street-cleaning bill the party machine opposes. He calls it hopeless, then visits the John Taylor Johnstons.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","john-taylor-johnston"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-04-09","Reunited with Alice at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt travels to Chestnut Hill and is overjoyed to see his wife Alice and the Lee family again.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-04-10","Sunday chapel and tea with the Saltonstalls","Roosevelt worships in the little chapel at Chestnut Hill, has tea with the Saltonstalls, and goes walking with Georgie and Bella.",["the-saltonstalls","georgie","bella"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-04-11","Back to Harvard haunts","Roosevelt goes over to Cambridge, stops at the Porcellian Club, and visits his friend Endicott Peabody, later the headmaster of Groton.",["endicott-peabody"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-04-12","A lazy day with the children","At Chestnut Hill Roosevelt plays with the children and takes it easy all day.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-04-13","Collaring a swindler","Back in New York, Roosevelt catches a con man and holds him for arrest after a real scuffle.",["unnamed-swindler"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-04-14","Thursday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-15","Friday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day has no entries.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-16","A drive and a dinner party","Roosevelt takes his wife Alice for a long drive, and a dinner party follows in the evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-04-17","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-18","Young Republicans' executive committee","Roosevelt attends a meeting of the executive committee of the Young Men's Republican Association.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-19","The swindler goes before a grand jury","Roosevelt secures an indictment from the grand jury against the con man he caught, and enjoys fine spring driving weather.",["unnamed-swindler"],"New York City"],["1881-04-20","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-21","Thursday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record is blank.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-22","Corinne on the amateur stage","Roosevelt watches his sister Corinne perform in private theatricals with Paul Tuckerman, which he praises, followed by dancing.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","paul-tuckerman"],"New York City"],["1881-04-23","Visitors from Boston","Mamie Saltonstall and Hattie Lee arrive to stay for a few days, and Roosevelt says he is keeping at his law studies reasonably well.",["mamie-saltonstall","hattie-lee"],"New York City"],["1881-04-24","Last Sunday with the newsboys until fall","Roosevelt makes his final visit of the season to the Newsboys' lodging house and praises his future brother-in-law Douglas Robinson.",["douglas-robinson"],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-04-25","Monday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-26","Tuesday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-27","Dinner with the newsboys","Roosevelt heads downtown for the annual Newsboys' dinner and has a grand time.",[],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-04-28","Thursday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-29","His horse at its best","Roosevelt delights in the spring driving and says his horse has never performed better.",[],"New York City"],["1881-04-30","Six months for the swindler; doubts about law","Roosevelt sees the con man he caught sent to the penitentiary for six months. He is growing disenchanted with law school ethics. Angered by a Garfield appointment, Roscoe Conkling and Thomas Platt give up their U.S. Senate seats.",["unnamed-swindler","roscoe-conkling","thomas-c-platt","james-a-garfield"],"New York City"],["1881-05-01","Rosy Lee comes to stay","Rose Lee, Alice's sister, is a guest in the Roosevelt household.",["rose-lee"],"New York City"],["1881-05-02","Naval History at the Astor Library","Alongside his law studies, Roosevelt is spending most of his free hours in the Astor Library researching the book that becomes The Naval War of 1812.",[],"Astor Library"],["1881-05-03","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-05-04","Afternoon drives beside the Hudson","Roosevelt reports that he takes his wife Alice out driving each afternoon, usually up Riverside along the Hudson.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Riverside Park"],["1881-05-05","Outvoted at the primary","Roosevelt goes to another brawling Republican primary, where his street-cleaning bill draws only a handful of votes out of several hundred.",[],"New York City"],["1881-05-06","Dick Saltonstall arrives","Roosevelt's old friend Dick Saltonstall comes to stay with the family.",["richard-middlecott-saltonstall"],"New York City"],["1881-05-07","A small party at the theater","Roosevelt takes Rosy, Dick, Fanny Smith, and Romy Colgate to the theater.",["rose-lee","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","frances-theodora-smith","romy-colgate"],"New York City"],["1881-05-08","A good sermon and packing headaches","Roosevelt hears a fine sermon at Dr. Hall's church while the household struggles with packing for the coming trip to Europe.",["dr-hall"],"New York City"],["1881-05-09","Orthopaedic Dispensary board meeting","Roosevelt sits in on a meeting of the Orthopaedic Dispensary's directors.",[],"New York Orthopedic Hospital and Dispensary"],["1881-05-10","Fine spring drives","Roosevelt notes gorgeous weather and wonderful drives.",[],"New York City"],["1881-05-11","Wrapping up before Europe","Roosevelt finishes his law school term, signs his will, and sends his horse off to the country. His luggage weighs in at about 1,000 pounds.",[],"New York City"],["1881-05-12","Sailing for Europe aboard the Celtic","Roosevelt and his wife Alice board the Celtic for England at 3 p.m. on a hot day, with a crowd of friends seeing them off for a summer abroad.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-05-13","Seasick at sea","On the first full day of the crossing Roosevelt feels fine while Alice is badly seasick.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1881-05-14","Alice takes to her bed","Alice's seasickness worsens. Roosevelt tries to feed her, but she cannot keep food down and stays bedridden for days.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1881-05-15","Still sick in mid-Atlantic","Alice is worse than ever while Roosevelt stays perfectly healthy.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1881-05-16","At sea","Roosevelt and Alice are crossing the Atlantic; nothing is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1881-05-17","At sea","The crossing continues with no diary entry for the day.",[],"At sea"],["1881-05-18","Confound a European trip!","Worn out from caring for his seasick wife, Roosevelt vents in his diary, though he himself has stayed well.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1881-05-19","At sea","Roosevelt and Alice remain aboard ship; no details are recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1881-05-20","At sea","The voyage continues; the record is blank.",[],"At sea"],["1881-05-21","Ashore in Ireland at last","The Roosevelts land at Queenstown, where Alice recovers almost immediately, and steam up the river to Cork to stay at the Imperial Hotel. Back home, the American Red Cross gets its start that day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Queenstown"],["1881-05-22","Shandon bells and Blarney Castle","After church, Roosevelt and Alice hear the bells of Shandon and drive out to the ivy-draped ruin of Blarney Castle. He writes Rose Lee about the voyage and Ireland.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","rose-lee"],"Ireland"],["1881-05-23","Lakes and ruins at Killarney","The couple take the train to Killarney, ride a jaunting car to Muckross Abbey, Ross Castle, and Torc waterfall, and return by boat.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Ireland"],["1881-05-24","Through the Gap of Dunloe","Alice rides a pony while Roosevelt walks the wild Gap of Dunloe, then they boat across the Upper Lake. Finding a man collapsed from hunger, Roosevelt has him fed, gives him ten shillings, and sends him to Cork.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","lord-headley","earl-of-kenmare"],"Ireland"],["1881-05-25","On to Dublin, counting his luck","Roosevelt and Alice take the train to Dublin. He declares her the best traveling companion he has ever had.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Ireland"],["1881-05-26","Bray, Powerscourt, and the Dargle","The Roosevelts visit Bray and Powerscourt and walk the wooded glen of the Dargle, enjoying a life of ease.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Ireland"],["1881-05-27","Across the Irish Sea to Liverpool","The couple sail to Holyhead and go by rail to Liverpool, where they stay with Aunt Hattie Bulloch.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","harriott-cross-bulloch"],"Holyhead"],["1881-05-28","With the Bullochs in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are in Liverpool; no activities are recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-05-29","Afternoon with Uncle Irvine","Roosevelt spends the afternoon with Uncle Irvine Bulloch and Aunt Ella at their charming small house.",["irvine-bulloch","ella-bulloch"],"Liverpool"],["1881-05-30","Monday in Liverpool","The Roosevelts remain in Liverpool; no details are given.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-05-31","Arriving in London","Roosevelt and Alice go on to London and check into the Queen's Hotel, where Harry Shaw, Minot Weld, and Harry Chapin call on him.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","harry-shaw","minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Liverpool"],["1881-06-01","Rembrandt yes, Turner no","At the National Gallery Roosevelt admires Rembrandt and Murillo but dismisses Turner, then visits the Zoological Gardens, where Alice wonders who shaves the lions.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"National Gallery"],["1881-06-02","Crown Jewels and an evening of opera","Roosevelt escorts Jenny Tuckerman to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels and armor, then hears Christina Nilsson sing at the Haymarket.",["jenny-tuckerman","christina-nilsson"],"Tower of London"],["1881-06-03","A coach ride to the Epsom races","Along with Shaw, Weld, Chapin, and the Lawrences, Roosevelt takes a coach out to Epsom for the races, and finishes the day at the theater.",["harry-shaw","minot-weld","henry-bainbridge-chapin","the-lawrences"],"London"],["1881-06-04","South Kensington and Gilbert and Sullivan","Roosevelt tours the South Kensington Museum and catches Gilbert and Sullivan's latest comic opera, probably Patience.",[],"South Kensington Museum"],["1881-06-05","St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey","Roosevelt hears fine music at St. Paul's in the morning and, in the afternoon, a sermon by Dean Stanley at Westminster Abbey.",["arthur-penrhyn-stanley"],"St. Paul's Cathedral"],["1881-06-06","Robinson relatives and the British Museum","Roosevelt lunches with relatives of Douglas Robinson, admires the sculptures at the British Museum, and dines with the Kingsfords.",["douglas-robinson","the-kingsfords"],"British Museum"],["1881-06-07","Rainy coach trip to Windsor","Roosevelt rides out to Windsor Castle by coach despite the rain and dines with Chapin, Weld, and Shaw.",["henry-bainbridge-chapin","minot-weld","harry-shaw"],"London"],["1881-06-08","Grosvenor Gallery and shopping","Roosevelt visits the Grosvenor Gallery, goes shopping, and has Shaw and Chapin over for dinner.",["harry-shaw","henry-bainbridge-chapin"],"Grosvenor Gallery"],["1881-06-09","Doré's paintings and a fitting","Roosevelt admires the Doré Gallery, buys gifts, and is fitted for new clothes.",[],"Doré Gallery"],["1881-06-10","Last London errands","Roosevelt shops and returns to the British Museum.",[],"British Museum"],["1881-06-11","Across a calm Channel to Paris","Roosevelt and Alice cross a smooth English Channel and settle into the Hotel Bellevue in Paris.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"London"],["1881-06-12","Sunday stroll to the Champs-Élysées","After church, Roosevelt walks to the Place de la Concorde and along the Champs-Élysées.",[],"Place de la Concorde"],["1881-06-13","Sights of Paris and a letter to Conie","Roosevelt shops, tours the Bois de Boulogne, the Vendôme Column, and the Arc de Triomphe, and writes Corinne about London, its art, and the Channel crossing.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Arc de Triomphe"],["1881-06-14","A day at the Louvre","Roosevelt tours the Louvre, admiring the Venus de Milo and works by Rubens and Murillo.",[],"Louvre"],["1881-06-15","Wednesday in Paris","Roosevelt and Alice are in Paris; nothing is recorded.",[],"Paris"],["1881-06-16","Judging the Louvre for Corinne","From the Hotel Bellevue on the Avenue de l'Opéra, Roosevelt writes Corinne with his opinions of the art at the Louvre.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Louvre"],["1881-06-17","Morning train toward Venice","Roosevelt and Alice leave Paris by morning train, bound for Venice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1881-06-18","Grimy and tired, but enchanted by Venice","After a few mishaps on the way, the couple arrive in Venice dirty and weary. Roosevelt calls it the loveliest place of the trip so far.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Venice"],["1881-06-19","A palace hotel and the waterways","The Roosevelts take rooms in the old palace that is the Hotel Danieli, facing San Giorgio Maggiore and the Lido, and in the evening glide through the canals by gondola with Giuseppe Beppo at the oar.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","giuseppe-beppo"],"Hotel Danieli"],["1881-06-20","Titian, the Doge's Palace, and music on the piazza","Roosevelt views a Titian masterpiece, tours the Doge's Palace, rides a gondola to the Lido, and ends the night listening to music in Piazza San Marco.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Doge's Palace"],["1881-06-21","San Marco by day, canals by night","Roosevelt visits San Marco and rows through Venice again after dark. He is able to read the Italian papers aloud to Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"St. Mark's Basilica"],["1881-06-22","On to a sweltering Milan","Roosevelt and Alice travel from Venice to Milan, which is very hot.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Venice"],["1881-06-23","Milan Cathedral, then Lake Como","Roosevelt sees Milan's cathedral before moving on to Lake Como. He writes Bamie about Venice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Milan Cathedral"],["1881-06-24","Friday on Lake Como","The Roosevelts are at Lake Como; no details are recorded.",[],"Lake Como"],["1881-06-25","Como's cathedral and familiar faces","Roosevelt finds Nicholas Fish and his wife at the lake, and drives with Alice to the town of Como to see its cathedral.",["nicholas-fish","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lake Como"],["1881-06-26","Sunday at Lake Como","The Roosevelts remain at Lake Como; nothing is recorded.",[],"Lake Como"],["1881-06-27","Hiring Lombardino and a three-horse carriage","The couple steam up the lake to Colico, then hire a carriage with three horses and a driver named Lombardino for a two-week tour, reaching Chiavenna that night.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","lombardino"],"Lake Como"],["1881-06-28","Over the Splügen Pass","Roosevelt and Alice cross the Splügen Pass, stopping for a poor lunch at Campodolcino, and spend the night at a decent inn in the village of Splügen. They walk the hills among Swiss cows and sheep.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chiavenna"],["1881-06-29","Through the Via Mala gorge","The couple drive through the dramatic Via Mala, lunch at Thusis, climb to a Rhaetian castle, and follow a gorge to Tiefencastel.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Splügen"],["1881-06-30","Into the Upper Engadine","Roosevelt and Alice leave the valley by the treeless Julier Pass, descending into the Upper Engadine and on to Samedan.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Tiefencastel"],["1881-07-01","Donkey rides in the Engadine","At Samedan, Roosevelt takes his wife Alice out riding donkeys.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Samedan"],["1881-07-02","Alpine climb as Garfield is shot","Alice rides and Roosevelt hikes up Muottas Muragl for a fine view and a good workout. In Washington, Charles Guiteau shoots President Garfield at a train station.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","james-a-garfield","charles-j-guiteau"],"Samedan"],["1881-07-03","A Sunday letter to Bamie","From Samedan, Roosevelt writes to his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Samedan"],["1881-07-04","Snowbanks on the Bernina","The couple cross the Bernina Pass by carriage, lunching at the hospice amid deep snowdrifts, and continue to Le Prese, where Roosevelt rows Alice on the Lago di Poschiavo after dinner.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Samedan"],["1881-07-05","Word of Garfield reaches the Alps","Roosevelt travels up the Valtellina to the Baths of Bormio, where he learns that Garfield has been shot and calls it a dreadful blow to the country.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","james-a-garfield"],"Samedan"],["1881-07-06","Garfield still alive","Fresh reports tell Roosevelt that Garfield has survived, and he writes that the crisis means work ahead for every man who wishes his country well.",["james-a-garfield"],"Bormio"],["1881-07-07","Turned back on the Stelvio","Roosevelt and Alice cross the snowy Stelvio Pass, but heavy rain washes out the road beyond the summit and they retreat to spend the night at Trafoi.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Bormio"],["1881-07-08","Translating German for Lombardino","The couple descend into the Adige valley, lunch at the Haidersee with a curious German landlady, and stop at Hoch-Finstermünz above a deep gorge. Roosevelt interprets for their driver. It is his mother Mittie's 46th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","lombardino","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Trafoi"],["1881-07-09","A Tyrolean inn at Imst","Driving down the Inn valley through rain and sun, Roosevelt and Alice stop for the night at a traditional Tyrolean inn in Imst.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Trafoi"],["1881-07-10","On to Innsbruck","The couple follow the Inn valley on to Innsbruck.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Imst"],["1881-07-11","Innsbruck sights, then Munich","After sightseeing in Innsbruck, Roosevelt and Alice go on to Munich.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Innsbruck"],["1881-07-12","Munich's picture gallery","Roosevelt tours the picture gallery and other sights in Munich.",[],"Munich"],["1881-07-13","Munich to Lucerne","Roosevelt and Alice travel on to Lucerne.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Munich"],["1881-07-14","A bundle of letters from home","In Lucerne, a refuge from the heat, the couple collect a stack of mail: two letters from Oyster Bay and nine from Chestnut Hill.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-15","Up Mount Pilatus on foot","Roosevelt and Alice hike up Mount Pilatus from Alpnach and down the other side to Hergiswil, outpacing their guide halfway up. Roosevelt chats with German students along the way.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-16","The Sunday that wasn't","Convinced it is Sunday, Roosevelt and Alice ask about church services until they discover their mistake in the afternoon; their puzzled waiter takes them for Jewish.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-17","A dull sermon in Lucerne","Roosevelt attends the English Church in Lucerne and finds the sermon weak.",[],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-18","Sunset from the Rigi","Roosevelt climbs the Rigi Kulm and watches a magnificent sunset.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-19","Up at three for the sunrise","Roosevelt rises at 3 a.m. to see the sunrise from the Rigi, descends to Lucerne, and writes Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Rigi"],["1881-07-20","Over the Brünig to Interlaken","The Roosevelts drive across the Brünig Pass to Interlaken.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Lucerne"],["1881-07-21","Thursday in Interlaken","Roosevelt and Alice are at Interlaken; nothing is recorded.",[],"Interlaken"],["1881-07-22","Rainy drive to Grindelwald","The couple drive through the rain to Grindelwald and lodge at the Schwarzer Adler.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Interlaken"],["1881-07-23","An outing above Grindelwald","With Alice riding and Roosevelt walking, they make a round trip to a lookout near Grindelwald.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Grindelwald"],["1881-07-24","Setting out for the Jungfrau","Roosevelt leaves Grindelwald at 8:15 a.m. with guides Peter Egger and Hans Baumann, whom he rates highly, and reaches the Bergli hut at 4:45 p.m. to spend the night.",["peter-egger","hans-baumann"],"Grindelwald"],["1881-07-25","Summit of the Jungfrau","Starting at 3:15 a.m. into wind and cloud, Roosevelt crosses the Mönchjoch and the Jungfraufirn and stands on the Jungfrau's summit at 8:55. He enjoys the descent and is back in Grindelwald by 6 p.m.",["peter-egger","hans-baumann"],"Grindelwald"],["1881-07-26","Resting in Grindelwald","Roosevelt is at Grindelwald after the climb; no events are recorded.",[],"Grindelwald"],["1881-07-27","To the Upper Glacier","Alice is carried in a sedan chair while Roosevelt walks to the Upper Grindelwald Glacier; in the afternoon they drive back to Interlaken.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Grindelwald"],["1881-07-28","Carriage to Kandersteg","The Roosevelts hire a carriage and drive to Kandersteg.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Interlaken"],["1881-07-29","Gemmi Pass and a surprise reunion","The couple cross the Gemmi Pass to Leuk and go on to Visp, where they are astonished to run into Charley Alexander.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","charley-alexander"],"Kandersteg"],["1881-07-30","On to Zermatt","Alice rides and Roosevelt walks from Visp to Zermatt in the company of Charley Alexander, whom he finds a fine companion.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","charley-alexander"],"Visp"],["1881-07-31","Glacier walk and dinner for friends","After yet another weak sermon, Roosevelt walks to the glacier with Alexander and hosts a small dinner for friends he has met at Zermatt.",["charley-alexander"],"Zermatt"],["1881-08-01","Up the Gornergrat","Roosevelt and Alice, still traveling with Alexander, climb to the Gornergrat and spend the night at the Riffel.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","charley-alexander"],"Zermatt"],["1881-08-02","Alexander departs; friends gather at Zermatt","Back in Zermatt, the Roosevelts reluctantly part with Alexander. The Gardiners, the Baylies, and the Kennedys are also in town.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","charley-alexander","the-gardiners","the-baylies","the-kennedys"],"Zermatt"],["1881-08-03","Off to the Matterhorn","At 9 a.m. Roosevelt and a pair of Taugwalder-family guides head toward the Matterhorn and reaches the climbers' hut by seven. The peak had first been summited only sixteen years before.",["taugwalder"],"Zermatt"],["1881-08-04","Standing on the Matterhorn","Roosevelt leaves the hut at 3:45 a.m., reaches the Matterhorn's summit at seven, and is back in Zermatt by 3:30 p.m., hard and risky going, but he is in top condition.",["taugwalder","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Matterhorn"],["1881-08-05","Telling Bamie and Bill Sewall about the climb","Roosevelt and Alice leave Zermatt for Stalden, Alice and the bags on two mules. He writes Bamie and his Maine guide Bill Sewall about the Matterhorn ascent.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sewall"],"Zermatt"],["1881-08-06","Moonlight arrival at Chamonix","Leaving at 4:30 a.m., the couple go by mule to Visp, by train to Martigny, and by a shaky wagon to Chamonix, arriving under a bright moon.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Stalden"],["1881-08-07","The Chapmans at Chamonix","Roosevelt finds the Chapmans staying at Chamonix and is unimpressed by the church service.",["the-chapmans"],"Chamonix"],["1881-08-08","By diligence to Geneva","The Roosevelts ride the stagecoach from Chamonix to Geneva.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Chamonix"],["1881-08-09","Tuesday in Geneva","Roosevelt and Alice are in Geneva; no events are recorded.",[],"Geneva"],["1881-08-10","Through to Basel","The couple travel on to Basel.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Basel"],["1881-08-11","Basel Minster, then Strasbourg","Roosevelt is fascinated by the Basel Minster and especially its medieval collection before going on to Strasbourg.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Münster"],["1881-08-12","Strasbourg Cathedral and old silver","Roosevelt admires Strasbourg's cathedral, above all its exterior, and buys some fine antique silver.",[],"Strasbourg Cathedral"],["1881-08-13","Down the Rhine to Mainz","The Roosevelts continue to Mainz on the Rhine.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Rhine River"],["1881-08-14","The Turnverein turns out","On the Rhine, Roosevelt notes a gymnastic society, the Turnverein, out in great numbers.",[],"Rhine River"],["1881-08-15","By boat to Cologne","Roosevelt and Alice take a Rhine steamer to Cologne.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Rhine River"],["1881-08-16","Cologne Cathedral ranks second only to Milan","Roosevelt visits Cologne Cathedral and prefers it to every cathedral he has seen except Milan's.",[],"Cologne Cathedral"],["1881-08-17","Pleasant company, then Amsterdam","Roosevelt enjoys the company of General and Mrs. Cullum in Cologne, then travels to Amsterdam.",["george-w-cullum","mrs-cullum","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Cologne"],["1881-08-18","Amsterdam galleries and tidy Broek","Roosevelt tours Amsterdam and its picture galleries, then drives out in the afternoon to the spotless village of Broek.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Amsterdam"],["1881-08-19","On to The Hague","The Roosevelts continue to The Hague.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Broek in Waterland"],["1881-08-20","Art and a long walk at The Hague","Roosevelt visits the picture gallery and the Dutch Museum and walks all over town.",[],"The Hague"],["1881-08-21","Working on his naval history abroad","From The Hague, Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is at work on The Naval War of 1812.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"The Hague"],["1881-08-22","Antwerp's cathedral","Roosevelt goes to Antwerp and sees its cathedral.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"The Hague"],["1881-08-23","Antwerp to Brussels","The couple move on to Brussels.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Antwerp"],["1881-08-24","Rembrandt over Rubens","Roosevelt spends the morning in a Brussels picture gallery and writes Corinne that he admires Rembrandt but dislikes Rubens.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Brussels"],["1881-08-25","Back to Paris","Roosevelt and Alice return to Paris.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Brussels"],["1881-08-26","Friday in Paris","The Roosevelts are in Paris; nothing is recorded.",[],"Paris"],["1881-08-27","Saturday in Paris","Roosevelt and Alice remain in Paris; the day is blank.",[],"Paris"],["1881-08-28","Sunday in Paris","The couple are in Paris; no details survive.",[],"Paris"],["1881-08-29","A visit to Notre Dame","Roosevelt goes to Notre Dame.",[],"Notre Dame"],["1881-08-30","Tuesday in Paris","Roosevelt is in Paris; no events are noted.",[],"Paris"],["1881-08-31","The Hôtel de Cluny","Roosevelt's diary notes a visit to the Hôtel de Cluny.",[],"Hôtel de Cluny"],["1881-09-01","Napoleon's tomb","Roosevelt visits the tomb of Napoleon.",["napoleon-bonaparte"],"Les Invalides"],["1881-09-02","Back to London","Roosevelt and Alice return to London and take rooms at the Bath Hotel.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1881-09-03","Saturday in London","The Roosevelts are in London; no events are recorded.",[],"London"],["1881-09-04","Sunday in London","Roosevelt and Alice are in London; the day is blank.",[],"London"],["1881-09-05","Proud to be an American","Roosevelt writes Bamie about Napoleon's tomb and tells Bill Sewall that a summer in Europe has only deepened his gladness at being an American.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sewall"],"London"],["1881-09-06","Shopping and Doré again","Roosevelt shops and returns to the Doré Gallery.",[],"Doré Gallery"],["1881-09-07","Dinner and a theater box from Captain Thompson","Captain A. Thompson treats the Roosevelts to dinner and a box at the theater.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","captain-a-thompson"],"London"],["1881-09-08","The National Gallery again","Roosevelt returns to the National Gallery.",[],"National Gallery"],["1881-09-09","Calling at the Tower","Roosevelt visits Colonel Sawler at the Tower of London.",["colonel-sawler"],"Tower of London"],["1881-09-10","Naval lessons from the Bulloch uncles","Roosevelt and Alice go to Liverpool to stay with the Bullochs. Uncle Irvine and Uncle James give him expert help with nautical terms for his naval history.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","irvine-bulloch","james-bulloch"],"London"],["1881-09-11","Sunday in Liverpool","The Roosevelts are with the Bullochs in Liverpool; nothing is recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-12","Monday in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice remain in Liverpool; no events are noted.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-13","Tuesday in Liverpool","The couple are in Liverpool; the day is blank.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-14","Days with the old sea captain","Roosevelt spends most of the day with his uncle James Bulloch. He writes his mother that the Doré pictures no longer appeal to him and that he is very fond of Uncle Irvine.",["james-bulloch","irvine-bulloch","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-15","Thursday in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are staying in Liverpool; no events are recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-16","Friday in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are staying in Liverpool; no events are recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-17","Saturday in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are staying in Liverpool; no events are recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-18","Sunday in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are staying in Liverpool; no events are recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-19","Garfield dies; Arthur becomes President","While Roosevelt is in Liverpool, President Garfield dies in the United States from the wound he suffered on July 2, and Chester A. Arthur takes office.",["james-a-garfield","chester-a-arthur"],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-20","Tuesday in Liverpool","The Roosevelts are in Liverpool; nothing is recorded.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-21","Last day in Liverpool","Roosevelt and Alice are in Liverpool on the eve of sailing; no details survive.",[],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-22","Homeward on the Britannic","Roosevelt and Alice board the Britannic for America and find Bob Grant good company on board.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","bob-grant"],"Liverpool"],["1881-09-23","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Alice are at sea on the Britannic; no entry survives for the day.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-24","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Alice are at sea on the Britannic; no entry survives for the day.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-25","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Alice are at sea on the Britannic; no entry survives for the day.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-26","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Alice are at sea on the Britannic; no entry survives for the day.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-27","Alice takes to the sea this time","Unlike the miserable outbound crossing, Alice is genuinely enjoying the trip home. It is Corinne's 20th birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"At sea"],["1881-09-28","Crossing the Atlantic","The Britannic continues west with Roosevelt and Alice aboard; nothing is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-29","Crossing the Atlantic","The Britannic continues west with Roosevelt and Alice aboard; nothing is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1881-09-30","Crossing the Atlantic","The Britannic continues west with Roosevelt and Alice aboard; nothing is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1881-10-01","Joe Murray's account of the nomination","The record points to Joe Murray's later account of how Roosevelt won his Assembly nomination, published in Lawrence Abbott's Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt.",["joseph-murray"],"At sea"],["1881-10-02","Nearing home","Roosevelt and Alice are still at sea aboard the Britannic; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-03","Both families on the pier","The Britannic reaches New York, and the Roosevelt and Lee families turn out in full to welcome the couple home.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1881-10-04","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-05","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-06","Taking aim at Assemblyman Trimble","Roosevelt resumes law school and starts working the primaries at Morton Hall, determined to block the renomination of William Trimble, who opposed the street-cleaning measure in Albany that spring.",["william-trimble"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-10-07","Friday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-08","A weekend at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt heads out to Oyster Bay for Sunday.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-09","Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1881-10-10","Monday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-11","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-12","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-13","Thursday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-14","Home alone with old Dora","With his wife Alice in Boston, Roosevelt is rattling around the house by himself, looked after by the servant Dora.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","dora"],"New York City"],["1881-10-15","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-16","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-17","Law, politics, and above all the book","Roosevelt sums up his life: moderate effort at law, real effort at politics, and the most effort of all on his naval history, which he hopes to publish this winter.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-18","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-19","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-20","Thursday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-21","A diary entry written a week early","Roosevelt's diary for this date records his Assembly nomination and platform, but he struck it out; it belongs to October 28.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-22","Family opposition to his candidacy","A misplaced diary line, belonging to October 29, notes that Uncle Jim, Emlen, and Al strongly oppose his running for office.",["james-alfred-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","alfred-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-10-23","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-24","Formal protest against Trimble","At Morton Hall, Roosevelt lodges a formal objection to William Trimble's renomination for the State Assembly.",["william-trimble"],"Morton Hall"],["1881-10-25","Tuesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-26","Joe Murray talks him into running","Republican district leader Joe Murray persuades Roosevelt to run for the State Assembly himself. A crossed-out diary line here, belonging to November 2, says friends are backing him loyally.",["joseph-murray"],"New York City"],["1881-10-27","Twenty-three and one year married","Roosevelt turns 23 and marks his first wedding anniversary with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-10-28","Nominated for the State Assembly","Roosevelt, surprised, wins the Republican nomination for the Assembly from the 21st District, which Joe Murray engineers over the head of district boss Hess in place of William Trimble.",["joseph-murray","jacob-hess","william-trimble"],"New York City"],["1881-10-29","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-30","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-10-31","His first election","The record marks this as the day Roosevelt wins his first election.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-01","Running for the Assembly as his own man","A week before the vote, Roosevelt faces Dr. W. W. Strew, lately dismissed as head of the Blackwell's Island asylum. He tells the New York Herald he belongs to no one, and after a tense saloon stop where he scolded the owner about license fees, the district men Murray, Hess and Bullard step in to run things.",["w-w-strew","joseph-murray","jacob-hess","bullard","uncle-jim"],"New York City"],["1881-11-02","Campaign days in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the closing days of his Assembly race; no other details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-03","Campaign days in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the closing days of his Assembly race; no other details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-04","Sums up his platform","In his diary Roosevelt boils his stance down to one line: a Republican, but free to break ranks on city affairs.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-05","Weekend before Election Day","Roosevelt is in New York City as the Assembly race nears its end; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-06","Weekend before Election Day","Roosevelt is in New York City as the Assembly race nears its end; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-07","Evening Post backs the young candidate","On the eve of the vote, the New York Evening Post endorses Roosevelt, pointing to his late father's record of civic service and to the high regard people who know the son hold him in.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"New York City"],["1881-11-08","Elected to the New York Assembly","Roosevelt wins his first election, taking the 21st Assembly District seat 3,490 votes to 1,989 over Democrat William Strew. The job pays $1,200 a year.",["w-w-strew"],"New York City"],["1881-11-09","Day after the victory","Roosevelt is in New York City the day after winning his Assembly seat; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-10","Joking that he is now a politician","Roosevelt writes to college friend Charles Grenville Washburn with a wry note on his new status, and thanks lawyer Joseph Choate for his part in the win.",["charles-g-washburn","joseph-h-choate"],"New York City"],["1881-11-11","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-12","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-13","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-14","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-15","Family together in town","Roosevelt notes in his diary that the whole family is in New York, and that he is out driving the dog cart nearly every day, taking his wife Alice along.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-11-16","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-17","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-18","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-19","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-20","Sunday at the Newsboys' Lodging House","Keeping up his father's charity work, Roosevelt spends Sunday at the Newsboys' Lodging House, as he regularly does, and also lends a hand with the Orthopaedic hospital.",[],"Newsboys' Lodging House"],["1881-11-21","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-22","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-23","Off to Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill, outside Boston, home of his wife Alice's family.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-11-24","Thanksgiving with the Lees","Roosevelt and his wife Alice spend Thanksgiving with her mother at Chestnut Hill, near Boston.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","caroline-haskell-lee"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-11-25","Thanksgiving visit continues","Roosevelt remains with Alice's family at Chestnut Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-11-26","Thanksgiving visit continues","Roosevelt remains with Alice's family at Chestnut Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-11-27","Thanksgiving visit continues","Roosevelt remains with Alice's family at Chestnut Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1881-11-28","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-29","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-11-30","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-01","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-02","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-03","Naval War of 1812 goes to Putnam's","Roosevelt hands his finished manuscript of The Naval War of 1812 to the Putnam publishing house. He also buys a stake in the firm and takes a desk there, where he is not shy about offering advice on how the business should be run.",[],"G. P. Putnam's Sons"],["1881-12-04","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-05","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-06","The social season begins","Roosevelt writes that New York's winter round of dinners and balls is now in full swing, and everyone is joining in.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-07","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-08","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-09","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-10","Mittie dreads losing her houseguests","Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, is already sad that he and his wife Alice will leave for Albany in January when his Assembly term opens. She writes warmly of Alice as easy company who returns her affection.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-12-11","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-12","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-13","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-14","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-15","Drafting an aqueduct bill","Still weeks from taking his seat, Roosevelt is already at work shaping a bill on New York City's aqueduct.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-16","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-17","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-18","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-19","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-20","At home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-21","Another winter under Mother's roof","Roosevelt expects that he and his wife Alice will stay on at his mother's house for one more winter.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1881-12-22","Holiday week in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as Christmas approaches; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-23","Holiday week in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as Christmas approaches; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-24","Holiday week in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as Christmas approaches; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-25","Christmas Day","Roosevelt spends Christmas in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-26","Christmas the family way","Looking back on the holiday, Roosevelt notes that the family kept Christmas in its customary fashion.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-27","Year's end in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the last days of 1881; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-28","Year's end in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the last days of 1881; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-29","Year's end in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the last days of 1881; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-30","Year's end in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City in the last days of 1881; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1881-12-31","Joins the civil service reformers","Roosevelt becomes a vice-president of the New York Civil Service Reform Association. At the back of his diary he closes the year with careful tallies of his own and Alice's money and the costs of their European honeymoon trip.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-01-01","New Year's tea with the aunts and uncles","With his wife Alice off at a big party in Montreal with friends, Roosevelt keeps house with his mother. Aunt Annie and Uncle Jimmie Gracie, Uncle Irvine Bulloch and his wife Ella, and Aunt Susie and Uncle Hill West come by for tea.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","james-king-gracie","ella-bulloch","irvine-bulloch","susan-elliott-west","hilborne-west"],"New York City"],["1882-01-02","Arrives in Albany and bucks the caucus","Roosevelt takes the train to Albany on a 17-degree afternoon, checks into the Delavan House hotel, and heads to the capitol that night for the Republican caucus. When the party picks Thomas 'Old Salt' Alvord for Speaker, the newcomer votes no.",["thomas-g-alvord"],"New York City"],["1882-01-03","Sworn in as an assemblyman","The Assembly opens and Roosevelt takes the oath with the other members before an early adjournment. In his legislative diary he counts the house: 128 members, Republicans a minority, and Tammany's handful holding the balance.",[],"New York State Capitol"],["1882-01-04","Deadlock over the Speakership","The first ballots for Speaker go nowhere. Tammany's men hold out for their own pick, the Democrats cannot reach a majority, and the house adjourns until Monday.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-05","Back to New York with houseguests waiting","Roosevelt returns to New York, where Katie Lowell and little Rosy are staying a few days. He frets that his book is moving slowly.",["katy-lowell","james-roosevelt-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-01-06","Calling on Aunt Annie","With his wife Alice in Boston and brother Elliott away, Roosevelt goes to his Aunt Annie Gracie's house at 26 West 36th Street.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-01-07","Unburdening himself to Aunt Annie","Aunt Annie Gracie lends Roosevelt a sympathetic ear. Barely a week into the legislature, he is low about the graft he sees and calls the work dull and repetitive.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1882-01-08","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-01-09","Nicknamed 'Oscar Wilde' by fellow members","Back in Albany, Roosevelt speaks at the evening Republican caucus. His dandified dress amuses the older members, who dub him 'Oscar Wilde' after the English writer just arrived in America. He also meets Isaac Hunt of Jefferson County, soon a close ally.",["isaac-hunt","oscar-wilde"],"Albany"],["1882-01-10","Sizing up his fellow legislators","Roosevelt sets down blunt first impressions of the Assembly: he warms to the country members, looks down on the city men, and watches the Tammany feud with a Republican's detachment.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-11","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany during the Speakership deadlock; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-12","Harsh words for Tammany's members","The Assembly adjourns again. In his legislative diary Roosevelt writes scathingly of the house's 25 Irish Democrats.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-13","To Boston to fetch Alice","Roosevelt heads to Boston to bring his wife Alice back. In Albany he now lodges at a hotel at Eagle and State Streets, where Isaac Hunt also stays. A New York train carrying many lawmakers wrecks the same day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","isaac-hunt"],"Albany"],["1882-01-14","With the Lees at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill with Alice's family; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-01-15","With the Lees at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill with Alice's family; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-01-16","Facing down John McManus","Back in Albany, Roosevelt hears that the hulking Tammany assemblyman John McManus means to toss him in a blanket. He confronts the bigger man head-on and warns him off.",["john-mcmanus"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-01-17","Funeral of Senator Wagner","Roosevelt attends the funeral of Senator Wagner, killed in the train wreck four days earlier.",["senator-wagner"],"Albany"],["1882-01-18","Bamie turns 27","Roosevelt is in Albany on his sister Bamie's 27th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1882-01-19","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-20","Down to New York with Alice","After another adjournment, Roosevelt and his wife Alice take the train to New York.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-01-21","Weekend in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-01-22","Weekend in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-01-23","Back up the Hudson","Roosevelt returns to Albany for the new week.",[],"New York City"],["1882-01-24","First speech on the Assembly floor","Roosevelt finally wins recognition, his high-pitched 'Mr. Spee-kar' calls ringing out to the clerk presiding in place of a Speaker. In his maiden speech he urges Republicans to stay neutral in the Democrats' feud over the deadlock, and the house receives it well. He also agrees to sit on the New York Infant Asylum's managing board.",["nicoll"],"New York State Capitol"],["1882-01-25","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-26","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-27","Settled in for a weekend in Albany","With the house adjourned, Roosevelt and his wife Alice choose to stay put. They have their books unpacked and their rooms just as they like them.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-01-28","Weekend in Albany","Roosevelt and Alice are in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-29","Weekend in Albany","Roosevelt and Alice are in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-01-30","Deadlock drags on; a cousin is born","The legislature returns with the Speakership fight still unresolved. Downriver at Hyde Park, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin and a future President, is born.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-01-31","Bar-room scrap with J. J. Costello","J. J. Costello squares off with Roosevelt in an Albany bar. Roosevelt puts him on the floor three times.",["j-j-costello"],"Albany"],["1882-02-01","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-02","Patterson elected Speaker","The deadlock cracks when Tammany strikes a deal, and the regular Democrats' man, Charles E. Patterson, is chosen Speaker and seated.",["charles-e-patterson"],"New York State Capitol"],["1882-02-03","A long break, spent in Albany","The legislature meets only to adjourn until Wednesday noon. Roosevelt and his wife Alice decide to remain in Albany.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-02-04","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany during the recess; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-05","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany during the recess; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-06","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany during the recess; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-07","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany during the recess; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-08","Speaker seated, rest of slate stuck","Tilden and Tammany Democrats join forces to seat Patterson, whom Roosevelt judges a decent man, but the house still cannot agree on its other officers.",["charles-e-patterson"],"Albany"],["1882-02-09","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-10","Nothing done, off to New York","Another fruitless adjournment, and Roosevelt and his wife Alice catch the train to New York.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-02-11","Weekend in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-02-12","Weekend in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-02-13","Bamie comes to Albany","Roosevelt's sister Bamie travels up with him and his wife Alice and takes rooms at the Knickerbocker.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Knickerbocker"],["1882-02-14","Seat on the Cities Committee, first bill filed","Speaker Patterson names his committees, and Roosevelt lands the Cities post he wanted. He introduces a bill on electing New York aldermen, then joins his wife Alice at a lively party at the Knickerbockers'. Privately he records a dim view of his colleagues' honesty.",["charles-e-patterson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Knickerbocker"],["1882-02-15","Water-supply bill and a Republican clerk","Unhappy with its deal, Tammany breaks again and helps elect the Republican clerk. Roosevelt introduces a bill on New York City's water supply and spends the evening at a pleasant party at the Lansings'.",["lansing-family"],"Albany"],["1882-02-16","More bills, one survivor","Roosevelt files bills to retire stocks and bonds in New York City's sinking fund and to tighten rules on the judiciary. Of his early measures, only the aldermen bill will become law.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-17","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-20","A working trio in the Assembly","Roosevelt, Billy O'Neil and Isaac Hunt have become regular allies, with the two older men often trying to rein in their headstrong young friend.",["william-o-neil","isaac-hunt"],"Albany"],["1882-02-21","Fighting a deal on the Speaker's power","Roosevelt objects loudly to a bargain with the Democrats that would trim the Speaker's control over committee assignments, forcing an evening caucus. Offered political rewards to drop the fight, he politely refuses.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-22","Naming the 'Black Horse Cavalry'","Roosevelt pins a label on the Assembly's crooked members: the 'Black Horse Cavalry.'",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-23","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-24","Acting as Father would have","A tax bill on New York City's elevated railroads comes before the Assembly. Roosevelt writes to reformer Josephine Shaw Lowell that he wants to vote as his late father would have.",["josephine-shaw-lowell","theodore-roosevelt-sr"],"Albany"],["1882-02-27","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1882-02-28","Speaking on 'Americanism'; a railroad lobby","On his brother Elliott's 22nd birthday, Roosevelt speaks to the Nineteenth Century Club on 'Americanism,' as his sister Conie later recalled. Agents of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad ask him to carry a bill for their monopoly; it later passed only after others took it up and sold it.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albany"],["1882-03-01","Taking stock of his first bills","In his Assembly diary Roosevelt reviews his early bills: a new aqueduct he doubts will pass, and a plan to elect aldermen by Assembly district that he expects to win despite fellow Republicans John Brodsky and Crane, whom he skewers. He also proposes a new public park for the city's 24th ward.",["john-brodsky","assemblyman-crane"],"Albany"],["1882-03-03","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-06","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-07","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-08","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-09","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-10","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-11","Elliott home from the Far East","Roosevelt's brother Elliott returns after some sixteen months of travel through India, Singapore, Saigon and beyond. Aunt Annie Gracie reports that he has come back ill.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Albany"],["1882-03-13","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-14","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-15","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-16","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-17","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-20","Elliott stands godfather to Franklin","While Roosevelt works in Albany, his brother Elliott serves as godfather to their infant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park.",["elliott-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1882-03-21","Against raises and a city wage floor","Roosevelt joins the floor debate on two labor measures, higher pay for New York City police and firemen and a minimum wage in cities over 10,000 people, and speaks against both.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-22","A bill to protect pigeons and birds","Roosevelt files a bill against the killing and maiming of pigeons, fowl and other creatures, and speaks against a warehouse bill.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-23","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-24","Looking into Judge Westbrook","Roosevelt is in New York City digging into State Supreme Court Justice Theodore Westbrook, said to serve insurance-company interests and to have helped Jay Gould manipulate the stock of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad.",["theodore-westbrook","jay-gould"],"New York City"],["1882-03-25","Researching in the Times archive","At the New York Times library, Roosevelt pulls December 1881 stories accusing Westbrook of corruption in the Manhattan Railway affair. The charges had gone nowhere, and the matter seemed likely to die.",["theodore-westbrook"],"New York Times"],["1882-03-26","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-03-27","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-03-28","Back to the capital","Roosevelt leaves New York City and returns to Albany.",[],"New York City"],["1882-03-29","Calls for a Westbrook investigation","On the Assembly floor Roosevelt moves to investigate Judge Westbrook. John Brodsky moves to table, and the resolution is shelved.",["theodore-westbrook","john-brodsky"],"Albany"],["1882-03-30","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-03-31","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-01","Uncle James counsels caution","Roosevelt's uncle James Roosevelt urges him to drop the Westbrook fight, warning that he will be taking on not only crooked politicians but also businessmen, lawyers, judges and respectable citizens.",["james-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-04-02","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-04-03","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-04","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-05","Naming Gould and Sage on the floor","Late in the day, with the 'Black Horse Cavalry' gone home, Roosevelt forces debate on the Westbrook resolution and wins a vote to take it up. He calls Jay Gould and Russell Sage sharks and swindlers. Then 70-year-old ex-Speaker Tom Alvord talks out the clock against investigations, and the motion goes back on the table.",["jay-gould","russell-sage","theodore-westbrook","thomas-g-alvord"],"Albany"],["1882-04-06","Two tries, two defeats","Roosevelt presses again for a vote on Westbrook. Speaker Patterson's quick count goes 54 to 30 against. Later he demands a roll call, but falls short of the two-thirds he needs.",["charles-e-patterson","theodore-westbrook"],"Albany"],["1882-04-07","Easter recess begins","On Good Friday the legislature breaks for Easter, and Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1882-04-08","Sidestepping a setup","Out walking in New York, Roosevelt helps a woman who falls on the sidewalk and hails her a cab. She pleads with him to see her home; he declines. Had he gone, the story goes, men hoping to compromise him would have been waiting.",[],"New York City"],["1882-04-09","Statewide headlines on Easter","Roosevelt's Westbrook crusade makes front pages across New York State, and public opinion swings heavily behind him.",[],"New York City"],["1882-04-12","Westbrook inquiry approved, 104 to 6","Roosevelt moves once more to take the Westbrook resolution off the table. This time it comes to a vote and carries by a landslide.",["theodore-westbrook"],"New York City"],["1882-04-13","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-14","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-17","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-18","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-19","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-20","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-21","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-24","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-25","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-26","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-04-27","Reading the fine print with Costello","Roosevelt and Democrat M. J. Costello start combing through pending bills together to work out what their sponsors were really after.",["m-j-costello"],"Albany"],["1882-04-28","One of eight against the raises","Roosevelt votes no on raising pay for New York City police and firemen. The bill passes 100 to 8.",[],"New York City"],["1882-04-29","Gives away Conie at her wedding","Roosevelt walks his sister Conie down the aisle at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church as she marries Douglas Robinson. Edith Carow is a bridesmaid.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church"],["1882-04-30","Fighting a $2 wage floor","Roosevelt works to block a $2-a-day minimum wage for city laborers. The newlyweds Conie and Douglas Robinson settle into the Robinson family home in Orange, New Jersey.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1882-05-01","Edith's farewell note to Conie","Roosevelt is in Albany. Edith Carow writes his newly married sister Conie a tender letter mourning the end of their girlhood together.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albany"],["1882-05-02","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-03","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-04","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-05","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-08","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-09","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-10","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-11","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-12","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-15","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-16","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-17","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-18","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-19","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-22","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-23","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-24","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-25","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-26","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-29","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-30","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-05-31","Westbrook spared; specimens to the Smithsonian","Three Judiciary Committee members, reportedly paid $2,500 apiece, decline to recommend impeaching Judge Westbrook, and the Assembly backs them 77 to 35 despite Roosevelt's fervent plea for the minority report. Roosevelt also gives 622 of his own bird and animal specimens to the Smithsonian, to Secretary Spencer Baird's delight.",["theodore-westbrook","spencer-fullerton-baird"],"Albany"],["1882-06-01","In Albany for the session","Roosevelt is in Albany while the Assembly is in session; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1882-06-02","Session ends; train to New York","The legislative session, called the most crooked since Boss Tweed's day, adjourns for good, and at 7 p.m. Roosevelt boards a train for New York City.",[],"Albany"],["1882-06-03","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt and his wife Alice head to Oyster Bay with his mother, Mittie.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-06-04","Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-06-12","Commissioned in the National Guard","Roosevelt becomes a second lieutenant in Company B of the 8th Regiment, New York National Guard.",[],"New York City"],["1882-06-13","A testimonial dinner at Delmonico's","Thirty-one guests gather at Delmonico's, with Cleveland H. Dodge presiding, to honor Roosevelt for his work in the legislature.",["cleveland-h-dodge"],"Delmonico's"],["1882-06-30","Garfield's assassin hanged","Charles Guiteau, convicted of killing President James A. Garfield, is executed in Washington.",["charles-j-guiteau","james-a-garfield"],"New York City"],["1882-07-04","A rowdy Fourth at Chestnut Hill","At the Lee home, Alice's young siblings Georgie and Isabella run wild. Roosevelt romps with them as a growling bear, then plays 91 games of tennis against Frank Lee and Codman. It rains that evening, but Mr. Lee sets off fireworks anyway.",["georgie-lee","isabella-lee","frank-lee","codman","george-lee"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-07-05","Deciding to read law with cousin John","Roosevelt writes his mother that he will study law in the office of his cousin John Ellis Roosevelt.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","john-ellis-roosevelt"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-07-06","With the Lees at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill with Alice's family; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-07-07","With the Lees at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is at Chestnut Hill with Alice's family; nothing else is noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1882-07-08","Mittie's 47th birthday","Roosevelt takes the 4:30 train to New York and goes on to Oyster Bay to see his mother on her 47th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-07-09","Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-07-29","Alice turns 21","Roosevelt's wife Alice celebrates her 21st birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-07-31","Between Oyster Bay and the city","Roosevelt, 23, moves between Oyster Bay and New York City.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-08-02","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing else is noted.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-08-06","Edith Carow turns 21","Edith Carow, Roosevelt's childhood friend and future second wife, reaches her 21st birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-08-31","Edith visits Grandfather Tyler","Edith Carow is in Canada visiting her grandfather Tyler.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","daniel-tyler"],"Oyster Bay"],["1882-09-15","Weighing a farm near Herkimer","Roosevelt considers buying farmland outside Herkimer, New York, where Conie and Douglas Robinson have a place called Henderson Home. Writing to his sister Bamie, he describes the two couples' days of tennis, croquet, whist and riding.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Henderson House"],["1882-09-16","A fragmentary entry","The record for this day survives only as a stray place word, 'Springs'; where Roosevelt was is unclear.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1882-09-27","Corinne turns 21","Roosevelt's sister Corinne has her 21st birthday.",[],"Richfield Springs"],["1882-09-29","A house of their own on West 45th Street","Roosevelt and his wife Alice buy their first home, 55 West 45th Street, beside the Robinsons' city house.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"55 West 45th Street"],["1882-09-30","A fragmentary entry","Nothing legible survives for this day beyond a stray number.",[],"55 West 45th Street"],["1882-10-08","Rules for a new reform club","Roosevelt writes Samuel J. Colgate about who should belong to a planned City Reform Club meant to root out corruption in New York's government. He argues that sitting officeholders should stay out while they serve.",["samuel-j-colgate"],"New York City"],["1882-10-09","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-10","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-11","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-12","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-13","Founding the City Reform Club","Roosevelt joins Douglas Robinson, Cleveland Dodge, Poultney Bigelow and Moses Taylor Pyne in launching the City Reform Club of New York. Samuel Colgate is elected its president.",["douglas-robinson","poultney-bigelow","cleveland-h-dodge","moses-taylor-pyne","samuel-j-colgate"],"New York City"],["1882-10-14","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-15","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-16","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-17","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-18","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-19","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-20","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-21","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-22","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-23","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-24","No copy of the elevated railroad speech","Roosevelt tells Henry H. Hull he has no copy of his speech against the Manhattan Elevated Railroad's tax exemption.",["henry-h-hull"],"New York City"],["1882-10-25","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-26","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-27","Turning 24 on his anniversary","Roosevelt marks his 24th birthday and his second wedding anniversary with Alice on the same day.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-10-28","Main campaign speech at Lyric Hall","Seeking re-election, Roosevelt gives the chief speech of his campaign at a big rally in Lyric Hall. Reform Republican Carl Schurz praises him in the New York Times.",["carl-schurz"],"Lyric Hall"],["1882-10-29","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City as his re-election race nears its end; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-30","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City as his re-election race nears its end; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-10-31","Elliott goes into real estate","Roosevelt's brother Elliott lives at the family house on West 57th Street in a small room near their mother's, and goes into real estate with Douglas Robinson and Archibald Russell as Robinson, Russell & Roosevelt, at 100 Broadway.",["elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","archibald-d-russell"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1882-11-01","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-02","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-03","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-04","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-05","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-06","Final days of the campaign","Roosevelt is in New York City ahead of Election Day; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-07","Re-elected in a Democratic year","Roosevelt wins a second Assembly term, 4,225 votes to 2,016, even as Democrats sweep the state. Grover Cleveland, 45, is elected governor over Charles Folger, an ally of Roscoe Conkling, himself a friend of Jay Gould.",["grover-cleveland","charles-folger","roscoe-conkling","jay-gould"],"New York City"],["1882-11-08","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-09","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-10","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-11","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-12","Bracing for a rough new Assembly","Roosevelt writes Billy O'Neil about the election and corruption, predicting a house full of rogues with Republicans badly outnumbered.",["william-o-neil"],"New York City"],["1882-11-13","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-14","Backing Costello for police commissioner","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz urging that M. J. Costello be named a police commissioner for the city.",["carl-schurz","m-j-costello"],"New York City"],["1882-11-15","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-16","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-17","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1882-11-22","Unsure what to call himself","Writing to Joseph Henry Adams, Roosevelt admits his political label is hard to pin down.",["joseph-henry-adams"],"New York City"],["1882-11-30","Death of Edith's grandfather","Edith Carow's grandfather Tyler, 83, dies at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with her family at hand. By now Roosevelt and his brother Elliott look much alike, with mustaches, center-parted hair and wire spectacles, though Elliott stands two inches taller. Their mother Mittie has grown eccentric: two baths daily, all-white dress, and a clean sheet on any chair.",["daniel-tyler","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1882-12-05","Edith Carow's grandfather laid to rest","Edith Carow's grandfather is laid to rest in Alabama. His will is set to give Edith an income of $2,500 a year in time.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1882-12-15","Seeking support for the Speakership","Roosevelt writes to Assembly friends, Lucas L. Van Allen among them, asking them to back him as the Republican choice for Speaker of the New York Assembly.",["lucas-l-van-allen"],"New York City"],["1882-12-25","Christmas Day","Christmas Day. The chronology records nothing else for Roosevelt.",[],"New York City"],["1882-12-31","Alice stays in the city for the session","Alice is urged to remain in New York City during the coming legislative term, while Roosevelt keeps company with his Assembly allies Isaac Hunt and William O'Neil. He has also shaved off his sideburns.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","isaac-hunt","william-o-neil"],"New York City"],["1883-01-01","Republicans name him for Speaker","In Albany, Roosevelt wins the Republican caucus nomination for Speaker of the Assembly, put forward by Isaac Hunt. The Stalwart faction fought him hard, but the Independents held and he carried the vote two to one.",["isaac-hunt","william-o-neil","walter-howe"],"Albany"],["1883-01-02","Chapin elected Speaker; Roosevelt leads the minority","The Democratic majority makes Alfred C. Chapin of Brooklyn Speaker, 84 votes to Roosevelt's 44, leaving Roosevelt as Republican minority leader. He is named to the Cities, Militia, Rules, and Privileges and Elections committees, and the last group heads to New York to hear disputed seats.",["alfred-c-chapin"],"Albany"],["1883-01-03","Home by the fire with Alice","Back in New York, Roosevelt delights in an evening at home with Alice: a coal fire, his books around him, and a game of backgammon in their small sitting room.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-01-04","Hearing the Sprague–Bliss election contest","Roosevelt's committee takes testimony in New York City on the disputed election between Henry Sprague and his opponent Bliss. Roosevelt is convinced Sprague was cheated out of the count.",["henry-l-sprague","mr-bliss"],"New York City"],["1883-01-05","Militia drill and Aunt Annie's theatricals","Roosevelt drills his militia company, B Company of the 8th Regiment. Later he, Alice and Edith Carow attend amateur theatricals at Aunt Annie Gracie's house.",["anna-bulloch-gracie","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York"],["1883-01-06","Sifting the Brooklyn election testimony","For a second straight day, Roosevelt's committee works through testimony in the Brooklyn contested-seat cases, which he finds riddled with perjury.",[],"New York City"],["1883-01-07","Church, family dinner, tea with Mittie","Roosevelt goes to morning church at Dr. Hall's, hosts the family for dinner, and in the evening has tea with his mother, Mittie.",["dr-hall","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-01-08","Passes his exam for captain","After a full day of committee work, Roosevelt passes his examination for captain in the 8th Regiment that evening.",[],"New York City"],["1883-01-09","Back to Albany; sizing up colleagues","Roosevelt returns to Albany as Speaker Chapin names his committees. In his diary he sketches his fellow members, from the conceited Assemblyman House to white-bearded old Cleavland, and notes that he, Hunt, O'Neil and Howe share neighboring seats.",["alfred-c-chapin","assemblyman-crane","assemblyman-house","assemblyman-cleavland","isaac-hunt","william-o-neil","walter-howe"],"New York City"],["1883-01-10","Beats the Stalwarts again","Roosevelt defeats the Stalwarts a second time in caucus, securing the regent nomination for his candidate Matthew Hale. On the Assembly floor he trades blows with Murphy and Tim Campbell and comes out ahead.",["matthew-hale","assemblyman-murphy","timothy-j-campbell"],"Albany"],["1883-01-11","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-12","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-15","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-16","Pendleton Act passes in Washington","In Washington, the Pendleton Act clears Congress, establishing a federal Civil Service Commission. In New York, reform-minded Governor Grover Cleveland turns to Roosevelt, the Assembly's Republican minority leader, for his help.",["grover-cleveland"],"Albany"],["1883-01-17","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-18","Bamie turns 28","Roosevelt is in Albany on his sister Bamie's 28th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1883-01-19","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-22","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-23","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-24","Talks reform with the Times","The New York Times interviews Roosevelt about civil service reform for the state of New York.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-25","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-26","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-29","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-30","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-01-31","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-01","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-02","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-03","Commissioned captain in the National Guard","Roosevelt is formally commissioned as a National Guard captain in New York, with his rank dating from December 26, 1882.",[],"New York City"],["1883-02-04","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt spends Sunday in New York City between weeks of the session.",[],"New York City"],["1883-02-05","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-06","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-07","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-08","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-09","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-11","The Herald weighs in","The New York Herald sizes up the young Assemblyman: a forceful, fluent speaker who stands by what he believes, but one whose lack of tact leads him into words and deeds that cooler heads would avoid.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-12","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-13","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-14","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-15","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-16","A whipping bill and a ruling for Sprague","Roosevelt's Privileges and Elections committee votes 7 to 2 to seat his friend Henry Sprague in a disputed New York City race. Roosevelt also introduces a bill to have men who injure children under 14 publicly whipped.",["henry-l-sprague"],"Albany"],["1883-02-19","Lampooned over the whipping bill","New York newspapers poke fun at Roosevelt over his public-whipping bill.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-20","A good speech, he tells Mittie","Roosevelt writes his mother Mittie from Albany, pleased with how his speech was received.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1883-02-21","Elections committee meets","Roosevelt sits with the Committee on Privileges and Elections in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-22","Votes against the hatters on prison labor","The Hatters' Union seeks to end the competition that cheap convict labor in state prisons gives its trade. Roosevelt opposes the measure and is among just 26 votes against; 80 members support it.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-23","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-26","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-27","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-02-28","Elliott turns 23","Roosevelt is in Albany on his brother Elliott's 23rd birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1883-03-01","Cleveland vetoes the five-cent fare","Governor Cleveland vetoes the bill cutting the Manhattan Elevated Railway fare from ten cents to five, a measure aimed at Jay Gould's profits. Roosevelt's whipping bill comes out of the Judiciary Committee and then disappears.",["grover-cleveland","jay-gould"],"Albany"],["1883-03-02","Calls Gould and his allies thieves","As the governor's veto is read to the Assembly and members cheer Cleveland's nerve, Roosevelt brands Jay Gould and his associates part of the wealthy criminal class, while arguing the vote is about the Assembly's own integrity.",["grover-cleveland","jay-gould"],"Albany"],["1883-03-03","Papers brand him a fake reformer","Newspapers in New York and Boston turn on Roosevelt over his stand on the fare veto, calling him a \"bogus reformer.\"",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-05","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-06","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-07","Breaks with his party to back the veto","Roosevelt follows his conscience rather than the Republican line and votes to sustain Cleveland's veto of the fare bill. His friends vote the other way.",["grover-cleveland"],"Albany"],["1883-03-08","Sprague unseated; a clash with Brooks","The Assembly reverses Roosevelt's committee and unseats Henry Sprague. Roosevelt moves that the Attorney General sue to void the Manhattan Railway's charter, and angers Erastus Brooks of Richmond by demanding his vote be recorded; after Brooks' long reply, Roosevelt apologizes.",["henry-l-sprague","erastus-brooks"],"Albany"],["1883-03-09","An overwrought speech on the Sprague vote","Angry over the Sprague decision, Roosevelt gives a heated speech threatening to quit the Assembly and casting every Republican as good and every Democrat as bad.",["henry-l-sprague"],"Albany"],["1883-03-10","Mocked for yesterday's oration","The press ridicules Roosevelt's March 9 speech. The New York Observer jokes that the chamber was in tears when he finished, from laughing.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-12","Summoned by the governor","Governor Cleveland calls Roosevelt in. The civil service bill will go forward with Cleveland's backing and support from insurgent Democrats.",["grover-cleveland"],"Albany"],["1883-03-13","Edith's father gravely ill","Edith Carow's father, Charles Carow, 58, has collapsed and is close to death.",["charles-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1883-03-14","Against state money for a Catholic protectory","Roosevelt speaks against a bill to fund a Catholic protectory, holding that the state should never give public money to any religious denomination.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-15","Warns of public anger at great corporations","Before the Judiciary Committee, Roosevelt backs a measure to break up the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company, arguing that punishing dishonest wealth through law protects honest capital and heads off lawless revolt.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-17","Charles Carow dies","Edith Carow's father, Charles Carow, dies in New York at 58. His death is attributed to pericarditis, pneumonia and asthenia, conditions linked to heavy drinking.",["charles-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-03-18","Carow's obituary in the Times","The New York Times runs an obituary for Charles Carow, asking that no flowers be sent.",["charles-carow"],"New York City"],["1883-03-19","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-20","Funeral for Charles Carow","Mourners fill St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery church in New York for Charles Carow's funeral, Alice and Aunt Annie Gracie among them, while Roosevelt is in Albany.",["charles-carow","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Albany"],["1883-03-21","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-22","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-23","Home in New York","Roosevelt is back in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-03-24","Saturday in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City over the weekend.",[],"New York City"],["1883-03-25","Easter in New York","Roosevelt spends Easter Sunday in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-03-26","Edith misses the Vanderbilt ball","Roosevelt is in Albany. In New York, Edith Carow has to turn down an invitation to the Vanderbilts' celebrated \"Ball of the Century.\"",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1883-03-27","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-28","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-29","Opposes a patronage bill for aldermen","Roosevelt speaks against a bill that would hand New York City aldermen more patronage.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-30","Liquor license bill goes down","A bill Roosevelt introduced to rein in the liquor trade with higher license fees receives an unfavorable committee report.",[],"Albany"],["1883-03-31","A nephew named Theodore","Roosevelt's sister Conie and her husband Douglas Robinson welcome a son, Theodore Douglas Robinson.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1883-04-02","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-03","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-04","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-05","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-07","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-09","Leads the debate for civil service reform","Roosevelt gives the main speech urging the Assembly to pass the Civil Service Bill.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-11","A newspaper on his strengths and gaps","The Daily Freeman observes that Roosevelt shines in debate but stumbles on parliamentary rules, which he tends to ignore and which have tripped him up more than once.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-13","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-14","Speaks to the City Reform Club","Roosevelt addresses the City Reform Club in New York City, where 38 members turn out. The New York World mocks the gathering the next day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-15","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-04-18","Neither capital nor labor","Roosevelt addresses the Assembly, likening a criminal to a wolf that must be killed or caged, and declaring that he speaks for every American citizen rather than any one class.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-19","Close of his citizens speech","The tail end of Roosevelt's Assembly remarks on representing all citizens is recorded here: he promises only to try to treat them fairly.",[],"Albany"],["1883-04-29","Conie's first anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Conie marks one year of marriage to Douglas Robinson.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1883-04-30","Pushing the tenement cigar bill","Roosevelt drives the tenement cigar-making bill to passage. He had toured New York's tenements with Samuel Gompers and seen for himself the sweatshops and child labor bred by rolling cigars at home.",["samuel-gompers"],"Albany"],["1883-05-01","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-05-02","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1883-05-03","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1883-05-04","Civil service reform becomes law","The state Senate passes the Civil Service Reform Bill and Governor Cleveland signs it. At 7 p.m. the Assembly adjourns for the year.",["grover-cleveland"],"Albany"],["1883-05-05","Back in New York after the session","With the legislature adjourned, Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-05-06","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt spends Sunday in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-05-24","The Brooklyn Bridge opens","The great bridge linking Manhattan and Brooklyn is formally opened.",[],"Brooklyn Bridge"],["1883-05-28","Free trade talk, and a hunting idea","Guest of honor at a Free Trade Club dinner at Clark's Tavern, Roosevelt speaks on \"The Tariff in Politics,\" predicting free trade will come in time. There he meets Henry H. Gorringe, who sparks the idea of a hunt on the Little Missouri.",["henry-h-gorringe"],"Clark's Tavern"],["1883-05-29","A baby on the way and a house in mind","Alice is expecting. Roosevelt starts planning the house he will call Leeholm, and he headlines a Garfield Club meeting with a talk on \"The Political Situation.\"",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-05-30","Elliott proposes to Anna Hall","Roosevelt's brother Elliott proposes marriage to Anna Hall.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-05-31","A sickly summer begins","Asthma and a bout of \"cholera morbus\" leave Roosevelt seriously sick through the summer months.",[],"New York City"],["1883-06-01","Speech at Cooper Union","Roosevelt speaks at Cooper Union in New York.",[],"Cooper Union"],["1883-06-30","Ordered to rest at Richfield Springs","On doctor's orders Roosevelt heads to Richfield Springs to recover. He and Alice make the trip by buggy.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1883-07-01","Happy news of Elliott's engagement","At Richfield Springs Roosevelt learns that Elliott is engaged and is thrilled. He writes Conie that Alice and the horse both got sick on the hilly drive, and that he chafes at the idle spa routine of waters, baths and ailing elderly guests.",["elliott-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-02","Taking the cure at Richfield Springs","Roosevelt remains at the Richfield Springs spa with Alice, resting on doctor's orders.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-04","Another day at the spa","Still at Richfield Springs with Alice, Roosevelt continues his rest cure. Nothing else is recorded.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-05","Taking the cure at Richfield Springs","Roosevelt remains at the Richfield Springs spa with Alice, resting on doctor's orders.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-06","Another day at the spa","Still at Richfield Springs with Alice, Roosevelt continues his rest cure. Nothing else is recorded.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-07","Taking the cure at Richfield Springs","Roosevelt remains at the Richfield Springs spa with Alice, resting on doctor's orders.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-08","Mittie turns 48","Roosevelt is at Richfield Springs on his mother Mittie's 48th birthday.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-09","Hoping Elliott will find purpose","Writing to his mother, Roosevelt hopes Elliott will now find a steady aim in life, and grumbles that the spa is dull enough to depress an angel.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-29","Alice turns 22","Roosevelt's wife Alice celebrates her 22nd birthday.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Richfield Springs"],["1883-07-31","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt and Alice head back to Oyster Bay.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1883-08-06","Edith Carow turns 22","Edith Carow celebrates her 22nd birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1883-08-19","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1883-08-20","Expanding the Leeholm land","Roosevelt purchases 95 more acres for Leeholm, bringing his holdings to 155 acres for a total of $20,000.",[],"Leeholm"],["1883-08-21","Visiting Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Alice's family home.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-22","Still at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt stays on at Chestnut Hill. The record notes nothing more.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-23","Planning a buffalo hunt","From Chestnut Hill, Roosevelt writes Henry H. Gorringe to arrange a hunting trip west to the Little Missouri. He hopes to shoot a buffalo and admits he loves big game hunting even more than politics.",["henry-h-gorringe"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-24","Still at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt stays on at Chestnut Hill. The record notes nothing more.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-25","Visiting Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Alice's family home.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-26","Still at Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt stays on at Chestnut Hill. The record notes nothing more.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1883-08-27","Visiting Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Alice's family home.",[],"New York City"],["1883-08-28","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-08-29","Late summer in the city","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-08-30","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-08-31","Settling the design of Leeholm","Working with architects Lamb and Rich, Roosevelt settles firm ideas for his new house. Leeholm will rise on his Cove Neck property at Oyster Bay, Long Island.",["hugh-lamb","charles-a-rich"],"New York City"],["1883-09-01","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-09-02","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-09-03","Westward bound for Dakota","Roosevelt sets out for the West on his hunting trip. Henry H. Gorringe, who had first proposed it, drops out at the last moment. Roosevelt writes Bamie to tell her he is leaving for Dakota.",["henry-h-gorringe","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1883-09-04","In Chicago, in high spirits","Roosevelt reaches Chicago and writes his mother that he feels full of fight.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1883-09-05","Rolling west toward the Badlands","Roosevelt is on the rails, heading for the Dakota Badlands.",[],"New York City"],["1883-09-06","Boarding the St. Paul Express","Roosevelt switches trains to the St. Paul Express for the run west.",[],"St. Paul"],["1883-09-07","A 2 a.m. arrival in Little Missouri","Roosevelt steps off the train at Little Missouri in Dakota Territory and rouses the owner of the Pyramid Park Hotel at two in the morning. He is given a bed in a fourteen-bed bunk room.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-08","Joe Ferris signs on as guide","Roosevelt hires 25-year-old Joe Ferris to guide him. Buffalo have been hunted hard in the Dakotas lately. They overnight at the Maltese Cross Ranch, which Sylvane Ferris, 24, runs with Bill Merrifield, 28; all three men came from Canada. Roosevelt also writes his mother.",["joe-ferris","sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-09","A mare named Nell and the Lang cabin","Roosevelt buys a mare called Nell from Ferris, then rides 45 miles south to the cabin of Scotsman Gregor Lang and his son Lincoln, 16. Lang, sent by an English firm to scout cattle country, talks with Roosevelt past midnight about the region and the cattle trade.",["joe-ferris","gregor-lang","lincoln-lang"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-10","A missed buck in the rain","Up at six on a soaking day, Roosevelt hunts with Joe Ferris. Ferris drops a blacktail buck at long range after Roosevelt misses it, to his own annoyance. That night Roosevelt again talks cattle with Gregor Lang late, while Ferris sleeps.",["joe-ferris","gregor-lang"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-11","Mud and an empty game bag","Roosevelt and Ferris hunt the whole day in the rain, bag nothing, and come back caked in mud. While Ferris sleeps, Roosevelt and Gregor Lang talk cattle, America and politics.",["joe-ferris","gregor-lang"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-12","More rain, more hunting","Another wet day: Roosevelt hunts from morning to night and then talks late into the evening, just as before.",["joe-ferris","gregor-lang"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-13","Cree riders in the rain","Rain again. Roosevelt's party spots a band of wandering Cree, but otherwise the day repeats the last two.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-14","A wounded buffalo and a bloody brow","Roosevelt hits a buffalo too far back and it gets away. In the chase the animal charges, his pony knocks his rifle into his head, and he bleeds from the cut. That night the horses bolt. Ferris hears him exclaim he is having fun.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-15","Rain in his eyes","In cold rain, Roosevelt gets a shot but misses with water streaming into his eyes, and spends another drenched night outdoors.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-16","Hard luck, and a choice to invest","On a hot day Roosevelt tumbles down a cliff, is thrown from his horse, and nearly loses the horse to quicksand. After two days on biscuits and rainwater, he resolves to put money into the Badlands, and talks late with Gregor Lang again.",["joe-ferris","gregor-lang"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-17","Hunting in the rain","More rain, and more hunting for Roosevelt.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-18","A $14,000 stake in cattle","With Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield at the Lang cabin, Roosevelt hands them a $14,000 check to run his stock and purchase 450 cattle. The sum tops his entire income for the year, $13,920.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-19","Drawing up a ranch contract","At the Lang cabin Roosevelt writes out a ranch contract. Ferris and Merrifield head to Minnesota to be released by their employers, Wadsworth and Halley, so they can partner with him.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield","mr-wadsworth","mr-halley"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-20","His buffalo at last","Riding into Montana with Joe Ferris, Roosevelt finally brings down a bison bull. He celebrates with a whooping dance and hands Ferris $100 then and there.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-21","Skinning the bull, riding back","Roosevelt skins the bison he shot the previous day and then rides back to Little Missouri.",["joe-ferris"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-22","At the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt is at the Maltese Cross, the cabin of Ferris and Merrifield.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-23","Medora rising across the river","Roosevelt is at the Pyramid Park Hotel in Little Missouri. Across the river the French Marquis de Mores has been building Medora since April, named for his wife, with grand plans to ship beef east in refrigerated rail cars.",["marquis-de-mores","medora-von-hoffman"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-24","At the Pyramid Park Hotel","Roosevelt remains at the Pyramid Park Hotel in Little Missouri.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-25","Trophy work in Bismarck","In Bismarck, Roosevelt arranges to have his bison head mounted.",[],"Bismarck"],["1883-09-26","Back in Little Missouri","Roosevelt is in Little Missouri.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-27","Ranch partnership made final","With Ferris and Merrifield back, Roosevelt's first contract with them is completed. It is also his sister Conie's 22nd birthday.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-28","Heading home; partners go for cattle","Roosevelt starts back to New York while Ferris and Merrifield travel to Iowa to buy 300 head of cattle.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-29","On the train east","Roosevelt is traveling back to New York City.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-09-30","Family doubts about the Dakota venture","Roosevelt is still traveling east. Mittie writes a friend that Alice's pregnancy is now plainly showing. The family, above all Uncle James Roosevelt, head of Roosevelt and Son, frowns on Roosevelt's Badlands investment.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","susan-elliott-west","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","james-roosevelt"],"Little Missouri"],["1883-10-01","Nearing New York","Roosevelt continues his trip to New York City.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-10-02","Last leg of the journey home","Roosevelt is still traveling to New York City.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-10-03","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"Little Missouri"],["1883-10-04","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-05","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-06","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"York"],["1883-10-07","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"York"],["1883-10-08","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-09","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-10","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"York"],["1883-10-11","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"York"],["1883-10-12","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-13","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-14","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"York"],["1883-10-15","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"York"],["1883-10-16","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-17","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-18","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"York"],["1883-10-19","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"York"],["1883-10-20","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-21","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-22","The Metropolitan Opera opens","Roosevelt is in New York City on the night the Metropolitan Opera opens its doors.",[],"York"],["1883-10-23","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"York"],["1883-10-24","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-25","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-26","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"York"],["1883-10-27","Twenty-five, and three years wed","Roosevelt turns 25 and marks his third wedding anniversary with Alice.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"York"],["1883-10-28","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"York"],["1883-10-29","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"York"],["1883-10-30","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York"],["1883-10-31","Campaigning for the Speakership","Roosevelt is in New York City. Through November he will crisscross the state, asking Assembly members one by one to back him for Speaker.",[],"New York"],["1883-11-01","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-02","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-03","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-04","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-05","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-06","Re-elected as Republicans retake Albany","On Election Day, amid street bonfires, Roosevelt follows returns at Republican headquarters in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He wins his Assembly seat again, beating Democrat Wallace Bamberg, a milliner, by 1,200 votes, as Republicans win the Assembly 72–56 and the Senate 19–13.",["wallace-bamberg"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1883-11-10","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-11","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-12","Writing for Speakership votes","Roosevelt writes Walter S. Hubbell, one of many Assembly allies he asks for support in his bid to become Speaker.",["walter-sage-hubbell"],"New York City"],["1883-11-17","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-18","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-19","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-20","No faction but the party","In a letter to Jonas S. Vanduzer, Roosevelt insists he belongs to neither Republican camp, Half-Breed or Stalwart.",["jonas-s-vanduzer"],"New York City"],["1883-11-21","Promising a probe of city government","Roosevelt tells the New York Tribune he will name a committee drawn from both parties to look into New York City's government.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-22","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-23","In the city between seasons","Roosevelt stays in New York City; the record is blank beyond his location.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-24","At home in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City. The chronology records nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-25","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-29","Autumn days in the city","Back from Dakota, Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1883-11-30","A quiet day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City, with no particular activity on record.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-01","Elliott weds Anna Hall","Elliott marries Anna Hall at Calvary Church, two blocks from the East 20th Street house where Theodore was born. Roosevelt stands as best man, and Edith Carow is among the guests.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Calvary Church"],["1883-12-02","New York, before the Speakership fight","Roosevelt is in New York City, weeks ahead of the Albany caucus. No events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-03","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-04","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-05","A December day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; the day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-06","New York, before the Speakership fight","Roosevelt is in New York City, weeks ahead of the Albany caucus. No events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-07","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-08","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-09","A December day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; the day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-10","New York, before the Speakership fight","Roosevelt is in New York City, weeks ahead of the Albany caucus. No events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-11","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-12","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-13","A December day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; the day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-14","New York, before the Speakership fight","Roosevelt is in New York City, weeks ahead of the Albany caucus. No events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-15","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-16","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-17","A December day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; the day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-18","New York, before the Speakership fight","Roosevelt is in New York City, weeks ahead of the Albany caucus. No events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-19","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-20","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-21","A December day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; the day's entry gives only his whereabouts.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-22","Confident about the Speakership","Writing again to Jonas S. Vanduzer, Roosevelt says he likes his odds in the race for Speaker.",["jonas-s-vanduzer"],"New York City"],["1883-12-23","At home in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City. The chronology adds no details.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-24","Waiting out December in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City as the new legislative year approaches. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-25","Christmas in New York","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1883-12-26","Lobbying in Albany for Speaker","Roosevelt goes up to Albany, takes rooms at the Delavan Hotel and works for the Speakership. John J. O'Brien, who runs the city's Republican organization, is behind him.",["john-j-o-brien"],"New York City"],["1883-12-27","Doubts about his steadiness","In Albany, critics raise questions about Roosevelt's stability and his views on free trade.",[],"Albany"],["1883-12-28","Waiting on the caucus","Roosevelt is in Albany as the Speakership contest builds toward the caucus.",[],"Albany"],["1883-12-29","Albany, counting votes","Roosevelt remains in Albany ahead of the Republican caucus.",[],"Albany"],["1883-12-30","Sunday before the caucus","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany, one day before the caucus vote.",[],"Albany"],["1883-12-31","Speakership slips away to Titus Sheard","The Republican caucus picks Titus Sheard, not Roosevelt, for Speaker. Members break pledges as machine men and corporate lobbyists close ranks, and Senator Miller wins over John O'Brien. Stung, Roosevelt moves to make Sheard's nomination unanimous. His year-end notes also tally his Dakota game and his 1883 income.",["titus-sheard","warner-miller","john-j-o-brien","elliott-roosevelt","james-king-gracie"],"Albany"],["1884-01-01","A sour new year in the Sun","The New York Sun greets the year with a jab, predicting no happy new year for \"the exquisite Mr. Roosevelt.\"",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-02","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-03","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-04","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-07","Albany, with the session underway","With the legislature meeting, Roosevelt is in Albany. No details survive for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-08","Chairing Cities, plus two committees","Roosevelt lands on the Banks and Militia committees and becomes chairman of Cities. His gracious exit from the Speakership race has left him with real clout.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-09","Objecting to a Speaker's spy","As the new session opens, Roosevelt protests to Speaker Sheard about the clerk assigned to the Cities Committee, whom he suspects of reporting to the Speaker.",["titus-sheard"],"Albany"],["1884-01-10","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-11","Three bills against the machine","Roosevelt files three anti-machine bills: steeper liquor license fees, a halt to city borrowing, and more power for New York's mayor to name department heads without the aldermen. Newspapers start backing him in the clerk dispute.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-14","A working day at the Capitol","Roosevelt spends the day in Albany during the legislative session; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-15","Heading a probe of city corruption","Roosevelt chairs a special committee probing corruption in New York City, joined by Republicans William O'Neil and Erwin and Democrats Hartford D. Nelson and Thomas V. Welch. Sheard lets him replace the Cities clerk with his own pick.",["william-o-neil","george-z-erwin","hartford-d-nelson","thomas-v-welch","titus-sheard"],"Albany"],["1884-01-16","In Albany with the Assembly","Roosevelt is at work in Albany with the Assembly in session. The record names no particular business for the day.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-17","Legislative business in Albany","The Assembly is sitting and Roosevelt is in Albany. Nothing specific is noted for this day.",[],"Albany"],["1884-01-31","Alice waits out her last weeks","Close to giving birth, Alice feels neglected. Roosevelt has let their 55 West 45th Street house to his brother Elliott and Anna, and Alice is staying with Mittie and Conie on West 57th Street.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1884-02-01","Undersheriff arrested after testifying","Roosevelt's investigation of New York City government claims a scalp: the city's Undersheriff, fresh off the witness stand, is taken into custody and indicted for misusing public money.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-02","Frustrated by the Sheriff's answers","Back at the hearings in New York City, Roosevelt is once more exasperated by how the Sheriff responds to the committee's questions.",["alexander-davidson"],"New York City"],["1884-02-03","A Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is logged for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-04","Quiet Monday in the city","The record puts Roosevelt in New York City with no events noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-05","Speaks up for the aldermanic bill","Roosevelt makes a speech backing his bill on the powers of the mayor and aldermen, then heads up the Hudson to Albany.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-06","A bloody nose in the sparring ring","In Albany, Roosevelt boxes hard enough to draw blood from his sparring partner. He writes his pregnant wife Alice that he aches to be home with her by Friday evening.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1884-02-07","Dinner with the Rathbones","Roosevelt dines with the Rathbone family in Albany.",["rathbone-family"],"Albany"],["1884-02-08","Home to New York; his mother has a cold","Roosevelt travels down to New York City. His mother, Mittie, is laid up with a cold.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1884-02-09","Saturday at home in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-10","Sunday in New York City","Another New York City day with nothing further noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-11","The Sheriff hands over his books","A win for Roosevelt's committee: the Sheriff of New York gives up his account books for examination. The committee then breaks for a week.",["alexander-davidson"],"New York City"],["1884-02-12","Baby Alice arrives","A daughter, Alice, is born at 10 a.m. Roosevelt has already left for Albany. With Conie away and Mittie fighting a bad cold, his sister Bamie is the one tending the new mother, while Alice's parents wait at the Brunswick Hotel for their first grandchild.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","george-lee","caroline-haskell-lee"],"Albany"],["1884-02-13","Urgent telegrams call him home","Under a thick fog that has shrouded the Hudson Valley for days, Roosevelt receives one telegram, then another, and races to New York. When he reaches home at half past ten that night, Alice has slipped into a coma from Bright's disease. That same day, a Cooper Union rally backs his aldermanic bill.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1884-02-14","His mother and his wife die","Valentine's Day brings a double blow. At 3 a.m. Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, dies of typhoid fever at 48. At 2 p.m. his wife Alice, just 22, dies too. In his diary he marks the day with a single line. He wires the news to Dora Watkins.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","dora-watkins"],"New York City"],["1884-02-15","The Assembly adjourns for him","Out of sympathy for Roosevelt's double loss, his Assembly colleagues vote to adjourn for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-16","A double funeral","Mittie and Alice are mourned together at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and laid to rest in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Observers describe Roosevelt as dazed and childlike in his grief.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church"],["1884-02-17","Baby Alice christened, given to Bamie","The infant Alice is baptized, and her aunt Bamie takes charge of her care.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York"],["1884-02-18","Back to work in Albany","Four days after the funerals Roosevelt is back in Albany. He writes Andrew D. White to thank him for his sympathy.",["andrew-d-white"],"Albany"],["1884-02-19","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no further events are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-02-20","On the floor for the aldermanic bill","Roosevelt rises in the Assembly to argue for his aldermanic bill.",[],"Albany"],["1884-02-21","Work as a refuge","Writing to Carl Schurz, Roosevelt explains that he has thrown himself back into his duties because staying busy is what keeps him sane.",["carl-schurz"],"Albany"],["1884-02-22","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day has no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-23","Saturday in the city","A New York City day with nothing else logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-24","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City; no events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-25","Grilling a Correction officer","Roosevelt questions a New York Department of Correction official about improper fees for moving prisoners.",[],"New York City"],["1884-02-26","Pushing his city-debt bill","In the Assembly, Roosevelt presses colleagues to pass his measure capping how much debt cities can run up.",[],"Albany"],["1884-02-27","Amending the orphans' bill","Roosevelt amends a bill to aid Black orphans and sends four bills out of his Committee on Cities.",[],"Albany"],["1884-02-28","Seven more bills, and Elliott turns 24","Roosevelt reports seven more bills, among them measures on protecting mechanics and laborers and on Brooklyn's sewers and drainage. It is also his brother Elliott's 24th birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1884-02-29","An inheritance, and good news from Dakota","Roosevelt is back in New York for his investigations. He receives $62,500 from his mother's estate, and his ranch partners in Dakota report the cattle came through a hard winter in good shape. Bamie rents 422 Madison Avenue and raises Baby Alice there; Roosevelt throws himself into Assembly work through the spring.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt","bill-merrifield","sylvane-ferris","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-03-01","Jail testimony and a contract for Leeholm","Roosevelt's committee hears witnesses describe drinking and sexual misconduct inside New York's jails. The same day he signs a $16,975 contract to build Leeholm, his house on Long Island, designed by the architects Lamb and Rich and to be built by a Lawrence, Long Island, firm, John A. Wood & Son.",["lamb-and-rich","john-a-wood-son"],"New York City"],["1884-03-02","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-03","Another round of hearings","At 10 o'clock the investigating committee sits again in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-04","A sister worries about sleepless nights","Roosevelt reads the Banking Committee's bill on the Assembly floor. In New York, Conie writes Bamie that their brother is pacing through the nights and barely sleeping.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1884-03-05","Liquor speech and a debt-limit victory","Roosevelt delivers an important address about the Liquor License Bill and his committee reports a dozen fresh bills. His bill capping municipal debt passes.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-06","The Tenure of Office Bill","Seven more bills leave the Cities Committee. Roosevelt also files his Tenure of Office Bill: it would cut short every New York City department head's term on January 15, 1885, keep the current mayor from naming replacements for four years, and badly complicate the aldermanic bill.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-07","Last weekend of hearings","The committee opens its final weekend of testimony at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City.",[],"Metropolitan Hotel"],["1884-03-08","Saturday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record adds nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-09","Sunday in New York","A day in New York City with no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-10","Monday in New York City","Roosevelt stays in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-11","Back in Albany","The record places Roosevelt in Albany with nothing further noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-12","Fourteen bills reported","Roosevelt's Cities Committee reports another 14 bills to the floor.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-13","Rejecting a whitewash","After reporting 15 bills in the morning and six more at night, Roosevelt reads the committee's official report on New York City and finds it buries his strongest findings. He carries all 1,054 pages of testimony to the Delavan House and begins dictating and drafting a report of his own.",[],"Delavan House"],["1884-03-14","A 15,000-word report in a day","Roosevelt finishes his own 44-page report, feeding pages to the printer as he goes, and lays it before the Assembly with nine reform bills. Democrats led by Assemblyman Littlejohn object; his bid to force three bills out by Tuesday loses 21 to 60, though the inquiry wins more time.",["assemblyman-littlejohn"],"Albany"],["1884-03-15","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-16","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing else noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-17","Inquiry turns to the police","The investigation in New York City shifts its focus to the city's Police Department.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-18","Asks Cleveland to remove the Sheriff","Roosevelt wins a two-thirds suspension so all his bills will reach the floor, then goes before Governor Grover Cleveland to ask that Sheriff Alexander Davidson be removed.",["grover-cleveland","alexander-davidson"],"Albany"],["1884-03-19","Answering the 'arrogant' charge","In the Commercial Advertiser, Roosevelt responds wryly to colleagues who call him arrogant for driving his bills so hard.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-20","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-21","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is back in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-22","Saturday in New York","No events are recorded; Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-23","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day passes without a recorded event.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-24","Monday in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City; nothing else appears.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-25","Tuesday in Albany","The record puts Roosevelt in Albany with no further detail.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-26","Machine men try to stall him","Machine politicians throw the Assembly into an uproar in a frantic bid to block Roosevelt. He tells Bamie he welcomes the new evening sessions, since a night in an Albany hotel is no treat.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1884-03-27","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing further is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-03-28","The Speaker apologizes","Speaker Titus Sheard says sorry to Roosevelt for the chaos on the Assembly floor two days earlier.",["titus-sheard"],"Albany"],["1884-03-29","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-30","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-03-31","Monday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-01","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-02","A bill to remake election oversight","Roosevelt files his Bureau of Elections Bill, which would set up a new bureau run by two heads.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-03","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with nothing else logged.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-04","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-05","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record is otherwise blank.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-06","Sunday in New York City","A New York City Sunday with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-07","Monday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-08","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt is back in Albany; no events are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-09","Wednesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with no further detail.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-10","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; the day carries no entries.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-11","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-12","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-13","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt spends Sunday in New York City; no events noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-14","Monday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else appears.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-15","Parks reform passes; a second report","The Assembly approves Roosevelt's bill to put the Parks Commission under a single head, along with six of his other bills, while two more go down. He also issues his second report on corruption in New York City.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-16","Wednesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-17","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with nothing further noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-18","Picked as a delegate to Utica","His Bureau of Elections and Tenure of Office bills move to the full Assembly sitting as a committee. Roosevelt then heads to New York City, where a reform slate chosen at Morton Hall for the special state convention at Utica includes him.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-19","Thomas Nast draws him","Harper's Weekly runs a Thomas Nast cartoon picturing Governor Cleveland signing bills that Roosevelt hands him. Back at the hearings, a plumber named Michael O'Malley testifies about prostitution in the city.",["thomas-nast","grover-cleveland","michael-o-malley"],"New York City"],["1884-04-20","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-21","Again urges the Sheriff's removal","For a second time Roosevelt appears before Governor Cleveland asking him to remove Alexander Davidson as Sheriff of New York City.",["grover-cleveland","alexander-davidson"],"Albany"],["1884-04-22","Deal-making at Bagg's Hotel","Roosevelt checks into Bagg's Hotel in Utica for the special Republican state convention and works the back rooms. His goal: win all four of New York's at-large seats at the national convention for independents who, like him, oppose James G. Blaine.",["james-g-blaine"],"Albany"],["1884-04-23","Running the show at Utica","At the Grand Opera House in Utica, Roosevelt outmaneuvers Senator Warner Miller, breaks with his friend Hunt, and leads the voting for delegate-at-large with 472 votes, ahead of Andrew D. White, John J. Gilbert and Edwin Packard. He waves a fist at Miller, crowing over revenge for his loss of the Speakership race to Sheard.",["warner-miller","andrew-d-white","john-j-gilbert","edwin-packard","hunt","titus-sheard"],"Grand Opera House"],["1884-04-24","A hero's welcome in the Assembly","Roosevelt returns to Albany and his allies greet him as a conquering hero; newspapers liken the chamber to a reception room in his honor.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-25","Albany, then New York City","Roosevelt is in Albany and then New York City; no events are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-04-26","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing further is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-27","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-28","Monday in New York City","Roosevelt stays in New York City; nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-04-29","Elections bill on third reading","The Bureau of Elections Bill gets its third reading. It is also the second anniversary of his sister Corinne's marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1884-04-30","Longing for the West","Roosevelt writes Simon North of the Utica Morning Herald that machine politicians dislike him and that he is eager to get out West and leave politics. The family houses at 6 West 57th and 55 West 45th Streets are emptied and sold, and Bamie answers condolence letters from 422 Madison Avenue, next door to the Clarence Day family.",["s-n-d-north","anna-roosevelt-cowles","clarence-day-family"],"Albany"],["1884-05-01","A sketch of his own life","Roosevelt writes out a short account of his life so far, naming his favorite pastimes.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-02","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-03","Police captain testifies","Police Captain Alexander Williams takes the stand to testify about prostitution in New York City.",["alexander-s-williams"],"New York City"],["1884-05-04","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-05","Inviting Lodge to visit","After a hearing, Roosevelt heads to Albany. He invites Henry Cabot Lodge, a Massachusetts delegate-at-large, to spend the weekend of May 17 at the family house on West 57th Street despite the household being packed up, and writes Louis T. Michener of Indiana about the coming national convention.",["henry-cabot-lodge","louis-t-michener"],"6 West 57th Street"],["1884-05-06","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-07","Wednesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with nothing logged.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-08","Tenure bill clears the Assembly","Roosevelt travels to New York City as his Tenure of Office Bill wins Assembly approval.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-09","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-10","Cleveland vetoes the tenure bill","Governor Cleveland vetoes the Tenure of Office Bill, citing contradictions in it. Roosevelt is embarrassed and calls the veto frivolous.",["grover-cleveland"],"New York City"],["1884-05-11","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-12","Back up to Albany","Roosevelt returns from New York City to Albany.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-13","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; the day has no entries.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-14","Elections bill narrowly defeated","The Bureau of Elections Bill goes down, 58 votes to 63.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-15","Third report: take the police out of politics","Two of Roosevelt's bills need last-minute rewriting because of sloppy errors. He also delivers a third report on graft in the city, proposing that police jobs come under civil service rules and that the four-member police board be scrapped.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-16","Legislative session ends","The Legislature adjourns for the year, and Roosevelt heads home to New York City.",[],"Albany"],["1884-05-17","The start of a lifelong friendship","Roosevelt hosts independent delegates bound for the national convention. Henry Cabot Lodge is his houseguest, likely their first long stretch together and the beginning of a friendship for life. Together they confer with Edwin Godkin, who edits the Evening Post.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edwin-l-godkin"],"New York City"],["1884-05-18","Meeting their candidate in Washington","Roosevelt and Lodge travel to Washington to talk with Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont, their pick for the presidential nomination.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-f-edmunds"],"New York City"],["1884-05-19","Frustration in the World","In an interview with the New York World, Roosevelt regrets how many of his bills were blocked in the Albany session just ended.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-20","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-21","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-22","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day is blank.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-23","Convention letter to Michener","Roosevelt writes Louis Michener again about the national convention.",["louis-t-michener"],"New York City"],["1884-05-24","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-25","Organizing the Edmunds forces","Roosevelt tells Lodge he is making arrangements with the Edmunds supporters ahead of the convention.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1884-05-26","Blaine the greater danger","Writing Lodge again, Roosevelt admits he has no fondness for President Arthur but sees Blaine as the bigger threat.",["henry-cabot-lodge","chester-a-arthur","james-g-blaine"],"New York City"],["1884-05-27","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-28","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-29","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day carries no entries.",[],"New York City"],["1884-05-30","Westbound for Chicago","Roosevelt boards the Pennsylvania Limited for Chicago, riding in a private car alongside Carl Schurz and George William Curtis.",["carl-schurz","george-william-curtis"],"New York City"],["1884-05-31","Convention delegates gather in Chicago","In Chicago for the Republican National Convention, Roosevelt backs Edmunds. He and Curtis take rooms at the Grand Pacific Hotel, New York's headquarters, while Lodge settles at the Leland House with Massachusetts. Roosevelt sports a bamboo cane and a straw boater lined in blue.",["george-f-edmunds","george-william-curtis","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Grand Pacific Hotel"],["1884-06-01","Blaine delegates pour into Chicago","With the Republican National Convention about to open, Roosevelt watches more delegates stream into Chicago, and the newcomers lean heavily toward James G. Blaine.",["james-g-blaine"],"Chicago"],["1884-06-02","Fighting Powell Clayton's bid to chair","Roosevelt teams up with his friend Henry Cabot Lodge to block Powell Clayton, a machine politician they consider corrupt, from being named temporary chairman of the convention.",["henry-cabot-lodge","powell-clayton"],"Chicago"],["1884-06-03","Speaking up for John R. Lynch","On the convention's sunny first day, the New York delegates take the front center rows. Roosevelt rises to back John R. Lynch of Mississippi, a Black Republican, for temporary chairman, and Lynch wins. All day he pushes hard against Blaine.",["john-r-lynch","james-g-blaine"],"Convention Hall"],["1884-06-04","Rain and routine at the convention","A damp day in Chicago brings ordinary convention business, while supporters of Senator George F. Edmunds scheme to hold off the nomination.",["george-f-edmunds"],"Convention Hall"],["1884-06-05","Platform read and nominating speeches","Rain falls again as the delegates receive women's suffrage petitions and hear William McKinley present the party platform. Sixteen nominating speeches fill the evening, and the hall doesn't empty until 1:45 in the morning.",["william-mckinley"],"Convention Hall"],["1884-06-06","Blaine wins on the fourth ballot","Voting starts and Blaine gains ground on every roll call. After the third ballot Joseph Foraker moves to recess and Roosevelt leaps up shouting in support, but the motion fails in the uproar. Blaine takes the nomination on the fourth ballot with 541 votes.",["james-g-blaine","joseph-b-foraker","chester-a-arthur","george-f-edmunds"],"Convention Hall"],["1884-06-07","Off to the Badlands after defeat","Beaten at the convention, Roosevelt leaves Chicago and heads west for Dakota, and the papers note his retreat to the wilds.",[],"Chicago"],["1884-06-08","A gloomy letter from St. Paul","Traveling west, Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie from St. Paul that the reformers have been crushed, and he judges Blaine the worst choice of anyone the convention weighed.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-g-blaine"],"St. Paul"],["1884-06-09","Back at the Little Missouri","Roosevelt steps off the train in Medora, where Joe and Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield greet him and talk over the convention at the newspaper office. A St. Paul Pioneer Press interview quotes him saying he will stay with the party ticket.",["joe-ferris","sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-10","Riding out to the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt saddles up and rides from town to his Maltese Cross Ranch.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-11","A day at the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt is at his Maltese Cross Ranch; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-12","1,000 more cattle for $26,000","Roosevelt signs a second deal with Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield, paying $26,000 for a thousand head of cattle. Back East, his refusal to bolt Blaine has made the news, and New York's Union League Club blackballs him for it.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-13","Fitted for a buckskin suit","Staying at Gregor Lang's, Roosevelt bags a jackrabbit and a curlew with his heavy express rifle and is itching to go after antelope. Mrs. Maddox takes his measurements for a buckskin outfit.",["gregor-lang","mrs-maddox"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-14","Two curlew with the rifle","At the Maltese Cross, Roosevelt drops two curlew with his rifle, one in flight, and is pleased with the shooting. Harper's Weekly declares against Blaine.",["james-g-blaine"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-15","Setting out after antelope","Roosevelt prepares to leave the Maltese Cross on a four-day antelope hunt.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-16","A badger run down on horseback","Roosevelt spots a badger far from its burrow, gallops up and kills it with his revolver, then watches a cattle roundup.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-17","Ranching becomes his business","Roosevelt tells Bamie the St. Paul interview was made up, delights in the June weather after thirteen hours on horseback, and says ranching will be his real business. He means to bring Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow out from Maine. To Lodge he admits he has heard no news since the convention.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-18","A fine buck antelope at full gallop","Riding alone on the prairie, Roosevelt races his pony across the path of a small band of antelope, jumps down and drops a big-horned buck. From a cattleman's shack he writes Lodge asking to see him soon and insisting they cannot bolt the party.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-19","Out on the antelope hunt","Roosevelt is away hunting; no details survive for the day.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-20","Still hunting on the prairie","Another day afield for Roosevelt, with nothing further recorded.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-21","His best rifle shot yet","Rounding a knoll, Roosevelt sees two antelope watching from far off. He gets down, aims high and breaks one's neck at a measured 300 yards, the longest shot he has ever made. He spends the night in the trees.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-22","Return to the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt comes back to the Maltese Cross Ranch from his hunting trip.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-23","Playing frontier hunter in earnest","After shooting two plover for the cook pot, Roosevelt tells Bamie he has spent a week alone on the plains, sleeping out under the sky, and has two antelope and a deer to show for it.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-06-24","Visitors crowd out the writing","The Maltese Cross sits right on the main trail, so cowboys drop by every day to visit, and Roosevelt manages little writing.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-25","Finding the Elkhorn site","After a mallard for the pot, Roosevelt scouts the river north of Medora for a new ranch site. He buys a squatter's claim for $400, and a pair of locked elk antlers found on the ground gives the place its name: the Elkhorn.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-26","Turned away by Montana vigilantes","Roosevelt travels by rail with the Marquis de Mores and a man named Jameson, to Mills City in Montana, hoping to join a vigilance group formed to stamp out horse stealing. The vigilantes turn all three down because they come from prominent families.",["marquis-de-mores","jameson"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-27","A pintail grouse for supper","Back at the Maltese Cross, Roosevelt shoots a sharp-tailed grouse cock with his rifle for the table.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-28","At the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt is at his ranch; the day has no further record.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-29","Quiet Sunday at the ranch","Roosevelt spends Sunday at the Maltese Cross; nothing else is noted.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-06-30","Heading back East","Roosevelt boards an eastbound train at Medora for New York.",[],"Medora"],["1884-07-01","On the rails eastward","Roosevelt is on the train, making his way from Dakota toward New York.",[],"Medora"],["1884-07-02","Another day on the train","Roosevelt's eastbound journey to New York continues.",[],"Medora"],["1884-07-03","Home to Bamie's house","Roosevelt reaches New York and settles in with his sister Bamie at her home on Madison Avenue.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-07-04","A Dakota paper on his reform work","Roosevelt is in New York as the Mandan Pioneer, back in Dakota, runs a piece on him and the reform fight in New York City politics.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-05","Reformers shun Blaine","Roosevelt meets with Republican leaders in New York and finds that every prominent reformer wants no part of Blaine.",["james-g-blaine"],"New York City"],["1884-07-06","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-07","Still in New York","Another unrecorded day for Roosevelt in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-08","Inviting Sewall and Dow west","Roosevelt writes his old Maine guides Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow, asking them to join his Dakota ranching venture, and encloses a $3,000 check to clear a mortgage.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"New York City"],["1884-07-09","A New York day","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-10","Unrecorded day in the city","Roosevelt remains in New York City with nothing further on record.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-11","Democrats pick Cleveland and Hendricks","The Democrats name New York's governor, Grover Cleveland, as their presidential candidate, with Thomas A. Hendricks as his running mate. Roosevelt loathes Hendricks as a Copperhead, a Northerner who sided with the South during the Civil War.",["grover-cleveland","thomas-a-hendricks"],"New York City"],["1884-07-12","Visiting Conie in Orange","Roosevelt goes to Orange, New Jersey, to see his younger sister Corinne.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Orange"],["1884-07-13","Sunday in Orange","Roosevelt stays on in Orange, New Jersey.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Orange"],["1884-07-14","Baby Lee meets her grandparents","Roosevelt takes his baby daughter Alice to Chestnut Hill to visit her mother's parents. Old college friends in Boston give him the cold shoulder, since many reform Republicans, the Mugwumps, have broken away to back Cleveland, along with a long list of major newspapers.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","seth-low","carl-schurz","henry-ward-beecher","edwin-l-godkin","george-haven-putnam","lowell","j-pierpont-morgan","dana","george-william-curtis","benjamin-h-bristow","grover-cleveland"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-15","At Chestnut Hill","Roosevelt is staying at Chestnut Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-16","Chestnut Hill visit continues","Another quiet day for Roosevelt at Chestnut Hill.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-17","Still with the Lees","Roosevelt remains at Chestnut Hill with no other details noted.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-18","A porch talk with Lodge at Nahant","Roosevelt visits Henry Cabot Lodge's summer place at Nahant, and the two talk late on the porch. Lodge, who took the brunt of the Blaine backlash alone while Roosevelt was out West, is feeling low.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Nahant"],["1884-07-19","Declaring for the Republican ticket","From Chestnut Hill, Roosevelt writes the Boston Herald to say publicly that he will vote for the Republican presidential ticket.",[],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-20","Running amuck among the Mugwumps","Roosevelt writes Lodge's wife, Nannie, joking that he has been tangling with Boston's Mugwumps.",["anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-21","Bad press and a Cleveland scandal","Newspapers criticize Roosevelt and Lodge for sticking with Blaine, and the story of Grover Cleveland's child born out of wedlock breaks.",["henry-cabot-lodge","grover-cleveland"],"Chestnut Hill"],["1884-07-22","Back in New York","Roosevelt is back in New York City; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-23","A New York day","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing else on record.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-24","Talking ranch life with the Tribune","At Bamie's Madison Avenue home, Roosevelt gives an interview to a New York Tribune reporter and speaks warmly of the West and cattle ranching.",[],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-07-25","In the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-26","Unrecorded Saturday","Roosevelt spends a quiet, unrecorded day in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-27","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is known.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-28","Westward with Sewall and Dow","Roosevelt meets Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow in New York and the three set off for Medora. He tells Lodge that friends seem startled he has not sprouted hooves and horns.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1884-07-29","An Englishman joins the party","On the way to Dakota, Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow pick up a traveling companion at Harrisburg, an Englishman named Messiter, whom Roosevelt judges no great thinker but a gentleman.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","messiter"],"New York City"],["1884-07-30","Rolling toward Dakota","Roosevelt and his party are still on the train heading west.",[],"New York City"],["1884-07-31","Interview in St. Paul","Passing through St. Paul on the trip west, Roosevelt sits for a newspaper interview.",[],"St. Paul"],["1884-08-01","Two ranches, 4,500 cattle","Roosevelt's cattle operation now runs on two spreads: the Maltese Cross, seven miles south of Medora and run by Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris, and the new Elkhorn, thirty miles north, placed under Sewall and Dow. Together they carry about 4,500 head.",["bill-merrifield","sylvane-ferris","william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"New York City"],["1884-08-02","Sewall sizes up the Badlands","Roosevelt pulls into Medora with his Maine men. Bill Sewall takes one look around and is unimpressed by the place as cattle country.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Medora"],["1884-08-03","Sending cattle north to Elkhorn","Roosevelt dispatches Sewall and Dow downriver to the Elkhorn with a hundred head. While he was away, Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris had driven in a thousand cattle from Iowa.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","bill-merrifield","sylvane-ferris"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-04","Out to Gregor Lang's","Roosevelt rides to Gregor Lang's ranch, with the Englishman Messiter along. Lang's wife has just come over from Ireland to join him.",["gregor-lang","messiter"],"Lang Ranch"],["1884-08-05","Staying with the Langs","Roosevelt remains a guest at Gregor Lang's ranch.",["gregor-lang"],"Lang Ranch"],["1884-08-06","Edith Carow turns 23","Roosevelt is at the Maltese Cross on the 23rd birthday of Edith Carow, his childhood friend and future wife.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-08-07","Checking on the Elkhorn","Roosevelt rides north from the Maltese Cross to look in on Sewall and Dow and their progress at the Elkhorn.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-08-08","Congressman Roosevelt of Dakota?","While Roosevelt is at the Elkhorn, the Mandan Pioneer muses that he could win a seat in Congress the moment Dakota becomes a state.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-08-09","Grouse hunting at Elkhorn","Roosevelt spends the day after grouse near the Elkhorn.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-08-10","A tribute to Alice Lee","At the Maltese Cross, Roosevelt completes his written memorial to his late wife Alice and mails it East to the Putnam firm to be printed.",["alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-08-11","Fond of the grim Badlands","At the Maltese Cross, Roosevelt writes of his growing affection for the stark Badlands landscape.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-08-12","Sombrero and a house under way","Roosevelt writes Lodge that he would laugh to see him in his wide sombrero. To Bamie he recounts traveling out with his Maine friends and asks her to keep the builders moving on Leeholm, the new house she is overseeing at Oyster Bay.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles","charles-a-rich","lorenzo"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-08-13","Facing down a gunman in Mingusville","This is the likeliest date for Roosevelt's run-in at Nolan's Hotel in Mingusville. A drunk waving two pistols mocks him as a bespectacled dude; Roosevelt knocks him down, the shots go wild, and the man hits his head on the bar. The tale races across the Badlands.",[],"Medora"],["1884-08-14","Backing a Tribune letter","Roosevelt writes W. L. Hubbell confirming the facts in a Tribune letter concerning the state legislature.",["w-l-hubbell"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-15","On the Little Missouri","Roosevelt is on the Little Missouri; no details are recorded.",[],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-16","Outfitting for the Bighorns","Roosevelt plans a two-month overland hunt to Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains with Bill Merrifield as hunting partner and a seasoned plainsman named Lebo as teamster and cook. His diary lists ponies, clothes, food and an arsenal of guns. That day he covers 72 miles in the saddle.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-17","A thousand-mile hunt ahead","From Chimney Butte, Roosevelt tells Bamie about the coming hunting expedition and how much he has come to love the place.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-08-18","Hailstorm on the first day out","The Bighorn trip gets a slow start. Roosevelt and Merrifield leave the wagon and ride to Lang's for the night, ducking into a washout when a hailstorm hits so hard the ponies won't face it. Their slickers keep them dry, and his new Winchester performs well.",["bill-merrifield","gregor-lang"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-19","Rain all day, roast duck at night","In a steady downpour Roosevelt leaves Lang's, shoots ducks and grouse in the sloughs and skips lunch, then catches up with the wagon at Lake Station on the old Keogh Trail. They burn the old station's logs for a fire, eat fried duck and sleep in the wagon.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Little Missouri River"],["1884-08-20","A whitetail buck in velvet","Under gray skies the wagon struggles through soaked ground. Roosevelt drops a whitetail buck at a hundred yards and two sage grouse, all with his Winchester. They make only twelve miles and camp early at a muddy pool to dry out, crossing from prairie into rough Badlands.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Lake Station"],["1884-08-21","Cowboys singing to the herd","After a frosty night, a big herd of beef steers that had bedded nearby passes the camp; all night Roosevelt heard the riders singing around it. The party's greyhound dies, and they make 25 miles past countless buffalo skulls. He sketches his companions Lebo and Merrifield in his diary.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Lake Station"],["1884-08-22","Storm-soaked on the Keogh Trail","A fierce night storm drenches the tentless party. Following a cattle trail southwest about twenty miles, Roosevelt misses two good shots at blacktail bucks. They camp beside a lovely natural park dotted with pine-topped sandstone pillars.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Lake Station"],["1884-08-23","Cattle where buffalo once roamed","The party crosses the Little Beaver onto wide brown-grass plains, where Roosevelt notes that cattle herds have replaced the buffalo. He misses a doe, shoots two young sage grouse through the head for the evening meal, and they camp in the Powder River Badlands to the howl of coyotes.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Lake Station"],["1884-08-24","Letters written on a water keg","The party follows a creek down to the Powder River and pushes on through sagebrush bottoms to a dry camp. Using an upturned keg as a desk, Roosevelt writes Bamie and Lodge and hands the letters to a passing cowboy. To Lodge he mixes trail news with talk of Cornwallis and the Puritans.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Powder River"],["1884-08-25","A pony tumbles down a cliff","Moving up the Powder to where the Little Powder joins it, Roosevelt shoots grouse, doves and teal for the pot. Merrifield misses a cougar, the pair nearly bog down in a swamp, and Merrifield's pony somersaults twice down a thirty-foot sandy bank.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-08-26","Night with the N Bar outfit","A short day's travel. Roosevelt shoots eight prairie chickens and buys a fine young horse from a cowboy for $100. They stop at the N Bar Ranch, where thirty men and some three hundred horses are gearing up for the beef roundup, and he admires the cowboys' style.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"N Bar Ranch"],["1884-08-27","A yearling buck in the swamp","The Powder valley narrows between bold, pine-dotted bluffs. Roosevelt fills the bag with sage hens and prairie chickens, and at dusk, kneeling in a marsh, he shoots a young whitetail buck through the heart at fifty yards.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-08-28","Nine crossings of the Powder","Heading up the Powder, the party fords the river nine times, the wagon nearly sinking in quicksand once, and camps just short of Clear Creek.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-08-29","Two bucks with one bullet","Climbing Clear Creek over barren sagebrush country, the wagon sticks three times and the team nearly gives out. In the afternoon Roosevelt breaks the backs of two blacktail bucks with a single shot at 431 paces and keeps the bullet.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-08-30","Into Wyoming","The party makes about twenty miles up Clear Creek and crosses from Montana into Wyoming, passing many cattle and a Cheyenne camp. Roosevelt notes that he has been bathing in the river daily.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-08-31","Bighorns in sight, marksmanship match","Camped a few miles from Buffalo with the snowy Bighorns in view, Roosevelt nearly halves a jackrabbit at 75 yards. Near a Cheyenne village, Merrifield proposes a shooting match, and the two hunters easily beat the Cheyenne marksmen.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-09-01","Rolling into Buffalo, Wyoming","The hunting party reaches Buffalo, which Roosevelt sizes up as a genuine frontier settlement.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Buffalo"],["1884-09-02","Trading the wagon for pack ponies","At a Crazy Woman Creek sawmill the party leaves its wagon behind and sets up a pack string of seven horses, with the wagon cover doubling as a tent, for the climb into the mountains.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-03","Up onto the Bighorn plateau","Balky ponies and a faint trail delay the start until ten. The party grinds up the steep climb to the Bighorn plateau, camps on Willow Creek, and Roosevelt shoots two blue grouse out of a tree for supper. Ice forms overnight.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-04","First elk in the high country","The party works up to about 8,000 feet into green park country of glades, lakes and clear streams and camps by a rushing creek. Hunting on foot, Roosevelt trails a band of elk and kills a cow and a calf; Merrifield takes two more.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-05","Chasing a bugling bull","With the ponies worn out, they stay put to dry meat and stretch hides. A bull elk calling near camp the night before lures Roosevelt out alone all day, but he never sees it, coming home with only a rabbit and a grouse.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-06","Snowbound beside the fire","Snow covers the camp by morning and rain and sleet fall all day, so the men stay in the tent before a roaring log fire. In the afternoon Roosevelt takes a brisk three-hour ride on his horse California through the mist.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-07","Helter-skelter after three bulls","Roosevelt and Merrifield ride out at dawn on Blackie and Splitear and hunt until dusk over rough burned timber. They find three bull elk and wound all of them, give chase on foot, and bring down two; Roosevelt also kills a blacktail doe. He is fascinated by the bulls' bugling in the rut.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-08","Merrifield trees a black bear","Out alone, Roosevelt lets a doe and two fawns pass since camp has plenty of meat, then shoots a dozen blue grouse for variety. Meanwhile Merrifield chases a black bear up a tree and kills it, to Roosevelt's regret at missing it.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-09","Snow, moonlight and bear meat","The party moves camp about six miles to a fork of the Ten Sleep. Snow falls off and on, and Roosevelt finds the scene lovely by moonlight. He reports the bear meat tasty and his health never better.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-10","Woods that recall Maine","A long, fruitless still-hunt with Merrifield turns up only a few deer tracks amid snow and frozen ponds. The silent pine and spruce forest reminds Roosevelt of the woods of Maine and the Adirondacks.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-11","Fifty trout and a weary hike","Roosevelt and Merrifield ride and hike most of the day to reach a mountain lake, catch about fifty trout, and return exhausted to a trout feast in camp.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-12","A great bull elk at 75 yards","Finding no game, they move camp six miles toward the foothills. Hunting on foot that afternoon, Roosevelt kills a big bull elk with a superb rack facing him at 75 yards, and picks off two grouse for supper.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-13","His first grizzly","Roosevelt shoots a spike blacktail in the morning, wearing moccasins for silence. That afternoon he and Merrifield trail a grizzly through thick forest to its bed, and Roosevelt kills it with one shot to the brain from 25 feet. He is very proud of his first bear.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-14","A sow grizzly and her cub","After skinning yesterday's grizzly, Roosevelt rides to a scenic canyon and needs six shots to kill a blacktail buck. While skinning it at dusk, he and Merrifield spot a mother grizzly and a big cub, chase them a mile on foot, and kill both.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-15","A grizzly for Merrifield","The men haul the bears into camp. That afternoon they find a big grizzly feeding on the bull elk carcass, and Roosevelt has Merrifield take the shot, since he has yet to kill one on his own. Four blue grouse make supper.",["bill-merrifield"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-16","An elk on the run","All three men beat the woods for bear all day with no luck. When Lebo misses a bull elk, it crosses Roosevelt's path; he wounds it, sprints after it in his moccasins, and drops it with a second shot.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-17","Leaving the mountains","The party breaks camp and starts down, three pack ponies loaded with hides and antlers, and camps again on the creek they used coming up.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-18","Back to the wagon","The party reaches the Crazy Woman Creek sawmill where the wagon waited. Roosevelt's horse California is worn out after falling into a creek.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Crazy Woman Creek"],["1884-09-19","Dinner at Fort McKinney","With the wagon back in service, the party rolls to Fort McKinney, where Roosevelt dines at the post. He jots down a Dr. Tyrell's account of two 8th Cavalry soldiers killed by a grizzly in New Mexico in 1872.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo","doctor-tyrell"],"Wyoming"],["1884-09-20","Starting the 300-mile trip home","The party makes a decent day's travel, camping above Piney Fork, and Roosevelt bags a jackrabbit and two ducks. He writes Bamie about his bears and elk as they head home.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Wyoming"],["1884-09-21","Camp under the balm tree","A long day on the trail brings the party back to its August 30 lunch spot beneath a big balm tree, where they camp.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Piney Fork"],["1884-09-22","Saving the bear skins","The party follows Clear Creek to within six miles of the Powder, then stops under two big cottonwoods so the spoiling bear hides can be scraped and dried. The horses are in poor shape.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-09-23","Waiting on the hides","The bear skins are still drying, so the party stays put. Roosevelt hunts the north side of the creek and sees nothing.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-09-24","Teal and chickens by the river","With the hides still damp, Roosevelt hunts south of the creek without luck, then takes the shotgun along the river and bags two teal and five sharptail grouse.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Clear Creek"],["1884-09-25","An off day with the rifle","After a long day's travel the party camps where the Powder curves. Short of fresh meat, Roosevelt goes hunting but misses three whitetail shots, and Merrifield misses two.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-09-26","Wet night, whitetail doe","Rain soaks the men overnight despite the wagon cover. They travel well and camp a few miles upriver from the N Bar Ranch, and Merrifield brings down a whitetail doe.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-09-27","Camp by the S H ranch","The party pastures its horses near the S H ranch, and it rains again overnight. Back East, Roosevelt's sister Corinne turns 23.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Powder River"],["1884-09-28","A dozen ducks near Powderville","Traveling down the Powder, the party camps near Powderville. Roosevelt shoots two blue-winged teal with the rifle and ten more ducks with a right-and-left from the shotgun.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-09-29","Cold rain and muddy water","Cold rain falls through the night and all the next day. The party travels until dark and camps near White Clay Buttes with poor grass and muddy water, the team nearly spent.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"Powder River"],["1884-09-30","Pitch-pine fire at the Medicine Buttes","After a hard frost, Roosevelt shoots seven sharptail grouse. On a cold, windy day one team horse gives out and Splitear goes into harness. They camp after dark among the Medicine Buttes beside a blazing pitch-pine fire under a sandstone cliff.",["bill-merrifield","norman-lebo"],"New York City"],["1884-10-01","Pinned in camp by a gale","On the trail back from his Wyoming hunt, Roosevelt and his party sit out a day of howling wind and rain squalls rather than risk the open prairie.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-02","Strayed horses and a mare in the mud","Wet bedding, wandering horses and a team mare stuck in a mud hole cost Roosevelt's party the day; it takes two hours to haul her out, and she is too weak to travel.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-03","Out of meat, he shoots supper","After two days without meat, Roosevelt takes his shotgun out from camp on the big sand and brings back three teal and two sharp-tailed grouse.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-04","A fifty-mile moonlight ride","Roosevelt drives to Muddy Creek, shooting a jackrabbit and two grouse along the way. Then he and Bill Merrifield ride all night under the moon, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., covering fifty miles to the Chimney Butte ranch. He later recalled the hoofbeats and coyote cries of that ride in print.",["bill-merrifield"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-10-05","Home from Wyoming with a big bag","Back at Chimney Butte from the Bighorn country, Roosevelt tallies a season's take of more than a hundred birds and small animals, plus three grizzly bears, six elk and seven deer.",[],"Chimney Butte Ranch"],["1884-10-06","Facing down the Marquis's gunman","At Elkhorn, Sewall and Dow tell Roosevelt of threats against him and his men, of lynchings while he was away, and of the Marquis de Morès's hired gunmen stopping in for a meal. As the story was later told, Roosevelt rode to E. C. Paddock's cabin, told him that if there was to be killing it could start now, and warned him off his men and his claim.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","marquis-de-mores","e-g-paddock"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-10-07","Leaving Medora for the East","Roosevelt departs Medora for New York City.",[],"Medora"],["1884-10-08","On the rails east","Roosevelt is on the way to New York City.",[],"Medora"],["1884-10-09","Arrives at Bamie's","Roosevelt reaches New York City and goes to his sister Bamie's house on Madison Avenue.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-10-10","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-11","Backing Blaine; a niece named Eleanor","At 422 Madison Avenue, Roosevelt tells reporters he will support Blaine in November and voices anger that Governor Cleveland never removed Sheriff Davidson. His brother Elliott and Elliott's wife, Anna, welcome a daughter, Anna Eleanor.",["james-g-blaine","grover-cleveland","alexander-davidson","eleanor-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-10-12","Catching up on mail","Roosevelt works through a pile of letters in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-13","Says no to Congress","Roosevelt is offered the Republican nomination for Congress in New York's First District, which includes Oyster Bay, and turns it down.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-14","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-15","Wednesday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-16","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing further appears.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-17","Friday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-18","Stumping for Blaine in Brooklyn","Speaking to Brooklyn's Young Republicans, Roosevelt campaigns for Blaine and lands a stinging line on the Democratic running mate, Thomas A. Hendricks.",["james-g-blaine","thomas-a-hendricks"],"New York City"],["1884-10-19","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-20","Campaigning for Lodge in Malden","In Malden, Massachusetts, Roosevelt rallies Republicans for Henry Cabot Lodge's congressional race, arguing Blaine won the nomination honestly and the party will keep him in check. He also writes William Clapp of Boston denying a remark newspapers pinned on him after Chicago.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-g-blaine","william-clapp"],"Malden"],["1884-10-21","Melrose speech for Lodge","Roosevelt speaks in Melrose, Massachusetts, on Lodge's behalf.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Melrose"],["1884-10-22","A warm crowd at Chickering Hall","Roosevelt gives a strong speech at Chickering Hall in New York City, and the partisan audience receives it well.",[],"Chickering Hall"],["1884-10-23","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-24","Newark speech; a letter to the Globe","Roosevelt speaks at the Grand Opera House in Newark, New Jersey, and writes the Boston Globe's editor to deny that on June 6 he vowed not to support Blaine.",["editor-of-the-boston-globe"],"New York City"],["1884-10-25","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-26","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1884-10-27","A literary birthday dinner in Boston","Roosevelt turns 26 in Boston and dines at Henry Cabot Lodge's home with three celebrated writers: the novelist William Dean Howells, the poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-dean-howells","thomas-bailey-aldrich","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr"],"Boston"],["1884-10-28","Winchester speech for Lodge","Roosevelt campaigns for Lodge in Winchester, Massachusetts.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Winchester"],["1884-10-29","Blaine's campaign stumbles","While Roosevelt is in Boston, Blaine's campaign blunders in New York: a minister brands the Democrats the party of \"rum, Romanism and Rebellion,\" Blaine fails to disown the insult to Catholics, and a showy dinner with wealthy backers at Delmonico's after a big parade sours voters further.",["samuel-d-burchard","james-g-blaine"],"Boston"],["1884-10-30","Praise for a Grace supporter","From Boston, Roosevelt writes Francis Scott to commend him for supporting William R. Grace in the New York mayoral race.",["francis-scott","william-r-grace"],"Boston"],["1884-10-31","Rebutting a duplicity charge","Roosevelt answers Richard R. Bowker of Publishers Weekly, who had accused him in the Brooklyn Eagle of double-dealing over Blaine, and tells Charles H. Knox he is backing Grace for mayor.",["richard-r-bowker","charles-h-knox","william-r-grace"],"New York City"],["1884-11-01","Elmira speech for Van Duzer","Roosevelt speaks in Elmira, New York, for Jonas Van Duzer.",["jonas-van-duzer"],"Elmira"],["1884-11-02","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-03","Monday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing noted on the eve of the election.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-04","Cleveland beats Blaine","Roosevelt casts his vote in New York City as Democrat Grover Cleveland narrowly defeats Republican James G. Blaine for President. The race is so tight that Blaine waits two weeks to concede.",["grover-cleveland","james-g-blaine"],"New York City"],["1884-11-05","Help for Hubbell's Speakership bid","Roosevelt promises Walter Hubbell his help in the race for Speaker of the State Assembly.",["walter-sage-hubbell"],"New York City"],["1884-11-06","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-07","Consoling a defeated Lodge","Writing Lodge, who has lost his race for Congress, Roosevelt reports that New York is in turmoil after the election.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1884-11-08","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-09","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-10","Monday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day has no entries.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-11","Cheering Lodge; a talk at the Nineteenth Century Club","Roosevelt writes again to Lodge, beaten by fewer than 300 votes, trying to lift his spirits and inviting him and his wife Nannie for a visit in midwinter. He also gives a talk at the Nineteenth Century Club about what the campaign revealed of Republican principles; he had seen Blaine as the lesser evil.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"New York City"],["1884-11-12","Wednesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-13","Heading back to Dakota","Roosevelt sets out for Dakota Territory.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-14","Westbound","Roosevelt is still on the way to Dakota.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-15","Still on the train","A third day of travel toward Dakota.",[],"New York City"],["1884-11-16","Back on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt reaches the Little Missouri and heads out to his Chimney Butte ranch.",[],"Chimney Butte Ranch"],["1884-11-17","A cold night alone on the way to Elkhorn","Roosevelt helps Sylvane Ferris and Merrifield move a small beef herd, then sets out mid-afternoon from Medora for Elkhorn as the Badlands turn wintry. Darkness and cold stop him; he shelters in an empty shack with nothing but tea for supper.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-18","Felling logs for the Elkhorn house","Roosevelt shoots grouse from the trees for breakfast and joins Sewall and Dow, who are cutting logs for the Elkhorn ranch house. In ten-below cold, Sewall drops 53 trees, Dow 49, and Roosevelt 17. Final returns show that a shift of just 575 votes in the city would have made Blaine President.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","james-g-blaine"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-11-19","Siting the Elkhorn ranch house","Roosevelt picks the spot for the Elkhorn ranch house and pitches in on construction.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-11-20","Riding the range with Captain Robbins","Roosevelt rides his range with Captain Robbins and shoots seven grouse. Back East, his childhood friend Edith Carow has dinner with a Mr. Stratton at his Aunt Annie Gracie's. Roosevelt is weighed down by his political setbacks and family losses.",["captain-robbins","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mr-stratton","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-11-21","Through snow at twenty below","With Sewall and Dow, Roosevelt rides from Elkhorn up to Chimney Butte through snow at 20 below zero. He is thinking about a stockmen's association to settle fights over range rights and strayed cattle.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1884-11-22","Selling neighbors on an association","Roosevelt rides out to persuade nearby ranchers that a stockmen's association is worth joining. He shoots six grouse and rides to town and back with Sewall at 20 below.",["william-sewall"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-23","Kisses for the baby","Roosevelt shoots five cottontails and writes Bamie about the cold and snowstorms, sending love to his little daughter and asking for a few blank checks.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-24","Waiting for beaver","Roosevelt watches for beaver and shoots three grouse.",[],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-25","A ride to the Langs'","Roosevelt and Sewall ride to Gregor Lang's place, then return to the Maltese Cross. Temperatures hover around 20 below.",["william-sewall","gregor-lang"],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-26","Up at five in the cold","Rain at the Maltese Cross. Roosevelt is up by 5 each morning for ranch chores in brutal cold.",[],"Chimney Butte"],["1884-11-27","Card games and books by the fire","Roosevelt rides home. At night the ranch hands play chess and checkers, deal hands of casino and old sledge, or read.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-11-28","Rain and hard work","Another rainy day at the Maltese Cross, part of a stretch of heavy labor.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-11-29","Lunch with the Marquis","Roosevelt shoots two grouse, then rides into Medora for lunch with the Marquis de Morès.",["marquis-de-mores"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-11-30","Sewall and Dow sent home","Roosevelt sends Sewall and Dow back to Elkhorn.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-01","No deer at Square Butte","Roosevelt hikes all around Square Butte looking for deer without luck, but shoots five grouse out of a tree.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-02","A blank day after bighorns","Roosevelt and Merrifield spend the whole day hunting mountain sheep and see none.",["bill-merrifield"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-03","Feverish, kept indoors","Running a fever, Roosevelt stays inside. In his diary he crosses out a planned sheep hunt.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-04","A whitetail doe near the house","Hunting the river bottom close to the ranch, Roosevelt drops a whitetail doe at 40 yards and shoots four grouse.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-05","Meat for the winter","After another fruitless search for sheep with Merrifield, Roosevelt brings down three blacktail deer, a doe and two bucks, to stock the ranch for winter.",["bill-merrifield"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-06","Fifty-two wild ponies","Sylvane Ferris arrives from Spearfish driving 52 unbroken cow ponies, and Roosevelt joins the hands in breaking them in the bitter cold.",["sylvane-ferris"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-07","Calling for Elkhorn hands","Roosevelt sends word for Sewall and Dow to come get ponies for Elkhorn.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-08","After mountain sheep","Roosevelt spends the day hunting bighorn sheep.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-09","Sheep hunting again","Another day out after bighorns.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-10","Sewall and Dow arrive to help","Sewall and Dow ride in from Elkhorn to help with the ponies. Roosevelt shoots a cottontail.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-11","Breaking ponies","A day spent breaking horses at the Maltese Cross.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-12","Setting out on a sheep hunt","Roosevelt and Merrifield ride while George Myers drives the buckboard on a three-day hunt for bighorns. Over brutally rough country they see nothing and bed down in an unheated shack on the Oxbow at ten below.",["bill-merrifield","george-myers"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-13","Nothing on Bullion Butte","Roosevelt hunts all over Bullion Butte and sees no sheep; he does get a grouse. Temperatures swing from 25 above to 10 below.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-14","His bighorn ram, ahead of a blizzard","After a ride and a mile on foot over terrible ground, Roosevelt shoots a bighorn ram at about 90 yards. With a blizzard brewing he races back to Chimney Butte, arriving just as the storm hits, and writes Bamie about his trophy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-15","Deep cold settles in","Bitter cold grips the Maltese Cross: 20 below zero in daylight and 50 below after dark.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-16","Still bitterly cold","Another day of fierce cold at the ranch.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-17","A whitetail buck in the snow","Hunting through snowy brush, Roosevelt shoots a whitetail buck and a prairie chicken.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-18","At the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt is at the Maltese Cross; no events are noted.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-19","Chairman of the stockmen","At an 11 a.m. meeting in Roberts Hall in Medora, Little Missouri cattlemen elect Roosevelt chairman. The Marquis de Morès and Gregor Lang attend; eleven outfits are represented and eight more send word they approve.",["marquis-de-mores","gregor-lang"],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1884-12-20","Starting home from Medora","Roosevelt leaves Medora for New York City.",[],"Medora"],["1884-12-21","Eastbound","Roosevelt is on his way to New York City.",[],"Medora"],["1884-12-22","A frontiersman in a Chicago lobby","Passing through Chicago, Roosevelt turns heads in the Grand Pacific Hotel lobby, according to the New York Times, bundled in a coonskin coat and fur cap with a rifle and shotgun in hand.",[],"Grand Pacific Hotel"],["1884-12-23","Home with his trophies","Roosevelt reaches New York and carries his hunting trophies to Bamie's house on Madison Avenue.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1884-12-24","Christmas Eve in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-25","Christmas in New York City","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-26","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events noted.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-27","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing logged.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-28","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York"],["1884-12-29","Monday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-30","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day passes without recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1884-12-31","Writing the West; posing in buckskin","Roosevelt starts putting his Western adventures on paper, the beginning of Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, a book that will run about 95,000 words. He sits for a New York studio portrait in his buckskin suit, and the Century carries his article on three years in the Assembly.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-01","New Year's at Madison Avenue","Roosevelt begins 1885 at 422 Madison Avenue in New York City.",[],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1885-01-02","Lobbying for Hubbell","Roosevelt travels to Albany to work for Walter Hubbell's bid to become Assembly Speaker.",["walter-sage-hubbell"],"Albany"],["1885-01-03","Saturday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-04","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with nothing logged.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-05","Monday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-06","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt remains in Albany; nothing appears.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-07","Erwin made Speaker","George Z. Erwin is chosen Speaker of the Assembly without opposition.",["george-z-erwin"],"Albany"],["1885-01-08","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is back in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-09","Friday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events listed.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-10","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-11","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing appears.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-12","Working for Evarts for Senate","Back in Albany, Roosevelt works to send William M. Evarts to the U.S. Senate in place of Elbridge G. Lapham. The Stalwarts, led by Thomas C. Platt, favor Levi P. Morton; Senator Warner Miller is for Evarts.",["william-m-evarts","elbridge-g-lapham","thomas-c-platt","levi-p-morton","warner-miller"],"Albany"],["1885-01-13","Tuesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-14","Wednesday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany with no recorded events.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-15","Thursday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; the day is blank.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-16","Friday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing logged.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-17","Saturday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no events are listed.",[],"Albany"],["1885-01-18","Bamie turns 30","Roosevelt is in Albany on his sister Bamie's 30th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1885-01-19","Evarts goes to the Senate","The state Legislature elects William M. Evarts U.S. Senator from New York.",["william-m-evarts"],"Albany"],["1885-01-20","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-21","Wednesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-22","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; nothing is logged.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-23","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-24","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-25","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; nothing is logged.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-26","Monday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-27","Tuesday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-28","Wednesday in New York City","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; nothing is logged.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-29","Thursday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-30","Friday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1885-01-31","Saturday in New York City","Roosevelt spends the day in New York City; nothing is logged.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-01","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York"],["1885-02-02","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York"],["1885-02-03","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York"],["1885-02-04","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-05","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-06","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-07","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-08","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-09","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-10","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-11","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-12","Baby Alice turns one","Roosevelt's daughter Alice marks her first birthday. He is in New York City.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"New York City"],["1885-02-13","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-14","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-15","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-16","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-17","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-18","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-19","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-20","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-21","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-22","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-23","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"York"],["1885-02-24","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-25","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-26","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-27","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is spending the winter in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-02-28","Brother Elliott turns 25","Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott reaches his twenty-fifth birthday. Roosevelt is in New York City.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1885-03-01","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-02","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-03","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-04","Cleveland takes the oath in Washington","Roosevelt is in New York City as Grover Cleveland is sworn in as President in Washington, the first Democrat to hold the office in a quarter century.",["grover-cleveland"],"New York City"],["1885-03-05","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-06","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-07","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-08","Hunting book goes to the publisher","Roosevelt completes the manuscript of Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and delivers it to his publishers. He also writes to Henry Cabot Lodge about Blaine's nomination and the Republican loss the previous fall.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-g-blaine"],"New York City"],["1885-03-09","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-10","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-11","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-12","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-13","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-14","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-15","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-16","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-17","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-18","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-19","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-20","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-21","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-22","Illness delays the trip west","Roosevelt had planned to start for Dakota today, but an attack of cholera morbus keeps him in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-23","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"York"],["1885-03-24","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"York"],["1885-03-25","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-26","A quiet stretch in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-27","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-28","Back in Manhattan for the winter","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-29","Fox hunting with the Meadowbrook Hounds","Out at Oyster Bay, Roosevelt joins a fox hunt with the Meadowbrook Hounds and is up with the leaders when the hounds finally run down their quarry.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-03-30","Winter in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-03-31","Plans to expand the herd","Roosevelt is in New York City. In mid-April he will head back to the Badlands, where he adds another 1,000 cattle to his holdings at a cost of $12,500.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-01","Still in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-02","Recovering in Manhattan","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-03","Waiting out spring in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-04","Still in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-05","A Sunday with Lodge","Roosevelt's close friend Henry Cabot Lodge spends a calm, unhurried Sunday with him in New York City.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1885-04-06","Waiting out spring in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-07","Still in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-08","Recovering in Manhattan","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-09","Waiting out spring in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-10","Still in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-11","Recovering in Manhattan","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-12","Waiting out spring in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes only where he was today.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-13","Healthy again and heading west","His illness behind him, Roosevelt catches a train in New York City bound for the Dakota Badlands.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-14","On the rails to Dakota","Roosevelt spends the day traveling west by train.",[],"New York City"],["1885-04-15","St. Paul paper sizes up the 'dude'","Passing through St. Paul, Roosevelt draws a newspaper sketch that pokes fun at him as a boyish New York dandy, with a little lisp, a reddish mustache and spectacles.",[],"St. Paul"],["1885-04-16","A fallen boulder delays his arrival","Roosevelt finally reaches Medora, hours behind schedule: his westbound Pacific Express, due that evening at 6:47, ran seven or eight hours late after a huge rock tumbled onto the line.",[],"Medora"],["1885-04-17","At the Maltese Cross","Roosevelt is at his Maltese Cross ranch south of Medora.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1885-04-18","Riding north to Elkhorn","Roosevelt rides north to the Elkhorn, where his new cabin is almost finished. He is pleased to find his cattle in good shape.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1885-04-19","Sunday at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch on the Little Missouri.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-04-29","Soaked crossing a flooded river","On his sister Corinne's third wedding anniversary, Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie about forcing a swollen river and then picking his own way across rough country, wet through, before he reached home.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-04-30","Elkhorn house done, cattle buying sent east","Roosevelt dispatches Merrifield, Sewall and Dow to Minnesota with a $12,500 check to buy about 1,000 more cattle. Alone, he takes three trips to explore the country, and at the Mingusville hotel he turns away a drunk cowboy, warning he will shoot anyone who forces his door. Sewall and Dow finish the Elkhorn ranch house.",["bill-merrifield","william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-01","Between two ranches, mostly on horseback","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn this spring, shuttling between his two ranches. He fits in some writing and reads proofs of his new book, but he spends most of his days riding the country.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-02","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-03","Down to Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-04","Waiting in Medora","Roosevelt is still in Medora.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-05","New herd arrives; drive north begins","Roosevelt's newly bought cattle, valued at $39,000, come in at Medora, and he starts trailing them north to Elkhorn with a crew of just six riders.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-06","Trailing cattle north","Roosevelt is on the trail with the new herd, pushing north toward Elkhorn.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-07","Another day on the drive","Roosevelt keeps the herd moving north toward Elkhorn.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-08","Thirsty herd stampedes at night","The heat is fierce and the cattle go without water. After dark they stampede, and Roosevelt and his small crew need more than an hour to settle them.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-09","Still on the trail","Roosevelt remains on the cattle drive north.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-10","Last leg of the drive","Roosevelt is still trailing the herd toward Elkhorn.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-11","Back at Elkhorn after the drive","Roosevelt is back at his Elkhorn ranch after the drive.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-12","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-13","Ranch days at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-14","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-05-15","Off to the roundup tomorrow","From Medora, Roosevelt tells Henry Cabot Lodge that he leaves for the spring roundup in the morning, fresh from trailing a thousand cattle north.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Medora"],["1885-05-16","Riding out with the Maltese Cross crew","Roosevelt sets out for Montana alongside the cowhands of his Maltese Cross outfit, bound for the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-17","Reassuring Bamie about the money","On the way to Montana, Roosevelt answers his sister Bamie, who had asked whether his heavy spending on cattle would pay off, and writes Jonas Van Duzer to learn when the state Republican convention meets.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","jonas-van-duzer"],"Medora"],["1885-05-18","Nearing the roundup camp","Roosevelt is still traveling to Montana for the roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-19","The great spring roundup begins","Roosevelt reaches Box Elder Creek in Montana for the Badlands spring roundup, which gathers outfits from across the Little Missouri country: about 100 riders and 1,000 horses working 10,000 square miles. Days start with breakfast at 3 a.m., and he puts in 16 hours wrestling calves, riding the long circle and standing herd day and night.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-20","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-21","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-22","Long days on the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-23","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-24","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-25","Long days on the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-26","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-27","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-28","Long days on the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-29","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-30","Thrown hard by his own horse","During the roundup, Roosevelt's horse goes over backward on top of him, cracking bones in his shoulder.",[],"Medora"],["1885-05-31","Long days on the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-01","Roundup camp at Tepee Bottom","The roundup has worked its way to Tepee Bottom, a couple of miles below Roosevelt's Maltese Cross ranch, and he is with it.",[],"Maltese Cross Ranch"],["1885-06-02","Forty hours in the saddle","At Garner Creek a lightning storm sends the herd running in the night. Roosevelt rides for some forty hours straight trying to hold the cattle, going through five horses.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-03","No rest after the stampede","With no sleep from the night's stampede, Roosevelt still has to ride his usual turn on the roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-04","Saves an Englishman from drowning","On the roundup, Roosevelt pulls an Englishman out of the water and saves him from drowning.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-05","Cowboy work and a mending shoulder","Writing from the roundup, Roosevelt tells Henry Cabot Lodge he has gotten good at a cowhand's work, and lets his sister Bamie know that a week after his fall he can lift his arm over his head again.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Medora"],["1885-06-06","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-07","Another day with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-08","Not ready for a government post","From the roundup, Roosevelt writes Walter Sage Hubbell that he is not going to accept a government position for now.",["walter-sage-hubbell"],"Medora"],["1885-06-09","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-10","Another day with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-11","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-12","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-13","Another day with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-14","Riding with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-15","Edith Carow calls at Leeholm","While Roosevelt is away on the roundup, Edith Carow visits his sister Bamie at Leeholm, his new house at Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Medora"],["1885-06-16","Another day with the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-17","Statue of Liberty arrives in pieces","Roosevelt is still on the roundup when the French warship Isère sails into New York harbor carrying the Statue of Liberty, crated in parts and ready to be put together.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-18","Working the roundup","Roosevelt is out with the spring roundup.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-19","Roundup reaches Elkhorn Bottom","The roundup has moved to Elkhorn Bottom, home ground for Roosevelt's northern ranch.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-20","Done with the roundup after 32 days","Roosevelt leaves the roundup on the Little Missouri after 32 days, outlasting most of the cowhands and logging more than 1,000 miles on horseback.",[],"Little Missouri River"],["1885-06-21","Eastbound with Wilmot Dow","Roosevelt catches a train at Medora for the East. Wilmot Dow travels with him, heading home to marry and to escort Sewall's wife back to Dakota.",["wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Medora"],["1885-06-22","Through St. Paul","Roosevelt's eastbound train carries him through St. Paul.",[],"St. Paul"],["1885-06-23","Offered New York's health post","Traveling east, Roosevelt tells Henry Cabot Lodge that New York Mayor William R. Grace wants him as the city's Health Commissioner. A St. Paul paper marvels that the Eastern dude is gone: the drawl has vanished and he now looks every inch a Westerner.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-grace"],"Medora"],["1885-06-24","Still riding east","Roosevelt is on the train back to New York.",[],"Medora"],["1885-06-25","First look at the finished Leeholm","Arriving at Oyster Bay, Roosevelt sees Leeholm complete for the first time: a 22-room house with eight fireplaces.",[],"New York City"],["1885-06-26","Home at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-06-27","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-06-28","Settling into Leeholm","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-06-29","Home at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-06-30","Hunting Trips of a Ranchman appears","Roosevelt begins an eight-week stay at Leeholm, robust now and some 30 pounds heavier, near 150. His Hunting Trips of a Ranchman comes out, dedicated to his brother Elliott and priced at $75 a copy. Edith Carow stays with Aunt Annie Gracie at Gracewood, then with Corinne in Orange, New Jersey.",["elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Leeholm"],["1885-07-01","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-02","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-03","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-04","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-05","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-06","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-07","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-08","Tribune notes his Western vigor","The New York Daily Tribune remarks on Roosevelt's sunburned face and his strong, steady stride, crediting his hunting in the West.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-09","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-10","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-11","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-12","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-13","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-14","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-15","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-16","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-17","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-18","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-19","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-20","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-21","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-22","Ulysses S. Grant dies","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay when former President Ulysses S. Grant dies at Mount McGregor, New York.",["ulysses-s-grant"],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-23","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-24","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-25","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-26","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-27","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-28","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-29","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-30","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is spending the summer at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-07-31","Dow's wedding; a motto over the door","Out in Dakota, Wilmot Dow, newly married, brings his bride, Mrs. Sewall and the Sewall baby to Elkhorn, which Sewall later remembered as one big contented household. At Leeholm, the Roosevelt family motto, Qui plantavit curabit, is carved above the front door.",["wilmot-dow","william-sewall"],"Leeholm"],["1885-08-01","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-02","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-03","Summer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-04","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-05","Summer days at Leeholm","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-06","Edith Carow turns 24","Edith Carow, Roosevelt's childhood friend, celebrates her twenty-fourth birthday. Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-07","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-08","Marching in Grant's funeral parade","The Leeholm household travels into New York City for Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession, and Captain Roosevelt marches in it with his regiment. Some 60,000 marchers stretch seven miles, taking five hours to pass President Cleveland's reviewing stand while about a million people look on.",["ulysses-s-grant","grover-cleveland"],"New York City"],["1885-08-09","Visiting the Lodges at Nahant","Roosevelt heads to Nahant, Massachusetts, to stay with Henry Cabot Lodge and his family.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Nahant"],["1885-08-10","With the Lodges at Nahant","Roosevelt is a guest of the Lodges at Nahant.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Nahant"],["1885-08-19","De Mores indicted for murder","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay, far from Dakota, when a Morton County grand jury meeting in Mandan charges the Marquis de Mores with killing Riley Luffsey back in June 1883.",["marquis-de-mores","riley-luffsey"],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-20","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-21","Last days at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-22","West again on the Chicago Limited","Roosevelt leaves New York City aboard the Chicago Limited, bound for Dakota.",[],"New York City"],["1885-08-23","'Brown as a berry,' says a Pittsburgh paper","On the way to Dakota, Roosevelt is spotted aboard the Chicago Limited by the Pittsburgh Dispatch, which marvels at his deep tan and the 30 pounds he has put on.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-24","Westbound to Dakota","Roosevelt is still traveling to Dakota.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-08-25","Back in Medora, talk of the indictment","Roosevelt reaches Medora and talks over the murder charge against the Marquis de Mores with Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","marquis-de-mores"],"Medora"],["1885-08-26","Elkhorn full of family; feud with De Mores","At Elkhorn Roosevelt finds the women from Maine settled in with Sewall and Dow, and Sewall's baby Lucretia, nicknamed Kitty. Bismarck and St. Paul papers report bad blood with the Marquis de Mores: when the Marquis paid half a cent a pound under the agreed price for cattle, Roosevelt tore up the check and drove his cattle home.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","lucretia-sewall","marquis-de-mores"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-08-27","Rocking chair, birdsong, a meeting called","At Elkhorn, Roosevelt likes to settle into his rocking chair on the porch with a book and the sound of birds. He sends out notice of a Stockmen's Association meeting for September 5.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-08-28","Days at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-08-29","Home on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-08-30","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-08-31","De Mores surrenders; Roosevelt hunts elk","Back from the East, the Marquis de Mores turns himself in to the sheriff at Mandan, convinced Roosevelt has been working to see him convicted for Luffsey's death. Roosevelt, meanwhile, rides out with Wilmot Dow to hunt elk.",["marquis-de-mores","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-01","A bull elk on the hunt","Out hunting, Roosevelt brings down a bull elk.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-02","Elk hunt over, back to Medora","Roosevelt wraps up the elk hunt and returns to Medora.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-03","A hot-tempered letter from De Mores","From his jail cell in Bismarck, the Marquis de Mores writes Roosevelt, who is in Medora, accusing Joe Ferris of stirring up witnesses against him, asking whether Roosevelt is behind hostile newspaper stories, and hinting that gentlemen can settle such matters directly.",["marquis-de-mores","joe-ferris"],"Medora"],["1885-09-04","In Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora.",[],"Medora"],["1885-09-05","Stockmen re-elect him chairman","At the Stockmen's Association meeting in Medora, Roosevelt is chosen chairman again. The members settle the date and route of the fall roundup and pick a foreman to run it.",[],"Medora"],["1885-09-06","A firm answer to the Marquis","Roosevelt replies to De Mores that he is no enemy, but that he will not be cowed by any threat and stands ready to answer for anything he has said or done.",["marquis-de-mores"],"Medora"],["1885-09-07","Riding back to Elkhorn","Roosevelt heads back north to Elkhorn.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-08","Home on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-09","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-10","Days at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-11","Home on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-12","At the Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-13","Days at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-14","Home on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-15","Facing down five armed riders","Out hunting, Roosevelt is followed for a while by five Indians who wave their weapons at him; he stands them off and they leave.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-16","De Mores goes on trial","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn as the Marquis de Mores goes before a jury in Bismarck on the murder charge.",["marquis-de-mores"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-17","Calling on De Mores in his cell","Traveling through Bismarck, Roosevelt stops to see the Marquis de Mores in jail, then continues on toward New York.",["marquis-de-mores"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-18","Heading back east","Roosevelt is on the train to New York.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1885-09-19","Still eastbound","Roosevelt continues his journey to New York.",[],"New York City"],["1885-09-20","Home to New York; De Mores acquitted","Roosevelt reaches New York City. In Dakota, a jury clears the Marquis de Mores of murder, along with his three co-defendants: E. G. Paddock, Richard Moore and Frank Miller.",["marquis-de-mores","richard-moore","frank-miller","e-g-paddock"],"New York City"],["1885-09-21","On to Saratoga","Roosevelt travels to Saratoga Springs.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1885-09-22","Shaping the platform at Saratoga","At the New York Republican convention, Roosevelt backs Cornelius N. Bliss for governor, but Ira Davenport wins the nomination, and William O'Neil, his choice for the secretary of state slot, loses to Anson B. Wood. His mark shows instead in the party platform, through his work on the resolutions committee.",["cornelius-n-bliss","ira-davenport","william-o-neil","anson-b-wood"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1885-09-23","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-24","Autumn at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-25","Home at Leeholm","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-26","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-27","Corinne turns 24","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her twenty-fourth birthday. He is at Oyster Bay.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-28","Autumn at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-29","Jefferson Davis takes offense","Roosevelt's article on the President's policies appears in the North American Review, likening Jefferson Davis unfavorably to Benedict Arnold and branding him an \"unhung traitor.\" Davis fires back a letter telling Roosevelt he must know little of American history.",["jefferson-davis"],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-09-30","A party private; Edith again","Roosevelt joins the crowd at the Republican State Committee meeting in New York City and tells a Tribune reporter he is ready for orders. By chance he meets Edith Carow at Bamie's, begins calling at her 36th Street home, and asks her to Leeholm's Hunt Ball. The house is now renamed Sagamore Hill for the Sagamore Mohannis, who signed the land away two centuries before.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","sagamore-mohannis"],"New York City"],["1885-10-01","Riding to hounds at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt joins the Oyster Bay hunt and comes away delighted with his old horse, which carried him up close enough to finish second at the kill.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1885-10-02","Polo at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at Sagamore Hill, where a game of polo is on the program.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today, with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-04","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home on Long Island at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-05","Home on Long Island","Another day at Sagamore Hill, with no events set down in the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-06","At home in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt remains at Sagamore Hill; the chronology notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-07","A note of praise for Lodge","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes to his friend Henry Cabot Lodge, cheering a recent Lodge speech and his return to the political fray.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-08","Calling on Davenport, standing firm with Davis","In New York, Roosevelt joins the many visitors paying respects to Ira Davenport, the Republican nominee for governor. He also answers Jefferson Davis, who objected to being likened to Benedict Arnold, and makes clear he will not take the comparison back.",["ira-davenport","jefferson-davis"],"New York"],["1885-10-09","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is again at his Oyster Bay home; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","A Saturday at Sagamore Hill, with no other entries in the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns one","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the first birthday of his niece Eleanor, daughter of his brother Elliott.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-12","Volunteering to stump for the party","Roosevelt heads back to Republican headquarters in New York City and once more puts himself forward as a campaign speaker.",[],"New York City"],["1885-10-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; no further activity is set down.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-14","Midweek at Sagamore Hill","The day finds Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, with nothing more in the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-15","Lodge visits and rides to hounds","Henry Cabot Lodge is Roosevelt's houseguest at Sagamore Hill, and the two friends ride out with the hunt together.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-16","Picked as a county convention delegate","Republican primaries in New York City select delegates for the county convention, and Roosevelt wins a seat representing the 21st Assembly District.",[],"New York City"],["1885-10-17","Brooklyn speech on reform and rights","Roosevelt delivers a major address to Brooklyn's Young Republican Club, making the case for civil service reform and defending the rights of Black citizens in the South. Henry Cabot Lodge shares the platform.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1885-10-18","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at his Long Island home; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill, with nothing else recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-20","County convention at the Grand Opera House","Roosevelt divides the day between Sagamore Hill and Manhattan, where the New York County Republican Convention meets in the hall of the Grand Opera House.",[],"Grand Opera House"],["1885-10-21","Home at Sagamore Hill","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill today, with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-22","A quiet Thursday in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record holds nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt stays at his Oyster Bay home, with no other details recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-24","A broken arm cannot stop the hunt","The hunt gathers at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt, mounted on Frank, takes a hard fall that badly breaks his left arm. Bloodied, the arm dangling, he rides on to the finish, then chases little Alice around the house and hosts the Hunt Ball that night. Edith Carow is at the ball.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-26","Setting Lodge straight on the papers","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes to Henry Cabot Lodge to deny reports that have been running in the newspapers.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-27","Turning 27 at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt marks his 27th birthday at home at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-28","Mending at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-29","Another day at home","Another day at home in Oyster Bay, with no events in the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-30","Laughing off the broken arm","Roosevelt thanks Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife for their concern over his hunting fall. He insists the whole episode was more funny than grim, says he can dress himself again, and regrets only losing the rest of the hunting season.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-10-31","Last day of October at home","Roosevelt closes out the month at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing else.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-01","November opens at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay as November begins; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-02","Eve of the election at home","The day before the state election, Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with no other activity noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-03","Voting as Hill beats Davenport","Roosevelt casts his ballot at Oyster Bay on Election Day. Statewide, Democratic Governor David B. Hill wins a new term, defeating the Republican Ira Davenport.",["david-b-hill","ira-davenport"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-04","Day after the election","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill the day after the governor's race; no other events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt stays at his Long Island home; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-06","Friday at Sagamore Hill","A Friday at Sagamore Hill with nothing else in the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-07","Home in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no activity is set down for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-08","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at home on Long Island; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-09","At Sagamore Hill","The chronology places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, without further detail.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-17","Secretly engaged to Edith Carow","With his arm still in a sling, Roosevelt proposes to his childhood friend Edith Carow, and she accepts. His gifts to her include a pearl necklace, a watch and an engagement ring. The two agree to tell no one for now.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1885-11-24","Telling the Bowery about ranch life","Roosevelt gives a lecture on the Bowery in New York City titled \"Ranching in the West,\" drawing on his years in Dakota.",[],"The Bowery"],["1885-11-30","Late November in New York","Roosevelt, now 27, is in New York City; the record gives no other details.",[],"New York City"],["1885-12-25","Christmas in New York City","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1885-12-31","A harsh lecture on the West","Lecturing in New York City about the West, Roosevelt makes sweeping, disparaging remarks about American Indians, ranking even a vicious cowboy above them in moral character. The words reflect prejudices common among white Americans of his day and are recorded here as he spoke them.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-01","New Year's dinner","Roosevelt rings in 1886 in New York City; his diary notes a dinner at \"G.K.L.\"",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-02","Ranch article in Harper's Weekly","Harper's Weekly publishes a piece by Roosevelt on ranching, and that evening his diary records a dinner party in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-03","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; his diary is blank for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-04","A night at the opera","Roosevelt's diary entry for the day in New York is a single word: opera.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-05","Calls with Fanny Dana and Lizzie Cary","Roosevelt's diary lists two appointments in New York: Fanny Dana in the afternoon and Lizzie Cary in the evening.",["fanny-dana","lizzie-cary"],"New York City"],["1886-01-06","A civil service reform engagement","Roosevelt's terse diary points to a Civil Service Reform meeting at noon and an engagement on 31st Street that evening.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-07","Evening at Corinne's","Roosevelt heads to his sister Corinne's home at seven, his diary notes.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1886-01-08","Hosting dinner at home","Roosevelt's diary records a dinner party at his own home in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-09","Amateur theatricals","An evening of amateur theater is the only item in Roosevelt's diary for this Saturday in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-10","A blank Sunday","Roosevelt is in New York City; his diary has no entry.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-11","Dinner marked E.K.C.","Roosevelt's diary notes a dinner tied to the initials E.K.C., almost certainly Edith Kermit Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-01-12","A talk at the institute","Roosevelt's diary reminds him he is to speak at \"the institute\" in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-13","Off to the theater","A night at the theater is all Roosevelt's diary records for this Wednesday.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-14","The Authors Club on West 24th","Roosevelt's diary lists the Authors Club, meeting at 19 West 24th Street.",[],"Authors Club"],["1886-01-15","Dinner with Aunt Annie","Roosevelt dines at seven with his aunt Annie Gracie, his diary records.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"New York City"],["1886-01-16","Another dinner at home","For the second Saturday running, Roosevelt's diary notes a dinner party at home.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-17","Quiet Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in the city; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-18","Bamie turns 31","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 31st birthday. His diary notes a dinner along with names that are hard to make out.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1886-01-19","Crossed-out theater plans","The diary for this day holds a theater engagement that Roosevelt later struck through; the transcription is too garbled to read reliably.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-20","Theater party at Anna's","Roosevelt's diary records a theater party at Anna's.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-21","An evening club, struck out","Roosevelt's diary names a whist club and an evening club, but the line is crossed through.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-22","Dinner for an unknown guest","Roosevelt's diary notes a dinner given for someone whose name cannot be read in the original.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-23","The Eastlake dinner","Roosevelt's diary lists an Eastlake dinner.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-24","Off to Chicago","Roosevelt travels to Chicago, canceling his other engagements, his diary says.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-25","A struck-out speaking date","A speaking engagement and a whist club appear in Roosevelt's diary but are crossed out.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-26","A call on Miss Marbruyn","Roosevelt's diary entry names a Miss Marbruyn.",["miss-marbruyn"],"New York City"],["1886-01-27","Speaking at Princeton","Roosevelt's diary shows a speaking date at Princeton.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-28","Cabot comes to town","Henry Cabot Lodge arrives in New York to see Roosevelt.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-01-29","Dinner","Roosevelt's diary records only a dinner engagement.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-30","Dinner at Anne's","Roosevelt dines at Anne's, according to his diary.",[],"New York City"],["1886-01-31","Last day of January","Roosevelt is in New York City as January ends; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-01","Signed up to write Benton","Roosevelt takes on a new book: a life of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton for the American Statesmen series. That evening he dines at his sister Corinne's.",["thomas-hart-benton","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1886-02-02","Dinner with Lizzie","Roosevelt's diary notes a dinner at Lizzie's, probably Lizzie Cary.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-03","A theater party","Roosevelt's diary lists a theater party.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-04","Out to dinner","A dinner engagement fills Roosevelt's diary for this Thursday.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-05","Another theater party","Roosevelt's diary records a second theater party in three days.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-06","To the Century","Roosevelt's diary reads \"Centry,\" most likely the Century Association club in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-07","Daunted by the Benton book","Writing to Henry Cabot Lodge, Roosevelt admits the Benton biography he has just agreed to write leaves him a bit overwhelmed.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-02-08","Dinner engagement","Roosevelt's diary shows one entry: dinner.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-09","Dinner at the McCooks'","Roosevelt dines with the McCook family, his diary notes.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-10","Theater with Edith","Roosevelt goes to the theater with E.K.C., his secret fiancée Edith Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-02-11","Dinner at Kean","Roosevelt's diary lists a dinner \"at Kean.\"",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-12","Seeking frontier sources","On daughter Alice's second birthday, Roosevelt is booked to speak at Morton Hall. He also writes a Wisconsin historian asking for diaries and other records of America's westward push.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","lyman-baker"],"Morton Hall"],["1886-02-13","A talk at O.R.","Roosevelt's diary notes he is to speak at \"O.R.\"",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-14","Valentine's Day in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-15","A blank Monday","Roosevelt is in New York, with no diary entry for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-16","Dinner at Whitelaw Reid's","Roosevelt dines at the Lexington Avenue home of newspaper publisher Whitelaw Reid. A small drawn mark appears in his diary for the day.",["whitelaw-reid"],"New York City"],["1886-02-17","Dinner at home, then Lizzie Cary","Roosevelt's diary sets an afternoon call with Lizzie Cary and a dinner at home.",["lizzie-cary"],"New York City"],["1886-02-18","In New York","Roosevelt is in the city; the diary is silent.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-20","A fawn-skin gift for Nannie Lodge","Roosevelt sends Nannie Lodge a footmuff made from a fawn skin he brought back from Dakota, and mentions that the one or two beaver he trapped had poor pelts. He tells her that, apart from family, she and Cabot are the only people he truly cares for.",["anna-cabot-mills-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-02-21","Eastlake, skipped","Roosevelt's diary notes the Eastlake engagement, then that he skipped it, followed by an \"E\" for Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-02-26","Leaving the National Guard","Roosevelt gives up his commission in New York's National Guard.",[],"New York City"],["1886-02-28","Elliott's 26th birthday","In New York City, Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott turns 26.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-03-01","Bamie heads west with the James Roosevelts","Roosevelt's sister Bamie sets off for California and Mexico with their cousins Sara and James Roosevelt, the future parents of Franklin D. Roosevelt.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-roosevelt","sara-delano-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-03-02","Early March in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-03","In the city","Roosevelt remains in New York; the record is blank.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-04","A blank Thursday","Roosevelt is in New York City with nothing set down for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-05","New York, no entry","The record places Roosevelt in New York City and says nothing more.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-06","Just one letter: E","Roosevelt's diary for the day holds a single letter, \"E,\" for Edith Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-03-07","The Century, and Edith","Roosevelt's diary reads \"Centry E.\" — likely the Century club and a meeting with Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-03-08","A quiet Monday","Roosevelt is in New York City; the diary is empty.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-09","In New York","Roosevelt is in the city with nothing recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-10","Another day marked E","Once more Roosevelt's diary carries only an \"E,\" signaling time with Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-03-11","New York, no entry","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-12","A canceled speaking date","A speaking engagement appears in Roosevelt's diary but is crossed out.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-13","Last Saturday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-03-14","Lunch and Beekman Place","On his final full day before heading west, Roosevelt's diary notes Edith, a lunch, and Beekman Place.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York"],["1886-03-15","Bound for the Badlands","Roosevelt leaves New York for Medora and a summer on his Dakota cattle ranch, saying goodbye to Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York"],["1886-03-16","Through Chicago","Westbound, Roosevelt's diary marks Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1886-03-17","Through St. Paul","The train carries Roosevelt on to St. Paul.",[],"St. Paul"],["1886-03-18","Back in Medora","Roosevelt's diary records his arrival in Medora.",[],"Medora"],["1886-03-19","Out to Elkhorn","In Medora Roosevelt meets Joe Ferris's new bride, then drives down the valley to his Elkhorn Ranch.",["mrs-joseph-ferris","joe-ferris"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-20","Grouse for supper, ice on the river","At Elkhorn, Roosevelt shoots four sharp-tailed grouse for supper and finds the ranch in better shape than he feared. An ice jam has formed on the Little Missouri right in front of the house, as he tells Bamie in a letter.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-21","A muddy hike to Tomkins Ranch","Roosevelt walks across the hay plateau to the Tomkins ranch through deep mud.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-22","Mountain lions take the venison","Roosevelt hikes out to collect four deer carcasses that Sewall and Dow had hung in a tree, only to find that cougars have eaten them.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-23","Four prairie chickens","Roosevelt's diary notes four prairie chickens shot at Elkhorn.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-24","The boat is stolen","Roosevelt discovers that thieves have made off with the ranch boat. Sewall and Dow set to work building a new one so the three can chase them down the river.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-25","Boat building on a swollen river","Work on the new boat goes on while Roosevelt hunts deer without luck. The river runs high, with ice heaped several feet up its banks.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-26","Still building","The diary for the day is two words: boat building.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-27","Boat done, Benton begun","The new boat is finished, but it is too cold to set out. Roosevelt shoots four chickens, completes the first chapter of his Benton book, and tells Lodge that writing comes very hard for him.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-28","Bitter cold and steady work","In bitter cold, Roosevelt writes to Bamie that life at the ranch has fallen back into its usual routine. He is reading and pressing on with his Benton biography.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-29","Blizzard at Elkhorn; news of the Carows","A furious blizzard sweeps the ranch. Back east, Roosevelt's sister Corinne writes Bamie that the Carow family has sold its house and will go abroad in late April for perhaps a year and a half.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-30","Downriver after the thieves","With milder weather, Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow push off in the new boat to hunt down the men who stole theirs. They camp below Eaton's and shoot three prairie chickens.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-03-31","Below zero on the chase","Temperatures drop below zero as the pursuit of the boat thieves goes on. Roosevelt bags four prairie chickens.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-01","Capturing the boat thieves","Far downriver, north of Elkhorn, Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow find their stolen boat and catch the three thieves completely off guard. Rifles leveled, Roosevelt orders hands up, and the men surrender without a shot. Earlier he brings down a whitetail doe at 75 yards.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","mike-finnegan","german-pfaffenback","burnsted"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-02","Guarding prisoners on an icy river","With the captives aboard both boats, Roosevelt, Sewall and Dow start the slow trip back toward Medora until an ice jam stops them. The prisoners cannot be tied up for fear of frostbite, and supplies dwindle until only flour is left. To pass the long watches, Roosevelt reads Anna Karenina cover to cover.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","mike-finnegan","german-pfaffenback","burnsted","leo-tolstoy"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-03","Stuck in the ice","The boats are held fast by river ice, Roosevelt's diary reports.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-04","Still frozen in","For a second day, ice keeps Roosevelt's party and its prisoners from moving.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-05","Two miles, then ice again","The boats inch a couple of miles downstream before ice stops them once more.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-06","To the tail of the jam","Another couple of miles brings the party to the lower end of the ice jam.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-07","Reaching the C Ranch","The boats make it to the C Ranch, and Roosevelt shoots two prairie chickens.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-08","Hiring a wagon at Killdeer","On a borrowed horse, Roosevelt rides to the Killdeer Mountains and hires a wagon and driver, and lays in supplies for the overland leg.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-09","Forty-five miles on foot behind the wagon","While Sewall and Dow carry on downriver with the boats, Roosevelt marches the prisoners overland to the Killdeer Mountains. The captives ride in the wagon; he trudges behind through sticky gumbo mud, Winchester in hand, and goes without sleep.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","mike-finnegan","german-pfaffenback","burnsted"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-10","On to Captain Brown's ranch","Roosevelt drives his captives by wagon to Captain Brown's ranch.",["captain-brown","mike-finnegan","german-pfaffenback","burnsted"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-11","Handing the thieves to the sheriff","Roosevelt delivers the three prisoners to the sheriff in Dickinson, about 40 miles east of Medora, ending the chase. While in town he has Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney treat his blistered feet.",["mike-finnegan","german-pfaffenback","burnsted","victor-hugo-stickney"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-12","Back to Medora, letters home","Roosevelt returns from Dickinson to Medora and writes his sisters. To Bamie he tells the boat-thief story and shares his verdict on Anna Karenina; to Corinne he asks, pretending not to know, when Edith leaves for Europe. Local elections also fill county offices.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","j-l-truscott","johnny-goodall","dan-mackenzie","van-driesche","bill-dantz","joe-morrill"],"Dickinson"],["1886-04-13","Chairing the stockmen","Roosevelt chairs the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association at its spring session in Medora, keeping strict parliamentary order. The members pick him to represent them at the Montana stockmen's gathering in Miles City.",[],"Dickinson"],["1886-04-14","Riding to Elkhorn with Merrifield","Roosevelt and Bill Merrifield ride down the valley to Elkhorn Ranch.",["bill-merrifield"],"Dickinson"],["1886-04-15","Flowers for Edith's sailing","On a rainy day at Elkhorn, Roosevelt writes Corinne about political campaigns and arranges for a card to go with flowers for Edith when she sails.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-16","Telling Lodge about the chase","Roosevelt rides up to Medora and sends Henry Cabot Lodge an account of how he ran down the boat thieves.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-17","Out to Chimney Butte","Roosevelt rides out to his Chimney Butte ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-04-18","Off to Miles City","Roosevelt and Sylvane Ferris travel to Miles City to represent the local ranchers at the Montana Stock Growers meeting, taking rooms at the MacQueen House.",["sylvane-ferris"],"MacQueen House"],["1886-04-19","Parade of cowmen in Miles City","The stock growers' meeting opens in Miles City with a morning parade from the MacQueen House: the 5th Infantry band, mounted cowboys and some 150 cattlemen marching four abreast.",[],"MacQueen House"],["1886-04-20","Named to the executive committee","The stock growers elect Roosevelt to their executive committee as Dakota Territory's representative, taking the seat once held by the Marquis de Mores.",["marquis-de-mores"],"Miles City"],["1886-04-21","Executive committee meets","Roosevelt attends a session of the stock growers' executive committee in Miles City.",[],"Miles City"],["1886-04-22","Home from Miles City","Back in Medora, Roosevelt writes Bamie about the stockmen's convention and pokes fun at dull society people.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Medora"],["1886-04-23","Antelope hunt with Merrifield","Roosevelt and Bill Merrifield head out from Medora on a weeklong antelope hunt.",["bill-merrifield"],"Medora"],["1886-04-24","Edith sails for Europe","While Roosevelt hunts in Dakota, Edith Carow leaves for Europe with her sister Emily, their mother Gertrude and their nurse Mame Ledwith. Short of money, the Carows plan to live abroad where costs are lower. Not even Edith's mother or sister knows of the engagement.",["bill-merrifield","edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow","emily-carow","mary-ledwith"],"Medora"],["1886-04-25","Antelope hunting","Roosevelt is still out with Merrifield on the antelope hunt.",["bill-merrifield"],"Medora"],["1886-04-26","Another day after antelope","The hunt goes on; the record says only that Roosevelt is hunting.",["bill-merrifield"],"Medora"],["1886-04-27","On the hunt","Roosevelt remains in the field after antelope.",["bill-merrifield"],"Medora"],["1886-04-28","Last days of the antelope hunt","Roosevelt and Merrifield are still hunting.",["bill-merrifield"],"Medora"],["1886-04-29","Back from the hunt","Back in Medora after a week chasing antelope with Merrifield, Roosevelt writes Bamie. It is also his sister Corinne's fourth wedding anniversary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","bill-merrifield","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Medora"],["1886-04-30","In Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora; nothing further is recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1886-05-01","Writing Benton in Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora working on his Benton biography, splitting his nights between the ranch and a room above Joe Ferris's store. Far to the east, Chicago workers strike for an eight-hour day.",["joe-ferris"],"Medora"],["1886-05-02","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at his Elkhorn Ranch; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-03","Ranch days at Elkhorn","Another day at Elkhorn with no events set down.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-04","Haymarket bombing in Chicago","A bomb explodes during a labor rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago, killing eight. From Elkhorn, Roosevelt says his ranch hands would gladly turn their rifles on the rioters, and that he feels the same.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-05","Quiet days at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn Ranch; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-06","At the ranch","Another Elkhorn day with no events recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-07","Elkhorn, no entry","Roosevelt remains at his ranch on the Little Missouri; nothing else is noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-08","Saturday at Elkhorn","The record places Roosevelt at Elkhorn and says no more.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-09","Sunday on the Little Missouri","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Elkhorn Ranch, with nothing recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-10","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at the ranch; no details survive for the day.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-11","Elkhorn routine","Another day at Elkhorn without any recorded events.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-12","Thanks for the soap","Writing from Medora, Roosevelt thanks Corinne for sending soap. He misses his family, he admits, but genuinely enjoys life on the range.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Medora"],["1886-05-13","Back at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn Ranch; the day is otherwise blank.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-14","At the ranch","Roosevelt stays at Elkhorn; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-15","Toys for the Sewall baby","From Medora, Roosevelt writes Bamie about his civil service article for the Princeton Review and asks her to send toys for the Sewalls' baby.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sewall"],"Medora"],["1886-05-16","Sunday at Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn Ranch; nothing is noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-17","Elkhorn, no entry","Another quiet day at the ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-18","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record holds nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-19","Ranch life continues","Roosevelt remains at Elkhorn Ranch with no events recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-20","Halfway through Benton","From Medora, Roosevelt reports to Henry Cabot Lodge that the Benton biography is about half written.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Medora"],["1886-05-21","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn Ranch; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-22","Saturday on the ranch","Another Elkhorn day with no events noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-23","Sunday at Elkhorn","Roosevelt spends Sunday at the ranch; the record is blank.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-24","Eve of the roundup","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn the day before the spring roundup gets under way.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-25","The spring roundup rides out","The roundup gets under way at Medora. Roosevelt later recalled the scene: a string of chuck wagons and some sixty riders splashing through the river ford as they set off.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-26","Saddled at daybreak","Roosevelt works the roundup, mounting up before sunrise in the cool prairie air.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-27","Loping over the grasslands","Another day on the roundup, crossing open prairie in the early light.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-28","Riding circle with the cowpunchers","Roosevelt spends the roundup morning sweeping the range in a wide loop alongside the hired riders, threading single file through the buttes.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-29","Cutting the herd","Afternoons on the roundup mean working the gathered cattle, separating animals at a gallop with sudden stops and turns.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-30","Roping and branding","The roundup's hardest work comes next: roping, throwing and branding the half-wild calves.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-05-31","Sleeping under the open sky","Calves are branded in a corral or inside a circle of riders, and after dark the men bed down in whatever shelter the camp offers, or none at all.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-02","Still on roundup","Roosevelt is out with the roundup; nothing more is noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-03","A White House wedding back east","As Roosevelt rides with the roundup in Dakota, President Grover Cleveland weds Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.",["grover-cleveland","frances-folsom"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-04","Roundup work goes on","Roosevelt is out on the range with the roundup; no specifics are recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-05","Another roundup day","Roosevelt is out on the range with the roundup; no specifics are recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-06","Sunday with the herd","Roosevelt is out on the range with the roundup; no specifics are recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-07","Last days of the first roundup stretch","Roosevelt is out on the range with the roundup; no specifics are recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-08","Mail day: roundup, Tolstoy and Benton","In from the roundup, Roosevelt writes Bamie that two weeks of range work have been a real pleasure and urges her to fill Sagamore Hill with friends. He is deep in War and Peace. He also asks Lodge to find someone to research Benton's life after 1850, the last gap in a nearly finished book. A letter from Edith arrives from London.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","leo-tolstoy","thomas-hart-benton"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-09","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is back at Elkhorn Ranch; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-10","Ranch day","Another day at Elkhorn with no events noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-11","Elk hunting trip begins","Roosevelt sets out from Elkhorn with Sewall and Tompkins on a 70-mile hunting trip. Before it ends he takes two elk and six antelope.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-12","Out after elk","Roosevelt is away hunting with Sewall and Tompkins; no specifics survive for the day.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-13","Sunday on the hunt","Roosevelt is away hunting with Sewall and Tompkins; no specifics survive for the day.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-14","Still hunting","Roosevelt is away hunting with Sewall and Tompkins; no specifics survive for the day.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-15","Hunting in the backcountry","Roosevelt is away hunting with Sewall and Tompkins; no specifics survive for the day.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-16","Final day of the elk trip","Roosevelt is away hunting with Sewall and Tompkins; no specifics survive for the day.",["william-sewall","tompkins"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-17","Back at Elkhorn","Home from the hunt, Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; nothing else is noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-18","Riding Sorrel Joe to Medora","Roosevelt rides his horse Sorrel Joe up the valley to Medora.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-19","With the Maltese Cross wagon","Roosevelt joins the roundup with the Maltese Cross wagon. He writes Bamie that work has paused briefly, offers his opinions on War and Peace, and mentions the cheerful gatherings at Sagamore.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","leo-tolstoy"],"Medora"],["1886-06-20","Roundup to South Heart","The roundup works its way down to South Heart.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-21","Up to Rocky Ridge","The roundup pushes on to Rocky Ridge.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-22","A brutal day to Davis Creek","The roundup reaches Davis Creek after an enormous day: Roosevelt later wrote that he was mounted at 2 a.m. and kept at it past 8 in the evening.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-23","Rounds at the saloon, then back to camp","Up at 3:30, Roosevelt works down to Andrew's Creek, then rides into Medora for his mail. He buys the cowboys a round at the saloon and herds them back to camp before things get out of hand. A quick note to Lodge reports hard work as the roundup crosses to the west divide.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Medora"],["1886-06-24","On to Gardiner Creek","The roundup moves to Gardiner Creek.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-25","Reaching Bullion's Creek","The roundup arrives at Bullion's Creek.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-26","Working down Bullion's Creek","The outfit works its way down Bullion's Creek.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-27","Roundup reaches Chimney Butte","The roundup comes to Chimney Butte.",[],"Medora"],["1886-06-28","Roundup over, an offer from New York","Roosevelt rides into Medora with the roundup finished. He tells Bamie the cattle have fared well and thanks her for the Sewall child's toys. To Douglas Robinson he says he is weighing Mayor Grace's offer to make him New York City's health commissioner, and that only 30 pages of the Benton book remain.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","douglas-robinson","william-r-grace","william-sewall"],"Medora"],["1886-06-29","Back to Elkhorn with Merrifield","Roosevelt and Bill Merrifield ride from Medora back to Elkhorn Ranch.",["bill-merrifield"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-06-30","Benton, and a bare, overgrazed range","At Elkhorn Roosevelt works on Benton. He worries about the range, too crowded with cattle: by June 10, he notes, nothing green was left anywhere he had ridden.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-01","Writing, then branding with Bill Rowe","After a stint on Benton, Roosevelt rides out with Bill Rowe to round up and brand calves.",["bill-rowe"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-02","Benton finished at Elkhorn","Roosevelt completes his biography of Thomas Hart Benton at Elkhorn, where he has been writing every morning from first light until noon. He then rides out with Bill Rowe on his little black horse to corral and brand calves.",["bill-rowe","thomas-hart-benton"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-03","Riding Manitou to Medora","Roosevelt rides his horse Manitou up to Medora.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-04","Independence Day in Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora on the Fourth of July; the record gives no other details.",[],"Medora"],["1886-07-05","Fourth of July oration at Dickinson","Roosevelt is the featured speaker at Dickinson's Independence Day celebration in a town of about 700, urging listeners to use America's blessings wisely. Western Starr gives the public reading of the Declaration. Back at Elkhorn, Roosevelt tells Corinne it would break his heart to give up ranch life. Corinne gives birth to a daughter, also named Corinne.",["western-starr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-06","At Elkhorn","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn Ranch; nothing further is noted.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-07-07","In Medora before heading east","Roosevelt is in Medora, about to leave for New York; no other events are recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1886-07-08","Interviewed on the eastbound train","Heading east, Roosevelt talks with a Bismarck Tribune reporter over coffee in the dining car. The paper paints him as an eager, quick-talking young man with a toothy grin and squinting blue eyes, a New York reformer turned Dakota ranchman.",[],"Medora"],["1886-07-09","Rolling east","Roosevelt is on the train bound for New York City.",[],"Medora"],["1886-07-10","Still on the rails","The journey east to New York continues.",[],"Medora"],["1886-07-11","Back in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City after his long trip from Dakota.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-12","Checking Benton at the Astor Library","Roosevelt begins some three weeks of fact-checking his Benton manuscript at the Astor Library. Around this time, he brings two big ranch dogs from the Badlands to Sagamore, and young Alice long remembers being bowled over by them.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Astor Library"],["1886-07-13","Midsummer in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-14","Working in New York","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-15","A New York summer day","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-16","In Manhattan","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-17","Another day in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-18","In the city","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-19","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-20","Sunday in the city","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-21","Monday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-22","In New York City","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-23","Summer in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-24","A day in Manhattan","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-25","New York, no entry","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-26","Late July in New York","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-27","Another Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-28","In the city","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-29","New York in July","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-30","End of July in New York","The record places Roosevelt in New York and notes nothing else.",[],"New York City"],["1886-07-31","Last day of July","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-08-01","A Sunday in Manhattan","Roosevelt is in New York City, with nothing more recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1886-08-02","Westward again","Roosevelt sets out from New York for the Dakota Badlands.",[],"New York City"],["1886-08-03","On the rails toward Medora","Roosevelt spends the day on the train heading for Medora.",[],"New York City"],["1886-08-04","Still rolling west","A second full day aboard the train bound for Medora.",[],"New York City"],["1886-08-05","Back in Medora as a ranch baby arrives","Roosevelt reaches Medora. Out at Elkhorn, Bill Sewall's family welcomes a newborn son the same day.",["william-sewall"],"Medora"],["1886-08-06","Edith turns 25 overseas","Roosevelt is in Medora on Edith Carow's 25th birthday; she is traveling in Europe.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Medora"],["1886-08-07","Books, and love for the ranch","From Medora Roosevelt writes his sisters. He tells Bamie about two books on his reading pile and tells Corinne how deeply he cares for ranch life.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","prof-johnson","miss-baylor"],"Medora"],["1886-08-08","Quiet Sunday in Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1886-08-09","Off to court, manuscript in the mail","Roosevelt heads to Mandan, where Mike Finnegan and the men who stole his boat face trial, and mails his Thomas Hart Benton biography to the publisher.",["mike-finnegan"],"Mandan"],["1886-08-10","Guest of the Selmes, eager for a fight","In Mandan Roosevelt stays with the Selmes family. He writes Lodge proposing to raise a cowboy regiment if the trouble along the Texas–Mexico border turns to war.",["selmes-family","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Mandan"],["1886-08-11","Courtroom notes for Bamie","Writing Bamie from Mandan, Roosevelt reports on the boat thieves' trial, praises Mrs. Selmes, and returns to his idea of a cowboy regiment for the Mexican border.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-flandrau-selmes"],"Mandan"],["1886-08-12","Back to Elkhorn; Dow becomes a father","Roosevelt returns to the Elkhorn Ranch, where Wilmot Dow's son is born.",["wilmot-dow"],"Mandan"],["1886-08-13","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-14","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-15","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-16","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-17","Guilty verdict for the boat thieves","In Mandan the jury convicts the men who stole Roosevelt's boat. Finnegan and Burnsted each get three years; charges against Pfaffanbach are dismissed because of his mental condition.",["mike-finnegan","burnsted","german-pfaffenback"],"Mandan"],["1886-08-18","Scouting for a mounted rifle unit","In Bismarck Roosevelt explores whether he could raise a body of mounted riflemen for service in Mexico.",[],"Bismarck"],["1886-08-19","Return to Elkhorn","Roosevelt is back at the Elkhorn Ranch.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-20","Worrying over a mailed manuscript","From Elkhorn Roosevelt writes Bamie admiring Mrs. Selmes, and tells Lodge he hopes the uninsured Benton manuscript reached the publishers, warning that revisions must wait.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","martha-flandrau-selmes","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-21","Stockmen re-elect him, then off to the mountains","Roosevelt is kept on as president of the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association at its fall meeting, then leaves with Merrifield to hunt in Idaho's Coeur d'Alene range. At Thompson Falls, Montana, he meets hunter John Willis.",["bill-merrifield","john-willis"],"Thompson Falls"],["1886-08-22","Camp on Vermilion Creek","Roosevelt, Merrifield and Willis go after mountain goats and pitch camp on Vermilion Creek.",["bill-merrifield","john-willis"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-23","Struggling to keep up with Willis","Willis drives the hunting party hard over jagged rock and treacherous mountain slopes.",["john-willis"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-24","No goats yet","The hunt goes on, but the party spots no mountain goats.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-25","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-26","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-27","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-28","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-29","Engagement news leaks","While Roosevelt hunts in the mountains, The New York Times society column reports that he is engaged to Miss Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-30","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-08-31","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-01","Goat country with Willis and Merrifield","Roosevelt is deep in the Idaho mountains, hunting with John Willis and Bill Merrifield.",["bill-merrifield","john-willis"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-02","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-03","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-04","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-05","Times takes back the engagement story","With Roosevelt still hunting, The New York Times retracts its August 29 report of his engagement, a correction Bamie likely arranged.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-06","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-07","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-08","A tumble off the mountainside","Aiming at what would be his first mountain goat, Roosevelt slips and plunges some 40 or 50 feet down the slope, crashing through a pine into a thick balsam. He comes away with only scratches; Willis asks if he is hurt, hears no, and tells him to come on. Roosevelt climbs back up.",["john-willis"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-09","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-10","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-11","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-12","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-13","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-14","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-15","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-16","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-17","Hunting in the mountains","Roosevelt is still out on the mountain goat hunt.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-18","Two goats, little joy","Back in Medora, Roosevelt counts two white goats from the long Idaho hunt but admits the trip gave him little pleasure.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-19","Annoyed that the secret is out","At Elkhorn Roosevelt is vexed to learn New York society knows of his engagement. Bill Sewall, meanwhile, is unhappy in Dakota and fears he is wasting Roosevelt's money.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sewall"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-20","Telling Bamie the truth","From Medora Roosevelt confirms to Bamie that the newspaper was right: he will sail to marry Edith before Christmas. Uneasy about remarriage, he says Bamie may keep his daughter, Baby Lee.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Medora"],["1886-09-21","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-22","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-23","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-24","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-25","Settling up with Sewall and Dow","Roosevelt closes his accounts with Sewall and releases him and Dow, on good terms, from a ranching deal that was losing money. He then hands cattle to Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris to run on shares for four years.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow","bill-merrifield","sylvane-ferris"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-26","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-27","Corinne turns 25","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn on his sister Corinne's 25th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-28","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-29","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1886-09-30","Warning signs over the range","Roosevelt visits the Selmes in Mandan. Back in the Badlands a white haze hangs in the air, birds head south early, and the range holds too many cattle. The Marquis de Mores has closed his packing plant and leaves for good after heavy losses; Roosevelt's own stake has reached about $85,500.",["selmes-family","marquis-de-mores"],"Mandan"],["1886-10-01","Chasing prairie game with hounds","Near Mandan Roosevelt rides out after prairie game with a pack of hounds.",[],"Mandan"],["1886-10-02","In Mandan","Roosevelt remains in Mandan.",[],"Mandan"],["1886-10-03","In Mandan","Roosevelt remains in Mandan.",[],"Mandan"],["1886-10-04","Last day in Medora","Roosevelt is back in Medora before heading east.",[],"Medora"],["1886-10-05","Bound for Oyster Bay","Roosevelt leaves Medora for home on Long Island.",[],"Medora"],["1886-10-06","Riding the rails east","Roosevelt is on the train toward New York.",[],"Medora"],["1886-10-07","Riding the rails east","Roosevelt is on the train toward New York.",[],"Medora"],["1886-10-08","Home from Dakota","Roosevelt arrives at Oyster Bay. His sister Bamie now lives in a newly acquired house, 689 Madison Avenue.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-09","Riding to hounds on Long Island","Roosevelt joins the hunt with the hounds at Oyster Bay. Meanwhile both the Sewalls and the Dows start home to Maine.",["william-sewall","wilmot-dow"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-10","A hunter's tally for Lodge","Roosevelt writes Lodge listing his western bag: three white goats, plus elk and deer.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns two","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay on the second birthday of his niece Eleanor, Elliott's daughter.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-12","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-13","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-14","At Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-15","Running for mayor","At the Union League Club Roosevelt takes the Republican nomination for mayor of New York and talks campaign with reporters. He also gets a look at the Statue of Liberty, still headless while workers finish it.",[],"Union League Club"],["1886-10-16","What the city needs in a mayor","From Oyster Bay Roosevelt writes Elihu Root and William Bellamy that New York needs a mayor of strong character who owes nothing to party bosses.",["elihu-root","william-bellamy"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-17","A reluctant candidate","Roosevelt tells Lodge that many Republicans pressed him to run before he said yes.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Oyster Bay"],["1886-10-18","Campaigning in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City in the thick of the mayoral race.",[],"New York City"],["1886-10-19","Campaigning in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City in the thick of the mayoral race.",[],"New York City"],["1886-10-20","No illusions about winning","Roosevelt writes Lodge that he sees essentially no chance of being elected.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-10-21","Again, a reluctant nominee","Roosevelt writes Frances Dana, later Mrs. Parsons, that he took the nomination very unwillingly.",["fanny-dana"],"New York City"],["1886-10-22","Firing back at the Labor Party","Roosevelt publishes a scornful open letter to Labor Party official Denis Donohue Jr., angry at being painted as a 'landlord' candidate, and insists America has no fixed classes.",["denis-donohue-jr"],"New York City"],["1886-10-23","Living at headquarters","Bamie writes Edith that Roosevelt is spending nearly all his time at campaign headquarters in the Fifth Avenue Hotel.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1886-10-24","Campaigning in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City in the thick of the mayoral race.",[],"New York City"],["1886-10-25","Answering the 'man of straw' charge","Roosevelt writes Charles P. Miller rebutting critics who call him a mere stand-in candidate.",["charles-p-miller"],"New York City"],["1886-10-26","Campaigning in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City in the thick of the mayoral race.",[],"New York City"],["1886-10-27","A birthday rally at Cooper Union","Roosevelt turns 28 the day his nomination is formally ratified at Cooper Union, where he calls for sweeping reform.",[],"Cooper Union"],["1886-10-28","Liberty unveiled; no time to hunt","President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty in the harbor. Roosevelt writes Lodge that the campaign has kept him from hunting.",["grover-cleveland","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-10-29","Four halls in one night","After a rushed 8 p.m. dinner Roosevelt races by hansom cab between rallies: Black voters at the Grand Opera House, immigrants at Concordia Hall, then Ward Hall on Third Avenue, and finally the 24th Ward in the Bronx. He is done by 10:30.",[],"Grand Opera House"],["1886-10-30","Still going strong","Roosevelt says the breakneck campaign schedule has not worn him out at all.",[],"New York City"],["1886-10-31","Too young, say the papers","Newspaper coverage dwells on how young and green the Republican candidate is.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-01","An article, a secret booking, a note to Lodge","The Century runs Roosevelt's 'Machine Politics in New York City.' On a foggy day he books two berths on the Etruria as 'Mr. and Mrs. Merrifield' and tells Lodge he sails Saturday to marry Edith.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"New York City"],["1886-11-02","Third place on Election Day","Democrat Abram Hewitt wins the mayor's race with 90,552 votes. Labor's Henry George finishes second at 68,110, and Roosevelt runs third with 60,435.",["abram-s-hewitt","henry-george"],"New York City"],["1886-11-03","An empty headquarters","After sleeping late, Roosevelt goes to his now-abandoned campaign rooms.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-04","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-05","Late night of announcements","Roosevelt and Bamie stay up almost until dawn finishing the engagement announcements. He also writes his cousin Laura Roosevelt with the news.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","laura-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-11-06","Sailing for England","At 1 p.m. the Etruria leaves New York for Europe with Roosevelt and Bamie aboard.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1886-11-07","A shipboard friendship begins","At sea Roosevelt and Bamie meet Cecil Spring Rice, 26, who had served on Lord Rosebery's private staff, heading home after a visit to his brother in Canada.",["cecil-spring-rice","anna-roosevelt-cowles","lord-rosebery"],"New York City"],["1886-11-08","Engagement made official","While Roosevelt is at sea, the formal announcement of his engagement to Edith Carow goes to the newspapers.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1886-11-09","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Etruria.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-10","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Etruria.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-11","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Etruria.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-12","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Etruria.",[],"New York City"],["1886-11-13","Reunited with Edith in London","The Etruria docks at Liverpool and Roosevelt and Bamie catch the first London train, where he and Edith are together again. He takes rooms at Brown's Hotel; she is staying at Buckland's Hotel.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1886-11-14","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-15","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-16","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-17","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-18","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-19","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-20","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-21","A hit in London society","Roosevelt writes Corinne that he started out stiff and formal with the English but has become something of a social celebrity; Bamie is enjoying herself. To Lodge he reports riding to hounds.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"London"],["1886-11-22","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-23","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-24","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-25","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-26","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-27","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-28","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-29","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-11-30","Deep freeze on the Plains","Roosevelt is in London as a record-breaking winter grips the American Great Plains, with readings as low as 40 below zero.",[],"London"],["1886-12-01","In London","Roosevelt is in London ahead of his wedding; nothing more is recorded.",[],"London"],["1886-12-02","A wedding in the fog","Roosevelt marries Edith Kermit Carow at St. George's Church in London on a day so foggy the mist fills the church. His new friend Cecil Spring Rice stands as best man; the groom sports bright orange gloves.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"St. George's Church"],["1886-12-03","Newlyweds head for Dover","Roosevelt and his wife Edith leave London for Dover to begin their honeymoon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Dover"],["1886-12-04","On the honeymoon","Roosevelt and Edith are traveling on their honeymoon; the record notes letters but gives no details for this day.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1886-12-05","A letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie from his honeymoon travels.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1886-12-13","Idle days on the Riviera","Roosevelt and Edith reach Hyères on France's Mediterranean coast. He writes Bamie happily of walks and drives over hills and shore, and of their rooms overlooking the bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Hyères"],["1886-12-14","Rooms with a view of the bay","The record continues Roosevelt's Hyères letter to Bamie, ending on the view from their rooms over the bay.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1886-12-23","On the Italian Riviera","Roosevelt and Edith are in Spezia on the Italian coast.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"La Spezia"],["1886-12-31","Year's end abroad","No events are recorded for this day; the source line holds only the chronology's bibliography.",[],"London"],["1887-01-01","New Year's on Capri","Roosevelt and his wife Edith greet 1887 on the island of Capri during their Italian honeymoon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Italy"],["1887-01-04","Writing ranch tales in Florence","From Florence Roosevelt tells Bamie that Edith and her sister Emily treat him wonderfully, and that he is drafting six long Century magazine pieces about ranch work and the hunt, work that later became a book.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Florence"],["1887-01-07","A change of heart about Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he has weighed selling Sagamore Hill yet loves the place. He and Edith stroll the Boboli Gardens and shop for dining room furniture for the house.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Boboli Gardens"],["1887-01-10","Baby Lee will come home","Roosevelt tells Bamie that he and Edith have resolved to raise his daughter, Baby Lee, themselves. Edith had pressed for it.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Florence"],["1887-01-16","Naples with the Carows","Roosevelt and Edith reach Naples traveling with Edith's family.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","carow-family"],"Naples"],["1887-01-17","Pompeii, almost for the first time","The party drives to Pompeii. Roosevelt had been there as a boy but recalls so little that it feels nearly new.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Pompeii"],["1887-01-18","Bamie turns 32","Roosevelt's sister Bamie celebrates her 32nd birthday back home.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Florence"],["1887-01-22","Shoes worn through in Sorrento","In Sorrento Roosevelt has walked his shoes to pieces. He writes Corinne that he is surprised to enjoy doing nothing for so long, and glad Edith would no more want a long stay abroad than he would.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sorrento"],["1887-01-24","An invitation to Spring Rice","From Sorrento Roosevelt thanks Cecil Spring Rice for his London hospitality and asks him to visit Sagamore Hill.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sorrento"],["1887-01-30","Glad to see Italy again","Roosevelt writes Bamie from Sorrento that revisiting Italy has been a joy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sorrento"],["1887-02-05","Goodbyes in Rome","In Rome Edith says a tearful goodbye to her mother Gertrude and sister Emily.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow","emily-carow"],"Rome"],["1887-02-08","St. Mark's Square and a wry letter","In Venice Roosevelt and Edith visit the Piazza San Marco. He sends Corinne some teasing remarks about Italians and his 'charitable' view of foreigners.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Piazza San Marco"],["1887-02-12","Milan, and plans for a private study","On Alice's third birthday Roosevelt writes Bamie from Milan about the cathedral and his plan to turn Sagamore Hill's top-floor room into a study open only to invited guests.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Milan Cathedral"],["1887-02-14","Lodge likes the Benton","From Paris Roosevelt writes Lodge, pleased that his friend approves of the Benton biography.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Paris"],["1887-02-23","Back to London; Edith unwell","Roosevelt and Edith are back in London, where Edith feels ill; she is expecting their first child.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-02-24","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-02-25","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-02-26","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-02-27","Worried for Edith, busy socially","Roosevelt writes Corinne of his concern over Edith's illness and of the many people he is meeting in London.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-02-28","Elliott turns 27","Roosevelt is in London on his brother Elliott's 27th birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-01","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-02","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-03","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-04","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-05","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-06","Meeting the historian Trevelyan","Roosevelt is introduced to the noted historian Sir George Trevelyan and writes Corinne that London has been great fun.",["george-otto-trevelyan","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"London"],["1887-03-07","Paris, London and English birds","Roosevelt sends Lodge an account of his time in Paris and London, with notes on hunting and on English birdlife.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"London"],["1887-03-08","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-09","A tour of the Commons","Member of Parliament Hoare takes Roosevelt and Edith through the House of Commons.",["hoare","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"House of Commons"],["1887-03-10","Guests at Wroxton Abbey","Roosevelt and Edith go to stay with Lord North at Wroxton Abbey near Banbury.",["lord-north","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Wroxton Abbey"],["1887-03-11","Fox hunting in Oxfordshire","Roosevelt rides out fox hunting from Wroxton Abbey.",[],"Wroxton Abbey"],["1887-03-12","Lunch at a lord's castle","Roosevelt tells Bamie they lunched at the castle of Lord Saye and Sele.",["lord-saye-and-sele","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Wroxton Abbey"],["1887-03-13","Meeting Robert Browning","Back in London, Roosevelt and Edith meet the poet Robert Browning.",["robert-browning","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-14","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-15","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-16","In London","Roosevelt and Edith are in London; nothing more is recorded.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-19","Homeward on the Etruria","Roosevelt and Edith board the Etruria at Liverpool for New York. He has gained weight during the months abroad.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Liverpool"],["1887-03-20","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-21","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-22","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-23","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-24","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-25","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-26","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-27","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea aboard the Etruria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"London"],["1887-03-28","Alice in her best sash","Roosevelt and Edith land in New York and drive to 689 Madison Avenue, their home for now. Three-year-old Alice meets them dressed up in her finest dress and sash.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1887-03-29","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-03-30","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-03-31","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1887-04-01","A cold, dark homecoming","Roosevelt and Edith go out to Sagamore Hill, shut for the winter with no staff and cold and dark when they arrive. He writes Bill Sewall that the cattle losses have been dreadful.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sewall"],"New York City"],["1887-04-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-04-03","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-04-04","West by way of Philadelphia","Roosevelt starts west, stopping with Edith in Philadelphia to meet her Tyler relatives.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","tyler-family"],"Philadelphia"],["1887-04-05","In Philadelphia","Roosevelt is in Philadelphia.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1887-04-06","On to Dakota","Roosevelt continues west toward the Badlands.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1887-04-07","On the rails toward Medora","Roosevelt is traveling by train toward Medora.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1887-04-08","On the rails toward Medora","Roosevelt is traveling by train toward Medora.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1887-04-09","A ruined range","Roosevelt reaches Medora to find the winter has wrecked his herds. He rides three days without spotting a living steer. Every Little Missouri rancher has lost at least half his cattle; Roosevelt's losses top 65 percent, and his ranching dream is finished.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-10","Inspecting the damage","Roosevelt rides his ranch lands to take stock of the winter's toll.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-11","Inspecting the damage","Roosevelt rides his ranch lands to take stock of the winter's toll.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-12","Inspecting the damage","Roosevelt rides his ranch lands to take stock of the winter's toll.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-13","In Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-14","In Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-15","In Medora","Roosevelt is in Medora; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Medora"],["1887-04-16","No spring roundup this year","The Little Missouri Stockmen's Association, meeting in Medora, calls off the spring roundup because losses are so severe. Roosevelt writes Bamie a plan: Baby Lee stays with her a month longer, he and Edith take over 689 Madison Avenue when Bamie goes south, and the family moves to Sagamore in late May.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Medora"],["1887-04-17","To Miles City","Roosevelt travels to Miles City, Montana.",[],"Miles City"],["1887-04-18","Taking on the Medora inspector","Before the Board of Stock Commissioners in Miles City, Roosevelt moves to abolish the Medora inspector's post, calling inspector Joe Morrill worse than useless. Morrill had accused Roosevelt's friend George Myers of rustling.",["joe-morrill","george-myers"],"Miles City"],["1887-04-19","Inspector's post abolished","Roosevelt brings the same proposal to the Executive Committee, which grudgingly scraps the inspector job while citing a shortage of money.",[],"Miles City"],["1887-04-20","'A perfect smashup'","Back in Medora Roosevelt writes Lodge about the disaster that has struck cattlemen across the Northwest.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Medora"],["1887-04-21","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1887-04-22","At the Elkhorn Ranch","Roosevelt is at Elkhorn; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1887-04-28","Corinne's anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Corinne marks five years of marriage to Douglas Robinson.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1887-04-30","Benton biography appears","Roosevelt's Thomas Hart Benton is published. Bamie departs on a trip south, and Edith, followed by Roosevelt, moves into 689 Madison Avenue to look after Baby Lee.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1887-05-11","Guest of honor at Delmonico's","At the Federal Club's first banquet at Delmonico's, about 200 young reform Republicans hear Roosevelt deliver a hard-hitting speech. It wins over the room but earns criticism, particularly in the newspapers.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1887-05-12","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-05-13","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-05-14","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-05-15","A Tyler descendant takes offense","Roosevelt tells Lodge that a descendant of President John Tyler is upset over what the Benton book says about Tyler.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-tyler"],"New York City"],["1887-05-16","Stories for Baby Alice's block houses","Roosevelt writes Bamie about playing with little Alice, inventing characters to live in her toy block houses.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1887-05-17","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-05-18","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1887-05-19","Elliott sails for Europe","Roosevelt's brother Elliott leaves for Europe with his family aboard the Britannic.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1887-05-20","Collision at sea","The Celtic rams the Britannic. Elliott, Anna and little Eleanor are put into lifeboats and carried back to port aboard the Celtic. Elliott and Anna then go on to Europe, leaving a frightened Eleanor at home.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1887-05-21","Opening up Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he and Edith are getting Sagamore Hill ready for the season.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1887-05-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-23","Bertha Potter visits","Bertha Potter signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["bertha-h-potter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-27","The Moores come to call","Major and Mrs. Alexander Moore are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["alexander-moore","mrs-alexander-moore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-29","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-30","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-05-31","Starting Gouverneur Morris","At Oyster Bay Roosevelt begins his life of Gouverneur Morris for the American Statesmen series. Alice leaves for three weeks with her grandparents in Boston.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","gouverneur-morris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-01","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-03","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-04","Rowing with Edith","Roosevelt rows Edith over to Lloyd's Neck and the Great Marsh.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-05","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-06","Across Lloyd's Neck by boat","Roosevelt rows Edith to Lloyd's Neck, carries the boat overland into Huntington Harbor, and rows on out into Long Island Sound.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-08","Learning polo; Spring Rice arrives","Roosevelt writes Corinne that he is trying to pick up polo with Frank Underhill. Cecil Spring Rice begins a week-long stay at Sagamore Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frank-underhill","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-09","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-10","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-11","Sorry to miss the Lodges","Roosevelt writes Lodge that he regrets Lodge and his wife Nannie can't visit Sagamore Hill.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-15","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-20","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-21","Grace Howard Potter visits","Grace Howard Potter is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["grace-howard-potter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-22","Pitching John Jay to the editor","Roosevelt writes series editor John Morse Jr. about the Morris volume and argues the American Statesmen series should include John Jay too.",["john-t-morse-jr","john-jay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-23","Spring Rice and the runaway pony","Roosevelt compliments Lodge on a recent speech and reports that the horse Caution bolted with Spring Rice, who finally brought it back.",["henry-cabot-lodge","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-25","Charles W. Gould visits","Charles W. Gould is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["charles-w-gould"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-27","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-28","Morris over Jay","Roosevelt tells Lodge he prefers writing about Gouverneur Morris to John Jay.",["henry-cabot-lodge","gouverneur-morris","john-jay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-29","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-06-30","Running Sagamore on $60 a month","Edith keeps the household on a tight $60 monthly budget, with cook, waitress, chambermaid, farmer Noah Seaman and a boy, Alice's nurse Mary Ledwith, horses Sagamore and Caution, and the dog Peter. Roosevelt writes, chops wood, plays tennis, rows and plays with Baby Lee. Visitors include Bamie, Corinne and her husband, and Spring Rice.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","noah-seaman","mary-ledwith","alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-02","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Three visitors sign the Sagamore Hill guest book: James H. Jones, F. Egerton Webb and W. H. Russell.",["f-egerton-webb","w-h-russell","james-h-jones"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-04","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-05","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-06","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-08","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-09","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-11","Nellie Tyler visits Sagamore Hill","Helen B. Tyler, known as Nellie, signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["helen-b-tyler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-15","Cousin Frank Roosevelt calls","Frank Roosevelt is the day's recorded guest at Sagamore Hill.",["frank-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-20","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-21","Corinne brings the children","Roosevelt's sister Corinne comes to Sagamore Hill with her young children, Theodore Douglas Robinson and little Corinne.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson","corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-25","Douglas Robinson signs the guest book","Corinne's husband, Douglas Robinson, is recorded as a visitor at Sagamore Hill.",["douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-27","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-29","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-30","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-07-31","Breakfast rides for Baby Lee","These summer mornings Roosevelt makes a habit of carrying little Alice downstairs to the breakfast table himself.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-01","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-03","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-04","A portrait of Alice for Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie with a description of his daughter Alice.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-05","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-06","Edith turns 26","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 26th birthday at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-08","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-09","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-10","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-11","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-13","Lunch party and tennis","Louis Bell hosts about a dozen guests for lunch, and Roosevelt, Uncle Jimmy Gracie and cousin Emlen Roosevelt take to the tennis court.",["louis-bell","james-king-gracie","emlen-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-15","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-20","Summer sociability on Oyster Bay","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Oyster Bay's men have been unusually social: a lunch for twelve, target shooting and tennis. He also writes Lodge that he plans to draw on one of Lodge's articles for his Gouverneur Morris biography.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-27","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-29","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-30","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-08-31","Waiting on the baby, battling asthma","With Edith's first child due, her Carow relatives find they cannot make the trip to Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt suffers hard bouts of asthma in the weeks leading up to the birth.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-01","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-03","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-04","Gouverneur Morris goes to press","Roosevelt's biography of Gouverneur Morris is finished and ready to send to the printer.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-05","Second thoughts about Morris","Roosevelt confides to Lodge that writing the Morris biography suited him less than his life of Thomas Hart Benton, and he is unsure how well it turned out.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-06","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-08","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-09","A letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie; the subject is not recorded.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-10","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-11","Planning for Edith's confinement","Roosevelt explains to Bamie why Mame, rather than Bamie herself, will be the one staying with Edith through the coming birth. He also sends a letter to Lodge.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","mary-ledwith","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-12","Edith goes into labor early","At nine in the evening Edith's labor begins without warning, ahead of schedule.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-13","Ted is born at Sagamore Hill","Theodore Roosevelt Jr. arrives at 2:15 in the morning, a sturdy eight and a half pounds. Cousin West Roosevelt delivers him and Aunt Annie Gracie nurses. Roosevelt tells Bamie that Alice already adores her baby brother.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-14","Edith's hard recovery","Following Victorian custom, Edith is bound tightly in muslin after the delivery, and she sinks into depression in the days after the birth.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-15","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-18","An heir at last","Roosevelt writes Bamie praising Edith's courage through the birth and rejoicing that the house finally has an heir.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-19","Alice heads to Boston","Little Alice leaves Sagamore Hill for Boston to spend time with her mother's family, the Lees.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-20","Thanks to Conie for baby clothes","Roosevelt reports to his sister Corinne that Edith is recovering well and hopes to see her, and thanks her for offering clothes for the baby.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-27","Corinne turns 26","Roosevelt's younger sister Corinne marks her 26th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-29","A colicky baby and a request","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Edith remains weak and the baby has colic, and passes along Edith's request for nursing corsets, since she is feeding Ted herself.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-09-30","Alice sizes up her brother","Three-year-old Alice offers her verdict on baby Ted: a very loud little parrot. Hunting season is getting under way.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-01","Out with the hunt; Bamie invited","Roosevelt goes hunting, and Bamie is asked to come to Sagamore Hill to meet the new baby.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-03","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-04","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-05","Debating American origins with Bryce","Roosevelt writes British scholar James Bryce, arguing that the national mix of America's population has held steady since colonial times.",["james-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-06","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-08","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-09","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-10","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns three","Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Roosevelt's brother Elliott, celebrates her third birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-15","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-20","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-27","Roosevelt turns 29","Roosevelt marks his 29th birthday at Sagamore Hill, his first as a father of two.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-29","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-30","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-10-31","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-11-01","Off west after antelope","Roosevelt sets out for the West with his cousin West Roosevelt and Frank Underhill, bound for an antelope hunt.",["west-roosevelt","frank-underhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-11-02","Riding the rails west","Roosevelt and his hunting party are on the train heading west.",["west-roosevelt","frank-underhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-11-03","Proofreading on the train","Still traveling west, Roosevelt writes editor John Morse about correcting proofs of his Gouverneur Morris biography, touching on Washington and Cromwell.",["john-t-morse-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-11-04","Back in the Badlands","Roosevelt, West and Frank reach the Dakota Badlands.",["west-roosevelt","frank-underhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-11-05","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-06","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-07","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-08","Democrats sweep the elections","While Roosevelt is in the Badlands, Democrats win big at the polls back East.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-09","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-10","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-11","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-12","Visitors at home while he hunts","Roosevelt remains in the Badlands. Back at Sagamore Hill, Bertha H. Potter and Willett Van Fleet sign the guest book.",["bertha-h-potter","willett-van-fleet"],"Badlands"],["1887-11-13","Happiest hunting alone","Writing to Bamie from the Badlands, Roosevelt admits he would rather hunt by himself.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Badlands"],["1887-11-14","Companions head home","West Roosevelt and Frank Underhill start back to New York, leaving Roosevelt on his own in the Badlands.",["west-roosevelt","frank-underhill"],"Badlands"],["1887-11-15","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-16","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-17","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-18","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-19","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-20","Game is scarce, the party is moribund","From the Badlands and Medora, Roosevelt writes Bamie a gloomy note on the Republicans and remarks on how little game is left, a sign the country needs protecting. Four guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-f-drysdale","bob-ferguson","valentine-munro-ferguson","c-k-williams"],"Medora"],["1887-11-21","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-22","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-23","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-24","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-25","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-26","West and his wife visit Sagamore","Roosevelt is still in the Badlands. Back home, Dr. West Roosevelt and his wife are recorded as guests at Sagamore Hill.",["west-roosevelt","mrs-j-west-roosevelt"],"Badlands"],["1887-11-27","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-28","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-29","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-11-30","In the Badlands","Roosevelt is out in the Dakota Badlands; no details survive for the day.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-01","A second son for Corinne","Roosevelt's sister Corinne gives birth to her second boy, Monroe Douglas Robinson.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson"],"Badlands"],["1887-12-02","Anniversary on a sheep hunt","On his first wedding anniversary Roosevelt is far from Edith, stalking mountain sheep in the Badlands alongside Fred Herrig, a friend he has only recently made. Uncle James and Aunt Annie Gracie visit Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","fred-herrig","james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Badlands"],["1887-12-03","Hunting in the Badlands","Roosevelt spends the day hunting in the Badlands.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-04","Hunting in the Badlands","Roosevelt spends the day hunting in the Badlands.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-05","Starting home for New York","Roosevelt leaves the Badlands and heads back east toward New York City.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-06","Eastbound train","Roosevelt is on the train bound for New York City.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-07","Eastbound train","Roosevelt is on the train bound for New York City.",[],"Badlands"],["1887-12-08","Home to New York","Roosevelt reaches New York City after his Badlands hunt.",[],"New York City"],["1887-12-09","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-10","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-11","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Mr. Tebbits.",["mr-tebbits"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-15","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-20","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-23","Spring-Rice comes for the holidays","Roosevelt's friend Cecil Spring-Rice, the British diplomat, is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-24","Elliott on Christmas Eve","Roosevelt's brother Elliott signs the guest book at Sagamore Hill on Christmas Eve.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Christmas at Sagamore Hill, the first with baby Ted in the house.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-27","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-29","Elliott and Anna visit","Roosevelt's brother Elliott and his wife Anna come to Sagamore Hill.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-30","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1887-12-31","Boone and Crockett Club is born","Roosevelt gathers fellow hunters, among them Elliott, cousin West and George Bird Grinnell, to found the Boone and Crockett Club, devoted to outdoor life, hunting and protecting big game. With Roosevelt as president, the club pledges to push for game laws and their enforcement. For the cold months the family settles into 689 Madison Avenue.",["elliott-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","archibald-rogers","e-p-rogers","j-coleman-drayton","thomas-paton","j-e-jones","rutherford-stuyvesant","george-bird-grinnell","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-01-06","Praise for Bryce's America","Roosevelt writes James Bryce to compliment him on his book about the United States.",["james-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-01-15","Done with politics, he thinks","Roosevelt tells Jonas Van Duzer that writing now fills his days and that he doubts he will ever reenter politics. He is already turning over plans for The Winning of the West, and writes Lodge as well.",["jonas-van-duzer","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-01-17","Union League business with Lodge","Roosevelt writes Lodge about a report he is preparing for the Union League Club. The family is now wintering at 689 Madison Avenue in New York City.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-01-18","Bamie turns 33","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 33rd birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1888-01-31","Research trip to Washington","Roosevelt goes to Washington hunting for sources for his history of the West. His piece on copyright and balloting appears in print, and Century runs the first of six Ranch Life articles.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-02-05","Defending the good machine","From New York, Roosevelt writes James Bryce in praise of well-run party machine politics.",["james-bryce"],"New York City"],["1888-02-12","Alice turns four","Roosevelt's daughter Alice celebrates her fourth birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"New York City"],["1888-02-28","Elliott turns 28","Roosevelt's brother Elliott marks his 28th birthday.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1888-02-29","A contract for the Western saga","Putnam's signs Roosevelt to write The Winning of the West. Century prints another Ranch Life installment, and he returns to Washington.",[],"New York City"],["1888-03-05","Asking Draper about Boone and Crockett","Roosevelt writes historian Lyman Draper seeking information on Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett for The Winning of the West.",["lyman-draper"],"New York City"],["1888-03-11","The Blizzard of '88 begins","Snow starts falling in what becomes the Blizzard of 1888. Roosevelt, Edith and the children are at their Madison Avenue house in the city, and at first he finds the storm great fun.",[],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1888-03-12","Snowbound and unsure of the convention","As snow keeps falling, Roosevelt tells Michener he cannot yet say whether he will be free to attend the Republicans' national convention.",["louis-t-michener"],"New York City"],["1888-03-13","Still snowing","The blizzard goes on; Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1888-03-14","Still snowing","The blizzard goes on; Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1888-03-18","No time for Franklin","Roosevelt urges John Morse to add a Benjamin Franklin biography to the American Statesmen series, though he is too deep in The Winning of the West to write it.",["john-t-morse-jr"],"Kentucky"],["1888-03-21","South for research","Roosevelt heads to Tennessee and Kentucky to dig into sources for his Western history.",[],"Kentucky"],["1888-03-31","Back to Sagamore Hill","The Roosevelt family returns to Sagamore Hill from the city, and Century prints another Ranch Life piece.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-04-04","Home from the South","Roosevelt returns from his research trip to Tennessee and Kentucky.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-04-07","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Mrs. Colburn.",["mrs-colburn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-04-23","Reaching out to Francis Parkman","Roosevelt writes the celebrated historian Francis Parkman for the first time, asking permission to dedicate his new Western history to him.",["francis-parkman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-04-29","Corinne's sixth anniversary","Corinne and Douglas Robinson mark six years of marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-05-01","Morris is out; the West begins","Gouverneur Morris is published to mostly cool reviews, and Century runs another Ranch Life installment. With most of his research in hand, Roosevelt starts drafting The Winning of the West. Alice goes off to stay several weeks with her Lee grandparents in Chestnut Hill.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-05-04","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Mr. H. B. Whitmore and Mrs. H. B. Whitmore.",["mr-h-b-whitmore","mrs-h-b-whitmore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-05-13","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Grace Howard Potter, Charles A. Weaver and Dan P. Kingsford.",["grace-howard-potter","charles-a-weaver","dan-p-kingsford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-05-19","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Maxwell Hyslop.",["maxwell-hyslop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-05-31","Ranch Life continues","Another of Roosevelt's Ranch Life articles appears in Century.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-14","Nellie Tyler on the piazza","Nellie Tyler visits Sagamore Hill and takes a liking to the lounging chairs on the porch.",["helen-b-tyler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-16","Lodge arrives; polo with the Underhills","Henry Cabot Lodge comes to stay. The party lunches with the Underhills, looks over seventeen polo ponies, and Roosevelt gets into a polo game.",["henry-cabot-lodge","the-underhills"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-17","Elliott seriously ill","With Lodge still a guest, Roosevelt tells Bamie that their brother Elliott has been badly sick all week with two abscesses on his neck. Roosevelt went to see him that day.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-21","Lodge departs; dinner at the Crugers","Lodge heads home, and the Roosevelts dine with the Crugers.",["henry-cabot-lodge","cruger-family"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-22","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Thomas A. Janvier.",["thomas-a-janvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-23","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Catharine A. Janvier.",["catharine-a-janvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-24","Elliott on the mend","Roosevelt reports to Bamie that Elliott is improving despite abscesses, rheumatic gout and inflammatory rheumatism, and is still playing polo three times a week.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-26","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: Katharine Cordin Griswold.",["katharine-cordin-griswold"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-06-30","Polo, tennis and cousins","Roosevelt plays polo and talks Edith into trying tennis. Elliott is building a house at Hempstead, and his daughter Eleanor and Alice sometimes play together. Aunt Annie Gracie gives Alice lessons, as she once did for Roosevelt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","anna-bulloch-gracie","alice-roosevelt-longworth","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-01","Slow pages and worry for Elliott","Roosevelt complains to Bamie that his writing crawls along, and wonders whether a frank talk with Elliott about his recklessness would help. Elliott is drinking heavily.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-03","A garden party and a yacht club party","The Weeks hold a garden party, and the Underhills host a yacht club gathering.",["the-weeks","the-underhills"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-04","Racing yachts and polo","Independence Day brings a yacht race and polo at Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-05","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-06","To the Wadsworths at Geneseo","Roosevelt and Edith travel upstate to The Homestead in Geneseo, home of William Austin Wadsworth.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-07","At Geneseo","Roosevelt and Edith are guests in Geneseo.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Geneseo"],["1888-07-08","Geneseo society and the coming campaign","Roosevelt sends Bamie a picture of the social whirl at Geneseo, which Edith is enjoying, plus his thoughts on the approaching political campaign.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Geneseo"],["1888-07-09","Dinner with the Wadsworths","Roosevelt and Edith dine with the Wadsworth family at Geneseo.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Geneseo"],["1888-07-10","Back from Geneseo","Roosevelt and Edith return home to Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Geneseo"],["1888-07-11","Edith teases Lodge about TR","Edith writes Lodge a playful report on her husband: late mornings, very little writing, and a growing waistline.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-13","Alarm over Elliott's drinking","Roosevelt writes Bamie of his worry about Elliott, who is drinking far too much.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-14","Republican prospects","Roosevelt writes Lodge about his visit to Geneseo and the Republicans' chances in the coming election.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-15","Another baby on the way","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Edith is expecting again, with the baby due around the end of January, granting Alice's wish for a new sibling.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-17","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-18","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-19","Writing Gilder about the West","Roosevelt writes Century editor Richard Watson Gilder concerning his book in progress, The Winning of the West.",["richard-watson-gilder"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-20","The Robinsons and baby Monroe","Corinne and Douglas Robinson visit Sagamore Hill with their infant son Monroe.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-22","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-26","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-27","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Guests sign the book at Sagamore Hill: George Barclay.",["george-barclay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-28","A full day with the Robinsons","Corinne and Douglas Robinson spend the whole day at Sagamore Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-29","Knocked out on the polo field","In the Oyster Bay match against Meadowbrook, with Edith watching, Roosevelt and Elliott race side by side near the end when Roosevelt is thrown. He lies motionless for several minutes and stays confused for a couple of hours.",["elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-30","Morning tennis with the Farrs","Roosevelt tells Bamie the Farrs join him for tennis every morning, and polo continues.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","the-farrs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-07-31","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-01","Corinne's view of the household","At Oyster Bay, Roosevelt's sister Corinne writes Bamie that Theodore spends his mornings at his desk, praises Edith's warm care of little Alice and her lovely home, but worries that Edith has grown aloof from people.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Oyster Bay"],["1888-08-02","Elliott's family comes to visit","Roosevelt's brother Elliott arrives at Sagamore Hill with his wife Anna and little Eleanor, and the evening ends with dinner at Louis Bell's.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","louis-bell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-03","Pony racing with Elliott at Huntington","Roosevelt and his brother Elliott head to the Huntington races, where both ride their own ponies.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Huntington"],["1888-08-04","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-05","News for Bamie from Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he enjoys her accounts of Alaska. Home news: Mrs. Carow is ill, Emily is lending Edith a hand, Eleanor and Alice play together, and baby Ted is trying, without luck, to walk and talk.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","gertrude-tyler-carow","emily-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-06","Edith turns 27","Edith celebrates her twenty-seventh birthday at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-07","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-08","Edith loses a pregnancy","Edith suffers a miscarriage at Sagamore Hill. Writing to Bamie, Roosevelt holds himself responsible, tracing it to his fall in a recent polo game.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-09","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-10","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-11","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-12","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-13","Corinne's note on Bamie's house","Corinne writes Bamie that her house will not, after all, be needed for a lying-in this winter, a reference to Edith's lost pregnancy.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-14","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-15","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-16","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-17","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-18","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-19","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the day at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-20","Edith back on her feet","Edith is at last up and moving around Sagamore Hill again as she recovers from her miscarriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-21","Off west to hunt","Roosevelt sets out for a western hunting trip, leaving Edith in the care of the Carow family.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-08-22","A haircut aboard the train","From Chicago's Grand Pacific Hotel Roosevelt tells Bamie he had his hair cropped short on the train, and that his cousin West Roosevelt is joining him to hunt.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","west-roosevelt"],"Grand Pacific Hotel"],["1888-08-23","Rolling west by rail","Roosevelt is on the train heading west.",[],"Chicago"],["1888-08-24","Back in Medora","Roosevelt reaches Medora and picks up the letter to Bamie he had begun in Chicago.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Medora"],["1888-08-25","Out to Chimney Butte","Roosevelt rides out to his Chimney Butte ranch.",[],"Chimney Butte Ranch"],["1888-08-26","Bound for Idaho","Roosevelt leaves the Badlands and heads for Idaho.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-08-27","Among trappers on the Kootenai","Roosevelt writes Bamie from a hotel on the Kootenai River crowded with miners and fur trappers. His party: guide John Willis, an Indian named Ammal, and Bill Merrifield.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-willis","ammal","bill-merrifield"],"Kootenai River"],["1888-08-28","At Kootenay Lake","Roosevelt's hunting party reaches Kootenay Lake in British Columbia.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-08-29","In the hunting country","Roosevelt spends the day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-08-30","Another day after game","Roosevelt is out hunting again.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-08-31","Hunting as his essay hits print","While Roosevelt hunts in the Northwest, Murray's Magazine runs his piece answering critics of America. Back East, an earthquake shakes Charleston, South Carolina.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-01","Hunting from Kootenay Lake","Roosevelt is hunting in the country around Kootenay Lake.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-02","Sunday in the hunting camp","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-03","Tracking game in the backcountry","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-04","Still on the trail","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-05","Midweek in the backcountry","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-06","Hunting goes on","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-07","Another hard day out","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-08","Weekend in the wilds","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-09","Sunday on the hunt","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-10","A second week of hunting","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-11","Deep in the mountain woods","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-12","Hunting near Kootenay Lake","Roosevelt spends another day hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-13","Ted's first birthday, far from home","Baby Ted turns one back East while his father is off hunting in the Northwest.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-14","Out after game once more","Roosevelt is still hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-15","Saturday on the hunt","Roosevelt is still hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-16","Another Sunday in camp","Roosevelt is still hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-17","Last days of the hunt","Roosevelt is still hunting in the Kootenay country.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-18","A bear, a caribou and a book offer","From Kootenay Lake Roosevelt tells Bamie the trip was grueling. West and Merrifield gave up after a week, but he pushed on with Willis and an Indian guide, bringing down a bear, a caribou bull, several deer and some grouse. He also means to take on a book about New York's past.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","west-roosevelt","bill-merrifield","john-willis"],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-27","Corinne turns 27","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her twenty-seventh birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Kootenai River"],["1888-09-30","Essays in Practical Politics published","Putnam brings out Roosevelt's Essays in Practical Politics, a slim book of two pieces including \"Phases of State Legislation,\" drawn from his Albany years.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-10-01","Signing on for a New York history","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews to say yes to his request for a history of New York City.",["brander-matthews"],"Kootenay Lake"],["1888-10-03","Heading home from the West","Roosevelt is on the train back to New York.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-10-04","Still eastbound","Roosevelt continues his rail journey toward New York.",[],"Kootenai River"],["1888-10-05","Home, and a writer for now","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Bamie he has sold cattle at Medora and will soon set off campaigning with Edith and baby Ted, while insisting he is a writer first these days.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-06","A day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-07","On the stump for Harrison","Roosevelt sets off with Edith on a speaking swing through Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","benjamin-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-08","Campaign trail, entry blank","The record holds only the date. Roosevelt had begun his Midwest speaking tour for Harrison the day before.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-09","Campaign trail, entry blank","Nothing is recorded beyond the date, during Roosevelt's Midwest swing for Harrison.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-11","Eleanor turns four","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor, Elliott's daughter, has her fourth birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-19","Hunting stories and a mayoral endorsement","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt writes Lodge about the fun of his western hunt and says Lodge's political standing is now secure. He also issues an open letter to New York City voters backing Joel Erhardt for mayor; Erhardt would lose.",["henry-cabot-lodge","joel-b-erhardt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-10-27","Roosevelt turns 30","Roosevelt marks his thirtieth birthday.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-06","Harrison wins the White House","Benjamin Harrison, the candidate Roosevelt campaigned for, defeats President Grover Cleveland, and Republicans carry both houses of Congress too.",["benjamin-harrison","grover-cleveland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-09","The Putnams come calling","Publisher George Haven Putnam and Rebecca Putnam sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["george-haven-putnam","rebecca-putnam"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-13","Lodge at Sagamore Hill","Henry Cabot Lodge is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-18","Thanks to Spring-Rice for rare prints","Roosevelt thanks Cecil Spring-Rice for some uncommon prints and fills him in on polo and the Kootenay hunt.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-20","Mrs. Halsey visits","A Mrs. Halsey signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mrs-halsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-11-30","Ranch Life, with Remington's drawings","Roosevelt's six Century magazine pieces come out between hard covers as a single book on ranching and the hunt, with drawings by Frederic Remington. Before Christmas he will complete the first volume of The Winning of the West.",["frederic-remington"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-02","Second anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark two years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-08","Praise for a Cooper biography","Roosevelt writes Thomas Lounsbury to admire his life of James Fenimore Cooper and to discuss the Battle of Lake Erie.",["thomas-r-lounsbury"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-09","Riddle and Ferguson sign in","John Wallace Riddle and Bob Ferguson, noted as \"The Hieland Laddie,\" sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["john-w-riddle","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-13","Boosting Tom Reed for Speaker","At the Federal Club in New York, Roosevelt speaks in favor of Maine Republican Thomas B. Reed for Speaker of the House.",["thomas-b-reed"],"Federal Club"],["1888-12-16","A pension for Uncle Jimmie?","Roosevelt asks Lodge whether his uncle James Bulloch could draw a pension for service in the Mexican War.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-bulloch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-21","No entry","The record for this day is blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-24","A full house on Christmas Eve","Family fills Sagamore Hill for Christmas Eve: the Gracies, Douglas and Corinne Robinson with young Theodore Douglas Robinson, and Elliott and Anna with Eleanor.",["james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-25","Christmas Day","The Roosevelts celebrate Christmas.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-27","Thoughts on civil service reform","Roosevelt writes Lodge about where he stands on civil service reform.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-29","The Gracies return","Uncle James and Aunt Anna Gracie are guests at Sagamore Hill again.",["james-king-gracie","anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1888-12-31","Winter in the city","Roosevelt moves the family to 689 Madison Avenue for the winter while Bamie is abroad in Europe, and he sets up an office at Putnam's on West 23rd Street.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-01-18","Bamie turns 34","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie, traveling in Europe, has her thirty-fourth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-01-27","Common ground with Bonaparte","Roosevelt writes Baltimore lawyer Charles Bonaparte that he shares his outlook on civil service reform.",["charles-bonaparte"],"New York City"],["1889-01-31","Wintering on Madison Avenue","Roosevelt is at the family's winter home, 689 Madison Avenue in New York.",[],"Madison"],["1889-02-05","Joining the reformers","Roosevelt goes to a meeting of the Civil Service Reform Association.",[],"Madison"],["1889-02-06","Hoping to see the Lodges","Roosevelt asks Bamie to let Nannie and Cabot Lodge know he would like to see them.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Madison"],["1889-02-11","Off to a Washington conference","Roosevelt tells Charles Bonaparte he plans to speak at a reform gathering in the capital.",["charles-bonaparte"],"New York City"],["1889-02-12","Alice turns five","Roosevelt's daughter Alice celebrates her fifth birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"New York City"],["1889-02-22","Statehood for the Dakotas","President Cleveland signs the law opening the way for the two Dakotas, Montana and Washington to join the Union, which will bring the count to 42 states. Roosevelt's Badlands ranch country is about to become North Dakota.",["grover-cleveland"],"New York City"],["1889-02-23","Reformers meet in Washington","Roosevelt joins fellow reformers at their conference in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-02-28","Elliott turns 29","Roosevelt's brother Elliott has his twenty-ninth birthday; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-03-04","Harrison takes office","Benjamin Harrison is sworn in as President.",["benjamin-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-03-12","Advice for a John Jay biographer","Roosevelt offers George Pellew some suggestions for his John Jay volume in the American Statesmen series.",["george-pellew","john-jay"],"New York City"],["1889-03-25","Literature first, he tells Lodge","Roosevelt subscribes for two years to the Civil Service Chronicle and writes Lodge that he will throw himself into writing, keeping to the share of politics any decent citizen owes.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1889-03-26","Dinner with William Whitney","Roosevelt dines with William C. Whitney.",["william-c-whitney"],"New York City"],["1889-03-27","On patronage, to Lodge","Roosevelt sends Lodge a short note about political appointments.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1889-03-28","Calling on Fred Grant","Roosevelt pays a call on Frederick Grant, the late President Grant's son.",["frederick-d-grant"],"New York City"],["1889-03-30","Another letter to Lodge","Roosevelt writes to Lodge from New York.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1889-03-31","Blaine says no","Lodge lobbies for a State Department post for Roosevelt as assistant to Secretary James G. Blaine, but Blaine turns him down.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-g-blaine"],"New York City"],["1889-04-01","Volume Two complete","Roosevelt completes Volume Two of his frontier history, The Winning of the West.",[],"New York City"],["1889-04-14","Worried about the coastline","Roosevelt urges Spring-Rice to see the need for stronger American coastal defenses, with Germany in mind as a possible attacker.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"New York City"],["1889-04-17","Warning about Platt's machine","Roosevelt complains to William Dudley Foulke that Harrison's New York appointments are strengthening Thomas Platt's organization.",["william-dudley-foulke","benjamin-harrison","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-04-23","Spring at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-04-27","Named Civil Service Commissioner","Lodge comes up from Washington bearing word from the White House: President Harrison wants Roosevelt on the Civil Service Commission at $3,500 a year. Roosevelt says yes.",["henry-cabot-lodge","benjamin-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-04-29","Corinne's anniversary","Corinne and Douglas Robinson mark seven years of marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-04-30","Background: why the Commission exists","Only a fragment survives for this day, a note that the Civil Service Commission was created to end the spoils system of rewarding party loyalists with jobs.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-04","West and Laura Roosevelt visit","Roosevelt's cousin Dr. West Roosevelt and his wife Laura sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["west-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-07","Harrison signs the commission","President Harrison signs Roosevelt's commission as a Civil Service Commissioner.",["benjamin-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-10","Rose Lee visits","Miss Rose Lee is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["rose-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-13","Reporting for duty in Washington","Roosevelt arrives in Washington and bunks at the Lodges' Connecticut Avenue house while they are away. The Commission's offices sit in the west wing of City Hall on Judiciary Square.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Lodge house, Connecticut Avenue"],["1889-05-14","Meeting the President and Cabinet","Roosevelt calls on President Harrison and meets the Cabinet, Postmaster General John Wanamaker among them. To Bonaparte he admits he was reluctant to accept the post.",["benjamin-harrison","john-wanamaker","charles-bonaparte"],"Lodge house, Connecticut Avenue"],["1889-05-15","Urging Spring-Rice toward diplomacy","Roosevelt encourages Cecil Spring-Rice to pursue a diplomatic career.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-16","Commission business with Lucius Swift","Roosevelt sends two letters on Commission matters to Indiana reformer Lucius Swift.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-17","At work in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-18","Ferguson visits Sagamore Hill","While Roosevelt works in Washington, Bob Ferguson signs the guest book at Sagamore Hill.",["bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-19","Sunday in the capital","Roosevelt is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-20","Exposing a cheating racket","Back in New York, Roosevelt learns that civil service exam questions were being peddled to favored applicants for $50 apiece, and drafts a report calling for three men to be dismissed.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-21","Cleaning house in Indianapolis","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about rebuilding Indianapolis's corrupt local civil service board.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-05-28","Home to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-29","Late May at home","Roosevelt remains at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-30","Decoration Day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-05-31","A fellow commissioner visits","Governor Thompson is a guest at Sagamore Hill. In Pennsylvania, the Johnstown Flood strikes the same day.",["hugh-s-thompson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-06-01","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-06-02","Back to the capital","Roosevelt heads for Washington, writing Bamie on the way that he came down hard on the New York customs officials.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-06-03","At the Commission in Washington","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-04","Another Washington workday","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-05","Report blasts the New York customs exams","The Civil Service Commission issues its findings on the New York Custom House, condemning the local board's entrance examinations as sloppy and crooked.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-06","Commission work continues","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-07","The Lodges at Sagamore Hill","While Roosevelt works in Washington, Cabot and Nannie Lodge stay at Sagamore Hill.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-08","Saturday in Washington","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-09","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-10","A new week at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-11","Washington routine","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-12","Thanks for the borrowed house","Roosevelt thanks Lodge for letting him stay in his Washington home and mentions dinner with the Thompsons.",["henry-cabot-lodge","hugh-s-thompson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-13","Midweek at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-14","Friday in Washington","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-15","Saturday at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-16","A Midwest inspection begins","Roosevelt starts a ten-day swing through the Midwest.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-17","Inspecting Indianapolis","With fellow commissioners Lyman and Thompson, Roosevelt tours major western cities to check how the civil service law is being followed, starting in President Harrison's home town of Indianapolis at Postmaster William Wallace's invitation. He tells reporters the law must be treated as binding.",["charles-lyman","hugh-s-thompson","william-wallace","benjamin-harrison"],"Indianapolis"],["1889-06-18","Three improper hires removed","In Indianapolis Roosevelt confers with his old friend Lucius Swift, who edits Indiana's reform paper, the Civil Service Chronicle, removes three employees who were hired against the rules, and sends Swift a note.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Indianapolis"],["1889-06-19","On the road","Roosevelt is traveling on the Commission's western tour.",[],"Indianapolis"],["1889-06-20","Testimony against Milwaukee's postmaster","In Milwaukee, postal clerk Hamilton Shidy gives evidence against Postmaster George H. Paul. Roosevelt also writes Swift twice about civil service matters.",["hamilton-shidy","george-h-paul","lucius-b-swift"],"Milwaukee"],["1889-06-24","Stirring things up","Back in Washington, Roosevelt tells Lodge the trip was short but shook things loose.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-25","Commission wants Paul out","The Commission recommends that George H. Paul be removed as Milwaukee's postmaster.",["george-h-paul"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-26","Good press across the country","Newspapers nationwide give Roosevelt flattering coverage.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-27","Quiet day in the capital","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-28","Dinner with the Herberts","Roosevelt dines with the Herberts in Washington, while Bob Ferguson and Nellie Tyler sign the guest book back at Sagamore Hill.",["the-herberts","bob-ferguson","nellie-tyler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-29","Making the Commission a living force","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has turned the Commission into a real power and will enforce the law without fear or favor. He also writes Silas Burt that the reform law will be upheld.",["henry-cabot-lodge","silas-w-burt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-06-30","First annual report; Shidy fired","The Commission's first annual report appears, and critics warmly greet the opening two volumes of his frontier history. In Milwaukee, Postmaster Paul fires Hamilton Shidy, and Postmaster General Wanamaker will not give him his job back.",["george-h-paul","hamilton-shidy","john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-01","Trading compliments with Lodge","At Sagamore Hill, where Bob Ferguson signs the guest book, Roosevelt praises Lodge's life of George Washington, takes Lodge's kind words about his own book, and says of the Commission that he has made a difference.",["bob-ferguson","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-02","Summer at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-03","Visitors sign the guest book","A guest named Foster, Frank Roosevelt and S. Van Fleet sign in at Sagamore Hill.",["foster","frank-roosevelt","s-van-fleet"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-04","Independence Day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-05","Early July at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-06","Expecting a quiet spell","Roosevelt jokes to Lodge that, with the Midwest cases done, the Commission will slip back toward a sleepy state, and he writes Swift on civil service matters.",["henry-cabot-lodge","lucius-b-swift"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-07-10","Called to the White House","A telegram brings Roosevelt and his fellow commissioners to the White House, where President Harrison says he approves of their work.",["benjamin-harrison"],"White House"],["1889-07-11","Harrison on their side","Roosevelt reports to Lodge that the President is backing the Commission.",["henry-cabot-lodge","benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-12","Friday at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-13","Parkman likes the book","Roosevelt writes historian Francis Parkman, delighted that Parkman admires The Winning of the West.",["francis-parkman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-14","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-15","Mid-July in the capital","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-16","Another Commission day","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-17","Gunning for Postmaster Paul","Roosevelt tells Lodge the Milwaukee report comes out tomorrow and that it hits Paul hard.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-h-paul"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-20","Elliott's family visits","Elliott and Anna Roosevelt and their daughter Eleanor are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-23","Pressure to save Paul","Roosevelt warns Swift that powerful people are leaning on the President to keep Paul in office.",["lucius-b-swift","george-h-paul","benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-24","Fretting about middle age","Roosevelt complains to Bamie, only half in jest, that desk life is making him soft.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-28","Polo ponies sold, a newspaper attack","Roosevelt tells Corinne his life keeps getting more sedentary and that he is selling his polo ponies. He tells Lodge that Washington Post editor Frank Hatton, a foe of reform, has accused him in print of winning his job through machine politicians. Two visitors, W. H. Russell and a Charles A. Ul, sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","frank-hatton","charles-a-ul","w-h-russell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-29","Monday in Washington","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-30","More to Swift","Roosevelt writes Swift on civil service business.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-07-31","Answering Hatton; a job for Shidy","Roosevelt publicly rebuts what he calls falsehoods in Hatton's editorial and writes Brander Matthews on civil service. Through Roosevelt, Hamilton Shidy lands a post at the Census Bureau. Washington is hot and drowsy, with most officials away.",["frank-hatton","brander-matthews","hamilton-shidy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-01","Hatton strikes again; Harrison won't budge","A second Hatton editorial insults Roosevelt. A chance encounter with President Harrison goes badly: the President declines to act against Paul. Roosevelt files a report on the western trip with the Commission and writes Lodge.",["frank-hatton","benjamin-harrison","george-h-paul","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-02","Blaming a Cabinet officer","Roosevelt charges that an unnamed Cabinet member has been dragging his feet on the Paul case.",["george-h-paul"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-03","Hatton's 'silver plated' jab","Frank Hatton attacks Roosevelt yet again, mocking him as a reformer with only a thin coat of virtue.",["frank-hatton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-04","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-05","Paul resigns, but isn't fired","Summoned to the White House, Roosevelt learns that Harrison has let Paul resign rather than removing him. Roosevelt takes it as a defeat.",["benjamin-harrison","george-h-paul"],"White House"],["1889-08-06","Edith turns 28","Edith marks her twenty-eighth birthday; Roosevelt is in Washington.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-08-07","Westward for a Rockies holiday","Roosevelt sets off for a vacation in the Rocky Mountains and writes William Clapp about civil service reform.",["william-clapp"],"St. Paul"],["1889-08-08","Politics from St. Paul","Passing through St. Paul, Roosevelt writes Lodge about politics.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"St. Paul"],["1889-08-09","In St. Paul","Roosevelt is in St. Paul on his way west.",[],"St. Paul"],["1889-08-10","Elkhorn plans, and a grizzly","At Elkhorn Ranch, Roosevelt writes Bamie that next year he means to bring the whole family out to Elkhorn. On this trip he survives a fierce fight with a grizzly, which becomes his most prized hunting trophy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1889-08-15","Edith begs him to be careful","Edith writes Roosevelt that she is trying not to worry while he is in the wilds, but finds it hard.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1889-08-22","Vincent Rowe visits","Vincent Rowe signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["vincent-rowe"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1889-08-28","Homeward from Helena, feeling fine","From Helena, Montana, Roosevelt tells Lodge his month off is over, he is headed home, and he feels terrific.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Helena"],["1889-08-31","Missing him; Elliott hurt; a big bag","Edith, expecting a baby, writes that she misses Roosevelt terribly and counts the weeks. Elliott breaks an ankle that is misdiagnosed, then rebroken and reset. Roosevelt reports a haul of two moose, a mountain bison, two bears and a cougar, one bear charging him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","john-elliott"],"Helena"],["1889-09-07","Healthy and homesick","Roosevelt writes Edith that he has never felt fitter, misses her badly, hopes to be home before the 20th, and wants her with him at Yellowstone next year.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Helena"],["1889-09-13","Ted turns two","Roosevelt's son Ted celebrates his second birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Helena"],["1889-09-19","Back to Washington","Roosevelt returns to Washington.",[],"Helena"],["1889-09-22","A reviewer cries collaborator","A New York Sun review of The Winning of the West claims Roosevelt had help writing it. Suspecting James R. Gilmore wrote the review, Roosevelt fires back a long, cutting reply to him and the paper.",["james-r-gilmore"],"Helena"],["1889-09-25","Good luck to Merrifield","Roosevelt wishes Bill Merrifield success in his race for the North Dakota legislature, and writes Charles A. Dana and the editor of the New York Sun.",["bill-merrifield","charles-a-dana"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-09-26","Thursday at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-09-27","Cheering Lodge's platform","Roosevelt congratulates Lodge on the planks adopted at the Massachusetts Republican convention. Corinne turns 28.",["henry-cabot-lodge","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-01","A nephew is born","Elliott and Anna Roosevelt welcome a son, Elliott Roosevelt Jr.",["elliott-roosevelt-jr","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-02","No entry","Nothing is recorded beyond a stray word carried over from the day before.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-06","Plagiarism charge answered","Gilmore replies by accusing Roosevelt of plagiarism, and Roosevelt's second rebuttal cuts him down even further.",["james-r-gilmore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-07","Monday in Washington","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-08","Knights Templar in town","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the Knights Templar reunion filling Washington.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-09","Wednesday at the Commission","Roosevelt is at work in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-10","Kermit arrives early","Roosevelt fires a last shot at Gilmore, saying he takes no joy in beating down a weakling. Then a telegram from Sagamore Hill brings news that his son Kermit has been born prematurely, with Bamie helping at the birth.",["james-r-gilmore","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-10-11","A midnight dash home","Arriving at Long Island City after the last train has gone, Roosevelt hires an engine of his own and pulls in at home around 4 a.m. It is also niece Eleanor's fifth birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-12","With the new baby","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-13","Money worries, and thanks to Bamie","Roosevelt confides to Bamie his worries about money and job security, and passes on Edith's heartfelt thanks for Bamie's help at the birth.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-14","Quiet days with Kermit","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-15","At home with the family","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-16","Mid-October at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-17","Take on the Mugwumps","Roosevelt urges Lodge to make a speech going after the Mugwumps.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-18","Drafting the annual report","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt writes the Commission's annual report to President Harrison.",["benjamin-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-19","Sizing up politicians","Roosevelt gives Lodge his frank views of the strengths and flaws of various politicians.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-20","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-21","Autumn at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-22","Another home day","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-23","Midweek at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-24","Family time on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-25","Late October at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-26","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-27","Roosevelt turns 31","Roosevelt marks his thirty-first birthday at Sagamore Hill and writes Carl Ernst on civil service matters.",["carl-ernst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-28","Monday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with Edith and the new baby; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-29","Dinner with the Crugers","Roosevelt dines with the Cruger family and Frank Hiscock.",["cruger-family","frank-hiscock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-30","Dinner with Warner Miller","Roosevelt dines with former Senator Warner Miller and writes Lodge.",["warner-miller","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-10-31","Back to Washington","Roosevelt returns to Washington, to quarters off Connecticut Avenue.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-11-03","Kermit is christened","Baby Kermit is baptized at home, in Edith's sitting room at Sagamore Hill.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-11-05","Election Day","It is Election Day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-11-07","Report draft done","Roosevelt tells Swift he has finished a rough draft of the Commission's annual report.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-11-08","Frontier warfare with Poole","Roosevelt sends historian William Poole a long letter on military affairs on the western frontier in the 1700s.",["william-frederick-poole"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-11-14","Report goes to the President","The Commission's annual report is delivered to the White House. The same day, New York World reporter Nellie Bly leaves New York to race around the globe.",["nellie-bly"],"White House"],["1889-11-30","Backing Reed; the budget grows; Edith arrives","Roosevelt sides with Thomas B. Reed over William McKinley in the contest for Speaker. Harrison signs off on the Commission's yearly report and asks Congress to give it more money. Edith sets up the Washington household and explores the city while the children stay at Sagamore Hill.",["thomas-b-reed","william-mckinley","benjamin-harrison","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-02","Anniversary, and Reed wins","Roosevelt and Edith mark three years of marriage, and Thomas B. Reed, the man Roosevelt backed, becomes Speaker of the House.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","thomas-b-reed"],"House of Representatives"],["1889-12-10","Writing to Godkin","Roosevelt writes editor Edwin Godkin on civil service matters.",["edwin-l-godkin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-11","No help for a San Francisco examiner","Roosevelt tells J. G. Underwood, an examiner at the San Francisco customs house, that the Commission cannot assist him, and writes Charles Fingard on civil service.",["j-g-underwood","charles-fingard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-19","Paperwork for job seekers","Roosevelt writes William Merville about the papers applicants need for federal jobs.",["william-merville"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-20","About Chicago's postmaster","Roosevelt writes James Sexton, the postmaster of Chicago.",["james-sexton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-21","Philadelphia customs and a special commission","Roosevelt reports to the Commission on Collector Cadwalader and the Philadelphia Custom House, and writes Charles Bonaparte about setting up a special panel.",["john-cadwalader","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-25","Christmas with Edie and the bunnies","The Roosevelts spend Christmas at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's 'Blessed Bunnies' (the children) all together with Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1889-12-30","Historians hear Roosevelt","Roosevelt reads a paper on the westward movement during the Revolution to the American Historical Association.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1889-12-31","Elliott heads south","Elliott, still in pain from his foot, goes south, taking laudanum and morphine and drinking hard. Edith's household budget for the year shows clothes, groceries, a staff of ten and fuel.",["elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-01","New Year's at the White House","Roosevelt and Edith go to a White House reception to welcome 1890.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1890-01-02","Back to work","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-03","Theater and supper with John Hay","Roosevelt takes in the theater and has supper with John Hay, and writes Curtis Guild Jr. to endorse his platform.",["john-hay","curtis-guild-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-04","Settling in; Sternberg to tea","Roosevelt tells Bamie, who has the grippe, that the new house is coming together, and that Germany's Baron Speck von Sternberg came for tea.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-05","Bamie bound for London","Roosevelt writes Bamie about her coming move to London.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-13","Asking Congress for staff money","Roosevelt asks Charles Collins for more Congressional funding for Commission staff, writes George Putnam about Volumes III and IV of The Winning of the West and the New York book, and sends civil service letters to James Warner, William Lyall and Brander Matthews.",["charles-collins","george-haven-putnam","james-warner","william-lyall","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-18","Bamie turns 35","Roosevelt's sister Bamie has her thirty-fifth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-21","Calling for his own investigation","Roosevelt wants Congress to look into the Commission itself, apart from the Lyman inquiry, so the agency can be cleared of the accusations against it.",["charles-lyman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-25","Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg","Nellie Bly completes her trip around the world, nearly 25,000 miles covered in just 72 days, outpacing Jules Verne's fictional traveler; the New York World tells her story.",["nellie-bly"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-27","The House opens an inquiry","The House opens a full inquiry into Roosevelt's Commission, chaired by Representative Hamilton Steward of South Carolina with Frank Hatton assisting.",["hamilton-steward","frank-hatton"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-01-28","Feasting at the Mortons'","Roosevelt describes for Bamie a banquet at Vice President Levi P. Morton's mansion.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","levi-p-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-01-31","Out five nights a week","The Washington social season keeps Roosevelt and Edith out five evenings a week. The Century publishes his article on the merit system versus patronage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-02-10","A quarter through New York","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews he has written about a fourth of his New York City history.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-02-12","Alice turns six","Roosevelt's daughter Alice celebrates her sixth birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-02-13","Edith loves Washington dinners","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Washington hostesses balance their guest lists with care, mixing power, intellect and pedigree, and that Edith is enjoying society more than ever.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-02-19","Hearings begin","House hearings on the Commission open with twelve charges. One accuses Roosevelt of placing Hamilton Shidy at the Census Bureau though Shidy broke his oath at the post office.",["hamilton-shidy"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-02-28","Shidy's damaging testimony","On Elliott's thirtieth birthday, Shidy takes the stand and concedes he would falsify records again. Around this time Roosevelt's Washington circle includes John La Farge, Clarence King, the Chanlers, Speaker Reed, Spring-Rice, the Lodges, John Hay, Henry Adams, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Camerons.",["elliott-roosevelt","hamilton-shidy","john-la-farge","clarence-king","winthrop-chanler","margaret-chanler","thomas-b-reed","cecil-spring-rice","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","john-hay","henry-adams","augustus-saint-gaudens","j-donald-cameron","elizabeth-cameron"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-03-01","Headlines skewer Shidy","Newspapers savage Shidy's testimony, branding him both dishonest and foolish.",["hamilton-shidy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-03-02","Holding his own at the hearings","Census Superintendent Robert Porter testifies at the House hearings, and Roosevelt defends himself skillfully.",["robert-b-porter"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-03-03","Hearings week in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-03-04","Too busy to speak","Roosevelt tells Isaac Sharpless he is buried in work and cannot come speak for him.",["isaac-sharpless"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-03-05","Taking Paul apart","At the House hearings Roosevelt demolishes George H. Paul under questioning.",["george-h-paul"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-03-06","Round two with Paul","Roosevelt and Paul clash again at the hearings.",["george-h-paul"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-03-07","Hearings close","The House hearings wrap up after a final day of Roosevelt against Paul.",["george-h-paul"],"House of Representatives"],["1890-03-11","Speaking in Cambridge","Roosevelt delivers a speech in Cambridge, Massachusetts.",[],"Cambridge"],["1890-03-30","Pitching the grizzly story","Roosevelt writes Century editor Richard Watson Gilder about articles by himself and Lodge and offers a piece on his grizzly fight.",["richard-watson-gilder","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-03-31","Riis recalls a Chicago speech","Jacob Riis's Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen tells of a speech Roosevelt gave at Chicago's Madison Street Theater; the date of that speech is not given.",["jacob-riis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-04","Hard words to Bamie about Anna Hall Roosevelt","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie a blunt judgment of his sister-in-law Anna, saying a life given over to frivolity has worn away her character.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-09","Veterans' preference in the new bill","Writing from Washington, Roosevelt explains to Lucius Swift that the pending Civil Service bill would favor former soldiers when filling government jobs.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-10","Missing Bamie in quiet Washington","Roosevelt tells Bamie that he and Edith miss her badly and that their evenings have grown quiet without her.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-14","Letters on reform and copyright","Roosevelt writes William Potts about Civil Service matters and sends Brander Matthews a letter on copyright law.",["william-potts","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-16","Business trip to New York","Roosevelt is in New York City tending to business.",[],"New York City"],["1890-04-23","Good news about Ted","In a note to Bamie from Washington, Roosevelt reports that young Ted has recovered.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-25","Trouble at the New York Customshouse","Roosevelt writes John Comstock about irregular practices at the New York City Customshouse.",["john-comstock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-29","Corinne's eighth anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Corinne marks eight years of marriage to Douglas Robinson.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-04-30","Writing New York, shelving the West","Roosevelt pushes ahead on his overdue New York City history yet cannot find time for The Winning of the West. Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan's sea power book appears this season, and Edith's butcher bill comes to $119.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-02","No half measures on Elliott","Roosevelt urges Bamie to act firmly on their brother Elliott's drinking, warning that delay only deepens the danger and the risk of scandal. The same day, Oklahoma land opens to settlers.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-03","Copyright bill goes down","Roosevelt writes A. W. Greely about Civil Service matters and commiserates with Brander Matthews over the copyright bill's defeat.",["adolphus-w-greely","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-06","A pause in the press attacks","Hatton's stinging editorials against Roosevelt go quiet while a House committee prepares its verdict on the Civil Service Commission. Roosevelt writes Swift on reform and William Miller about the New York customs service.",["frank-hatton","lucius-b-swift","william-miller"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-08","Calling on a 'colorless' President","Roosevelt meets with President Benjamin Harrison, whom he finds colorless, then dines with the Davises.",["benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-09","Lodge hears about the Dudley case","Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge about the Dudley case and Civil Service affairs.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-10","Reading Mahan on sea power","Roosevelt picks up Alfred Thayer Mahan's new study of sea power and history.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-12","Can't put Mahan's book down","Roosevelt tells Mahan he has given half of two busy days to his book and read it from cover to cover.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-23","Answering a critic of his West","Roosevelt asks historian Lyman Draper for material to rebut Butterfield, whose book on Simon Girty faults The Winning of the West.",["lyman-draper","butterfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-05-31","Edith takes the children to Sagamore","Edith brings Alice, Ted and Kermit to Sagamore Hill for the summer.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-03","Pushing back at General Greely","Roosevelt firmly rejects A. W. Greely's claim that the reform commission had wrecked the Signal Corps.",["adolphus-w-greely"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-11","Ferguson and Spring Rice at Sagamore","Roosevelt tells Swift that the merit rules govern only six or eight percent of yearly federal hires and firings. Bob Ferguson and Cecil Spring-Rice sign the guest book.",["lucius-b-swift","bob-ferguson","cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-13","Commission cleared by the House","A House committee files its report clearing Roosevelt's Civil Service Commission of the charges against it.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-21","Greely did nothing wrong","Roosevelt assures A. W. Greely that he does not think him guilty of wrongdoing.",["adolphus-w-greely"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-23","Standing up for the Commission","Roosevelt writes Herman Lehlbach defending the Civil Service Commission as fair and honest.",["herman-lehlbach"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-06-30","Elliott sails to Europe for a cure","Roosevelt's brother Elliott leaves for Europe to sober up, taking his wife Anna, daughter Eleanor and son Elliott Jr.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-03","Idaho joins the Union","Idaho enters the Union as the 43rd state.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-10","Wyoming becomes the 44th state","Wyoming enters the Union as the country's 44th state.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-12","E. Willard Reby signs the guest book","A visitor named E. Willard Reby is recorded in the Roosevelt guest book.",["e-willard-ruby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-18","Promising Gilder an essay on reform","Roosevelt tells Century editor Richard Watson Gilder that his reform article for the magazine should be done within a few days.",["richard-watson-gilder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-20","Nellie Tyler visits","Nellie Tyler's name appears in the guest book.",["nellie-tyler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-23","Iselin and Dickey come calling","Isaac Iselin and Charles P. Dickey Jr. sign the guest book.",["isaac-iselin","charles-p-dickey-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-24","Reviewing Mahan for the Atlantic","Roosevelt mails Horace Scudder of the Atlantic Monthly his review of Mahan's book on sea power.",["horace-e-scudder","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-07-31","New York history is done","Roosevelt completes his book on the history of New York City.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-08-04","Talking shop with Brander Matthews","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about the work of writing his New York history.",["brander-matthews"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-08-07","Edith turns 29","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 29th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-08-09","Three guests at the house","Rachel Sherman, H. Marquand and Frank Roosevelt are entered in the guest book.",["rachel-sherman","henry-marquand","frank-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-08-23","Clearing the desk at the Commission","Back in Washington, Roosevelt works through his pile of Civil Service Commission business and writes Lodge about reform and a visit from Bryce.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-bryce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-08-27","Nothing left of Grosvenor","Writing Lodge from Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt boasts that he has thoroughly demolished his critic Grosvenor.",["henry-cabot-lodge","grosvenor"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-08-31","Family party heads for the Badlands","Roosevelt, Edith, Bamie, Conie, Douglas Robinson, Bob Ferguson and Lodge's 16-year-old son Bay set off for a week at Medora and Elkhorn and two weeks in Yellowstone. His essay on college graduates in public life runs in the Atlantic Monthly.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","bob-ferguson","george-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-09-01","Westbound as Elliott slips","Roosevelt's party rolls west by train while, far off in Vienna, his brother Elliott falls back into drinking. Edith's meat bill comes to $29.",["elliott-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1890-09-02","Back to Elkhorn with the family","Roosevelt's party steps off the train at Medora at 4:30 in a hard rain and rides 33 roadless miles to Elkhorn, fording the river 23 times, the women jolting along in a springless wagon. By noon they are at the ranch, where Roosevelt shows them around and a prairie dog town.",["sylvane-ferris","bill-merrifield","mrs-joseph-ferris","bill-jones","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","mrs-william-merrifield"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-09-05","Edith sketches the Elkhorn cabin","Edith writes her sister Emily Carow and includes her own drawing of the Elkhorn cabin.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-09-07","Ranch life agrees with Edith","Edith now weighs 131 pounds, six above her usual.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-09-08","On to Livingston","Roosevelt's party leaves the Badlands and heads west by rail to Livingston, Montana.",[],"Livingston"],["1890-09-13","Ted turns three","Roosevelt's son Ted celebrates his third birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-09-20","No record for the day","The chronology lists this date with no legible entry.",[],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-09-22","Yellowstone tour wraps up","A letter to Emily Carow reports that the party has finished seeing Yellowstone: frosty nights, geysers, and a fall from a horse that left Edith bruised.",["emily-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1890-09-23","Back in Medora","Roosevelt writes Lodge twice from Medora, announcing that he has just arrived.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Medora"],["1890-09-25","Sequoia National Park created","Congress sets aside Sequoia, the nation's third national park.",[],"Medora"],["1890-09-27","Corinne turns 29","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 29th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Medora"],["1890-09-30","Home to the children","Roosevelt and Edith return to Washington and rejoin the family.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-01","Yosemite and General Grant parks created","Congress creates Yosemite and General Grant national parks in California.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-02","Fighting a prairie fire","Roosevelt pitches in to battle a prairie fire.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-03","Hunting with Bob Ferguson","Roosevelt goes hunting with his friend Bob Ferguson.",["bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-04","Harrison cools on reform","Writing from Elkhorn, Roosevelt tells Lodge that President Harrison has lost all interest in Civil Service reform. He also writes Bamie.",["henry-cabot-lodge","benjamin-harrison","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-10-10","Kermit's first birthday","Roosevelt's son Kermit turns one.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-10-11","Eleanor turns six","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor, Elliott's daughter, celebrates her sixth birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1890-10-18","Edith loved the ranch","Roosevelt tells his mother-in-law Gertrude Carow how much Edith enjoyed her days at Elkhorn and shares news of the three growing children.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-22","A chilly meeting with the President","Roosevelt reports to Lodge that his interview with President Harrison was brief and frosty.",["benjamin-harrison","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-24","A note to Rufus Dawes","Roosevelt writes Rufus Dawes on Civil Service business.",["rufus-dawes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-27","Roosevelt turns 32","Roosevelt marks his 32nd birthday.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-10-31","Whistling to work, branding toy cattle","Roosevelt walks to the office in grey trousers and a boyish hat, whistling. At home he heats hairpins into tiny branding irons and marks the children's toy herds: the Elkhorn brand for Ted, the Maltese Cross for Kermit, a triangle for Alice. Elliott's family is in Venice.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-11-04","Democrats sweep the House","Midterm elections hand Democrats a commanding majority in the House, 255 seats to 88.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-11-10","Low spirits after the election","Roosevelt confesses to Lodge that the election results left him too gloomy to write.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-11-13","Hal Minot killed","Roosevelt's college friend Henry (Hal) Minot dies in a train wreck near New Florence, Pennsylvania. Minot headed the Eastern Railroad of Minnesota.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-11-14","Minot item continued","The chronology continues the account of Hal Minot's death, placing the wreck near New Florence, Pennsylvania.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-11-15","Minot item concluded","The chronology finishes its note on Hal Minot, president of a Minnesota railroad.",["henry-davis-minot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-12-02","Fourth anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark four years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-12-15","Sitting Bull killed","Sitting Bull is shot dead by Indian police.",["sitting-bull"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-12-25","Stockings at Jefferson Place","Christmas morning at 1820 Jefferson Place: the children dive into their stockings and cheer each new find.",[],"1820 Jefferson Place"],["1890-12-26","Christmas wishes to Bamie","Roosevelt sends Bamie holiday greetings and insists she spend next Christmas with them.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-12-29","Massacre at Wounded Knee","Troops of the 7th Cavalry kill more than 300 Sioux at Wounded Knee.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1890-12-31","Boone and Crockett rallies for Yellowstone","Roosevelt plays host to his Boone and Crockett friends over dinner at the Metropolitan Club, where members agree to back laws shielding Yellowstone from exploitation. Edith, pleased, is expecting again; the year's grocery bills total $550.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1891-01-01","Yellowstone resolution, continued","The chronology completes its note on the Boone and Crockett Club's pledge to defend Yellowstone.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-01-10","Washington gossip about Edith","Elizabeth Cameron is startled that Edith is pregnant again and frets about the Roosevelts' modest income.",["elizabeth-cameron","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-01-18","Bamie turns 36","Roosevelt's sister Bamie celebrates her 36th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-01-25","Blessing Bamie's rescue trip","Roosevelt agrees that Bamie should travel to Europe to help Elliott.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-01-31","Elliott committed; scandal looms","Bamie takes Elliott to a sanitarium at Graz in the Austrian Alps. In New York a servant, Katy Mann, is carrying a child she says is Elliott's, and an angry Roosevelt resolves to pay to keep it quiet.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","katy-mann"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-01","Proud of his work, grieving for Bamie","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is glad to serve as Civil Service Commissioner and believes he has done good work, and says he and Edith wish they could stand beside her through her ordeal with Elliott.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-08","Free silver dominates Congress","Roosevelt reports to Bamie that the main battle in Congress is now over free silver.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-09","Reform for the Indian Bureau?","Roosevelt replies to Joseph Thorp's proposal to bring the Indian Bureau under Civil Service rules.",["joseph-thorp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-12","Alice turns seven as Grosvenor strikes","On his daughter Alice's seventh birthday, Congressman Grosvenor goes after the Civil Service Commission's funding.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","grosvenor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-13","Staying put for the fight","With the Commission's budget under attack, Roosevelt tells William Potts he will not leave Washington.",["william-potts"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-14","Commission funding survives","A compromise amendment passes, keeping money flowing to the Civil Service Commission.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-18","Speaking in New Haven","Roosevelt gives a speech in New Haven, Connecticut.",[],"New Haven"],["1891-02-22","A nightmare letter from Elliott","After a letter arrives from Elliott, Roosevelt writes Bamie that the situation is horrible, like a nightmare that will not lift.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-02-28","Bear games and fairy tales","Edith reads Grimm and the Arabian Nights to Alice, who is surprised to learn Edith is not her father's sister; only Bamie speaks to her of her mother, Alice Lee. Roosevelt romps with Ted and Kermit, playing bear. A forest reserve law, pushed by the Boone and Crockett Club, passes.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-01","Taking a senator to task","Roosevelt writes Senator Arthur Gorman to rebuke him for attacking Civil Service reform.",["arthur-p-gorman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-04","Congress goes home","Congress adjourns.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-05","Off to New York with the Lodges and Reed","Roosevelt and Edith travel to New York City together with Tom Reed and the Lodges, Cabot and Nannie.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","thomas-b-reed"],"New York City"],["1891-03-06","Federal Club speech, then Carmencita","Roosevelt and Tom Reed both give speeches at a Federal Club dinner and afterward go to Chase's studio to watch the dancer Carmencita.",["thomas-b-reed","carmencita"],"Chase Studio"],["1891-03-07","Lunch with Douglas Robinson","Roosevelt lunches with his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson.",["douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1891-03-08","Back to Washington","The party returns to Washington.",[],"New York City"],["1891-03-09","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie from Washington; the chronology gives no details.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-13","Dinner with the Camerons","Roosevelt and Edith dine at the Camerons' with a group of Italian diplomats.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-21","Itching to return to the West","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is eager to resume The Winning of the West and is mapping out its next two volumes.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-24","A tip from Baltimore","John C. Rose of Baltimore brings Roosevelt evidence of Civil Service abuses; Roosevelt asks him to keep it quiet for now.",["john-c-rose"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-26","Wanamaker won't act","Rose hands over his findings on vote buying, and Roosevelt takes them to John Wanamaker, who declines to do anything.",["john-c-rose","john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-03-30","Surprise visit to Baltimore's polls","On election day Roosevelt turns up unannounced in Baltimore, walks the wards, and sees open lawbreaking at the polls.",[],"Baltimore"],["1891-03-31","Dinner with a new Justice","At dinner at the Pellews', Roosevelt meets Judge Brown, newly named to the Supreme Court.",["henry-billings-brown"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-01","Bad press over Baltimore","Newspapers turn on Roosevelt for his Baltimore foray.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-04","Spoilsmen want him fired","Patronage politicians call on President Harrison to demand Roosevelt's removal.",["benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-05","Bob Ferguson laid up","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Bob Ferguson has been very ill and is recovering at Mrs. Cameron's.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","bob-ferguson","elizabeth-cameron"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-06","Back to Baltimore to build his report","Roosevelt returns to Baltimore while drafting his election report, and writes old Albany friend Frederick Kruse about his books and Lucius Swift about Commission business.",["frederick-kruse","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-11","Deep in the Baltimore inquiry","Roosevelt tells Lucius Swift he is hard at work investigating matters in Baltimore.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-13","Bonaparte joins the Baltimore probe","Back in Baltimore, Roosevelt gets help from local lawyer Charles J. Bonaparte, later a member of his Cabinet. He also tells W. T. Huff that public ownership of railroads and telegraphs could not work here.",["charles-bonaparte","w-t-huff"],"Baltimore"],["1891-04-15","Bay Lodge sweeps the jumps","At a riding academy jumping contest, Lodge's son Bay wins every weight class aboard Toronto.",["george-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-18","Another Baltimore visit","Roosevelt is back in Baltimore pursuing his election inquiry.",[],"Baltimore"],["1891-04-19","London likes his New York","Roosevelt tells Bamie that English reviewers have welcomed his New York history, and sends love to Elliott and Anna.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-26","Rock Creek runs and a question from Ted","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he takes walks and runs through Rock Creek Park, and that young Ted has asked whether God is a fairy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1891-04-29","Corinne's ninth anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Corinne and Douglas Robinson mark nine years of marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-04-30","Elliott denies it; the book appears","Still in Europe, Elliott writes Roosevelt denying he fathered Katy Mann's child, and Roosevelt takes him at his word. Roosevelt's New York history comes out to mixed notices.",["elliott-roosevelt","katy-mann"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-01","The Baltimore report goes public","Roosevelt's 146-page report on the Baltimore elections is released.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-10","Ever closer to Edith and the children","Roosevelt tells Bamie his ties to Edith and the children grow stronger every day.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-13","Bachelor days with Spring-Rice","With the Lodges and his own family gone for the summer, Roosevelt and Cecil Spring-Rice move into Lodge's house. Roosevelt writes Charles Peters about a faulty appointment letter.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-peters"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-14","A ride with Speck von Sternberg","Roosevelt and Spring-Rice dine in, and he rides out with Speck von Sternberg. He writes Theodore Babcock about New York customs exams, and tells Bamie he is leaving for Indianapolis and St. Louis.",["cecil-spring-rice","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","theodore-babcock","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-15","Trip to Indianapolis and St. Louis","The chronology finishes its note that Roosevelt is setting out for Indianapolis and St. Louis.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-22","On the Republican Party","Roosevelt writes G. Garbet about the Republican Party.",["g-garbet"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-23","Elliott a horror","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Elliott's troubles have become a waking nightmare for him.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-24","Running the Commission solo","With two fellow commissioners away, Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is enjoying handling the Commission's work by himself.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-28","Writing the letter carriers","Roosevelt writes John F. Victory about the Letter Carriers Association.",["john-f-victory"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-29","Partisanship at the Custom House","Roosevelt writes John Clarke about party politics inside the New York Custom House. Speck von Sternberg stays at Sagamore Hill.",["john-clarke","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-05-31","Elliott's fall in Paris","Edith takes the children to Sagamore Hill, where Bob Ferguson visits, while Roosevelt and Spring-Rice share bachelor rooms in Washington. In Europe, Elliott drags his wife, children and Bamie off to Paris and takes a mistress.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","cecil-spring-rice","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-07","Letting Elliott go","In a painful letter, Roosevelt tells Bamie that for the sake of Anna and the children, Elliott must be left to destroy himself with drink.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-06-08","Thoughts on immigration","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Lodge about restricting immigration.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-06-13","Robinson's polo team loses","Douglas Robinson's Orange, New Jersey, polo team falls to Meadowbrook of Long Island.",["douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-06-14","Hoping Katy Mann is lying","Roosevelt tells Bamie he still wants to believe Katy Mann's claim about Elliott is false.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","katy-mann","elliott-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-06-15","Word of Elliott's D.T.'s","A letter from Bamie tells Roosevelt that Elliott is suffering delirium tremens. Roosevelt writes Clarke and praises Lodge's Boston history, built on the same plan as his New York book.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","john-clarke","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-17","Elliott 'a maniac morally'","Roosevelt judges his brother as unbalanced in morals as in mind. That evening he hosts the British Minister and the Secretary of War for dinner.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-18","Dinner for the Navy Secretary","Roosevelt hosts the British Minister and the Secretary of the Navy at dinner.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-19","Spring-Rice reads Lodge's Boston","Roosevelt tells Lodge that Spring-Rice has read his history of Boston.",["henry-cabot-lodge","cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-20","Hot nights with Springy","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he and Spring-Rice are enjoying their time together in the heat, though Elliott's troubles have him at his wits' end.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","cecil-spring-rice","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-24","Writing to Elliott","Roosevelt sends a letter to his brother Elliott.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-26","Creaky boots and wild chicken","Spring-Rice reports to Elizabeth Cameron on his housemate's quirks: pacing in creaking boots while he thinks, and attacking chicken like a wild animal. Roosevelt urges Lodge to come for polo week at Oyster Bay.",["cecil-spring-rice","elizabeth-cameron","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-28","A nephew born in Paris","Elliott and Anna Roosevelt's son Hall is born in Paris.",["gracie-hall-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-29","Lodge loses at Harvard","Roosevelt consoles Lodge on his defeat for Harvard Overseer and praises Carl Schurz's Atlantic article on Lincoln.",["henry-cabot-lodge","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-06-30","Moving house, and Alice's orchard","Roosevelt and Spring-Rice move to 1721, where Springy, lost in the dark, climbs to the third floor, finds a bare bed and calls out in alarm. At Sagamore Hill, Bob Ferguson and Gertrude and Emily Carow visit, and Alice rents out trees in her orchard to her siblings.",["cecil-spring-rice","bob-ferguson","gertrude-tyler-carow","emily-carow","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-07-01","An unpleasant hour with Harrison","Roosevelt meets President Harrison about the Civil Service and finds him disagreeable from start to finish. He tells Lodge he is busy on the Commission's annual report.",["benjamin-harrison","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-07-02","Terms for Elliott's marriage","Roosevelt advises Bamie that Anna should keep her distance from Elliott as a husband until he has proven himself through three years of abstinence, given his affair with Katy Mann and others.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","anna-hall-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt","katy-mann"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-07-03","Fireworks for the children","Roosevelt rides the train to New York and stages a fireworks display for the children.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-05","Burying cousin Alfred","Roosevelt crosses Long Island Sound to bury his cousin Alfred, killed beneath the wheels of a train.",["alfred-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-06","Katy Mann wants $10,000","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Katy Mann is demanding $10,000 to stay quiet, and no settlement looks close.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","katy-mann"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-08","Another letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie; no details survive in the chronology.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-10","Spring-Rice visits","Cecil Spring-Rice is recorded in the guest book.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-12","The baby looks like Elliott","Roosevelt reports to Bamie that an investigator, judging by the baby's looks, believes Katy Mann. Bamie writes that Elliott is confined in a Paris asylum for inebriates and that Anna will sail home without him.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","katy-mann","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1891-07-13","Seeing the child for himself","Roosevelt and Douglas Robinson go to see Katy Mann's infant. She receives a payment and drops from the record.",["douglas-robinson","katy-mann"],"New York City"],["1891-07-21","Writing Bamie again","Roosevelt sends Bamie a letter; its contents are not described.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-07-31","Anna and the children come home","Bamie returns to America with Anna and her three children.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-06","Edith turns 30","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 30th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-13","Ethel is born","After a long, hard labor at Sagamore Hill, Edith gives birth to a daughter, Ethel, with Dr. West Roosevelt in attendance. The baby is so big that her father dubs her Elephant Johnnie.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","west-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-14","Spring-Rice on Emily Carow","Spring-Rice complains to Elizabeth Cameron that Edith's sister Emily Carow bores him with endless tales of romance in Rome.",["cecil-spring-rice","elizabeth-cameron","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-16","Baltimore report makes front pages","Roosevelt's Baltimore report goes to the newspapers and lands on page one.",[],"Baltimore"],["1891-08-17","Lunacy petition makes headlines","Newspapers report that Roosevelt has sought a court ruling declaring his brother Elliott insane.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Baltimore"],["1891-08-19","Writing Taft on choosing civil servants","Roosevelt writes Charles Wilby on Civil Service and Solicitor General William Howard Taft on how to select government workers.",["charles-wilby","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-21","Dinner with Taft","William Howard Taft dines with Roosevelt.",["william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-22","Pressing on through the horror","Roosevelt writes Bamie that the ordeal is beyond belief but the only course is forward. Elliott, quoted in the Paris Herald, insists he is sane.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-24","Sane but without morals","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Elliott's letters read as perfectly rational yet utterly lacking in conscience.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-25","Genealogy and letter carriers","Roosevelt writes E. B. Livingston about family history and life in Southern California, and Joseph Mulvey about the Letter Carriers Association.",["e-b-livingston","joseph-mulvey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-08-31","New house, closed ranch","Roosevelt rents a house at 1215 19th Street in Washington. Out west the Merrifields leave for Montana and Roosevelt shuts up the Elkhorn ranch house.",["bill-merrifield"],"1215 19th Street"],["1891-09-01","Wilmot Dow dies; west to Medora","Roosevelt writes Bamie that his old Maine guide and ranch partner Wilmot Dow has died, and sets out for Medora.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","wilmot-dow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-13","Ted turns four","Roosevelt's son Ted celebrates his fourth birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-21","Nine elk in four weeks","Roosevelt's hunting tally reaches nine elk in four weeks.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-22","Hunting Two Ocean Pass","Roosevelt hunts with Bob Ferguson at Two Ocean Pass in the Shoshone Mountains of northwest Wyoming.",["bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-23","Still in the Shoshones","The chronology completes the location of the hunt: Two Ocean Pass in the Shoshones of northwest Wyoming.",["bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-27","Corinne turns 30","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 30th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-09-30","Trouble brewing with Chile","Revolution grips Chile. An American minister shelters the ousted president, enraging Chileans, and the U.S. seizes the rebel steamer Itata. Nellie Tyler is staying at Sagamore Hill.",["nellie-tyler"],"1215 19th Street"],["1891-10-10","Rumors of his firing, again","At Sagamore Hill on Kermit's second birthday, Roosevelt tells Lodge he has come home once more to talk of his own removal.",["kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-10-11","Eleanor turns seven","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor celebrates her seventh birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-10-16","Sailors attacked in Valparaiso","A mob in Valparaiso, Chile, assaults sailors from the cruiser Baltimore on shore leave, killing two; Chile later pays the U.S. $75,000 in reparations.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1891-10-17","Note to Lucius Swift","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about the Civil Service system.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-10-19","A form for the railway mail","Roosevelt sends James White a sample form for the railway mail service.",["james-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-10-27","Violations of the merit rules","Roosevelt writes Daniel Griffin about the Commission's handling of Civil Service violations.",["daniel-griffin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-10-29","Typed praise for Lodge","Roosevelt sends Lodge a typewritten letter applauding one of his speeches.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-10-30","Headed to New York to dig into abuses","Roosevelt tells Lucius Swift he is going to New York to look into abuses.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-10-31","The Carows head back to Europe","After five months in America, Edith's mother and sister sail for Europe, and Edith is glad enough to have them gone.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","emily-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-03","Election Day","Americans vote in the 1891 off-year elections.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-06","Reform and Indian affairs","Roosevelt writes Herbert Welsh about the Civil Service and Indian matters.",["herbert-welsh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-09","New York, Bamie and tea","Roosevelt goes to New York City, planning to see Bamie at Sagamore Hill, and takes tea with Mrs. Jones and the Greens.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","mrs-jones"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-12","A literary breakfast","Roosevelt hosts a ten o'clock breakfast for a table of writers and editors: Charles Dudley Warner, William Dean Howells, Richard Watson Gilder, Brander Matthews, Green and Lodge.",["charles-dudley-warner","william-dean-howells","richard-watson-gilder","brander-matthews","green","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-14","Edith promises a European visit","Edith writes her mother that she will come to Europe for about a week once their investments recover.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-25","Down with bronchitis","Roosevelt writes Bamie that a bad case of bronchitis has left him very ill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-11-30","Worn out and sent to bed","Roosevelt rallies for a time, but exhausted in body and spirit he breaks down in December, and Edith confines him to bed for eight days.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-02","Fifth anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark five years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-13","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie; the chronology gives no details.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-22","Bamie and Herbert Welsh","Roosevelt writes Bamie and sends Herbert Welsh a letter on Civil Service matters.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","herbert-welsh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-24","Reform in Philadelphia","Roosevelt writes Stuart Wood about Civil Service reform in Philadelphia.",["stuart-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-28","Three magazines into one","Roosevelt writes Richard Henry Dana about merging three Civil Service reform magazines into a single publication.",["richard-henry-dana-iii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1891-12-31","Ready for war with Chile","Angry over the two American sailors killed in Valparaiso, Roosevelt wants the United States to go to war with Chile.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-01-01","Ellis Island opens","The federal immigration station on Ellis Island opens its doors.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-01-03","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie; no details are given.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-01-05","Note to George Jolley","Roosevelt sends George W. Jolley a letter about the merit system.",["george-w-jolley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-01-09","Sailing to confront Elliott","Roosevelt leaves New York by ship for Europe to face his brother Elliott.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1892-01-18","Bamie turns 37","Roosevelt's sister Bamie celebrates her 37th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Europe"],["1892-01-21","Elliott gives in","Roosevelt writes Bamie in triumph: Elliott has accepted his terms, signing over two-thirds of his property, including a $60,000 trust, to a fund for his wife and children, and agreeing to two years' probation away from his family.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Europe"],["1892-01-25","Missing Springy","Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice that he and Edith miss him very much.",["cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Europe"],["1892-01-27","Homeward from Le Havre","Roosevelt sails from Le Havre for home.",[],"Le Havre"],["1892-01-28","Elliott sails separately","Elliott boards a different steamer for America, leaving his mistress, Mrs. Evans, in France.",["elliott-roosevelt","mrs-evans"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-06","Home again","Roosevelt arrives home from Europe.",[],"New York City"],["1892-02-10","No petitions for a federal officer","Roosevelt tells Joseph Mulvey he cannot sign a petition while holding a government post.",["joseph-mulvey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-12","Alice turns eight","Roosevelt's daughter Alice celebrates her eighth birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-13","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie; no details are given.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-27","Firings at the Cincinnati post office","Roosevelt writes Charles Wilby about removals at the Cincinnati post office.",["charles-wilby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-28","Elliott turns 32","Roosevelt's brother Elliott turns 32.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-02-29","Elliott takes the Keeley cure","Elliott spends five weeks in Dwight, Illinois, taking Dr. Keeley's gold cure for alcoholism.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-03-08","Blaming Wanamaker","With 25 tainted officials still drawing federal pay in Baltimore despite his findings, Roosevelt goes to a New York Civil Service Reform Association meeting and blasts John Wanamaker as the root of many abuses.",["john-wanamaker"],"New York City"],["1892-03-09","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1892-03-10","Still in New York","Roosevelt remains in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1892-03-28","Elkhorn Stock Company formed","Roosevelt joins Archibald D. Russell, Bob Ferguson and Douglas Robinson in organizing the Elkhorn Stock Company.",["archibald-d-russell","bob-ferguson","douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1892-03-31","Baltimore probe and a Texas hunt","Roosevelt asks the House to investigate the Baltimore affair. He then takes Elliott south, stopping at Owensboro, Kentucky, before going on to a Texas ranch on the Nueces River, where he brings down a sow and a boar.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1892-04-07","Note to John Clarke","Roosevelt writes John Clarke about Civil Service matters.",["john-clarke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-12","Investigating in Chicago","Roosevelt is in Chicago looking into Civil Service abuses reported by Oliver T. Morton.",["oliver-t-morton"],"Chicago"],["1892-04-19","House orders a Baltimore inquiry","The House votes to have its Civil Service Reform Committee investigate the Baltimore affair.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-22","An inheritance for Edith","Edith tells her mother that their uncle John Carow, who had no children, has left her and her sister Emily $32,000 apiece.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","john-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-25","Wanamaker explains it all away","At a special hearing before the Postmaster General, which Roosevelt does not attend, Wanamaker has an excuse for every charge. Roosevelt writes Oliver T. Morton about the Civil Service.",["john-wanamaker","oliver-t-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-27","Reporting on Chicago","Roosevelt writes his fellow Civil Service commissioners about his Chicago investigation.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-28","Back to Chaucer","Roosevelt tells Thomas Lounsbury he enjoyed his Chaucer study and has reread the Canterbury Tales.",["thomas-r-lounsbury"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-04-29","Corinne's tenth anniversary","Corinne and Douglas Robinson mark ten years of marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-02","Testifying on Baltimore","Roosevelt goes before the House committee looking into corruption in Baltimore.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-03","A gift and a peccary hunt","Roosevelt thanks Spring-Rice for a present and describes the peccary he hunted in Texas not long ago.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-04","Dinner with Henry Adams","Roosevelt and Edith are Henry Adams's dinner guests.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-05","Chicago report finished","Roosevelt tells Oliver T. Morton the Chicago report is complete, and writes Osborne Howes about Americanizing immigrants.",["oliver-t-morton","osborne-howes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-07","New York Customs House report","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about a report on wrongdoing at the New York customs office.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-13","Baltimore and Wanamaker","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the Baltimore investigations and Wanamaker.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-16","A registered letter to Wanamaker","Roosevelt sends Wanamaker a registered letter holding him responsible for the abuses, with a copy to President Harrison.",["john-wanamaker","benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-17","Explaining himself to Harrison","Sending Harrison a copy of his Wanamaker letter, Roosevelt says he never sought a fight with the Post Office Department but was drawn into one by pressing for the inquiry.",["benjamin-harrison","john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-22","Thanking Francis Parkman","Roosevelt thanks historian Francis Parkman for two books.",["francis-parkman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-25","Facts against Wanamaker's","With no answer from Wanamaker, Roosevelt attends the House committee's last session and sets the facts beside Wanamaker's account.",["john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-26","Praise for his testimony","Roosevelt is applauded for his House testimony.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-27","Striking hard","Roosevelt tells Bamie that once forced to fight, he chose to hit hard. He also writes Horace Johnson that he stands behind his report.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","horace-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-05-31","Recounting the Wanamaker history","Roosevelt writes John Andrew reviewing the history of the Wanamaker matter back to March 23, 1891, and learns that Brander Matthews has the measles.",["john-andrew","john-wanamaker","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-04","Missouri irregularities","Roosevelt writes James T. Beach about irregular Civil Service appointments in Missouri, and tells N. B. Pearce why his son was not hired.",["james-t-beach","n-b-pearce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-05","Gertrude Carow's relief","Gertrude Carow writes Edith that she is deeply grateful her daughters received such a generous inheritance.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-22","Vindicated against Wanamaker","The investigating committee's majority report calls Wanamaker's testimony evasive and garbled, a clear win for Roosevelt.",["john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-23","Cleveland nominated","The Democratic Party names Grover Cleveland as its presidential nominee.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-27","Reform and literature","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about Civil Service and books.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-29","Note to W. C. Kenyon","Roosevelt writes W. C. Kenyon about the Civil Service.",["w-c-kenyon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-06-30","Elliott sobers up in Virginia","Elliott takes a job with the Robinson family's holdings near Abingdon, Virginia, and stops drinking.",["elliott-roosevelt","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-02","Thorndikes and Lodge visit","Dr. and Mrs. Paul Thorndike and Henry Cabot Lodge sign the guest book.",["paul-thorndike","mrs-paul-thorndike","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-06","Bloodshed at Homestead","The Homestead strike erupts in Pennsylvania; 13 die in the fighting and mobs control the town for five days.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-10","Troops reach Homestead","Militia arrive at Homestead, Pennsylvania. Governor Hugh S. Thompson and his wife sign the Roosevelt guest book.",["hugh-s-thompson","mrs-hugh-s-thompson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-11","J. Hallett visits","J. Hallett is entered in the guest book.",["j-hallett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-12","Ruby and Winthrop call","E. Willard Ruby and Bronson Winthrop sign the guest book.",["e-willard-ruby","bronson-winthrop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-15","Hallett returns","J. Hallett again appears in the guest book.",["j-hallett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-19","A strong-willed baby","Edith writes her sister Emily that baby Ethel is sturdy and headstrong.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-20","Roosevelt on the polo field","Harper's Weekly describes Roosevelt as a polo player.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-26","Saving for the boys' schooling","Edith tells Emily she has set aside her shares in the Elevated Railroad to pay for the boys' schooling.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-07-27","No fan of either candidate","Roosevelt tells Lodge that both Cleveland and Harrison have poor records. Most afternoons he plays tennis with Wharton at the Legation.",["henry-cabot-lodge","grover-cleveland","benjamin-harrison","wharton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-08-06","Edith turns 31","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 31st birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-08-10","West Roosevelt and family visit","Dr. West Roosevelt and his wife are recorded in the guest book, along with a Laura Roosevelt.",["west-roosevelt","mrs-j-west-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-08-11","A lonely Elkhorn","At Elkhorn, Roosevelt writes Bamie that he finds little to hunt and the deserted cabin weighs on him. The Independent publishes his article on President Harrison's foreign policy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","benjamin-harrison"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1892-08-13","Ethel's first birthday","Roosevelt's daughter Ethel turns one.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Elkhorn Ranch"],["1892-08-25","Riding south to Deadwood","Roosevelt rides south alongside Sylvane Ferris and Hell-Roaring Bill Jones, swapping cowboy talk, and reaches Deadwood. Edith writes Emily that Kermit would rather sit with her in a dim room than go walking with anyone else.",["bill-jones","sylvane-ferris","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt"],"Deadwood"],["1892-08-26","Opening the Harrison campaign in Deadwood","At the Deadwood Opera House, Roosevelt kicks off the Republican campaign for Harrison. He tells Bamie he has shot pronghorn and prairie fowl.",["benjamin-harrison","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Deadwood Opera House"],["1892-08-31","Touring Pine Ridge and Crow Creek","Roosevelt visits two Sioux reservations, Pine Ridge and Crow Creek. A speech he gave on Indian affairs is reprinted in a later biography.",[],"Deadwood"],["1892-09-13","Ted turns five","Roosevelt's son Ted celebrates his fifth birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Deadwood"],["1892-09-15","Mocking party assessments","At a Sioux City press conference, Roosevelt ridicules the South Dakota Republican Central Committee's assessments on officeholders.",[],"Sioux City"],["1892-09-25","Lodge for Senator","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Lodge he has a good shot at the Senate. He and Edith go riding on polo ponies.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-09-27","Corinne turns 31","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 31st birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-09-30","Election outlook","Roosevelt writes Lodge and Seth Low about the coming elections.",["henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-01","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-02","A mother's longing","Gertrude Carow writes Edith that she sometimes weeps for her when unwell, and that her life would be empty without Edith, the children and Theodore.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-03","Family portrait for Gertrude","Roosevelt sends his mother-in-law a lively report: he rides Pickle and Edith rides Diamond; Edith walks him to the office each day and reads Marbot's memoirs by the fire while he writes; Alice dotes on Edith and the little ones; Ethel is a handful; and Ted totes a tin sword everywhere.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-09","Elliott writes Eleanor","From Virginia, Elliott sends his daughter Eleanor a birthday message.",["elliott-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-10","Kermit turns three","Roosevelt's son Kermit celebrates his third birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-11","Cosmopolitan shake-up","Roosevelt writes Lodge about a new editor at the Cosmopolitan and shifts among Republicans before the election. Niece Eleanor turns eight.",["henry-cabot-lodge","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-16","Back from Lake Mohonk","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has just returned from an Indian conference at Lake Mohonk that he found ridiculous yet worthwhile.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-10-18","Harrison versus Cleveland","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the Harrison-Cleveland race.",["henry-cabot-lodge","benjamin-harrison","grover-cleveland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-10-19","Back to Washington","Roosevelt returns to Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-20","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie; no details are given.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-22","Solicitation in Indianapolis","Roosevelt offers Lucius B. Swift his help proving that federal workers in Indianapolis were pressed for political money.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-23","Lyman heads to Indianapolis","Roosevelt tells Swift that Commissioner Lyman will reach Indianapolis on Wednesday.",["lucius-b-swift","charles-lyman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-24","Death of Caroline Harrison","First Lady Caroline Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, dies.",["caroline-harrison","benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-26","Roosevelt turns 34","Roosevelt celebrates his 34th birthday.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-10-30","Building a case against Gowdy","Roosevelt tells Swift his papers will help prosecute John K. Gowdy, chairman of the Indiana Republican committee. Anna Roosevelt has surgery and asks Elliott to stay in Virginia.",["lucius-b-swift","john-k-gowdy","anna-hall-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-01","Coon hunting with Ted at home","Roosevelt and his son Ted track a raccoon to a hollow tree near Sagamore Hill and take it.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-08","Cleveland wins back the White House","Election Day: Grover Cleveland beats President Benjamin Harrison, returning to the presidency after four years out, the only president to serve two terms that do not follow one another.",["grover-cleveland","benjamin-harrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-10","Taking the election loss in stride","Writing to Lodge from Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt admits the Republican defeat disappoints him but did not catch him off guard; only the scale of the New York margin surprised him. Nellie Tyler signs the guest book.",["henry-cabot-lodge","nellie-tyler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-11-14","Back to the capital","Roosevelt travels to Washington, D.C.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1892-11-16","Lodge called the election right","From Washington, Roosevelt tells Lodge that every one of his election forecasts proved accurate.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-20","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-21","Asking Swift about a blue book","In Washington Roosevelt writes to Lucius Swift about obtaining a \"blue book,\" the federal register of government employees. The same day, the long Homestead steel strike against Carnegie and Frick collapses.",["lucius-b-swift","andrew-carnegie","henry-clay-frick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-24","An essay on Parkman in print","The Independent runs Roosevelt's essay on the historical writings of Francis Parkman.",["francis-parkman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-27","A letter to Foulke","Roosevelt writes to William Dudley Foulke; the subject is not recorded.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-11-30","A move toward annexing Hawaii","The United States begins taking steps to annex the Hawaiian Islands.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-01","Off to Washington with Edith","Roosevelt and his wife Edith travel together to Washington, D.C.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-02","Anniversary, and a cool first meeting","Roosevelt and Edith mark six years of marriage. He also meets the celebrated war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, and the two do not hit it off at first.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-harding-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-05","Proud of four years enforcing the law","Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke about meeting Richard Harding Davis over dinner at the British Legation, and that he did not care for him. Expecting to leave office in March, he says he can at least claim he never backed away from enforcing the law.",["william-dudley-foulke","richard-harding-davis"],"British Legation"],["1892-12-06","Advice for a cowboy story","Roosevelt sends Brander Matthews tips on a cowboy tale Matthews is writing. Meanwhile his brother Elliott pleads by letter with Mrs. Hall to know why he is kept from seeing his wife Anna.",["brander-matthews","elliott-roosevelt","mary-livingston-ludlow-hall","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-07","Elliott's wife Anna dies","Anna Hall Roosevelt, wife of Roosevelt's brother Elliott, dies of diphtheria at 29. A telegram to Elliott in Virginia tells him to stay away; he comes anyway.",["anna-hall-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-15","Reporting party misconduct in Indianapolis","Roosevelt sends the Civil Service Commission a report on improper conduct by the Democratic Committee in Indianapolis.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-25","Christmas greetings, and spectacles for Ted","Roosevelt sends holiday wishes to Cecil Spring-Rice, reporting that young Ted now wears glasses and that Henry Adams is back in town, hosting his usual pleasant dinners.",["cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-29","Urging Schurz to write on Lincoln","Roosevelt asks Carl Schurz for a talk in New York about civil service matters and says he wishes Schurz would take on a life of Lincoln for the American Statesmen series.",["carl-schurz","abraham-lincoln"],"Washington, D.C."],["1892-12-31","No activity recorded","No events are recorded for this day; the source page holds only bibliography notes.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-05","Reaching the President-elect through Schurz","Roosevelt asks Carl Schurz to serve as his go-between with President-elect Cleveland on civil service questions.",["carl-schurz","grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-08","Sledding with the children","Roosevelt takes the children out sledding,, joined by Ted and several Black boys.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-09","Dinner at Blair Lee's; eyeing Remingtons","Roosevelt dines at Blair Lee's and asks his sister Bamie to find out what two Frederic Remington paintings would cost. Edith writes her sister Emily that Elliott was merry and singing comic songs at his late wife's sister's home barely two weeks after the funeral.",["blair-lee","anna-roosevelt-cowles","frederic-remington","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-10","Inspecting the Philadelphia post office","Roosevelt travels to Philadelphia to look into the workings of the post office there.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1893-01-11","Lunch with Corinne; Boone and Crockett dinner","In New York Roosevelt has lunch with his sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson, then joins 28 members at a Boone and Crockett Club dinner.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Boone and Crockett Club"],["1893-01-12","Writing, then dinner at the Players","Roosevelt puts in time writing, then dines with Brander Matthews at the Players club in New York.",["brander-matthews"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1893-01-13","Back in Washington, dinner at Mrs. Slater's","Roosevelt returns to Washington and has dinner at the home of Mrs. Slater.",["mrs-slater"],"New York City"],["1893-01-14","Rides with Cabot, romps with the children","Roosevelt tells Bamie he rides with Lodge whenever he can and that Willie Phillips joined him that morning for a rough-and-tumble outing with the children. He is weighing parting with most of the Sagamore Hill land, keeping just 20 acres, with Uncle Jim or Bamie as possible buyers.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","willie-phillips","james-king-gracie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-15","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-16","No activity recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-18","Bamie turns 38","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 38th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-19","Bound for Chicago","Roosevelt sets out for Chicago.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-01-26","Speaking in Buffalo","Roosevelt gives a speech in Buffalo, New York.",[],"Buffalo"],["1893-01-31","A Boone and Crockett book appears","The Boone and Crockett Club publishes American Big-Game Hunting, edited by Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. His own contribution is a story titled \"Coursing the Prongbuck.\"",["george-bird-grinnell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-04","Giving up on reforming Elliott","Roosevelt tells Bamie of Elliott's latest misadventure in Abingdon, where he knocked over a lamp and burned himself badly, and says he sees no point in trying further to steer his brother onto a better path.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-08","Letters on books","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about literary matters.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-09","Battle of Mobile Bay in the sickroom","With every child in the house sick with measles, Roosevelt builds model warships, an ironclad ram and a monitor, and refights the Battle of Mobile Bay alongside Ted and Alice.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-10","Dinner with the Navy Secretary","Roosevelt dines at the home of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Tracy.",["benjamin-f-tracy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-12","Alice turns nine","Alice celebrates her ninth birthday in leg braces doctors thought she needed; years later she believed her legs had been fine all along. Roosevelt dines at Cochrane's and writes Bamie about Edith's and Lodge's love of belles lettres.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","cochrane","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-13","Seeking more money for the Commission","Roosevelt presses Senator Edward Wolcott for bigger appropriations for the Civil Service Commission, which now oversees 43,447 federal jobs.",["edward-o-wolcott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-14","The Atlantic turns down a review","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that the Atlantic has rejected his review of books by Matthews and Lodge.",["brander-matthews","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-02-28","Elliott's birthday brings worrying news","On Elliott's 33rd birthday, with his brother back in Virginia, word reaches Roosevelt of new bouts of hard living.",["elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-01","Writing up the Boone and Crockett Club","Harper's Weekly publishes Roosevelt's article about the Boone and Crockett Club.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-04","Resigning as Cleveland takes office","On Inauguration Day for Democrat Grover Cleveland, Roosevelt submits his formal resignation from the Civil Service Commission, assuming the new President will want his own party's man in the seat.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-05","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-06","Cleveland asks him to stay","In a talk with President Cleveland, Roosevelt learns, to his astonishment, that the new President wants him to remain as Civil Service Commissioner.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-07","Edith glad to stay in Washington","Edith writes her sister Emily that she is happy Roosevelt will keep his post and spare them from leaving their Washington life.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-08","No new activity recorded","Nothing new is recorded; the entry finishes Edith's letter from the day before.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-25","Writing to the Pine Ridge agent","Roosevelt writes to George Brown, the Indian agent at Pine Ridge in South Dakota; the contents are not recorded.",["george-brown"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-28","Subscribing to the Chronicle; staying on","Roosevelt mails Lucius Swift a dollar for a subscription to the Civil Service Chronicle along with reform business, and tells Carl Schurz about his decision to remain on the Commission.",["lucius-b-swift","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-29","Thanks for a wildflower book","Roosevelt writes his childhood friend Fanny Dana, who has sent him her popular field guide to wildflowers, about plants as they turn up in literature.",["fanny-dana"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-03-31","Named a Harvard overseer","Roosevelt is appointed to Harvard's Board of Overseers and placed on a three-member committee to review the zoology department and suggest improvements. He visits Cambridge during the month.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-02","Pitching articles to the Century","Roosevelt proposes to Richard Watson Gilder a joint article with Lodge on immigration drawing on the 1890 census, plus one on Lincoln's speeches.",["richard-watson-gilder","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-04","Local boards in Indiana","Roosevelt and William Dudley Foulke trade views on Indiana's local civil service boards.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-07","Reporting on Harvard zoology","Roosevelt writes ornithologist William Brewster about his report to the Harvard Overseers on the zoology department.",["william-brewster"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-08","No new activity recorded","Nothing new is recorded; the entry finishes the note on the previous day's letter to William Brewster.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-13","Civil service letter to Foulke","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke on civil service business.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-17","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-18","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-19","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-20","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-22","A believer in manifest destiny","Roosevelt tells James Clarkson he favors a bigger navy and hopes one day to see every European power pushed off the American continent.",["james-s-clarkson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-26","Cleveland wants him a while longer","Roosevelt tells Bamie that President Cleveland recently asked him to remain another year or two. His letter covers the Boone and Crockett Club's log cabin exhibit too, planned at Chicago's world's fair, where Bamie sits on the organizing commission.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-29","Corinne's anniversary; note to Swift","Corinne marks 11 years of marriage. In Washington, Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift on civil service.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-04-30","A council of war on the Navy","Roosevelt, Lodge, Henry Davis and Admiral Stephen Luce gather for what they call a \"council of war\" on the U.S. Navy and why it must grow.",["henry-cabot-lodge","henry-davis","stephen-b-luce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-01","At Sagamore Hill; loss in Elliott's family","Roosevelt's record places him at Sagamore Hill. The entry also notes that Elliott's young son, \"Little Ellie,\" will die of scarlet fever before May is out.",["elliott-roosevelt-jr","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-02","World's fair opens; writing Mahan","Chicago throws open the gates of the World's Columbian Exposition, marking 400 years since Columbus reached the Americas. In Washington, Roosevelt writes Alfred Thayer Mahan about the Navy and expansion.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-04","Fighting a stall on free delivery","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke about Senator Daniel Voorhees's charges, aimed at holding up civil service classification of the free postal delivery service. He also writes Lucius Swift on reform business.",["william-dudley-foulke","daniel-w-voorhees","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-07","Visiting Bamie in New York","Roosevelt calls on Bamie in New York and writes Brander Matthews about the American Revolution.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","brander-matthews"],"New York City"],["1893-05-08","A political dinner in New York","Roosevelt attends a political dinner in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1893-05-09","Heading west to Chicago","Roosevelt is on the train to Chicago.",[],"New York City"],["1893-05-10","At the fair with family and the Lodges","Roosevelt reaches Chicago accompanied by Edith, Senator Lodge and his wife Nannie, and they join Bamie, who helps manage the world's fair.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"World's Columbian Exposition"],["1893-05-11","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-12","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-13","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-14","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-15","Club cabin dedicated at the fair","The Boone and Crockett Club's log cabin is dedicated at the Chicago world's fair.",[],"World's Columbian Exposition"],["1893-05-16","Gondolas and the Midway","Edith writes Emily that the fair feels like fairyland: a night gondola ride on the canals, and daytime rambles through the Midway's Javanese, Egyptian, Turkish, Japanese and Eskimo exhibits, where she found a fur-clad doll for Kermit. Roosevelt sends Lucius Swift two letters on the Terre Haute affair.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt","lucius-b-swift"],"World's Columbian Exposition"],["1893-05-17","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-18","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-19","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-20","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-21","In Chicago for the fair","Roosevelt is in Chicago during his visit to the world's fair.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-22","Back to Washington from the fair","Roosevelt leaves Chicago and returns to Washington.",[],"Chicago"],["1893-05-23","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-24","Edith opens Sagamore Hill for summer","While Roosevelt stays in Washington, Edith opens the house at Sagamore Hill for the season, noting the date in the guest book in her own hand.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-25","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-26","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-27","The Terre Haute report","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz about the report on the Terre Haute investigation.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-05-31","Cowboy Land in print; Aunt Annie dies","The Century publishes Roosevelt's article \"In Cowboy Land.\" The same day his aunt Annie Bulloch Gracie, his mother's sister, dies.",["anna-bulloch-gracie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-02","Mrs. Lee at Sagamore Hill","Mrs. George Cabot Lee, mother of Roosevelt's late first wife, signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["caroline-haskell-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-03","Dr. Lambert visits","Dr. Alexander Lambert signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-04","Asking for his report back","Roosevelt asks Carl Schurz whether he received the Indian agent report and requests it be returned when Schurz is done.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-06","The Whitmores visit","Mr. and Mrs. W. Whitmore sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mr-w-whitmore","mrs-w-whitmore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-07","Civil service note to Bogert","Roosevelt writes John N. Bogert on civil service matters.",["john-n-bogert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-08","The fair was worth it","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that the Chicago trip was well spent and that the fair's buildings may be the finest architecture ever put on display. He also writes Carl Schurz.",["brander-matthews","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-09","Bob Ferguson visits","Bob Ferguson signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-13","Mahan should write on Nelson","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt urges Alfred Thayer Mahan to take up a history of Lord Nelson.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","horatio-nelson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1893-06-20","Civil service letter to Gaushell","Roosevelt writes C. Gaushell about civil service.",["c-gaushell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-21","More on the Harvard report","Roosevelt writes William Brewster again about the Harvard Overseers' report.",["william-brewster"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-24","Appealing to Cleveland on free delivery","Roosevelt writes President Cleveland about obstacles being thrown in the way of the free postal delivery service now run under civil service rules.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-25","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-26","Speaking at Groton","Roosevelt gives a talk at Groton, Massachusetts, and writes to Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-27","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-28","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-29","Swamped with Commission work","Roosevelt tells Bamie the Civil Service Commission keeps him extremely busy, and writes Carl Schurz on reform business.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-06-30","Panic of 1893; Turner's frontier thesis","A financial panic sweeps the country. At the Chicago world's fair, Frederick Jackson Turner gives his lecture on the frontier's significance in American history.",["frederick-jackson-turner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-01","To Sagamore Hill; Cleveland's secret surgery","Roosevelt heads to Sagamore Hill. The same day President Cleveland undergoes a secret operation to remove a cancer from his mouth.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-04","Two administrations, much the same","Roosevelt tells Lodge that as far as his own work goes, there is little to choose between the Harrison and Cleveland administrations.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-05","Firecrackers, haircuts and a pony","Roosevelt writes Bamie that Uncle Jimmy is terribly lonesome and that Kermit wanted to make a meal of firecrackers on the Fourth, Alice wants short hair and trousers, and Ted is riding the pony Grant.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-king-gracie","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-12","Dr. Lambert returns","Dr. Alexander Lambert signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-14","Grace Potter visits","Grace Potter signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["grace-howard-potter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-07-25","A new guard for the Commission","Roosevelt asks Interior Secretary Hoke Smith to send a replacement watchman for the Commission's building now that the old one has quit.",["hoke-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-02","Lambert again","Dr. Alexander Lambert signs the Sagamore Hill guest book once more.",["alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-05","Lodge at Sagamore Hill","Senator Henry Cabot Lodge signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-06","Edith turns 32","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 32nd birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-08","Cleveland calls Congress back on silver","President Cleveland summons Congress into emergency session and pushes for repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-09","A desk instead of a table","Roosevelt complains to Interior Secretary Hoke Smith that he asked for a meeting table and got an old desk. He also tells Carl Schurz that Harper's Weekly is unfair to attack Postmaster General Wilson Bissell, whom he rates well above John Wanamaker.",["hoke-smith","carl-schurz","wilson-s-bissell","john-wanamaker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-13","Ethel turns two","Ethel turns two, a cheerful toddler who waddles along at a run. Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz about Bissell and irregularities in the Post Office.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","carl-schurz","wilson-s-bissell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-15","Corinne stands by Elliott","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Corinne has helped Elliott when no one else in the family could, and that Cabot has done well in the Senate.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-23","Thanking Schurz for his reform work","Roosevelt tells Carl Schurz how much he values Schurz's energetic work for civil service reform and honest government.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-25","Civil service letter to Lyman","Roosevelt writes Charles Lyman on civil service matters.",["charles-lyman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-26","Joking about educating American women","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz on civil service and sends Brander Matthews a lighthearted letter about how American women are educated.",["carl-schurz","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-27","Silver act repealed; TR heads west","Congress repeals the silver purchase law, and Roosevelt sets out for the West.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-08-31","Meeting Seth Bullock","Roosevelt meets Seth Bullock in the West.",["seth-bullock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-02","Off on a hunting trip","Roosevelt leaves on a hunting trip. Corinne Robinson II signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-03","Nellie Tyler visits","Helen B. \"Nellie\" Tyler signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["helen-b-tyler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-10","Speaking to Buffalo's Liberal Club","Roosevelt speaks to Buffalo's Liberal Club in New York State, warning against letting a dishonest man stand for his party.",[],"Buffalo"],["1893-09-11","No new activity recorded","Nothing new is recorded; the entry finishes the quotation from the Buffalo speech of the day before.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-13","Ted turns six; a troubled dream","Ted celebrates his sixth birthday. Edith writes Roosevelt, who is away, about a bad dream in which he turned away from her.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-14","No new activity recorded","Nothing new is recorded; the entry finishes Edith's letter of the day before.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-27","Corinne turns 32","Roosevelt's younger sister Corinne turns 32.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-09-30","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-10-10","Kermit turns four","Roosevelt's son Kermit celebrates his fourth birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-10-11","Eleanor turns nine","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor, Elliott's daughter, turns nine.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-10-14","The Percy Robertses visit","Mr. and Mrs. Percy Roberts sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["percy-roberts","mrs-percy-roberts"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-10-19","Quincy out-Herods Herod","Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke the Interior Department has not improved and that Josiah Quincy has outdone everyone as a dispenser of patronage.",["william-dudley-foulke","josiah-quincy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-10-27","Turning 35 at work","Roosevelt marks his 35th birthday in Washington and writes Lucius Swift about Indiana post offices.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-01","Uncle Jimmy visits","James King Gracie, the uncle the family calls Uncle Jimmy, signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["james-king-gracie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-04","Edith writes her sister","Edith sends a letter to her sister Gertrude Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-07","Election Day guest","On Election Day, a visitor recorded as Lord Ara signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["lord-ara"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-21","A Commission fight comes to a head","Roosevelt tells Carl Schurz he is genuinely relieved that a dispute inside the Civil Service Commission has finally come to a head.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-27","Civil service letter to Schurz","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz on civil service business.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-11-30","The Wilderness Hunter comes out","Roosevelt's book The Wilderness Hunter is published.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-02","Seven years married","Roosevelt and Edith celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-09","Keats for Bob","Roosevelt calls on the Whites, finds them out, and buys a volume of Keats for Bob Ferguson.",["the-whites","bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-10","Bamie sails to keep house for Rosy","From New York Roosevelt tells Bamie of plans to host Commission representatives at dinner at 689 Madison Avenue. Bamie, having nursed Bob Ferguson through scarlet fever, is leaving for London to run the household of their widowed cousin James \"Rosy\" Roosevelt, the embassy's First Secretary, and his two children. Roosevelt then returns to Washington.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-roosevelt-roosevelt","bob-ferguson"],"New York City"],["1893-12-14","Money worries at home","Edith tells Bamie that Roosevelt fears they are headed for the poorhouse.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1893-12-17","Zoo trip, and a $2,500 shortfall","Roosevelt takes Alice, Ted and Kermit to Rock Creek Park and the zoo, and that evening he and Edith are Henry Adams's dinner guests. He tells Bamie his spending outruns his income by $2,500 and he may have to give up Sagamore Hill.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-adams","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"National Zoo"],["1893-12-20","A bipartisan dinner for Herbert","A non-partisan dinner is held for Navy Secretary Hilary Herbert.",["hilary-a-herbert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-21","Books and college games","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about literary affairs and college athletics.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-23","Making the case for outdoor sport","Harper's Weekly publishes Roosevelt's article on sports, in which he argues that games played outdoors beat indoor ones.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-24","Christmas Eve letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes to Bamie from Washington.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1893-12-30","Exercise, a stalled book and a fur collar","Roosevelt exercises in Rock Creek Park. He sends Bamie a note from Alice and admits The Winning of the West is going slowly; he praises Brander Matthews's article on Andrew Lang. Elliott has sent him a coachman's fur collar for Christmas, and he is baffled that Edith's sister Emily has become a Catholic.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","brander-matthews","andrew-lang","elliott-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1893-12-31","Revolt in Hawaii; New Year's calls begin","American settlers revolt in Hawaii. In Washington Roosevelt and Edith begin a round of calls at the White House and on cabinet families.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1894-01-01","New Year's dance at the British envoy's","Roosevelt and Edith finish their round of cabinet calls and go to Sir Julian Pauncefote's annual dance.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","julian-pauncefote"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-02","Farewell dinner for Henry Adams","Roosevelt attends a goodbye dinner at Henry Adams's house before Adams leaves for Europe.",["henry-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-03","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-04","Dinner with the Reeds, Storers and Taft","Roosevelt hosts Tom Reed and his wife, the Bellamy Storers, and Judge William Howard Taft, a family favorite.",["thomas-b-reed","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-06","Playing bear; Edith sizes up Lt. Cowles","Roosevelt plays bear with the children, spins them Indian stories, and pushes ahead with his Winning of the West, now on its third volume. Answering Bamie's question about Navy Lieutenant William Cowles, Edith writes that she saw him now and then in Washington but formed no strong opinion of him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-07","A new colleague named Proctor","Roosevelt writes Bamie about a new fellow commissioner named Proctor.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-r-procter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-08","Commission business with Dockery","Roosevelt sends Congressman Alexander Dockery a letter about Commission business.",["alexander-m-dockery"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-10","To New York for a club audit","Roosevelt travels to New York for an audit of the Boone and Crockett Club's books.",[],"New York City"],["1894-01-11","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-12","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-13","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-14","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-15","The children love Prince Prigio","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that Alice and Ted are delighted with the fairy tale Prince Prigio, and writes Lemuel Quigg about appointments.",["brander-matthews","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-16","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-19","Bamie turns 39","Bamie celebrates her 39th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-28","The Gaddis case","Roosevelt writes the Civil Service Commission about the Gaddis case.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-01-30","Literary notes; Edith unwell","Roosevelt and Brander Matthews exchange literary news. Edith, expecting a baby, is ill.",["brander-matthews","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-01","First dinner at Cleveland's White House","Roosevelt and Edith dine at the White House for the first time. President Cleveland welcomes them in the East Room at 7:15; Roosevelt takes Mrs. Cleveland in to dinner, while Century editor Richard Watson Gilder escorts Edith, who is seated between Gilder and the President. He also writes Lucius Swift on civil service.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","grover-cleveland","frances-folsom-cleveland","richard-watson-gilder","lucius-b-swift"],"White House"],["1894-02-03","Edith on the White House dinner","Edith describes the White House dinner to Bamie: as the only Republicans at the table, she and Roosevelt felt like outsiders and watched every word.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-07","Indiana post office inquiry","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about the investigation into Indiana post offices.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-08","Laying out his Post Office battles","Roosevelt writes Case Broderick a letter that gives the clearest single account of his running fights with the Post Office Department.",["case-broderick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-09","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-10","Praising Turner's frontier essay","Roosevelt writes Frederick Jackson Turner to praise his essay on the frontier in American history. He also tells William Dudley Foulke that the Commission should control removals as well as hiring.",["frederick-jackson-turner","william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-11","A long ride along the Potomac","Roosevelt and Lodge ride for three hours across fields and along the Potomac. He tells Bamie that Uncle Jim wants to buy a ten-acre parcel of his Sagamore Hill land.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-king-gracie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-12","Alice turns ten","Alice turns ten, a sociable girl who brings home tales from school every day.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-17","Dinner at Alan Johnstone's","Roosevelt dines at the home of Alan Johnstone.",["alan-johnstone"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-18","Civil service note to Foulke","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke on civil service.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-19","Dinner with the Lodges and Chanlers","Roosevelt and Edith share dinner with the Lodges and Winthrop Chanler's family. Kermit has chicken pox. Roosevelt writes Bamie.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","winthrop-chanler","kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-20","Hosting lawmakers on reform and Hawaii","Six members of Congress dine at Roosevelt's home, where talk turns to civil service reform and the Hawaii question.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-23","Dinner at Miss Gwynn's","Roosevelt dines at Miss Gwynn's, where Tom Reed is a fellow guest.",["miss-gwynn","thomas-b-reed"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-25","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie from Washington.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-26","Cleveland's Supreme Court pick","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about President Cleveland's nomination of Peckham to the U.S. Supreme Court.",["lucius-b-swift","grover-cleveland","wheeler-h-peckham"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-27","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-02-28","Lecturing, editing and paying in gold","Around this time Roosevelt starts lecturing for pay, edits another collection of writing for the Boone and Crockett Club, writes volumes three and four of The Winning of the West and plans two more he will never finish. The first money from John Carow's estate arrives; with paper currency scarce, he pays his servants in gold.",["john-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-03","Carlisle blocks the Gaddis case","Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about the Treasury's Gaddis case, writes Madison Grant about the Boone and Crockett Club and deer of the world, and tells Carl Schurz that Treasury Secretary John Carlisle is stonewalling the Gaddis matter.",["lucius-b-swift","madison-grant","carl-schurz","john-g-carlisle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-04","Bamie at the English court","Roosevelt writes Bamie, newly presented at the English court, and grumbles that Cleveland and the Democrats have made a mess of governing.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-22","Hoping to see Henry White","Roosevelt writes Henry White, First Secretary of the U.S. Embassy in London, hoping to see him when he visits Washington.",["henry-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-26","The Kiplings come to dinner","Rudyard Kipling and his wife dine with the Roosevelts, along with Brooks Adams, Samuel Langley, Miss Pauncefote, Willie Phillips and Emily Tuckerman.",["rudyard-kipling","caroline-balestier-kipling","brooks-adams","samuel-p-langley","miss-pauncefote","willie-phillips","emily-tuckerman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-27","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-28","Preparing for the House hearings","Roosevelt writes Congressman Alexander Dockery about how to stand up for the Commission when the House holds hearings.",["alexander-m-dockery"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-29","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-30","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-03-31","A Rock Creek scramble and a land sale","Roosevelt, Edith (nine months pregnant), Ted, Alice and friends clamber up Rock Creek. He sells six acres to his uncle James Roosevelt at $400 an acre, so that just 30 acres remain of the land he first bought at Sagamore Hill. Elliott is living in New York under a false name with his mistress. The Forum publishes \"What Americanism Means.\"",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","james-roosevelt","elliott-roosevelt"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1894-04-01","Joking about postage due","Roosevelt teases Bamie about his money troubles, suggesting she buy a postal scale since her letters keep arriving with postage due.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-03","Two months of coughing","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews he has been coughing for two months.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-04","Defending Yellowstone, urging new parks","Roosevelt writes Interior Secretary Hoke Smith opposing any shrinking of Yellowstone National Park and proposing that the Sequoia and Yosemite regions become national parks.",["hoke-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-05","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-06","Archie's birth, entered early","The chronology logs Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt's birth under this date, and again under April 16, but Archie was born on April 9, 1894. The entry describes a midnight delivery so easy and quiet that Roosevelt has to wake the nurse, Mame; he writes Bamie that Edith suffered less than ever, then brings Alice and Ted in to meet their brother.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-07","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-08","On \"What Americanism Means\"","Roosevelt writes C. P. Connolly about his Forum article \"What Americanism Means.\"",["c-p-connolly"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-09","Joking about postage due","Roosevelt teases Bamie about his money troubles, suggesting she buy a postal scale since her letters keep arriving with postage due.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-10","Two months of coughing","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews he has been coughing for two months.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-11","Edison's Kinetoscope makes its debut","Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope peep-show viewer goes on public display at 1155 Broadway in New York.",["thomas-a-edison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-14","Defending Yellowstone, urging new parks","Roosevelt writes Interior Secretary Hoke Smith opposing any shrinking of Yellowstone National Park and proposing that the Sequoia and Yosemite regions become national parks.",["hoke-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-15","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-16","Announcing Archie to the family","Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt arrives around midnight. Roosevelt writes Edith's sister Gertrude that the baby came at 12:35 after Edith's shortest, easiest labor and will carry his great-great-grandfather's name; he tells Bamie Edith is happy. He brings Alice and Ted, rag dolls in arms, to see the baby.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","gertrude-tyler-carow","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-18","On \"What Americanism Means\"","Roosevelt writes C. P. Connolly about his Forum article \"What Americanism Means.\"",["c-p-connolly"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-21","Edison's Kinetoscope makes its debut","Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope peep-show viewer goes on public display at 1155 Broadway in New York.",["thomas-a-edison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-22","A big enough family","Roosevelt jokes to Bamie that his branch of the Roosevelt family is now large enough.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-25","Edith on young Eleanor","Edith writes Bamie about their niece Eleanor's visits to Sagamore Hill, calling her plain but predicting the ugly duckling may yet become a swan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-26","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-04-30","Answering Pearson in the Sewanee Review","Roosevelt writes Francis Stetson about filling a classified job in the Sub-Treasury office in New York. In the Sewanee Review he publishes an upbeat rebuttal to Charles H. Pearson's gloomy book National Life and Character.",["francis-lynde-stetson","charles-h-pearson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-01","Coxey's Army reaches the Capitol","Washington sees a scuffle with Coxey's Army of unemployed marchers; Jacob Coxey draws a fine for stepping onto the Capitol lawn.",["jacob-coxey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-02","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-03","Consoling Corinne; a lost check","Roosevelt writes Corinne, who is ill and grieving Aunt Annie Gracie, their mother's sister and early teacher to the Roosevelt and Carow children; her little Stewart is sick as well. He and Edith ride in Rock Creek Park, and he discovers he has lost a $130 check.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-bulloch-gracie","stewart-douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1894-05-04","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-05","Literary letter to Matthews","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about literary business.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-06","Silver and the tariff","Roosevelt writes Bamie about bimetallism and the tariff.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-08","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-09","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-10","Pullman strike; writing Pearson","The Pullman strike begins. Roosevelt writes Charles Pearson about his book National Life and Character.",["charles-h-pearson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-12","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-13","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-14","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-15","Looking into free delivery","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke about investigating the free postal delivery service.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-16","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-19","Edith writes Bamie","Edith sends a letter to Bamie.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-20","New senators, and a canal","With Edith and the children away, Roosevelt meets the newly seated senators from Michigan and California over dinner and keeps writing his frontier history. The entry also notes a Nicaragua interocean canal.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-21","Meeting explorer Frank Cushing","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has met Frank Cushing, explorer of the American Southwest. He dines at the Camerons' and tells Brander Matthews he likes his exam papers.",["frank-hamilton-cushing","the-camerons","anna-roosevelt-cowles","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-24","Civil service letter to Dockery","Roosevelt writes Congressman Alexander Dockery about civil service.",["alexander-m-dockery"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-27","Winning a House fight on reform","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has come out on top in a hard-fought House battle over civil service reform.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-28","Edith opens Sagamore Hill","Edith notes in the guest book that she has opened the Sagamore Hill house for the season.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-29","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-30","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-05-31","Setting the 1886 record straight","Bob Ferguson signs the Sagamore Hill guest book. In Washington, Roosevelt writes A. C. Bernheim about falsehoods spread during the 1886 New York mayoral race.",["a-c-bernheim","bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-03","Mahan in London","Roosevelt passes along to Bamie that Alfred Thayer Mahan is now visiting London.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-04","Congratulating John Fox Jr.","Roosevelt congratulates John Fox Jr. on publishing A Cumberland Vendetta, his latest novel.",["john-fox-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-06","Overnight in New York","Roosevelt goes up to New York and spends the night at Chamberlain's.",["chamberlain"],"New York City"],["1894-06-07","Guinea pigs, a rabbit and a pony","Roosevelt reaches Sagamore Hill in the afternoon and is introduced to the children's guinea pigs, their rabbit and the pony Nellie.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-08","Young Corinne visits","Corinne Robinson II signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-09","The Storers visit","Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy Storer sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-10","Archie is baptized","Baby Archie is christened at 5 p.m. in Edith's parlor at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt reports to Bamie.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-18","Miss Alice Lee visits","Miss Alice Lee signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["miss-alice-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-20","Dinner with Adams and Lodge","Roosevelt dines with Henry Adams and Henry Cabot Lodge.",["henry-adams","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-06-21","More on Fox's book","Roosevelt writes John Fox Jr. again about his book. Fox would later ride with the Rough Riders and write The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.",["john-fox-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-24","Rows with Carlisle","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is in his usual civil service fights and calls Treasury Secretary John Carlisle worse than Wanamaker. Bamie has ear trouble, and Kermit's knee is bothering him.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-g-carlisle","john-wanamaker","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-25","Explaining the civil service system","Roosevelt explains how the U.S. civil service works in a letter to James Young, and writes Carl Schurz on reform business.",["james-young","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-06-29","An essay idea on Culloden","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews on literary matters and floats the idea of a piece about the Culloden campaign, centered on the Stuart claimant or on Cumberland.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-02","Swimming lessons and a windmill mishap","Roosevelt teaches his niece Eleanor to swim while Kermit, in a knee brace, watches from the side. After a run-in with the Sagamore Hill windmill, Roosevelt comes in cut and bleeding, and Edith sends him upstairs to bleed in the bathroom, not on the carpet. Bamie is still abroad.",["eleanor-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-05","Henry Adams and Spring-Rice visit","Henry Adams and Cecil Spring-Rice sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["henry-adams","cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-06","Pullman strike turns violent","The Pullman strike erupts into violence.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1894-07-07","Mrs. Lee visits","Mrs. George Cabot Lee, Alice's grandmother, signs the Sagamore Hill guest book while the Pullman strike goes on.",["caroline-haskell-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-08","Still fighting Carlisle","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt tells Carl Schurz his trouble with Treasury Secretary Carlisle continues. The Pullman strike drags on.",["carl-schurz","john-g-carlisle"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-09","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-10","Debs arrested; strike collapses","Union leader Eugene Debs is arrested, and the Pullman strike peters out.",["eugene-v-debs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-14","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-15","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-16","Fanny's poem and its birds","Roosevelt writes Fanny Dana that he admires her poem but faults its lines about birds, whose calls and habits she has gotten wrong.",["fanny-dana"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-17","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-18","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-19","In Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-20","Lecturing at Chautauqua","Roosevelt gives a lecture at Chautauqua.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1894-07-21","At Chautauqua","Roosevelt is at Chautauqua.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1894-07-22","At Chautauqua","Roosevelt is at Chautauqua.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1894-07-23","Kermit's knee and quarrelsome children","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Bamie in London: Douglas is mending after a polo fall, Spring-Rice is visiting, and Kermit chafes in his knee brace. He answers Fanny Dana's defense of her poem, takes Kermit to Dr. Schaeffer about the knee, and notes Ethel and Kermit fight furiously. W. P. Trent visits.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","douglas-robinson","cecil-spring-rice","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","fanny-dana","dr-schaeffer","william-p-trent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-07-27","Off to Philadelphia with friends","Roosevelt, Cecil Spring-Rice and W. P. Trent travel from Sagamore Hill to Philadelphia, where Roosevelt gives an address.",["cecil-spring-rice","william-p-trent"],"Philadelphia"],["1894-07-29","Despair over Elliott","After Elliott crashes his carriage into a lamppost and is thrown, Roosevelt writes Bamie wishing his brother could have died in place of Anna.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","anna-hall-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-30","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-07-31","No activity recorded","The record is silent for this day; no events, letters or guests are noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-01","Horses and a hideaway at Sagamore Hill","Summer at Sagamore Hill: Roosevelt rides a horse named Diamond and Edith rides Pickle. A small gazebo called the Nest, about 200 yards north of the house, serves as Edith's private retreat.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-06","Edith turns 33","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 33rd birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-07","United States recognizes the Republic of Hawaii","In Washington, President Grover Cleveland extends American recognition to the new Republic of Hawaii.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-10","Edith worries about Elliott's troubles","Edith writes to her sister Emily that she lives in fear of Elliott's behavior bringing scandal down on Roosevelt. To her mother Gertrude she adds that she is glad her husband never went into business, where worry would have driven him wild.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","gertrude-tyler-carow","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-11","A note of praise to J. W. Fox","Working in Washington, Roosevelt writes J. W. Fox to say he enjoyed Fox's latest book.",["john-fox-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-12","Tennis, talk, and worry over Elliott","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie from Washington about his busy days with Lodge: tennis, shared dinners, long political conversations. He also tells her that their brother Elliott has started drinking again.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-13","Ethel turns 3 as bad news arrives","Daughter Ethel celebrates her third birthday; she is a strong-willed little girl who bosses her mother. The same day a telegram reports that Elliott is gravely ill in New York City, where he lives with Mrs. Evans on West 102nd Street. Fanny Sturgis visits.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","elliott-roosevelt","mrs-evans","edith-kermit-roosevelt","fanny-sturgis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-14","Elliott Roosevelt dies in New York","Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott, after trying to leap from a window of his apartment, suffers a last seizure and dies. Roosevelt is crushed by grief. Mrs. Evans, the woman Elliott lived with, receives $1,250 to stay silent. Roosevelt also sends a civil service letter to Lucius Swift.",["elliott-roosevelt","mrs-evans","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-15","Conie mourns Elliott in a letter","Roosevelt's sister Conie writes Bamie about seeing Elliott after his death, describing how the swelling had left his face and the gentle look that brought her to tears.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elliott-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1894-08-18","Elliott laid to rest in Brooklyn","Roosevelt weeps at his brother Elliott's funeral; Elliott is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Writing to Bamie, Roosevelt likens his brother in his last days to a hunted animal.",["elliott-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Green-Wood Cemetery"],["1894-08-21","Commission business with Senator Gorman","Back at work in Washington, Roosevelt writes Senator Arthur Gorman about the Civil Service Commission and a congressional committee, and sends Lucius Swift a letter on commission affairs.",["arthur-p-gorman","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-27","Another letter on commission affairs","From Washington, Roosevelt writes the Swifts again on civil service business.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-29","Remembering Elliott at his best","Writing to his sister Conie, Roosevelt says he now wants to hold only happy memories of Elliott, recalling the boy who explored hotels with them and went to dancing class.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elliott-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-08-31","Turning down a run for mayor","New York City reformers urge Roosevelt to run for mayor. Edith objects, preferring their settled life and his steady post in Washington, and Roosevelt, against his own wishes, says no.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-09-01","A gift for a pony cart","Alice's Lee grandparents send Roosevelt money for a pony cart that Alice and the younger children can share.",["george-lee","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Oyster Bay"],["1894-09-02","A. P. Jones signs the guest book","A. P. Jones is recorded as a visitor at the house.",["a-p-jones"],"Oyster Bay"],["1894-09-03","Writing Lodge from Oyster Bay","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Lodge a wide-ranging letter about the civil service, politics, and books.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-05","Heading west to Medora","Roosevelt sets out for the Badlands and his ranch country around Medora.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-13","Ted turns 7","Roosevelt's son Ted turns seven. He reads all the time, but he squints and his eyesight is poor.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-15","Robinsons and Uncle Jimmy visit","Douglas and Corinne Robinson, Teresa Houghton, Mr. Peel, Mr. Morris, and Uncle James K. Gracie all appear in the guest book.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","james-king-gracie","teresa-houghton","mr-peel","mr-morris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-27","Conie turns 33","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 33rd birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-28","Edith regrets the mayoral decision","Edith is upset to learn how much Roosevelt had wanted to run for mayor and how readily he treated her objection as final. She writes Bamie that she had not understood his feelings at all.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-29","Back from the West","Roosevelt returns home from his trip to the Dakota ranch country.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-09-30","Five antelope in two weeks","Home at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Lodge that his ranch visit lasted just two weeks and that he shot five antelope.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-10-08","Promising Lodge the mayoralty story","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Lodge he will explain his side of the mayoral episode in person.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-10-09","Back to Washington; family to Vermont","Roosevelt returns to Washington. Meanwhile his sister Bamie carries Edith and the youngsters off to Vermont for a two-week holiday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-10-10","Kermit turns 5; plans for a Bronx zoo","Son Kermit turns five, a self-contained boy with a curious mind who does little schoolwork. In Washington, Roosevelt writes Swift on the civil service and tells Madison Grant about plans he and others are making to found the Bronx Zoo.",["kermit-roosevelt","lucius-b-swift","madison-grant"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-11","Election talk and feeling against Platt","Roosevelt writes Lodge from Washington about the coming elections and the mood against New York party boss Thomas C. Platt. The record also notes a birthday for his niece Eleanor.",["henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-12","Itching to speak his mind","Roosevelt confides to Swift that he wishes he could leave office briefly just to say some things publicly. He also writes T. T. Hudson about resisting anti-Catholic societies.",["lucius-b-swift","t-t-hudson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-13","Civil service letter to Swift","In Washington, Roosevelt sends Swift another letter about the civil service.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-14","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-15","Reassuring Bishop Keane","Roosevelt writes Bishop John Keane to assure him the Republican party holds no prejudice against Catholics.",["john-j-keane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-17","Looking ahead to the elections","From Washington, Roosevelt writes Swift about the approaching elections.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-21","More civil service mail","Roosevelt writes Swift from Washington about the civil service.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-22","No money to run for mayor","Writing Bamie, Roosevelt explains that he lacked the money for a mayoral campaign. He also writes Swift about post offices in Indiana.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-23","A letter on Scottish history","Roosevelt writes J. W. Fox from Washington about the history of Scotland.",["john-fox-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-24","\"I would have given my right arm\"","Roosevelt pours out his regret to Lodge over the mayoral race he passed up, calling it a chance that would not come again. He takes the blame himself rather than putting it on Edith, and says the matter is best left behind.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-25","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-26","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-27","Roosevelt turns 36","Roosevelt marks his 36th birthday in Washington and writes Lodge about politics and the civil service.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-28","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-29","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-30","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-10-31","Month's end; Strong's mayoral win noted","The page closing October lists Sagamore Hill, Massachusetts, and Washington among Roosevelt's stops, and notes that reformer William L. Strong wins election as mayor of New York City.",["william-l-strong"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-11-06","Election Day 1894","Voters go to the polls across the country on Election Day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1894-11-08","At Groton","The chronology places Roosevelt in Groton, Massachusetts.",[],"Groton"],["1894-11-09","In Boston","Roosevelt is in Boston.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-11","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-12","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-13","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-14","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-20","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-23","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-26","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-27","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-28","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-29","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Boston"],["1894-11-30","Down with bronchitis","Roosevelt is sick with bronchitis.",[],"Boston"],["1894-12-02","Eighth wedding anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark eight years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1894-12-04","Connecting Riis with the new mayor","From Washington, Roosevelt writes Swift about the civil service and urges Jacob Riis to meet Mayor-elect William L. Strong.",["lucius-b-swift","jacob-riis","william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-05","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-06","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-07","Bedridden, writing about cowboy fiction","Laid up with bronchitis in Washington, Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about cowboys and lumbermen in fiction and the failings of writers.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-08","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-09","Books and politics with Brander Matthews","Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews again from Washington, mixing literature with politics.",["brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-10","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-11","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-12","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-13","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-14","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-15","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-16","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-17","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-18","Strong offers the street cleaning post","New York's Mayor William L. Strong offers Roosevelt the job of Street Cleaning Commissioner, and Roosevelt declines. He also writes Henry Merwin about Harvard and athletics.",["henry-c-merwin","william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-25","Christmas jumping horses","On Christmas Day, Roosevelt takes his horses over jumps.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-26","Saying no to street cleaning","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has, after long wavering, refused the street cleaning post in New York. He also writes Carl Schurz turning the job down.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-29","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-30","Starting the fourth volume","In bitter cold Washington weather, Roosevelt tells Bamie he is trying to get Volume IV of his frontier history, The Winning of the West, under way.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1894-12-31","Braces, weaning, and migraines","At year's end the household has its share of troubles: Kermit and Alice both wear leg braces, baby Archie is being weaned, and Edith suffers from migraines.",["kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-02","Edith reports the job refusal","From Washington, Edith tells her sister Emily that Roosevelt has turned down New York's street cleaning commissionership.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-03","Riis as the mayor's adviser","Roosevelt writes Jacob Riis that he ought to become an adviser to Mayor William L. Strong.",["jacob-riis","william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-08","Literary letter to Horace Scudder","From Washington, Roosevelt writes editor Horace Scudder about literary matters.",["horace-e-scudder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-18","Bamie turns 40","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 40th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-20","Worried about Edith","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is anxious about Edith, who will not look after her own health no matter what he tries.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-25","Edith's rest in New Jersey","Edith writes her sister Emily that a fortnight at Corinne's home in Orange, New Jersey, gave her a needed break from family cares.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-26","Comparing civil services","Roosevelt writes Edward Porritt comparing the American civil service with Britain's.",["edward-porritt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-27","Minding four children in Washington","With Edith in Orange to have Alice's ankle braces adjusted, Roosevelt tells Bamie he is caring for the four younger children at home in Washington.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-28","Cleveland warns of Treasury drain","President Grover Cleveland sends Congress a message about a $45 million drain on the Treasury.",["grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-30","Gold crisis","The nation's gold crisis deepens.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-01-31","A Boone and Crockett book appears","The Boone and Crockett Club publishes Hunting in Many Lands, edited by George Bird Grinnell, with Roosevelt's piece \"Hunting in the Cattle Country\" among its stories.",["george-bird-grinnell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-03","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie from Washington.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-06","Mounted officers and exams","Roosevelt writes William Fitch, customs collector at the Texas border town of Eagle Pass, about having mounted officers draw up civil service examinations.",["william-fitch"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-07","Cleveland and Morgan confer on gold","At the White House, President Cleveland meets J. Pierpont Morgan to deal with the gold crisis. Roosevelt is in Washington.",["grover-cleveland","j-pierpont-morgan"],"White House"],["1895-02-08","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-09","Defending the Civil Service Law","Roosevelt writes F. Doremus standing up for the civil service statute.",["f-doremus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-10","Dinner with the Chanlers","Winthrop Chanler and his wife join Roosevelt for dinner in Washington.",["winthrop-chanler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-11","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-12","Alice turns 11","Alice celebrates her 11th birthday in Washington with her grandfather George Lee visiting. Edith calls her a right hand and companion, and of the children Alice is closest to Ted.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","george-lee","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-13","The commission secretary's pay","Roosevelt writes Senator Francis Cockrell about a proposed pay cut for the Civil Service Commission's secretary.",["francis-m-cockrell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-17","Skiing in the snow","Snow covers Washington, and Roosevelt tells Bamie he has been trying out Norwegian snowshoes, as skis were then called, and riding with Lodge.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-18","Stray page header","Nothing is recorded for this day beyond a page heading.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-21","Standing up for civil service","Roosevelt writes Hugh McKittrick defending civil service reform.",["hugh-mckittrick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-24","Revolt breaks out in Cuba","Cuban rebels launch an uprising against Spanish rule.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-25","Guests at the dinner table","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Henry White and his wife came to dinner, along with the young architect Grant LaFarge, son of artist John LaFarge.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-white","c-grant-lafarge","john-lafarge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-27","Fed up with Bissell","Writing Lucius Swift, Roosevelt says he is disgusted with Postmaster General Bissell.",["lucius-b-swift","wilson-s-bissell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-02-28","Skis, appropriations, and Hero Tales","Roosevelt writes Lodge about Doyle's appropriation, keeps teaching himself to ski, and works alongside Lodge on their book of Hero Tales for young Americans.",["henry-cabot-lodge","doyle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-02","A good word for O'Beirne","Roosevelt tells General James R. O'Beirne he has written Mayor Strong on his behalf.",["james-r-o-beirne","william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-03","Inspecting Cincinnati; Taft introduces him","Roosevelt travels to Cincinnati to inspect the city's post office and federal revenue office. He gives a speech, with William Howard Taft making the introduction.",["william-howard-taft"],"Cincinnati"],["1895-03-04","In Cincinnati","Roosevelt remains in Cincinnati.",[],"Cincinnati"],["1895-03-05","Still in Cincinnati","Roosevelt is still in Cincinnati.",[],"Cincinnati"],["1895-03-06","Edith writes her mother","Edith sends a letter to her mother, Gertrude Carow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-07","Sparring with Kipling","Roosevelt meets Rudyard Kipling again, and the two argue over a great many things, America above all.",["rudyard-kipling"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-08","New York politics and Joe Murray","Edith visits the Tylers. Roosevelt writes Charles Parkhurst about Joe Murray and city politics, writes Murray about politics and obeying civil service rules, and dines at the Shoreham.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-h-parkhurst","joseph-murray"],"New York City"],["1895-03-09","A sketch of Kipling for Bamie","Roosevelt sends Bamie an account of his week, including a less than flattering description of Kipling's face.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","rudyard-kipling"],"New York City"],["1895-03-11","Why football matters","Roosevelt writes Walter Camp about a book of football facts and figures. He argues Americans need sport and exercise, names football his favorite, scorns critics who call it too rough, and notes he boxed and wrestled at college but was too nearsighted for football.",["walter-camp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-14","Hero Tales for young readers","Roosevelt writes Joseph Sears, who edits Harper's Young People, the magazine where portions of his Hero Tales book were appearing.",["joseph-sears"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-19","School reform, Murray, and Cuba","Roosevelt sends a flurry of letters: to Parkhurst vouching for Joe Murray's character, to Lemuel Quigg and Governor Levi Morton backing New York school reform that Platt opposes, and to Brander Matthews about Kipling. He tells Morton he would want a commission if troops went to Cuba, though he expects no war.",["charles-h-parkhurst","joseph-murray","lemuel-e-quigg","levi-p-morton","brander-matthews","rudyard-kipling","william-l-strong","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-25","The school bill report","Roosevelt writes Lemuel Quigg about a subcommittee's report on the school bill.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-03-26","Surprised by a police board push","Roosevelt tells Lemuel Quigg he had not expected Quigg to actually urge the mayor to name him a Police Commissioner.",["lemuel-e-quigg","william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-01","Lodge to meet Quigg about the police job","Roosevelt wires Lemuel Quigg that Lodge will see him in New York, a meeting meant to arrange Roosevelt's appointment to the city's Police Board.",["lemuel-e-quigg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-02","Writing to an anonymous reviewer","Roosevelt writes to the unnamed critic who reviewed the third volume of his frontier history; the reviewer turns out to be historian Frederick Jackson Turner.",["frederick-jackson-turner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-03","Yes to the New York Police Board","Roosevelt agrees to become one of New York City's four police commissioners, at $6,000 a year, and wires Quigg his acceptance. To Lodge he admits he still feels unsure about the job and what lies ahead.",["lemuel-e-quigg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-05","A dinner full of writers and diplomats","Roosevelt hosts a dinner for a lively company: novelist Owen Wister, Kipling, Tom Page, John Hay, and Austin Wadsworth, along with Merriam, Procter, and Rockhill.",["owen-wister","rudyard-kipling","thomas-nelson-page","john-hay","william-austin-wadsworth","mr-merriam","william-w-rockhill","mr-procter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-06","Coming around on Kipling","Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews he now shares Matthews's view of Kipling, and mentions dining with the Brooks Adamses.",["brander-matthews","rudyard-kipling","brooks-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-07","Spring in Rock Creek","Roosevelt writes Bamie that spring has arrived and takes the children out to Rock Creek.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-09","Archie turns 1","Baby Archie celebrates his first birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-10","Turner unmasked; Edith on a bicycle","Roosevelt writes Frederick Jackson Turner, now known to be his reviewer, about western history. Edith tells her sister Emily she has taken up bicycle lessons and finds them hard going.",["frederick-jackson-turner","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-14","Rock Creek scramble and police news","Roosevelt tells Bamie about the family's regular Sunday afternoon romp in Rock Creek and shares news of his New York police appointment.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-17","Police appointment confirmed","Roosevelt's appointment as a New York police commissioner is confirmed for a six-year term. He writes Quigg about the post.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-18","Setting a start date","Roosevelt informs Mayor William L. Strong that he will take up his police duties on May 1, 1895.",["william-l-strong"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-19","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-20","Suggesting his successors","Roosevelt writes President Grover Cleveland proposing two candidates for his Civil Service Commission seat: Bellamy Storer and William Wharton.",["grover-cleveland","bellamy-storer","william-f-wharton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-21","Sad to leave Washington","With Corinne and Douglas Robinson visiting, Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is sorry to be leaving Washington after six years.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-22","Mary Leiter weds Lord Curzon","In Washington, Mary Leiter, whose parents are friends of Roosevelt's family, weds Lord Curzon.",["mary-leiter","george-curzon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-23","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-24","Word of a death in the family","Edith's aunt Mary Moore writes to tell her that her mother has died.",["mary-moore","edith-kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-tyler-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-25","Resigning from the commission","Roosevelt sends President Cleveland his resignation from the Civil Service Commission and writes fellow police commissioner Avery Andrews about the New York force.",["grover-cleveland","avery-d-andrews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-26","Questions about the Police Board's powers","Roosevelt asks Quigg to clarify the laws governing the Police Board, and tells Frederick Jackson Turner their views on western history line up.",["lemuel-e-quigg","frederick-jackson-turner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-27","Edith's mother dies abroad","A telegram brings word that Edith's mother, Gertrude Carow, has died abroad at 59 after a mix of illnesses; she had been dependent on morphine. Roosevelt writes Bamie about beach rights at Sagamore Hill and thanks Lucius Swift for a letter.",["gertrude-tyler-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-28","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-29","Exam letter; the Robinsons' anniversary","Corinne and Douglas Robinson mark 13 years of marriage. Roosevelt writes Judson Grenell about civil service examinations.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","judson-grenell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-04-30","The police world Roosevelt is entering","On the eve of the move, the chronology sketches New York's police: headquarters on Mulberry Street, reporters Lincoln Steffens and Jacob Riis keeping watch from across the street, board meetings twice a week, a powerful and wealthy chief in Thomas Byrnes, and corruption throughout the ranks.",["lincoln-steffens","jacob-riis","thomas-f-byrnes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-05-01","In Washington, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-05-02","A goodbye lunch with Henry Adams","Roosevelt is honored at a goodbye lunch in Washington, with Henry Adams among those present.",["henry-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-05-04","Civil service resignation takes effect","Roosevelt's six years on the U.S. Civil Service Commission formally come to an end as his resignation takes effect.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1895-05-06","Sworn in as police commissioner","At City Hall, Roosevelt takes the oath as a New York police commissioner, then walks north to Mulberry Street, where his fellow commissioners Frederick D. Grant, Avery Andrews, and Andrew Parker choose him board president. Hurrying into his new office with reporters Steffens and Riis, he asks what they should do first.",["frederick-d-grant","avery-d-andrews","andrew-d-parker","lincoln-steffens","jacob-riis"],"City Hall"],["1895-05-07","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-08","Albany trims the board president's power","The State Legislature passes a bill that reduces the authority of the Police Board's president, the post Roosevelt now holds.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-09","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-10","Corruption trials make news","Roosevelt lands in the headlines as patrolmen accused of corruption go on trial. He writes Charles Saxton about the veto of the Ainsworth bill.",["charles-t-saxton"],"New York City"],["1895-05-11","A woman secretary at headquarters","Roosevelt hires Minnie Gertrude Kelly, the first woman to serve as a secretary at police headquarters.",["minnie-gertrude-kelly"],"Police Headquarters, 300 Mulberry Street"],["1895-05-12","Long days on Mulberry Street","Roosevelt's routine: at headquarters by 8:30, striding fast and taking the stairs at a bound, and gone at 6:00. He writes Lodge about the new job.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Police Headquarters, 300 Mulberry Street"],["1895-05-13","Never worked harder","Roosevelt rents his sister Bamie's house at 689 Madison Avenue and writes her in London that his first six days were the hardest work of his life.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1895-05-14","At 689 Madison Avenue","Roosevelt is in New York City; the page cites a source on his move from the civil service to the police.",[],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1895-05-15","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-16","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-17","Profiled in the World","The New York World runs a portrait of Roosevelt. He writes Quigg about Police Chief Thomas Byrnes.",["lemuel-e-quigg","thomas-f-byrnes"],"New York City"],["1895-05-18","Ready to move on Byrnes","Roosevelt tells Lodge he plans to act against Chief Byrnes right away and does not trust him at all.",["henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-f-byrnes"],"New York City"],["1895-05-19","The city's most corrupt department","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he now runs the most important and most corrupt department in New York.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1895-05-20","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-21","A chronology for Hero Tales","Roosevelt passes along to Lodge Brander Matthews's idea of ending Hero Tales with a chronology.",["henry-cabot-lodge","brander-matthews"],"New York City"],["1895-05-22","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-23","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-24","\"Clubber\" Williams forced out","At Lincoln Steffens's urging, Roosevelt pushes the notoriously brutal Inspector Alexander \"Clubber\" Williams into resigning.",["alexander-s-williams","lincoln-steffens"],"New York City"],["1895-05-25","Sagamore Hill opened for summer","Edith records in the guest book that the house was opened for the season on May 25.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1895-05-28","Chief Byrnes steps down","Facing an investigation, with a generous pension waiting, Chief Thomas Byrnes resigns. Peter Conlin becomes the new chief.",["thomas-f-byrnes","peter-conlin"],"New York City"],["1895-05-29","Byrnes had to go","Roosevelt writes Seth Low that removing Byrnes was essential.",["seth-low","thomas-f-byrnes"],"New York City"],["1895-05-30","In New York, nothing more recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in New York City but notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-05-31","Decoration Day with the children","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill for Decoration Day and delights in the children. Edith's sister Emily Carow arrives to stay for six months; the two sisters are mourning their mother.",["emily-carow","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-06-02","In charge of the Police Board","Roosevelt tells Bamie he spends the work week alone in New York City and now has the Police Board firmly under his control.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1895-06-04","Henry White and M. Maxwell visit","Henry White and M. Maxwell are guests at the house.",["henry-white","m-maxwell"],"New York City"],["1895-06-05","Politics with Lodge","Roosevelt writes Lodge about politics.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-06-07","The first midnight ramble","At 2 a.m. Roosevelt and Jacob Riis set out from the Union League Club and walk to Third Avenue and 27th Street without meeting a single policeman. Second Avenue proves a bit better. Roosevelt tracks down the missing men and sends them back to their beats, though he punishes no one. Every paper headlines the patrol.",["jacob-riis","mr-elires"],"Union League Club"],["1895-06-08","Bicycling to the station","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Bamie he rides a bicycle between the station and 689 Madison Avenue.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-06-09","Grant LaFarge and Dr. Morris visit","Grant LaFarge and Dr. Morris appear in the guest book.",["c-grant-lafarge","dr-morris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-06-10","Order to close saloons on Sunday","Roosevelt directs the police captains to enforce the law keeping the city's saloons shut for the full 24 hours of Sunday, beginning at midnight Saturday.",[],"New York City"],["1895-06-11","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-06-12","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-06-13","Another night patrol, with steak at 3 a.m.","Roosevelt goes out again by night with writer Richard Harding Davis and Commissioner Avery Andrews. He praises a sergeant on the well-covered Lower East Side, catches Patrolman Rath, eats steak at Mike Lyons's all-night place on the Bowery at 3 a.m., then finds the West Side poorly patrolled.",["richard-harding-davis","avery-d-andrews","patrolman-rath"],"The Bowery"],["1895-06-14","At 689 Madison Avenue","Roosevelt is at his New York City house on Madison Avenue.",[],"Madison"],["1895-06-16","Missing the children","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has little time to write and misses the children during the work week; at home he romps with Archie in the evening and plays with baby Ethel at her crib. He also writes Lodge about Jessie the dog.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-06-23","A patrolman stands up to \"King\" Callahan","The closing law is enforced in New York: Patrolman Bourke makes saloonkeeper Pat \"King\" Callahan shut his bar and is assaulted for it. Roosevelt writes Bamie that he relishes his late-night walks for the force.",["patrolman-bourke","pat-callahan","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-06-24","Bourke cleared in court","Patrolman Bourke is vindicated at the Tombs Police Court in the Callahan case.",["patrolman-bourke","pat-callahan"],"Tombs Police Court"],["1895-06-25","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-06-26","Harvard class dinner; elected Overseer","Roosevelt attends his Harvard class dinner, 15 years after graduating, the only one he ever went to. He is elected a Harvard Overseer, leading the poll.",[],"Harvard University"],["1895-06-27","Marshal at Harvard, then to Nahant","Roosevelt serves as a marshal under Roger Wolcott, then goes with Lodge to Lodge's home at Nahant.",["roger-wolcott","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Harvard University"],["1895-06-28","Back to New York","Roosevelt returns to New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1895-06-30","A remarkably dry Sunday","Sunday closing is enforced again, and the papers call it the driest Sunday in years. Roosevelt sends Bamie a letter from Alice with a joke about Edith's efforts to get it written. His review of Benjamin Kidd's Social Evolution appears in the North American Review.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","benjamin-kidd"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-01","Chanlers and Spring-Rice visit","Winthrop Chanler, William Astor Chanler, Cecil Spring-Rice, and Lt. Von Hornell sign the guest book.",["cecil-spring-rice","winthrop-chanler","william-astor-chanler","lt-von-hornell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-03","Bamie is engaged","A cable reaches Sagamore Hill: Bamie, 40, is engaged to William Sheffield Cowles, 49, a Navy commander serving as naval attaché at the American embassy in London. One snag is that New York does not recognize his divorce.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-04","Dumbfounded, and glad","Roosevelt writes Bamie that the news of her engagement stunned the family, but that they are truly happy for her.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-05","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-06","Cousin John Elliott visits","John Elliott appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["john-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-07","Bars find back doors; Ethel's narrow escape","Saloonkeepers dodge the Sunday law with side doors and hidden liquor. Roosevelt writes Bamie that her engagement is the family's main topic and that he approves her choice, and reports that Ethel swallowed a bottle of nitre and a toadstool without harm.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-08","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-09","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-10","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-11","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-12","Not even lemonade on Sunday","A New York judge rules that the closing law covers every drink, including milk and lemonade. Roosevelt writes Swift about his work on the Police Board.",["lucius-b-swift"],"New York City"],["1895-07-13","The force by national origin","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz about the makeup of the police force by ethnic background.",["carl-schurz"],"New York City"],["1895-07-14","Keeping the peace at a parade","Roosevelt tells Lodge he turned out the police to guarantee order at a New York parade of Protestant Irish.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-07-16","Winning over German-Americans","Speaking at the Good Government Club on East 115th Street, Roosevelt persuades German-Americans, angered by the closing law, that his intentions are good.",[],"Good Government Club"],["1895-07-17","Reporting to Schurz","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz about events in the city and his Good Government Club speech.",["carl-schurz"],"New York City"],["1895-07-18","Saloons' weekend losses","The New York Times puts the saloons' average weekend loss from the closing crackdown at $20,000.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-19","Legal advice on Cowles's divorce","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has asked New York lawyers about Will Cowles's divorce problem; Cowles could seek relief in court or settle in a more tolerant state.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"New York City"],["1895-07-20","Trials of the liquor law","Roosevelt gives Lodge a full account of his struggles enforcing the liquor law.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-07-21","Thirsty New Yorkers leave town","On Sunday, at least half a million New Yorkers head to saloons in New Jersey and on Long Island to escape the closings.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-07-22","W. Hallett Phillips visits","W. Hallett Phillips appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["w-hallett-phillips"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-07-23","Glimpses of the swarming millions","On another midnight prowl, Roosevelt finds every policeman where he should be, and calls the night walks great fun.",[],"New York City"],["1895-07-25","Mr. Mantins visits","Mr. Mantins appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mr-mantins"],"New York City"],["1895-07-27","Mr. Parker visits","Mr. Parker appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mr-parker"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-07-28","Driest Sunday so far","New York has its driest Sunday yet; Roosevelt is at Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-07-30","Free silver","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the free silver question.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-07-31","A pink shirt and a Scribner's article","Roosevelt is seen in an English straw boater, pink shirt, and black silk cummerbund with tassels hanging to his knees. Scribner's Magazine publishes his article looking back on his years fighting the spoils system. Mrs. James Lowndes visits.",["mrs-james-lowndes"],"New York City"],["1895-08-03","Indian words for Dana","Roosevelt writes editor Charles A. Dana on the subject of Indian words. Avery Andrews, Grant LaFarge, and Mr. Smalley are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["charles-a-dana","avery-d-andrews","c-grant-lafarge","george-w-smalley"],"New York City"],["1895-08-05","A bomb in the mail","A bomb mailed to Roosevelt is opened by a wary post office clerk; it fails to go off.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-08-06","Edith turns 34","On Edith's 34th birthday, Roosevelt writes Horace Scudder introducing Lincoln Steffens to the Atlantic, and writes Carl Schurz about false stories in the German press.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","horace-e-scudder","lincoln-steffens","carl-schurz"],"New York City"],["1895-08-07","Sunday and the family wage","At Carnegie Hall, Roosevelt addresses the national convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union. Mayor Strong, Archbishop Corrigan, Commissioner Parker, and State Senator \"Big Tim\" Sullivan share the stage. He argues that no man's Sunday pleasures should cost his family his week's pay.",["william-l-strong","andrew-d-parker","michael-a-corrigan","timothy-d-sullivan"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1895-08-08","Thanks to Lodge in Europe","Roosevelt writes Lodge, who is traveling in Europe, that he enjoyed his letter.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-08-10","Dan Tyler Moore visits","Dan Tyler Moore appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["dan-tyler-moore"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-08-11","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-08-12","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-08-13","Ethel turns 4","Ethel turns four, everyone's favorite and a little girl who loves the water.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"New York City"],["1895-08-14","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-08-15","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-08-16","No entry for this day","The chronology records nothing for this day beyond a stray page mark.",[],"New York City"],["1895-08-20","Mrs. Clifford Richardson visits","Mrs. Clifford Richardson appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mrs-clifford-richardson"],"New York City"],["1895-08-23","Daylight patrol; saloonkeepers come around","Roosevelt inspects the precincts by day, and the Liquor Sellers Association declares its support for the Sunday closing law.",[],"New York City"],["1895-08-25","Richardson and Procter visit","Clifford Richardson and Morton Procter appear in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["clifford-richardson","morton-procter"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-08-27","Speaking in steaming East Side halls","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has spoken repeatedly through the summer in crowded, sweltering East Side halls before heated audiences.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-08-28","Mrs. Alexander Moore visits","Mrs. Alexander Moore appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["mrs-alexander-moore"],"New York City"],["1895-08-29","Uncle James Gracie visits","James King Gracie appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1895-08-31","Lodge sees a large kingdom ahead","Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Lambert visit. Lodge writes Roosevelt predicting that his swift rise will soon bring him great things. Roosevelt sometimes lunches with Conie at the Vienna Bakery at 10th and Broadway. The page also lists the Roosevelt cousins summering near Sagamore Hill.",["henry-cabot-lodge","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","emlen-roosevelt","west-roosevelt","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-09-01","Driest Sunday yet","New York sees its driest Sunday so far under the closing law.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-09-08","Four months of success","Roosevelt tells Bamie the last four months have been the most successful of his life.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-09-10","Speaking in Buffalo","Roosevelt gives a speech in Buffalo, New York.",[],"Buffalo"],["1895-09-12","Fanny Shenges visits","Fanny Shenges appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["fanny-shenges"],"New York City"],["1895-09-13","Ted turns 8","Ted turns eight. Edith finds him more like his father all the time, though he is growing slowly.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1895-09-15","All his time for the Police Board","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Henry White that the Police Board has consumed every hour he has.",["henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-09-17","A relic of Stuyvesant's pear tree","Roosevelt writes Mayor Strong about a piece of the historic pear tree planted by Peter Stuyvesant, and writes W. Hallett Phillips about the Lenox Library matter.",["william-l-strong","w-hallett-phillips"],"New York City"],["1895-09-19","Hands off the clubs","Roosevelt tells W. Hallett Phillips he will not interfere with New York's private clubs over Sunday closing.",["w-hallett-phillips"],"New York City"],["1895-09-20","More on Sunday closing","Roosevelt writes Phillips again about the Sunday closing fight.",["w-hallett-phillips"],"New York City"],["1895-09-25","\"Ich bin hier!\"","Opponents of the Sunday law stage a two-hour parade through Yorkville and mockingly invite Roosevelt, who shows up and enjoys the floats lampooning him. When a spectator calls out in German asking where Roosevelt is, he answers in German that he is right there. Bob Ferguson visits Sagamore Hill.",["bob-ferguson"],"Yorkville"],["1895-09-27","Conie turns 34","Corinne celebrates her 34th birthday; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-09-28","Politics look grim","Roosevelt tells Bamie the political outlook is bleak but he means to fight it out to the end.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-09-30","Rent due on Madison Avenue","Roosevelt and Edith learn that from now on they must pay rent for the house at 689 Madison Avenue to Bamie and her husband-to-be, Will Cowles.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1895-10-01","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-02","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-03","Too busy for politics, he tells Lodge","Writing from New York City to Henry Cabot Lodge, who is traveling in Spain with his family, Roosevelt says he has little time to spare for politics.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-10-04","Explaining himself to Carl Schurz","Roosevelt tells Carl Schurz he followed Schurz's advice in reviewing a Yorkville parade, and assures him he bears German-Americans no ill will.",["carl-schurz"],"Yorkville"],["1895-10-05","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-06","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at home at Sagamore Hill, a short break from the city.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-10-07","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-08","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-09","A day in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his work as president of the Police Board keeps him through the autumn election season. The record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-10","Kermit turns six; Leslie's sizes up TR","Kermit Roosevelt celebrates his sixth birthday, described as a funny, loving little boy very much his own person. The same day Leslie's Weekly runs a piece weighing Roosevelt and the task facing him at police headquarters.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1895-10-11","Few true friends, he confides to Lodge","On his niece Eleanor's eleventh birthday, Roosevelt pours out his feelings to Henry Cabot Lodge, saying that outside his family he counts only one or two people as real friends.",["eleanor-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-10-12","Speaking to a huge political crowd","Roosevelt addresses a giant political rally in New York City with Joe Murray, his old political sponsor, in the chair.",["joseph-murray"],"New York City"],["1895-10-13","Sunday home, and a rent offer for Bamie","Home at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells his sister Bamie he spends the week in the city, speaking nightly, and gets only a few hours at home on Sundays. Edith writes Bamie offering $1,800 to rent her townhouse from January through April, promising to keep it clean and treat her things with care.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-10-14","A speech in Boston","Roosevelt travels to Boston and gives a speech there.",[],"Boston"],["1895-10-15","Hard at work on the stump","Roosevelt writes Seth Low that he is working hard and giving speeches, even though Republicans are distancing themselves from him.",["seth-low"],"New York City"],["1895-10-17","Four rallies in Baltimore","Roosevelt speaks to four Republican mass meetings in Baltimore and has a talk with Tom Reed.",["thomas-b-reed"],"Baltimore"],["1895-10-18","\"Parochial politics\"","Roosevelt writes Lodge from New York City about the small-bore local politics consuming his days.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-10-19","Another New York rally","Roosevelt takes the platform at a New York City political gathering.",[],"New York City"],["1895-10-20","A break with Quigg","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has quarreled with Lemuel Quigg. His wife Edith wishes her husband had held back his jab that the good-government reformers had turned foolish.",["henry-cabot-lodge","lemuel-e-quigg","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1895-10-22","Defending his party loyalty","Answering criticism from Preble Tucker, Roosevelt defends backing the Republican ticket over the Independent one and explains his nickname for the reformers, \"Goo-Goos.\"",["preble-tucker"],"New York City"],["1895-10-25","Guests in the book","The guest book records two visitors: Mr. White and Mr. Versehoyle.",["mr-white","mr-versehoyle"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-10-27","A 37th birthday, a week from the vote","On his 37th birthday Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is grateful only one more week remains before the election.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-10-28","Election odds look poor","Roosevelt tells Henry White the fates seem to be running against his side in the coming election.",["henry-white"],"New York City"],["1895-10-29","An outcry against his speeches","Roosevelt reports to Lodge that his campaign speeches have taken aim at many people, and the backlash against him is loud.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1895-10-30","Answering a newspaper attack","Roosevelt writes editor Charles Dana about a newspaper attack on him by Ashbel P. Fitch, and writes Maria Storer about appointing Catholics, among other matters.",["charles-a-dana","ashbel-p-fitch","maria-longworth-storer"],"New York City"],["1895-10-31","Running on nerves","Roosevelt may be pushing himself too hard in the campaign's last days; he is noted as very tense.",[],"New York City"],["1895-11-02","Douglas Robinson visits","Roosevelt's brother-in-law Douglas Robinson signs the guest book.",["douglas-robinson"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-11-05","Republicans lose the city, and TR is blamed","On Election Day Republicans carry upstate New York but fall to the Democrats in New York City, a defeat laid at the feet of Roosevelt's unpopular crusade to enforce the law.",[],"New York City"],["1895-11-06","No letup, he tells police captains","The day after the election, Roosevelt summons the police captains and makes clear the Board expects the laws to be enforced as strictly as ever.",[],"New York City"],["1895-11-08","Riding and chopping at home","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt rides, chops wood and walks with Edith and the children. He also writes Lemuel Quigg that plenty of people are hoping the two of them will split.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-09","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-10","Ready to take the blame","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he expected all along to be blamed for the election loss.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-15","Crime is down, he reports","Roosevelt tells Lemuel Quigg that crime is running below 1894 levels and the city has been notably calm.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-16","Expecting to be legislated out","Roosevelt predicts to Bamie that lawmakers will abolish his job within a couple of months.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-17","Back to the frontier history","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt works on the fourth volume of his frontier history, The Winning of the West.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-18","A wedding check for Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie, about to marry in London, marveling that she will be a wife by the time his letter arrives. He and Edith send the couple $500.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-11-19","Wishing he could be at the wedding","From 689 Madison Avenue Roosevelt tells Bamie how much he longs to be with her and her new husband.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Madison"],["1895-11-22","Stung by the mayor's joke","Roosevelt takes offense at Mayor Strong's banquet quip, aimed at him, that a Dutchman could be turned into a Puritan.",["william-l-strong"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-11-24","Conie writes about the wedding plans","Roosevelt's sister Conie sends him and Edith news of the preparations for Bamie's wedding.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-11-25","Bamie weds in London","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie marries naval officer William S. Cowles in London, at Westminster's St. Andrew's Church. Conie and Douglas Robinson are there, cousin Rosy Roosevelt walks her down the aisle, and Bob Ferguson is an usher. Roosevelt himself stays in New York.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","james-roosevelt-roosevelt","bob-ferguson"],"Madison"],["1895-11-27","Newspapers push; he holds course","Roosevelt tells Henry White he is being driven hard, with the papers trying to steer him off his course at the Police Board, and says how badly he misses Bamie and her new husband.",["henry-white","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"New York City"],["1895-11-29","If only he could buy Remingtons","Roosevelt tells Frederic Remington he wishes he were rich enough to buy a number of his paintings, and they swap notes on \"ganglio,\" a Western word unknown back East.",["frederic-remington"],"New York City"],["1895-12-01","Writing about the frontier","Roosevelt keeps at his fourth Winning of the West volume.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-12-02","Longing for a holiday","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt tells Bamie he would love a break.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-07","Backing Lodge on Venezuela","Roosevelt endorses Lodge's resolution in the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary dispute, arguing that an attack on Venezuela should count as an attack on the United States. He also writes Brander Matthews about books and Kipling.",["henry-cabot-lodge","brander-matthews","rudyard-kipling"],"New York City"],["1895-12-13","Governor Morton is angry","Roosevelt reports to Lodge that Governor Levi Morton is furious that Roosevelt favors Tom Reed for the 1896 presidential nomination.",["henry-cabot-lodge","levi-p-morton","thomas-b-reed"],"New York City"],["1895-12-16","No entry for the day","The chronology has nothing recorded for this day beyond a page number.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-12-17","No entry for the day","The chronology has nothing recorded for this day beyond a page number.",[],"New York City"],["1895-12-18","No entry for the day","The chronology has nothing recorded for this day beyond a page number.",[],"New York City"],["1895-12-19","Dinner with the city's department heads","Roosevelt dines at the Crugers' home and meets the heads of the city's departments.",["cruger-family"],"New York City"],["1895-12-20","Reed or Morton for 1896?","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the race for the 1896 Republican nomination between Tom Reed and Platt's man, Levi P. Morton, and tells W. Hallett Phillips he could not place Phillips' article.",["henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-b-reed","levi-p-morton","thomas-c-platt","w-hallett-phillips"],"New York City"],["1895-12-21","An article in the Outlook","Roosevelt has an article in the Outlook. He also writes W. Hallett Phillips that he was unable to get Phillips' piece published.",["w-hallett-phillips"],"Oyster Bay"],["1895-12-22","Toys from Schwarz's","Roosevelt writes William S. Cowles that he hopes the government holds firm on Venezuela, and tells Bamie he spent the money she sent on Christmas presents for the children at Schwarz's toy store.",["william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-23","Volume IV done, and a lonely Christmas note","Roosevelt completes his fourth Winning of the West volume. In a holiday letter he tells Lodge he misses their usual Christmas dinner together, complains that even Quigg is playing him false, vows to keep fighting, and notes Hero Tales is coming out in an edition for blind readers.",["henry-cabot-lodge","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-24","Holidays at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home with his family at Sagamore Hill over the holidays.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day with Edith and the children at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-26","Holidays at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home with his family at Sagamore Hill over the holidays.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-27","\"This country needs a war\"","Angered by calls for peace in the Venezuela crisis, Roosevelt writes Lodge that the clamor has persuaded him the nation needs a war.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-28","Holidays at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home with his family at Sagamore Hill over the holidays.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-29","Bob Ferguson visits; the children thrive","Bob Ferguson is a guest at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt writes Bamie that the children are rosy-cheeked, healthy and happy.",["bob-ferguson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1895-12-31","Bram Stoker's verdict on Roosevelt","Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, records his impression of Roosevelt as a man who cannot be flattered, scared or bought, and predicts he will one day be President.",["bram-stoker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-01-01","New Year's Day at home","Roosevelt begins 1896 at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-01-02","Back to Bamie's house for the winter","The family moves into Bamie's house at 689 Madison Avenue for the winter, now as paying tenants. Ted and Alice start dancing lessons with Mr. Dodsworth, who once taught their father. Roosevelt writes Lodge about machine support for Parker, and the Harvard Crimson faulting campus opposition to the firm Venezuela policy.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mr-dodsworth","henry-cabot-lodge","andrew-d-parker","frederick-d-grant"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-01-03","Hero Tales sells out","The first printing of Hero Tales from American History, written by Roosevelt with Henry Cabot Lodge, is sold out.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-01-04","Corinne and Douglas call; Utah becomes a state","Conie and Douglas Robinson visit Roosevelt. Nationally, Utah becomes the nation's 45th state.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-01-05","Missing Bamie in her own house","Roosevelt tells Bamie it feels odd to live in her house without her there, and mentions a Republican Club dinner for Cornelius Bliss.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","cornelius-n-bliss"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1896-01-06","Steering clear of fights with Parker","Roosevelt tells Lodge he is working to avoid clashes with fellow commissioner Andrew Parker, whom The Sun is now championing against him.",["henry-cabot-lodge","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-01-07","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-08","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-09","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-10","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-11","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-12","Lunch with a London editor","Roosevelt describes for Bamie lunching with the London Chronicle's Norman.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-norman"],"New York City"],["1896-01-13","On peace-at-any-price men","Roosevelt writes Albert Bushnell Hart about the Monroe Doctrine, the Venezuela dispute and those who want peace whatever the cost.",["albert-bushnell-hart"],"New York City"],["1896-01-14","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-15","New York and Washington","The record places Roosevelt in both New York City and Washington, D.C., on this day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-16","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-17","Spain recalls Campos from Cuba","In world news, the Spanish government pulls General Arsenio Martínez Campos out of Cuba.",["arsenio-martinez-campos"],"New York City"],["1896-01-18","Bamie turns 41","Roosevelt's sister Bamie celebrates her 41st birthday while he is in New York City.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-01-19","Platt says his job is doomed","At the Fifth Avenue Hotel Roosevelt meets Thomas C. Platt, the \"Easy Boss,\" who tells him the Greater New York bill will pass and cost him his post, shifting hiring and firing to Roosevelt's enemy Governor Morton. Roosevelt tells Bamie a foreign war would be welcome.",["thomas-c-platt","levi-p-morton","william-l-strong","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1896-01-20","Winning over the Methodist ministers","Roosevelt speaks to the Methodist Ministers' Association at 150 Fifth Avenue and brings them firmly to his side; they will not stand by while politicians remove him. Edith writes to Bamie.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-01-21","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-22","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-23","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-24","The anti-Roosevelt bill is dropped","The New York Times prints the full text of the bill aimed at ousting Roosevelt, and the measure is then pulled. Roosevelt stays loyal to the party.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-25","Off to Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1896-01-26","Visiting the Lodges","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he and Edith are staying with the Lodges in Washington and have seen Tom Reed.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-b-reed","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1896-01-27","In Washington","Roosevelt remains in Washington, D.C.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1896-01-28","Home to New York","Roosevelt and Edith travel back to New York City.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1896-01-29","A scorching rebuke to Alphonse Major","Roosevelt sends Alphonse Major a blistering letter condemning his hostility toward Catholics on the police force.",["alphonse-major"],"New York City"],["1896-01-30","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-01-31","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-01","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-02","Friendless in the city","Writing Bamie from 689 Madison Avenue, Roosevelt says he has no friend of any standing left in New York, among either reporters or politicians.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Madison"],["1896-02-03","Writing to a police corporal","Roosevelt writes Corporal David Sibbald of the city police about missing the deadline for the sergeant's examination.",["david-sibbald"],"New York City"],["1896-02-04","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-05","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-06","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-07","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-08","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-09","Weyler lands in Havana","While Roosevelt is in New York, General Valeriano Weyler arrives in Havana from Spain to take over from Campos.",["valeriano-weyler","arsenio-martinez-campos"],"New York City"],["1896-02-10","Weyler takes a harder line in Cuba","In Cuba, the newly arrived General Weyler begins a tougher campaign against the rebels. Roosevelt is in New York City.",["valeriano-weyler"],"New York City"],["1896-02-11","Mahan to dinner","Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan and Colonel Greene dine with Roosevelt, and his sister Conie is staying with him. He tells Will Cowles he expects to be legislated out of office and is racing to rebuild and toughen the force before then, and writes Francis Scott about police spying.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","francis-v-greene","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-sheffield-cowles","francis-scott"],"New York City"],["1896-02-12","Alice turns 12; congratulations to Rockhill","On his daughter Alice's twelfth birthday, Roosevelt congratulates William Rockhill on being named Assistant Secretary of State.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-w-rockhill"],"New York City"],["1896-02-13","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-14","Writing on civil service","Roosevelt writes to Swift about the civil service. In Cuba, rebels sever every telegraph line into Havana.",["lucius-b-swift"],"New York City"],["1896-02-15","Closing the police lodging rooms","Roosevelt orders the police station lodging rooms shut for good, the outcome of a long campaign he waged with Jacob Riis against the filthy overnight shelters.",["jacob-riis"],"New York City"],["1896-02-17","Busy at the board; Mame is ill","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is swamped with Police Board work, and that with the nurse Mame sick, Edith is worn out caring for the children alone. He also writes Assistant Secretary of State William Rockhill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","william-w-rockhill"],"Madison"],["1896-02-18","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-19","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-20","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-22","\"Manly Virtues\" in Chicago","Roosevelt gives a University of Chicago talk titled \"Manly Virtues.\" In Cuba, 48 civilians are slaughtered at Guatao.",[],"University of Chicago"],["1896-02-25","Job pressures and country schools","Roosevelt lays out the strains of his job for Bamie and weighs the drawbacks of Long Island's country schools. He sends Lodge two letters on police business and national affairs.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-02-26","Spanish troops reach Cuba","More Spanish soldiers land in Cuba to put down the rising. Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-27","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-02-28","Parker blocks two promotions","At a Police Board meeting Roosevelt proposes promoting Nicholas Brooks and John McCullagh, but Commissioner Andrew Parker votes no and stops them.",["nicholas-brooks","john-mccullagh","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-02-29","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, busy with the Police Board. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-01","News from the city for Bamie","Roosevelt sends Bamie a letter full of New York happenings.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-03-02","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-03","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-04","The high cost of city life","Edith writes Bamie that simply living in New York is very expensive. Roosevelt is in the city.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-03-05","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-06","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-07","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-08","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-09","Proofreading the frontier, eyeing Spain","Roosevelt warns Bamie that Platt's camp wants him and his allies out of office. He is reading proofs of the fourth Winning of the West volume and says he would welcome fighting Spain if it ended the chaos and bad rule in Cuba.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","thomas-c-platt"],"New York City"],["1896-03-10","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-11","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-12","Chief Conlin refuses to help","The Police Board calls in Chief Peter Conlin to break Commissioner Parker's deadlock over promotions. Conlin declines, and insists every promotion be sent to him first.",["peter-conlin","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-03-13","A dinner party with Parker","The board orders Conlin to give his answer in writing. That evening Roosevelt hosts Parker at 689 Madison Avenue along with Charles Parkhurst, Joseph Bucklin Bishop and others. Walking home, Parker grumbles to Bishop about how much Roosevelt talks; Bishop replies that Roosevelt says whatever he thinks the moment he thinks it.",["peter-conlin","andrew-d-parker","charles-h-parkhurst","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-cabot-lodge"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1896-03-14","Parker shows his hand","Parker repeats to Roosevelt only the unflattering half of Bishop's remark about his \"boy's mind.\" Roosevelt confronts Bishop, hears the full story, and concludes that Parker bears close watching.",["andrew-d-parker","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"New York City"],["1896-03-15","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-16","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-17","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-18","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-19","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-20","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-21","Dreading a McKinley nomination","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is sorry the Republicans look likely to choose William McKinley as their presidential candidate.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-03-22","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-23","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-24","The papers laugh at a stalled commissioner","Newspapers start ridiculing Roosevelt as powerless on the Police Board, where Parker and Chief Conlin thwart every move he makes.",["andrew-d-parker","peter-conlin"],"New York City"],["1896-03-25","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-26","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-27","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-28","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-29","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-03-30","\"The constitution of a bull moose\"","Roosevelt and fellow commissioners persuade the legislature to replace the state's bipartisan police board law with one more to his liking. He tells Bamie the U.S. ought to push Spain out of Cuba, and admits the board is wearing on him. He tells Henry White that Edith is still mourning her mother.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-white","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-03-31","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-01","Majority rule for the Police Board","Under the Greater New York bill, three police commissioners will be able to outvote two.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-02","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-03","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-04","Aunt Lizzie's, then the Century","Roosevelt dines at Aunt Lizzie's and afterward stops by the Century Club.",["aunt-lizzie"],"Century Association"],["1896-04-05","Not legislated out after all","Writing Bamie and Will Cowles, Roosevelt talks battleship guns and his job, and reports that the Greater New York bill will not cost him his post.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Madison"],["1896-04-06","Congress recognizes war in Cuba","Both houses of Congress adopt resolutions recognizing a state of war between Spain and the Cuban rebels and affirming American neutrality.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-07","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-08","Death of cousin West Roosevelt","Edith writes Bamie that Roosevelt's cousin James West Roosevelt has died, his weak lungs worsened by drinking and morphine.",["west-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-04-09","A poor showing in Albany","On Archie's second birthday Roosevelt travels to Albany to give evidence to the state Senate's cities committee. Parker has doctored records to suggest Roosevelt shuts Democrats out of promotions; Roosevelt's testimony falls flat and the bill fails.",["archibald-roosevelt","andrew-d-parker"],"Albany"],["1896-04-10","Rebutting Parker's charge","Roosevelt writes Ed Lauterbach a formal denial of Parker's claim that he favors Republicans in police hiring.",["edward-lauterbach","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-04-11","\"Grant is a broken reed\"","Roosevelt tells Lodge that fellow commissioner Frederick Grant now simply follows Parker and Conlin.",["henry-cabot-lodge","frederick-d-grant","andrew-d-parker","peter-conlin"],"New York City"],["1896-04-12","A Sunday letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes to Bamie from New York City.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-04-13","Board business with Quigg","Roosevelt writes Lemuel Quigg about Police Board matters.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"New York City"],["1896-04-14","Another bomb at headquarters","Another bomb sent through the mail to Police Headquarters is defused.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-15","Double-dealing on the board","Roosevelt writes Lemuel Quigg about the two-faced maneuvering on the Police Board.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"New York City"],["1896-04-16","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-17","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-18","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-19","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-20","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-21","A visit with Mayor Strong","Roosevelt meets Mayor William Strong, then writes him about the favoritism charge and his April 10 letter to Lauterbach.",["william-l-strong","edward-lauterbach"],"New York City"],["1896-04-22","Reporting to his one ally","Roosevelt writes Avery Andrews, by now his lone ally among the commissioners, about his talk with Mayor Strong.",["avery-d-andrews","william-l-strong"],"New York City"],["1896-04-23","Edison's Vitascope debuts","In New York City, Thomas Edison's Vitascope projects motion pictures for the first time, on the stage of Koster and Bial's.",["thomas-a-edison"],"Koster and Bial's Music Hall"],["1896-04-24","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-25","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-26","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-27","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-28","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-04-29","Harvard's president scolds TR and Lodge","On Corinne's 14th wedding anniversary, Roosevelt writes Lodge about Le Bon's book on socialism. Harvard president Charles Eliot has branded them both degenerate sons of Harvard for their expansionist views; both men want every European power out of the Americas.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-eliot","gustave-le-bon"],"New York City"],["1896-04-30","Police appointments; Bronx burglaries","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz about Police Board appointments. Uptown, a string of break-ins hits the area around 156th Street and Union Avenue.",["carl-schurz"],"New York City"],["1896-05-01","Parker nominates Roosevelt","At a Police Board meeting Parker asks for a yearly vote on the board presidency, then puts Roosevelt's name forward.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-05-02","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-03","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-04","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-05","A duel challenge at City Hall","At City Hall Roosevelt quarrels with Comptroller Ashbel Fitch and goes so far as to challenge him to a duel.",["ashbel-p-fitch"],"City Hall"],["1896-05-06","\"Lost my temper with Fitch\"","Roosevelt writes Lodge about building up the Navy, and owns up to losing his temper with Fitch the day before.",["henry-cabot-lodge","ashbel-p-fitch"],"New York City"],["1896-05-07","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-08","Burglars caught","Officers Ryan and Reid arrest the burglars behind the 156th Street break-ins.",["officer-ryan","officer-reid"],"New York City"],["1896-05-09","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-10","Honored by the Naval Reserve","Roosevelt tells Bamie he was guest of honor at a Naval Reserve dinner, and sends Mayor Strong a statement on how disorderly houses are being closed.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-l-strong"],"New York City"],["1896-05-11","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-12","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-13","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-14","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-15","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-16","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-18","Lunch aboard the Montgomery","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has met Earl Spencer, complains of petty quarrels with Fitch and Parker, and describes lunch on Harry Davis' ship Montgomery off Staten Island. The guest book notes the house opened for the season.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","earl-spencer","ashbel-p-fitch","andrew-d-parker","harry-davis"],"New York City"],["1896-05-19","Grant joins Parker's boycott","Parker has won over Commissioner Frederick Grant, who now stays away from board meetings too.",["frederick-d-grant","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-05-20","Evidence of Parker's graft","Roosevelt uncovers graft by Parker and takes it to Mayor Strong, who writes Parker. Parker will not step down.",["andrew-d-parker","william-l-strong"],"New York City"],["1896-05-24","Kermit in overalls","Roosevelt paints Bamie a picture of the boys' outfits, above all Kermit in blue overalls Edith sewed to look just like the hired man's, plus a cap, battered tennis shoes and gloves over poisoned hands, tumbling head over heels.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-05-25","No entry for the day","Nothing is recorded for this day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-05-26","Dinner at the Claremont","Roosevelt dines at the Hotel Claremont.",[],"New York"],["1896-05-28","Two thousand police on parade","Roosevelt reviews the yearly police parade from Fifth Avenue at 40th Street as some 2,000 officers march. Word reaches the papers that Parker was told to quit.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-02","Doubts about Parker","In New York Roosevelt tells Bamie he cannot vouch for Commissioner Parker's honesty with money.",["marquis-de-mores","anna-roosevelt-cowles","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-03","At work in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City, where his fight at the Police Board goes on. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-06-04","Regular board meeting","Roosevelt attends the regular meeting of the Police Board.",[],"New York City"],["1896-06-05","Guest: Mrs. Clifford Richardson","Mrs. Clifford Richardson signs the guest book.",["mrs-clifford-richardson"],"New York City"],["1896-06-06","Guest: Commander Davis","Commander Davis is recorded in the guest book.",["commander-davis"],"New York City"],["1896-06-09","Formal charges against Parker","Roosevelt prepares formal charges against Commissioner Parker.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-11","Parker goes on trial","The trial of Commissioner Parker opens, with Elihu Root prosecuting, General Benjamin Tracy for the defense, and Mayor Strong sitting as judge.",["andrew-d-parker","elihu-root","benjamin-f-tracy","william-l-strong"],"New York City"],["1896-06-12","The Parker trial goes on","Proceedings continue in New York City in the case against Commissioner Andrew Parker.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-13","No entry for the day","Nothing is recorded for this day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-06-14","Edith stayed in town for him","Roosevelt heads out to Sagamore Hill only to learn that Edith had remained in the city to keep him company. He confides to Bamie his worries about national politics and his distrust of McKinley's backbone.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-06-16","Republicans gather in St. Louis","Republicans open their national convention in St. Louis, with William McKinley, Tom Reed and Governor Levi Morton in the running.",["william-mckinley","thomas-b-reed","levi-p-morton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-06-17","McKinley wins on the first ballot","In St. Louis the Republicans make McKinley their nominee in a single ballot, with 661½ votes. Roosevelt is in New York City.",["william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-06-18","The Parker trial goes on","Proceedings continue in New York City in the case against Commissioner Andrew Parker.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-20","First swim of the summer","At Sagamore Hill the family takes its first swim of the season, and Alice trots and canters on her horse Diamond. Roosevelt writes Will Cowles.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-06-21","Content with St. Louis","Grace Potter is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Bamie he is fairly pleased with how the convention turned out.",["grace-howard-potter","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-06-22","The Parker trial goes on","Proceedings continue in New York City in the case against Commissioner Andrew Parker.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-06-23","Guest: Bertha Potter","Bertha Potter visits Sagamore Hill.",["bertha-h-potter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-06-24","Warming to McKinley","Roosevelt writes Bellamy Storer that the party platform is excellent and that McKinley will make both a strong candidate and a good President.",["bellamy-storer","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-06-28","Children in the hired man's garb","Roosevelt tells Bamie how hard his job has become, then turns to the children: Ted and Kermit dressed like farmhands and happily dirty, Ethel chubby, Archie sweet, and Alice the best of big sisters.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-03","A tedious trial","The Parker trial continues, and Roosevelt finds it deadly boring.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-07-05","Out of shape in Geneseo","Roosevelt and Edith travel to Austin Wadsworth's in Geneseo, New York, where riding leaves him aching all over.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Geneseo"],["1896-07-06","A tumble over a fence","Riding at Geneseo, Roosevelt goes over a fence and falls.",[],"Geneseo"],["1896-07-07","The Parker trial goes on","Proceedings continue in New York City in the case against Commissioner Andrew Parker.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-07-08","The Parker trial ends","The case against Commissioner Parker comes to a close.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-07-09","Bryan nominated; TR on his nerves","The Democrats in Chicago nominate William Jennings Bryan for President. Roosevelt writes Fanny Parsons about the nervousness she, Edith and Corinne noticed in him before the Mayor's committee and in Albany.",["william-jennings-bryan","frances-theodora-parsons","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1896-07-10","Guest: Nellie Tyler","Nellie Tyler signs the guest book.",["nellie-tyler"],"New York City"],["1896-07-12","Still waiting on the mayor","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Mayor Strong has not yet ruled on Parker, and that Strong hopes Parker has learned from the episode.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-l-strong","andrew-d-parker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-13","Guest: Grant La Farge","Architect Grant La Farge appears in the guest book.",["c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-14","\"Parker is still in\"","Roosevelt tells Lodge Parker keeps his seat, and scoffs at the wild scene at the Democrats' Chicago convention.",["henry-cabot-lodge","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-07-16","Correcting the Daily Mail","Roosevelt writes S. J. Pryor to correct a false London Daily Mail story about New York police and visitors to the city. Bob Ferguson is a guest.",["s-j-pryor","bob-ferguson"],"New York City"],["1896-07-18","Fireworks a little late","Jacob Riis visits Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt rows Edith out on the bay, and the family throws a delayed Fourth of July party with the children and fireworks.",["jacob-riis","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-19","Riis stays the weekend","Roosevelt tells Bamie that their friend Riis is passing Sunday with the family at Sagamore Hill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-25","Phillips and young Corinne visit","Hallett Phillips and Roosevelt's niece Corinne Robinson are listed as guests.",["w-hallett-phillips","corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-26","Dinner with Riis and Stephen Crane","Colonel Andrews is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Bamie he had dinner the week before with Stephen Crane and Jacob Riis, and sizes up the McKinley-Bryan race.",["avery-d-andrews","anna-roosevelt-cowles","jacob-riis","stephen-crane","william-mckinley","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-07-28","Meeting Mark Hanna","Roosevelt calls on Mark Hanna, McKinley's campaign manager, at the Waldorf, and that evening has a private dinner with Hanna and two executive committee members.",["mark-hanna"],"Waldorf-Astoria"],["1896-07-29","Politics and books","Roosevelt writes Lodge about politics and literature.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-07-30","Handling Hanna","Roosevelt advises Lodge that Hanna needs careful handling, and hopes Lodge's son Bay will publish \"The Wave.\"",["henry-cabot-lodge","mark-hanna","george-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-07-31","Wishing Reed were the nominee","Roosevelt tells Tom Reed he wishes Reed, not McKinley, were heading the ticket.",["thomas-b-reed","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-08-01","The Storers come to Sagamore Hill","Bellamy and Maria Storer, friends of Roosevelt's from his Washington years, arrive as houseguests at Sagamore Hill.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-02","Rowing the Storers around Oyster Bay","Roosevelt takes his guests out on the water and confides to Maria Storer, a well-connected Washington lobbyist close to McKinley and Mark Hanna, that he wants the Navy's number-two job. He also writes Bamie about meeting Hanna.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","william-mckinley","mark-hanna","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-03","Storers still visiting","The Storers remain at Sagamore Hill. The record notes that William McKinley owes the couple $10,000.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-05","Family news for Spring-Rice","From the city, Roosevelt sends Cecil Spring-Rice a long letter: Ted is picking up shooting, Alice has grown as tall as Edith, Kermit is out of his brace and squabbling with Ethel. He also muses at length on race and nationality.",["cecil-spring-rice","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"New York City"],["1896-08-06","Edith turns 35","Roosevelt's wife Edith celebrates her 35th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-08-07","John Elliott visits","John Elliott signs in as a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["john-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-08","Gordon Cummings visits","A Mr. Gordon Cummings is the day's guest at Sagamore Hill.",["gordon-cummings"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-10","Ready to take the Navy post","Roosevelt writes both Bellamy and Maria Storer that, if the Navy's assistant secretaryship comes his way, he should take it.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-12","Bryan's Garden rally goes badly for police","William Jennings Bryan launches his presidential bid at Madison Square Garden, and the city police, Roosevelt's department, handle the crowd poorly.",["william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-13","Ethel turns 5","Roosevelt's daughter Ethel celebrates her fifth birthday.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-15","Heat wave and plans to head west","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is going west while Edith and the children summer at Lake Champlain. The city is sweltering, horses are dying in the streets, and police are handing out ice to the poor.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-08-19","Cockran's gold speech, police redeemed","At Madison Square Garden, Bourke Cockran argues for gold, and this time the police manage the crowd well after the Bryan fiasco. Roosevelt writes Lodge about the anti-Platt Republicans.",["w-bourke-cockran","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Madison Square Garden"],["1896-08-20","Shouting match with Parker","A police board session turns into an open clash, with Roosevelt and fellow commissioner Andrew Parker yelling at each other.",["andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-08-21","Off to Medora with a new rifle","Roosevelt heads west for the Badlands, carrying a new Winchester that fires smokeless powder.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-22","On the western trip","Roosevelt is away in the West; the record gives no details for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-23","On the western trip","Roosevelt is away in the West; the record gives no details for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-24","On the western trip","Roosevelt is away in the West; the record gives no details for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-25","On the western trip","Roosevelt is away in the West; the record gives no details for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-26","On the western trip","Roosevelt is away in the West; the record gives no details for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-27","Li Hung-chang arrives in New York","While Roosevelt is still out west, the Chinese statesman Li Hung-chang visits New York and is greeted by Police Commissioner Frederick Grant.",["li-hung-chang","frederick-d-grant"],"New York City"],["1896-08-28","On the western trip","Roosevelt is still in the West; no specifics are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-29","Antelope hunting on the open prairie","Roosevelt writes Kermit from the prairie: six hours out after pronghorn, dinner eaten in the wagon's shade, his gun cleaned, a bath in a pool nearby, and nights spent fully dressed inside a buffalo-hide sleeping bag.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-08-30","On the western trip","Roosevelt is in the West; the record has nothing more for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-08-31","Ted starts at the Cove School","Back home, nine-year-old Ted enrolls at Oyster Bay's single-room Cove School, where most classmates are children of local gardeners, groundskeepers and valets.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"New York City"],["1896-09-01","Hunting in Dakota","Roosevelt is hunting in the Dakota country.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-02","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-03","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-04","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-05","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-06","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-07","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-08","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-09","Still hunting in the West","Roosevelt remains on his western hunting trip; no details survive for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-10","Home from the ranch","Roosevelt gets back to New York City after his time at his Dakota ranch.",[],"New York City"],["1896-09-11","Speech to the Sound Money League","Roosevelt addresses the Sound Money League and, in a letter to publisher George Haven Putnam, wishes people would see him more broadly as a historian.",["george-haven-putnam"],"New York City"],["1896-09-13","Ted's ninth birthday and first gun","For Ted's ninth birthday, Roosevelt presents the boy with a Flobert rifle, his first firearm, and tries it out by shooting into the ceiling. He tells Bamie the western cattle are struggling and that he bagged five antelope.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-09-14","Platt men and British critics","Roosevelt writes Lodge that the Republican nominee for governor, Frank Black, belongs to Platt, and describes his battles with Parker and the Grand Army veterans. British reviewers, he adds, have bristled at his remarks about Britain in volume four of his Winning of the West.",["henry-cabot-lodge","frank-s-black","thomas-c-platt","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1896-09-20","Send-off dinner for Emlen and Christine","Uncle Jim and Aunt Lizzie host a farewell dinner for their son Emlen Roosevelt and his wife Christine.",["emlen-roosevelt","christine-kean-roosevelt","james-alfred-roosevelt","elizabeth-emlen-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-09-21","Campaign notes from the barn","Roosevelt sends Bamie a campaign update, noting McKinley is running his race from his Ohio front porch, and reports romps with the children in the old barn.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-09-27","Corinne turns 35","Roosevelt's sister Corinne marks her 35th birthday. He writes Bamie, who is in Scotland.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-09-30","Stumping for McKinley upstate","Roosevelt campaigns for McKinley across upstate New York, from Utica to Buffalo.",["william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-10-02","Calling on McKinley in Canton","Roosevelt and Lodge travel to Canton, Ohio, to see McKinley at his home.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley"],"Canton"],["1896-10-04","Packed halls and a cool reception","Roosevelt boasts to Bamie that his upstate rallies overflowed, but admits McKinley, though friendly, does not count him and Lodge among his favorites.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-10-05","Political letter to Henry White","Roosevelt writes diplomat Henry White on political matters.",["henry-white"],"New York City"],["1896-10-08","Bryan and free silver","Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice about Bryan and the silver question that splits the 1896 race, with Bryan for silver and McKinley for gold.",["cecil-spring-rice","william-jennings-bryan","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-10-10","Kermit turns 7","Roosevelt's son Kermit celebrates his seventh birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1896-10-11","Eleanor turns 12","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor has her 12th birthday, and he writes to Bamie.",["eleanor-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-10-15","Full house at the Chicago Coliseum","Roosevelt fills the Chicago Coliseum with a speech for McKinley and sound money, part of a swing across the Midwest.",["william-mckinley"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1896-10-18","First color comics in the Journal","The New York Journal runs the first color comic strips. Nothing is recorded for Roosevelt himself.",[],"New York City"],["1896-10-21","Morristown rally and an election forecast","Roosevelt speaks at Morristown, New Jersey, then back in New York writes Lodge about how the election looks.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-10-22","Confident of a Republican win","Roosevelt tells Bamie he expects the Republicans to carry the election.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-10-24","Wilmington speech in a busy week","Roosevelt speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, one stop in a week of McKinley rallies across Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.",["william-mckinley"],"Wilmington"],["1896-10-25","The Lamberts visit","Dr. Alexander Lambert and his wife are guests at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt writes Bamie.",["alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-10-26","Roosevelt turns 38","Roosevelt marks his 38th birthday.",[],"Delaware"],["1896-10-30","Bread, coins and a copycat speech","Roosevelt makes the case for gold using loaves of varying size plus gold and silver coins to make his point. At Sagamore Hill, Ted copies his father with an unplanned speech to the household staff on the back porch.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Delaware"],["1896-11-02","James K. Gracie visits","Roosevelt's uncle James K. Gracie is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["james-king-gracie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-03","McKinley wins; Alice waits up","McKinley takes the White House by more than 600,000 votes, and Republicans capture both houses of Congress. With no telephone at Sagamore Hill, the news comes by carriage, while Alice creeps out of bed to listen from the stair landing.",["william-mckinley","mark-hanna","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-04","Thanking Frederick Jackson Turner","Roosevelt tells historian Frederick Jackson Turner he enjoyed Turner's review of his Winning of the West, while standing by the book's criticism of Jefferson. He also writes editor Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews.",["frederick-jackson-turner","albert-shaw"],"New York City"],["1896-11-07","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-08","Glad the election is won","Roosevelt writes Bamie of his relief at the Republican victory.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-09","At Sagamore Hill","Another quiet day at Sagamore Hill with nothing further noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-10","Victory party with the money men","Roosevelt joins Mark Hanna and wealthy Republicans to celebrate the win, though he is disgusted by how McKinley was marketed to voters.",["mark-hanna","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-11","Gracie visits again","James K. Gracie is once more a guest.",["james-king-gracie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-13","Write more often, Bamie","Roosevelt chides Bamie for sending so few letters and urges her to come home to the United States before long.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-19","Should he go to Canton?","Bertha Potter is a guest. Roosevelt asks Bellamy Storer whether he ought to visit President-elect McKinley in Canton.",["bertha-h-potter","bellamy-storer","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-11-21","Bob Ferguson arrives","Roosevelt's friend Bob Ferguson is a guest.",["bob-ferguson"],"New York City"],["1896-11-22","Jacob Riis and family friends visit","Jacob Riis and his wife are guests, along with Morton Procter.",["jacob-riis","elisabeth-riis","morton-procter"],"New York City"],["1896-11-25","Bamie's first anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Bamie marks one year of marriage.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1896-11-26","Thanksgiving trail clearing","On Thanksgiving, Roosevelt, Bob Ferguson and Ted shoulder axes for a ten-mile tramp, cutting the bridle path clear as they go.",["bob-ferguson","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-29","Lodge pleads his case in Ohio","Roosevelt reports to Bamie that Lodge has met McKinley in Ohio to push for him, and that McKinley hopes Roosevelt has no fixed ideas about appointments.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-11-30","Checking up on Little Egypt","Roosevelt and Jacob Riis look into a burlesque show by the dancer known as Little Egypt at Clarendon Hall, which had drawn many complaints over her skimpy costume.",["jacob-riis","little-egypt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-02","Ten years married","Roosevelt and Edith celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. Edith tells Spring-Rice that Ted is thriving among his Cove School classmates and will miss them once Alice's governess takes over in town.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-04","Lunch with Dana; Hawaii and Cuba","Roosevelt lunches with General Wilson and editor Charles A. Dana, and writes Lodge hoping McKinley will act firmly on Hawaii and Cuba.",["general-wilson","charles-a-dana","henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1896-12-05","The Navy job again","Roosevelt writes Maria Storer about the assistant secretaryship of the Navy.",["maria-longworth-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-07","Maceo killed; help for an honest officer","Spanish forces kill the Cuban rebel general Antonio Maceo, and Americans clamor for intervention. Roosevelt asks Dr. Matthew Beattie to testify for an honest policeman facing trial.",["antonio-maceo","matthew-beattie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-08","Platt asks to see him","Roosevelt tells Elihu Root that Boss Platt wants a meeting.",["elihu-root","thomas-c-platt"],"New York City"],["1896-12-09","A polite note from McKinley","President-elect McKinley sends Roosevelt a courteous reply acknowledging Storer's visit on his behalf, and Roosevelt thanks Lodge for working to land him the Navy post.",["william-mckinley","bellamy-storer","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-12-13","Staying away from Canton","Roosevelt tells Maria Storer he has decided against a visit to McKinley in Canton.",["maria-longworth-storer","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-14","Board meetings and Edith's Christmas letter","Roosevelt attends a meeting with the mayor and a police board session. A letter from Edith to Bamie paints the family's Christmas morning: Archie bundled in her blue shawl, Bob in a sofa blanket, Theodore in his old brocade robe, and big presents opened in the Gun Room.",["william-l-strong","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1896-12-15","Talking Cuba with Lodge","Roosevelt writes Lodge about an interview on Cuba.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1896-12-16","Last police board session of 1896","The police board holds its final meeting of the year.",[],"New York City"],["1896-12-17","No day record, only bibliography","The source page for this date holds bibliography and editorial notes rather than any account of Roosevelt's day.",[],"New York City"],["1896-12-31","A Review of Reviews essay and a book review","Roosevelt's article \"How Not to Better Social Conditions\" runs in the Review of Reviews, and he reviews Brooks Adams's The Law of Civilization and Decay. Meanwhile newspapers fault the reform police board as powerless.",["brooks-adams"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1897-01-02","A Cuba Libre man","Roosevelt tells Bamie he backs Cuban independence and would like to see Spain driven out. A thaw at Sagamore Hill has ended the skiing.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-01-04","Defending his stand against Platt","Roosevelt writes Albert Shaw defending his opposition to Platt and praising departing Governor Levi Morton.",["albert-shaw","thomas-c-platt","levi-p-morton"],"New York City"],["1897-01-08","Done with board squabbles","Roosevelt declares he will stop joining the police board's quarrels, and sends Bamie his frank views of diplomat Henry White.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-white"],"New York City"],["1897-01-11","Police at the cab strike","During a city cab strike, Roosevelt tells Jacob Baucsh that peaceful strikers have nothing to fear from police. He also hears via Lodge that Cornelius Bliss would take him as assistant if Bliss gets the Navy.",["jacob-baucsh","henry-cabot-lodge","cornelius-n-bliss"],"New York City"],["1897-01-13","Platt wins the Senate caucus","New York Republicans nominate Thomas Platt for the U.S. Senate by 147 votes to 7. Platt asks who backed Joseph Choate and later makes those men pay; Roosevelt had stayed in Platt's camp.",["thomas-c-platt","joseph-h-choate"],"New York City"],["1897-01-15","In town at Madison Avenue","The family is at 689 Madison Avenue in New York; nothing more is noted.",[],"Madison"],["1897-01-18","Tea with Mahan and Lounsbury","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Thomas Lounsbury and Alfred Thayer Mahan came to tea, and that he dislikes John Sherman as McKinley's pick for Secretary of State.",["thomas-r-lounsbury","alfred-thayer-mahan","anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-sherman"],"Madison"],["1897-01-19","Bamie turns 42","Roosevelt's sister Bamie has her 42nd birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Madison"],["1897-01-20","Platt goes to the Senate","The legislature sends Thomas Platt to Washington as New York's U.S. Senator.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Madison"],["1897-01-23","Speaking at Annapolis","Roosevelt gives an address at the U.S. Naval Academy.",[],"U.S. Naval Academy"],["1897-01-24","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Madison"],["1897-01-29","Correcting the Sun on immigration","Roosevelt writes Lodge that he has set the New York Sun straight after it claimed he favors open immigration.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-01-30","Dancing class, Selous, and a campfire story","Roosevelt tells Bamie the children are taking dancing lessons in the city, Ted is staying with Corinne, and Kermit dreads his father ending up a street sweeper. A letter has come from the hunter Frederick Selous, and a Boone and Crockett Club volume edited by George Bird Grinnell appears with Roosevelt's piece \"On the Little Missouri.\"",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frederick-selous","george-bird-grinnell"],"Madison"],["1897-02-05","Defending police hiring in print","Roosevelt's letter to William Sanger defending the board's hiring and other practices is printed in the New York Sun.",["william-cary-sanger"],"New York City"],["1897-02-12","Alice turns 13","Roosevelt's daughter Alice has her 13th birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"New York City"],["1897-02-21","Yes to the Navy, no to London","Roosevelt tells Bamie he would take the Navy post if offered, and that a visit to her in London is impossible.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1897-02-28","Work near intolerable","Roosevelt tells Bamie that John Hay will be ambassador to Britain and that his own police work has grown almost unbearable amid new fights, corruption flare-ups and resignation threats. His board record includes tougher fitness standards for recruits, a lower age limit, civil-service exams, a standard .32 Colt revolver, and required courtesy from officers.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-hay"],"Madison"],["1897-03-02","Strong regrets Parker","Mayor Strong now regrets putting Parker on the board but has no authority to remove him. Roosevelt sends Thomas Lounsbury a letter on spelling and books.",["william-l-strong","andrew-d-parker","thomas-r-lounsbury"],"New York City"],["1897-03-04","McKinley inaugurated","William McKinley takes the oath as the 25th President in Washington.",["william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1897-03-07","Letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1897-03-08","Too busy to think of the Navy","Roosevelt tells Henry White that board fights consume him and leave scant time to dwell on the Navy job.",["henry-white"],"New York City"],["1897-03-09","A barbed line about Grant","Roosevelt vents to Lounsbury about fellow commissioner Frederick Grant, likening his mind to some tree-dwelling forebear.",["thomas-r-lounsbury","frederick-d-grant"],"New York City"],["1897-03-10","Board at a standstill","Roosevelt writes Lodge that Parker and Grant have stalled all board business, and he sees no hope for the Navy appointment.",["henry-cabot-lodge","andrew-d-parker","frederick-d-grant"],"New York City"],["1897-03-11","Thanks to Henry White","Roosevelt thanks Henry White for helping his bid for the Navy post.",["henry-white"],"New York City"],["1897-03-14","Blaming the machine","Roosevelt tells Bamie he thinks Grant and Parker are tangling police business on orders from the Republican machine.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","frederick-d-grant","andrew-d-parker"],"Madison"],["1897-03-17","Strong fires Parker","Mayor Strong removes Commissioner Parker for neglect of duty, based on charges from the previous summer, pending the governor's approval.",["william-l-strong","andrew-d-parker"],"Madison"],["1897-03-19","Socialists and anarchists","Roosevelt writes Lodge about socialists and anarchists.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-03-20","Platt won't block him","Roosevelt tells Bamie he doubts the appointment will happen, plans to leave 689 Madison by late April, and wants her home. He reports to Lodge that Platt will not stand in his way.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Madison"],["1897-03-22","Writing to Secretary Long","Roosevelt tells Lodge he will write John D. Long, McKinley's choice to run the Navy, about the assistant's job.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-d-long"],"New York City"],["1897-03-23","A way to get him out of New York","Roosevelt writes Lodge that machine politicians see the Navy job mainly as a means of removing him from New York.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-03-29","Worried for the police board","Roosevelt shares his worries about the police board's future with Lodge.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-03-30","Who will replace him?","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has discussed his own successor on the police board with Mayor Strong.",["william-l-strong","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-03-31","Platt gives way","Lodge and others press Roosevelt's case in Washington. Platt drops his resistance, reasoning Roosevelt will do less harm there than in New York, while McKinley, anxious to avoid war, worries about Roosevelt's hawkish talk on Cuba.",["henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","william-mckinley"],"New York City"],["1897-04-06","Nominated to the Navy Department","McKinley picks Roosevelt to be the Navy's assistant secretary, at a salary of $4,500, and sends the nomination to the Senate. Roosevelt crows to Lodge with a line from the Arabian Nights.",["william-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1897-04-08","Senate confirms him","The Senate approves Roosevelt for the Navy post. Parker laughs long over what he calls Roosevelt's retreat. Roosevelt writes Lodge about remarks linking him with John Altgeld printed in the Sun.",["andrew-d-parker","henry-cabot-lodge","john-peter-altgeld"],"New York City"],["1897-04-09","Archie turns 3","Roosevelt's son Archie celebrates his third birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1897-04-11","Happy, but no London trip","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is delighted by the appointment, though sorry it means he cannot join her in London.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1897-04-14","Japan sends a cruiser to Hawaii","Japan dispatches a cruiser toward Hawaii, a hedge against the United States moving to annex them.",[],"New York City"],["1897-04-15","Stockmen re-elect their chairman","Roosevelt is chosen again to chair the Little Missouri Stockmen's Association.",[],"New York City"],["1897-04-16","Glad to be leaving","Roosevelt writes Henry White that he is relieved to leave the police board, having done all he could. Frank Moss becomes board president. Parker was never removed and later resigned, the one opponent Roosevelt never bested.",["henry-white","frank-moss","andrew-d-parker"],"New York City"],["1897-04-17","A quiet last board meeting","At Roosevelt's final police board meeting, Parker and Grant stay away, so there is no quorum and no vote of thanks; Chief Conlin leaves without a farewell. Roosevelt sends Mayor Strong his formal resignation.",["andrew-d-parker","frederick-d-grant","peter-conlin","william-l-strong"],"New York City"],["1897-04-18","Thanks to Jacob Riis","Roosevelt writes Jacob Riis a warm thank-you for two years of support.",["jacob-riis"],"New York City"],["1897-04-19","First day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt starts work as the Navy's second-in-command under Secretary John D. Long, 58, and moves in with Lodge in Washington. He thanks Captain Bowman McCalla for his congratulations.",["john-d-long","henry-cabot-lodge","bowman-h-mccalla"],"New York City"],["1897-04-20","Thank-you notes all round","Roosevelt answers well-wishers William Mantius, Governor Hugh Thompson and William Fitch, and lets William Trent know he has gone through Trent's study of Southern leaders.",["william-mantius","hugh-s-thompson","william-fitch","william-p-trent"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-21","At work in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington at his new Navy post; nothing specific is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-22","Briefing McKinley on Hawaii","Roosevelt alerts President McKinley that Japan has sent a cruiser to Hawaii and lists the American warships nearby.",["william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-23","At work in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington at his new Navy post; nothing specific is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-24","At work in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington at his new Navy post; nothing specific is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-25","At work in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington at his new Navy post; nothing specific is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-26","Fleet readiness memo","Roosevelt writes a memorandum on fleet preparedness that tucks in four warnings about trouble over Cuba, and writes both McKinley and Long about sending ships to the Mediterranean.",["william-mckinley","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-27","A summer away from the family","Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice, now posted with the British diplomats in Germany, lamenting that he will see little of Edith and the children this summer.",["cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-28","Sagamore Hill reopens","The guest book marks the opening of Sagamore Hill for the season. In Washington, Roosevelt writes Lincoln Steffens about the police board, Speck von Sternberg about his new job, and Frank Moss praising his early work as board president.",["lincoln-steffens","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","frank-moss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-29","Corinne's 15th anniversary","In Washington, Roosevelt notes his sister Corinne's 15th wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-04-30","Settling in among the expansionists","Roosevelt writes Bamie, Hamlin Garland, Henry White and Francis Lowell; Will Cowles has a berth on the cruiser Topeka through his help. His article on scientific naming appears in Science. With the old Henry Adams circle scattered, he starts dining nearly every day at the Metropolitan Club with Mahan, Dewey, Wood and other expansionists.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","hamlin-garland","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-white","francis-cabot-lowell","william-w-rockhill","john-hay","elizabeth-cameron","cecil-spring-rice","william-mckinley","valeriano-weyler","alfred-thayer-mahan","george-dewey","william-e-chandler","william-p-frye","j-donald-cameron","charles-h-davis","leonard-wood","clarence-king","william-howard-taft","brooks-adams","henry-adams"],"1765 Massachusetts Avenue"],["1897-05-01","Claiming Gustavus Fox's old desk","Roosevelt digs up the Civil War desk of an earlier assistant secretary, Gustavus Fox, carved with Monitors, warships and flags, and has it moved into his office. Bamie's ship arrives in New York.",["gustavus-v-fox","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-02","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-03","Annex Hawaii tomorrow","Roosevelt tells Alfred Thayer Mahan he would take Hawaii at once if it were up to him. He also writes John Hay that he misses him and is waiting for Lodge to come by for a walk.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","john-hay","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-04","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-05","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-06","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-07","Missing home","Roosevelt tells Bamie he enjoys Will's letters and longs for Sagamore Hill, Edith and the children. Mrs. Hilborne Roosevelt and Miss Dorothy Roosevelt are recorded as guests.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mrs-hilborne-roosevelt","dorothy-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-08","Sparring with Merriam over species","At the Biological Society of Washington, Roosevelt debates C. Hart Merriam of the Biological Survey over how to classify species and subspecies. He writes Richard Henry Dana opposing stacked turrets on new battleships and tells General James Wilson he won't raise Wilson's case with McKinley today, having pestered the President enough lately.",["c-hart-merriam","richard-henry-dana-iii","james-h-wilson","william-mckinley"],"Biological Society of Washington"],["1897-05-09","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-10","Torpedo boat trip and a baby on the way","Roosevelt rides a torpedo boat and writes Taft that Willie Phillips died in a boating accident. Edith tells her sister Emily to expect a new niece or nephew in early December.",["william-howard-taft","willie-phillips","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-11","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-12","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-13","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-14","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-15","The Cowleses and Helen Roosevelt visit","Captain Will Cowles and his wife Bamie, along with Miss Helen Roosevelt, are recorded as guests.",["william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","helen-rebecca-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-16","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-17","Pledges to Mahan and Riis","Roosevelt promises Mahan to push their naval ideas as far as he can, and tells Jacob Riis how much he values their friendship.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","jacob-riis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-18","Species, subspecies and elk","Roosevelt writes Henry Fairfield Osborn about his quarrel with Merriam, and briefs the hunter Frederick Selous, who is planning an American trip, on the West and elk hunting.",["henry-fairfield-osborn","c-hart-merriam","frederick-selous"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-19","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-20","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-21","Still fighting double turrets","Roosevelt updates Richard Henry Dana on his campaign to get rid of double turrets on American warships.",["richard-henry-dana-iii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-22","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-23","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-24","Seasick or not, he'll be aboard","Roosevelt asks Captain Henry Taylor to let him watch gunnery tests during naval exercises, seasickness notwithstanding.",["henry-c-taylor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-25","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-26","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-27","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-28","A war game for the War College","Roosevelt sends Caspar Goodrich a problem for Naval War College students: an imagined American clash with Japan over Hawaii. He also backs Avery Andrews on police board business.",["caspar-f-goodrich","avery-d-andrews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-29","News for Spring-Rice","Roosevelt sends Spring-Rice news from home and family, along with a critique of Brooks Adams's new book on the decline of civilizations.",["cecil-spring-rice","brooks-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-30","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-05-31","Mahan's advice on Hawaii","Mahan urges Roosevelt to seize Hawaii first and sort out the questions later. Roosevelt's wider wish list includes Hawaii, a canal through Nicaragua, Spain out of Cuba, and European islands in the hemisphere. Film from 1897 shows him leaving the State, War and Navy Building, the earliest known footage of him.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"State, War and Navy Building"],["1897-06-02","Big speech at the Naval War College","At Newport, Roosevelt urges a stronger Navy before the Naval War College, citing George Washington on preparedness as the surest path to peace. It is the first major speech of his career; it makes headlines and wins praise.",["george-washington"],"Naval War College"],["1897-06-03","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-04","Answering Merriam in Science","Roosevelt rebuts C. Hart Merriam's Science article on species and subspecies with a piece of his own in the same journal.",["c-hart-merriam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-05","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-06","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-07","Letters on Hawaii and Britain","Roosevelt thanks Charles A. Dana for an editorial on his Newport speech, cautions J. M. Wall about Americans who lean toward Britain, agrees with Hawaiian agent Alfred Hartwell that America should take the islands now, and introduces his friend Proctor to Ambassador John Hay.",["charles-a-dana","j-m-wall","alfred-hartwell","john-hay","assistant-engineer-proctor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-08","Urging McKinley on Hawaii","Roosevelt advises President McKinley to annex Hawaii.",["william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-09","Long resists more battleships","Roosevelt tells Mahan that Secretary Long disagrees with him about expanding the battleship fleet, and recommends Charles McCawley and William Rockhill to Richard Olney for government posts. Nellie and Hope Tyler are guests.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","john-d-long","richard-olney","charles-mccawley","william-w-rockhill","nellie-tyler","hope-tyler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-10","Essays for American Ideals","Roosevelt writes torpedo-boat builder Nathaniel Herreshoff, tells Brander Matthews he is tied to Putnam's and cannot publish his essays elsewhere, and sends Putnam's the essays for the book that becomes American Ideals.",["nathaniel-herreshoff","brander-matthews","g-p-putnam-s-sons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-11","Fourth of July invitation for Franklin","Roosevelt invites his young cousin Franklin, then at Groton, to spend the Fourth of July at Sagamore Hill.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-12","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-13","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-14","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-15","Fire destroys Ellis Island station","The immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York harbor burn down. Roosevelt is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-16","McKinley signs off on Hawaii treaty","President McKinley approves a treaty to annex Hawaii. Roosevelt writes Will Cowles about Goodrich and the Metropolitan Club, defends Senator Platt's bid to join that club in a letter to its governors, and discusses readiness against Japan with Captain Goodrich.",["william-mckinley","william-sheffield-cowles","caspar-f-goodrich","thomas-c-platt"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1897-06-17","Long leaves; Roosevelt in charge","Secretary Long heads home to Hingham, Massachusetts, for a vacation, and Roosevelt runs the department with vigor and care. He writes Lodge, editor William Courtney about his \"Books on Big Game\" article, and Admiral Montgomery Sicard about August squadron maneuvers.",["john-d-long","henry-cabot-lodge","william-courtney","montgomery-sicard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-18","Dinner for senators and the Cuba envoy","Roosevelt brings several influential senators and America's envoy to Cuba together for dinner at the Metropolitan Club, and assures Long that Washington is calm and he need not rush back.",["john-d-long"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1897-06-19","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-20","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-21","Report on the 1894 Hawaii episode","Roosevelt writes Admiral John Walker for a report on the 1894 events in Hawaii.",["john-g-walker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-22","Drydocks, torpedo boats, uniforms","Roosevelt writes Congressman Charles Boutelle about drydocks, and tells Long about torpedo boats and uniforms, encouraging him to visit the Portsmouth yard rather than come back to Washington.",["charles-a-boutelle","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-23","Admiral Walker on Hawaii; backing Low","Admiral Walker meets Roosevelt about Hawaii. Roosevelt tells Long that Japan is unhappy over the islands, and writes Seth Low to support his campaign to become Greater New York's first mayor.",["john-g-walker","john-d-long","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-24","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-25","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-26","Navy business and the Richardsons","Roosevelt writes Boutelle on Navy matters. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Richardson are guests.",["charles-a-boutelle","clifford-richardson","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-27","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-28","Davis and Fullam letters","Roosevelt writes Charles Davis about Navy matters and William Fullam about lobbying.",["charles-h-davis","william-f-fullam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-29","New York's coming election","Roosevelt writes Seth Low about the approaching New York elections.",["seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-06-30","American Ideals appears; war plans drawn","Roosevelt's essay and speech collection American Ideals is published. He lunches at the Metropolitan Club as the Navy Department prepares a war plan for a possible fight over Cuba that would also target the Philippines. Around now he first meets William Allen White. With Edith expecting their sixth child, Sagamore Hill fills with 16 children counting cousins.",["william-allen-white","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1897-07-01","Backing Procter at the Civil Service Commission","Roosevelt asks Richard Gilder and Seth Low to support Procter's place on the Civil Service Commission, and writes Putnam's about his essays.",["richard-watson-gilder","seth-low","john-r-procter","g-p-putnam-s-sons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-07-02","Home to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt heads to Sagamore Hill, where young Franklin Roosevelt is a guest.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-07-03","Long is back at his desk","Secretary Long returns from vacation while Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["john-d-long"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-04","Independence Day at Sagamore Hill","Sagamore Hill hosts an Independence Day party, and Franklin joins the fun.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-05","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-06","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-07","Thanks to Avery Andrews","Roosevelt thanks Avery Andrews for a report.",["avery-d-andrews"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-08","Grant LaFarge visits","Grant LaFarge is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["c-grant-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-09","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-10","Nephew Teddy Robinson visits","Roosevelt's nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson is a guest, and Roosevelt writes Bamie.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-11","Torpedo boat to Newport","Roosevelt travels by torpedo boat from Oyster Bay to Newport, Rhode Island.",[],"Newport"],["1897-07-12","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-13","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-14","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-15","In New York","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-19","Touring Great Lakes naval militia","Roosevelt sets out to inspect naval militia stations around the Great Lakes, stopping at Mackinac, Detroit, Sandusky and Chicago.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-23","Sandusky speech angers Long","In Sandusky, Roosevelt declares that America need not ask Japan or anyone else what territory it may acquire. The press reacts badly, and Secretary Long is furious.",["john-d-long"],"Sandusky"],["1897-07-24","Enjoying The Kentuckians","Roosevelt tells novelist John Fox Jr. that he and Edith both liked The Kentuckians.",["john-fox-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-07-31","Ten days settling the household","After ten days spent putting the household in order, a return to Sagamore Hill is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-08-01","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-02","Hot-weather secretary","With Secretary Long off on another vacation and McKinley out of town too, Roosevelt is left running the Navy through the summer heat. He sends George Bird Grinnell comments on a hunting story Grinnell wrote.",["john-d-long","william-mckinley","george-bird-grinnell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-03","Spain, Japan and Germany as rivals","Roosevelt writes Captain Bowman McCalla about a big navy and the nation's likely foes, Spain, Japan and Germany. He sends William Laird Clowes Navy business and tells Lodge that Edith is visiting Washington, Procter keeps his Civil Service seat, and Cuba should be free.",["bowman-h-mccalla","william-laird-clowes","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-r-procter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-04","Letter to General Wilson","Roosevelt writes General James H. Wilson.",["james-h-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-05","Naval militia report for Long","Roosevelt sends Secretary Long his report on the naval militia.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-06","Edith's 36th birthday","Edith turns 36 while visiting Roosevelt in Washington.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-07","Moonlit drive from the Overlook Inn","Roosevelt has dinner out at the Overlook Inn and enjoys a lovely drive home by moonlight. He writes Long about torpedo boats and other Navy matters.",["john-d-long"],"Overlook Inn"],["1897-08-08","Cool weather and a navy yard probe","Roosevelt tells Lodge the weather has turned cool, Edith has had a fine time in Washington, and Davis is investigating the Brooklyn Navy Yard.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-h-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-09","Letting Long rest","Roosevelt promises Secretary Long he will stop sending him complicated papers, since Long needs a break.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-10","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-11","No mayoral nomination from the machine","Roosevelt tells his old political mentor Joe Murray that New York's organization Republicans would never agree to nominate him for mayor.",["joseph-murray"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-12","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-13","Ethel turns 6; kindred minds","On Ethel's sixth birthday, Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice about using a strong fleet to bar Germany from the Western Hemisphere, the Kaiser, and Russian views of the U.S. He also writes Senator Cushman Davis about an appointment and Long about Navy business.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","cecil-spring-rice","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","cushman-k-davis","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-14","Declaring New York his home","Roosevelt tells Uncle Jim Roosevelt that New York City is his official residence, and mentions photographs of the children.",["james-alfred-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-15","Drydocks and torpedo boats","Roosevelt writes Long about drydocks, torpedo boats and other department business.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-16","Reporters for the maneuvers","Roosevelt asks Paul Dana of the New York Sun about sending reporters to the naval maneuvers, insisting the Navy must keep growing, and writes Noble Butler about red tape.",["paul-dana","noble-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-17","Reviving Army-Navy football","Roosevelt urges Secretary of War Russell Alger to bring back the Army-Navy football game, and writes Bamie, Naval Academy superintendent Philip Cooper, and Lodge.",["russell-a-alger","anna-roosevelt-cowles","philip-h-cooper","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-18","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-19","Having fun running the Navy","Roosevelt tells Bellamy Storer how much he is enjoying running the department, and tells Long he is very busy.",["bellamy-storer","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-20","The Lamberts visit","Dr. Alexander Lambert and his wife are guests.",["alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-21","Absorbed in Navy work","Roosevelt assures Bamie that Washington's heat isn't bothering him and that the Navy work fascinates him. He writes Boutelle about practice maneuvers.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","charles-a-boutelle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-22","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-23","Ahead of Germany, behind England","Roosevelt tells General James H. Wilson the U.S. cannot match Britain at sea but should outrank Germany.",["james-h-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-24","Forest reserves and club business","Roosevelt writes George Bird Grinnell about the forest reserves President Cleveland created and a Boone and Crockett Club publication.",["george-bird-grinnell","grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-25","Watching from the Fern; Conlin out","Roosevelt tells Will Cowles he plans to watch September's maneuvers from Cowles's ship, the Fern, and tells Avery Andrews that Conlin has lost his post as New York police chief.",["william-sheffield-cowles","avery-d-andrews","peter-conlin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-26","Toning down the big-navy talk","Roosevelt asks Lodge to proofread a Navy article, congratulates John McCullagh as New York's new police chief, and sends Long photos of the children taken by Emily Carow, agreeing to soften his big-navy rhetoric.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-mccullagh","john-d-long","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-27","The Dolphin, not the Fern","Roosevelt tells Will Cowles he will have to observe the maneuvers from the Dolphin instead of the Fern.",["william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-28","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-29","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-30","Presidents on sea power","Roosevelt writes Grinnell about Boone and Crockett articles and sends President McKinley his compilation of past presidents' words in favor of preparedness and a large navy.",["george-bird-grinnell","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-08-31","Police essay and a naval anthology","Roosevelt's article on running the New York police appears in the September Atlantic Monthly, and the Government Printing Office issues his collection of presidential statements on naval power by Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and Grant. He writes Long about the Dock Department.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-01","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-02","Inviting Riis to sea","Roosevelt writes Jacob Riis about the police and Parker, and invites him along on the upcoming maneuvers as a reporter.",["jacob-riis","andrew-d-parker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-03","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-04","Mayor's race and dry docks","Roosevelt writes Seth Low about the New York mayoral contest and Long about dry docks.",["seth-low","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-05","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-06","Labor Day letter to Long","On Labor Day, Roosevelt writes Long about department business.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-07","Aboard the Iowa for target practice","Roosevelt joins Captain William Sampson on the battleship Iowa as a seven-ship squadron holds gunnery practice off the Virginia capes. Frederic Remington, two newspapermen and his aide Lieutenant Sharp come along.",["william-t-sampson","frederic-remington","lieutenant-sharp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-08","With the fleet at sea","Roosevelt is still out with the squadron for its maneuvers.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-09","With the fleet at sea","Roosevelt is still out with the squadron for its maneuvers.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-10","Six weeks without seeing home","Back in Washington, Roosevelt writes Long on Navy business, Francis Tiffany Bowles about dry dock No. 3, and James Bryce that work has kept him from his family for six weeks.",["john-d-long","francis-tiffany-bowles","james-bryce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-11","Three good days with the fleet","Roosevelt thanks Bowles for information, tells Lodge he loved his three days at sea with the squadron, and writes Seth Low about the elections.",["francis-tiffany-bowles","henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-12","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-13","Ted turns 10","Ted celebrates his tenth birthday. Roosevelt writes French Chadwick about Navy business.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","french-ensor-chadwick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-14","A drive with the President","Roosevelt rides out with McKinley for the afternoon, and the President compliments his Sandusky speech and his Navy work. He writes Henry Fairfield Osborn about the Merriam dispute.",["william-mckinley","henry-fairfield-osborn","c-hart-merriam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-15","McKinley approves of his work","Roosevelt writes Long about Navy business in the September heat, and tells Lodge that McKinley likes his work and will permit a naval buildup. Other letters go to William Weaver on electric turrets, Colonel Francis Greene on possible war with Spain, Frederic Remington, and General Wilson about the drive with McKinley.",["john-d-long","henry-cabot-lodge","william-weaver","francis-v-greene","frederic-remington","james-h-wilson","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-16","Letter to Boutelle","Roosevelt writes Congressman Charles Boutelle on Navy matters.",["charles-a-boutelle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-17","Dinner at the White House","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is dining at the White House that night and that McKinley is pleased with his work.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley"],"White House"],["1897-09-18","Stay on holiday, Mr. Secretary","Roosevelt writes William Kimball about the Navy and urges Long not to cut his vacation short, since all is running smoothly.",["william-w-kimball","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-19","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-20","Armor, Cuba and Hawaii","Roosevelt writes Long on armor plate, the danger over Cuba, Hawaii and other Navy matters.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-21","A war plan for Spain","On another drive with McKinley, Roosevelt lays out a plan for fighting Spain that closely forecasts what later happens. He writes Lodge on war plans and John Hay about returning the ship President.",["william-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-22","Police and the press","Roosevelt writes Avery Andrews about the New York police and William Kimball about the Navy and the newspapers.",["avery-d-andrews","william-w-kimball"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-23","Letter to Senator Chandler","Roosevelt writes Senator William E. Chandler about the Navy.",["william-e-chandler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-24","Three private talks with McKinley","By now Roosevelt has met privately with McKinley three times. He writes Ira Hollis on the Navy and Lodge on Long and his own heavy duties.",["ira-hollis","henry-cabot-lodge","john-d-long","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-25","A day at the Navy Department","Roosevelt is in Washington; no particular business is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-26","A Rock Creek scramble with Leonard Wood","Roosevelt tells Bellamy Storer he has befriended Army Captain Leonard Wood and the two went scrambling in Rock Creek.",["leonard-wood","bellamy-storer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-27","Maneuvering Dewey to Asia","On Corinne's 36th birthday, Roosevelt sees a request to give Commodore Howell the Asiatic Squadron and steers George Dewey to enlist Senator Redfield Proctor, who gets McKinley to suggest Dewey instead. He sends Senator Chandler a private Navy letter.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-dewey","redfield-proctor","william-mckinley","john-a-howell","william-e-chandler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-28","Dewey gets the Asiatic Squadron","Long returns from vacation irritated by Roosevelt's maneuvering, but Dewey is named to command the Asiatic Squadron anyway.",["john-d-long","george-dewey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-29","Two weeks at home ahead","Roosevelt tells Lodge he will spend the next two weeks at Sagamore Hill, and compliments Arlo Bates on his book of talks about studying literature.",["henry-cabot-lodge","arlo-bates"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-09-30","Groton boys in an uproar","Roosevelt heads for Sagamore Hill and presses Long to build up the fleet. At Groton he keeps the boys laughing for over an hour with police stories, as cousin Franklin records. He also meets Kansas editor William Allen White.",["john-d-long","franklin-d-roosevelt","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-01","Washington becomes home base","Bamie's lease on her Madison Avenue apartment in New York runs out, and from now on Roosevelt counts Washington, D.C., as his place of residence.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1897-10-02","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is with the family at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Another Sunday with the family at Sagamore Hill, with no further events on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-04","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt remains at Sagamore Hill; the record is otherwise blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-05","Corinne and Douglas visit Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt's sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-06","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing more recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-07","At home at Sagamore Hill","A day at Sagamore Hill with no other entries.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-08","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt stays on at Sagamore Hill; no events are listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Still at Sagamore Hill, with the record otherwise empty.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-10","Kermit turns eight","Roosevelt's son Kermit celebrates his eighth birthday at Sagamore Hill. Far to the south, newspaperman Karl Decker spirits the imprisoned Cuban Evangelina Cisneros out of Havana.",["kermit-roosevelt","karl-decker","evangelina-cisneros"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-11","Eleanor's birthday","At Sagamore Hill on the birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt, whom the record lists as turning 43.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-12","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-13","At home at Sagamore Hill","Another day at Sagamore Hill with nothing more on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-14","At home at Sagamore Hill","The last full day of the summer stay at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-15","Family settles into 1810 N Street","Roosevelt brings the family back to Washington, where Kermit and Archie start at a public school. Their rented home at 1810 N Street faces the British Embassy. He tells Seth Low he wishes he could lend a hand in the New York mayor's race.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","seth-low"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1897-10-16","Relief at staying out of the race","Writing to Henry Cabot Lodge, Roosevelt says he is glad not to be caught up in New York's mayoral contest.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-17","Plans to campaign for Hanna","Roosevelt tells his sister Bamie he will make speeches for local Republican candidates in Massachusetts and for Senator Mark Hanna in Ohio.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-18","Explains his silence to Schurz","Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz that, as a federal official, he may not back party candidates in the New York City mayor's race.",["carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-19","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-20","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-21","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-22","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-23","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-24","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-25","McKinley keeps him out of New York politics","Roosevelt lets Jacob Riis know that President McKinley has specifically ordered him not to take sides in the city's elections.",["jacob-riis","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-26","Dry docks, books and a gift","A busy day of letters: Roosevelt writes Senator William Chandler about the dry dock board, praises Stanley Waterloo's novel The Story of Ab, thanks Frederic Remington for a book, and mails William Allen White a copy of American Ideals.",["william-e-chandler","stanley-waterloo","frederic-remington","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-27","Roosevelt turns 39","Roosevelt marks his 39th birthday in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-28","The boys start public school","Roosevelt tells Bamie he walked the two little boys to their public school himself. He also urges more target practice for the Navy, and tells Lodge that Henry George's death has upended the New York mayor's race.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sturgis-bigelow","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-george"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-10-29","Off to Ohio for Hanna","Roosevelt heads to Ohio to campaign for Senator Mark Hanna.",["mark-hanna"],"Ohio"],["1897-10-30","Campaigning in Ohio","Roosevelt is in Ohio on his speaking trip for Senator Hanna.",["mark-hanna"],"Ohio"],["1897-10-31","Walks with Leonard Wood","Roosevelt is in Ohio. In Cuba, Marshal Ramón Blanco takes over from Valeriano Weyler and eases Spanish policy. Around this time Roosevelt and Leonard Wood take long hikes in Rock Creek Park, talking over Cuba under Spanish rule.",["ramon-blanco","valeriano-weyler","leonard-wood"],"Ohio"],["1897-11-01","Too busy for the next volumes","Roosevelt tells publisher George Haven Putnam he would like to push on with his frontier history, The Winning of the West; Navy work, however, leaves him no time.",["george-haven-putnam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-02","Van Wyck wins New York","On election day in New York City, Democrat Robert Van Wyck beats Seth Low and the rest of the field for mayor. Roosevelt follows the result from Washington.",["robert-a-van-wyck","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-03","A board to study naval operations","Roosevelt writes Ira Hollis about a board to look into naval operations.",["ira-hollis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-04","Taking stock after the city defeat","Roosevelt writes John Hay about the Republican setback in New York, French Chadwick about the Cuban rebellion, and Lodge with sharp words about Boss Platt.",["john-hay","french-ensor-chadwick","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-05","Hawaii and New York politics","Roosevelt writes Senator Joseph Foraker about Hawaii, tells Lodge he is happy to be in Washington, and discusses New York politics with Curtis Guild.",["joseph-b-foraker","henry-cabot-lodge","curtis-guild-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-06","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-07","A Sunday tramp with the children","Roosevelt takes the children for a cross-country hike in Rock Creek Park.",[],"Rock Creek Park"],["1897-11-08","Blaming the machine","Roosevelt tells Henry White the family is settled in Washington, and writes Lodge that Platt's machine politics cost the Republicans the elections.",["henry-white","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-09","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-10","An idea about the Mongols","Roosevelt proposes to editor Walter Hines Page an article on the terror the Mongol and Tartar hordes once spread.",["walter-hines-page"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-11","Reading tips for Remington","Roosevelt recommends to Frederic Remington some early books that describe fights with Native Americans.",["frederic-remington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-12","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-13","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-14","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-15","Defending McKinley's hands-off stance","Roosevelt writes Harvard president Charles Eliot about a speech he will give at Harvard, and defends President McKinley's conduct in the New York elections to Alderman Philo Sherman.",["charles-w-eliot","philo-sherman","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-16","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-17","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-18","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-19","Quentin Roosevelt is born","The Roosevelts' youngest child, Quentin, arrives at the house in Washington, catching everyone by surprise. Roosevelt writes Bamie the news and notes that Archie is not pleased, though the other children adore the baby. He also argues for war with Spain in a letter to William Kimball.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-w-kimball","caspar-f-goodrich"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-20","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-21","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-22","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-23","Praise for a Harvard captain","Roosevelt comments on a cowboy story by Edwin Godkin and congratulates Harvard football captain Norman Cabot on a strong season.",["edwin-l-godkin","norman-winslow-cabot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-24","Rams and Navy business","Roosevelt writes Captain Arent Crowninshield about ram ships and other Navy matters.",["arent-s-crowninshield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-25","Bamie's anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Bamie marks two years of marriage to William Sheffield Cowles.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-26","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-27","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-28","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-29","Orders for the North Atlantic Squadron","Roosevelt writes Admiral Montgomery Sicard about the North Atlantic Squadron.",["montgomery-sicard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-11-30","An elk named for Roosevelt","A newly described Olympic Mountains elk is named Cervus roosevelti for the founder of the Boone and Crockett Club. Edith falls ill with the grippe after Quentin's birth and stays sick into February. Roosevelt joins a board on line-versus-staff friction in the Navy and writes Bamie, Selous and James Bryce.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","frederick-selous","james-bryce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-01","Work keeps him from dinner","Roosevelt declines a dinner invitation from Augustus Gardner, explaining he is pinned down by work.",["augustus-p-gardner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-02","Eleven years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 11th wedding anniversary.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-03","More Navy business","Roosevelt writes Admiral Montgomery Sicard on Navy matters.",["montgomery-sicard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-04","Invited to give the Lowell Lectures","Roosevelt writes Augustus Lowell about an invitation to lecture at the Lowell Institute in Boston.",["augustus-lowell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-05","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-06","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-07","Cattle failing in the Badlands","Roosevelt accepts the Lowell lecture invitation, and hears from his ranch partner Sylvane Ferris that the herd is dying off; the plan is to quit the cattle business next year.",["augustus-lowell","sylvane-ferris"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-08","Dewey bound for Asia","Commodore George Dewey has set out for the Far East, where he will take command of the Asiatic Squadron.",["george-dewey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-09","Personnel Board report wins praise","Roosevelt turns in the Navy Personnel Board's report, some 8,000 words long, earning praise from Secretary Long and the newspapers. He writes Mahan on annexing Hawaii and thanks C. Hart Merriam for naming a new wapiti for him.",["john-d-long","alfred-thayer-mahan","c-hart-merriam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-10","A police case from the old days","Roosevelt writes Frank Moss about putting an officer back on the New York City police force.",["frank-moss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-11","Hawaii again","Roosevelt writes Alfred Thayer Mahan once more about Hawaii.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-12","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-13","Compliments for Owen Wister","Roosevelt writes Mahan again on Hawaii and praises Owen Wister's new book, Lin McLean.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","owen-wister"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-14","Getting 'horse wrangler' into the dictionary","Roosevelt urges Mahan that they must do their utmost for the country, and writes Charles Lummis about getting the cowboy term 'horse wrangler' into the dictionary.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","charles-f-lummis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-15","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-16","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-17","Coffee instead of beer for sailors","Roosevelt writes William Kimball on military readiness and George Zurcher about serving sailors coffee in place of beer. He also asks editor William Laffan to let him review Mahan's latest book on American sea power.",["william-w-kimball","george-zurcher","william-m-laffan","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-18","Democrats oppose Hawaii annexation","Roosevelt writes William Chanler that the Democrats are lining up against annexing Hawaii.",["william-astor-chanler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-19","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-20","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-21","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-22","A photo for Bob Ferguson","Roosevelt sends his old friend Bob Ferguson a photograph involving Edith and firecrackers.",["bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-23","Ideas for postage stamps","Roosevelt offers John Merritt ideas for new stamp designs, writes Chanler again on Hawaii, writes Richard Wainwright about a picture of himself, and tells C. Whitney Tillinghast he is ready to fight Spain.",["john-merritt","william-astor-chanler","richard-wainwright","c-whitney-tillinghast"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-24","Sails give way to steam","On Christmas Eve Roosevelt writes Captain Charles Sigsbee about the Navy giving up sail power for good, and Carl Schurz on civil service. He again tells General Tillinghast he will go to war if it comes.",["charles-d-sigsbee","carl-schurz","c-whitney-tillinghast"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-25","Christmas dinner with the Lodges","Roosevelt and Edith bring Alice, Ted and Kermit to Christmas dinner at the home of Henry Cabot Lodge.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-28","Praise for Remington's West","Roosevelt compliments Frederic Remington on his writing about the West.",["frederic-remington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-30","Thanks to Secretary Long","Roosevelt thanks Navy Secretary John D. Long for a supportive note and covers Navy business.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1897-12-31","Writing on American game animals","The year-end record notes Roosevelt's eleven articles on American game animals for a British sporting encyclopedia, on subjects ranging from the bison and wapiti to the puma, peccary, pronghorn and wolf.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-01","New Year's thanks to Bamie","Roosevelt thanks Bamie for a gift book that was just what he wanted, reports that Edith is starting to look well again, and tucks in notes from Ted and Kermit.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-02","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-03","Promising to behave","Roosevelt assures Secretary Long that he means to be 'good' and avoid saying or doing anything embarrassing.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-04","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-05","A long letter to Kipling","Roosevelt discusses the Navy personnel legislation with Edwin Godkin and Senator Eugene Hale on Navy matters, and sends Rudyard Kipling news of the New York police, politics, the Navy and the family.",["edwin-l-godkin","eugene-hale","rudyard-kipling"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-06","Edith sick again","Edith falls ill with the grippe once more. The younger children are sent to stay with friends, and a trained nurse comes into the house.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-07","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-08","Missing the Boone and Crockett dinner","Because Edith is ill with neuralgia pains, Roosevelt tells Grant La Farge he must miss the yearly dinner of the Boone and Crockett Club.",["c-grant-la-farge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-09","A letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-10","Advice for the new police chief","Roosevelt discusses the pending Navy personnel legislation with Ira Hollis and offers guidance to John McCullagh, newly named chief of the city's police force.",["ira-hollis","john-mccullagh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-11","Naval retirement","Roosevelt writes Francis Higginson about the Personnel Bill and retirement rules for naval officers.",["francis-j-higginson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-12","Maine ordered toward Cuba","Rioting erupts in Havana, and the battleship U.S.S. Maine is sent from Key West toward Cuba. Roosevelt writes Admiral William Kirkland about admirals and tells Captain Caspar Goodrich he gives his weekends to the children.",["william-a-kirkland","caspar-f-goodrich"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-13","Seeking an Army commission","Secretary Long brushes off Roosevelt's warnings about war with Spain. With Edith still ill, possibly with typhoid, Roosevelt writes Francis Greene and Adjutant General Tillinghast about getting a commission if war comes.",["john-d-long","edith-kermit-roosevelt","francis-v-greene","c-whitney-tillinghast","charles-h-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-14","Concentrate the fleet","Roosevelt urges Secretary Long to get ready for war with Spain by pulling the battle fleet together, and Long goes along.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-15","Trouble with Boutelle","Roosevelt tells Captain Bowman McCalla that Charles Boutelle, who chairs the House Naval Affairs Committee, dislikes him.",["bowman-h-mccalla","charles-a-boutelle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-16","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-17","Ted worn down; dreaming of the hunt","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Ted has broken down from nervous strain and that he cannot attend the Boone and Crockett dinner. He writes Speck von Sternberg on Cuba, confesses to Selous he longs to slip away after big game, and discusses naval moves against Spain with Charles Davis.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","frederick-selous","charles-h-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-18","Bamie's birthday","Roosevelt's sister Bamie turns 43.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-19","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-20","A sick household and a tax tangle","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Ted and Edith are worse and Kermit is sick too. He writes Emlen Roosevelt, C. Rockland Tyng and Douglas Robinson about his taxes: a steep Oyster Bay assessment pushed him to claim New York City residence, where the bill came in even higher. By evening Edith is better, though Ted is not.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","c-rockland-tyng","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-21","Planning more Winning of the West","Roosevelt writes George Haven Putnam about adding two more volumes to his frontier history.",["george-haven-putnam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-22","Worried about Cuba policy","Roosevelt confides to Captain Robley Evans his fear that the McKinley administration is following the previous one's line on Cuba.",["robley-d-evans"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-23","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-24","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-25","The Maine reaches Havana","The U.S.S. Maine steams into Havana harbor on an official 'courtesy call'; no welcome is offered, but the rioting has ended. Roosevelt writes Bamie that Edith is so ill she must wean the baby.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-26","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-27","A letter to Bamie","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-28","Breakfast with the Lamberts","Roosevelt has breakfast with the Lamberts and Avery Andrews.",["alexander-lambert","avery-d-andrews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-29","Oyster Bay taxes","Roosevelt writes Franklin Hall about his tax bill at Oyster Bay.",["franklin-hall"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-30","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-01-31","Edith's fever holds at 101","Edith's temperature stays at 101 degrees and Ted is too sick to be moved. Lodge warns that Cuba could blow up any day. Roosevelt writes his cousin James Roosevelt about his taxes and the illnesses at home.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-cabot-lodge","james-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-01","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-02","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-03","Learning to ski","Roosevelt tells Frederick Selous about the cold snap in Washington and confesses he has taken up skiing, which he finds great sport.",["frederick-selous"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-04","Setting the bar for club membership","Roosevelt writes the London firm Rowland Ward about hunting books, and spells out for William Wadsworth what it takes to join the Boone and Crockett Club.",["william-austin-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-05","Wary of Germany","In a letter to Frank Moore, Roosevelt names Germany as the European power most hostile to the United States, with France and England not far behind.",["frank-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-06","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-07","College men in politics","Roosevelt writes Thomas R. Woodrow about why educated college graduates belong in public life.",["thomas-r-woodrow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-08","Torpedo tubes and monitors","Roosevelt writes Secretary Long about fitting battleships with torpedo tubes, and Robert Johnson about ironclads and monitors.",["john-d-long","robert-underwood-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-09","The de Lôme letter sets him off","Hearst's New York Journal prints a private letter from Spanish minister Enrique Dupuy de Lôme that mocks President McKinley as weak. Roosevelt is furious and eager for war. At a dinner party he lectures Mark Hanna and a Miss Adler so energetically that one sweeping gesture tears her dress.",["enrique-dupuy-de-lome","william-mckinley","mark-hanna","miss-adler","frank-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-10","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-11","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-12","Alice turns 14","Roosevelt's daughter Alice celebrates her 14th birthday in Washington.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-13","Alice goes to Bamie's","Alice is sent off to New York City to live with her aunt Bamie.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-14","A warning about Germany","Roosevelt writes Charles Moore about possible alliances with Russia, England or Germany, cautioning especially against Germany.",["charles-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-15","The Maine explodes in Havana","At 9:40 that night the battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor; 260 of her crew die at once and six more later. The sensational papers clamor for war while much of the country seems unmoved. Roosevelt calls it treachery. He also writes Selous, wishing he could get away, and Edith writes her sister Emily Carow.",["frederick-selous","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-16","Where to send the ships","The day after the Maine disaster, Roosevelt writes Secretary Long about deploying American warships, and writes Benjamin Diblee about Harvard's Porcellian Club.",["john-d-long","benjamin-diblee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-17","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-18","Torpedo boats","Roosevelt writes Secretary Long about torpedo boats.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-19","A father's regret","Doctors find that Ted's nervous exhaustion comes from being pushed too hard by his father. Roosevelt tells Bamie that Edith is still very ill and vows not to press Ted again. He also writes Long about the Maine inquiry and calls for more battleships.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-20","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-21","Defending the Navy's existence","Roosevelt fires back at J. E. Myers, who had argued that the country should do away with its Navy altogether.",["j-e-myers"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-22","A worrying swelling","Edith notices a swelling low in her abdomen.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-23","Piano and bicycle for Alice?","Roosevelt writes his brother-in-law Will Cowles about the Maine and Edith's illness, discusses books with William Trent, and asks Bamie whether he should ship Alice's piano and bicycle to New York.",["william-sheffield-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-p-trent","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-24","A bogus interview","Roosevelt writes Assistant Secretary of State William R. Day about a made-up 'interview' with him printed in New York newspapers.",["william-r-day"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-25","The cable to Dewey","With Secretary Long away for the afternoon, Roosevelt runs the Navy Department and cables Commodore Dewey to gather his squadron at Hong Kong, keep coaling, and be ready to strike the Spanish in the Philippines if war comes. He orders ships everywhere to fill their bunkers. He also brings in Dr. William Osler to examine Edith.",["william-osler","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-d-long","george-dewey","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","c-whitney-tillinghast"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-26","Long returns to the office","Secretary Long comes back to work, grumbling in his diary that Roosevelt nearly set off a bigger blast than the Maine in his absence. Still, Long cancels none of the orders Roosevelt sent.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-27","Osler urges surgery","Dr. Osler finds Edith critically ill with an abscess in the psoas muscle and advises operating at once, but Roosevelt wants further opinions first.",["william-osler","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-02-28","Alice and the boys of Washington","Roosevelt writes Charles O'Neil about the Maine inquiry. Alice, who had been leading a crowd of admiring boys around Washington, frets at first at Bamie's in New York, then takes to the city's social life so well she refuses to come back.",["charles-o-neil","alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-01","How Germans become Americans","Roosevelt compliments Ernest Bruncken on his pamphlet How Germans Become Americans.",["ernest-bruncken"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-02","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-03","Edith still very ill","Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson that Edith remains seriously sick, and goes over his tax troubles.",["douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-04","Lessons of the Maine","Roosevelt writes naval historian William Clowes, then in Switzerland, about the Maine disaster and readiness for war.",["william-laird-clowes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-05","A second opinion on Edith","A gynecologist examines Edith and agrees with Dr. Osler's diagnosis.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-osler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-06","Drifting toward war","Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson the country is moving toward war, though McKinley will try to avoid it. He writes Bamie about Edith's planned operation and Bradley Johnson about the Navy.",["douglas-robinson","william-mckinley","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","bradley-t-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-07","Edith's operation succeeds","Roosevelt at last agrees to surgery, and doctors successfully remove the abscess near Edith's hip.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-08","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-09","Fifty million for defense","At McKinley's request Congress votes $50 million to build up the armed forces. Roosevelt writes John Roosevelt about moving his legal residence to Washington for tax reasons, tells Charles Davis he will fight if war comes, asks Tillinghast about raising a regiment, and writes Henry White about the Maine.",["william-mckinley","john-ellis-roosevelt","charles-h-davis","c-whitney-tillinghast","henry-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-10","A slow recovery","Edith's surgical wound is left open to drain, and she stays very sick for weeks. Roosevelt writes Mahan about Hawaii.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-11","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-12","The Navy budget","Roosevelt writes Secretary Long about the Navy Department's budget.",["john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-13","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-14","Fake photos and a hunting invitation","Roosevelt tells Bradley Johnson he hopes to join him for some hunting, writes Mahan on war preparations, and writes wildlife photographer A. G. Wallihan about faked pictures.",["bradley-t-johnson","alfred-thayer-mahan","a-g-wallihan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-15","Aching for the front","Roosevelt tells Senator William Chandler he will be miserable if kept at a desk while others fight, and writes General Francis Greene that he hopes to see combat.",["william-e-chandler","francis-v-greene"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-16","A war plan for Mahan","Roosevelt fears to Bamie that McKinley is set on peace. He writes Robley Evans on the Navy and lays out a plan of campaign against Spain for Mahan.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-mckinley","robley-d-evans","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-17","Proctor's Cuba speech","Back from Cuba, Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont tells the Senate what he saw and calls for American armed intervention. Roosevelt writes journalist Walter Wellman about Robert Peary's Arctic plans.",["redfield-proctor","walter-wellman","robert-e-peary"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-18","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-19","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-20","Sabotage finding expected","President McKinley learns that the Maine inquiry will conclude the ship was destroyed from outside.",["william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-21","Sworn a Washington resident","Roosevelt signs an affidavit that he is a Washington resident to escape New York City taxes. He tells Brooks Adams that Edith is slowly recovering and that it is not too late to intervene in Cuba, and sends Mahan ideas on war with Spain.",["brooks-adams","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-22","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-23","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-24","White hulls turn gray","The Navy orders its ships repainted from peacetime white to battle gray. Roosevelt writes Mahan about warships.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-25","Langley's flying machine","Spain's minister is told his country's rule in Cuba can no longer be tolerated. Roosevelt asks Long about resigning, and tells him of Professor Samuel Langley's flying experiments on the Potomac, which fascinate him.",["john-d-long","samuel-p-langley","john-ellis-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-26","Challenging Hanna at the Gridiron Club","Speaking after dinner at Washington's Gridiron Club, Roosevelt openly takes on Senator Mark Hanna's caution about Spain. He asks William Chanler if he can raise a regiment, and tells Tillinghast that trouble with Spain is near.",["mark-hanna","william-astor-chanler","c-whitney-tillinghast","john-d-long"],"Gridiron Club"],["1898-03-27","Walking and plotting with Wood","Roosevelt writes Ted, now with Bamie and Alice in New York, about a hard walk with Dr. Leonard Wood spent figuring out how they might both join the army bound for Cuba.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","leonard-wood","anna-roosevelt-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-28","The Maine report goes public","The Maine report is made public. Roosevelt objects to Paul Dana about false stories in the Journal, tells his sister Conie he is worked to the limit, and writes William Tudor that America's inaction since the explosion is humiliating.",["paul-dana","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-tudor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-29","Weighing what war would mean","In a reflective letter to William Sturgis Bigelow, Roosevelt considers the consequences of war. He tells Will Cowles he is disgusted with foreign policy and hopes the Senate, led by men like Lodge, will demand Cuban independence. He also writes Dr. Alexander Lambert about not pressing Ted.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","william-sheffield-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","alexander-lambert","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-30","Telling the President to his face","Spain accepts every point of McKinley's ultimatum except an armistice. Roosevelt reports to Will Cowles that he urged armed intervention in front of the President and Cabinet. He writes Henry White and Douglas Robinson on Cuba, and Long about Langley's flying machine.",["william-mckinley","william-sheffield-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-white","douglas-robinson","john-d-long","samuel-p-langley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-03-31","Spain out of the hemisphere","Roosevelt applauds Senator William Frye of Maine for his work on Cuba, writes John Roosevelt about his legal residence, and tells James Bryce that Spain should be pushed out of the Western Hemisphere.",["william-p-frye","john-ellis-roosevelt","james-bryce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-01","Two days in command","Roosevelt tells Bamie he would give anything for two days in full charge, and tells Dr. Alexander Lambert, Ted's physician, that he must fight if war comes.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alexander-lambert","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-02","Resisting Douglas Robinson's advice","Douglas Robinson has urged Roosevelt not to join the fighting, but Roosevelt answers that duty tells him to go. He also tells P. Lee Phillips he will not need maps and writes Long about men seeking to return to service.",["douglas-robinson","p-lee-phillips","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-03","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-04","Edith surprises him at the club","McKinley drafts a war message. Roosevelt writes William Wadsworth about getting into a regiment and General Benjamin Tracy on why war must come. Edith, much improved, hires a carriage to the Metropolitan Club and has Leonard Wood call him outside; Roosevelt is overjoyed to see her up.",["william-mckinley","william-austin-wadsworth","benjamin-f-tracy","edith-kermit-roosevelt","leonard-wood","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1898-04-05","Against 'peace at any price'","Roosevelt writes Robert Bacon, William Tudor and Elihu Root about the looming war, scorning those who want peace at any cost.",["robert-bacon","william-tudor","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-06","Diplomacy has run out","Roosevelt tells Dr. Henry Jackson that diplomacy has done all it can and rejects Jackson's call for peace at any cost.",["henry-jackson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-07","McKinley warns off the powers","Roosevelt wants Cuba freed from harsh Spanish rule. McKinley meets envoys of six major powers and makes clear he will not accept interference over Cuba. Roosevelt writes Wadsworth about a volunteer regiment.",["william-mckinley","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-08","Fight for a free Cuba","Roosevelt urges Robert Bacon to support a fight for Cuban independence that would drive Spain from the Americas.",["robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-09","Archie turns four","Fitzhugh Lee, the American consul general in Cuba, is called home. In Washington, Archie celebrates his fourth birthday.",["fitzhugh-lee","archibald-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-10","Easter in Washington","Roosevelt spends Easter in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-11","McKinley asks Congress to act","President McKinley sends Congress his message on Cuba, calling for American intervention.",["william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-13","A Yale clipping","Roosevelt writes Robert W. de Forest about a Yale newspaper clipping de Forest had sent him.",["robert-w-de-forest"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-14","Congress should declare it","Roosevelt tells Lodge that a resolution for war ought to come from Congress.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-15","Forces begin to mobilize","The first orders go out to mobilize America's army and navy.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-16","'The army is awful'","In his diary Roosevelt mocks McKinley's continued efforts for peace, credits himself with having the Navy ready, and despairs of the Army and the War Department. He presses Long for a blockade of Cuba before Spain can mobilize.",["william-mckinley","john-d-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-17","Sizing up Alger and Miles","Roosevelt's diary is unimpressed by Secretary of War Russell Alger and the Army's commanding general, Nelson Miles.",["russell-a-alger","nelson-a-miles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-18","Congress votes to intervene","After long debate Congress passes the intervention resolution in the small hours of April 19. Roosevelt explains to Paul Dana why he wants to fight, writes General Tracy on the Navy, and scoffs in his diary at Alger and Miles's boast of 100,000 men in Tampa within a day.",["paul-dana","benjamin-f-tracy","russell-a-alger","nelson-a-miles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-19","Cuba declared free","Roosevelt's diary accuses Speaker Thomas Reed, with Joseph Cannon and Charles Boutelle, of blocking war preparations. Congress adopts joint resolutions recognizing Cuban independence and telling Spain to get out.",["thomas-b-reed","joseph-cannon","charles-a-boutelle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-20","Envoys depart","McKinley signs the Cuba resolution. Spain's minister leaves Washington and U.S. minister Stewart Woodford leaves Madrid. Roosevelt writes Captain Robley Evans about the Marines, confident of beating Spain even with damaged battleships.",["william-mckinley","stewart-l-woodford","robley-d-evans"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-21","Relations with Spain cut","The United States formally breaks diplomatic relations with Spain. Roosevelt's diary praises the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He tells General Tracy the country must strike now, and writes William Chanler about Army volunteers.",["benjamin-f-tracy","william-astor-chanler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-22","Fleet heads into the Caribbean","The Atlantic Squadron leaves Key West for Caribbean waters.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-23","A volunteer cavalry post in sight","McKinley asks for 125,000 volunteers to bolster a regular army of about 28,000, among them three regiments of frontier horsemen and crack shots. Roosevelt is in line for second in command of the first of these cavalry regiments, under his friend Leonard Wood.",["william-mckinley","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-24","Spain declares war","Spain formally goes to war with the United States. Secretary Long cables Dewey to go after the Philippines. Roosevelt writes his old ranch partner Sylvane Ferris about the cavalry regiment he is raising.",["john-d-long","george-dewey","sylvane-ferris"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-25","Congress declares war","Congress declares war on Spain, and Dewey gets orders to go after Spain's ships. Roosevelt's commission dates from today; friends think he has lost his mind. He writes Chanler, John Fox, Wadsworth and Will Cowles about the volunteer regiments.",["george-dewey","william-astor-chanler","john-fox-jr","william-austin-wadsworth","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-26","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-27","Flood of volunteers","Bags of applications start pouring in for Roosevelt's new regiment; some 23,000 arrive in all. He writes John Moore about horses for the unit.",["john-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-28","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-29","Corinne's anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Corinne marks her 16th wedding anniversary with Douglas Robinson.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-04-30","Elkhorn goes to Sylvane Ferris","Roosevelt hands his Elkhorn ranch over to Sylvane Ferris and buys life insurance. Bamie, now expecting, still has Ted and Alice. Wood leaves for San Antonio to build the training camp, and Roosevelt lands Krag carbines with smokeless powder and khaki uniforms for the men. He later said he would have left even a deathbed to answer this call.",["sylvane-ferris","anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","leonard-wood","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-01","Dewey wins at Manila Bay","Commodore Dewey destroys Spain's Pacific squadron in Manila Bay in about seven and a half hours of action, without losing a single American life.",["george-dewey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-02","Congratulations to Dewey","Roosevelt wires his congratulations to Dewey. McKinley and Long approve Roosevelt's plan for a combined naval and military attack on Cuba. He wires Guy Murchie to recruit Harvard men and orders a blue cravenette lieutenant colonel's uniform from Brooks Brothers.",["george-dewey","william-mckinley","john-d-long","guy-murchie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-03","A watch and the last cattle","Roosevelt thanks Douglas Robinson for a watch; Douglas is buying up the few cattle Roosevelt still owns.",["douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-04","Dandies and champions enlist","Roosevelt thanks his old Maine guide Bill Sewall for caring about how the new unit fares, and wires Lincoln Steffens about Eastern college men joining up. Among them are polo star Joseph Sampson Stevens, quarterback Dudley Dean, tennis champion Bob Wrenn, Columbia oarsman Hamilton Fish and the fashionable Woodbury Kane.",["william-sewall","lincoln-steffens","woodbury-kane","joseph-sampson-stevens","dudley-dean","robert-d-wrenn","hamilton-fish"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-05","Untangling red tape","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has stayed in Washington to cut through red tape. He has signed up about 40 men from Harvard, Yale and the Knickerbocker Club, Bob Ferguson among them, signing up at the 1814 G Street office. Edith keeps gaining, though worry about him wears on her. He thanks Conie for a watch.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"1814 G Street"],["1898-05-06","Resigns from the Navy Department","Roosevelt's diary records his commission as lieutenant colonel with Wood as colonel, by his own choice, after he had been offered the top post. He sends to McKinley, by way of Long, his resignation from the Navy's second-ranking post, and writes Bamie, Douglas Robinson and Fitzhugh Lee.",["leonard-wood","john-d-long","william-mckinley","anna-roosevelt-cowles","douglas-robinson","fitzhugh-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-07","Fuming at the War Department","Roosevelt vents in his diary about delays in the Army's ordnance office and a War Department without leadership.",["daniel-w-flagler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-08","Edith back on her feet","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Edith is well and that the two of them have gone out to dinner a few times. He tells Conie that Douglas Robinson's cousin Kenneth has joined the Rough Riders.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","kenneth-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-09","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-10","Carbines for Texas","Roosevelt tells Colonel Wood that the Krag carbines he obtained are being shipped to San Antonio.",["leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-11","A spring drive with Edith","Roosevelt takes Edith for a drive through the countryside in bloom.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-12","Leaving for San Antonio","At 10 p.m. Roosevelt boards a train for San Antonio. Kermit, who stayed up to see him off, writes that his father has gone to war. Roosevelt sends Bamie a goodbye note and thanks Conie for a poem.",["kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-13","Heading southwest","Roosevelt is on the train bound for San Antonio.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-14","Still on the rails","Roosevelt's journey to San Antonio continues.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1898-05-15","Arrives at Camp Wood","Roosevelt reaches the regiment's camp at San Antonio, about 500 tents holding some 1,000 men.",[],"Camp Wood"],["1898-05-16","Life by the bugle","Roosevelt judges Major Alexander Brodie a good man and settles into camp routine: reveille before dawn, watering horses in the river, mounted drill and bronco busting he oversees, skirmish practice, dress parade, officers' school at night, then taps. Afterward he writes letters, while many troopers slip into town.",["alexander-o-brodie"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-17","Drilling the troopers","Kenneth Robinson writes Conie that Roosevelt has been putting the men through drill for several days.",["kenneth-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-18","A lesson from Wood","Bob Ferguson tells Douglas Robinson that Roosevelt already has a firm grip on the men. Around now Roosevelt buys the troopers a round of beer; Wood rebukes him for blurring the line between officers and men, and Roosevelt promptly admits the mistake.",["bob-ferguson","douglas-robinson","leonard-wood"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-19","Working like beavers","Roosevelt's diary marvels at the regiment's progress under constant drill, and he tells Lodge they are hard at work getting it into shape.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-20","Ivy League meets cow country","Roosevelt notes in his diary that the Harvard and New York recruits are getting along well with the cowboys.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-21","Rifles by slow freight","Roosevelt's diary blasts the Ordnance Bureau for sending what the regiment doesn't need by express and its rifles by slow freight, and he lays the ultimate blame on the President. He writes Robert Bridges about writing an account of the coming campaign.",["william-mckinley","robert-bridges"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-22","In camp at San Antonio","Roosevelt is with the regiment in San Antonio; nothing further is recorded.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-23","Another day in camp","The regiment's training continues at San Antonio, with no other entries.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-24","Camp routine continues","Roosevelt remains at the San Antonio camp; no other events are noted.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-25","The Rough Riders get their name","Roosevelt assures President McKinley the regiment is in fine form and eager for Cuba, and describes for Lodge the 'Rough Riders,' as the newspapers now call them.",["william-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-26","Nearly full strength","Roosevelt's diary notes the regiment is almost at full quota and praises Wood's tireless work. The mounted drill is excellent, but restless troopers have taken to shooting up San Antonio on nights in town.",["leonard-wood"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-27","Waiting for orders","Roosevelt is in camp at San Antonio; no other events are recorded.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-28","Orders for Tampa","The regiment is ordered to Tampa, Florida, and sits for its regimental photograph. Edith writes Roosevelt about Ted.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-29","Breaking camp","At 5 a.m. Camp Wood comes down, and loading the horses onto the train takes until midnight. Roosevelt takes charge of the rear four of the train's seven sections.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-30","Rolling toward Florida","The train finally pulls out at 6 a.m. Roosevelt's diary complains of a rail system breaking down, endless delays, and no proper places to unload, water and feed the horses.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-05-31","Spare spectacles sewn in","The regiment rolls on toward Tampa in a long train of passenger, baggage, box and livestock cars, loading and unloading horses through each night. Roosevelt carries a dozen pairs of spectacles stitched into his clothes and hat.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-06-01","Rough Riders roll toward Tampa","On a long, sweltering, crowded train ride to Florida, Roosevelt lets his troopers drink but comes down hard on anyone who gets drunk. In spare moments he reads a French book on Anglo-Saxon superiority.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-06-02","Hot coffee on a hungry train","With no hot meals aboard, Roosevelt arranges hot coffee for his troopers. At station stops along the way, townspeople hand the soldiers watermelons and beer.",[],"San Antonio"],["1898-06-03","Into the chaos at Tampa","The regiment arrives at Tampa to find the railroads in a snarl; the troopers ride the last six miles and Roosevelt and Wood hunt for their campsite after dark in 90-degree heat. Edith has come down to the Tampa Bay Hotel, and he spends the night there with her.",["leonard-wood","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Tampa Bay Hotel"],["1898-06-04","Weary horses, drill on foot","The horses are worn out from the trip, so the regiment drills on foot. Roosevelt rides into Tampa, and Edith writes home to the children.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-05","A diary cry over Tampa's disorder","Roosevelt pours his frustration into his diary, blaming the mess at Tampa on a collapse of both the rail and military systems. Edith writes her sister Emily about her journey to Florida.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-06","Mounted drill and hard news","The Rough Riders show off a sharp mounted drill on the flats, watched by foreign military observers, Richard Harding Davis and Edith. Then word comes that only officers' horses will ship to Cuba, and just eight of the regiment's twelve troops will go.",["richard-harding-davis","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","john-fox-jr"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-07","Edith heads home; orders to embark","Edith starts back to New York. Drinking coffee in the hotel, Roosevelt hears the troops will ship out right away, and he dashes off notes to his sisters brimming with eagerness to go.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Tampa Bay Hotel"],["1898-06-08","Seizing a coal train and a ship","When no train shows up, Roosevelt commandeers a coal train going the wrong way and has it backed down to the docks with his men aboard. Wood grabs the transport Yucatan, meant for two other regiments, and the Rough Riders hold it. Two Vitagraph cameramen come along; the fleet sails but halts on reports of ships in the Gulf.",["leonard-wood"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-09","Packed aboard and going nowhere","The troopers sit crammed aboard the Yucatan in the heat, waiting without complaint while the food goes bad. Roosevelt fumes in his diary about the bungling.",[],"Tampa"],["1898-06-10","Sharks and swimmers in midstream","The transports move out into the channel. Sharks prowl the water, but some overheated men go swimming anyway. Roosevelt tells Lodge the disorder is beyond words.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-11","Baking in the harbor","Another day stalled in Tampa harbor. Roosevelt notes in his diary that the tropical sun is hard on his men.",[],"Tampa"],["1898-06-12","Sixth day aboard the sweltering ship","Still stuck in the bay, Roosevelt writes Bamie about a small ship carrying a thousand men, warns Edith the wait is hurting morale, and asks Lodge to carry word of the Tampa mismanagement to the President.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-13","Anchors up, then down again","In the afternoon the transports finally raise anchor, move down the bay and drop anchor once more.",[],"Tampa"],["1898-06-14","At last, the fleet sails for Cuba","The transports clear the Tampa Bay lighthouse and steam for Cuba that evening, every ship lit up while the bands play the national anthem together. Roosevelt sends Douglas Robinson a quick note.",["douglas-robinson","james-king-gracie"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-15","Lights off Key West","Late in the evening Roosevelt spots the lights of the Tortugas and Key West. The 31-ship convoy stretches 25 miles and straggles, and General Shafter brushes off the Navy's plea to darken the ships at night.",["william-r-shafter","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-16","Slow going, school at sea","The convoy crawls along, slowed by a schooner and a scow under tow. By day the officers hold classes and the men drill on deck.",["c-grant-la-farge"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-17","At sea","Another day aboard ship on the way to Cuba; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Tampa"],["1898-06-18","Sent back to guard a straggler","Shafter orders the Yucatan back to escort a transport towing a schooner. Roosevelt calls the order idiotic: his ship has no towline and only gives the rear gunboat Bancroft one more vessel to watch.",["william-r-shafter"],"Tampa"],["1898-06-19","Left behind with the schooner","The Yucatan plods along beside the towed schooner while the rest of the fleet disappears over the horizon.",[],"Tampa"],["1898-06-20","Santiago is the target","The fleet turns southwest and the destination becomes clear: Santiago. The ships stop some 20 miles to the east of Morro Castle after a day hugging the Cuban shore.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Morro Castle"],["1898-06-21","Battle orders and a war dance","Orders for the landing are read out to the troops, and Roosevelt celebrates with a war dance and a rousing Irish-American song.",[],"Morro Castle"],["1898-06-22","Ashore in Cuba with a toothbrush","After a 3:30 a.m. reveille and a morning naval bombardment, the landing begins. Officers' horses are pushed overboard to swim; Roosevelt's Rain-in-the-Face drowns while Texas reaches shore. The Yucatan sails off with the baggage, leaving him only a toothbrush and a yellow mackinaw. By midnight 6,000 troops are on the beach.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-06-23","Marching to Siboney","After General Lawton seizes Siboney that morning, the regiment sets out at 3:45 p.m. under General Joseph Wheeler and cover seven steamy miles by sundown, Roosevelt on foot beside his men. Movie cameras catch pack mules on the trail toward Santiago.",["henry-w-lawton","joseph-wheeler","henry-bardshar","marshall"],"Cuba"],["1898-06-24","Under fire at Las Guasimas","Before dawn the regiment pushes toward Las Guasimas, and Spanish snipers open up from cover, killing Sergeant Hamilton Fish and Captain Allyn Capron. Roosevelt, splinters in his eyes, leads three troops on a flanking fire that opens the way for the charge. In two hours the Spanish fall back, and he pockets three Mauser cartridges for his children.",["hamilton-fish","allyn-capron","leonard-wood","richard-harding-davis","edward-marshall","stephen-crane","samuel-b-m-young","joseph-wheeler"],"Cuba"],["1898-06-25","A day of rest after the fight","The regiment rests. Roosevelt writes Edith an account of the Las Guasimas fight.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cuba"],["1898-06-26","Eleven hundred pounds of beans","The regiment moves three miles. Told the commissary's beans are for officers only, Roosevelt orders 1,100 pounds of them as an officer, feeds his whole regiment, and hauls one sack himself over eight miles of jungle road.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-06-27","Scouting while the papers cheer","The regiment stays put while Roosevelt goes out scouting. Back home the newspapers praise the Rough Riders and ignore the other units at Las Guasimas. Letters pass between him and Edith, and he writes Lodge about the battle.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Cuba"],["1898-06-28","Governor talk begins at home","The Rough Riders remain on the Las Guasimas ridge. In New York, people are already talking about making Roosevelt the next governor.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-06-29","Back to the coast for supplies","Roosevelt heads back to the coast to push ammunition and food forward. General Shafter at last reaches the Las Guasimas ridge.",["william-r-shafter","mrs-james-lowndes"],"Las Guasimas"],["1898-06-30","Night march toward San Juan","Shafter surveys the heights of San Juan from El Pozo and holds a war council; the advance on Santiago begins as Wheeler falls ill with fever. The regiment marches late and camps at 9 p.m. At Sagamore Hill, Edith buys a horse she names Cuba and fills scrapbooks with clippings.",["william-r-shafter","joseph-wheeler","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-01","The charge up Kettle and San Juan hills","Roosevelt's 'crowded hour.' With Wood moved up to brigade command, he leads the Rough Riders. After hours pinned down by fire at Bloody Ford, he rides Little Texas up Kettle Hill, takes a graze on the elbow, and finishes on foot. He then rallies the men across to San Juan Hill, where the flag is already up. The regiment suffers the heaviest losses of any unit there.",["leonard-wood","samuel-s-sumner","joseph-wheeler","william-o-o-neill","henry-bardshar","bob-ferguson","greenwald","edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-edward-kelley"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-02","Holding the ridge under shellfire","Before dawn a shell lands near Roosevelt, who keeps striding the San Juan ridge under rifle and artillery fire. His diary lists officers of the regular cavalry. Bob Ferguson writes Edith that he now believes nothing can kill her husband.",["bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-03","Truce, and the Spanish fleet is gone","A truce takes hold at noon. Off Santiago, the Navy under Sampson and Schley destroys the Spanish squadron as it runs for the open sea. Roosevelt's men dig in through daily rain, and he writes Edith and urges Lodge to get more troops and supplies sent.",["william-t-sampson","winfield-scott-schley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-04","A grim Fourth in the trenches","The truce holds, but men in the trenches suffer from wounds, dysentery, malaria and hunger. Army bands play for them, and the Rough Riders ask for 'Fair Harvard.' Across the Pacific, the U.S. takes Wake Island. Roosevelt sends Wood a report on what has happened since the July 1 battle.",["leonard-wood"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-05","Calling Shafter incompetent","Outside Santiago, Roosevelt writes Lodge that General Shafter is criminally incompetent and describes the hardship and disorder of the siege. Bob Ferguson tells Edith her husband is reveling in the fight.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-shafter","bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","miss-julia"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-06","A letter to McKinley","The siege of Santiago continues. In Washington, Congress votes to annex Hawaii. Roosevelt writes to President McKinley.",["william-mckinley"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-07","Hoping for the Medal of Honor","Still in the lines outside Santiago, Roosevelt tells Lodge he believes he has earned both a higher rank and the Medal of Honor, should General Wheeler recommend him.",["henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-wheeler"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-08","Siege lines at Santiago","Another day in the trenches outside Santiago; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-09","Siege lines at Santiago","Roosevelt and the regiment remain in the lines outside Santiago; the day passes without other notes.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-10","Bombardment resumes","The guns open again outside Santiago, as the dynamite gun and the Colt guns fire on the Spanish lines. Roosevelt tells Lodge that Shafter ought to be removed from command.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-shafter"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-11","Promoted to full colonel","Roosevelt is formally commissioned colonel. The regiment shifts a mile to the right taking its Gatling gun along to cover the road to El Caney, and the hardest rain yet falls that night. Stephen Crane later praised how hard he worked for his men during the siege.",["stephen-crane"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-12","Rain until noon","The siege goes on outside Santiago, with rain pouring down until midday.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-13","Surrender talks begin","Outside Santiago, American and Spanish officers meet to discuss the city's surrender.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-14","A letter from Edith","The regiment holds its lines outside Santiago, and a letter arrives from Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-15","A face-saving deal; Uncle James dies","Negotiators agree the Santiago garrison will give up within two days, after a token bombardment aimed harmlessly over the houses to preserve Spanish honor. Roosevelt writes Ethel about the endless rain. At home, his uncle James Alfred Roosevelt dies that evening on the Long Island Rail Road near New Hyde Park.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-alfred-roosevelt"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-16","Waiting outside Santiago","Roosevelt and the regiment spend the day in the lines outside Santiago, with the surrender close at hand; nothing more is noted.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-17","Santiago surrenders","At noon the American flag rises over Santiago as 17,000 Spanish troops give up the city.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-18","Half the regiment out of action","Roosevelt shifts his camp across the ridge to the foothills west of El Caney as yellow fever cases mount. He notes that half his men are dead, wounded or sick.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-19","Letters on triumph and breakdown","Roosevelt writes a burst of letters: to Edith on victory and the collapse of transport, food and hospital services; to Douglas Robinson thanking him for supplies; to Lodge describing San Juan; to General Bradley T. Johnson on his pride in the men; and to Bamie with news.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","bradley-t-johnson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-20","Command of the brigade","With more officers falling sick, Roosevelt takes command of the 2nd Brigade. He reports on bad conditions near Santiago to General Wood and writes Ethel about Cuba's lizards and birds.",["leonard-wood","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-21","In camp in Cuba","The regiment remains in camp near Santiago; no events are recorded.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-22","Feeding the men from his own pocket","Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he is paying for the Rough Riders' food himself and that half the regiment is out of action. He writes Lodge about bad organization and fears of yellow fever, though none of his men actually has the disease.",["douglas-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-23","Fresh meat at last","Fresh meat finally reaches the sick-ridden camp. Roosevelt writes Secretary of War Russell Alger asking that his men be sent on to fight in Puerto Rico.",["russell-a-alger"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-24","A Sunday service in camp","A service is held in camp, and Roosevelt notes a slight improvement in the men's health.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-25","Diary notes on camp characters","Roosevelt jots down camp anecdotes in his diary, including a lost hat, troopers Pollock and Paunce, and a man who refused to grow his hair long in wartime.",["pollock","paunce"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-26","In camp in Cuba","Another day in camp in Cuba with nothing recorded.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-07-27","Governorship and Harvard men","Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he never expected to come through unhurt, discusses a possible run for governor with John Lewis Childs, and praises the young Harvard men serving as troopers in a letter to President Charles W. Eliot.",["douglas-robinson","john-lewis-childs","charles-w-eliot","mrs-clifford-richardson","c-grant-la-farge"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-28","Red Cross goods from Bamie","Roosevelt records troopers' stories in his diary, including Crockett's wound and the parson who ground coffee. He thanks Bamie for Red Cross supplies she arranged and calls the regiment thoroughly American.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","crockett","russell","morrison"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-29","Remembering the bronco busters","Roosevelt's diary names two bronco busters in the regiment, Darnell and Smoky Moore.",["darnell","smoky-moore"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-30","Colonel's commission accepted","Roosevelt formally accepts his colonelcy. General Shafter calls all officers together to discuss the army's health crisis. In his diary Roosevelt recalls Happy Jack, a former lightweight boxer sure he could not catch fever.",["william-r-shafter","happy-jack"],"Cuba"],["1898-07-31","Pleading to bring the men home","Roosevelt tells Lodge he would much rather take on national politics than New York's sewers and police boards, and he writes Seth Low that his men must leave Cuba before sickness kills them.",["henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-01","In camp in Cuba","The regiment stays in camp in Cuba; the record is blank.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-02","In camp in Cuba","Nothing is recorded for the day in Cuba.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-03","The round robin letter","Roosevelt writes two letters warning that disease will destroy the army unless it leaves Cuba: one under his own name and a 'round robin' signed by many officers around Santiago. Both go to the Associated Press for publication at home.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-04","The letters hit the papers","Roosevelt's warnings appear in American morning newspapers, and both the President and Secretary Alger are furious.",["william-mckinley","russell-a-alger"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-05","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is still in Cuba while Bamie and Winthrop Chanler stay at Sagamore Hill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","winthrop-chanler"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-06","Ordered home to Montauk","Washington orders Shafter's army to Montauk on Long Island. It is Edith's 37th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-r-shafter"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-07","Last days in Cuba","Roosevelt remains in Cuba while Douglas Robinson signs the guest book at Sagamore Hill.",["douglas-robinson"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-08","Leaving Santiago on the Miami","The Rough Riders sail out of Santiago harbor aboard the troopship Miami. Wood stays behind as the city's military governor.",["leonard-wood"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-09","At sea","The Miami steams north toward home.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-10","At sea","Still at sea aboard the Miami. Jacob Riis signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["jacob-riis"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-11","At sea","Another day aboard the Miami heading for Long Island.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-12","Peace protocol signed","While Roosevelt is at sea, the United States and Spain sign a peace protocol, and Hawaii is formally annexed.",[],"Cuba"],["1898-08-13","Manila falls; Ethel turns seven","U.S. forces capture Manila in the Philippines. At home, Ethel celebrates her seventh birthday.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-14","Platt cool on Roosevelt for governor","Boss Thomas Platt pushes back against the talk of nominating Roosevelt for governor. At sea, Roosevelt writes Brander Matthews about an article he hopes to write for Macmillan's.",["thomas-c-platt","brander-matthews"],"Cuba"],["1898-08-15","Home at Montauk, 'disgracefully well'","Tugs bring the Miami in at noon as a big crowd waits on the Montauk shore. Roosevelt, looking fit beside his gaunt troopers, tells reporters he feels ashamed to be so healthy but that it was a bully fight; he will talk only about the regiment. The men go into quarantine at Camp Wikoff, and he slips out to see Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-16","Edith in a Montauk boarding house","Roosevelt is at Montauk, where Edith has taken a room in a grubby boarding house nearby.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-17","An early release from quarantine","Roosevelt wires Lemuel Quigg, Platt's lieutenant in the state Republican organization, that he will be discharged early from quarantine.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-18","Independents come calling","John Jay Chapman, who leads an independent effort to draft Roosevelt for governor, visits him. Roosevelt notes in his diary the tale of Ballard, a former sheriff who broke up the Black Jack gang.",["john-jay-chapman","charles-ballard"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-19","Telling Quigg he wants the job","Lemuel Quigg calls on behalf of the Republican organization, and Roosevelt admits he would like to be their candidate for governor. His diary recalls surf baths with his troopers.",["lemuel-e-quigg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-curry"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-20","A hero's welcome at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt and Edith leave camp for a five-day family visit at Sagamore Hill, and some 1,500 people turn out in Oyster Bay to greet him. Little Archie, not quite sure who he is, greets him cheerfully as 'Colonel.'",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-08-21","Madeira on the piazza","In the evening Roosevelt puts on a tuxedo and sips madeira on the piazza while guests fill the house, among them Grant La Farge, Corinne and Douglas Robinson, and Speck von Sternberg.",["c-grant-la-farge","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-08-22","Driving Edith to the Red Cross","Roosevelt takes Edith by carriage to a meeting of the Red Cross.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-08-23","Delegations, cameras and Lodge","Sagamore Hill hums with visiting delegations and photographers, and Lodge stops by. Roosevelt tells Charles W. Eliot his letter to Alger was written in a spirit of 'calculated imprudence.'",["charles-w-eliot","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-08-24","A fallback deal with the independents","Chapman returns alongside Isaac Klein, a Citizens Union leader, and Roosevelt agrees to run as an independent for governor if the Republicans pass him over.",["john-jay-chapman","isaac-klein","s-r-bryan-leighton","avery-d-andrews","c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-08-25","Back to Montauk","Roosevelt returns to camp at Montauk. Bamie signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-26","At Montauk","Roosevelt is at Camp Wikoff; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Montauk"],["1898-08-27","Letting events take their course","Roosevelt tells Seth Low he is 'running' for governor the way Low once did, by letting things unfold. He assures Quigg he has said nothing to reporters.",["seth-low","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-28","At Montauk","A quiet day in camp. Dan Tyler Moore appears in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["dan-tyler-moore"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-29","Funeral in Newport","Roosevelt travels to Newport, Rhode Island, to attend William Tiffany's funeral.",["william-tiffany"],"Newport"],["1898-08-30","Ready to face the convention","Roosevelt tells Quigg he will go before the Republican convention if the organization wants him, whether or not Governor Black fights back.",["lemuel-e-quigg","frank-s-black"],"Montauk"],["1898-08-31","Honorary Rough Riders","The record lists honorary Rough Riders: correspondent Richard Harding Davis, British military attaché Arthur Lee, and regular Army artillery Lieutenant Parker.",["richard-harding-davis","arthur-lee","john-h-parker"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-01","Platt signals his favor","Platt lets it leak that he backs Roosevelt for the Republican nomination for governor. Alarmed, Chapman and Klein rush to Montauk, and Roosevelt calms them. He also congratulates John Hay on becoming Secretary of State.",["thomas-c-platt","john-jay-chapman","isaac-klein","john-hay"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-02","At Montauk","A quiet day at the Montauk camp with nothing recorded.",[],"Montauk"],["1898-09-03","Not bothered 'a particle'","Roosevelt writes Francis E. Leupp that he has not fretted over the nomination at all, and that in party politics one has to work with the machine.",["francis-e-leupp"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-04","McKinley visits the camp","President McKinley and Secretary Alger visit the troops at Montauk. Roosevelt tugs his glove off with his teeth before he shakes the President's hand. He tells Lodge that Edith is cross with him for not writing and that Alger should go.",["william-mckinley","russell-a-alger","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-05","At Montauk","Roosevelt is in camp; the day is blank in the record.",[],"Montauk"],["1898-09-06","The family camps out","Edith brings Alice, Ted, Kermit and Ethel to Montauk for a 24-hour stay. Ted and Kermit bunk in the tent on a cot and an air mattress, and their father sleeps on a table.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-07","At Montauk","Another camp day at Montauk with nothing noted.",[],"Montauk"],["1898-09-08","Mustering out ahead","Roosevelt tells Quigg the Rough Riders will soon be mustered out.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-09","At Montauk","A quiet day in camp. Bob Ferguson signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["bob-ferguson"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-10","Will accept, will not seek","Roosevelt says he will accept the Republican nomination for governor but will not go after it. He visits with Colonel L. H. Jerome.",["l-h-jerome"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-11","A flag for Edith","Edith tells her sister Emily that the Rough Riders raised a new flag in her honor. Roosevelt wires Quigg that the regiment will muster out Thursday or perhaps Friday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-12","Yes to the nomination, with reservations","Roosevelt writes both Quigg and Chapman that he wants the nomination, but tells Quigg he does not accept every condition Platt has set.",["lemuel-e-quigg","john-jay-chapman","thomas-c-platt"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-13","Farewell gift: The Bronco Buster","On Ted's 11th birthday, bugles call the 900 surviving Rough Riders together one last time. They form a square around a hidden gift, Frederic Remington's bronze The Bronco Buster, and present it to their colonel. Roosevelt, choked up, shakes every man's hand.",["frederic-remington","theodore-roosevelt-jr","preble-tucker","douglas-robinson","paul-fuller"],"Montauk"],["1898-09-14","Home with an eagle named Teddy","Roosevelt heads to Sagamore Hill with a few Rough Riders, his horse Little Texas, and the regiment's bald eagle mascot, Teddy.",[],"Montauk"],["1898-09-15","Rough Riders at Sagamore","Several Rough Riders sign the Sagamore Hill guest book, among them Gordon Johnston, Jack Greenway, Bob Ferguson, Hal Sayre, David Goodrich and Charles Ballard.",["gordon-johnston","john-a-mcilhenny","john-c-greenway","david-goodrich","hal-sayre","charles-ballard","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-16","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-17","Accepting Platt's backing","Roosevelt goes into New York City for a talk with Senator Platt, held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, before the convention and accepts the Republican nomination.",["thomas-c-platt","william-h-h-llewellyn","james-robb-church"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-18","Breakfast for riders headed home","Rough Riders Quaid, Kuoblach and McGinty stop at Sagamore Hill for breakfast on their way from Montauk to New York.",["quaid","kuoblach","mcginty"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-19","'Dear Jack': turning down the independents","Roosevelt sends John Jay Chapman a 'Dear Jack' letter turning down the independents. Chapman does not think Roosevelt lied but still feels cheated. Roosevelt tells Lodge he cannot leave New York just now.",["john-jay-chapman","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-20","At the Union League Club","In New York City, Roosevelt confers with Chauncey Depew at the Union League Club along and Benjamin Odell.",["chauncey-m-depew","benjamin-odell"],"Union League Club"],["1898-09-21","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; the record is otherwise blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-22","A letter held back three days","Roosevelt writes Chapman a second letter, then sets it aside for three days, and drafts a similar one to Leupp, declining the independent nomination. He tells Chapman his name will likely go before the Republican convention at Saratoga.",["john-jay-chapman","francis-e-leupp"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-23","Edith hopes he loses the nomination","Edith writes her sister Emily that she would be relieved if her husband were not nominated for governor.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-24","A stormy night and a residency scandal","Chapman storms out to Sagamore Hill and argues hard with Roosevelt, then misses the last train and has to stay the night. Meanwhile the press reports that Roosevelt is legally a resident of Washington, not New York. He offers to withdraw; Platt asks if he is a coward, and Roosevelt vows to run. Elihu Root finds a legal way through.",["john-jay-chapman","thomas-c-platt","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-25","A quiet Sunday stroll","Chapman catches a morning train back. Roosevelt takes a walk with Edith and has dinner with the children.",["john-jay-chapman","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-26","Letters on the residency question","Roosevelt writes Platt, Lodge and Nicholas Murray Butler about the residency issue.",["thomas-c-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-27","Nominated for governor at Saratoga","The Republican convention at Saratoga nominates Roosevelt for governor, 753 votes to 218 for the sitting governor, Frank Black, whose administration was tarnished by Louis Payn's evasion of civil service law and George Aldridge's handling of Erie Canal funds. It is also Corinne's 37th birthday.",["frank-s-black","louis-f-payn","george-w-aldridge","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-28","Thanking Quigg","Roosevelt writes Lodge about his residency trouble and wires Quigg his thanks for helping him win the nomination.",["henry-cabot-lodge","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-29","Thanks to Seth Low","Roosevelt goes into New York City in the afternoon and sends Seth Low two letters of thanks for his help with the nomination.",["seth-low"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-09-30","A secretary for a flood of mail","Roosevelt writes Quigg about party unity and tells Butler a tough, aggressive campaign lies ahead. Alice refuses to go to boarding school, so the family must find her a governess. He hires Amy Cheney as secretary, and she, Edith and Alice tackle the mail in the Gun Room.",["lemuel-e-quigg","nicholas-murray-butler","alice-roosevelt-longworth","amy-cheney","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-01","Strategy session with Odell","Roosevelt meets in New York City with Benjamin Odell, who chairs the state Republican committee, then is home at Sagamore Hill by late afternoon.",["benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1898-10-02","Republican Club reception","Roosevelt spends the evening at a Republican Club reception in New York City and writes President McKinley that the shifts in the race look good for their side.",["william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-03","Paying the tax bill","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt pays his taxes: $995.28.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-04","Official word of the nomination","Leading Republicans travel to Sagamore Hill to formally notify Roosevelt that he is their nominee for governor. His Democratic opponent will be Augustus Van Wyck.",["augustus-van-wyck"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-05","Campaign kickoff at Carnegie Hall","Roosevelt launches his race for governor with a Carnegie Hall address titled 'The Duties of a Great Nation,' telling the crowd the country must meet its destiny with courage. He asks Lodge to come speak in the city.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1898-10-06","Odell wants a quieter candidate","President McKinley congratulates Roosevelt on his nomination. Odell, uneasy with the Rough Rider escort and the noise, decides the campaign should be low-key.",["william-mckinley","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1898-10-07","Canal scandal shapes the race","The Erie Canal deepening scandal, which ensnares Governor Black, becomes a central campaign issue, and Roosevelt must stand apart as the honest choice. Edith tells her sister Emily that the Carnegie Hall crowd was so excited she forgot to be nervous.",["frank-s-black","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-08","Union League Club in Brooklyn","Roosevelt goes to an evening meeting at Brooklyn's Union League Club.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-09","At Sagamore Hill","A Sunday at home with nothing recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-10","Kermit turns nine","Roosevelt is in New York City on Kermit's ninth birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1898-10-11","Speaking at Lyric Hall","Roosevelt gives an evening speech in Manhattan's Lyric Hall and writes Lodge, who liked the Carnegie Hall speech. His niece Eleanor turns 14.",["henry-cabot-lodge","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-12","In New York City","Roosevelt is in the city; no events are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1898-10-13","In New York City","Another day in New York City with nothing noted.",[],"New York City"],["1898-10-14","A wild goose chase to Troy","Pressed into speaking at the Rensselaer County Fair, Roosevelt rides the train to Albany and on to Troy in a steady drizzle, without Governor Black. Only about 300 people show up, he stays in his carriage, and back at the station his train has left. That night he and Corinne attend a meeting of Black voters in New York City, which also falls flat.",["frank-s-black","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","carl-schurz"],"New York City"],["1898-10-15","Taking the helm","Still angry over the previous day's fiasco, Roosevelt decides to run his own campaign from now on. That night he addresses a crowd at the Lenox Lyceum.",[],"Lenox Lyceum"],["1898-10-16","Courting the Jewish vote","Roosevelt writes Quigg about organizing Jewish voters in New York City and tells Lodge the Republicans are weak statewide this year.",["lemuel-e-quigg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-17","Whistle-stopping up the Hudson","At 10:02 a.m. Roosevelt's train pulls out of Weehawken with six uniformed Rough Riders and six reporters aboard. Along a 212-mile run through the Hudson Valley he makes 17 stops, from West Nyack and Newburgh to Albany, Saratoga and Glens Falls.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-18","North Country attack on Croker","Roosevelt swings north toward the Adirondacks, going after Democratic boss Richard Croker at stops from Whitehall and Plattsburgh to Ogdensburg and Malone. In Oyster Bay, Bamie and Will Cowles welcome a son, William Sheffield Cowles Jr.",["richard-croker","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-19","Rain-soaked crowds along the St. Lawrence","Moving down the St. Lawrence country, Roosevelt warns that Croker will corrupt the courts. He gives ten-minute talks at Potsdam, Canton, Gouverneur, Carthage, where 3,000 stand in the rain, Lowville and Boonville, then speaks in Brooklyn that evening on state and national issues.",["richard-croker","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Boonville"],["1898-10-20","Two evening rallies in Manhattan","Roosevelt speaks in the evening at Durland's Riding Academy and at the Grand Central Opera House.",[],"Durland's Riding Academy"],["1898-10-21","Seven meetings, then Poughkeepsie","Roosevelt addresses seven big meetings and confers with Republican district leaders before heading to Poughkeepsie for an evening speech and an overnight stay. He urges Quigg to enlist Jacob Riis in the city campaign.",["lemuel-e-quigg","jacob-riis"],"New York City"],["1898-10-22","The Roosevelt Special heads west","The 'Roosevelt Special' makes a fast run up the Hudson and Mohawk valleys, with speeches at Little Falls, Johnstown and Gloversville.",[],"Little Falls"],["1898-10-23","In New York City","A Sunday break in the city; nothing recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1898-10-24","Southern Tier swing","Roosevelt speaks across the southern edge of the state, from Suffern and Middletown to Port Jervis, Binghamton, Cortland and Elmira.",[],"Binghamton"],["1898-10-25","Sixteen speeches to Buffalo","Touring central and western New York, Roosevelt makes 16 speeches across Steuben, Allegany and Livingston counties, including Corning, Hornellsville and Warsaw, and ends the day in Buffalo.",[],"Cameron"],["1898-10-26","Nineteen stops and a talk on labor","Roosevelt gives 19 speeches, at Niagara Falls, Lockport, Tonawanda, Medina, Palmyra, Fairport and elsewhere, and in Rochester speaks on the interests of labor.",[],"Fairport"],["1898-10-27","Turning 40 on the stump","Roosevelt marks his 40th birthday with 14 speeches, among them Canandaigua, Seneca Falls, Geneva, Auburn and Syracuse.",[],"Auburn"],["1898-10-28","Fifteen speeches to Utica","Roosevelt speaks 15 times, working from Phoenix and Oswego north to Watertown and back down to Rome and Utica.",[],"Watertown"],["1898-10-29","Making farmers laugh, then Cooper Union","In 11 speeches through the Mohawk Valley, from Herkimer to Schenectady, Roosevelt gets farmers laughing with nothing more than a certain look. That evening he speaks at Cooper Union in New York City.",[],"Amsterdam"],["1898-10-30","102 speeches and counting","Roosevelt wraps up the swing with 15 more speeches and a dozen impromptu talks, 102 in all on the tour, and speaks that evening at Harlem River Park.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-10-31","Buck Taylor's awkward introduction","Roosevelt speaks at the Lenox Lyceum and stumps Long Island and the southwest of the state. Sergeant Buck Taylor of the Rough Riders introduces him with an unfortunate promise to lead voters 'like sheep to the slaughter.' J. P. Morgan gives $10,000 to the campaign. At home Roosevelt dictates The Rough Riders, which will earn $1,000 per magazine installment.",["buck-taylor","j-pierpont-morgan"],"Lenox Lyceum"],["1898-11-01","Three halls and Yonkers","Roosevelt addresses crowds at Cooper Union, Cosmopolitan Hall and Morrisania Hall, then gives an evening speech in Yonkers.",[],"Cooper Union"],["1898-11-02","Stumping Long Island","Roosevelt tours Long Island, with stops from Jamaica and Flushing out to Babylon, Islip, Patchogue and Southampton.",[],"Babylon"],["1898-11-03","Albany and Troy","Roosevelt speaks in Albany and Troy.",[],"Troy"],["1898-11-04","Unsure how the fight is going","Roosevelt speaks in Brooklyn and then at Chickering Hall in Manhattan. He admits to Lodge he cannot tell how the race is going and fears 'Blifil and Black George' might come out ahead.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Brooklyn"],["1898-11-05","From the Bowery to Wall Street","Roosevelt attends a Cooper Union meeting and speaks on the Bowery and on Wall Street at the Sub-Treasury. His current reading is a German study of Polybius.",[],"Cooper Union"],["1898-11-06","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends the last Sunday before the election at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-07","Last swing through the Southern Tier","On the eve of the election Roosevelt speaks in Olean, Jamestown, Salamanca, Hornellsville, Wellsville and Kennedy.",[],"Hornellsville"],["1898-11-08","Elected governor of New York","Roosevelt wins the governorship by 17,794 votes, 661,715 to Augustus Van Wyck's 643,921, with Timothy Woodruff elected lieutenant governor. He and Alice are reading and Edith is at her needlework when two reporters arrive at Sagamore Hill with the news.",["augustus-van-wyck","timothy-l-woodruff","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-09","Rebuking anti-Catholic prejudice","Roosevelt writes Andrew Powell, making clear he stands against anti-Catholic bigotry of the kind Powell represents.",["andrew-powell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-10","At Sagamore Hill","The governor-elect is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-11","At Sagamore Hill","Another quiet day at home after the election.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-12","Conference at party headquarters","Roosevelt confers at Republican headquarters in the Fifth Avenue Hotel.",[],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1898-11-13","At Sagamore Hill","A Sunday at home with no entries.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day is blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-15","At Sagamore Hill","No events are recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-16","Off to Boston to lecture","Roosevelt sets out from New York for Boston to lecture at the Lowell Institute.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-17","An evening with Lodge in Boston","In Boston, Roosevelt passes the evening in the company of George Lyman and Lodge.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-h-lyman"],"Boston"],["1898-11-18","In New York City","Roosevelt is back in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-19","Quentin's first birthday","Quentin turns one. In Boston, opponents of overseas expansion form the Anti-Imperialist League, with members such as Senator George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, Moorfield Storey, Gamaliel Bradford and Edward Atkinson.",["quentin-roosevelt","george-f-hoar","moorfield-storey","edward-atkinson","carl-schurz","gamaliel-bradford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-20","At Sagamore Hill","A Sunday at home; nothing recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-21","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record is blank.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-22","Testifying on conditions in Cuba","Roosevelt appears before the War Department investigating committee to report on conditions the army faced in Cuba.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-23","More testimony on Cuba","Roosevelt gives the committee a second report on what troops endured in Cuba.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is noted for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-25","'Bull luck' and English-speaking unity","On Bamie's third wedding anniversary, Roosevelt tells Cecil Spring-Rice of his luck in getting into the war, getting out alive, and winning the governorship. He reviews the year for James Bryce and tells Arthur Lee that Britain and America must stand together.",["cecil-spring-rice","james-bryce","arthur-lee","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-11-26","Snowbound in New London","Bound for Boston, Roosevelt is stopped by snow at New London, Connecticut.",[],"New London"],["1898-11-27","Turning back from New London","Still stuck at New London, Roosevelt gives up on Boston and heads back toward New York City.",[],"New London"],["1898-11-28","Heading back to New York","Roosevelt travels back to New York City.",[],"New London"],["1898-11-29","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1898-11-30","Lowell lectures and toboggan runs","Before Christmas Roosevelt gives eight Lowell lectures, earning $1,600 in all. Kermit, sick with erysipelas, has to wear a protective face mask; his father takes Alice and Ted tobogganing. Edith makes a trip to Albany, where Mrs. Black shows her the Governor's Mansion.",["kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mrs-frank-s-black"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-01","No to a machine man for Public Works","Roosevelt tells Lodge he does not want machine politician Francis Hendricks as Superintendent of Public Works, and asks about his chances for the Medal of Honor.",["henry-cabot-lodge","francis-j-hendricks"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-02","Twelfth wedding anniversary","Theodore and Edith mark 12 years of marriage at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-03","Edith takes on new duties","Edith writes her sister Emily in Italy, telling her not to come home and explaining that the new responsibilities of a governor's wife demand all her attention.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-04","At Sagamore Hill","A quiet Sunday at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-05","Picking a state team","Roosevelt holds meetings in New York City about state appointments.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-06","'I want it': the Medal of Honor","Roosevelt continues meetings on state appointments and tells Lodge plainly that he has earned the Medal of Honor and wants it.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1898-12-07","Overnight to Boston and back","Roosevelt goes to Boston for an evening Lowell Institute lecture and takes the night train back to New York.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-08","More appointment talks","Roosevelt holds further meetings on state appointments in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-09","In New York City","Roosevelt is in the city; nothing is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-10","Peace signed in Paris","The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris. Roosevelt lectures that evening at the Lowell Institute in Boston and tells S. C. Harriott he will appoint only the best people.",["s-c-harriott"],"Lowell Institute"],["1898-12-11","In Boston","Roosevelt is in Boston; nothing else is noted.",[],"Boston"],["1898-12-12","On women's suffrage","Roosevelt tells Susan B. Anthony he has always favored votes for women, saying the obstacle lies in women's own attitudes rather than in government. He tells Lodge he is unhappy with the peace treaty's terms.",["susan-b-anthony","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; the day is blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-14","Appointments again","Roosevelt meets in New York City on state appointments.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-15","At Sagamore Hill","Nothing is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-16","At Sagamore Hill","Another blank day at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-17","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no events are noted.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-18","At Sagamore Hill","A Sunday at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-19","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-20","In New York City","Roosevelt is in the city; the record is blank.",[],"New York City"],["1898-12-21","Medal hopes fade","Roosevelt tells Lodge it now looks unlikely he will receive the Medal of Honor.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-22","Speaking to schoolchildren on Sullivan Street","Roosevelt gives a speech at the Children's Aid Society school on Sullivan Street.",[],"Children's Aid Society School"],["1898-12-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home for the holidays; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-24","Christmas gifts at Cove Neck School","At 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve the governor-elect arrives at Cove Neck School with Edith and Alice, hands out presents and gives a short talk. Ted and Kermit are pupils there, and Kermit recites a nursery rhyme.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-25","Christmas guests at Sagamore Hill","Christmas visitors at Sagamore Hill include Speck von Sternberg, Mrs. James B. Leavitt, John Elliott, Grace and Bertha Potter, Helen Cutting, Miss Le Morine and Mrs. Alexander Moore.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-elliott","mrs-james-b-leavitt","grace-howard-potter","bertha-h-potter","helen-cutting","miss-lemorine","mrs-alexander-moore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-26","At Sagamore Hill","A quiet day after Christmas.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-27","Feeling wronged by the War Department","Roosevelt complains to Lodge that the War Department has not dealt fairly with him over the Medal of Honor.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-29","At Sagamore Hill","The family's last quiet days at home before Albany.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-30","Moving into the Governor's Mansion","Roosevelt and his family travel to Albany and settle into the Governor's Mansion. Generals Sumner and Wood nominate him for the Medal of Honor.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","samuel-s-sumner","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1898-12-31","Sworn in a day early","With New Year's Day on a Sunday, Roosevelt and other state officers take the oath before Secretary of State John Palmer. He and Edith attend a quiet ball at the State Armory. Ted and Kermit start at the Albany Military Academy, Gertrude Young becomes governess to Alice and Ethel, and the first part of The Rough Riders appears in Scribner's.",["john-palmer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","gertrude-young","mary-ledwith","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"State Armory"],["1899-01-01","Locked out of the Governor's Mansion","Roosevelt dines with his old friend Fanny Smith Parsons, now living in Albany, while Edith and the children stay in bed sick. Returning at midnight, he finds himself locked out of the mansion and breaks a window to get in.",["frances-theodora-parsons","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York State Executive Mansion"],["1899-01-02","Inaugurated in a frozen Albany","In bitter subzero cold, with band instruments frozen silent, Roosevelt is inaugurated governor in the Assembly Chamber and sends lawmakers his yearly message. He is the first governor to serve in the newly finished Capitol, at a salary of $10,000 a year.",[],"New York State Capitol"],["1899-01-03","Twice-daily press briefings","Roosevelt starts meeting reporters twice a day for 15 minutes, winning them over with an open, friendly manner and plenty of off-the-record talk. He writes Odell about Erie Canal appointments. Edith tells Emily the inauguration so moved her she could barely watch.",["benjamin-odell","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","thomas-c-platt","mark-hanna"],"Albany"],["1899-01-04","The Hendricks fight begins","Roosevelt confers with Odell and with Syracuse politician Francis Hendricks, the machine's pick for Superintendent of Public Works. He writes William Ferguson about appointing Black men to state jobs and asks Max Keyes, a witness, to support his Medal of Honor claim.",["benjamin-odell","francis-j-hendricks","william-ferguson","max-keyes"],"Albany"],["1899-01-05","A promise to do his duty","Roosevelt assures Herbert Welsh that he intends to act honorably and meet his responsibilities in office.",["herbert-welsh"],"Albany"],["1899-01-06","Twelfth Night at the Century","Roosevelt heads to Manhattan that afternoon for the Century Association's Twelfth Night dinner.",[],"Albany"],["1899-01-07","First Saturday breakfast with Platt","Roosevelt meets Platt, Odell and Root about the Public Works post and whether a man named Hill can serve as Erie County district attorney. It is the first of the Saturday morning breakfasts Corinne later described.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","elihu-root","hill","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1899-01-08","Back to Albany","Roosevelt returns to Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-01-09","Trevelyan, poems and bad beef","Roosevelt praises Trevelyan's American Revolution volumes and young Bay Lodge's poems in a letter to Lodge, writes Captain William Llewellyn about the Medal of Honor, and takes up the army's bad beef with General Nelson Miles.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-cabot-lodge","william-h-h-llewellyn","nelson-a-miles","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Albany"],["1899-01-10","Women 'not treated as equals'","Roosevelt confers with Elihu Root on the Public Works post and writes Helen Johnson that women are wronged by being denied equal treatment.",["elihu-root","helen-johnson"],"Albany"],["1899-01-11","Payn, Greene and Wood","Roosevelt confers with Lou Payn, the insurance superintendent. He tells General Francis Greene that Secretary Alger opposes his Medal of Honor and tells Wood he wishes he could come to Albany.",["louis-f-payn","francis-v-greene","leonard-wood","russell-a-alger"],"Albany"],["1899-01-12","Platt picks from an honest list","Having refused Platt's choice, Hendricks, Roosevelt sends the senator four honest candidates for Superintendent of Public Works. Platt chooses John N. Partridge. Roosevelt also writes Lodge about the medal.",["thomas-c-platt","francis-j-hendricks","john-n-partridge","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-01-13","Partridge nominated; boys and gentleness","Roosevelt sends John Partridge's nomination for Public Works to the state Senate. He writes Root about his tax and residency troubles, and tells Edwin Whitehead he wants boys to be tough and athletic yet gentle with the weak.",["john-n-partridge","elihu-root","edwin-whitehead"],"Albany"],["1899-01-14","Labor hearing and army meat","A special commission of the Workingmen's Federation of Labor holds a hearing on pending labor bills. Roosevelt writes Paul Dana and General Miles about spoiled meat fed to soldiers in Cuba, and Seth Low about the Partridge appointment.",["paul-dana","seth-low","nelson-a-miles"],"Albany"],["1899-01-15","In Albany","A Sunday in Albany with nothing recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-01-16","First cabinet meeting","Roosevelt convenes his cabinet for the first of its weekly meetings. He writes Odell about appointments and tells George Trevelyan how much he admires his American Revolution volumes.",["benjamin-odell","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Albany"],["1899-01-17","Civil Service Board and Dewey","Roosevelt meets the state's Civil Service Board. He writes Colonel Dibble about the Navy and Dewey at Manila, Odell about appointments, John P. Clarke on legislative matters, and Martha Selmes a chatty letter on how his life has changed in a year.",["colonel-dibble","benjamin-odell","john-p-clarke","martha-flandrau-selmes","george-dewey"],"Albany"],["1899-01-18","National Guard speech on Bamie's birthday","Roosevelt addresses the National Guard Association on Bamie's 44th birthday. He writes Winthrop Chanler about the army and politics and Platt about appointments.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","winthrop-chanler","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-01-19","First bill signed; 'that infernal medal'","Roosevelt signs the Ellsworth-Allds appropriation, Chapter 1 of the session's laws, covering legislators' contingent expenses. He writes John E. Roosevelt about his residency and asks Lodge to drop the Medal of Honor campaign altogether.",["john-ellis-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-01-20","Irish-American historians and the 23rd","In New York, Roosevelt goes to an Irish-American Historical Society reception and a Union League Club dinner, and reviews the 23rd Regiment in Brooklyn.",[],"Union League Club"],["1899-01-21","Boone and Crockett dinner","Roosevelt holds meetings with Riis, Butler, Choate, Sloane, Slicer, Doty and Clarke, then goes to dinner with the Boone and Crockett Club.",["nicholas-murray-butler","clarke","doty","jacob-riis","joseph-h-choate","thomas-slicer","sloane"],"Boone and Crockett Club"],["1899-01-22","In New York City","A Sunday in the city with nothing recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1899-01-23","A police bill for the city","Republicans announce they will bring in a bill reshaping the city's police. Roosevelt writes a batch of political letters, including to Riis, Chauncey Depew, Senator Joseph Foraker, Seth Low, and Lodge about Lodge's book on the war.",["frederick-fincke","herbert-vreeland","jonas-van-duzer","jacob-riis","chauncey-m-depew","joseph-b-foraker","seth-low","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-01-24","Special counsel on canal frauds","At a cabinet meeting, Austen Fox is named to probe the canal frauds as special counsel, assisted by Wallace MacFarlane. Roosevelt also confers with Quigg and Hotchkiss on changing the primary law.",["austen-g-fox","wallace-macfarlane","lemuel-e-quigg","hotchkiss"],"Albany"],["1899-01-25","Primary law letter to Root","Roosevelt writes Elihu Root about changes to the primary law.",["elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-01-26","Things going well in Albany","Roosevelt writes Quigg about the primary law and tells Lodge his work in Albany seems to be going smoothly.",["lemuel-e-quigg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-01-27","Aguinaldo declares a republic","Roosevelt confers with Odell on the police bill. In the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims a Philippine Republic. Roosevelt tells Root that one of Root's jokes has upset the governor's staff.",["benjamin-odell","emilio-aguinaldo","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-01-28","Primary law talks and a CCNY dinner","In New York, Roosevelt confers with Root and Platt about the primary law and speaks at a City College dinner.",["elihu-root","thomas-c-platt"],"City College of New York"],["1899-01-29","In New York City","A Sunday in the city with no recorded events.",[],"New York City"],["1899-01-30","Denying a story about Bryan","Roosevelt tells H. R. Caraway that a claim in the magazine Arena is false: he would never think of using troops to keep William Jennings Bryan from being inaugurated.",["h-r-caraway","william-jennings-bryan"],"Albany"],["1899-01-31","A plan for the city police","Roosevelt lays out his plan to overhaul the city's police force in a letter to Frank Moss. He writes William Wharton about Colonel Lay's dismissal and describes his duties as governor to William Howard Taft.",["frank-moss","william-f-wharton","william-howard-taft","colonel-lay"],"Albany"],["1899-02-01","Declining a dinner for Carl Schurz","Governor Roosevelt writes Sherman Rogers from Albany that he will skip a dinner honoring Carl Schurz, citing the political gulf between the two men.",["sherman-rogers","carl-schurz"],"Albany"],["1899-02-02","Chosen to lead a war veterans' order","In Albany, Roosevelt is chosen to command the Naval and Military Order, a society of Spanish-American War veterans. He also writes about appointments and the press, and sends Tiffany's a note sharing his thoughts on young Ted.",["seth-low","j-sloat-fassett","paul-tyner","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Albany"],["1899-02-03","Letters on state police and a dismissal","From New York City Roosevelt takes up the idea of a state police force with Frank Moss, tells Bellamy Storer how busy he is, and writes former Governor Levi P. Morton about Colonel Lay's removal.",["frank-moss","bellamy-storer","levi-p-morton","colonel-lay"],"New York City"],["1899-02-04","Breakfast with the party bosses","Roosevelt sits down to breakfast with Thomas Platt, Benjamin Odell and Elihu Root at his sister Corinne's house at 422 Madison Avenue.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","elihu-root","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1899-02-05","Sunday in Albany","A quiet Sunday; the record places Roosevelt in Albany with nothing further noted.",[],"Albany"],["1899-02-06","Peace treaty with Spain ratified","As the U.S. Senate approves the peace treaty with Spain, the United States takes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines for $20 million and fighting breaks out with Emilio Aguinaldo's Filipino forces. In Albany, Roosevelt writes Root on politics and Lemuel Quigg on appointments.",["emilio-aguinaldo","elihu-root","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Albany"],["1899-02-07","On being the best-hated nation","Roosevelt sits in on a hearing on the Ambler dairy bill, writes Lodge about the Philippine treaty, and teases Count von Götzen about which nation the world dislikes most.",["henry-cabot-lodge","robert-bridges","john-hay","gustav-von-gotzen"],"Albany"],["1899-02-08","Teaching his children to admire courage","Roosevelt thanks General Bradley Johnson for meeting his children, writes Jacob Riis about the condemned Martha Place, and opens a long tug-of-war with Senator Platt over appointments.",["bradley-t-johnson","jacob-riis","martha-place","elihu-root","thomas-slicer","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-02-09","Soldiers' Home trustees meet","In the afternoon Roosevelt attends a trustees' meeting for the state home for old soldiers and sailors at Bath.",[],"Albany"],["1899-02-10","Missing Medora amid appointment fights","Roosevelt tells his old ranch partner Sylvane Ferris he wishes he could get back to Medora. The rest of the day's mail is politics: appointments, Platt's objections to his picks, police and election bills, and a commission to improve the canals.",["sylvane-ferris","douglas-robinson","james-varnum","francis-scott","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","frank-platt","elihu-root","william-n-cohen","francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1899-02-11","A note to a military novelist","Roosevelt writes General Charles King, author of army novels, that he enjoyed Trials of a Staff Officer.",["charles-king"],"Albany"],["1899-02-12","Alice turns fifteen","On his daughter Alice's fifteenth birthday, Roosevelt speaks to the state YMCA gathering in Albany.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Albany"],["1899-02-13","Lincoln Day speech on America's role","In New York City Roosevelt gives a Lincoln Day address at the Republican Club on the share of the world's labor that falls to America.",[],"New York Republican Club"],["1899-02-14","Thinking of Spring-Rice in Persia","Roosevelt writes his friend Cecil Spring-Rice, then in Persia, that he wishes they could meet, and compliments Colonel George Henderson on his Civil War book. He continues to support former slaves of the Roswell plantation that belonged to his mother's family.",["cecil-spring-rice","george-henderson"],"Albany"],["1899-02-15","Varnum named Surrogate","Roosevelt names James Varnum to be the county's Surrogate in New York and writes about the Civil Service Commission and garment workers. Edith, meanwhile, warns her sister Emily away from an unpromising suitor.",["james-varnum","john-raines","henry-white","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Albany"],["1899-02-16","Explaining appointments to a newsman","Roosevelt lays out his appointment choices for Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the newspaperman who would become a close friend, and writes ornithologist Frank Chapman about protecting birds.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","frank-m-chapman"],"Albany"],["1899-02-17","Honoring Choate, reviewing the 7th","Roosevelt goes to New York City for a dinner in honor of Ambassador Joseph Choate and reviews the 7th Regiment.",["joseph-h-choate"],"Albany"],["1899-02-18","Platt breakfast and a word on police","Roosevelt breakfasts with Platt and Odell, writes explorer Walter Gordon-Cumming about the war and how the U.S. runs its new territories, and tells William Rainsford he will not meddle in police matters.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","walter-gordon-cumming","maria-longworth-storer","william-s-rainsford"],"New York City"],["1899-02-19","Edith shares her wardrobe","A Sunday in New York City. Edith writes her sister Emily offering last year's gowns, since a governor's wife shouldn't wear the same clothes two seasons running.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"New York City"],["1899-02-20","Hearing in the Martha Place case","Roosevelt holds a hearing on Martha Place, a convicted murderer facing execution. No woman had yet been put to death in New York State.",["martha-place"],"Albany"],["1899-02-21","No reprieve for Martha Place","Roosevelt tells Francis Jones he will not halt Martha Place's execution, adding that he could not respect anyone who traded away principle for the hope of higher office.",["francis-jones","martha-place"],"Albany"],["1899-02-22","Speaking to Syracuse businessmen","Roosevelt addresses the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and writes Frank Moss on politics.",["frank-moss"],"Syracuse"],["1899-02-23","Huddle on the police bills","Roosevelt confers with Root, Odell, Mazet, Stranahan and Raines on the police bills.",["elihu-root","benjamin-odell","robert-mazet","nevada-n-stranahan","john-raines"],"Albany"],["1899-02-24","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more.",[],"New York City"],["1899-02-25","Off to Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C.; no details are recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1899-02-26","A visit with Lodge","In Washington Roosevelt spends time with his close friend Henry Cabot Lodge.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1899-02-27","Hunting books and a mediation board","Roosevelt writes his publisher about book sales and the coming Big Game Hunting, which joins two of his earlier hunting books. He also asks Charles Fairchild to sit on the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration; Fairchild says no.",["charles-s-fairchild"],"New York City"],["1899-02-28","Settling into the Executive Mansion","Roosevelt writes about the Army beef inquiry, thanks Lodge for his stay, and tells Bellamy Storer he can't sway the choice of an American cardinal. Alice later remembered the Albany mansion as big, shabby and gloomy; Edith becomes a member of the Friday Morning Club and takes botanical walks with Fanny Parsons.",["george-davis","henry-cabot-lodge","bellamy-storer","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-parsons","colonel-treadwell"],"New York State Executive Mansion"],["1899-03-01","Talking gas franchises with Platt","Roosevelt meets Platt about the Astoria gas bill, corresponds about the British edition of his Naval War of 1812 and other publishing matters, and stands up for Leonard Wood.",["thomas-c-platt","william-laird-clowes","leonard-wood"],"Albany"],["1899-03-02","Evening with state editors","Roosevelt speaks at an evening dinner of the state's newspaper editors and writes Lodge about what Navy armor plate costs.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-03-03","Yale men and the war","In New York City Roosevelt speaks at the Yale alumni dinner about Yale's part in the war with Spain.",[],"New York City"],["1899-03-04","Sorting out taxes with Emlen","Roosevelt meets his cousin Emlen Roosevelt to go over his personal taxes and property.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1899-03-05","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt spends Sunday in New York City; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1899-03-06","Back in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-03-07","Going after a crooked canal man","Roosevelt writes Adam Smith about ousting a dishonest canal superintendent in Herkimer County.",["adam-smith"],"Albany"],["1899-03-08","A commission to probe the canals","Roosevelt names a commission to investigate the state canals. He tells Leonard Wood he hopes the Senate will confirm him to a regular Army brigadier generalship, and outlines his canal policy for General Francis Greene.",["leonard-wood","francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1899-03-09","Frustrated with Congress","Roosevelt complains to Lodge that Congress has been stingy with the Army and Navy, and remarks on General Shafter's coarseness.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-r-shafter"],"Albany"],["1899-03-10","Talking good citizenship","Roosevelt speaks on good citizenship to the West Side Republicans in New York City, and writes Nicholas Murray Butler about the school bill.",["nicholas-murray-butler","george-gunton"],"New York City"],["1899-03-11","Conference on Amsterdam Avenue","Roosevelt meets Root, along with Coleman, Clarke and Ford, about the Amsterdam Avenue bill.",["elihu-root","coleman","clarke","john-ford"],"New York City"],["1899-03-12","Sunday in New York City","A Sunday in New York City with nothing more recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1899-03-13","No deal for Armour","Roosevelt turns down a settlement of the state's suits against Armour & Co. over butter-law violations. Pressed by the Storers, he reluctantly writes McKinley about their hope that Archbishop Ireland be made a cardinal, and tells George Gunton his labor bills are a hard sell.",["william-mckinley","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","john-ireland","miles-dawson","george-gunton"],"Albany"],["1899-03-14","Changing how the city borrows","Roosevelt signs a charter change that pools Greater New York's county funds into one general fund and lets the comptroller borrow against expected revenue. He writes Root about the Astoria gas bill.",["elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-03-15","Raising the bar for insurers","Roosevelt signs a law requiring new fire and marine insurance companies to start with at least $200,000 in capital, and books a Saturday breakfast with Platt.",["benjamin-odell","nevada-n-stranahan","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-03-16","Speech at Bleecker Hall","Roosevelt gives a speech at Bleecker Hall and writes about the Place execution and the fight against sweatshops.",["omar-v-sage","martha-place","miles-dawson"],"New York City"],["1899-03-17","Consulting Platt on transit and gas","Roosevelt meets Fallows about the Amsterdam Avenue bill and asks Platt's views on the tunnel, rapid transit and Astoria gas bills.",["fallows","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-03-18","Pushing a tax on franchises","After breakfast with Platt, Roosevelt backs the Ford bill, sent to the Legislature that day, to tax corporations on the public franchises they hold, then heads back to Albany.",["thomas-c-platt"],"New York City"],["1899-03-19","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is noted.",[],"Albany"],["1899-03-20","Martha Place is executed","Martha Place is put to death, the first woman executed in New York State. Roosevelt sends Emily Carow a Rough Rider pin and tells her he is enjoying being governor.",["martha-place","emily-carow"],"Albany"],["1899-03-21","Bridges and a dismissal","Roosevelt writes Lucius Littauer about letting an appointee go and Seth Low about the bridge bill.",["lucius-n-littauer","seth-low"],"Albany"],["1899-03-22","Birds and a new national park","Roosevelt writes Frank Chapman about saving New York's bird species. The same day Congress creates Mount Rainier National Park, the nation's fifth.",["frank-m-chapman"],"Albany"],["1899-03-23","Dairy hearing and the Ireland question","Roosevelt hears more on the Ambler dairy bill and writes Bellamy Storer about Archbishop Ireland, Winthrop Chanler with word for Platt, and Platt about the Greater New York bill.",["bellamy-storer","john-ireland","winthrop-chanler","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-03-24","Speaking to the Citizens Union","Roosevelt addresses the Citizens Union in New York City and writes Stafford Mosher about the canal.",["stafford-mosher"],"New York City"],["1899-03-25","Platt balks at the Ford bill","Over breakfast at his sister Bamie's home, 689 Madison Avenue, Roosevelt learns that Platt opposes the Ford franchise tax bill. Edith tells Spring-Rice the family likes life in the governor's office.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1899-03-26","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the day is otherwise blank.",[],"New York City"],["1899-03-27","Yielding to Platt on franchises","Roosevelt gives way to Platt on the Ford bill, asking the Legislature instead for a joint committee to study franchises and corporate taxes. He signs the Ambler dairy law against selling dyed oleomargarine, and Edith turns the mansion's third floor into a gym for him and the children.",["thomas-c-platt","maria-longworth-storer","elizabeth-strickland","t-thomas-fortune","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York State Executive Mansion"],["1899-03-28","Dinner for Platt","Roosevelt attends a dinner held for Senator Platt in Albany.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-03-29","Help for an old Rough Rider","Roosevelt meets legislative leaders and confers on the Ahearn school bill, and sends former Rough Rider William Proffit $75.",["william-proffit"],"Albany"],["1899-03-30","Writing T. Thomas Fortune again","Roosevelt writes T. Thomas Fortune about race relations and internal quarrels in the Black community.",["t-thomas-fortune"],"Albany"],["1899-03-31","Malolos falls; bills and appraisers","American troops take Malolos and Aguinaldo's forces retreat north. In Albany Roosevelt writes about savings bank, sweatshop and streetcar bills, and recommends Israel Fisher to McKinley for the post of General Appraiser in New York.",["emilio-aguinaldo","benjamin-odell","william-mckinley","israel-fisher","george-gunton","john-peters"],"Albany"],["1899-04-01","A landmark day for labor laws","Roosevelt signs a burst of reform laws: the Costello act policing sweatshop work in tenements, broader powers for factory inspectors with caps on hours for women and minors, canal repair money, and racing revenue for agriculture. He writes Bamie about the dispute over James Roosevelt's will.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-roosevelt","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-04-02","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no activities are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-03","Grade crossings and a book critic","Roosevelt signs a law helping cities get rid of railroad grade crossings, listens to arguments over the Ahearn school bill, and answers John McBlaine, a critic of The Rough Riders.",["john-mcblaine"],"Albany"],["1899-04-04","No double-dipping for city officials","Roosevelt signs a law barring elected city officials from also holding a city-paid appointed job. A compromise Ahearn school bill goes to the Assembly, and he writes Platt about lengthening the session.",["thomas-c-platt","john-peters"],"Albany"],["1899-04-05","Quiet day in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-06","Taxing franchises; Osborne for Lunacy","Roosevelt writes John Sleicher about the Ford franchise tax and tells Douglas Robinson he will name Will Osborne to the Lunacy Commission.",["john-a-sleicher","douglas-robinson","william-osborn"],"Albany"],["1899-04-07","Ready to sign the Ford bill","Roosevelt tells Paul Dana he now thinks the Ford franchise bill is sound and will gladly sign it.",["paul-dana"],"Albany"],["1899-04-08","Heading west to Chicago","Roosevelt sets out for Chicago, writing Douglas Robinson about the Osborne nomination and complaining to Joe Bishop about Goodman Brown as a Lunacy Commission pick.",["douglas-robinson","william-osborn","joseph-bucklin-bishop","goodman-brown"],"Albany"],["1899-04-09","Union League dinner on Archie's birthday","In Chicago Roosevelt is the guest at a Union League Club dinner; back home it is his son Archie's fifth birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Union League Club"],["1899-04-10","Preaching the strenuous life","In Chicago Roosevelt speaks at the University of Chicago and the Harvard Club, then delivers his famous call to effort and courage, \"The Strenuous Life,\" at the Hamilton Club's Appomattox Day gathering.",[],"University of Chicago"],["1899-04-11","At Ann Arbor, then home","Roosevelt speaks at University Hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and starts back to Albany.",[],"University Hall"],["1899-04-12","Ford bill clears the Senate","The state Senate approves the Ford bill by a vote of 33-11. Roosevelt signs the Raines-Mazet act letting the governor launch election-fraud probes through the attorney general, and vents to Franklin Moulton about the 'goo-goos.'",["john-williams","seth-low","franklin-moulton"],"Albany"],["1899-04-13","Bounty for beet sugar","Roosevelt signs a change to the Beet Sugar Act offering a bounty to makers of sugar from New York-grown beets.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-14","Platt buries the Ford bill","Roosevelt says the Ford bill will help the public and urges the Assembly to send it to him quickly, but Platt has it shelved there. He also explains his 'goo-goo' jab to Joe Bishop.",["thomas-c-platt","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1899-04-15","Saturday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no details recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-16","Another Platt breakfast at Bamie's","Roosevelt breakfasts with Platt at Bamie's home on Madison Avenue and returns to Albany that afternoon.",["thomas-c-platt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"689 Madison Avenue"],["1899-04-17","Pure juice and limited franchises","Roosevelt signs a law against selling adulterated juice as pure, issues a statement favoring limits on rapid transit franchises, and writes about a Rapid Transit Commission and the police bill.",["seth-low","edwin-r-a-seligman","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1899-04-18","Opening the books of membership groups","Roosevelt signs a law letting Supreme Court officers inspect the accounts of membership corporations, sits through a rapid transit hearing, and writes William Cutting about killings of prisoners in the Philippines.",["william-bayard-cutting"],"Albany"],["1899-04-19","Civil service reform signed","Roosevelt signs the Civil Service Act overhauling state and local merit systems, Ford and Fallows's Amsterdam Avenue act, and a ban on women and minors working at emery polishing wheels.",["lucius-b-swift"],"Albany"],["1899-04-20","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-21","Savings banks and local option","Roosevelt signs the Krum act limiting what savings banks may invest in and a revised local-option procedure under the liquor law. He congratulates Bellamy Storer on his new post as U.S. minister to Spain.",["bellamy-storer","william-mckinley"],"Albany"],["1899-04-22","Pressing for rapid transit","Roosevelt urges the Legislature to move fast on the rapid transit bill and writes about the savings bank bill and a meeting with labor leaders.",["robert-bacon","thomas-slicer","jacob-riis"],"Albany"],["1899-04-23","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no activities are noted.",[],"Albany"],["1899-04-24","Regents and a labor delegation","Roosevelt sits with the Board of Regents and meets labor representatives about rapid transit. He writes Wood about errors in The Rough Riders and Maria Storer about Spain.",["leonard-wood","maria-longworth-storer"],"Albany"],["1899-04-25","School bill signed","Roosevelt signs the Ahearn school act. A committee hears arguments on the Ford franchise tax, and he writes Assembly Speaker S. Fred Nixon about it.",["s-fred-nixon"],"Albany"],["1899-04-26","Dinner for Senator Frye","Roosevelt goes down to New York City for the evening to attend the Commerce Commission's dinner for Senator William Frye.",["william-p-frye"],"Albany"],["1899-04-27","The torn-up message","Roosevelt signs a Poor Law change on relief for Civil War veterans. Having lined up enough Assembly votes for the Ford bill, he sends an emergency message to free it from committee; Speaker Nixon refuses to read it, rips it up, then collapses in an anteroom.",["s-fred-nixon","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-04-28","Ford bill forced through","Learning at 7 a.m. that Nixon destroyed his message, Roosevelt writes a second one and threatens to deliver it in person. It is read, and the Assembly approves the Ford franchise tax, 109-35, as the session ends. He also signs carriage and election-registration laws.",["s-fred-nixon","john-mccullagh","william-osborn","elbert-hubbard"],"Albany"],["1899-04-29","Family outing in Rensselaer County","Roosevelt takes the family on a trip into Rensselaer County outside Albany. It is his sister Corinne's seventeenth wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Rensselaer County"],["1899-04-30","Picnic by the Hudson","The Roosevelts picnic on the bank of the Hudson. Edith writes Emily that a new Cyrano de Bergerac suffered in translation, and that she has watched Ellen Terry and Henry Irving perform.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","henry-irving","ellen-terry"],"Rensselaer County"],["1899-05-01","Platt fumes over the Ford bill","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Platt is angry the Ford bill got through the Assembly, and writes others about the bill, the cardinal question and the primary bill.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","thomas-c-platt","john-d-crimmins","maria-longworth-storer","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-05-02","Primaries, nature study and commerce","Roosevelt signs an improved primary election law building on Root's 1898 measure, money for more natural history and geography teaching in public schools, and funding to keep the Commerce Commission's inquiry going.",["elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-05-03","Tax reform note to Odell","Roosevelt writes Odell about the tax reform bill.",["benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-04","Bigger forest preserve, safer food","Roosevelt signs laws outlawing poisonous food coloring, authorizing a Cohoes canal with locks linking the Erie and Champlain canals, and enlarging the forest preserve in four Catskill counties. He invites Odell to Albany to talk taxes.",["benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-05","Keeping police out of politics","Roosevelt signs the Raines-Mazet police act forbidding officers to sway votes, raise political money, or hire and promote for partisan reasons. He also toughens penalties for corrupt practices and lets the governor deputize train conductors and steamboat crews as police.",["abbott-lawrence-lowell","rusten-fox"],"Albany"],["1899-05-06","Helderbergs trip; Platt objects","Roosevelt takes a trip to the Helderberg hills near Albany. Platt writes asking him not to sign the Ford bill, and Roosevelt himself has some doubts about it.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Rensselaer County"],["1899-05-07","Near Albany","Roosevelt is near Albany; the rest of the entry is unreadable.",[],"Rensselaer County"],["1899-05-08","Standing firm, and the Buffalo strike","Roosevelt tells Platt the Ford bill must pass this session, promising to recall the Legislature to strip out the objectionable assessment clause. At the Buffalo mayor's request he agrees to send militia into the dock strike.",["thomas-c-platt","william-c-church"],"Albany"],["1899-05-09","Evening at the City Club","Roosevelt goes to New York City for an evening speech at the City Club.",[],"Albany"],["1899-05-10","News for Bradley Johnson","Roosevelt sends General Bradley Johnson news and his thinking on the franchise bill.",["bradley-t-johnson"],"Albany"],["1899-05-11","Capping city franchises; special session called","Roosevelt signs a charter amendment holding street franchises in Greater New York to 25 years (tunnels 50) and requiring good service at fair rates, a step toward the Atlantic Avenue tunnel. He wires Odell that he is calling the Legislature back on May 22 for the Ford bill.",["jacob-riis","benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-12","Eight-hour day enforcement","Roosevelt signs the Sabine act tightening enforcement of the eight-hour day for state workers at local wages, and a broad reworking of second-class city government. He writes Platt about the Ford bill and the coming session.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-05-13","Explaining the Ford bill to Garfield","Roosevelt writes Riis that he is rethinking the drug bill, sends Gherardi Davis notes on bills, and lays out the Ford bill for James R. Garfield, a Cleveland lawyer and son of the late President.",["jacob-riis","gherardi-davis","james-r-garfield"],"Albany"],["1899-05-14","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1899-05-15","Property and its uses in Buffalo","After meeting Odell about the Ford franchise tax, Roosevelt speaks that evening in Buffalo to the Independent Club about property and the state.",["benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-16","More talks with Odell","Roosevelt again meets Odell about the Ford franchise tax.",["benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-17","Extra session called","Roosevelt formally summons the Legislature into special session and writes Frank Higgins about the Ford bill.",["frank-w-higgins","thomas-slicer"],"Albany"],["1899-05-18","Telegrams on the Ford bill","By telegram Roosevelt tells John Raines he will approve the franchise measure unchanged if the Legislature is withdrawn, and tells Odell some parts are objectionable while others are fine.",["john-raines","benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1899-05-19","Summit with the party leaders","In New York City Roosevelt confers with Platt, Odell, Quigg, Boardman and Cohen, and speaks at the City Club.",["thomas-c-platt","lemuel-e-quigg","benjamin-odell","boardman","william-n-cohen"],"New York City"],["1899-05-20","Bound for the Adirondacks","Roosevelt leaves New York City for the Adirondacks.",[],"New York City"],["1899-05-21","Sunday in the Adirondacks","Roosevelt spends the day in the Adirondacks; no details survive.",[],"Adirondack Mountains"],["1899-05-22","Lawmakers return for the special session","Senators and Assemblymen are back in Albany as the special session opens.",[],"Albany"],["1899-05-23","Election officers and TB hospitals","Roosevelt signs an election law setting rules for poll officers, especially in New York City, and a law letting large cities build tuberculosis hospitals beyond their limits.",[],"Albany"],["1899-05-24","Checking the bill's constitutionality","Roosevelt asks Hobart Krum to examine one part of the franchise bill that may be unconstitutional.",["hobart-krum"],"Albany"],["1899-05-25","Antitrust law and slot machines","With the Legislature's revisions to the Ford bill done and awaiting his approval, Roosevelt signs bans on slot machines and on monopolies in everyday goods. He tells William Allen White he liked his article.",["william-allen-white"],"Albany"],["1899-05-26","The Ford franchise tax becomes law","Roosevelt signs the Ford franchise tax, making corporations pay taxes on their public franchises. He also signs a ban on transportation rate-fixing pools and a law keeping state fish hatchery waters clean.",[],"Albany"],["1899-05-27","Savoring the Ford victory","Roosevelt opens an inquiry into Insurance Superintendent Louis F. Payn. He tells Bamie and Lodge how pleased he is with the Ford bill win, praises Lodge's new Spanish-American War book, and says he hopes to rest this summer.",["louis-f-payn","anna-roosevelt-cowles","maria-longworth-storer","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-05-28","In Stockbridge","Roosevelt is in Stockbridge, Massachusetts; no details are recorded.",[],"Stockbridge"],["1899-05-29","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1899-05-30","Decoration Day with the veterans","Roosevelt joins the Decoration Day parade in New York City and speaks to the Grand Army of the Republic.",[],"New York City"],["1899-05-31","Hungarian Republicans","In New York City, Roosevelt addresses the Hungarian Republican Club.",[],"New York City"],["1899-06-01","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; the record notes nothing more.",[],"New York City"],["1899-06-02","Picking tax commissioners over breakfast","Over breakfast Roosevelt talks Tax Commission appointments with Platt and Odell, then spends the night at Cortlandt Park with Andrews and Treadwell, bound for the militia camp at Peekskill. He writes Speaker Nixon about naming Lester Stern a tax commissioner.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","avery-d-andrews","colonel-treadwell","s-fred-nixon","lester-stern"],"Cortlandt Park"],["1899-06-03","On the road to camp","Roosevelt heads for the Peekskill militia camp, with stops at Sing Sing and Nelson Park.",[],"Sing Sing"],["1899-06-04","At Peekskill Camp","Roosevelt is at the Peekskill camp; no details are recorded.",[],"Peekskill Camp"],["1899-06-05","At West Point","Roosevelt is at West Point; no details survive.",[],"West Point"],["1899-06-06","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1899-06-07","An honorary degree from Columbia","Columbia gives Roosevelt an honorary Doctor of Laws. He writes Odell about the city district and tells Kansas editor William Allen White he would very much like to meet him.",["benjamin-odell","william-allen-white"],"Columbia University"],["1899-06-08","New civil service rules","Back in Albany Roosevelt approves new Civil Service Commission rules. He asks Harvard's Charles Eliot whether Leonard Wood will get an honorary degree, and writes McKinley once more for the Storers on the cardinal question.",["charles-w-eliot","leonard-wood","william-mckinley","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"Albany"],["1899-06-09","Honoring Frederick Douglass","In Rochester Roosevelt is on hand as the Frederick Douglass monument is unveiled. Ted and Kermit finish the school year at the Albany Military Academy.",["frederick-douglass","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Rochester"],["1899-06-10","Family heads to Sagamore for summer","Roosevelt travels from Rochester to Peekskill while Edith takes the family home to Oyster Bay for the summer. James K. Gracie visits, and Roosevelt writes Seligman, Straus and Peters about Dreyfus's acquittal in France.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-king-gracie","edwin-r-a-seligman","nathan-straus","john-peters","alfred-dreyfus"],"Peekskill"],["1899-06-11","Sunday at Peekskill","Roosevelt is at Peekskill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Peekskill"],["1899-06-12","Planning a western trip","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt arranges trains for a trip west with Paul Morton and asks John Hay whether Parker is leaving the Civil Service Commission.",["paul-morton","john-hay","parker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-13","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-14","Summer at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-15","Another day at Sagamore","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-16","A houseful of friends","Sagamore Hill guests include Nicholas Murray Butler, Colonel Arthur Lee, Captain Andrews and Winthrop Chanler.",["nicholas-murray-butler","arthur-lee","avery-d-andrews","winthrop-chanler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-17","Letting the cardinal matter drop","Bob Ferguson visits. Roosevelt tells McKinley he is dropping the cardinal question, writes Hay about resistance to civil service reform, and writes Bruno Hermann about German Americans.",["bob-ferguson","william-mckinley","john-hay","bruno-hermann"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-18","A quiet Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-06-19","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1899-06-20","Cornell commencement speaker","Roosevelt speaks at Cornell University's graduation in Ithaca.",[],"Cornell University"],["1899-06-21","Leaving Ithaca for the West","Roosevelt leaves Ithaca, bound west.",[],"Ithaca"],["1899-06-22","Westbound through Chicago","Roosevelt passes through Chicago on his way west.",[],"Chicago"],["1899-06-23","Rolling toward New Mexico","Roosevelt is on the train to Las Vegas, New Mexico.",[],"Ithaca"],["1899-06-24","First Rough Rider reunion begins","Roosevelt reaches Las Vegas, New Mexico, as the first reunion of the Rough Riders gets under way. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Richardson are listed as guests.",["clifford-richardson","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Las Vegas"],["1899-06-25","Reunion parade and memorial","The Rough Rider reunion continues in Las Vegas with memorial services and a parade.",[],"Las Vegas"],["1899-06-26","Back toward Chicago","Roosevelt heads east again toward Chicago.",[],"Las Vegas"],["1899-06-27","Whistle-stops to Milwaukee","Roosevelt travels from Chicago to Milwaukee, speaking along the way at Fort Madison and Galesburg.",[],"Chicago"],["1899-06-28","Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce","Roosevelt speaks to the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, then starts east.",[],"Milwaukee"],["1899-06-29","\"Not a candidate\" for 1900","With newspapers boosting him for President in 1900, Roosevelt returns to New York City via Albany and declares he is not running. He dines with Generals Wood and Greene, talking over Cuba and the Philippines. Mrs. Regis Post is a guest.",["leonard-wood","francis-v-greene","mrs-regis-post"],"Albany"],["1899-06-30","Romps with the children; Lee courts Ruth Moore","Arthur Lee is staying at Sagamore Hill, where he courts Ruth Moore. Roosevelt plays hard with the children: 'stagecoach' on the float, running down Cooper's Bluff, racing through the old barn, and tennis with Alice.",["arthur-lee","ruth-moore-lee","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-01","Lodge pushes the vice presidency","Lodge is urging Roosevelt to join McKinley's 1900 ticket, with Vice President Hobart ill. Roosevelt tells Corinne he plans to spend the month writing a life of Oliver Cromwell, and writes about his western trip, his rift with Tom Reed, and worries over U.S. colonial policy.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley","garret-a-hobart","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-allen-white","bellamy-storer","thomas-b-reed","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-02","Cuban fever returns","Roosevelt is down with the fever he picked up in Cuba the summer before, an illness that would return throughout his life.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-04","Fireworks, grass fires and a giant TR","Firecrackers wake Roosevelt and Edith at 4 a.m. and go on all day; he helps stamp out grass fires on the lawn and gives an Independence Day speech in Oyster Bay. The night ends with a fireworks portrait of him. He invites Admiral Dewey to Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","lemuel-e-quigg","george-dewey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-05","Ruling out 1900","Roosevelt thanks John Gansey for a kind letter and says he will seek neither the presidency nor the vice presidency in 1900.",["john-gansey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-06","Fourth of July news for Bamie","Roosevelt writes Bamie about the Fourth of July fun, the presidential talk swirling around him, and Emlen's lawsuit over James Roosevelt's will.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","emlen-roosevelt","james-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-07","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-08","White House talks on a new War Secretary","Roosevelt goes to Washington to confer at the White House with McKinley and others on choosing a Secretary of War, and urges Francis Greene for a Philippine command. He shares with Bill Sewall how hard it is to choose when right and wrong are mixed.",["william-mckinley","francis-v-greene","william-sewall","bob-ferguson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1899-07-09","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt leaves Washington for Oyster Bay.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1899-07-10","McKinley sees the Philippines differently","Roosevelt updates Greene on his push to make him military governor of the Philippines, and tells Wood that McKinley disagreed with his view of the islands, calling things there good.",["francis-v-greene","leonard-wood","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-11","Platt meeting and lunch with Greene","In New York City Roosevelt confers with Platt, then has lunch with Douglas Robinson and General Greene.",["thomas-c-platt","francis-v-greene","douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1899-07-12","A good talk with McKinley","Attorney General Davies visits Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Bamie he had a fine talk with McKinley but little time for vacation, writes General James Wilson about Cuba's troubles, and thanks McKinley for a pleasant White House dinner.",["john-c-davies","anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-h-wilson","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-13","On a district attorney's removal","Roosevelt writes Thomas Slicer about removing Asa Gardiner as New York City's district attorney.",["thomas-slicer","asa-bird-gardiner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-14","Political callers at Sagamore","Woodruff, Nixon, Bender and Youngs visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["timothy-l-woodruff","s-fred-nixon","harry-bender","william-j-youngs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-15","Robinson cousins come to stay","Corinne's children Corinne and Teddy Robinson arrive as guests. Roosevelt writes James Reynolds about factory inspector appointments.",["corinne-douglas-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson","james-b-reynolds"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-16","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-17","Teddy Robinson is bored","Roosevelt writes Corinne that her son Teddy, at sixteen, is not enjoying his summer: too old for the children's games and without friends his own age.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-18","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-19","Would refuse the War Department","Roosevelt writes Slicer about removing Fellows and says he would decline the Secretary of War post if offered. He writes Benjamin Shove about removals.",["thomas-slicer","john-r-fellows","benjamin-shove"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-20","Bamie visits; canal report released","Bamie and her husband Captain Will Cowles come to Sagamore Hill. The canal investigators, Fox and MacFarlane, publish their findings.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","austen-g-fox","wallace-macfarlane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-21","Rowing every day; Root to the War Department","Roosevelt tells Lodge he rows nearly every day, and writes about the Philippines, Cuba and Wood. Alger is out, and Root will become Secretary of War.",["henry-cabot-lodge","leonard-wood","russell-a-alger","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-22","Visiting Platt at the shore","At Manhattan Beach Roosevelt calls on Platt, who is staying at the Oriental Hotel, and sends news of New York to General Frederick Funston, serving in the Philippines.",["thomas-c-platt","frederick-funston"],"Oriental Hotel"],["1899-07-23","At Manhattan Beach","Roosevelt is at Manhattan Beach; nothing more is noted.",[],"Manhattan Beach"],["1899-07-24","Inspecting the quarantine station","Roosevelt visits the quarantine station on Barren Island.",[],"Manhattan Beach"],["1899-07-25","Cheering Root's appointment","Caspar Whitney and Miss LeMorine visit. Roosevelt praises Root's choice as Secretary of War in letters to Greene and Wilson, and wishes Root luck.",["caspar-whitney","miss-lemorine","francis-v-greene","james-h-wilson","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-26","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-27","Edith's homemade toothpaste","Edith tells Emily she mixes her own toothpaste from cuttlefish bone, dragon's blood, alum, orris root and spices. Roosevelt writes Edward Brown about his record on labor as governor.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","edward-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-28","Senator Higgins calls","Senator Frank Higgins is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["frank-w-higgins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-29","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-30","A visitor from Australia","C. J. Sage of Melbourne, Australia, visits Sagamore Hill.",["c-j-sage"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-07-31","Root takes over at War","Russell Alger leaves the War Department and Elihu Root replaces him, while Vice President Hobart signals he means to remain. The Quiggs and General Avery Andrews visit, and Roosevelt sends Bradley Johnson a copy of The Rough Riders with notes on Remington's San Juan painting.",["lemuel-e-quigg","mrs-lemuel-quigg","avery-d-andrews","elihu-root","russell-a-alger","garret-a-hobart","bradley-t-johnson","frederic-remington","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-01","Answering the Tribune on canals","Roosevelt writes Austen Fox and Wallace MacFarlane, the canal investigators, regarding a Tribune editorial on their inquiry.",["austen-g-fox","wallace-macfarlane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-02","Cromwell biography finished","Roosevelt completes his life of Oliver Cromwell, sold for magazine serialization at $5,000 plus 15 percent royalties, and writes Robert Bridges about publishing it.",["robert-bridges"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-03","Practical and decent politics","At Asbury Park, New Jersey, Roosevelt speaks at the theological school on practical and decent politics, then spends the night at Norwood Park with Vice President Hobart. He also writes Caspar Whitney on the editorship of Harper's Weekly.",["garret-a-hobart","caspar-whitney","miss-lemorine"],"Asbury Park"],["1899-08-04","Grant La Farge visits","Grant La Farge is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-05","Ferguson and Goodrich visit","Bob Ferguson and David Goodrich are at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Lucius Swift about civil service and the effort to keep Proctor, and sends General James Wilson recommendations for government posts.",["bob-ferguson","david-goodrich","lucius-b-swift","john-r-procter","james-h-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-06","Edith's birthday","Roosevelt is in Utica on his wife Edith's birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Utica"],["1899-08-07","Western trip postponed","Roosevelt tells Hermann Kohlsaat he is putting off his trip west and asks about the Republican position on trusts.",["herman-h-kohlsaat"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-08","Delegates for the trust conference","Roosevelt writes Harry Newcomb, naming New York's delegates to the Chicago conference on trusts.",["harry-newcomb"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-10","Planning fair visits with Edith","Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Lambert and Colonel Dick visit. Roosevelt writes Charles Scribner about Oliver Cromwell and tells Lodge he lunched with Root and that Edith will join him touring county fairs.",["alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert","charles-w-f-dick","charles-scribner","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-11","Musings to Spring-Rice","Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice about Irish and German Americans, the Alaska boundary dispute with Canada, Russia, and the waning of the 'old Americans.'",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-12","Proofreading Cromwell","Robert Bridges of Scribner's comes to Sagamore Hill to proof Oliver Cromwell. Roosevelt writes Spring-Rice again, and wires McKinley that he will speak in Ohio in October.",["robert-bridges","cecil-spring-rice","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-13","Ethel turns eight","Ethel celebrates her eighth birthday at Sagamore. Edith writes Emily she hopes TR wins a second term so Alice can make her debut at the Executive Mansion.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-14","Vouching for Rough Riders","Roosevelt writes Root about particular Rough Riders who served under him.",["elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-15","Wrestling with the trust question","Roosevelt speaks to a firemen's convention in Yonkers, dines with Littauer, Odell and Platt, and leaves for Buffalo that night. He asks Charles Scott for guidance on trusts, admitting he is unsure what stand to take.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","lucius-n-littauer","charles-scott"],"New York City"],["1899-08-16","To the Niagara County Fair","Roosevelt reaches Olcott by way of Buffalo and sets out for the Niagara County Fair. Edith tells Emily her heart had become 'enlarged' while he was in Cuba, then recovered when he came home safe.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Buffalo"],["1899-08-17","At Niagara Falls","Roosevelt is at Niagara Falls; no details are recorded.",[],"Niagara Falls"],["1899-08-18","At Silver Lake","Roosevelt is at Silver Lake; nothing more is noted.",[],"Silver Lake"],["1899-08-19","At Chautauqua","Roosevelt is at Chautauqua; no details survive.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1899-08-20","With McKinley and Hobart at Plattsburgh","At Plattsburgh Roosevelt spends time with McKinley and Hobart, the President and Vice President.",["william-mckinley","garret-a-hobart"],"Plattsburg"],["1899-08-21","Reporting a successful tour","From Plattsburgh Roosevelt tells Platt his speaking tour has gone well and sends General Wilson ideas for military appointments.",["thomas-c-platt","james-h-wilson"],"Plattsburg"],["1899-08-22","Andrews and Judge Parkhurst visit","Avery Andrews and Judge Parkhurst are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["avery-d-andrews","judge-parkhurst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-23","Publisher George Haven Putnam visits","George Haven Putnam is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["george-haven-putnam"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-25","Late summer at Sagamore","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-26","A Saturday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-27","Six hours at the oars","Roosevelt spends six straight hours in a rowboat. Baron Speck von Sternberg and Mrs. Rose are guests.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","mrs-rose"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-28","Loeb fills in as secretary","Roosevelt sends Lodge news, tells May Youngs that William Loeb is serving as private secretary, and writes Wood about Cuba.",["henry-cabot-lodge","may-youngs","william-loeb","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-29","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-08-30","Hornellsville fair","Roosevelt speaks at the fair in Hornellsville and stays the night in Olean.",[],"Hornellsville"],["1899-08-31","\"This Nation\" at Little Valley","Bound for Watertown, Roosevelt speaks at Little Valley and stops at Buffalo, continuing his round of county fairs. He writes William Archer about the Germans.",["william-archer"],"Buffalo"],["1899-09-01","Canals at the Jefferson County Fair","In Watertown Roosevelt talks about canals and how they should be run at the Jefferson County Fair, then leaves for New York City.",[],"Watertown"],["1899-09-02","Ideas for a better Army","John Fox Jr. visits Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt thanks Root for hearing him out and sends Arthur Lee his thoughts on reorganizing the U.S. Army.",["john-fox-jr","elihu-root","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-03","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-04","Boosting Wood for brigadier","Roosevelt writes Wood privately about Army matters and urges Root to make him a brigadier general in the Regular Army.",["leonard-wood","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-05","Ogdensburg fair","Roosevelt speaks at the county fair in Ogdensburg.",[],"Ogdensburg"],["1899-09-06","Fulton County Fair and Philippine geology","Roosevelt addresses fairgoers in Johnstown, Fulton County, and stays the night in Utica. He writes geologist George Becker about his intriguing study of Philippine geology.",["george-f-becker"],"Johnstown"],["1899-09-07","Two fairs in one day","Roosevelt addresses fairs in both Norwich and Delhi and spends the night in Syracuse.",[],"Syracuse"],["1899-09-08","Home to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels from Syracuse back to Oyster Bay.",[],"Syracuse"],["1899-09-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-10","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-11","All five swimmers","Roosevelt dines in New York City with Odell, Platt and Cohen. He tells Bellamy Storer his five oldest children can all swim, and writes his last letter to Lodge while Lodge is in England.",["benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","william-n-cohen","bellamy-storer","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-12","Orange County Fair; a heckler","Roosevelt speaks at the Orange County Fair in Middletown and writes W. Forbes Murray about a heckler he faced in Hornellsville.",["w-forbes-murray"],"Middletown"],["1899-09-13","Ted turns twelve","Roosevelt addresses the fair in Walton, Delaware County, on Ted's twelfth birthday. The Chicago conference on trusts opens.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Walton"],["1899-09-14","Lewis County Fair","Roosevelt addresses the fair at Lowville in Lewis County and stays in Utica, while the Chicago trust conference goes on. He tells Will Cowles he is swamped with speeches.",["william-sheffield-cowles","mrs-alexander-moore"],"Lowville"],["1899-09-15","Wayne County Fair","Roosevelt addresses the fair at Lyons in Wayne County as the trust conference in Chicago continues.",[],"Lyons"],["1899-09-16","Brooklyn veterans and a parade outfit","After breakfast with Youngs, Roosevelt speaks to Brooklyn veterans. The Robinsons and Bob Ferguson visit. He writes on political pressure, backs Mazet, asks Avery Andrews what a governor should wear riding in Dewey's parade, and writes Nixon about charges against officials.",["william-j-youngs","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson","stewart-douglas-robinson","bob-ferguson","harry-bender","edward-t-devine","avery-d-andrews","s-fred-nixon","robert-mazet"],"New York City"],["1899-09-17","Sunday at Sagamore","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-18","Ramapo and canal scandals","Nicholas Murray Butler and Mr. Hollis visit. Roosevelt writes Frank Moss about the Ramapo water scandal, Grant La Farge about the canal scandal, and Samuel Young about the Philippines.",["nicholas-murray-butler","mr-hollis","frank-moss","c-grant-la-farge","samuel-b-m-young"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-19","Suffolk County Fair","Roosevelt addresses the fair at Riverhead in Suffolk County and tells Lemuel Quigg he backs Mazet in organization politics.",["lemuel-e-quigg","robert-mazet"],"Riverhead"],["1899-09-20","Reading a life of Forrest","Roosevelt tells Bradley Johnson he is reading Johnson's biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest, and writes George Heins about civil service reform and the Miss Frost complaint.",["bradley-t-johnson","george-l-heins","miss-frost"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-21","Cooperstown fair","After stopping in Albany, Roosevelt arrives in Otsego County and speaks at the Cooperstown fair.",[],"Albany"],["1899-09-22","Richfield Springs, then Ohio","Roosevelt speaks at Richfield Springs, goes on to Utica, and leaves for Akron, Ohio.",[],"Akron"],["1899-09-23","Opening the Ohio campaign","Roosevelt stops in Cleveland to confer with Mark Hanna, then speaks in Akron to launch the Ohio Republican campaign before heading back to New York. He writes Grant La Farge about the canal scandal.",["mark-hanna","c-grant-la-farge"],"Cleveland"],["1899-09-24","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1899-09-25","\"A fighting man\" for the Philippines","Roosevelt tells Root that General Otis is a drag on the American campaign in the islands and that what is needed there is a fighter.",["elihu-root","elwell-s-otis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-26","Congratulations to Arthur Lee","Mrs. Alene, Grant La Farge and Mr. McNaughton visit. Roosevelt sends Arthur Lee good wishes on becoming engaged to Ruth Moore.",["mrs-alene","c-grant-la-farge","mr-mcnaughton","arthur-lee","ruth-moore-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-09-27","Dewey's Olympia arrives","Roosevelt addresses the fair in Mineola, Queens County, on his sister Corinne's 38th birthday. Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia anchors off Staten Island, his first time home since Manila Bay. Roosevelt tells Thomas Slicer he is battling machine politics.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-dewey","thomas-slicer"],"Mineola"],["1899-09-28","Welcoming Dewey aboard the Olympia","Roosevelt makes an official call on Admiral Dewey aboard the Olympia, while giant letters on the Brooklyn Bridge spell out a welcome. With Admiral Sampson he also tours the Indiana and New Hampshire.",["george-dewey","william-t-sampson"],"Brooklyn Bridge"],["1899-09-29","A five-mile flotilla","The Olympia sails up the bay and on into the Hudson River, trailed by hundreds of ships in a line five miles long. General Avery Andrews is a guest.",["george-dewey","avery-d-andrews"],"New York City"],["1899-09-30","Leading Dewey's parade on horseback","Roosevelt rides at the head of Admiral Dewey's homecoming parade, 35,000 marchers strong, with McKinley and Hanna also taking part; it passes beneath a victory arch where Fifth Avenue meets 23rd Street. His article on Dewey appears in McClure's, and Bamie and her husband take a new home on N Street in Washington.",["george-dewey","william-mckinley","mark-hanna","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Dewey Arch"],["1899-10-01","Canada's Governor General at Sagamore Hill","Governor Roosevelt plays host at Sagamore Hill to Lord Minto, the Governor General of Canada. Robert C. Pruyn signs the guest book.",["gilbert-elliot-earl-of-minto","robert-c-pruyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-10-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-10-03","Dining in honor of Admiral Dewey","In Washington, Roosevelt joins a dinner honoring Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay. The guest book lists Lord and Lady Minto, Captain Lascelles, Mrs. Leonard Wood and Colonel Arthur Lee.",["george-dewey","gilbert-elliot-earl-of-minto","lady-minto","captain-lascelles","louise-condit-smith-wood","arthur-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1899-10-04","Strategy session with Odell","In New York City, Roosevelt sits down with Benjamin Odell, the state Republican chairman.",["benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1899-10-05","In Binghamton","Roosevelt is in Binghamton, New York.",[],"Binghamton"],["1899-10-06","Speaking in Elmira and Waverly","Roosevelt addresses crowds in two southern-tier New York towns, Elmira and Waverly.",[],"Waverly"],["1899-10-07","Back in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-08","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-09","Waving off a presidential boom","Roosevelt writes a stack of letters from Albany. He asks H. H. Kohlsaat not to launch a Roosevelt-for-President movement, tells Henry White he is readying for the coming elections, and argues that Leonard Wood has earned a promotion.",["henry-white","douglas-robinson","herman-h-kohlsaat","leonard-wood","charles-miller"],"Albany"],["1899-10-10","Kermit turns ten","Kermit Roosevelt celebrates his tenth birthday. His father writes George Gunton about the franchise tax, Henry Nelson about the Navy, and Martha Selmes a chatty update.",["kermit-roosevelt","george-gunton","henry-loomis-nelson","martha-flandrau-selmes"],"Albany"],["1899-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns fifteen","Roosevelt is in Albany on the fifteenth birthday of his niece Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of his late brother Elliott.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Albany"],["1899-10-12","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-13","Home to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is back at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-14","Lodge returns from Europe","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's closest political friend, Henry Cabot Lodge, lands back in the United States after a trip to Europe.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-10-15","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-10-16","Back in Albany","Roosevelt returns to Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-17","A letter on race and crime","From Albany, Roosevelt writes John William Fox about questions of race, including the crime of rape.",["john-fox-jr"],"Albany"],["1899-10-18","Nephew Sheffield's first birthday","Roosevelt is in Albany as his sister Bamie's son, Sheffield Cowles, turns one.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1899-10-19","Backing the anti-Tammany ticket","In New York City, Roosevelt speaks in support of the Fusion slate opposing Tammany Hall. He also presses Elihu Root on reorganizing the Army and doubts to William Chandler that Admiral Howell should lead the Asiatic Squadron.",["elihu-root","william-e-chandler","john-a-howell"],"New York City"],["1899-10-20","Breakfast with the bosses, then west","Roosevelt breakfasts in New York with Senator Thomas Platt and Benjamin Odell before boarding a train for Cincinnati. He writes Lodge, whose mother is ill.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1899-10-21","Talking Philippines at Cincinnati's Music Hall","On the campaign trail in Ohio, Roosevelt speaks at Cincinnati's Music Hall about American policy in the Philippines.",[],"Music Hall"],["1899-10-22","Another Cincinnati speech","Roosevelt gives another campaign address in Cincinnati.",[],"Cincinnati"],["1899-10-23","Crediting good timing for the governorship","Back in Albany, Roosevelt admits to Charles Wood that coming home from Cuba just as a governor's race opened had much to do with his election.",["charles-wood"],"Albany"],["1899-10-24","Special court term to tackle Tammany","After meeting Platt and Odell in New York, Roosevelt orders an extraordinary term of the Supreme Court to hear cases of lawbreaking tied to Tammany Hall. He then heads for Baltimore.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1899-10-25","Whistle-stopping across western Maryland","Roosevelt barnstorms western Maryland for Governor Lloyd Lowndes's re-election, from Barton and Frostburg to Cumberland and Hagerstown, with a stop across the line in Piedmont, West Virginia. He assures Lodge the Presidency holds no interest for him.",["lloyd-lowndes","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Barton"],["1899-10-26","Frederick by day, Baltimore by night","Roosevelt keeps up the Maryland swing, speaking in Frederick and stopping at Union Bridge, Westminster and Bruceville before an evening address in Baltimore. Grant La Farge and a Mr. McNaughton appear in the guest book.",["c-grant-la-farge","mr-mcnaughton"],"Baltimore"],["1899-10-27","A forty-first birthday on the stump","Roosevelt marks his forty-first birthday with a speech at Elkton, Maryland, then catches a train home toward Albany.",[],"Elkton"],["1899-10-28","Guinea pigs and a special prosecutor","A busy letter day in Albany. Roosevelt tells Philemon Sherman he backs expansion, admires Maria Storer's 'goddess' pictures of Edith, and reports that Ted and Kermit are raising guinea pigs. He also names Ansley Wilcox to prosecute the Gardiner case.",["philemon-sherman","maria-longworth-storer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","adelbert-moot","william-austin-wadsworth","william-allen-white","thomas-slicer","ansley-wilcox","asa-bird-gardiner"],"Albany"],["1899-10-29","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-10-30","A possum for the children","Roosevelt thanks General Bradley T. Johnson for a pet possum sent to the Roosevelt children, takes aim at Carl Schurz in a letter to F. B. Cunz, and writes House Speaker David B. Henderson.",["f-b-cunz","carl-schurz","david-b-henderson","bradley-t-johnson"],"Albany"],["1899-10-31","Republican dinner in Boston","Roosevelt speaks to a Republican dinner in Boston. The same day The Century runs his essay on military preparedness.",[],"Boston"],["1899-11-01","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-02","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-03","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-04","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-05","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-06","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with his family.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-07","Election Day at home","Roosevelt spends Election Day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-08","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt remains at Sagamore Hill the day after the election.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-09","Still pushing for Wood's star","From Albany, Roosevelt tells General Leonard Wood he is still working to win him a brigadier general's rank in the Regular Army, and notes that his own expansionist views are drawing fire.",["leonard-wood"],"Albany"],["1899-11-10","Complaining of newspaper lies","Roosevelt turns down Albert Mills's invitation for his Boston trip to the Harvard-Yale game, and grumbles to John Rose that papers like the Evening Post are printing falsehoods about him.",["albert-l-mills","john-rose"],"Albany"],["1899-11-11","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-11-12","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-11-13","Inviting an editor inside","In two letters, Roosevelt invites Harper's Weekly editor John Finley to Albany to watch state government up close, and hopes Finley can dig up facts on the canal scandal to answer the Evening Post.",["john-h-finley"],"Albany"],["1899-11-14","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-11-15","Planning a tax commission","Roosevelt meets legislators Stranahan, Frank Higgins and Jotham Allds in Albany to discuss a special commission on taxation.",["nevada-n-stranahan","frank-w-higgins","jotham-p-allds"],"Albany"],["1899-11-16","Odell, and a state police idea","Roosevelt confers with Odell and asks Nicholas Murray Butler to talk over a bill to create a state constabulary.",["benjamin-odell","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Albany"],["1899-11-17","Bound for Boston","Roosevelt travels to Boston.",[],"Boston"],["1899-11-18","Cheering at the Harvard-Yale game","Roosevelt takes in the Harvard-Yale football game in Boston.",[],"Boston"],["1899-11-19","Quentin turns two","Roosevelt is in Boston on his youngest son Quentin's second birthday.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1899-11-20","Speaking at Yale","Roosevelt addresses students at Yale in New Haven and dines with the university's president, Arthur Twining Hadley.",["arthur-t-hadley"],"Yale University"],["1899-11-21","Vice President Hobart dies","In New York City Roosevelt holds a hearing on charges against District Attorney Gardiner, huddles with Platt, Odell, Quigg, Slicer and Davies, and addresses the Chamber of Commerce. That same day Garret Hobart, the Vice President, dies, leaving open the office that will soon shadow Roosevelt's future.",["asa-bird-gardiner","lemuel-e-quigg","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","thomas-slicer","john-c-davies","garret-a-hobart","william-e-chandler","bradley-t-johnson","archibald-roosevelt"],"Chamber of Commerce"],["1899-11-22","Breakfast, then home to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt breakfasts with Platt and Odell in New York and heads out to Oyster Bay that afternoon.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1899-11-23","Thanksgiving week at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-25","Bamie's fourth anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the fourth wedding anniversary of his sister Bamie and William Sheffield Cowles.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-26","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1899-11-27","Wilcox named; Dewey's bid frowned on","Back in Albany, Roosevelt names Buffalo lawyer Ansley Wilcox to hear the Gardiner charges and meets the Education Commission. He tells Bamie the fuss around Admiral Dewey, who is angling for the Democratic presidential nomination, is beneath dignity.",["ansley-wilcox","asa-bird-gardiner","anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-dewey","thomas-c-platt","austen-g-fox","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lemuel-e-quigg"],"Albany"],["1899-11-28","Mr. Dooley and game wardens","Roosevelt urges the state's conservation commission to hire game wardens and protectors among other reforms. He also writes Finley Peter Dunne, whose Mr. Dooley teased that The Rough Riders should have been titled 'Alone in Cuba,' and invites him to visit.",["finley-peter-dunne"],"Albany"],["1899-11-29","On raising manly children","Roosevelt hears arguments on a Supreme Court appointment and writes G. Stanley Hall about bringing children up with firmness and manliness.",["g-stanley-hall"],"Albany"],["1899-11-30","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-01","No appetite for the Vice Presidency","Roosevelt writes Lemuel Quigg about the police bill and says he will talk with him about the Vice Presidency, a job he does not want.",["lemuel-e-quigg"],"Albany"],["1899-12-02","A blue-faced watch for Edith","On their thirteenth anniversary Roosevelt gives Edith a costly watch with a blue face, the gift she liked best of any he had given. He also writes Secretary John D. Long, thanking him on Ted's behalf for a guinea pig named Admiral Dewey that started the boys' brood.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","maria-longworth-storer","john-d-long","theodore-roosevelt-jr","cecil-spring-rice"],"Albany"],["1899-12-03","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-04","Talking taxes and trusts with economists","Roosevelt confers with economists Jeremiah Jenks and Edwin Seligman, along with Senator Stranahan, about taxation and the trusts.",["jeremiah-w-jenks","edwin-r-a-seligman","nevada-n-stranahan"],"Albany"],["1899-12-05","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-06","A word for the Storers","Roosevelt asks Secretary of State John Hay to consider moving Bellamy Storer from Madrid to Paris or Rome, and writes Leonard Wood about the men backing his promotion.",["john-hay","bellamy-storer","leonard-wood"],"Albany"],["1899-12-07","Lodge presses the Vice Presidency again","In New York, Henry Cabot Lodge once more urges Roosevelt to go after the Republican vice presidential nomination. Roosevelt tells Hugh Leonard, author of a wrestling book, that he has taken up the sport himself.",["henry-cabot-lodge","maria-longworth-storer","elihu-root","hugh-leonard"],"New York City"],["1899-12-08","Meeting the canal commissioners","In New York City, Roosevelt meets with the state's canal commissioners.",[],"New York City"],["1899-12-09","Charter revision and the second spot","Over breakfast with Platt and Odell, Roosevelt talks through naming charter revision commissioners and the question of the vice presidential nomination.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1899-12-10","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-11","Platt backs a second term","Senator Platt tells Roosevelt he officially favors renominating him for governor. Roosevelt's letters range over the Raines liquor law, the Astoria Gas Company, a court vacancy, a breakfast invitation to Butler, and the Vice Presidency.",["thomas-c-platt","alexander-doyle","george-murray","william-h-hotchkiss","nicholas-murray-butler","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1899-12-12","Planning to drop Payn","Roosevelt resolves to let Insurance Superintendent Louis Payn go when his term ends in February, though Boss Platt wants him kept and Payn vows to stay. He sizes up Francis Hendricks as a replacement.",["louis-f-payn","thomas-c-platt","francis-j-hendricks"],"Albany"],["1899-12-13","A breakfast reminder for Platt","Roosevelt reminds Senator Platt of their breakfast on December 23 at Douglas Robinson's house.",["thomas-c-platt","douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1899-12-14","Admiring Mr. Dooley's aim","Roosevelt tells Lodge he enjoyed Mr. Dooley's spoof of his book, while marveling at how neatly Dunne finds the weak spots.",["henry-cabot-lodge","finley-peter-dunne"],"Albany"],["1899-12-15","Edith misses Washington","Edith writes Cecil Spring-Rice that she misses the old Washington days, and Roosevelt writes Elihu Root about the trusts.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1899-12-16","Fielding vice presidential talk","Roosevelt writes Odell about Nicholas Murray Butler and Payn's reappointment, and answers both C. C. Kohlsaat and George Lyman about the vice presidential question.",["benjamin-odell","nicholas-murray-butler","louis-f-payn","c-c-kohlsaat","george-h-lyman"],"Albany"],["1899-12-17","Saying no to the Vice Presidency","Roosevelt tells Bamie he will turn down the vice presidential offer and mourns the war in South Africa between the British and the Boers. In New York, Edith greets her sister Emily Carow, just home from Italy.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Albany"],["1899-12-18","Letters to Conie, Platt and Riis","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne, Senator Platt about Hissock and Payn, and Jacob Riis about a bill on drug clerks.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","thomas-c-platt","hissock","louis-f-payn","jacob-riis"],"Albany"],["1899-12-19","Annual Message: clean streams, safe birds","Roosevelt meets with Mazet and wraps up his Annual Message, sending a copy to Platt. The message takes a hard line on big corporations and calls for ending pollution of Adirondack streams and protecting birds and deer.",["robert-mazet","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-12-20","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-21","Dinner at Corinne's","Roosevelt goes down to New York City and dines at seven at his sister Corinne's home, 422 Madison Avenue. His essay 'Expansion and Peace' appears in the Independent.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albany"],["1899-12-22","In New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1899-12-23","Plotting Payn's removal over breakfast","At Corinne's home, Roosevelt breakfasts with Platt and Odell and they discuss removing Louis Payn.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","louis-f-payn"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1899-12-24","Christmas Eve in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany for Christmas Eve.",[],"Albany"],["1899-12-25","Stockings and present tables at the Mansion","All six Roosevelt children are at the Governor's Mansion for Christmas, with Emily Carow, Bob Ferguson and Speck von Sternberg as guests. The family keeps its yearly routine: stockings first, then breakfast, then a separate table piled with gifts for each child.",["emily-carow","bob-ferguson","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"New York State Executive Mansion"],["1899-12-26","Platt's puzzling support","Roosevelt writes the Land Office about the Astoria grant and Andrew White about pardons. He tells Lodge that Platt still backs his refusal of the vice presidential slot, though he cannot see why.",["andrew-d-white","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-12-27","Thanks for Bamie's gifts","Roosevelt thanks his sister Bamie for her generous Christmas presents, a handsome table and a set of knives.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1899-12-28","Another breakfast with Platt and Odell","Roosevelt breakfasts again in New York City with Platt and Odell.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1899-12-29","Platt wants no fight over Payn","Roosevelt reports to Lodge that Platt is against a battle over Payn. He also writes Bamie, George Lyman about the Vice Presidency, Platt about Payn and Mazet, and Austen Fox about the canal section of his message.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-h-lyman","thomas-c-platt","austen-g-fox","louis-f-payn"],"Albany"],["1899-12-30","Platt changes his tune","Roosevelt tells John Williams he must dismiss factory inspector O'Leary, and reports to Lodge that Platt now says he should accept the vice presidential nomination.",["john-williams","o-leary","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1899-12-31","Year's end in Albany","Roosevelt closes out 1899 in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-01-01","Platt skips the New Year's reception","Roosevelt holds the customary New Year's Day reception in Albany. Senator Platt stays away to show his displeasure with the governor's course.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-01-02","New Year's notes","Roosevelt writes Platt and Lodge about publisher L. A. Coolidge, and sends New Year's wishes to his friend Cecil Spring-Rice.",["thomas-c-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","cecil-spring-rice","louis-a-coolidge"],"Albany"],["1900-01-03","Message calls for forest parks and trust curbs","Roosevelt's Annual Message is read to the Legislature. It urges saving the forests, creating preserves in both the Catskills and the Adirondacks, and bold legislation to rein in the trusts. He scolds the Mail and Express for printing the text early.",["elliott-shepard"],"New York State Capitol"],["1900-01-04","Regents Commission reports","The Regents Commission releases its report while Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-01-05","Labor law and a leaky newspaper","Roosevelt writes George Gunton about the labor law and asks Frank Mack, an Associated Press man, how to deal with the Mail and Express.",["george-gunton","frank-mack"],"Albany"],["1900-01-06","Digging into Payn's past","Roosevelt asks Elihu Root for the testimony from an 1895 trial involving Louis Payn.",["elihu-root","louis-f-payn"],"Albany"],["1900-01-07","Speaking at St. Paul's School","Roosevelt travels to Concord, New Hampshire, to speak at St. Paul's School.",[],"St. Paul's School"],["1900-01-08","Weighing Pound for insurance chief","Roosevelt tells Cuthbert Pound he would name him Superintendent of Insurance if he were sure the Senate would confirm him.",["cuthbert-pound"],"Albany"],["1900-01-09","Eyeing the Kaiser's Germany","In a letter to William Kimball, Roosevelt names Germany, under its current Kaiser, as the likeliest serious rival of the United States.",["william-w-kimball","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Albany"],["1900-01-10","Choosing Judge Saxton","Roosevelt informs Cuthbert Pound that he has settled on Judge Charles Saxton as his nominee for Superintendent of Insurance.",["cuthbert-pound","charles-t-saxton"],"Albany"],["1900-01-11","Investigation ordered; a funeral in Schenectady","Armed with evidence against Louis Payn, Roosevelt directs Adjutant General Avery Andrews to investigate. He goes to Schenectady for the funeral of Samuel Dana Greene and his wife, then on to New York City that night to see Andrews at his hotel on Fifth Avenue.",["avery-d-andrews","louis-f-payn","samuel-dana-greene","mrs-samuel-dana-greene"],"Albany"],["1900-01-12","Near-pick for the trust probe","Roosevelt writes J. P. Clarke that he very nearly named him to investigate the State Trust Company.",["john-p-clarke"],"Albany"],["1900-01-13","The Payn report is in","The investigation of Payn is finished. Roosevelt tells James Sheffield that a successor's name is going to the Senate shortly and writes Lyman Abbott about politics.",["louis-f-payn","james-r-sheffield","lyman-abbott"],"Albany"],["1900-01-14","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-01-15","Thanks for the Payn report","Roosevelt updates Thomas Slicer on the Payn fight, writes George Holls about merging the state's Regents bodies, and thanks Avery Andrews for his report.",["thomas-slicer","george-f-w-holls","avery-d-andrews","louis-f-payn"],"Albany"],["1900-01-16","A fan of Mr. Dooley on Dreyfus","Roosevelt tells Finley Peter Dunne how much he enjoys some of his pieces, singling out those on the Dreyfus affair.",["finley-peter-dunne"],"Albany"],["1900-01-17","Senators weigh Payn's successor","State senators confer in Albany over who should follow Payn as insurance chief.",["louis-f-payn"],"Albany"],["1900-01-18","Bamie turns forty-five","Roosevelt is in Albany on his older sister Bamie's forty-fifth birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1900-01-19","Toasting the University of the South","That evening Roosevelt speaks in New York City at an alumni dinner for the Sewanee school, the University of the South.",[],"Albany"],["1900-01-20","Showdown with Platt over Payn","Over breakfast Roosevelt tells Platt and Odell that Payn must go; Platt rejects Judge Saxton and every name on a list. Roosevelt gives him until January 23 or he will go public. Platt then tells reporters he backs Roosevelt for Vice President. That night Roosevelt speaks at the Union League and Boone and Crockett clubs.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","louis-f-payn","charles-t-saxton","avery-d-andrews"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1900-01-21","Corinne and Douglas come to Albany","Roosevelt's sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson ride back to Albany with him for a visit.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1900-01-22","Ribs caved in by a wrestler","Roosevelt confesses to Will Cowles that he has had too much of the strenuous life lately: a hefty wrestling partner has caved in his ribs. He also writes about the Payn fight, the Vice Presidency, and a scrap young Ted got into at the Albany Academy.",["william-sheffield-cowles","florence-la-farge","henry-cabot-lodge","theodore-douglas-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Albany Academy"],["1900-01-23","Odell blinks: Hendricks it is","Platt still insists on Payn, so Roosevelt offers Francis Hendricks. Odell holds the bluff to the last moment, then accepts Hendricks. Roosevelt also talks with Robert Bacon about the State Trust Company and tells Bamie he is weighing the Philippines governor-generalship.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","francis-j-hendricks","robert-bacon","charles-t-saxton","anna-roosevelt-cowles","louis-f-payn"],"Albany"],["1900-01-24","Hendricks says yes","Francis Hendricks agrees to become Superintendent of Insurance. Roosevelt writes Platt and Hendricks about the nomination.",["francis-j-hendricks","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-01-25","Commerce report goes to lawmakers","The New York Commerce Commission's report is sent to the Legislature. Roosevelt writes Seth Low about the Payn affair and George Lyman about his vice presidential chances.",["seth-low","george-h-lyman"],"Albany"],["1900-01-26","Speak softly and carry a big stick","Roosevelt announces Hendricks's appointment to the press. Writing to Henry Sprague, he quotes the proverb that would become his best-known motto. He also sends Platt good wishes for his ailing wife.",["francis-j-hendricks","henry-l-sprague","charles-t-saxton","thomas-c-platt","mrs-thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-01-27","Letters on the Boer War","Roosevelt writes William Sanger about Army reserves, and three correspondents, including Spring-Rice, about the war in South Africa.",["william-cary-sanger","walter-cumming","john-st-loe-strachey","cecil-spring-rice"],"Albany"],["1900-01-28","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-01-29","Claiming victory over Payn","Roosevelt crows to Thomas Slicer about winning the Payn fight, tells Captain Bowman McCalla of his pride in the armed forces, and praises Sanger and Young's Philippine work to President McKinley and Elihu Root.",["bowman-h-mccalla","james-r-sheffield","louisa-schuyler","thomas-slicer","william-mckinley","elihu-root","william-cary-sanger","young"],"Albany"],["1900-01-30","Weighing the Vice Presidency with Lodge","Roosevelt holds a conference on the Regents Bill, writes Arthur Lee about the Boer War, and lays out for Lodge the arguments for and against the Vice Presidency.",["arthur-lee","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1900-01-31","Senate confirms Hendricks","The state Senate confirms Francis Hendricks as Superintendent of Insurance, closing Roosevelt's fight over Payn. He writes General Francis Greene about the canals and sends Platt a report.",["francis-j-hendricks","francis-v-greene","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-02-01","Vice presidential rumors in the papers","Stories turn up in the newspapers, from no clear source, claiming Republicans will put Roosevelt on the national ticket. He admits to Platt he has thought hard about the Vice Presidency and tells Odell it looks worse the longer he considers it.",["thomas-c-platt","horatio-c-king","w-e-warner","thomas-paine","benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1900-02-02","Rather the governor's chair","Roosevelt holds talks on the trusts with Jenks, Higgins, Stranahan and Nixon, and on the Regents Bill with Seth Low. He tells Lodge, the party committee and Butler plainly that he would rather stay governor than run for Vice President.",["jeremiah-w-jenks","frank-w-higgins","nevada-n-stranahan","s-fred-nixon","seth-low","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-c-payne","st-clair-mckelway","nicholas-murray-butler","leonard-wood","george-r-sheldon","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Albany"],["1900-02-03","Insurance men want him kicked upstairs","Furious over Payn's ouster, New York's big insurance firms team up with other corporations to lean on Platt to be rid of Roosevelt, even by promoting him to the Vice Presidency. Roosevelt writes Lodge about the forces lined up against his staying on.",["thomas-c-platt","louis-f-payn","henry-cabot-lodge","william-osborne","alexander-orr","george-priest","eugene-a-philbin"],"Albany"],["1900-02-04","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-02-05","'Harmless there'","Roosevelt tells Bamie his opponents want him in the Vice Presidency because they think he can do no harm there, and adds thoughts on the Boer War. He assures L. J. Moore he has no plan to run.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","charles-r-miller","daniel-e-sickles","horatio-c-king","l-j-moore","elon-r-brown"],"Albany"],["1900-02-06","Calling for a stronger Army and Navy","In New York, Roosevelt and Odell meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel about the Vice Presidency. He then speaks to the state bankers' association and at Carnegie Hall in favor of building up the armed forces, and compliments William Allen White on a Scribner's story.",["benjamin-odell","william-allen-white"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1900-02-07","Professor before Vice President","Roosevelt tells Platt he would sooner teach history at a college than serve as Vice President. He also praises William Howard Taft and writes the hunter Frederick Selous about the Boer War.",["thomas-c-platt","bellamy-storer","alexander-orr","truman-backus","william-howard-taft","frederick-selous"],"Albany"],["1900-02-08","Rapid transit for Greater New York","Roosevelt signs the Davis Rapid Transit Act, letting Greater New York's municipal assembly grant franchises for rapid transit lines, and writes about the Backus matter, appointments and city investigations.",["william-parkhurst","benjamin-sands","john-clarke"],"Albany"],["1900-02-09","Forests, fisheries and franchises","Roosevelt writes Grant La Farge about the Fisheries and Forests commission, Lodge about the Vice Presidency, and George Priest about the franchise tax.",["c-grant-la-farge","henry-cabot-lodge","george-priest"],"Albany"],["1900-02-10","Lunch in the Amen Corner","Roosevelt lunches with Platt and Odell in the Fifth Avenue Hotel's famous 'Amen Corner,' still insisting he wants another term as governor rather than the Vice Presidency.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","francis-v-greene"],"Fifth Avenue Hotel"],["1900-02-11","Against the Nicaraguan canal plan","Roosevelt meets George Holls and Shaw in Yonkers about the Regents Bill and announces his opposition to the proposed Nicaraguan canal arrangement.",["george-f-w-holls","albert-shaw"],"New York City"],["1900-02-12","'Under no circumstances'","Roosevelt issues a public statement ruling out the vice presidential nomination. It is also his daughter Alice's sixteenth birthday; she has grown nearly as tall as her father. He tells Lyman Powell he is drafting a bill to regulate trusts.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","lyman-powell"],"Albany"],["1900-02-13","Advice to Bacon on politics","Roosevelt's letters cover the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Long Island coastal land and his refusal of the Vice Presidency. He also advises Robert Bacon on whether to go into politics.",["john-parker","lucius-b-swift","robert-bacon","adelbert-moot"],"Albany"],["1900-02-14","Doubts about the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty","After meeting Odell, Roosevelt writes Josephine Shaw Lowell about errors he may have made, and tells Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan he considers the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty a mistake.",["benjamin-odell","josephine-shaw-lowell","lester-stearns","alfred-thayer-mahan","francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1900-02-15","Back pay for city teachers","Roosevelt signs the Ahearn School Act, which pays New York City teachers and school workers the salaries they are owed. He writes Butler about the Unification Bill and the game commission, and Albert Shaw about his canal treaty statement.",["nicholas-murray-butler","albert-shaw","george-f-w-holls"],"Albany"],["1900-02-16","No unfortified canal","Roosevelt objects to Will Cowles and Finley Peter Dunne about the plan, favored by McKinley and Hay, for an isthmian canal left open and unfortified. He also writes about his renomination, a forest commission and the state of New York politics.",["william-sheffield-cowles","finley-peter-dunne","william-mckinley","john-hay","frederick-norton-goddard","c-grant-la-farge","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1900-02-17","Hay signs a canal deal","Roosevelt confers with Limburger, lawyer for the Ramapo water company, and writes Butler. In Washington, Secretary of State John Hay signs an agreement with Nicaragua securing rights for a canal.",["limburger","john-hay","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Albany"],["1900-02-18","Objecting to Hay's treaty","Roosevelt writes John Hay himself, laying out his objections to the Nicaraguan canal treaty.",["john-hay"],"Albany"],["1900-02-19","A landmark forest, fish and game law","Roosevelt signs a sweeping law protecting New York's forests, fish and game, rewriting Chapter 31 of the General Laws. It caps his conservation work as governor. He also meets Greene and Hill on canal funding.",["francis-v-greene","hill"],"Albany"],["1900-02-20","Defending his whole record","Roosevelt confers with Odell about the fish, game and forest preserve boards and speaks to the Foreign Missionary Conference. In a long letter to Josephine Shaw Lowell, he defends his entire term as governor.",["benjamin-odell","josephine-shaw-lowell"],"Albany"],["1900-02-21","Three dinners, three speeches","In New York City, Roosevelt speaks at three dinners: the Harvard Club, the Buyers Association and the Press Club. He writes Quigg about bills and about backing Platt.",["lemuel-e-quigg","thomas-c-platt"],"Harvard Club"],["1900-02-22","Washington's Birthday in Buffalo","In Buffalo, Roosevelt speaks to the Daughters of the American Revolution and then to the Saturn Club on Washington and what is ideal versus practical in politics. He complains to Bamie of fighting the machine on one flank and reformers on the other.",["thomas-slicer","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Saturn Club"],["1900-02-23","Back to Albany","Roosevelt leaves Buffalo for Albany.",[],"Buffalo"],["1900-02-24","An invitation to Harvard's president","Roosevelt sees Woodruff and invites Harvard president Charles Eliot to stay with him at the Governor's Mansion.",["timothy-l-woodruff","charles-w-eliot"],"Albany"],["1900-02-25","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-02-26","Canal bills reach the Legislature","The Canal Commission's bills go to the Legislature. Roosevelt repeats his case against an open Nicaraguan canal to Will Cowles and explains to Maria Storer why he cannot get involved in naming an American cardinal.",["william-sheffield-cowles","maria-longworth-storer","francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1900-02-27","'Better than Cleveland'","Roosevelt tells Bamie he believes he has run the governorship better than anyone in his lifetime, Grover Cleveland included. He says sorry to Josephine Shaw Lowell for how sharp his previous letter sounded, and tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler he hopes future historians will also write well.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","grover-cleveland","jeremiah-w-jenks","josephine-shaw-lowell","benjamin-ide-wheeler"],"Albany"],["1900-02-28","'Good Citizenship' in Newburgh","Roosevelt lunches with Odell in Newburgh and speaks on good citizenship at Trinity Episcopal Church. Meanwhile, both McKinley and Senator Hanna are cool to having him as running mate. The six Roosevelt children sit for a group photograph.",["benjamin-odell","charles-burlingham","james-c-carter","william-mckinley","mark-hanna"],"Newburgh"],["1900-03-01","Two appointments in question","Roosevelt writes Ray Tompkins about two appointments, those of Van Duzer and O'Neil.",["ray-tompkins","jonas-van-duzer","william-o-neil"],"Albany"],["1900-03-02","No paying newspapers for support","Roosevelt signs a Penal Code amendment barring anyone from asking a candidate for money in return for a newspaper's or publication's backing. His letters touch city water, the fleet and coastal forts, and the Boer War and Nicaraguan canal.",["william-f-king","alexander-orr","william-sheffield-cowles","cecil-spring-rice","c-grant-la-farge"],"Albany"],["1900-03-03","Speaking to the Ohio Society","Roosevelt goes from Albany to New York City for an evening address to the Ohio Society, and tells William O'Neil his financial dealings have blocked his appointment.",["william-o-neil"],"Albany"],["1900-03-04","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1900-03-05","The Merrimac purchase revisited","Roosevelt writes Elon Brown about quail hunting, General Greene about the canal bill, and John D. Long about the ship Merrimac, which he bought as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and which the press is now criticizing.",["elon-r-brown","francis-v-greene","john-d-long"],"Albany"],["1900-03-06","A fight over his nominees","Roosevelt warns Grant La Farge of a determined push to defeat his nominees.",["c-grant-la-farge"],"Albany"],["1900-03-07","Edith sets off to see San Juan Hill","Edith and her sister Emily leave for Cuba; Edith wants to judge for herself how steep San Juan Hill really is. Roosevelt writes Seth Low about the Ramapo water bill and tells La Farge that lumbermen and cold-storage interests are lobbying against him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","seth-low","c-grant-la-farge"],"Albany"],["1900-03-08","Condolences to Lodge","Roosevelt sends Lodge sympathy on the death of his mother, and writes Frederick De Berard about the Ramapo bill, a disputed plan involving upstate land for a New York City reservoir.",["henry-cabot-lodge","frederick-de-berard"],"Albany"],["1900-03-09","West Side Republicans","Roosevelt is the dinner speaker for West Side Republicans at their club in New York and writes A. J. Sage about Australian troops in the Boer War.",["a-j-sage"],"New York City"],["1900-03-10","Edith lands in Havana","Roosevelt breakfasts with Platt and Odell in New York and tells William O'Neil he will not get the appointment. In Cuba, Edith and Emily arrive by ship at Havana, where Governor General Leonard Wood meets them.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","leonard-wood","william-o-neil"],"New York City"],["1900-03-11","Sunday in New York City","Roosevelt is in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1900-03-12","Edith finds San Juan Hill gentler than expected","Edith writes Ethel that San Juan Hill is less steep and imposing than she imagined. Roosevelt promises General Henry Evans he will help the family of Marshall, his Rough Rider aide, and writes Spring-Rice, James Carter and Lodge.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","henry-c-evans","marshall","cecil-spring-rice","james-c-carter","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Albany"],["1900-03-13","Asking Woodrow Wilson for help","Roosevelt asks Princeton professor Woodrow Wilson to suggest someone who could assist him with appointments, and writes about Puerto Rican sovereignty and the Ramapo charter.",["jonas-van-duzer","william-austin-wadsworth","lucius-b-swift","woodrow-wilson","frederick-de-berard"],"Albany"],["1900-03-14","Opening corporate books to shareholders","Roosevelt signs a change to the Stock Corporation Law requiring companies to keep complete stock books open to shareholders and creditors. He writes George Bird Grinnell about conservation appointments.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","william-f-king","george-bird-grinnell"],"Albany"],["1900-03-15","Hoping for a state trust bill","Roosevelt tells Henry Lincoln he would like New York to take up legislation on trusts, and compliments J. M'Carthy on his books.",["henry-lincoln","j-m-carthy","william-osborne","william-parkhurst"],"Albany"],["1900-03-16","Edith's Cuba in color","From Cuba, Edith writes Spring-Rice about bright flowers and pastel houses. Roosevelt applauds an article by Francis Cabot Lowell about political bosses.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","francis-cabot-lowell"],"Albany"],["1900-03-17","St. Patrick's Day speech","Roosevelt speaks to the Irish-American Friendly Sons society on St. Patrick's Day, and his essay 'The Best and the Good' appears in The Churchman. He writes about objections to his forest bill, volunteer factory inspectors and the Ramapo charter.",["c-grant-la-farge","edgar-t-brackett","frederick-de-berard"],"Albany"],["1900-03-18","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-03-19","Why city politics is hard","Roosevelt explains to James C. Carter why New York City politics is so difficult, and writes Frederick Selous about the Boer War and South Africa's troubles.",["james-c-carter","frederick-selous"],"Albany"],["1900-03-20","The Morgan Bill's flaw","Roosevelt tells Butler that the Morgan Bill was not submitted in proper form.",["nicholas-murray-butler"],"Albany"],["1900-03-21","Saving the Palisades","Roosevelt signs the Davis Palisades Act, providing land, money and a managing commission for a park shared with New Jersey along the Hudson's Palisades. He also writes family members after the death of Aunt Laura.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elizabeth-roosevelt","aunt-laura","jacob-riis","thimme"],"Albany"],["1900-03-22","Schooling on the Seneca reservations","Roosevelt signs a law requiring Indian children on the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations to attend school, and writes Joe Bishop and George Lyman about getting the Ramapo Bill passed.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-h-lyman"],"Albany"],["1900-03-23","Canal foes and a book on trusts","Roosevelt writes General Greene about feeling against the canal bill around the state, and tells George Gunton he is interested in his book Trusts and the Public.",["francis-v-greene","george-gunton"],"Albany"],["1900-03-24","The governorship matters more","Roosevelt tells Congressman Lucius Littauer that being governor counts for more than being Vice President, and asks Lyman Abbott to talk over the Ramapo Bill.",["lucius-n-littauer","lyman-abbott"],"Albany"],["1900-03-25","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-03-26","Military athletes at the Garden","Roosevelt goes down to New York City that evening to review the Military Athletic League's show at Madison Square Garden. He writes Odell about the mortgage tax bill and tells Stephen Thayer he supports the Morgan Bill.",["benjamin-odell","stephen-thayer"],"Albany"],["1900-03-27","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-03-28","A free hand on the Bath home","Roosevelt thanks Platt for letting him handle the Bath Soldiers' Home question as he sees fit.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-03-29","Against the Bath Home Bill","Roosevelt tells S. Fred Nixon he opposes the Bath Home Bill, calling it thoroughly vicious.",["s-fred-nixon"],"Albany"],["1900-03-30","Enjoying Ironquill's rhymes","Roosevelt tells Eugene Ware he enjoyed his book of verse, Rhymes of Ironquill.",["eugene-f-ware"],"Albany"],["1900-03-31","'Character and Success' in print","Roosevelt's essay 'Character and Success' appears in The Outlook.",[],"Albany"],["1900-04-01","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-04-02","Prizefighting for profit banned","Roosevelt signs a law outlawing commercial prize fights. In his letters he again declines the vice presidential nomination, discusses the Elsberg bill and the power of Platt and Odell, and complains about the New York Times man in Albany.",["bird-s-coler","thomas-gaffney","nathaniel-a-elsberg","james-b-reynolds","george-mcaneny","edward-cary","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1900-04-03","Dewey enters the race","Admiral Dewey declares himself a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, to the amusement of a doubtful public. Roosevelt invites Seth Low to lunch and writes Mark Hanna about convention tickets.",["george-dewey","seth-low","mark-hanna","eugene-a-philbin","lyman-abbott"],"Albany"],["1900-04-04","A commission on tenements","Roosevelt signs the Tenement House Commission Act, letting him name an unpaid panel to study tenement conditions and propose a housing code. He speaks at an Assembly memorial for former Governor Roswell Flower and hurries bills along before adjournment.",["roswell-p-flower","s-fred-nixon"],"Albany"],["1900-04-05","Checking the Ramapo water deal","Roosevelt signs the Fallows Anti-Ramapo Act, which bars New York City's water commissioner from signing water contracts without approval from city boards and both the mayor and comptroller.",["henry-wright"],"Albany"],["1900-04-06","Legislature adjourns","On the session's last day, Roosevelt signs a cap of six percent a year on loan interest and the General City Act. He writes Interior Secretary Ethan Allen Hitchcock about the Hudson Palisades.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","henry-loewenthal","thomas-slicer","frederick-de-berard"],"Albany"],["1900-04-07","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-04-08","Breakfast and lunch in New York","Roosevelt breakfasts at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with Platt and Odell, then lunches with Seth Low and Hammond at Corinne's house on Madison Avenue.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","seth-low","hammond"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1900-04-09","Archie turns six","It is Archie's sixth birthday. Roosevelt signs another bill to promote sugar beet growing, tells Lodge he has run an honest, efficient administration, and writes Leonard Wood about Dewey, Cuba and Wood's new baby.",["archibald-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","leonard-wood","george-dewey","daniel-e-sickles"],"Albany"],["1900-04-10","Answering charges","Roosevelt writes Truman Backus about charges made against him and tells James H. Wilson he has no wish to be Vice President.",["truman-backus","james-h-wilson"],"Albany"],["1900-04-11","A hospital for crippled children","Roosevelt signs a law creating a state hospital for crippled and deformed children. Angry at Admiral Dewey's switch to the Democrats, he scorns him to Lodge, and writes about corporate danger, appointments and the Vice Presidency.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-dewey","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1900-04-12","Surveying the state canals","Roosevelt signs a bill funding surveys and cost estimates for improving three state canals: the Erie, the Oswego and the Champlain. He tells Joe Bishop the machine wants him out as governor.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1900-04-13","School bill compromise","Roosevelt hears arguments on a compromise school bill and meets Ellsworth and Nixon. He writes Conie about the meals with Platt and Odell held at her house.",["ellsworth","s-fred-nixon","thomas-c-platt","seth-low","john-p-clarke","frederick-de-berard","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albany"],["1900-04-14","Hours for drug clerks; Cromwell in waiting","Roosevelt signs laws chartering the state medical association and setting hours and working conditions for pharmacists and drug clerks. He asks Robert Bridges when his Cromwell will come out as a book.",["william-astor-chanler","avery-d-andrews","thomas-a-fulton","robert-bridges"],"Albany"],["1900-04-15","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-04-16","Strike at the Croton dam","Roosevelt signs a bill letting him appoint a commission to study New York City's government. He writes and wires about a strike by Italian immigrant workers at the Croton dam, and writes Robert De Forest about the Tenement House Commission he chairs.",["philip-reade","robert-w-de-forest","william-webster","francis-b-delehanty"],"Albany"],["1900-04-17","Delegate-at-large to Philadelphia","The Republican State Convention picks Roosevelt, with Platt, Depew and Odell, as a delegate-at-large to the national convention in Philadelphia. Editor Dana of the Sun advises him to accept if the party wants him. He writes about the Croton riots and strike.",["thomas-c-platt","chauncey-m-depew","benjamin-odell","paul-dana","henry-cabot-lodge","bird-s-coler"],"Albany"],["1900-04-18","Ending school segregation by race","Roosevelt signs a law that no child may be barred from a New York public school because of race or color, repealing local authority to run separate schools for Black children. He tells Greene that skipping Philadelphia would look like running away.",["francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1900-04-19","Seats for working women","Roosevelt signs a Labor Law change requiring employers to provide seats for waitresses and women in factories and let them use them. He writes Lincoln Steffens about his McClure's article on Roosevelt.",["lincoln-steffens","francis-b-delehanty"],"Albany"],["1900-04-20","An evening in Schenectady","Roosevelt spends the evening in Schenectady and writes Avery Andrews, Seth Low about the street railroad bill, and Elihu Root about the Turks.",["avery-d-andrews","seth-low","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1900-04-21","At the Ecumenical Mission Conference","Roosevelt holds a hearing on the Remsen bills in Albany, then goes to New York City for an evening at the Ecumenical Mission Conference.",[],"Albany"],["1900-04-22","Breakfast with Platt","Roosevelt breakfasts with Senator Platt in New York City.",["thomas-c-platt"],"New York City"],["1900-04-23","Wavering on the Vice Presidency","Roosevelt signs a truth-in-labeling law for linen. Flooded with letters urging him to run, he tells Lodge he will accept the vice presidential nomination or the Philippine governorship, yet tells Senator Redfield Proctor the same day he will refuse.",["henry-cabot-lodge","redfield-proctor"],"Albany"],["1900-04-24","Maple sugar from Bill Sewall","Roosevelt signs a bill letting New York City repair and expand its county courthouse under contract safeguards. He thanks his old Maine guide Bill Sewall for maple sugar and writes about the Boer War and the family.",["william-sewall"],"Albany"],["1900-04-25","Bill-signing, then off to Chicago","Roosevelt signs a batch of laws on Fifth Avenue stages, transfer-tax appraisers, pharmacies and municipal civil service, and announces who will serve on the commission to revise New York City's charter. That evening he leaves for Chicago.",["bird-s-coler","william-tudor"],"Albany"],["1900-04-26","Speeches in Chicago","In Chicago Roosevelt gives speeches, saying he can serve the country best by staying governor of New York.",[],"Chicago"],["1900-04-27","Honoring Grant at Galena","Roosevelt speaks about General Ulysses S. Grant in Grant's hometown of Galena, Illinois.",["ulysses-s-grant"],"Galena"],["1900-04-28","Homeward from Chicago","Roosevelt travels from Chicago back to Albany.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Chicago"],["1900-04-29","Ten letters on a Sunday","Roosevelt tells Bamie he has no wish for the Vice Presidency despite Lodge's view, and fears to Brander Matthews he may lose the governorship. He contributes $50 to a fund for a soldier who died in the Croton riots and praises Root for upholding the Monroe Doctrine.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","maria-longworth-storer","john-ireland","brander-matthews","robert-thompson","nicholas-murray-butler","elihu-root","ansley-wilcox","edward-hoffman","paul-dana","george-h-lyman"],"Albany"],["1900-05-01","Writing for boys; dinner with young Churchill","Roosevelt's essay 'The American Boy' runs in St. Nicholas. He sends John Burroughs a copy of Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and tells Platt he has appointed the Charter Commission. Around this time, Corinne later recalled, he dined at her house with General Joe Wheeler and a young Winston Churchill, talking mostly about the Boer War.",["a-shewnaker","john-burroughs","thomas-c-platt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","joseph-wheeler","winston-churchill"],"Albany"],["1900-05-02","Protecting the state's birds","Roosevelt signs the Hallock Bird Protection Act. His letters cover sweatshops, a pardon he refuses, mistreatment at Elmira prison, and his plan to sign the Soldiers' Home Bill.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","jacob-riis","alice-beudry","david-steckler","john-crane","george-canfield","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Albany"],["1900-05-03","Davis school law signed","Roosevelt signs the Davis School Act over New York City's objection, and writes Ansley Wilcox about the Democrats' choice for governor and Bird Coler's chances.",["ansley-wilcox","bird-s-coler"],"Albany"],["1900-05-04","City College and Brooklyn streets","Roosevelt signs the Elsberg City College Act and two Remsen acts to open and improve Bedford and Remsen avenues in Brooklyn. He attends a dinner for the city's Charter Commission.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-parker","thomas-c-platt","john-crane"],"Albany"],["1900-05-05","Ted visits John Burroughs","Roosevelt signs the Platt Act, freeing the veterans' home at Bath from oversight by the State Board of Charities. He tells John Burroughs that Ted is staying with him, and writes Charles Skinner about prison-made furniture for schools.",["john-burroughs","theodore-roosevelt-jr","charles-rufus-skinner"],"Albany"],["1900-05-06","Sunday in Albany","Roosevelt spends Sunday in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-05-07","Notes to Dana and Platt","Roosevelt writes Paul Dana about the vice presidential nomination and Platt about the street railroad bill.",["paul-dana","thomas-c-platt"],"Albany"],["1900-05-08","Off to Washington with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith head to Washington. Before leaving he writes about sweatshops, hunting, attacks on him, a wildlife bill and the nomination.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","jacob-riis","john-willis","william-h-h-llewellyn","frank-m-chapman","samuel-hill","lyman-abbott"],"Albany"],["1900-05-09","Calls on the Cabinet","In Washington, Roosevelt and Edith call on John Hay, John D. Long and Elihu Root, and visit the White House.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-hay","john-d-long","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1900-05-10","Fort Myer and a full dinner table","Roosevelt lunches with Arthur Lee and visits Fort Myer. At dinner he is with the Roots, the Hays, the Cowleses, the Longs, the Thomas Nelson Pages and Mrs. Tuckerman.",["arthur-lee","elihu-root","john-hay","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-d-long","thomas-nelson-page","mrs-tuckerman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1900-05-11","Told he is not wanted","Roosevelt tours Congress with Lodge and is guest of honor at a White House dinner given by President McKinley. Talking with Senators Foraker and Chandler, Root, Long and the President, he learns they do not want him as Vice President, which only makes him want it more.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley","joseph-b-foraker","william-e-chandler","elihu-root","john-d-long"],"White House"],["1900-05-12","Commandments in politics","Roosevelt's article 'The Eighth and Ninth Commandments in Politics' appears in The Outlook while he is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1900-05-13","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt and Edith return home to Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1900-05-14","Henry White at Sagamore Hill","Diplomat Henry White is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-15","Civil service and the charter","From Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Alford Cooley about civil service appointments and Joe Bishop about the Charter Commission.",["alford-w-cooley","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-16","Hungarian Republicans' dinner","Roosevelt speaks to the Hungarian Republican Club in New York. He turns down a speaking date in Ottawa and congratulates General Samuel Young on regaining his rank as major general of volunteers.",["william-allen-white","samuel-b-m-young","john-parker"],"New York"],["1900-05-17","Back in Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-05-18","Davis Bill signed; Palisades park","Roosevelt again tells Maria Storer he cannot step into church politics, informs William Allen White he has signed the Davis Bill, and writes George W. Perkins of New York Life about the Palisades Park Commission.",["maria-longworth-storer","william-allen-white","john-olmstead","nicholas-murray-butler","jacob-mack","george-perkins"],"Albany"],["1900-05-19","Readying The Strenuous Life","Roosevelt tells Frank Scott he is getting The Strenuous Life ready to publish. Other letters cover civil service exam exemptions, the convention, the attorney generalship, and uniform colors with Speck von Sternberg.",["harvey-thompson","ansley-wilcox","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","frank-scott"],"Albany"],["1900-05-20","Ted still with Burroughs","Roosevelt is in Albany while Ted continues his stay with naturalist John Burroughs.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-burroughs"],"Albany"],["1900-05-21","Thanks to Burroughs","Roosevelt writes about controversies in Cuba and the Civil Service Act, and thanks John Burroughs for hosting Ted.",["robert-fleming","albert-l-mills","james-greene","john-burroughs","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Albany"],["1900-05-22","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-05-23","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-24","Between Oyster Bay and Albany","Roosevelt spends the day between Sagamore Hill and Albany.",[],"Albany"],["1900-05-25","Talking municipal finance","In the evening Roosevelt goes to New York City to speak about municipal finance at a Merchants' Association dinner for William King. His letters touch civil service, the Vice Presidency, ranching and the West.",["william-f-king","george-mcaneny","george-f-w-holls","r-w-morrell","paul-morton","henry-wright"],"Albany"],["1900-05-26","Thirteen letters from home","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt writes thirteen letters, on topics from citizenship for Indians, Cuba and labor to the Vice Presidency and an honorary degree from Harvard.",["george-mcaneny","philip-garrett","george-rives","albert-l-mills","joseph-bucklin-bishop","c-o-gurley","james-greene","john-thornton","nicholas-murray-butler","thomas-tongue","herman-h-kohlsaat","richard-parsons","charles-w-eliot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-27","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-29","Bob Ferguson visits","Rough Rider friend Bob Ferguson is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes William Polk of Louisiana about New York's civil service.",["bob-ferguson","william-polk"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-05-30","Memorial Day parade","Roosevelt is in New York City for the Memorial Day parade.",[],"New York City"],["1900-05-31","Inside the sweatshops","Guided by Jacob Riis and Reynolds, Roosevelt tours New York sweatshops, then joins his old regiment for a Rough Riders reunion dinner held at the Union League Club.",["jacob-riis","james-b-reynolds"],"Union League Club"],["1900-06-01","Touring sweatshops with Jacob Riis","Governor Roosevelt spends the day in New York City walking through garment sweatshops alongside his friend Jacob Riis, the reformer and reporter.",["jacob-riis"],"New York City"],["1900-06-02","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-03","Major Llewellyn visits","Roosevelt receives Major H. H. Llewellyn as a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-04","A day of letters in Albany","Back at his desk in Albany, Roosevelt sends off a stack of letters ranging from New York tenements and Cuba to Cromwell, civil service, and Spanish cannon taken in the late war.",["john-williams","william-allen-white","paul-dana","john-raines","alexander-kerr","f-a-lane","elihu-root"],"Albany"],["1900-06-05","Going over the Ice Trust case","In Albany, Roosevelt and Attorney General John C. Davies examine the Ice Trust case together, and he writes friends about fish and game law and the men who should run that commission.",["john-c-davies","silas-w-burt","george-mcaneny","john-b-pine","thomas-slicer"],"Albany"],["1900-06-06","Off to Oyster Bay after a busy morning","Roosevelt writes a flurry of letters on civil service, labor and the Philippines, among them one urging Platt to accept Professor Cuthbert Pound for the Civil Service Commission, then heads for Oyster Bay. He also writes his sister Corinne, whose son Ted Robinson is ill with diphtheria.",["cuthbert-pound","theodore-douglas-robinson","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","lemuel-e-quigg","gherardi-davis","george-gunton","h-k-love","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Albany"],["1900-06-07","Speech at St. Paul's School","Roosevelt addresses the students of St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, then dines in New York City with Senator Platt and Benjamin Odell.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"St. Paul's School"],["1900-06-08","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-09","Sagamore Hill opens for the season","The guest book marks the opening of the house for summer. Roosevelt tells Charles Wheeler he has settled on Professor Pound for the Civil Service Commission and writes Lodge about Platt and the Ice Trust.",["cuthbert-pound","thomas-c-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-wheeler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-10","Sunday visit from Butler and Holls","Nicholas Murray Butler and George Holls spend Sunday with Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["nicholas-murray-butler","george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-11","Lunch at the Union League, letters on the vice presidency","Mrs. Dean Sage is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt lunches in New York with Greene, Butler, Holls and a Mr. Elisberg, then takes the evening train to Albany. His letters weigh the governorship against the vice presidency and pass Lodge some ideas for a labor plank.",["francis-v-greene","elisberg","nicholas-murray-butler","george-f-w-holls","mrs-dean-sage","henry-loomis-nelson","henry-cabot-lodge","william-s-rainsford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-12","\"Promise and Performance\" in Rochester","After an interview on the Ice Trust in Albany, Roosevelt travels to Rochester and gives an address titled \"Promise and Performance\" at the university. He tells General Greene the corporate-backed party organization still badly wants him on the ticket.",["martha-flandrau-selmes","william-baillie-grohman","william-allen-white","ansley-wilcox","george-gunton","francis-v-greene","maria-longworth-storer"],"Albany"],["1900-06-13","Dedicating a soldiers' monument","Roosevelt travels from Rochester to Caledonia, New York, to dedicate a monument to the town's soldiers, then returns to Rochester.",[],"Rochester"],["1900-06-14","Lunch with Odell","Roosevelt lunches with Benjamin Odell at the Union League in New York and goes out to Oyster Bay that afternoon.",["benjamin-odell"],"Union League Club"],["1900-06-15","Agreeing to run in Philadelphia","Roosevelt and Edith head to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and check into the Hotel Walton. Reporters crowd Platt's room asking if he will run. When the Kansas delegation's leader calls on him, Roosevelt gives in and says he will take the nomination.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","thomas-c-platt","francis-j-hendricks"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-16","Courted by delegations","Delegates from Pennsylvania and California seek Roosevelt out in Philadelphia. He warns Hermann Kohlsaat that a fight is ahead.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","j-c-smith"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-17","Mark Hanna arrives angry","Mark Hanna reaches Philadelphia furious that nobody has asked President McKinley about the choice for vice president.",["mark-hanna","william-mckinley"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-18","An offer to withdraw","After lunch with Lodge and Edith, Roosevelt offers to pull his name from the vice presidential contest, and Edith approves. He softens the statement, however, and the nomination still looks certain.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","mr-and-mrs-davis"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-19","A dramatic entrance at the convention","The Republican National Convention opens with Mark Hanna as temporary chairman. Roosevelt, in his black hat, strides slowly into the hall as heads turn. He sits as one of New York's four delegates-at-large with Platt, Odell and Chauncey Depew.",["mark-hanna","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","chauncey-m-depew"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-20","Thucydides after a day of maneuvering","Roosevelt walks Lodge, the newly chosen convention chairman, to the podium. Out of view, Platt's ally Matthew Quay rewrites the rules to clear the way for Roosevelt. That night in his hotel room he reads Thucydides.",["henry-cabot-lodge","matthew-s-quay"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-21","Nominated for Vice President","Pressed by the Platt machine and by Roosevelt backers across the country, Hanna yields. McKinley is renominated with 926 votes, and Roosevelt is named his running mate with 925. Roosevelt lunches with General Greene, addresses the convention, and wires the President.",["mark-hanna","william-mckinley","francis-v-greene"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-22","Home, and a visit to Riis","Roosevelt and Edith leave Philadelphia for Oyster Bay. He calls on Jacob Riis, who is sick.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","jacob-riis"],"Philadelphia"],["1900-06-23","Writing Seth Low about the machine","From Sagamore Hill Roosevelt tells Seth Low he had turned the state machine upside down and made it act against what he wanted.",["seth-low"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-24","Asking Platt about Greene","Roosevelt writes Senator Platt to ask whether he is turning his back on General Greene.",["francis-v-greene","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-25","\"The thing could not be helped\"","Roosevelt writes a string of letters on the nomination, telling Bamie he could not have avoided it and is moved by how it came about. In the evening he goes into New York to attend a gathering of the AAAS, the national science association.",["mrs-clifford-richardson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-hay","mark-hanna","henry-cabot-lodge","parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-26","Twentieth Harvard reunion","Roosevelt goes to Cambridge for his class's twentieth reunion at Harvard and writes that his campaign is now under way.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edward-britton","elihu-root"],"Harvard University"],["1900-06-27","\"As strong as a bull moose\"","Back at Oyster Bay from Cambridge, Roosevelt offers himself to Mark Hanna for the campaign, saying he is fit and ready to be worked hard. Other letters cover the Philippines, the governorship and a pending case.",["justin-mccarthy","mark-hanna","raymon-lala","lyman-abbott","benjamin-odell","george-h-lyman"],"Cambridge"],["1900-06-28","Lunch, a visit, and dinner","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt lunches with Seth Low, sees Ansley Wilcox, and dines with Greene and Goddard. He writes John McDonough about Germany.",["seth-low","ansley-wilcox","francis-v-greene","frederick-norton-goddard","john-t-mcdonough"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-29","Planning the Oyster Bay notification","Roosevelt writes Frank Travers to arrange the Oyster Bay committee for his July 12 notification ceremony, then goes to New York for the afternoon.",["frank-travers","francis-v-greene","john-c-davies"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-06-30","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-01","Sunday at home","Roosevelt spends the day at Sagamore Hill; nothing further is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-02","Whistle-stops on the way to Oklahoma","Heading for Oklahoma City, Roosevelt's train pauses at Newkirk in Oklahoma Territory and at a string of Kansas towns: Newton, Peabody, Florence, Emporia, Osage City, Lawrence and Holliday.",[],"Emporia"],["1900-07-03","Rough Riders reunite in Oklahoma City","Roosevelt joins his old regiment for the Rough Rider reunion in Oklahoma City.",[],"Oklahoma City"],["1900-07-04","Reunion ends, train to Chicago","The Rough Rider reunion wraps up in Oklahoma City and Roosevelt boards a train for Chicago. Bob Ferguson is with him.",["bob-ferguson"],"Oklahoma City"],["1900-07-05","Speaking in Galesburg","From Chicago Roosevelt goes to Galesburg, Illinois, for an afternoon speech.",[],"Chicago"],["1900-07-06","Hanna, Canton and dinner with McKinley","Traveling east, Roosevelt confers with Mark Hanna in Cleveland, speaks at Canton, Ohio, and sits down to dinner with President McKinley.",["mark-hanna","william-mckinley"],"Canton"],["1900-07-07","A late Fourth of July","Roosevelt gets back to Sagamore Hill in the afternoon to find the children still waiting to celebrate the Fourth. A thunderstorm holds things up, but at eight o'clock the first rocket climbs, and the fireworks run until ten. His letters plan the notification ceremony and tell Hanna he prefers set speeches to train tours.",["thomas-c-platt","frank-travers","henry-white","mark-hanna","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1900-07-08","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","A quiet day at home; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-09","The Lamberts visit","Dr. Alexander Lambert and his wife are guests. Roosevelt's letters range over Rough Riders appearing with him in South Dakota, Black regiments in Cuba, the merchant marine, and Bryan.",["william-jennings-bryan","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert","william-bell","f-d-lowman","george-ford","sherrard-coleman","eugene-chamberlain","paul-bunn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-10","\"The West likes me\"","Writing Adelbert Moot about speaking engagements in the West, Roosevelt says he believes the region likes him.",["adelbert-moot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-11","His sisters visit","Roosevelt's sisters, Corinne Robinson and Anna Cowles, come to Sagamore Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-12","Formally notified of the nomination","At Sagamore Hill a committee led by Senator Edward Wolcott officially tells Roosevelt he is the Republican choice for Vice President.",["edward-o-wolcott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-13","Cornerstone for Nassau County's courthouse","Roosevelt speaks in Mineola as the cornerstone is laid for Nassau County's first courthouse. Lodge is a guest at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt promises Leonard Wood he will raise a brigadier general's star with McKinley.",["william-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge","ansley-wilcox","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-14","Letters on Gardiner and Harvard","Roosevelt writes Odell and Arthur Cosby about removing Gardiner, tells Harvard's Charles Eliot that his nephew Ted Robinson will enroll, and explains to Silas Burt why he accepted the nomination. He also sends a letter to Alice Lee, cousin to his late first wife.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","benjamin-odell","arthur-cosby","charles-w-eliot","silas-w-burt","alice-hathaway-lee-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-15","Overnight train west","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill in the evening, bound for St. Paul, Minnesota.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-16","Rolling toward St. Paul","Roosevelt spends the day on the train to Minnesota.",[],"St. Paul"],["1900-07-17","Addressing Republican clubs in St. Paul","That evening Roosevelt speaks to the convention of the National Republican League in St. Paul.",[],"St. Paul"],["1900-07-18","Milwaukee, then dinner with Hanna","From Milwaukee Roosevelt continues to Chicago and shares dinner with Hanna at the Chicago Club.",["mark-hanna"],"Milwaukee"],["1900-07-19","Back east to Greene and Odell","Arriving in New York, Roosevelt dines with General Greene and Benjamin Odell at the Union League before heading home to Oyster Bay.",["francis-v-greene","benjamin-odell"],"Union League Club"],["1900-07-20","Writing about China and the Boxers","Roosevelt tells Odell he will not campaign in the Northeast, and writes Root, Speck von Sternberg and Spring-Rice about the Boxer uprising in China, the Boers and his candidacy.",["benjamin-odell","elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-21","Congratulating Rockhill","Roosevelt writes William Rockhill to congratulate him on his new diplomatic post in China.",["william-w-rockhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-22","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-23","Speaking to the Jewish Chautauqua","Roosevelt addresses the Jewish Chautauqua Society in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and stays that night at the Union League in New York.",[],"Atlantic City"],["1900-07-24","Breakfast with Wood, worries about his voice","Roosevelt breakfasts in New York with Leonard Wood, Alford Cooley and Gherardi Davis, then returns to Oyster Bay. He confides to Odell that his voice may not hold out, and passes on grumbling from Buffalo.",["leonard-wood","gherardi-davis","alford-w-cooley","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1900-07-25","Army shirts and Anglo-American unity","Colonel and Mrs. Alexander Brodie are among the guests. Roosevelt writes Root that the army's blue shirts are impractical, writes Paul Dana about trouble at Elmira prison, and tells Arthur Lee about his hopes for British-American unity.",["alexander-o-brodie","mrs-alexander-brodie","elihu-root","paul-dana","arthur-lee","g-h-herker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-26","\"Bryan must be defeated\"","Austin Wadsworth visits Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Odell about the governorship, tells Winthrop Chanler that Bryan has to lose, and writes William H. Lewis about race relations.",["william-jennings-bryan","william-austin-wadsworth","benjamin-odell","winthrop-chanler","william-h-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-27","Pushing Wood's promotion","Roosevelt confers with Attorney General Davies about both the Gardiner matter and the Ice Trust. Bellamy Storer offers to rent him his Washington house should he become Vice President, and Roosevelt urges McKinley to make Wood a brigadier general in the regular army.",["john-c-davies","walter-goodwin","graeme-stewart","bellamy-storer","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-28","\"Promise and Performance\" in print","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's \"Promise and Performance.\" Walter Goodwin and Bob Ferguson are at Sagamore Hill.",["walter-goodwin","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-29","On the Brockway case and a military aide","Roosevelt writes Platt about the Brockway case and Lord Minto about Colonel Kitson as a military aide.",["gerald-kitson","thomas-c-platt","gilbert-elliot-earl-of-minto"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-07-30","A consulship for Bay Lodge","In New York Roosevelt sees Hanna, has lunch at the Union League with Odell and calls on General Greene before going home. He asks John Hay to name Lodge's son Bay to the consulship at Venice. Butler and William Dudley Foulke visit.",["mark-hanna","benjamin-odell","francis-v-greene","george-cabot-lodge","nicholas-murray-butler","william-dudley-foulke","john-hay"],"Union League Club"],["1900-07-31","Naval reserve camp, a throat doctor","Roosevelt stops by the camp of Brooklyn's naval reservists on Centre Island. He tells George Holls that all the speaking has worn on his throat, and he is seeing a doctor.",["george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-01","Joseph Bishop visits","Joseph Bucklin Bishop is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes William Byrne about Cuba and sends G. H. Putnam word of Ansley Wilcox's report on the Gardiner case.",["ansley-wilcox","joseph-bucklin-bishop","william-byrne","george-haven-putnam"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-02","Weak spots in the Democratic campaign","Roosevelt points out to Robert Burch where the Democrats' campaign is faltering and writes Ansley Wilcox about his report on Gardiner, the Buffalo district attorney accused of corruption.",["robert-burch","ansley-wilcox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-03","Meeting Odell in the city","Roosevelt goes into New York in the afternoon to meet Odell. His letters touch on Cuban marriage law, Platt and the governorship, and his speaking schedule.",["benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","leonard-wood","seth-low","henry-cabot-lodge","william-h-hotchkiss"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-04","Thanking Riis for a profile","Roosevelt writes Jacob Riis to thank him for the piece on him that Riis published in the Review of Reviews.",["jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-05","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","A day at home with nothing else on the record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-06","Edith turns 39","On his wife Edith's 39th birthday, Roosevelt is in New York calling on Hanna and lunching with Odell and Platt. He writes William Howard Taft about the nomination.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","mark-hanna","benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","mr-lewis","william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1900-08-07","Andrew White and Holls call","Andrew D. White and George Holls visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. He shares his political outlook with Alfred Thayer Mahan and tells Lodge he will not speak in Boston.",["andrew-d-white","george-f-w-holls","alfred-thayer-mahan","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-08","Fishing with the boys","Roosevelt takes his sons off on a fishing trip and writes Hanna about German-American voters.",["mark-hanna"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-09","Back from fishing, a pick for governor","Home from the fishing trip, Roosevelt suggests Judge Charles Andrews to Platt as Republican candidate for governor and answers false charges made against him in the campaign.",["charles-andrews","thomas-c-platt","rowland-mahany","john-palmer","e-o-walcott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-10","Conferences with Davies and Hanna","In New York Roosevelt confers with Attorney General Davies and with Hanna, then returns to Oyster Bay, where Nicholas Murray Butler is a guest. He tells Odell he will not speak at the State Fair.",["john-c-davies","mark-hanna","nicholas-murray-butler","benjamin-odell"],"New York City"],["1900-08-11","Guests at Sagamore Hill","Ferdinand Becker, Bob Ferguson and a Mr. Goodrich visit Sagamore Hill.",["ferdinand-becker","bob-ferguson","mr-goodrich"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-12","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-13","Van Wyck charges and a campaign route","On Ethel's ninth birthday, Roosevelt is in New York, going over charges against Augustus Van Wyck with Davies, mapping his campaign tour with Hanna, and lunching with Odell before heading home.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-c-davies","augustus-van-wyck","mark-hanna","benjamin-odell","charles-andrews","thomas-c-platt"],"New York City"],["1900-08-14","Praising \"Unleavened Bread\"","Douglas Robinson's son Monroe is a guest. Roosevelt compliments Robert Grant on his novel Unleavened Bread and writes Henry Purroy about the Ice Trust and Van Wyck.",["monroe-douglas-robinson","augustus-van-wyck","robert-grant","henry-purroy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-15","Sizing up the election for Platt","Roosevelt writes Platt about cannon and how the coming election looks.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-16","Defending his war record","Roosevelt speaks at a church fair in Oyster Bay. With opponents attacking his military service, he asks Root for documents on his record and tells Charles Burke he will answer with the letters that recommended him for the Medal of Honor.",["elihu-root","charles-burke"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-17","Conference with Hanna","Roosevelt meets Mark Hanna in New York.",["mark-hanna"],"New York City"],["1900-08-18","Bay Lodge's wedding day","Roosevelt goes fishing again. In Boston, Lodge's son Bay marries Matilda Davis. Roosevelt confides to Bamie his worries about the election and party feuds, and tells Henry Payne he must ration his speeches to save his voice.",["george-cabot-lodge","matilda-davis","anna-roosevelt-cowles","bradley-t-johnson","douglas-robinson","henry-c-payne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-19","\"I shot him in the left breast\"","Answering Democratic charges that he shot a Spanish soldier in the back on San Juan Hill, Roosevelt writes Henry Turner that the man was hit from the front.",["henry-turner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-20","A night at the White House","Roosevelt sleeps at the White House in Washington. He writes Platt that either Root or Charles Andrews would make a fine choice for governor, insisting the next governor must be more than an agent of the organization.",["charles-andrews","elihu-root","thomas-c-platt"],"White House"],["1900-08-21","Home with Speck and Lambert","Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay, where Speck von Sternberg and Dr. Alexander Lambert are guests.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-22","Root for governor","Roosevelt spends time with Speck von Sternberg, writes David Sickels backing Root for governor, and tells Wood he has raised the brigadier general question with McKinley.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","elihu-root","william-mckinley","david-sickels","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-23","Quiet day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-24","\"Nothing to do save take Odell\"","Arthur Lee and his wife visit Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt spends the afternoon in the city. He tells Butler that Root has refused to run for governor, leaving Odell as the choice.",["elihu-root","benjamin-odell","arthur-lee","ruth-moore-lee","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-25","Vouching for Odell","Mrs. Leonard Wood, her daughter Luisita and Bob Ferguson are guests. Roosevelt assures Whitelaw Reid that Odell is honest and will be a good governor, and writes Seth Low and George Holls in the same vein.",["benjamin-odell","louise-condit-smith-wood","luisita-wood","bob-ferguson","whitelaw-reid","seth-low","george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-26","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded beyond a day at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-27","Western apathy, Odell for governor","Roosevelt confers in New York with Hanna and Greene. He warns Lodge that voters in the West are indifferent and that Odell will get the nomination for governor.",["mark-hanna","francis-v-greene","benjamin-odell","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-28","Letters on Cuba, China and a wedding","Roosevelt writes on Cuba to Indianapolis News editor Charles Williams, turns aside an offered judgeship with Wheeler Peckham, and sends Lodge his thoughts on Bay's wedding and on Odell and Platt.",["charles-williams","wheeler-h-peckham","horace-white","ansley-wilcox","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-29","Gathering his army records","Roosevelt asks Adjutant General Henry Corbin for reports backing up his military record and writes Wood again about Cuban marriage law.",["henry-c-corbin","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-30","Home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-08-31","Off to Albany as the campaign takes shape","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Albany. The battle lines of 1900 are drawn: Democrats run against imperialism and the trusts, while Republicans point to good times and a full dinner pail.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-09-01","Gardiner hearing in Albany","The hearing on charges against Buffalo prosecutor Gardiner takes place in Albany. To George Van Ness, Roosevelt writes about expansion and the Philippine question, and answers Louis Viereck's charge that he is hostile to German-Americans.",["monroe-douglas-robinson","george-van-ness","louis-viereck"],"Albany"],["1900-09-02","Bound for Chicago","Roosevelt leaves for Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1900-09-03","Labor Day in Chicago","Roosevelt joins Chicago's Labor Day parade and gives a speech titled \"The Labor Question.\"",[],"Chicago"],["1900-09-04","Leaving Chicago","Roosevelt departs from Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1900-09-05","At the state convention in Saratoga","Roosevelt addresses the Republican state convention of New York in Saratoga.",[],"Saratoga Springs"],["1900-09-06","Speaking in Detroit","Roosevelt gives a speech in Detroit.",[],"Detroit"],["1900-09-07","Eleven speeches across Michigan","Roosevelt speaks eleven times in a single day in Michigan, with stops at Lansing, Owosso, Saginaw, Bay City and Grand Rapids among others.",[],"Michigan"],["1900-09-08","Toward Chicago as Galveston is struck","On his way to Chicago, Roosevelt speaks at Holland, Michigan, and at Madison and South Bend, Indiana, with Bob Ferguson along. That day a hurricane hits Galveston, Texas, killing some 7,000 people.",["bob-ferguson"],"Chicago"],["1900-09-09","Chicago speech and lunch with Payne","Roosevelt speaks in Chicago and lunches with Henry Payne.",["henry-c-payne"],"Chicago"],["1900-09-10","Speaking in La Crosse","Roosevelt gives speeches at La Crosse, Wisconsin.",[],"La Crosse"],["1900-09-11","Into South Dakota","Roosevelt campaigns across South Dakota, speaking in Yankton and Sioux Falls with shorter stops in Canton, Vermillion, Madison and Flandreau.",[],"Canton"],["1900-09-12","Huron and Brookings","Two South Dakota towns, Brookings and Huron, hear Roosevelt speak.",[],"Brookings"],["1900-09-13","Ted turns 13 while his father campaigns","Roosevelt speaks at Watertown, Redfield and Aberdeen, South Dakota, on his son Ted's 13th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Aberdeen"],["1900-09-14","Into North Dakota; Ted off to Groton","Roosevelt speaks at Ortonville and Wheaton, Minnesota, then at Webster and Fargo, North Dakota. Back east, Edith takes Ted to begin at Groton School in Massachusetts.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Ortonville"],["1900-09-15","Accepting the nomination in writing","Roosevelt speaks at Casselton, Tower City and Bismarck, North Dakota. He writes Senator Edward Wolcott his formal letter accepting the vice presidential nomination, including a history of American expansion.",["edward-o-wolcott"],"Bismarck"],["1900-09-16","An afternoon back in Medora","Roosevelt speaks in the North Dakota towns of New Salem and Mandan and in Miles City, Montana, then spends the afternoon in Medora, his old ranching town. That evening he gives a speech in Dickinson.",[],"New Salem"],["1900-09-17","Across Montana to Helena","Roosevelt makes stops across Montana and speaks that evening in Helena.",[],"Helena"],["1900-09-18","Butte and the mining camps","Roosevelt speaks in Butte, Montana, and in the mining towns around it.",[],"Butte"],["1900-09-19","Pocatello","Roosevelt speaks at Pocatello, Idaho.",[],"Pocatello"],["1900-09-20","Northern Utah","Roosevelt campaigns in northern Utah, speaking in Ogden, Brigham City and Logan.",[],"Ogden"],["1900-09-21","Parade in Salt Lake City","Roosevelt speaks in Salt Lake City and rides in a parade there.",[],"Salt Lake City"],["1900-09-22","Into Wyoming","Roosevelt speaks at Evanston and Green River, Wyoming, and again at Ogden, Utah. James K. Gracie is recorded as a guest.",["james-king-gracie"],"Evanston"],["1900-09-23","Cheyenne","Roosevelt speaks in Cheyenne, Wyoming.",[],"Cheyenne"],["1900-09-24","Medicine Bow to Laramie","Roosevelt's Wyoming stops include Laramie, Rawlins and Medicine Bow.",[],"Laramie"],["1900-09-25","Colorado, with the Lodges","Roosevelt speaks at Boulder and Denver. He writes Corinne that Cabot and Nannie Lodge have joined him, with a little horseback riding between the speeches.",["henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Denver"],["1900-09-26","Train attacked at Cripple Creek","At Cripple Creek, Colorado, a hired gang of \"muckers\" attacks Roosevelt's train, and Rough Riders step in to protect him. He goes on to speak at Victor. George Fred Williams later claims Roosevelt was drunk there, a charge without any truth.",["george-fred-williams"],"Cripple Creek"],["1900-09-27","Corinne's birthday on the trail","Roosevelt campaigns through Pueblo, Florence, Salida and Granite in Colorado. It is his sister Corinne's 39th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Florence"],["1900-09-28","Seventeen Kansas stops","Roosevelt makes seventeen stops in Kansas in a single day.",[],"Cripple Creek"],["1900-09-29","El Dorado to Kansas City","Roosevelt speaks his way across Kansas from El Dorado to Kansas City.",[],"Kansas City"],["1900-09-30","A campaigner's long day","Roosevelt leaves Kansas City for Nebraska in the evening, and The Century prints his essay \"Civic Helpfulness\". While McKinley stays home on his front porch, Roosevelt crisscrosses the country; one typical day runs from a 7 a.m. breakfast to midnight, with a dozen speeches broken up by reading Scott, history and ornithology, dictating letters and meeting the press.",["william-mckinley"],"Kansas City"],["1900-10-01","Thirteen speeches in Nebraska","Roosevelt speaks thirteen times across Nebraska, at McCook, Fairmont, Hastings, Tecumseh and Beatrice among other towns.",[],"Beatrice"],["1900-10-02","Lexington and Lincoln","Roosevelt campaigns at Lexington and in Bryan's hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska.",[],"Lincoln"],["1900-10-03","Deadwood and Alliance","Roosevelt speaks at Deadwood in the Black Hills and at Alliance.",[],"Alliance"],["1900-10-04","Ending in Omaha","After stops all over Nebraska, Roosevelt gives an evening address in Omaha.",[],"Omaha"],["1900-10-05","Iowa and the Mississippi","Roosevelt speaks in the Iowa cities of Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Davenport, then crosses to Rock Island, Illinois.",[],"Rock Island"],["1900-10-06","Fighting the drunkenness slander","After speeches at Elgin and Chicago, Roosevelt writes Lodge disputing reports that he was drunk on the stump in September, and assures William Walton he holds nothing against Quakers.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-walton"],"Chicago"],["1900-10-07","Sunday in Chicago","Roosevelt gives a Sunday talk to the congregation of Chicago's Trinity Dutch Reformed Church and is the dinner guest of the party's national campaign chiefs at the Chicago Club.",[],"Trinity Dutch Reformed Church"],["1900-10-08","Joliet and across Illinois","Roosevelt gives a speech in Joliet and stops in towns all over Illinois.",[],"Joliet"],["1900-10-09","St. Louis rally","In St. Louis Roosevelt addresses the city's Merchants Exchange, then joins an evening rally parade.",[],"Merchants Exchange"],["1900-10-10","Indiana, on Kermit's birthday","Roosevelt speaks at Fort Wayne and Lafayette, Indiana, as his son Kermit turns 11 back home.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Indiana"],["1900-10-11","Indianapolis","Roosevelt speaks in Indianapolis. His niece Eleanor Roosevelt turns 16.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Indianapolis"],["1900-10-12","Evansville","Roosevelt speaks at Evansville, Indiana, and writes Donald Dickinson about Bryan and the Ice Trust.",["william-jennings-bryan","don-m-dickinson"],"Evansville"],["1900-10-13","Mr. Dooley pokes fun","Roosevelt speaks in Louisville and at stops around Kentucky. Finley Peter Dunne's \"Mr. Dooley\" lampoons his campaign.",["finley-peter-dunne"],"Louisville"],["1900-10-14","A Kentucky Sunday with Colonel Alexander","Near Lexington, Kentucky, Roosevelt visits Colonel A. J. Alexander. He tells Lodge that a round-robin letter has been published attacking George Fred Williams, who had charged Roosevelt with drunkenness.",["a-j-alexander","george-fred-williams","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Lexington"],["1900-10-15","Ten speeches in Kentucky","Roosevelt makes ten speeches in a day, including at Lexington and Covington. Nellie and Hope Tyler appear in the guest record.",["nellie-tyler","hope-tyler"],"Covington"],["1900-10-16","Dayton and Columbus","Roosevelt is in Dayton and gives a speech at Columbus, Ohio. He writes Bamie, with whom Edith and the children are staying.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Dayton"],["1900-10-17","Toledo and Cleveland","Roosevelt speaks in Toledo and Cleveland.",[],"Cleveland"],["1900-10-18","Canton, then West Virginia","Roosevelt speaks at Canton, Ohio, then at Wheeling and Parkersburg in West Virginia. It is the second birthday of his nephew Sheffield Cowles.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Canton"],["1900-10-19","Through West Virginia to Hinton","Roosevelt's train stops across West Virginia, and he speaks at Hinton.",[],"West Virginia"],["1900-10-20","Baltimore, then home","Roosevelt speaks at the Music Hall in Baltimore and leaves for New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1900-10-21","A Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Back home between campaign swings, Roosevelt has his niece Corinne Robinson as a guest.",["corinne-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-10-22","Newburgh and Kingston","Roosevelt opens his New York swing with speeches at Newburgh and Kingston.",["elizabeth-s-olier"],"Newburgh"],["1900-10-23","A timetable through the Catskills","Roosevelt's train leaves Kingston at 9 a.m. and works through the Catskills and the upper Susquehanna, with stops from five minutes to an hour at Phoenicia, Pine Hill, Fleischmanns, Arkville, Roxbury, Stamford, Bloomville, Oneonta, Unadilla, Sidney and others, ending at Norwich at 6:20.",["john-a-mcilhenny"],"New York"],["1900-10-24","Utica","Roosevelt speaks in Utica.",[],"Utica"],["1900-10-25","Auburn and Syracuse","Roosevelt speaks in Auburn and Syracuse.",[],"Syracuse"],["1900-10-26","Madison Square Garden rally","After speeches at Little Falls and Schenectady, Roosevelt dines at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York and addresses a rally at Madison Square Garden.",[],"Little Falls"],["1900-10-27","A 42nd birthday on the rails","Roosevelt turns 42 making train stops across New York and speaking at night in Binghamton. He writes Odell about Mayor Van Wyck's reply to the Ice Trust charges.",["robert-a-van-wyck","benjamin-odell"],"Binghamton"],["1900-10-28","Wiring Odell from Binghamton","From Binghamton Roosevelt sends Odell a telegram on the Ice Trust and the mayor.",["robert-a-van-wyck","benjamin-odell"],"Binghamton"],["1900-10-29","Cortland, Ithaca and Elmira","Roosevelt speaks at Cortland, Ithaca and Elmira, and wires Odell again about Van Wyck.",["robert-a-van-wyck","benjamin-odell"],"Cortland"],["1900-10-30","Corning to Rochester in one day","Opening the day with 45 minutes in Corning, from 8:25 that morning, Roosevelt works west through Bath, Wayland, Livonia, Avon, Geneseo and Mount Morris to Rochester, loops through Canandaigua, Geneva and Penn Yan, and is back in Rochester by 8 p.m.",[],"New York"],["1900-10-31","Into Buffalo, and the campaign by the numbers","Roosevelt works west through Brockport, Medina, Albion, Lockport, North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls, reaching Buffalo at 4 p.m. By November 3 his tally will be 673 speeches in 567 towns across 24 states, 21,209 miles traveled, and an estimated three million listeners.",[],"New York"],["1900-11-01","Batavia and Jamestown","Roosevelt speaks at Batavia and Jamestown and telegraphs Attorney General Davies about how the election is to be run.",["john-c-davies"],"Batavia"],["1900-11-02","Owego","Roosevelt speaks at Owego.",[],"Owego"],["1900-11-03","A rain-soaked finale at the Garden","In New York Roosevelt breakfasts at the Lawyers Club and is received at the Produce Exchange. After a parade, a mass meeting with fireworks is held for him at Madison Square Garden in a downpour. Edith, Alice and Kermit are there; Ted is away at Groton.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","bob-ferguson"],"Lawyers' Club"],["1900-11-04","Devery defies the governor","As Roosevelt rests at Sagamore Hill, New York police chief William Devery tells his men to ignore the governor's orders for honest elections.",["william-s-devery"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-05","Forcing a fair election","Roosevelt speaks at a reception and sends sharp letters to District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner and Mayor Van Wyck: cancel the police chief's order, or face the consequences. He also writes the county sheriff. The order is withdrawn, and New York City votes fairly.",["asa-bird-gardiner","robert-a-van-wyck","william-s-devery","sheriff-of-new-york-county","james-king-gracie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-06","Elected Vice President","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay. McKinley and Roosevelt beat Bryan decisively, 292 electoral votes to 155, with about 7.2 million popular votes to the Democrats' 6.36 million. Benjamin Odell wins the governorship of New York.",["william-mckinley","william-jennings-bryan","benjamin-odell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-07","News of victory at dawn","Edward Marshall of the New York World drives out to Sagamore Hill early in the morning to tell Roosevelt he has won.",["edward-marshall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-08","Serenaded by Oyster Bay","Oyster Bay's townspeople come to Sagamore Hill to serenade their newly elected Vice President.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-09","A thousand telegrams","Bamie and Margaret Roosevelt visit. Roosevelt thanks Democrats who crossed over to vote for him and tells his uncle James Bulloch he has received more than 1,000 congratulatory telegrams.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","margaret-roosevelt","elihu-root","don-m-dickinson","henry-cabot-lodge","james-bulloch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-10","Cuban church lands","With John McIlhenny as a guest, Roosevelt writes McKinley and Hanna on the question of church lands in Cuba, Hay on politics, and George Lyman on the election returns.",["john-a-mcilhenny","william-mckinley","mark-hanna","john-hay","george-h-lyman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-11","Sagamore Hill to the city","Roosevelt moves between Sagamore Hill and New York City; no details are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-12","A celebration lunch with friends","Roosevelt lunches at the Union League with Odell, Riis, Seth Low, Butler, Holls, Albert Shaw, Brander Matthews, Arthur von Briesen and others, then leaves for Albany.",["benjamin-odell","jacob-riis","seth-low","nicholas-murray-butler","george-f-w-holls","albert-shaw","brander-matthews","arthur-von-briesen","clarke"],"Union League Club"],["1900-11-13","Ice Trust, then Syracuse","In Albany Roosevelt goes over the Ice Trust prosecution with Davies, then goes to Syracuse for an afternoon speech.",["john-c-davies"],"Albany"],["1900-11-14","Against Hearst and Croker","Roosevelt writes Charles Eliot about the Philippine fighting, tells George Smalley he opposes Hearst and Croker, writes Lyman Abbott against Coler, and sends letters on the Ice Trust and the police bill.",["william-randolph-hearst","richard-croker","bird-s-coler","charles-w-eliot","george-w-smalley","lyman-abbott","joseph-bucklin-bishop","francis-v-greene"],"Albany"],["1900-11-15","The World's lawyer","Roosevelt confers with Hayes, attorney for the New York World, and writes the board of the Long Island State Hospital about the Backus investigation.",["hayes","board-of-management-long-island-state-hospital"],"Albany"],["1900-11-16","Advice to the irrigation congress","Unable to attend the National Irrigation Congress, Roosevelt sends regrets along with ideas on replanting forests and building dams. Helen Cutting is a guest.",["national-irrigation-congress","helen-cutting"],"Albany"],["1900-11-17","Helen Roosevelt visits","Helen Roosevelt is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["helen-rebecca-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-18","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-19","A bear named Jonathan Edwards","Quentin turns three. West Virginia's congressmen have sent Alice a pet bear, which she calls Jonathan Edwards in honor of the famous preacher in Edith's family tree. Roosevelt writes friends abroad about Anglo-German relations, China and hunting, and praises Sienkiewicz's novels.",["quentin-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jeremiah-curtin","john-st-loe-strachey","edward-n-buxton","peter-wise"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-20","Correcting the World","Roosevelt issues a statement that the telegram the New York World ran early was not the version he meant to release. He writes Joe Bishop about the Ice Trust.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Albany"],["1900-11-21","Indian citizenship","Roosevelt writes Philip Garrett about citizenship for American Indians.",["philip-garrett"],"Albany"],["1900-11-22","Ted the fighter, Kermit's guinea pigs","Roosevelt tells Edward Martin that Ted sings in the Groton choir, captains his dormitory football team and is a scrapper, and that Kermit has named guinea pigs after Admiral Dewey, Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane and Fighting Bob Evans. Other letters treat free silver with Grover Cleveland and the constabulary bill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","edward-s-martin","alford-w-cooley","grover-cleveland","john-willis","arthur-von-briesen","paul-dana"],"Albany"],["1900-11-23","Clearing Van Wyck, and \"fat and stiff\"","Roosevelt dismisses the Ice Trust charges against Mayor Van Wyck. In a pile of letters he congratulates Arthur Lee on winning a seat in Parliament, praises Selous's new book, and confesses to the old hunter that he is getting \"fat and stiff.\"",["robert-a-van-wyck","william-dudley-foulke","maria-longworth-storer","william-mckinley","henry-white","charles-g-dawes","thomas-c-platt","arthur-lee","frederick-selous","benjamin-odell"],"Albany"],["1900-11-24","Toasting McKinley in Philadelphia","Roosevelt goes from New York to Philadelphia and speaks that evening at a Union League dinner honoring President McKinley. He writes old Rough Rider H. K. Love, now in the Philippines, about the governor-generalship there.",["william-mckinley","h-k-love","l-c-andrews"],"New York City"],["1900-11-25","Bamie's anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the fifth wedding anniversary of his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-26","A letter about fighting","Roosevelt writes Edward Sanford Martin a long, largely autobiographical letter about Ted's scrapes at Groton, and sends Anna Davis sympathy on the death of her husband, Senator Cushman Davis.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","cushman-k-davis","edward-s-martin","anna-davis"],"Albany"],["1900-11-27","A Washington house and a lion hunt","Roosevelt meets Platt and Odell in Albany and goes to Oyster Bay that afternoon. He assures Bellamy Storer he bears Mrs. Storer no grudge and works out rent for their Washington house, and tells Philip Stewart he wants to plan a mountain lion hunt.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","maria-longworth-storer","alexander-lambert","bellamy-storer","philip-b-stewart"],"Albany"],["1900-11-28","Visitors at Sagamore Hill","Lieutenant Crimmins and Bob Ferguson are guests.",["lieutenant-crimmins","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-29","Between home and the city","Roosevelt divides the day between Sagamore Hill and New York City.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-11-30","Shuttling between Albany and home","Roosevelt and Edith go to and fro between Sagamore Hill and Albany, while the children stay home with their nurse Mame and Miss Young, who is Alice's governess.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","miss-young"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-01","A house full of guests","Bob Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Grant La Farge, Jennings Cox and John Elliott are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["bob-ferguson","c-grant-la-farge","florence-la-farge","jennings-cox","john-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-02","Fourteenth anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark fourteen years of marriage at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-03","\"Not a Presidential candidate\"","Roosevelt insists to Andrew D. White that he is no candidate for President and that the topic should be dropped. He also turns down a pardon for a man named Emmons.",["emmons","andrew-d-white","edward-townsend"],"Albany"],["1900-12-04","Studies before sports","Roosevelt tells his nephew Ted Robinson to put schoolwork ahead of athletics. Other letters cover his charitable interests, Indian citizenship, and a favor he will not ask of Odell.",["benjamin-odell","john-laughlin","william-s-rainsford","john-s-phillips","theodore-douglas-robinson","oscar-straus"],"Albany"],["1900-12-05","A baby named for Leonard Wood","Roosevelt asks Root to come to a dinner honoring J. P. Morgan and tells Wood that a son born at Sagamore Hill to the family coachman has been named Leonard Wood Hall in his honor.",["j-pierpont-morgan","leonard-wood-hall","elihu-root","leonard-wood"],"Albany"],["1900-12-06","Hoping to meet Winston Churchill","Roosevelt writes about inauguration seats, an Annapolis appointment and hunting gear, asks Major James Pond about meeting Winston Churchill, and tells Edith's sister Emily how Edith disciplined Kermit, who wants his own room.",["winston-churchill","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","john-roosevelt","william-douglas","james-b-pond","philip-b-stewart","emily-carow"],"Albany"],["1900-12-07","Leaving the Executive Mansion","The family moves out of the Executive Mansion in Albany; Edith writes Emily how happy they have been there. Roosevelt writes on photographs of the children, the Boer War, the scandal and the state's forest and game commission.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","john-kendrick-bangs","bob-ferguson","peter-wise","percy-lansdowne"],"New York State Executive Mansion"],["1900-12-08","Chopping wood with the boys","Writing Emily, Roosevelt reports that Kermit and Archie attend the little Cove School and go wood-chopping with him, that with Ted off at Groton, Kermit is angling for a room of his own, and that he and Ethel team up against Archie.",["emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-09","Sunday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1900-12-10","\"I hate a stage\"","Eager for the hunt, Roosevelt tells Philip Stewart he will send his bags by stagecoach but drive himself out in a rig.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Albany"],["1900-12-11","An Annapolis request","Roosevelt writes Bradley Tyler Johnson, who hopes to get his grandson into the Naval Academy.",["bradley-t-johnson"],"Albany"],["1900-12-12","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1900-12-13","The Senatorial Dinner","Roosevelt attends the Senatorial Dinner in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1900-12-14","Civil service reformers' dinner","Roosevelt speaks in New York at a dinner of the national league of civil service reformers.",[],"New York City"],["1900-12-15","A soldiers' monument on Riverside Drive","Roosevelt comes down from Albany for the afternoon ceremony laying the cornerstone of a monument to soldiers along Riverside Drive. New immigration buildings open at Ellis Island that day.",[],"Albany"],["1900-12-16","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; no details are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-17","What a Vice President can't do","Roosevelt tells Austin Wadsworth he has doubts about him joining the western trip, and reminds Lyman Abbott that as Vice President he will not be able to introduce bills.",["william-austin-wadsworth","lyman-abbott"],"Albany"],["1900-12-18","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; nothing further is recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1900-12-19","Visiting a children's school","Roosevelt visits a Sullivan Street school run by the Children's Aid Society in New York.",[],"Children's Aid Society School"],["1900-12-20","Wise removed from the Lunacy Commission","After a hearing in Albany, Roosevelt removes Peter Wise from the State Lunacy Commission for misconduct.",["peter-wise"],"Albany"],["1900-12-21","Americanisms in Cromwell","Roosevelt writes Frederic Harrison about the American turns of phrase in his biography of Cromwell, such as saying Cromwell \"whipped the Welsh.\"",["frederic-harrison"],"Albany"],["1900-12-22","Gardiner removed for defying election orders","After conferring with Hammond and Gardiner, Roosevelt removes Gardiner from office for ignoring his November election orders and appoints Eugene A. Philbin. The Fergusons, George and John Kean Roosevelt, and Monroe and Stewart Robinson are guests.",["hammond","asa-bird-gardiner","eugene-a-philbin","bob-ferguson","hector-m-ferguson","george-roosevelt","john-kean-roosevelt","monroe-douglas-robinson","stewart-douglas-robinson"],"Albany"],["1900-12-23","In Albany","Roosevelt is in Albany; no details are recorded.",[],"Albany"],["1900-12-24","Rough Riders and the gun","On Christmas Eve Roosevelt writes William Llewellyn about how often former Rough Riders end up in shootings and killings.",["william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","The Roosevelts celebrate Christmas at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-26","Ted Robinson's crew arrives","Nephew Ted Robinson and his band of friends come to Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-27","Holiday guests","Helen Cutting, James Jackson and Courtlandt Nicoll are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["helen-cutting","james-jackson","courtlandt-nicoll"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-28","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1900-12-29","A medical college and a Morgan dinner","Roosevelt speaks as Cornell's medical college opens in New York, then goes to the Union League's dinner honoring J. P. Morgan.",["j-pierpont-morgan"],"Cornell University Medical College"],["1900-12-30","\"Christian Citizenship\"","Roosevelt speaks at the YMCA in New York on \"Christian Citizenship.\"",[],"YMCA"],["1900-12-31","Last day as governor","Roosevelt's two years as New York's governor close with a farewell dinner in Albany given by Woodruff; he judges he has been the best governor of his era. He tells Charles Hasbrouck no reporters will join his western hunt and tells Philip Stewart he will hunt on his own. Edith starts keeping a daily diary.",["timothy-l-woodruff","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ansley-wilcox","frank-w-higgins","charles-hasbrouck","philip-b-stewart"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-01","A compliment from the bench","Roosevelt writes former Governor David B. Hill that Chief Justice Alton Parker has praised the way he treated the courts as governor.",["alton-b-parker","david-b-hill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-02","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-03","Holls, Butler and Shaw visit","Frederick Holls, Nicholas Murray Butler and Albert Shaw are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["george-f-w-holls","nicholas-murray-butler","albert-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-04","Boone and Crockett dinner","Roosevelt goes to a dinner of the Boone and Crockett Club, the hunters' conservation group he helped found.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-05","City and home","Roosevelt spends the day between New York City and Sagamore Hill.",[],"New York City"],["1901-01-06","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home on the eve of his western trip.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-07","Off to hunt cougar","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Colorado on a hunt for mountain lions.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-01-08","Chicago by afternoon","Roosevelt's train reaches Chicago in the afternoon.",[],"Chicago"],["1901-01-09","Westward to Colorado Springs","Roosevelt rides the train toward Colorado Springs.",[],"Chicago"],["1901-01-10","Colorado Springs","Roosevelt is in Colorado Springs.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-01-11","Fifty miles to Meeker","Leaving the railroad, Roosevelt drives fifty miles overland to reach Meeker, a remote frontier settlement,, arriving at 8 p.m. The hunter John Goff meets him and takes him to his ranch.",["john-b-goff"],"Goff Ranch"],["1901-01-12","First lynx","On horseback all day after mountain lions and lynx, Roosevelt watches the hounds actually climb a tree. He shoots an 18-pound bay lynx the dogs have treed and spends the night at Goff's ranch.",[],"Goff Ranch"],["1901-01-13","Ten hours in the saddle","Roosevelt rides for ten hours. The pack runs down and worries another lynx but is baffled by an old cougar trail. He spends the night at the Keystone Ranch.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-14","A cougar killed with a knife","After a chase of more than two hours, Roosevelt kills a cougar with his knife while the hounds hold it; four dogs are hurt. The cat is fully grown but small, six feet long and just over 80 pounds. He writes Ted all about it.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-15","A second cougar, and kittens","Roosevelt knifes a second cougar as the dogs hold her. She is 6 feet 7 inches and 118 pounds, and has three kittens only days old in a cave in a cut bank. The pack is worn out.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-16","A lynx in the piñons","On his fifth straight day of riding, Roosevelt shoots a 21-pound lynx in the piñon pines after a fine run. Edith writes him recalling the European honeymoon they took after marrying in 1886.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-17","Climbing to the summits","Riding from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. over very rugged mountains, the party has two good lynx chases, and Dr. Webb shoots a 29-pound cat. Roosevelt notes a big lynx had killed an eight-month-old fawn.",["gerald-webb"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-18","Webb's cougar on the cliff","Stewart is sick. Webb kills a 107-pound cougar in a small tree on a cliff face with the dogs just six feet off, and Roosevelt takes a 25-pound lynx. He writes Ethel about the hounds that climb trees. It is Bamie's 46th birthday.",["gerald-webb","philip-b-stewart","ethel-roosevelt-derby","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-19","Stewart's young cougar","On the eighth day of riding, Stewart kills a young cougar of about 47 pounds. Roosevelt notes that two animals killed in the open had been dragged, not carried, beneath the trees.",["philip-b-stewart","bob-ferguson"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-20","A day of rest","The hunters rest. Roosevelt nails up skins, does some target shooting and has a bath.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-21","A bobcat on a rock","After another full day in the saddle, Stewart shoots a 22-pound bobcat on a rock.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-22","Empty-handed","Roosevelt rides all day without success after a light snowfall overnight.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-23","Another blank day","A second straight day of riding turns up nothing.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-24","A cougar in a cave","Stewart shoots an 11-pound lynx the dogs have treed, and the hunters kill a 108-pound cougar holed up in a cave by smoking it. One dog dies and five are wounded.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-25","Snow, and two hunters leave","It snows all day, and Stewart and Webb leave the camp.",["philip-b-stewart","gerald-webb"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-26","Snowed in till noon","Snow falls through the morning at the Keystone Ranch.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-27","A big cougar by moonlight","In thirteen hours in the saddle, Roosevelt runs down a 164-pound cougar, 7 feet 8 inches long. The chase lasts four hours; the cat runs three miles once jumped, and he shoots it by moonlight on a cliff. Edith writes Emily that being at the center of things is interesting but changes nothing essential.",["john-b-goff","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-28","The mate of yesterday's cougar","Roosevelt kills the mate of the cougar taken the day before, a reddish one where the other was gray, shooting it in a tree after seeing it get up ahead of the dogs.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-29","A big lynx and a lost dog","Roosevelt kills a 31-pound lynx after a run of more than an hour. One dog goes into a hole after another lynx and never comes back out. He writes Ethel about the ranch animals, among them a pig named Maude.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-30","On to Mathers Ranch","Roosevelt rides from the Keystone to Mathers Ranch.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-01-31","A cougar in the spruce","Roosevelt kills a cougar in a spruce tree. He later wrote about hunting mule deer on this trip in The Deer Family, recalling bitterly cold days.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-01","Searching for strayed hounds in Colorado","On his winter lion hunt in western Colorado, the Vice President-elect spends a snowy day at Mathers Ranch tracking down hunting dogs that had gone missing.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-02","The missing hounds turn up","Roosevelt recovers the strayed dogs at Mathers Ranch as the snow keeps falling on his Colorado hunting camp.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-03","An empty day in the hunting country","Roosevelt's diary records no game sighted at Mathers Ranch. The guest book lists Mr. Furguson and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Richardson.",["mr-furguson","clifford-richardson","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-04","Snowed in at Mathers Ranch","A big storm buries the Colorado ranch where Roosevelt is hunting, and his diary notes little else.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-05","First cougar of the Colorado trip","Roosevelt kills a mountain lion in the pinyon after the hounds chase it for two hours, then makes a tough climb back up on foot.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-06","Snow and no game","Another snowy day at Mathers Ranch passes without Roosevelt sighting any quarry.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-07","A repeat of the day before","Roosevelt's one-word diary line simply marks the day as a copy of the last: snow at Mathers Ranch and no game.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-08","Cougar taken near Foreman's ranch","Roosevelt moves over to Foreman's ranch and brings down another mountain lion in the pinyon below a mountain his diary calls Colo Row.",[],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-09","A blank day at Foreman's ranch","Roosevelt hunts from Foreman's ranch but sees nothing worth a shot.",[],"Foreman's Ranch"],["1901-02-10","Return to Mathers Ranch","Roosevelt rides from Foreman's ranch back to his base at Mathers Ranch.",[],"Foreman's Ranch"],["1901-02-11","On to Keystone Ranch","Roosevelt shifts his hunting party from Mathers Ranch to Keystone Ranch. The guest book lists Mr. Furguson and Mr. Hutchinson.",["mr-furguson","mr-hutchinson"],"Mathers Ranch"],["1901-02-12","Lynx and two lions on Alice's birthday","At Keystone Ranch Roosevelt kills a lynx and two cougars, finishing them with a knife while the dogs held them. Back east, his daughter Alice turns 17.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-02-13","A cougar after a long cold trail","Roosevelt follows an old track for three hours before the hounds bring a cougar to bay, and he gets a fine look at the chase.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-02-14","The biggest cougar of the hunt","Roosevelt shoots and knifes a huge mountain lion, about 8 feet long and 227 pounds, after a three-hour chase on a track the party had nearly given up as stale.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-02-15","Riding out to Meeker","The hunt winds down as Roosevelt rides into the town of Meeker.",[],"Keystone Ranch"],["1901-02-16","By wagon to Rifle","Roosevelt leaves Meeker and heads for Rifle in a wagon, starting the long trip home.",[],"Meeker"],["1901-02-17","In Colorado Springs","Roosevelt is in Colorado Springs on his way back east.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-02-18","Greeting the public in Colorado Springs","Colorado Springs turns out for a public reception honoring the Vice President-elect.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-02-19","Heading east from Colorado Springs","Roosevelt boards a train in Colorado Springs bound for home.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-02-20","Rolling east by train","Roosevelt spends the day traveling eastward by rail.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-02-21","Passing through Chicago","Roosevelt's homeward route takes him through Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1901-02-22","Back in New York by way of Albany","After a stop in Albany, Roosevelt reaches New York City.",[],"Albany"],["1901-02-23","Home to Sagamore Hill with lion skins promised","Roosevelt sees E. A. Philbin in New York City and then reaches Sagamore Hill for the night, his Colorado hunt over. He writes Bamie that her little boy Sheffield will get a mountain lion skin.",["eugene-a-philbin","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-02-24","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-02-25","Quiet day at home","Roosevelt remains at Sagamore Hill with nothing further noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-02-26","Brushing off tall tales of the hunt","Roosevelt tells Lodge he has no wish to give speeches, and dismisses the wild newspaper yarns about his Colorado lion hunt as pure invention.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-02-27","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-02-28","Two articles out and a Washington house rented","Roosevelt and his wife Edith take the Storers' house in Washington for the coming term. Two Roosevelt pieces appear, in Outing and McClure's. The same day, J. P. Morgan buys out Hill and Rockefeller interests to create U.S. Steel, capitalized at $1.4 billion.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","j-pierpont-morgan","james-j-hill","john-d-rockefeller","william-mckinley","john-hay","lyman-j-gage","elihu-root","john-w-griggs","charles-emory-smith","john-d-long","ethan-a-hitchcock","james-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-01","Last days at home before the inauguration","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as the inauguration draws near; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-02","A family party sets out for Washington","Roosevelt heads to the capital with his wife Edith, his sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson, Uncle James Gracie, Bob Ferguson, his Albany secretary William Loeb, and his valet, Pinckney.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","james-king-gracie","bob-ferguson","william-loeb","pinckney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-03","Lunch with family and a Depew dinner","On the eve of the inauguration Roosevelt stops by the White House, lunches with the Cowleses, the Lodges and Senator Kean, and goes to a dinner hosted by Chauncey Depew.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","john-kean","chauncey-m-depew"],"White House"],["1901-03-04","Sworn in as Vice President","Roosevelt takes the oath as Vice President while McKinley begins his second term, with Edith and the children, Ted down from Groton, looking on. That night at the ball the First Lady seems ill, rain falls outside, and young Ted gulps champagne he takes for fizzy water.",["william-mckinley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","ida-saxton-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-05","First day in the presiding chair","Roosevelt takes up his new job running the Senate, which he finds dull, while Edith and the family head back to Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-06","No patronage to hand out","Roosevelt chairs the Senate and answers office seekers: he tells Maria Storer the vice presidency carries no say over appointments, and declines to use a gavel Ferd Brother sent because the Senate keeps its own traditional one.",["emile-cassi","maria-longworth-storer","ferd-brother"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-07","Another day running the Senate","Roosevelt again presides over the Senate in its special session.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-08","A busy desk of letters from the Senate chair","Between Senate sessions Roosevelt writes friends at home and abroad about Britain and America, hunting, soldiering and China, and tells John Goff to ship all twelve cougar skins from the Colorado hunt to a New York furrier.",["john-st-loe-strachey","winthrop-chanler","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","frederick-selous","tati-salmon","john-b-goff"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-09","The special session ends","The Senate's special session adjourns, ending Roosevelt's first stint in the chair.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-10","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activity is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-11","Neckties, Grant and the Storers","Roosevelt compliments Owen Wister on his Grant biography, answers a question about his neckwear, and tells Maria Storer he has raised with McKinley the idea of a Vienna post for her husband.",["owen-wister","frank-bassett","maria-longworth-storer","william-mckinley","bellamy-storer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-12","Letters on the Philippines and San Juan","Roosevelt writes William Allen White about a piece on Croker, Taft about the Philippines, General Young about a West Point appointment for Howze, and Major Brown about the islands and the Spanish soldier he shot at San Juan.",["william-allen-white","william-howard-taft","samuel-b-m-young","william-brown","richard-croker","robert-l-howze"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-13","A good word for Philip Stewart","Roosevelt writes Dr. Alexander Lambert with warm praise for Philip Stewart.",["alexander-lambert","philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-14","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt leaves Washington for home, passing through New York City on the way to Oyster Bay.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-03-15","Mr. Holls at Sagamore","The Sagamore Hill guest book records a visit from Mr. Holls.",["george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-16","Wishing for a busier post","Roosevelt confides to Spring-Rice that he would like more to do, tells Bayard Taylor painting is not to his taste, writes Caspar Whitney on Alaska game laws, and congratulates General Chaffee on his command in China.",["cecil-spring-rice","bayard-taylor","caspar-whitney","adna-r-chaffee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-17","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home on Long Island with nothing else recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-18","Public opinion and the limits of leadership","Writing to Mahan, Roosevelt argues that leaders can only carry the public as far as opinion has been readied, and that Americans know little of affairs in China. Other letters cover military matters, reform, Washington and Anglo-American ties.",["alfred-thayer-mahan","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","philip-goepp","george-f-hoar","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-19","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-20","Poultney Bigelow calls","Poultney Bigelow visits Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt writes William Collier steering him away from the Civil Service Commission.",["william-m-collier","poultney-bigelow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-21","Thinking about the law","Roosevelt praises Booker T. Washington's new book and asks James Lowndes about studying and practicing law in Washington, an idea he was weighing for life after the vice presidency.",["booker-t-washington","james-lowndes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-22","Dinner with the Second Battery","Roosevelt goes into New York City for the dinner of the 2nd Battery of the New York National Guard.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-23","Breakfast, the Lotos Club and Legal Aid","In New York City Roosevelt breakfasts with J. P. Clarke and Nicholas Murray Butler, attends the Lotos Club's dinner for Governor Odell, and gives a speech at the Legal Aid Society's banquet.",["john-p-clarke","nicholas-murray-butler","benjamin-odell"],"Lotos Club"],["1901-03-24","Sunday in the city","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1901-03-25","A military tournament and a stack of letters","Roosevelt takes in a military tournament held at the Garden and writes about Civil Service Commission seats, New York police, and why he cannot get to Albany. The Walter Palmers are guests.",["charles-bonaparte","william-dudley-foulke","lucius-n-littauer","benjamin-odell","walter-palmer","mrs-walter-palmer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-26","Backing Foulke for the Commission","Roosevelt urges President McKinley to name William Foulke to the Civil Service Commission, and writes Joe Bishop about Platt and Odell and James Field about Harvard.",["william-mckinley","william-dudley-foulke","joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-field","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-27","Aguinaldo captured; advice on German sea power","News comes that General Funston has seized Aguinaldo in the Philippines. Roosevelt writes Lodge about Germany's navy with blunt frontier advice, and sends a flurry of letters on appointments, false press reports, Morgan and Gunton, and praise for Leonard Wood.",["frederick-funston","emilio-aguinaldo","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","august-lamp","william-berri","george-gunton","j-pierpont-morgan","leonard-wood","colonel-murray"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-28","Still 'the Colonel' to Riis","Roosevelt tells Jacob Riis to keep calling him Colonel rather than using his new title, and writes Matthew Quay about an appointment and B. F. Koons about elk.",["jacob-riis","matthew-s-quay","b-f-koons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-29","Books, law school and Buffalo plans","Roosevelt answers Annie Meyer's request for a critique, discusses Huxley's memoir with Florence LaFarge, tells Louisa Schuyler he will open the Pan-American Exposition, and writes on law school and military matters.",["annie-nathan-meyer","florence-lafarge","louisa-schuyler","john-p-clarke","howard-townsend"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-30","Congratulating Funston","Roosevelt sends praise to Frederick Funston for capturing Aguinaldo, and tells Charles Bonaparte that Governor Odell has done well so far.",["frederick-funston","charles-bonaparte","benjamin-odell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-03-31","Ted home for a week","Ted is back at Sagamore Hill on a week's break from school. Hector and Bob Ferguson are guests.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","hector-m-ferguson","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-01","Dinner with Holls in Yonkers","Roosevelt travels to Yonkers for dinner with Frederick Holls.",["george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-02","Talking with Riis at the Robinsons'","In New York City Roosevelt sits down with Jacob Riis at his sister Corinne's home.",["jacob-riis","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1901-04-03","No backing from Platt for Joe Murray","Roosevelt writes the Postmaster General, discusses the police bill and state jobs with Clarence Esty, and lets his old friend Joe Murray know that Senator Platt will not support him for the post he wanted.",["charles-emory-smith","clarence-esty","joseph-murray","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-04","A thank-you to Hamlin Garland","John Kendrick Bangs and Mr. Rodgers visit, and Roosevelt thanks Hamlin Garland for sending his novel Her Mountain Lover.",["hamlin-garland","john-kendrick-bangs","mr-rodgers"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-05","Oklahoma, Buffalo Bill and flatboats","Roosevelt writes John Oskison about Oklahoma statehood and Buffalo Bill, Charles Bonaparte about Proctor, and Frederic Remington about flatboats.",["john-oskison","charles-bonaparte","frederic-remington"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-06","Morgan hasn't bitten yet","Roosevelt tells George Gunton he has not yet persuaded J. P. Morgan to fund an Institute for Social Economics, and lets Philip Stewart know he will miss this year's Rough Rider reunion.",["george-gunton","philip-b-stewart","j-pierpont-morgan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-07","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-08","Species debates and a preface promised","Roosevelt compares his time as governor with Odell's, argues species and subspecies with naturalist C. Hart Merriam, agrees to write a preface for Camera Shots at Big Game, and discusses literacy tests with Bonaparte.",["henry-loomis-nelson","c-hart-merriam","john-o-hara-cosgrave","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-09","Archie turns seven","On Archie's seventh birthday Roosevelt lunches with Joe Bishop and writes Ted that bear-play right before bed is now banned, and that little Quentin is sore that Archie gets presents and he doesn't.",["archibald-roosevelt","joseph-bucklin-bishop","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-10","Knox named Attorney General","Philander Knox replaces John Griggs as Attorney General. Roosevelt defends Funston's Philippine conduct to Lyman Abbott and writes on bay-bird shooting and speeches.",["philander-knox","john-w-griggs","regis-h-post","lyman-abbott","henry-cabot-lodge","frederick-funston"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-11","Remembering the Saturday breakfasts","Roosevelt writes Clarence Esty about the weekend breakfasts he shared with Platt and Odell during his governorship.",["clarence-esty","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-12","Letters on charity and Proctor","Roosevelt writes S. E. Furry about the Women's Industrial Home Society, sends notes to George Lyman and Meyer, and writes Cleveland Dodge about Proctor.",["s-e-furry","george-h-lyman","meyer","cleveland-h-dodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-13","Sorting out speaking dates","Roosevelt writes Senator George Hoar about his upcoming speeches.",["george-f-hoar"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-14","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-15","An odd mix of dinner guests","Roosevelt teases his sister Corinne about the strangely matched guests invited to a dinner at her house, writes Joe Bishop about a speech and the tariff, and answers William Llewellyn about Rough Riders who shot women.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","joseph-bucklin-bishop","william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-16","A western job for Riis's son","Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot whether Jacob Riis's son might go west, and tells Riis he has written on the boy's behalf.",["gifford-pinchot","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-17","The Evening Post is out to get him","Roosevelt writes the Storers about his relations with McKinley, tells Ted about a bay-bird hunt, and warns Leonard Wood that the New York Evening Post wants to ruin him.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","theodore-roosevelt-jr","leonard-wood","william-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-18","Lunch with writers and a talk to newsboys","In New York Roosevelt lunches at the Robinsons' with Gilder, Butler, Brander Matthews and Rainsford, then speaks to the boys at the Newsboys' Lodging House.",["richard-watson-gilder","nicholas-murray-butler","brander-matthews","william-s-rainsford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-19","Jack and Margaret Roosevelt visit","Cousins Jack and Margaret Roosevelt are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["jack-roosevelt","margaret-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-20","An article that came out too soon","Bob Ferguson visits. Roosevelt writes William Rideing about his piece \"The Essence of Heroism\" in the April Youth's Companion, which was not meant to run while he was Vice President.",["william-rideing","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-21","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-22","Planning a Boston dinner","Roosevelt writes Nicholas Murray Butler about speaking dates, George Terry about the Union League Club's Black staff, and George Lyman to arrange a May 1 dinner in Boston.",["nicholas-murray-butler","george-terry","george-h-lyman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-23","Keeping the lion skins out of the papers","Henry White and Mrs. Cadwallader Jones visit. Roosevelt asks Edward Martin to keep reporters away from his Colorado skins, writes the furriers about them, and corresponds on newsboys' dinners and bay birds.",["florence-sutro","edward-s-martin","c-g-gunther-s-sons","regis-h-post","henry-white","mary-cadwalader-jones"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-24","Made a Mason in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is raised to the third degree in Oyster Bay's Masonic lodge. He writes Arthur Lee that the Alaska boundary must be settled and on a neutral Nicaraguan canal, and discusses Byzantium and Alexander with Frederic Harrison. Curtis Guild and Attorney General Davies visit.",["arthur-lee","frederic-harrison","curtis-guild-jr","john-c-davies"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-25","Pushing for Bellamy Storer","Roosevelt writes William Caruthers about corporate stockholders, and tells Maria Storer he has urged John Hay to find her husband a better post.",["william-caruthers","maria-longworth-storer","john-hay","bellamy-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-26","Riding, rowing and country walks","Roosevelt tells Taft about the Philippines and describes his easy spring at home: riding and rowing with Edith, playing with the children and walking the countryside. Helen Cutting and Jack Roosevelt visit.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","helen-cutting","jack-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-27","John Elliott visits","John Elliott is a guest, and Roosevelt writes Abbott Lawrence Lowell about a lecture.",["abbott-lawrence-lowell","john-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-28","Bob Ferguson at Sagamore","Bob Ferguson is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-29","Off to Boston","Roosevelt leaves for Boston to stay with George Lyman. It is his sister Corinne's 19th wedding anniversary.",["george-h-lyman","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-04-30","Harvard, the Home Market Club and plans for law","Roosevelt speaks at Harvard, lunches with Dean Briggs, and addresses the Home Market Club in Mechanics Hall that evening. He also arranges to study law in the fall with Justice Edward White of the Supreme Court.",["lebaron-russell-briggs","edward-douglass-white"],"Mechanics Hall"],["1901-05-01","Breakfast at the Somerset Club","Roosevelt breakfasts in Boston at the Somerset Club with Groton headmaster Endicott Peabody and with Francis Cabot Lowell, then heads for Groton.",["endicott-peabody","francis-cabot-lowell"],"Somerset Club"],["1901-05-02","Visiting Ted at Groton","Roosevelt spends time with his son Ted at Groton School, then returns to New York City and stays the night with his sister Corinne.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Groton School"],["1901-05-03","Miss Wood visits","Roosevelt is in New York City, where the guest record lists a Miss Wood.",["miss-wood"],"New York City"],["1901-05-04","A note to the British military attaché","Roosevelt writes Gerald Kitson of the British Embassy about military matters.",["gerald-kitson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-05","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-06","Kermit takes on Diamond","Young Kermit tries out the horse Diamond and handles him well; one of his guinea pigs goes by Dewey Jr. Roosevelt writes about McKinley and about the Rough Riders.",["kermit-roosevelt","francis-rawle","james-kelley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-07","Cherry blossoms and a thrown block","Roosevelt sends Ted the news from home: the cherry trees are blooming, Quentin hurled a block at his mother, and Ethel is weeding the path to earn money for an art magazine. He also writes on Harvard's psychology lab, praises Josephine Daskam's writing, and compliments Groton.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","hugo-munsterberg","josephine-daskam","endicott-peabody"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-08","General Wilson visits","General James Wilson is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["james-h-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-09","Mr. Willard visits","The guest book records a Mr. Willard at Sagamore Hill.",["mr-willard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-10","A letter on nationality","Roosevelt writes Thomas Gaffney on questions of nationality.",["thomas-gaffney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-11","Meeting Marcus Braun","Roosevelt confers with Marcus Braun in New York City. Fanny and Jim Parsons arrive to stay the weekend.",["marcus-braun","frances-theodora-parsons","james-parsons"],"New York City"],["1901-05-12","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home on Long Island with nothing else recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-13","A post office for Bill Sewall","Roosevelt writes Senator Eugene Hale of Maine backing his old Maine guide and Dakota partner Bill Sewall for postmaster of Island Falls.",["eugene-hale","william-sewall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-14","A letter about Harry New","Roosevelt writes Catherine New about Harry New.",["catherine-m-new","harry-s-new"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-15","Law, family news and government","Roosevelt writes Judge Alton Parker on legal matters, sends news to Bamie, and answers encyclopedia editor George Aiton on the relationship between Jews and government.",["alton-b-parker","anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-aiton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-16","Picturing life as a history professor","Stewart and Helena Elliott visit. In a letter Roosevelt guesses that once his term as Vice President ends he will likely end up teaching American history.",["hugh-s-thompson","stewart-elliott","helena-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-17","Christine Kean Roosevelt visits","Christine Kean Roosevelt is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["christine-kean-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-18","A cornerstone in East Norwich","Roosevelt goes to East Norwich for the laying of a new church's cornerstone.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-19","By train to Buffalo","Roosevelt, his wife Edith and daughter Alice ride to Buffalo to open the Pan-American Exposition, arriving at 8 p.m. Reporter Oscar King Davis shares the train.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","oscar-king-davis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-20","Opening the Pan-American Exposition","Roosevelt gives the opening address at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo and talks with American Indians on the grounds. Alice rides a camel and takes in the midway's notorious dance show.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Pan-American Exposition"],["1901-05-21","Reception with Mark Hanna","Roosevelt joins Senator Mark Hanna at a reception at Buffalo's Merchants' Exchange.",["mark-hanna"],"Merchants' Exchange"],["1901-05-22","Another day in Buffalo","Roosevelt remains in Buffalo; nothing further is noted.",[],"Buffalo"],["1901-05-23","From the Indian camp to Geneseo","Roosevelt visits the Indian encampment at the exposition, then leaves for Geneseo.",[],"Buffalo"],["1901-05-24","Guests of the Wadsworths","Roosevelt calls on the Wadsworth family at Geneseo.",["wadsworth-family"],"Geneseo"],["1901-05-25","Alice in the Wadsworth stables","At Geneseo, Alice goes riding from the Wadsworth stables.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Geneseo"],["1901-05-26","Sunday at Geneseo","The Roosevelts remain in Geneseo; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Geneseo"],["1901-05-27","Meeting Mr. Dooley on the train home","Heading home, Roosevelt shares the train with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Finley Peter Dunne, creator of Mr. Dooley, whom he meets for the first time. Edith stops in Albany, Emily continues to Boston, and Kermit is waiting to greet his father when he gets home at 10 p.m.",["finley-peter-dunne","augustus-saint-gaudens","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt"],"Geneseo"],["1901-05-28","Back home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home after the Buffalo trip; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-29","A dinner for college men","Roosevelt writes Richard Derby about plans for a dinner for young college men.",["richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-30","A sanatorium dedicated in Bedford","Roosevelt attends the dedication of a sanatorium in Bedford, New York, and writes President McKinley hoping the First Lady is feeling better.",["william-mckinley","ida-saxton-mckinley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-05-31","Writing The Deer Family","Roosevelt is hard at work on The Deer Family, a book on American deer he is writing with three co-authors. He tells Ted that Quentin and the dog Black Jack are always underfoot, and writes on the Boers, Saint-Gaudens's sculpture, law school and the Rough Rider reunion.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","george-younghusband","augustus-saint-gaudens","charles-aubrey","alton-b-parker","philip-b-stewart"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-01","Admiring Saint-Gaudens's Sherman","Roosevelt writes Elihu Root with high praise for Augustus Saint-Gaudens's statue of General Sherman and asks him about Cuba.",["elihu-root","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-02","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-03","Cuba, and an invitation to Butler","Roosevelt writes Nicholas Murray Butler about Cuba and asks him to come stay at Sagamore Hill, and responds to Hugo Munsterberg's article on American women.",["nicholas-murray-butler","hugo-munsterberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-04","Booking a speech a year out","Roosevelt writes John C. Linehan about a speaking date in 1902.",["john-c-linehan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-05","Not Chicago for the reunion","John Riddle visits. Roosevelt tells Thomas Grindell he doubts Chicago is the right spot for the next Rough Rider reunion.",["thomas-grindell","john-w-riddle"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-06","Speaking in Huntington","Roosevelt gives a speech in Huntington, Long Island, and writes Eugene Philbin about detectives on the police force and civil service reform.",["eugene-a-philbin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-07","The Supreme Court and the territories","Mrs. Clifford Richardson, Captain and Mrs. Howze and Nicholas Murray Butler visit. Roosevelt writes Frederick Fincke about the Court's rulings on laws in the new territories, and Caspar Whitney about animal books and hunting.",["frederick-fincke","caspar-whitney","mrs-clifford-richardson","robert-l-howze","mrs-howze","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-08","Richardson and Cooley visit","Clifford Richardson and Alvord Cooley are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["clifford-richardson","alford-w-cooley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-09","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-10","Don't hold the reunion for me","John McIlhenny visits. Roosevelt urges Philip Stewart not to push back the Rough Rider reunion on his account, and invites William Osborne, who is touring Princeton, Yale and Harvard, to Sagamore on June 29.",["philip-b-stewart","william-osborne","john-a-mcilhenny"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-11","Speaking from his own porch","Roosevelt speaks from his own piazza to members of the Long Island Bible Society. He writes McKinley hoping the First Lady is better, and withdraws his backing from S. E. Furry's home for 'fallen women'.",["william-mckinley","ida-saxton-mckinley","s-e-furry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-12","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-13","Talk of 1904 already","Roosevelt writes Chicago publisher Hermann Kohlsaat about his chances for the presidency in 1904, and Arthur Brown about nature pamphlets.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","arthur-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-14","In the city","Roosevelt is in New York City, where the guest record lists Clifford Richardson.",["clifford-richardson"],"New York City"],["1901-06-15","Saturday in New York","Roosevelt is in New York City; nothing more is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1901-06-16","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is back at home with nothing else recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-17","A Rough Rider's job and a rail car","General Young, the Younghusbands and Howard Townsend visit. Roosevelt asks Secretary Hay to help Rough Rider Henry Bardshar, arranges a rail car with Paul Morton for his western trip, praises William Allen White to Knox, and writes about the cougar hunt.",["william-osborne","john-hay","henry-bardshar","paul-morton","philander-knox","william-wells","william-allen-white","samuel-b-m-young","george-younghusband","mrs-younghusband","howard-townsend"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-18","Defending his San Juan record","Grant LaFarge visits. Roosevelt writes George Lyman defending his part in the San Juan Hill fight.",["george-h-lyman","c-grant-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-19","Foreign affairs with Lodge; a skin for Bamie","Roosevelt sends Lodge two letters, noting McKinley will skip commencement and weighing relations with Britain and Germany. He is pleased that Bamie liked her mountain lion skin.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-mckinley","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-20","Bob Ferguson visits","Bob Ferguson is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-21","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-22","Hard words for General Miles","The Van Rensselaers and the Lamberts visit. Roosevelt vents to George Lyman about General Nelson Miles, plans a Boston trip with Lodge, praises Robley Evans's book, and writes Bellamy Storer about Catholics holding public office.",["george-h-lyman","nelson-a-miles","henry-cabot-lodge","robley-d-evans","bellamy-storer","bayard-van-rensselaer","mrs-bayard-van-rensselaer","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-23","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-24","Burr versus Wilkinson","Roosevelt writes John Hammer Jr. about patronage for Rough Riders, and tells historian Walter McCaleb he thinks Wilkinson's earlier plot mattered more than the Burr conspiracy.",["john-hammer-jr","walter-mccaleb","aaron-burr","james-wilkinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-25","Leaving for Boston","Roosevelt sets out for Boston.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-26","Commencement at Harvard","At Harvard's commencement in Cambridge, Roosevelt lunches with Lodge and Lowell and gives a talk at the class dinner.",["henry-cabot-lodge","abbott-lawrence-lowell"],"Harvard University"],["1901-06-27","Owen Wister at Sagamore","Novelist Owen Wister is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["owen-wister"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-28","Harvard, history books and the press","Roosevelt writes about President Eliot's view of him and of expansion, thanks Henry Higginson for giving Harvard its new Union, praises Eleonora Kinnicutt's ideas, and discusses Revolutionary War books and newspaper campaigns.",["charles-s-fairchild","henry-lee-higginson","eleonora-kinnicutt","seymour-eaton","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-eliot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-29","College men talk decency in public life","Roosevelt hosts students from Harvard and Yale at Sagamore Hill for a discussion of his theme \"Applied Decency in Public Life.\" David Sandrich and Philip Stewart are guests.",["david-sandrich","philip-b-stewart"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-06-30","A new horse, poison ivy and a mothball","Edith gets a horse called Yagenka and comes down with poison ivy, while Quentin gets a mothball stuck up his nose. Abroad, Germany asks Venezuela to send its debt dispute to the Hague tribunal; Venezuela says no.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-01","A visit to Orange, New Jersey","Roosevelt is in Orange, New Jersey, where the guest record lists a Miss LeMoine.",["miss-lemorine"],"Orange"],["1901-07-02","Still in Orange","Roosevelt remains in Orange, New Jersey; nothing more is noted.",[],"Orange"],["1901-07-03","Expansion only with consent","Roosevelt tells Frederic Coudert that America should not extend its rule over a people able to govern themselves unless they wish it. He also writes Spring-Rice on civilization and Dr. Elmer Capen about speaking at Tufts.",["frederic-r-coudert","cecil-spring-rice","elmer-capen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-04","Taft takes charge in the Philippines","On Independence Day William Howard Taft is installed as civil governor of the Philippines. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-05","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-06","Rough Rider marksmanship with the Krag","Roosevelt advises Albert Lenoir Key never to hit without hitting hard, writes about Sagamore Hill, and tells James Parker the Rough Riders outshot other units in Cuba with their Krag carbines.",["albert-lenoir-key","henry-whittemore","james-parker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-07","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home with nothing else recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-08","The Philippines and China","Roosevelt writes George Becker about the Philippines, China and American expansion.",["george-f-becker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-09","Lunch with Platt; plans for the South","Roosevelt lunches with Senator Platt at the Lawyers' Club in New York, and tells Booker T. Washington he hopes to visit Tuskegee and his mother's hometown of Roswell, Georgia.",["thomas-c-platt","booker-t-washington","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-10","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-11","At home on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing further noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-12","Planning a bay-bird trip with six boys","Roosevelt arranges with Regis Post to take six boys shooting on Great South Bay, tells Endicott Peabody about his June evening with college men, and discusses Russia, Winston Churchill, battlefield tactics and Britain's army with Sternberg.",["regis-h-post","endicott-peabody","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","winston-churchill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-13","Fewer reunions, please","Roosevelt suggests to William Llewellyn that the Rough Riders hold reunions less often, and says he is unhappy they delayed this year's so he could come.",["william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-14","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-15","Lining up an August trip west","Roosevelt discusses books and studies with Lyman Abbott, praises Taft and muses on the presidency, sets up an August western hunt with Paul Morton, and invites William Allen White to ride his train to Colorado.",["lyman-abbott","william-howard-taft","paul-morton","william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-16","Collecting birds in moderation","Roosevelt tells Philip Stewart it is fine for Ted to gather some birds' eggs and the odd bird, but that he should avoid wasting wildlife, recalling that as a boy he himself collected specimens to the point of needless killing.",["philip-b-stewart","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-17","Bamie visits","Roosevelt divides the day between Sagamore Hill and New York City; his sister Bamie is a guest.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-18","Weighing his political future","The Henry Marquands visit, and Roosevelt writes his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson about what lies ahead for him politically.",["douglas-robinson","henry-marquand","mrs-henry-marquand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-19","Between home and the city","Roosevelt spends time at Sagamore Hill and in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1901-07-20","Reviewing novels by Churchill and Norris","Monroe and Stewart Robinson and Nicholas Murray Butler visit. Roosevelt writes Douglas Robinson again about his future, comments on American novelist Winston Churchill's The Crisis, and gives Owen Wister his take on Frank Norris's The Octopus.",["douglas-robinson","winston-churchill-american-novelist","owen-wister","frank-norris","monroe-douglas-robinson","stewart-douglas-robinson","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-21","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-22","Setting sail with the boys","Roosevelt takes Ted, Kermit and several of their cousins with Regis Post on a cruise and shooting trip across Great South Bay, sailing by yacht from Babylon.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","regis-h-post"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-23","A stop at Fire Island","The Great South Bay party puts in at Fire Island.",[],"Great South Bay"],["1901-07-24","Still out on the bay","Roosevelt and the boys are cruising Great South Bay; his sister Corinne appears in the guest record.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Great South Bay"],["1901-07-25","Last day on Great South Bay","The cruise on Great South Bay continues; nothing else is noted.",[],"Great South Bay"],["1901-07-26","Woodrow Wilson at Sagamore","Princeton professor Woodrow Wilson, Professor Trent and Dr. Seymour Abbot are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["woodrow-wilson","william-p-trent","seymour-abbot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-27","The Lamberts visit","Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Lambert are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-28","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-07-29","Between home and the city","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill and in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1901-07-30","Night train for Chicago","Roosevelt leaves New York City in the evening, bound for Chicago.",[],"New York City"],["1901-07-31","Chicago stop on the way west","In Chicago Roosevelt sees Governor Yates and Charles Fairbanks and has lunch at the Union League Club with Paul Morton before heading for Colorado Springs. At home, Alice is out dancing often and secretly smoking, and the younger children have colds.",["richard-yates","charles-w-fairbanks","paul-morton","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Union League Club"],["1901-08-01","Across Kansas by rail","On the way to Colorado Springs, Roosevelt's train stops at Kansas City and Emporia.",[],"Kansas City"],["1901-08-02","Colorado's 25th birthday","Roosevelt gives a speech, \"Manhood and Statehood,\" at Colorado Springs for the 25th anniversary of Colorado statehood, praising work and scorning idleness. William Allen White later described a gathering at Philip Stewart's home during the visit.",["philip-b-stewart","william-allen-white"],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-03","Reception in Colorado Springs","Roosevelt attends a reception in Colorado Springs.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-04","Sunday in Colorado Springs","Roosevelt is in Colorado Springs; nothing else is noted.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-05","Off hunting with Philip Stewart","Roosevelt heads into the Colorado backcountry on a hunt with his friend Philip B. Stewart.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-06","Edith turns 40","Roosevelt is out hunting in Colorado on his wife Edith's 40th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Colorado"],["1901-08-07","Hunting in Colorado","The Colorado hunt continues.",[],"Colorado"],["1901-08-08","More westerner than easterner","Still hunting in Colorado, Roosevelt writes Lincoln Steffens that he has always felt more at home in the West than in the East.",["lincoln-steffens"],"Colorado"],["1901-08-09","Into the gold mines","Roosevelt tours the mines at Victor and Cripple Creek.",[],"Cripple Creek"],["1901-08-10","A YMCA cornerstone","Back in Colorado Springs, Roosevelt helps lay the cornerstone of a YMCA building.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-11","Sunday in Colorado Springs","Roosevelt is in Colorado Springs; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-12","Fishing on the White River","Roosevelt leaves Colorado Springs with Philip Stewart and others for a fishing trip on the White River.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Colorado Springs"],["1901-08-13","Ethel's tenth birthday","Roosevelt is fishing on the White River while back home his daughter Ethel turns 10.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"White River"],["1901-08-14","Heading home with a Kansas speech","Roosevelt starts back east from Colorado and gives a speech along the way in Hutchinson, Kansas.",[],"Colorado"],["1901-08-15","Traveling east","Roosevelt is on the train heading east.",[],"Colorado"],["1901-08-16","Alice rushed to the hospital","Alice, whose jaw started aching during an Adirondack outing, is brought to New York's Roosevelt Hospital with an abscess.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1901-08-17","Daily visits to Alice","Roosevelt goes to see Alice at the hospital every day she is there, splitting his days between Oyster Bay and the city.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Oyster Bay"],["1901-08-18","Between home and the hospital","Roosevelt divides his time between home on Long Island and the city.",[],"New York City"],["1901-08-19","Back and forth to the city","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill and in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1901-08-20","Colds at home, Russia with Holls","Roosevelt confers with Frederick Holls about Russia. He tells Lodge the whole family has colds and writes about the Sampson-Schley dispute and his popularity out west, and notes a former Rough Rider's appointment as a forest ranger.",["george-f-w-holls","henry-cabot-lodge","mont-frantz","david-e-warford","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-08-21","Hitchcock remembered in Russia","Roosevelt writes Interior Secretary Ethan Hitchcock, a former envoy to Russia, that he is still fondly recalled there.",["ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-08-22","Quentin goes to the hospital","Now young Quentin is admitted to Roosevelt Hospital. Roosevelt writes Robert Cornell about reappointing W. C. Church, a Black officeholder.",["quentin-roosevelt","robert-cornell","william-c-church"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1901-08-23","An ear operation for Quentin","Doctors operate on an abscess in Quentin's ear. Alice and Ted befriend the interns and roam the hospital.",["quentin-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1901-08-24","White on 1904","Roosevelt tells Paul Morton he will write William Allen White, then writes White about a possible run for president in 1904.",["paul-morton","william-allen-white"],"New York City"],["1901-08-25","Sunday between Sagamore and the city","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill and in New York City; nothing else is recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1901-08-26","Mr. Dooley invited; whiskey declined","Roosevelt praises a Finley Peter Dunne piece and invites him to Sagamore Hill, and tells E. M. Reily, who sent him whiskey, that he does not drink.",["finley-peter-dunne","e-m-reily"],"New York City"],["1901-08-27","A run of small family misfortunes","Roosevelt praises George Gunton's writing on labor unions, discusses next year's speeches with Senator Foraker, writes on bosses and New York politics, and tells Charles Dawes about the string of minor troubles at home.",["george-gunton","joseph-b-foraker","william-allen-white","charles-wood","charles-g-dawes"],"New York City"],["1901-08-28","Between Long Island and New York","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill and in New York City; nothing else is noted.",[],"New York City"],["1901-08-29","Off to Illinois","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Springfield, Illinois, stopping in Chicago.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1901-08-30","Camp Lincoln in Springfield","Roosevelt is honored with a reception and a dinner at Springfield's Camp Lincoln, then goes back to Chicago.",[],"Springfield"],["1901-08-31","Inspecting the naval militia","In Chicago Roosevelt reviews the naval militia and visits Solomon Bethea and Graeme Stewart. Edith takes the children to the Adirondacks for two weeks, while Alice stays at the Robert Pruyns' camp some distance away.",["solomon-h-bethea","graeme-stewart","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","robert-c-pruyn"],"Chicago"],["1901-09-01","Sunday in Chicago","Roosevelt is in Chicago; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Chicago"],["1901-09-02","\"Speak softly and carry a big stick\"","At the Minnesota State Fair Roosevelt delivers \"National Duties,\" using in public for the first time the West African saying that became his trademark for foreign policy.",[],"Minneapolis"],["1901-09-03","Bound for Vermont; missionaries seized","Roosevelt leaves Minneapolis for Vermont and sends William Allen White his read on the political scene. In Macedonia, revolutionaries kidnap a party of missionaries that includes American Ellen M. Stone.",["william-allen-white","ellen-m-stone"],"Minneapolis"],["1901-09-04","Speaking in Rutland","Roosevelt reaches Rutland, Vermont, for a round of speeches while Edith and the children stay in the Adirondacks and McKinley heads to the Buffalo fair. Stone's kidnappers free all but her and Katerina Tsilka and take them into the mountains.",["william-mckinley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ellen-m-stone","katerina-tsilka"],"Rutland"],["1901-09-05","Marble quarries and the heroic virtues","Roosevelt tours a mill and the marble quarries with Senator Redfield Proctor and gives a speech titled \"Brotherhood and the Heroic Virtues.\" Film made the same day shows President McKinley.",["redfield-proctor","william-mckinley"],"Rutland"],["1901-09-06","McKinley is shot","Roosevelt is at a Fish and Game League luncheon on Vermont's Isle La Motte when a telephone call brings word that President McKinley was shot at 4 p.m. in Buffalo by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Roosevelt is hurried indoors at Nelson Fisk's home, then leaves for Buffalo, where he stays with Ansley Wilcox.",["william-mckinley","leon-czolgosz","nelson-w-fisk","ansley-wilcox"],"Isle La Motte"],["1901-09-07","Hopeful news from the sickroom","With doctors upbeat about McKinley, Roosevelt writes Bamie and William Allen White that the President is mending, and writes Paul Morton about political support and Albert Cummins about an Iowa trip.",["william-mckinley","anna-roosevelt-cowles","paul-morton","william-allen-white","albert-b-cummins"],"Buffalo"],["1901-09-08","Hanna advises him to leave Buffalo","At the Wilcox house Roosevelt and Mark Hanna agree that his departure from Buffalo would reassure the nation the danger is past. He wires Edith that he may head to the Adirondacks to be with the family if the President keeps gaining.",["mark-hanna","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Ansley Wilcox House"],["1901-09-09","An attack on free government","Roosevelt writes Lodge that the shooting was an assault on free government itself. Edith, writing her sister Emily, guesses the gunman must be an anarchist.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Buffalo"],["1901-09-10","Cleared to leave; Ted's first buck","Told McKinley is doing well enough, Roosevelt heads home to Long Island. Edith and the children are staying near Mount Marcy at Camp Tahawus, where Ted shoots his first deer. Letters go to Bethea, George Smalley on jingoism, and Curtis Guild predicting the President's recovery.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","solomon-h-bethea","george-w-smalley","curtis-guild-jr"],"Buffalo"],["1901-09-11","On to the Adirondacks","Roosevelt sees E. T. Brackett and Alton B. Parker at Saratoga, then sets off to join his family in the Adirondacks.",["edgar-t-brackett","alton-b-parker"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1901-09-12","Camping below Mount Marcy","Roosevelt hires two guides for a climb of Mount Marcy. With Edith, Kermit, Ethel, James McNaughton, a governess and three friends, he hikes to Lake Colden, about 3,500 feet up, and camps there in the rain.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-mcnaughton"],"Camp Tahawus"],["1901-09-13","A runner on the mountain","On Ted's 14th birthday, Roosevelt and a guide climb Mount Marcy in cold, misty weather while the others turn back. Lunching at Lake Tear of the Clouds, he is handed a telegram at 1:25 p.m.: McKinley is failing. A frantic 50-mile night ride takes him to the North Creek rail station and on toward Albany. By early the next morning McKinley is dead.",["william-mckinley","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Mount Marcy"],["1901-09-14","Sworn in as President in Buffalo","Arriving in Buffalo at 1:30 p.m. to find McKinley dead, Roosevelt takes the oath as the 26th President at 3:15 p.m. in Ansley Wilcox's library, the furniture still under summer dust covers. Judge John R. Hazel swears him in, wearing borrowed clothes that don't fit, with most of the Cabinet present. He asks Booker T. Washington to meet with him.",["john-r-hazel","ansley-wilcox","william-mckinley","booker-t-washington"],"Ansley Wilcox House"],["1901-09-15","First full day as President","Roosevelt stays at the Wilcox house, attends a service for McKinley, and confers with Root, Knox, Odell and Littauer as McKinley lies in state at Buffalo City Hall. Edith brings the children home to Sagamore Hill, where a doctor finds a pebble in Quentin's sore ear; Archie has tonsillitis.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","benjamin-odell","lucius-n-littauer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Ansley Wilcox House"],["1901-09-16","Riding the funeral train to Washington","Roosevelt travels to Washington aboard the train carrying McKinley's body, arriving at 8:30 p.m. Edith and Bamie follow on another train and stay at 1733 N Street, where Corinne and Douglas join them. Edith's diary says he looked grave and older.",["william-mckinley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","winthrop-chanler"],"Buffalo"],["1901-09-17","Crowds surge at the Capitol","McKinley's body rests in the White House, where Grover Cleveland is among thousands of mourners. Roosevelt and Edith follow the hearse to the Capitol with Will Cowles; there the crowd bursts through barriers and police and soldiers force it back. That evening he holds a Cabinet meeting at 1733 N Street.",["william-mckinley","grover-cleveland","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles","george-f-w-holls","herman-h-kohlsaat","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","winthrop-murray-crane"],"White House"],["1901-09-18","McKinley laid to rest in Canton","Roosevelt accompanies McKinley's body to Canton, Ohio, for the funeral and burial. Edith goes home to Sagamore Hill and writes Emily that Quentin has put black armbands on his dolls.",["william-mckinley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-19","Back to Washington","Roosevelt returns from Canton to Washington and sits down with William Allen White at Bamie's house.",["william-allen-white"],"Ohio"],["1901-09-20","First Cabinet meeting as President","Roosevelt meets with Hay, Long, Wood and Root, chairs a Cabinet meeting, lunches with Hay over reciprocity treaties, and sees Senators Cullom and Proctor.",["john-d-long","john-hay","elihu-root","leonard-wood","shelby-m-cullom","redfield-proctor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-21","Callers, a Taft profile and school worries","Roosevelt sees Leonard Wood, Carroll D. Wright, Binger Hermann, Representatives Livingston and Dayton, and Senators Elkins and Scott. His article on Governor Taft runs in The Outlook. Edith writes that people are anxious about how the children will be schooled in Washington, and Roosevelt writes Gilder about a proposed biography.",["leonard-wood","carroll-d-wright","binger-hermann","leonidas-f-livingston","alston-g-dayton","stephen-b-elkins","nathan-b-scott","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-watson-gilder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-22","Settling into the White House","Roosevelt begins work in the White House, signing papers all day on what would have been his father's birthday, which he takes as a good sign. His only dinner guests are his sisters, Bamie and Corinne, with their husbands.",["theodore-roosevelt-sr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"White House"],["1901-09-23","Moving into the White House","Roosevelt formally settles in and receives Gage, Postmaster General Smith and Senators Penrose, Cockrell and Pritchard. Edith readies five family bedrooms and clears out decades of clutter; only Kermit and Ethel are there so far. He tells Lodge it would be worse to be morbid than to accept how he came to office.",["lyman-j-gage","charles-emory-smith","boies-penrose","francis-m-cockrell","jeter-c-pritchard","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-st-loe-strachey","richard-olney","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1901-09-24","No politics in island appointments","Roosevelt declares that posts in the new island territories will be filled without regard to politics.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-25","Standing by his words on Paine","Roosevelt defends to Owen Wister his famous put-down of Thomas Paine.",["owen-wister","thomas-paine"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-26","A ransom demand from Macedonia","Ellen Stone's captors send word that she and the pregnant Katerina Tsilka will be killed unless 25,000 Turkish pounds, about $110,000, arrives within 20 days. Roosevelt writes about Colorado appointments, about Cuba, the Philippines and territorial governors, and about politics.",["ellen-m-stone","katerina-tsilka","philip-b-stewart","william-h-hunt","myron-t-herrick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-27","Keeping McKinley's promises","On Corinne's 40th birthday, Roosevelt says he will honor McKinley's pledged appointments, tells Brooks Adams the U.S. must help balance European trade or risk war, and opposes a government-owned Pacific cable.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","archie-stevenson","brooks-adams","emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-28","No ransom for Ellen Stone","The Congregational missionary board refuses to pay Ellen Stone's ransom, hoping to discourage terrorism. Roosevelt writes Root about inspecting coastal forts.",["ellen-m-stone","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-09-29","No room for Mame","Edith writes Emily that the White House has no space for the children's old nurse, Mame, and confides her fear that Roosevelt could be assassinated.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","mary-ledwith"],"White House"],["1901-09-30","Keeping McKinley's Cabinet","Roosevelt keeps McKinley's entire Cabinet and meets Admiral Schley and Senators Proctor, Mitchell and Foraker. He writes Hay about an isthmian canal and tells Foraker he cannot campaign for him. Kermit and Archie start at Force public school, Ethel boards at the Cathedral School, and his article \"With the Cougar Hounds\" appears in Scribner's.",["winfield-scott-schley","redfield-proctor","john-h-mitchell","joseph-b-foraker","john-hay","lyman-j-gage","elihu-root","john-d-long","ethan-a-hitchcock","james-wilson","philander-knox","charles-emory-smith","st-clair-mckelway","john-spooner","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Force School"],["1901-10-01","Inviting old friends to the White House","Two weeks into his presidency, Roosevelt writes to diplomat friends Cecil Spring-Rice in Cairo and Speck von Sternberg in Calcutta, wishing each could come stay with him at the White House. Edith tells a friend her husband is carrying the new job with ease.",["cecil-spring-rice","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","alexander-doyle","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frances-theodora-parsons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-02","No government rescue for Ellen Stone","Roosevelt writes Alvey Adee at the State Department that Washington cannot be expected to free Ellen Stone, the American missionary held captive in Macedonia.",["alvey-a-adee","ellen-m-stone"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-03","Setting the record straight on deer","Roosevelt asks editor Caspar Whitney to make clear that his chapters for The Deer Family were written while he was still Vice President.",["caspar-whitney"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-04","A favor for the Storers","Roosevelt tells Maria Storer he is working to find a post for her husband Bellamy, and writes his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson about trust policy and Bleistein, a horse from Buffalo.",["maria-longworth-storer","bellamy-storer","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-05","Ransom must be raised privately","Missionary leaders Samuel Capen and a colleague named Smith call about Ellen Stone; Roosevelt tells them the government will not pay her ransom but urges a public subscription to raise it. He dines with McDougall Hawkes and writes John Hay about the canal treaty.",["samuel-capen","smith","ellen-m-stone","mcdougall-hawkes","john-hay","john-tyler-morgan","thomas-g-jones","charles-scribner"],"White House"],["1901-10-06","Talking patronage with Platt","Roosevelt sits down with Senator Thomas C. Platt to sort out federal patronage for New York City.",["thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-07","Picking a judge without Hanna","Roosevelt announces Thomas G. Jones as his choice for federal judge in Alabama, bypassing Mark Hanna. He confers again with Platt, wishes Seth Low luck in the mayor's race, and tells Sarah Leavitt he tries to raise his children as his own father raised him.",["thomas-g-jones","mark-hanna","thomas-c-platt","sarah-leavitt","theodore-roosevelt-sr","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-08","Southern patronage and Pan-American plans","Roosevelt confers with Henry C. Payne on appointments in the South and issues a statement on the Philippines. He sends John Hay instructions for the Pan-American conference and writes Governor Odell, William Sanger, and Mark Hanna.",["henry-c-payne","john-hay","benjamin-odell","william-cary-sanger","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-09","Delighted with the canal treaty","Roosevelt sees Senators Mason and Cullom and lunches with the New York Merchants Association's Secretary Mead. In a busy day of letters he tells Joseph Choate the Isthmian treaty delights him and thanks John Burroughs for looking after Ted.",["william-e-mason","shelby-m-cullom","mead","joseph-h-choate","grover-cleveland","john-burroughs","lyman-abbott","nicholas-murray-butler","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-17","Booker T. Washington at the President's table","A short overnight announcement reveals that Booker T. Washington dined with Roosevelt the evening before, the first Black guest at a White House dinner. Racist outrage erupts across the South. Roosevelt writes Douglas Robinson about his trust policy and the appointments fight.",["booker-t-washington","douglas-robinson"],"White House"],["1901-10-18","Pillow fights and a forest plan","Roosevelt tumbles on the bed first with Archie and Quentin and afterward with Kermit and Ethel. His nephew Sheffield Cowles turns three. He tells Gifford Pinchot he will put forest work under Agriculture rather than Interior.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-19","Mourning for McKinley ends","The official mourning period for McKinley closes. Roosevelt confers with Platt and Treasury Secretary Gage, names William D. Foulke to the Civil Service Commission, learns Ted has broken his collarbone, and turns down a Rough Rider bodyguard.",["thomas-c-platt","lyman-j-gage","william-dudley-foulke","john-harlow","william-mckinley","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-h-h-llewellyn","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-20","Sunday with Platt and Odell","Roosevelt meets with Senator Platt and Governor Odell, the two power brokers of New York Republican politics.",["thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-21","Off to Connecticut","Roosevelt leaves for Farmington, Connecticut. He writes David Starr Jordan about Hawaii and tells Seth Low where he will be on the eve of the city election.",["david-starr-jordan","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-22","Lunch at Farmington with senators","At the Cowles home in Farmington, Roosevelt lunches with Connecticut Senators Joseph Hawley and Orville H. Platt, then dines with Governor George McLean.",["joseph-r-hawley","orville-h-platt","william-sheffield-cowles","george-p-mclean"],"Farmington"],["1901-10-23","An honorary degree at Yale","Yale's 200th anniversary brings Roosevelt to New Haven to accept an honorary Doctor of Laws, followed by a reception, a banquet, and a speech. His daughter Alice comes along and finds herself seated beside Mark Twain.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","mark-twain"],"Yale University"],["1901-10-24","Unmoved by the critics","Back in Washington, Roosevelt writes Lucius Littauer that his dinner with Booker T. Washington was simply a gesture of respect for a man he admires, and that he treats Southern attacks with contempt.",["lucius-n-littauer","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-25","An international affair","After meeting Congressman Moody and Senators Wolcott and Pritchard, and a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt jokes to Philip Stewart that the quiet dinner with Booker T. Washington has gone global. J. C. Greenaway is a White House guest.",["jeter-c-pritchard","edward-o-wolcott","william-h-moody","john-c-greenway","benjamin-odell","seth-low","thomas-c-platt","philip-b-stewart","booker-t-washington"],"White House"],["1901-10-26","Promotion, on one condition","Roosevelt writes naval Lieutenant Percival Werlich about his promotion and asks him to promise to give up drink.",["percival-j-werlich"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-27","Forty-three and at work","Roosevelt turns 43 and spends his birthday drafting his first annual message to Congress.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-28","As often as I please","Roosevelt receives judges of the Court of Claims and lunches with Senator Nelson Aldrich. He tells Curtis Guild he will keep inviting Booker T. Washington, and writes Lodge about appointments and Senator Hale's opposition to a bigger Navy.",["nelson-aldrich","curtis-guild-jr","booker-t-washington","henry-cabot-lodge","eugene-hale"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-29","A post for the St. Louis fair","Roosevelt tells Senator Platt that Thomas Cridler has agreed to represent the planned St. Louis Exposition overseas.",["thomas-c-platt","thomas-w-cridler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-30","A day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-10-31","Edith takes charge of the household","Alice moves into the White House. Edith does away with the housekeeper's job and runs the house herself, hiring Belle Hagner as social secretary at $1,400 a year. Her days settle into a rhythm: breakfast with the family, mail and menus, afternoon rides with her husband in Rock Creek Park, and evenings with the children.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","isabella-hagner","john-ireland","patrick-w-riordan","w-p-cutting","john-w-yerkes"],"White House"],["1901-11-01","Dinner with Hay and James J. Hill","Roosevelt dines with John Hay and railroad builder James J. Hill. He tells Nicholas Murray Butler of four open Army second-lieutenant slots, asks Jacob Riis when he'll be in town, and tells Ted he hoped for better class standing.",["john-hay","james-j-hill","nicholas-murray-butler","jacob-riis","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-02","Keep the family out of print","After a conference with Senator Wolcott, Roosevelt writes William Chandler that he wants a stronger Navy, and asks Owen Wister to leave Edith and the children out of his writing about him.",["edward-o-wolcott","william-e-chandler","owen-wister"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-03","A macaw named Eli Yale","Roosevelt sends young Sarah Schuyler Butler an illustrated letter about Eli Yale, the big blue macaw kept in the conservatory as one of his children's pets.",["sarah-schuyler-butler"],"White House"],["1901-11-04","Heading home to vote","Roosevelt leaves Washington to cast his ballot in Oyster Bay, stopping in New York at his aunt's house on West 57th Street. He writes Philip Stewart about appointments.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-05","Election Day: Low wins New York","Roosevelt is in Oyster Bay on Election Day, when reformer Seth Low is chosen mayor of New York City.",["seth-low"],"Oyster Bay"],["1901-11-06","Lunch with Ambassador Choate","Back in Washington, Roosevelt meets Joseph Choate and lunches with Choate, Hay, Myron Herrick, and Major Webb Hayes. He tells William Allen White he is battling senators over Kansas patronage and quizzes Secretary Hitchcock on forest reserves.",["joseph-h-choate","john-hay","myron-t-herrick","webb-c-hayes","william-allen-white","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-07","Pushing Speck for Berlin's envoy","Roosevelt confers with Platt on New York patronage, writes Elihu Root about the friars' lands in the Philippines, and urges John Hay to see Speck von Sternberg named Germany's ambassador in Washington.",["thomas-c-platt","elihu-root","john-hay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-08","Standing by his principles","Roosevelt dines with Mark Hanna and John G. Milburn, and in letters to Albion Tourgée and another correspondent defends the Booker T. Washington dinner. He also writes Richard Welling about helping the Republican ticket.",["mark-hanna","john-g-milburn","albion-tourgee","ursee","booker-t-washington","richard-w-g-welling"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-09","Cavalry tactics and southern posts","Roosevelt talks patronage with J. G. Capers and finance bills with Senator Burrows, and receives Senator Quay and the British envoy, Lord Pauncefote. Letters go to William Frye, Speck von Sternberg, Archbishop Ireland and Booker T. Washington.",["john-g-capers","julius-c-burrows","julian-pauncefote","matthew-s-quay","william-p-frye","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-ireland","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-10","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activities are recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-11","Inviting Mr. Dooley to dinner","Roosevelt meets R. C. Morris and a National Business League delegation. He invites humorist Finley Peter Dunne, creator of Mr. Dooley, to dinner, thanks Russell Harrison for his late father's article, and writes Leonard Wood about Cuba's economy.",["r-c-morris","finley-peter-dunne","russell-harrison","benjamin-harrison","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-12","Cabinet, lunch and dinner","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt lunches with E. A. Bond, Senator James McMillan and Lucius Littauer, then dines with editor Paul Dana, the poet Bay Lodge and Charles Gleed.",["e-a-bond","james-mcmillan","lucius-n-littauer","paul-dana","george-cabot-lodge","charles-s-gleed"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-13","Fighting Platt over customs","Roosevelt meets Lemuel Quigg and talks Canadian reciprocity with Isidor Straus, then dines with Lodge and Spooner. He writes Governor Odell about his tussle with Platt over who will be customs collector in New York.",["lemuel-e-quigg","isidor-straus","henry-cabot-lodge","john-spooner","benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-14","Belmont and Abbott at dinner","Roosevelt lunches with J. N. Partridge, J. C. Davis and J. T. McDonough, dines with Lodge, August Belmont and Lyman Abbott, and writes William Allen White about appointments.",["john-t-mcdonough","j-c-davis","john-n-partridge","henry-cabot-lodge","august-belmont-jr","lyman-abbott","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-15","Mayor-elect Low stays over","Roosevelt lunches with Senators Hopkins and Lorimer and dines with Lodge, while New York's mayor-elect Seth Low spends the night at the White House. He writes Root on military posts and sends a letter to Senator Orville H. Platt, an ally on trusts.",["albert-j-hopkins","william-lorimer","henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low","elihu-root","orville-h-platt"],"White House"],["1901-11-16","Canal commissioners call","Roosevelt meets the canal commissioners and Nevada Stranahan, hosts a Cabinet dinner, and names Herbert Peirce Third Assistant Secretary of State. He tells Governor Odell he is glad Odell and Mayor-elect Low have come to terms.",["nevada-n-stranahan","herbert-h-d-peirce","benjamin-odell","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-17","Novelist Winston Churchill calls","Roosevelt lunches with J. W. Brock and receives Secretary Hitchcock and the American novelist Winston Churchill and his wife. Dinner guests are the Cowleses, Lodge, Peirce and J. H. Sears.",["j-w-brock","ethan-a-hitchcock","winston-churchill","henry-cabot-lodge","herbert-h-d-peirce","j-h-sears","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-18","Hay-Pauncefote Treaty signed","The United States and Britain sign the second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, clearing the way for an American canal across the isthmus. Roosevelt works on his annual message with Root and Speaker Henderson, receives Irish parliamentary leaders and the German ambassador, and spars by letter with Aldrich and Paul Dana over reciprocity and trusts.",["john-hay","julian-pauncefote","elihu-root","david-b-henderson","henry-y-satterlee","theodor-von-holleben","nelson-aldrich","paul-dana"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-19","Quentin turns four","On Quentin's fourth birthday, Roosevelt lunches with Robert Bridges, greets the Italian ambassador, and dines with the Roots, the Lodges and Finley Peter Dunne. He urges Seth Low to meet with Platt and tells Platt so.",["quentin-roosevelt","robert-bridges","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","finley-peter-dunne","seth-low","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-20","Lunch with Abner McKinley","Roosevelt lunches with the Woodruffs, the Cowleses, and Abner McKinley, brother of the late President.",["timothy-l-woodruff","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","abner-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-21","Meeting Allison and Governor Hunt","Roosevelt confers with Senator William Allison and Governor Hunt.",["william-b-allison","governor-hunt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-22","Down the Potomac on the Sylph","After a Cabinet meeting and lunch with Archbishop Michael Corrigan, Roosevelt boards the presidential yacht Sylph for a cruise toward Norfolk, Virginia, dining at Quantico.",["michael-a-corrigan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-23","Aboard the Sylph","Roosevelt spends the day on the presidential yacht Sylph.",[],"U.S.S. Sylph"],["1901-11-24","Back in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-25","Cubans plead for lower tariffs","On Bamie's sixth wedding anniversary, Roosevelt hears a Cuban delegation ask for tariff cuts, lunches with Aldrich, and writes Charles Gleed opposing St. Louis boss Richard Kerens.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","nelson-aldrich","charles-s-gleed","richard-c-kerens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-26","An evening of music","Roosevelt hosts an evening musicale with Senator Redfield Proctor, Lodge, Francis Leupp and others.",["redfield-proctor","henry-cabot-lodge","francis-e-leupp"],"White House"],["1901-11-27","Patronage letters","Roosevelt writes Joseph Bucklin Bishop about Philadelphia appointments and George Matthews about moving DeBarry out of Buffalo.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-matthews","debarry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-28","Thanksgiving at the White House","The Roosevelts keep Thanksgiving simple: turkey with all the trimmings and an evening together in the Red Parlor. Joining the family at table are the Lodges and Robinsons, along with Captain Davis and Brooks Adams.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","captain-davis","brooks-adams"],"White House"],["1901-11-29","Playing bear with the children","Roosevelt talks Cuban reciprocity with Leonard Wood and meets his Cabinet. He writes Alice, visiting the Lees in Boston, that he has been playing bear with the little ones, Quentin has a touch of asthma, he has been riding Bleistein, and Edith looks young and lovely.",["leonard-wood","alice-roosevelt-longworth","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-11-30","Army versus Navy in Philadelphia","Roosevelt cheers at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia with Secretaries Long and Root and George Cortelyou. He writes Henry Higginson that he backs the gold standard but will be flexible on currency, and his article on photographing wild animals runs in World's Work.",["john-d-long","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","henry-lee-higginson","william-rockhill-nelson"],"Philadelphia"],["1901-12-01","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-02","Fifteen years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 15th anniversary. They dine with the Woods, William Rockhill and the Cowleses, and he confers with Senator Orville H. Platt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","leonard-wood","william-w-rockhill","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","orville-h-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-03","First annual message to Congress","Roosevelt's first message to Congress goes up in printed form, some 30,000 words. It calls forest and water questions among the nation's most pressing internal problems; John Hay ranks it with Lincoln's writing for individuality. Lawmakers begin organizing a reclamation bill, and Roosevelt dines with congressional leaders.",["john-hay","david-b-henderson","william-b-allison","orville-h-platt","mark-hanna","stephen-b-elkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-04","Canal report favors Nicaragua","Roosevelt lunches with a large party including Seth Low, Chauncey Depew, Hay, Root, Knox and Choate, and sends Congress the Isthmian Canal Commission's report, which favors Nicaragua over Panama on cost.",["seth-low","chauncey-m-depew","john-spooner","william-p-frye","elihu-root","john-hay","philander-knox","joseph-h-choate"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-05","Patronage note to Stewart","Roosevelt writes his Colorado friend Philip Stewart about appointments.",["philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-06","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-07","Hay and Wood confer","Roosevelt confers with Secretary of State John Hay and General Leonard Wood.",["john-hay","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-08","Butler is a house guest","Nicholas Murray Butler stays at the White House, and Roosevelt confers with Henry C. Payne.",["nicholas-murray-butler","henry-c-payne"],"White House"],["1901-12-09","Wood again, then a reception","Roosevelt meets again with General Wood, lunches with Frederick Holls and H. S. New, and hosts a White House reception.",["leonard-wood","george-f-w-holls","harry-s-new"],"White House"],["1901-12-10","Civil service changes approved","Roosevelt dines with Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. Wolcott, General Young and J. R. Procter, and approves amendments to the civil service rules.",["samuel-b-m-young","john-r-procter","mrs-wolcott","mrs-hobson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-11","Beet sugar versus Cuba","Roosevelt hears Senator Burrows, beet sugar men and their lawyers on Cuban reciprocity, then confers with Speaker Henderson and Representatives Payne and Dalzell on pending bills. He writes Douglas Robinson about a buildings superintendent.",["julius-c-burrows","david-b-henderson","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-12","Navy gunnery on his mind","Roosevelt receives naval officers and senators, reviews the city's police and fire parade, and lunches with George Kennan. He writes Will Cowles about William Sims's reports on poor Navy marksmanship and tells Senator Mitchell he never promised him the Alaska collectorship.",["royal-b-bradford","francis-tiffany-bowles","arent-s-crowninshield","william-b-allison","nathan-b-scott","thomas-r-bard","george-c-perkins","george-kennan","benjamin-ide-wheeler","booker-t-washington","william-sheffield-cowles","john-h-mitchell","william-s-sims"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-13","Germany warns on Venezuela","Germany informs Roosevelt that it plans to use force against Venezuela over unpaid debts. He holds a Cabinet meeting and confers with Mark Hanna.",["mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-14","Strategy with senators","Roosevelt confers with Lodge, Hanna, Spooner and Ambassador Choate.",["henry-cabot-lodge","mark-hanna","john-spooner","joseph-h-choate"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-15","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-16","Senate ratifies the canal treaty","The Senate ratifies the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, with Britain yielding to America's wish to build an isthmian canal. Roosevelt also receives the court of inquiry's report on the Sampson-Schley dispute over credit for the 1898 victory at Santiago, which leans toward Sampson. He refuses Lyman Abbott's plea to bring the Filipino leader Aguinaldo to America",["william-t-sampson","winfield-scott-schley","lyman-abbott","emilio-aguinaldo"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-17","Readying the Navy near Puerto Rico","Roosevelt orders the Navy to prepare an operating base off Puerto Rico against the chance of sudden war. He names Henry C. Payne Postmaster General, while General Nelson Miles publicly sides with Admiral Schley. Letters go to Edward Everett Hale, Andrew White and Charles Gleed.",["thomas-c-platt","john-spooner","henry-c-payne","nelson-a-miles","winfield-scott-schley","edward-everett-hale","andrew-d-white","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","charles-s-gleed"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-18","Lunch with Carnegie","Roosevelt meets a delegation of the American Asiatic Society and lunches with Andrew Carnegie, Root, J. R. Sheffield and W. N. Cohen.",["elihu-root","andrew-carnegie","william-n-cohen","james-r-sheffield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-19","Congress breaks for the holidays","Roosevelt meets Hay, Beveridge, Foraker and other lawmakers as Congress adjourns for the holidays, and writes William Rainsford about appointments.",["john-hay","theodore-e-burton","albert-beveridge","joseph-b-foraker","thomas-kearns","john-dalzell","charles-f-joy","michael-e-driscoll","william-s-rainsford"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-20","Cabinet and Treasury talk","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt confers with Treasury Secretary Gage and Senators Hanna and Penrose.",["lyman-j-gage","mark-hanna","boies-penrose"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-21","General Miles rebuked","Roosevelt faces General Nelson Miles over his public comments on the Schley case, and he and Secretary Root reprimand him. He writes Robert Patterson about the episode.",["nelson-a-miles","elihu-root","robert-patterson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-22","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-23","Defending Payne's appointment","Roosevelt confers with Lodge, Hanna, Senator Warren and Joy, and lunches with Irish reformer Sir Horace Plunkett. He writes Charles R. Miller defending his choice of Henry Payne as Postmaster General.",["henry-cabot-lodge","mark-hanna","francis-e-warren","charles-f-joy","horace-plunkett","charles-r-miller","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-24","Christmas Eve with the Cowleses","Bob Ferguson is a White House guest and Chief Justice Fuller calls. Leslie Shaw is named Treasury Secretary. That evening Roosevelt and Edith go to a party at Bamie's and hang the children's stockings on the library mantel.",["melville-w-fuller","bob-ferguson","leslie-m-shaw","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"White House"],["1901-12-25","First White House Christmas","Twenty-six people sit down to Christmas dinner, then everyone dances in the East Room, Bob Ferguson among them. Roosevelt writes John Hay with sympathy on the death of their friend Clarence King.",["bob-ferguson","john-hay","clarence-king"],"White House"],["1901-12-26","The children sail on the Dolphin","Edith takes the children down the Potomac for three days on the presidential yacht Dolphin. Roosevelt dines with Root, Admiral Robley Evans and others, and thanks Mark Hanna for a note.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","clark","robley-d-evans","colonel-randolph","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-27","Cheering on William Sims","After lunch with Hay, Root and Knox, Roosevelt thanks Lieutenant William Sims for his counsel and urges him to keep challenging Navy orthodoxy. He also writes Admiral Henry Taylor about better gunnery.",["john-hay","elihu-root","philander-knox","william-s-sims","henry-c-taylor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-28","Dinner for two with Bishop","Wayne MacVeagh, Charles Francis Adams, Clarence Bowen and Senators Cullom and Mason call. Roosevelt tells John Hay he is dining alone with editor Joseph Bucklin Bishop and invites Hay to come.",["william-e-mason","shelby-m-cullom","clarence-w-bowen","charles-francis-adams-jr","wayne-macveagh","joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-29","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-30","Lodge and Spooner confer","Roosevelt meets with Senators Lodge and Spooner.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1901-12-31","Standing up to Platt","Roosevelt agrees to serve as a trustee of the new Carnegie Institution. He writes Brander Matthews candidly about the Sampson-Schley-Miles-Alger feud, and tells William Allen White that Platt, angry over White's article, asked him to bar White from the White House, and that he refused.",["andrew-carnegie","brander-matthews","william-allen-white","thomas-c-platt","arthur-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-01","New Year's reception","Roosevelt and Edith come down the grand staircase to Marine Band music and greet diplomats and the public in the Blue Room for the New Year's reception. Edith carries flowers so she can graciously skip the handshakes.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1902-01-02","Edith's first Cabinet dinner","A packed day of callers ends with Edith hosting her first Cabinet dinner: fifty guests who follow their hosts through the parlors to dinner. Roosevelt quits the copyright league, writes Foulke on civil service posts, and thanks Joseph Bishop for his help on the Philippines.",["william-b-ridgely","george-c-perkins","charles-h-dietrich","henry-y-arnett","charles-s-fairchild","francis-wilson","leslie-m-shaw","edith-kermit-roosevelt","robert-underwood-johnson","william-dudley-foulke","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1902-01-03","Alice makes her debut","Alice's debut ball fills the Blue Room at 10 p.m., with dancing in the East Room until 2 a.m. Beforehand Alice grumbles about the plans and wants to use the $500 the Lees give her to alter them, but Edith says no.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1902-01-04","Worried about Ted's football","Roosevelt confers with Hanna and Admiral Dewey and lunches with Leslie Shaw, three Rough Riders and others. He tells Endicott Peabody that Ted is second in his Groton class but worries that rough football, a smashed tooth and a broken collarbone may keep him off the field in college.",["mark-hanna","george-dewey","george-lipe","leslie-m-shaw","alford-w-cooley","edgar-s-wilson","endicott-peabody","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-05","Sunday lunch","Hugh Whitney and Constance Gardner join Roosevelt for lunch.",["constance-gardner","hugh-whitney"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-06","Admiral Schley calls","Roosevelt confers with Admiral Schley and a string of senators, sees August Belmont at six, and dines with the Cowleses, Dr. Presley Rixey and the Redfield Proctors.",["winfield-scott-schley","redfield-proctor","joseph-b-foraker","henry-m-teller","hernando-d-money","joseph-h-millard","william-r-merriam","august-belmont-jr","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","presley-m-rixey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-07","Weighing the Sampson-Schley case","Roosevelt studies the Sampson-Schley dispute, lunches with Robert Patterson, and hosts the diplomatic reception that evening.",["william-t-sampson","winfield-scott-schley","robert-patterson"],"White House"],["1902-01-08","Hearing from the Panama company","Roosevelt meets Platt, Admiral Walker, and Edouard Lampré, secretary general of the French Panama company, attends the Foraker wedding at noon, lunches with Foulke and James R. Garfield, and hosts a Cabinet dinner honoring Secretary Gage.",["thomas-c-platt","john-g-walker","edouard-lampre","joseph-b-foraker","william-dudley-foulke","james-r-garfield","boies-penrose","frank-s-black","william-sulzer","lyman-j-gage","henry-cabot-lodge","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-09","Labor leaders at lunch","Henry Payne succeeds Charles Emory Smith as Postmaster General. Roosevelt lunches with Knox and railroad labor leaders including Frank Sargent and E. E. Clark, hosts the diplomatic dinner, and tells Secretary Long he wants Army engineers, not naval officers, manning coastal forts.",["henry-c-payne","charles-emory-smith","philander-knox","frank-p-sargent","edgar-e-clark","patrick-h-morrissey","john-d-long","nevada-n-stranahan"],"White House"],["1902-01-10","Dinner with Hay and Brooks Adams","Roosevelt holds a Cabinet meeting, sees Senators Burrows, O. H. Platt and Wetmore, Commissioner MacFarland and Major Llewellyn, and ends the day dining with Brooks Adams and John Hay.",["julius-c-burrows","orville-h-platt","henry-b-f-macfarland","george-p-wetmore","william-h-h-llewellyn","john-hay","brooks-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-11","Straus to The Hague","Roosevelt receives senators and Speaker Henderson, meets the Chinese Exclusion Commission and Samuel Gompers, and dines at the Roots'. He tells Adolph Ochs that Oscar Straus is being named to The Hague tribunal.",["matthew-s-quay","william-dudley-foulke","theodore-e-burton","joseph-b-foraker","knute-nelson","david-b-henderson","samuel-gompers","wilkins","henry-c-taylor","charles-e-clark","elihu-root","adolph-ochs","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-12","Henry Adams comes to dinner","After a midday visit with Regis Post, Roosevelt dines with Henry Adams, the Lodges, Mrs. Selmes and John Hay. Adams later wrote a cutting account of the evening.",["regis-h-post","henry-adams","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","martha-flandrau-selmes","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-13","Postmaster General Smith hosts","Roosevelt confers with Gage, Crane and Choate, lunches with Horatio King, Moody and Smalley, and he and Edith are guests at a dinner given by Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith.",["lyman-j-gage","winthrop-murray-crane","joseph-h-choate","horatio-c-king","william-h-moody","george-w-smalley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-emory-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-14","Judicial reception","A morning of callers, including Senator Charles Fairbanks and Governor Winfield Durbin of Indiana, gives way to the judicial reception that night.",["charles-e-littlefield","james-neville","charles-w-fairbanks","winfield-t-durbin","ezekiel","richard-c-kerens","joseph-harris"],"White House"],["1902-01-15","Corcoran visit and a conservation huddle","Roosevelt meets Chief Justice Fuller, Francis Leupp and Platt, visits the Corcoran Gallery with Edith, and spends the evening with Congressman John Lacey, C. Hart Merriam, Dr. Palmer and Gifford Pinchot.",["melville-w-fuller","francis-e-leupp","thomas-c-platt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-f-lacey","c-hart-merriam","t-s-palmer","gifford-pinchot"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1902-01-16","Supreme Court dinner","Roosevelt sees Senator Pettus, Walter Emerson and Governor Bradley, and hosts the Supreme Court dinner. He tells Bellamy Storer that Stanton Sickles's posting to Madrid was a bad appointment and writes Andrew White about the Kaiser and Speck von Sternberg.",["edmund-w-pettus","walter-e-emerson","william-o-bradley","bellamy-storer","stanton-sickles","st-clair-mckelway","andrew-d-white","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"White House"],["1902-01-17","Governor Francis calls","Roosevelt's morning caller is former Missouri Governor David R. Francis.",["david-r-francis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-18","Canal commission swings to Panama","On Bamie's 47th birthday, Roosevelt hears Michigan beet sugar men opposed to Cuban reciprocity and receives the Walker Commission's revised report, now judging Panama the cheaper route. He and Edith dine with the Knoxes, and he jokes to Hay about Alice's words at the Kaiser's yacht christening.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-g-walker","edith-kermit-roosevelt","philander-knox","john-hay","prince-henry-of-prussia","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-19","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists no activities for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-20","Canal report goes to Congress","The Isthmian Canal Commission's report goes to Congress, and Roosevelt meets Admiral Robley Evans that evening.",["robley-d-evans"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-21","Cleveland backs Cuban reciprocity","Grover Cleveland publicly supports Roosevelt on Cuban reciprocity. After a Cabinet meeting and visits from Senators Clay, Allison, Spooner and Foraker, Roosevelt dines in honor of Senator and Mrs. Depew. He writes Hanna on appointments and the District commissioners about smoke pollution.",["alexander-s-clay","william-b-allison","john-spooner","joseph-b-foraker","chauncey-m-depew","henry-c-payne","wayne-macveagh","grover-cleveland","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-22","Planning a stag dinner for Prince Henry","Roosevelt receives Senator Clapp and others and, in two letters, warns Douglas Robinson against any stake in buying government property and talks over plans for a men's dinner for Prince Henry.",["moses-e-clapp","andrew-r-mcgill","james-wilson","john-a-t-hull","douglas-robinson","prince-henry-of-prussia"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-23","Congressional reception","Roosevelt lunches with John Hay, hosts the congressional reception, and asks George Carter to advise him on Hawaii's tangled politics.",["john-hay","george-r-carter"],"White House"],["1902-01-24","Tea and a Connecticut dinner","After a Cabinet meeting and lunch with Solomon Bethea and others, Edith holds an afternoon tea and the Roosevelts give a dinner for Governor George McLean of Connecticut.",["dickey","anne","solomon-h-bethea","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-p-mclean"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-25","Rangers in fact","Roosevelt confers with Platt, lunches with AP chief Melville Stone, and goes to the Gridiron Club dinner. Hay concludes a pact with Denmark covering the Danish West Indies, and Roosevelt tells Secretary Hitchcock that forest rangers must be real working rangers.",["thomas-c-platt","melville-e-stone","john-hay","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-26","Sunday dinner with Henry Adams","Roosevelt dines with the Lodges, Henry Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Wadsworth.",["henry-cabot-lodge","henry-adams","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-27","Boone and Crockett dinner","Roosevelt attends a Boone and Crockett Club dinner. Edith writes Cecil Spring-Rice a fond sketch of each of the six children, from pretty, level-headed Alice to clever little Quentin.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-28","German ambassador calls","German Ambassador Theodor von Holleben calls in the morning; the evening brings dinner and a musicale. Roosevelt writes George Carter about Hawaii's governorship.",["theodor-von-holleben","george-r-carter"],"White House"],["1902-01-29","Carnegie trustees at Hay's","Roosevelt lunches with Paul Morton, sees Gifford Pinchot, and dines at John Hay's with Abram Hewitt, William Howard Taft, Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root and the Carnegie fund trustees.",["paul-morton","beer","gifford-pinchot","john-hay","abram-s-hewitt","william-howard-taft","andrew-carnegie","elihu-root","george-r-carter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-01-30","Portrait sitting and Army-Navy reception","A photographer takes Roosevelt's picture in the morning. He confers with Governor Taft and Senators Quay and Penrose, hosts the Army-Navy reception, and writes Secretary Hitchcock about leases of Indian land in South Dakota.",["william-howard-taft","matthew-s-quay","boies-penrose","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"White House"],["1902-01-31","Gag order on officeholders","Roosevelt issues an executive order barring federal officeholders from lobbying on legislation. He holds a Cabinet meeting on Cuban reciprocity, sees Quay and Penrose and Generals MacArthur and Barry, and welcomes Fanny and Jim Parsons. Prince Henry's goodwill tour of America gets under way.",["matthew-s-quay","boies-penrose","colonel-herrick","arthur-macarthur","thomas-h-barry","frances-theodora-parsons","james-parsons","prince-henry-of-prussia"],"White House"],["1902-02-01","Shaw takes over the Treasury","Leslie Shaw succeeds Lyman Gage at the Treasury. Roosevelt receives Speaker Henderson, Francis Leupp and a string of other visitors, lunches with Johnstone, and he and Edith are dinner guests of Interior Secretary Hitchcock and his wife.",["leslie-m-shaw","lyman-j-gage","david-b-henderson","john-dalzell","j-b-tiffany","william-w-morrow","pillsbury","baker","francis-e-leupp","johnstone","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-02","Worked nearly to the limit","The ransom for missionary Ellen Stone is handed over to her kidnappers in Macedonia. Roosevelt writes Ted that a month of problems large and small has nearly worn him out, describes afternoon rides with Edith, Lodge and Root, and reports Kermit and Archie pelting passersby in the snow.",["ellen-m-stone","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Cathedral School"],["1902-02-03","Naval officers on the Schley case","Roosevelt hears naval officers Wainwright, Evans, Taylor and Clark on the Schley case, meets General Miles and Commissioner Foulke, and lunches with four captains. He asks Seth Low to put Douglas Robinson on Prince Henry's welcome committee and writes Choate about the coming coronation of Edward VII.",["richard-wainwright","robley-d-evans","henry-c-taylor","charles-e-clark","winfield-scott-schley","nelson-a-miles","william-dudley-foulke","seth-low","douglas-robinson","prince-henry-of-prussia","joseph-h-choate"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-04","Edith's card reception","Roosevelt confers on Cuban reciprocity and on the Schley case, holds a Cabinet meeting, and receives the National Industrial Association while Edith hosts an afternoon card reception. He writes Butler about Georgia patronage and race, and invites Senator Wolcott to the Prince Henry dinner.",["john-d-long","joseph-w-babcock","john-c-watson","e-p-hanna","edith-kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-murray-butler","edward-o-wolcott"],"White House"],["1902-02-05","Lunch with Richard Harding Davis","Roosevelt lunches with Elihu Root and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, receives Senators Platt, Clay and McLaurin and Representative Foss, and tells Philip Stewart he has raised the appointments question with Senator Wolcott.",["elihu-root","richard-harding-davis","thomas-c-platt","george-e-foss","alexander-s-clay","john-l-mclaurin","philip-b-stewart","edward-o-wolcott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-06","A wedding and a dinner for Taft","Roosevelt attends the wedding of Helen Hay and Payne Whitney, confers with Hanna, Gallinger, Lodge and Gifford Pinchot, and hosts a dinner for William Howard Taft, governor of the Philippines. Richard Harding Davis stays the night.",["helen-hay","payne-whitney","john-hay","mark-hanna","jacob-h-gallinger","henry-cabot-lodge","gifford-pinchot","richard-harding-davis","william-howard-taft","robley-d-evans"],"White House"],["1902-02-07","Civil service classifications","Roosevelt lunches with the Whitelaw Reids, George W. Perkins, Secretary Shaw and the Evanses, meets his Cabinet about how federal jobs are classified, and writes Benjamin Tracy about the Santiago dispute.",["robley-d-evans","leslie-m-shaw","george-perkins","whitelaw-reid","benjamin-f-tracy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-08","Off to Groton","Roosevelt meets Representative Hemenway, lunches with Wynne, Coolidge, West and Barry, and leaves for Groton, Massachusetts. A dinner Agriculture Secretary Wilson had planned for the Roosevelts is put off.",["james-a-hemenway","wynne","coolidge","west","barry","james-wilson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-09","Staying with the Gardiners","Roosevelt is in Groton, Massachusetts, as a guest of the W. H. Gardiner household.",["w-h-gardiner"],"Groton"],["1902-02-10","Still at Groton","Roosevelt remains in Groton. He had meant to travel to Charleston, South Carolina, around this time but dropped the trip.",[],"Groton"],["1902-02-11","In Groton","Roosevelt is in Groton, Massachusetts; no other activities are noted.",[],"Groton"],["1902-02-12","Alice turns 18","On Alice's 18th birthday, Roosevelt, still in Groton, visits with the Reverend Charles H. Parkhurst.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","charles-h-parkhurst"],"Groton"],["1902-02-13","Back to Washington","Roosevelt leaves Groton and returns to Washington.",[],"Groton"],["1902-02-14","Cabinet day","Roosevelt confers with Representatives Joy and Bartholdt and meets his Cabinet.",["charles-f-joy","richard-bartholdt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-15","Who escorts whom at the state dinner?","After breakfast with Hanna and Postmaster General Payne and talks with Senate leaders and the Speaker, Roosevelt signs the urgent deficiency appropriation. As Prince Henry sails from Germany, he asks John Hay, half in jest, how to seat everyone without bruising German pride.",["mark-hanna","henry-c-payne","orville-h-platt","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","david-b-henderson","prince-henry-of-prussia","elihu-root","john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-16","Ambassador Holleben calls","German Ambassador Theodor von Holleben calls on Roosevelt early in the afternoon.",["theodor-von-holleben"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-17","Praise for a whaling book","Roosevelt meets General Miles, talks the Schley case with Shaw and Representative Foss and railroad rules with Senator Elkins, and lunches with editor Paul Dana, whose son joins them. He praises Frank Bullen's whaling book and tells Seth Low he wishes he could host Prince Henry his own way, not by protocol.",["nelson-a-miles","leslie-m-shaw","george-e-foss","stephen-b-elkins","paul-dana","henry-c-payne","george-peck","frank-t-bullen","maria-longworth-storer","joseph-simon","seth-low","prince-henry-of-prussia"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-18","Sampson gets the credit","Roosevelt upholds the inquiry's verdict that Admiral Sampson, as overall commander, deserves credit for Santiago though Schley directed the fighting. He warns Root that Miles is angling for the Philippine command, threatening to expose Army abuses, and notes Miles led at Wounded Knee, where the treatment of Native Americans was far worse.",["william-t-sampson","winfield-scott-schley","elihu-root","nelson-a-miles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-19","Taking on Northern Securities","Roosevelt has Attorney General Knox announce a federal suit to break up the Northern Securities Company, the railroad holding company that Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb money built out of the Harriman and Hill lines; it will be filed at St. Paul in March. The Schley report is published. Ted falls ill with pneumonia at Groton and Edith hurries north to nurse him.",["philander-knox","j-pierpont-morgan","e-h-harriman","james-j-hill","winfield-scott-schley","william-r-merriam","albert-beveridge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","billings","a-h-wood","william-j-calhoun","william-sheffield-cowles","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-20","The trust suit hits the papers","Morning newspapers carry the Northern Securities suit. Roosevelt's callers include Attorney General Knox, railroad man James J. Hill himself, Board of Trade delegates, John Hay and Peru's vice president. He dines with David Starr Jordan.",["philander-knox","james-j-hill","john-hay","david-starr-jordan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-21","Railroad combinations","After a Cabinet meeting Roosevelt talks railroad combinations with George W. Perkins of the Morgan firm, then lunches with publisher George Haven Putnam and Secretary Root.",["george-perkins","george-haven-putnam","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-22","Morgan comes calling","J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller and Pennsylvania Railroad chief A. J. Cassatt are among Roosevelt's callers. He talks Cuban tariff cuts with House members. Ted is better and Edith comes home. Roosevelt refuses a marshal's post to Ben Daniels, once jailed for murder, and writes Long about Sampson at Santiago.",["charles-h-grosvenor","john-dalzell","charles-a-russell","j-pierpont-morgan","william-rockefeller","h-e-howland","lewis-cass-ledyard","alexander-j-cassatt","regis-h-post","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","benjamin-f-daniels","john-d-long","william-t-sampson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-23","Ellen Stone set free","Roosevelt calls at Secretary Root's home in the afternoon. In Macedonia, brigands release Ellen Stone, Mrs. Tsilka, and the baby Ellena, born to Mrs. Tsilka while they were held and given Miss Stone's name.",["elihu-root","ellen-m-stone","katerina-tsilka"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-24","Beer steins for the Kaiser's brother","Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, arrives at the White House. That evening Roosevelt gives him a stag dinner in the East Room, with beer served in steins, one bearing a joke inscription Roosevelt had added. In Cuba, electors choose Tomás Estrada Palma as president. At midnight the family leaves for New Jersey.",["prince-henry-of-prussia","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","benjamin-ide-wheeler","tomas-estrada-palma","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1902-02-25","Alice christens the Kaiser's yacht","At Shooter's Island off Jersey City, Roosevelt and Edith watch Alice launch the Meteor, the Kaiser's new yacht. Prince Henry presents her with a diamond bracelet from his brother, newspapers giddily pair her with the prince, and the nickname Princess Alice is born. Everyone lunches aboard the Hohenzollern before the Roosevelts head home.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","prince-henry-of-prussia","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-26","No warning needed","Booker T. Washington, Postmaster General Payne and Secretary Long are among Roosevelt's callers. He answers Herschel Jones's complaint about the surprise Northern Securities suit by saying no advance notice was required.",["henry-c-payne","booker-t-washington","john-d-long","herschel-v-jones"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-02-27","Dinner at the German Embassy","Roosevelt joins Prince Henry for a small, private dinner at the German Embassy.",["prince-henry-of-prussia"],"German Embassy"],["1902-02-28","Honoring McKinley; Alice stays home","Roosevelt attends Congress's memorial service for McKinley, lunches with Hanna, Fairbanks and others, and dines with Taft, while Edith receives 300 delegates of the Congress of Mothers. Amid press grumbling about American royalty, he tells Whitelaw Reid Alice should skip the coronation; instead she sails for Cuba with Harriet Blaine Beale to stay with the Woods.",["william-mckinley","henry-c-payne","mark-hanna","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-emory-smith","william-r-day","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","alice-roosevelt-longworth","harriet-blaine-beale","leonard-wood"],"U.S. Capitol"],["1902-03-01","Wisconsin lumbermen and a full day","In a crowded day, Roosevelt sees Commissioner Foulke, W. J. Calhoun, John Hay, William Rockhill and thirty Wisconsin lumbermen. He writes Hay about Alfred Moe's post in Honduras and Thomas Nast's in Guayaquil.",["william-dudley-foulke","william-j-calhoun","john-hay","william-w-rockhill","alfred-k-moe","thomas-nast"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-02","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-03","A ride in the rain with the prince","Roosevelt meets a delegation from the Charleston Exposition. He tells Whitelaw Reid he enjoyed Prince Henry's visit, above all a long horseback outing through the rain, and promises former Rough Rider Micah Jenkins a sword at Charleston.",["whitelaw-reid","prince-henry-of-prussia","micah-jenkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-04","Cuba and the census","The Cabinet takes up Cuba and a bill for a permanent Census Bureau, and Roosevelt lunches with Attorney General Knox.",["philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-05","Miles denied the Philippines","Roosevelt confers with Speaker Henderson and Representatives Payne and Cannon about the Cuban reciprocity bill, and lunches with Irving Scott. He backs Root's refusal to give General Miles command in the Philippines.",["david-b-henderson","joseph-cannon","sereno-e-payne","james-a-tawney","irving-m-scott","elihu-root","nelson-a-miles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-06","A permanent Census Bureau","After consulting Knox, Merriam, Foulke and Senator Proctor, Roosevelt signs the act creating a permanent Census Bureau. He hears California and Michigan lawmakers on tariff cuts, meets Root, and drafts a never-sent letter to Speck von Sternberg on Cuba, polo and Prince Henry.",["philander-knox","william-r-merriam","william-dudley-foulke","redfield-proctor","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","prince-henry-of-prussia"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-07","Miles's old scheme","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt discusses Brooklyn patronage with Platt, lunches with Judge Day and Witherbee, and sees Foulke and Senator Hoar. He tells Root that Miles had once floated a 1900 challenge to McKinley, with Roosevelt on his ticket.",["thomas-c-platt","william-r-day","witherbee","william-dudley-foulke","george-f-hoar","elihu-root","nelson-a-miles","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-08","Philippine tariff signed","Roosevelt signs the Philippine Tariff Bill after meeting Speaker Henderson and Payne, sees Hanna and Colombia's minister, who presents his recall, and lunches with Eugene Philbin. Edith goes to see Quality Street. A short note tells Speck von Sternberg that Berlin has given no sign of sending him.",["david-b-henderson","sereno-e-payne","mark-hanna","eugene-a-philbin","edith-kermit-roosevelt","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-09","Sunday of appointments","Roosevelt's Sunday is booked: Senator Hoar at one, Senator O. H. Platt, Representative Moody, dinner with Governor Odell, and reformer Josephine Shaw Lowell at nine.",["george-f-hoar","orville-h-platt","william-h-moody","benjamin-odell","josephine-shaw-lowell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-10","Long resigns from the Navy","Roosevelt talks Cuba with Payne and Grosvenor and gives a dinner for Governor Odell. He accepts Navy Secretary John D. Long's resignation with regret, and sends an Albany Sunday school teacher a favorite verse from Romans.",["sereno-e-payne","charles-h-grosvenor","benjamin-odell","john-d-long","skillicorn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-11","First veto","Roosevelt sends the Senate his first veto, rejecting a bill to clear a Civil War sailor's record of desertion. Two Boer envoys and a Mr. White call, and he lunches with C. C. Shayne.",["white","c-c-shayne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-12","An evening musicale","Roosevelt meets Moody, lunches with John G. Milburn, sees Representative Hepburn and Senator Penrose, and hosts a late musicale.",["william-h-moody","john-g-milburn","william-p-hepburn","boies-penrose"],"White House"],["1902-03-13","Visitors from Illinois","Roosevelt confers with Secretary Shaw, Payne, Commander Evans, and Illinois Governor Richard Yates and his wife.",["leslie-m-shaw","henry-c-payne","robley-d-evans","richard-yates"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-14","Cuban tariff and the Kershner case","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt discusses the Cuban tariff with Payne and Dalzell and the Kershner case with Representative Butler, lunches with John Davis, and dines with editor Albert Shaw.",["sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","nicholas-murray-butler","john-davis","albert-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-15","Russia's ambassador calls","Roosevelt lunches with Senator Beveridge, Edward Everett Hale and Knox, and meets Russian Ambassador Arthur Cassini. In two letters to Root he asks whether three officers can attend German army maneuvers, and says Army surgeons in the Philippines must keep their prostitution reports out of print.",["albert-beveridge","edward-everett-hale","philander-knox","arthur-cassini","nevada-n-stranahan","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-16","Sunday callers","William Dinwiddie and Israel Putnam call on Roosevelt early in the afternoon.",["william-dinwiddie","israel-putnam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-17","Colombia's new minister","Colombian Minister José Vicente Concha presents his credentials. Roosevelt lunches with Payne, Root, Leupp and several others.",["jose-vicente-concha","henry-c-payne","elihu-root","francis-e-leupp","whitmore","mackay-smith","cornelius-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-18","The Robinsons stay over","Roosevelt goes walking with Count von Arnim, dines with the Storers and General Frederick Funston, and has Douglas and Corinne Robinson as overnight guests. He writes Jacob Riis about the Powderly-McSweeney inquiry and the Danish islands governorship.",["count-von-arnim","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","frederick-funston","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","jacob-riis"],"White House"],["1902-03-19","Miles goes to the press","A Mr. White photographs Roosevelt in the morning. He meets Senator O. H. Platt on Indian Territory, lunches with Judge Hornblower, and tells Root that Miles has leaked his side of the dispute to the newspapers.",["white","orville-h-platt","william-b-hornblower","elihu-root","nelson-a-miles","william-howard-taft","adna-r-chaffee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-20","How he makes appointments","Roosevelt breakfasts with James R. Sheffield, lunches with Jacob Gould Schurman and Belford, meets Root, and explains his philosophy of appointments to Lyman Gage.",["james-r-sheffield","jacob-gould-schurman","john-l-belford","elihu-root","lyman-j-gage"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-21","Should Miles be removed?","The Cabinet weighs removing General Miles. Lawmakers including Foraker and Dalzell call, and Roosevelt lunches with Crimmins, Judge O'Brien and Dr. Dabney.",["nelson-a-miles","knute-nelson","theodore-e-burton","joseph-b-foraker","david-h-mercer","john-dalzell","ebenezer-j-hill","john-d-crimmins","judge-o-brien","charles-w-dabney"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-22","Fencing, and a Harvard degree","Roosevelt confers with Wood and Root on pulling U.S. troops out of Cuba and on Missouri patronage with Quay, Joy and Bartholdt, then goes to the Fencers' Club. Letters urge peace among Missouri factions, say he wants Miles gone, and tell President Eliot he will be in Cambridge to accept his honorary degree.",["leonard-wood","elihu-root","matthew-s-quay","charles-f-joy","richard-bartholdt","oswald-garrison-villard","charles-w-eliot","henry-c-payne","nelson-a-miles"],"Fencers' Club"],["1902-03-23","Cuba on a Sunday","Roosevelt confers with Payne and Root about Cuba.",["henry-c-payne","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-24","Miles is a perfect curse","Roosevelt meets Root, Leonard Wood, Cuba's president-elect Estrada Palma and House members on reciprocity, and lunches with McIlvane. To Hermann Kohlsaat he vents that Miles has hurt the Army for eight years.",["elihu-root","leonard-wood","tomas-estrada-palma","james-a-tawney","morris","smith","mcilvane","herman-h-kohlsaat","nelson-a-miles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-25","Wishing Edward Everett Hale well","Roosevelt meets Estrada Palma and holds a Cabinet meeting on Cuba. He writes Senator George Hoar that he wishes he could attend the celebration of Edward Everett Hale's 80th birthday.",["tomas-estrada-palma","george-f-hoar","edward-everett-hale"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-26","Late meeting with Platt and Aldrich","Roosevelt confers late in the evening with Senators Platt and Aldrich, and praises Donald Dickinson's note about Abram Hewitt.",["thomas-c-platt","nelson-aldrich","don-m-dickinson","abram-s-hewitt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-27","Cavalry to the Alaska border","Roosevelt sends 800 cavalry troopers to the Alaska-Canada border to hold key towns and ground should arbitration of the boundary dispute collapse. He talks with labor's Frank Morrison about a shorter-workday bill and keeping out Chinese laborers, and again endorses keeping Miles out of the Philippine command.",["frank-morrison","elihu-root","nelson-a-miles","leslie-m-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-28","Withdrawal from Cuba","The Cabinet discusses taking U.S. forces out of Cuba. Roosevelt sees Ridder and Hanna, lunches with Williams, Holls and Torrance, and receives Commander Evans and Colonel Kitson of the British Embassy. He tells Horace White that Lodge and Butler urged him to keep Powderly.",["herman-ridder","mark-hanna","williams","george-f-w-holls","torrance","robley-d-evans","gerald-kitson","horace-white","henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-29","Irrigation with western lawmakers","Roosevelt meets western congressmen about the irrigation bill and writes his old political mentor Joe Murray that he wants him at the New York Custom House.",["joseph-murray"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-30","Checking Murray's record","Roosevelt asks Joe Murray to send any evidence from past investigations or charges, so his record is spotless before the nomination.",["joseph-murray"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-03-31","The Deer Family published","The Deer Family comes out, the first book published by a sitting president. Roosevelt lunches with Dr. William Everett, receives Michigan teachers and others, and dines with his cousin James W. Roosevelt. The artist Cecilia Beaux paints Edith and Ethel together in the Red Parlor, though he dislikes the result.",["william-everett","francis-e-leupp","julius-c-burrows","charles-palmer","west-roosevelt","cecilia-beaux","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"White House"],["1902-04-01","A letter on Cecil Rhodes's passing","After a Cabinet meeting and talks with Hay, Beveridge and Knox, Roosevelt lunches with Wilkins, and he and Edith dine at the Hays'. He writes St. Clair McKelway on the Philippine friars and Albert Grey about Cecil Rhodes, who has just died.",["john-hay","albert-beveridge","philander-knox","wilkins","edith-kermit-roosevelt","st-clair-mckelway","albert-grey","cecil-rhodes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-02","Careful with Germany over borax","Roosevelt breakfasts with Joe Murray, meets the Irrigation Commission and Boston schoolteachers, and gives a dinner for Stranahan with New York legislators. He tells Agriculture Secretary Wilson to check with him before saying anything publicly about the borax dispute with Germany.",["joseph-murray","nevada-n-stranahan","timothy-e-ellsworth","higgins","hobart-krum","s-fred-nixon","james-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-03","Paderewski plays Chopin","Roosevelt lunches with banker Jacob Schiff. After dinner, Ignacy Jan Paderewski plays Chopin at a late musicale for the Roosevelts, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Lodges, Mrs. West Roosevelt and Senator Proctor.",["jacob-schiff","bliss","ignacy-jan-paderewski","edith-kermit-roosevelt","augustus-saint-gaudens","redfield-proctor","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1902-04-04","Breakfast with Perkins","Roosevelt breakfasts with George W. Perkins and visits with Senator Hanna.",["george-perkins","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-05","Dinner with Joe Bishop","Roosevelt breakfasts with Williams, lunches with Harry New, Sylvane Ferris of his Dakota days and others, confers with Senators Quay and Penrose, and dines with Joseph Bucklin Bishop.",["williams","harry-s-new","sylvane-ferris","noyes","becker","matthew-s-quay","boies-penrose","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-06","Lunch with Norton Goddard","Roosevelt lunches with Norton Goddard.",["frederick-norton-goddard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-07","South to Charleston","After morning meetings with Sylvane Ferris and Speaker Henderson, Roosevelt leaves in the afternoon for the Charleston Exposition, stopping at Charlottesville, Virginia.",["sylvane-ferris","david-b-henderson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-08","Touring Charleston harbor","In Charleston, Roosevelt tours the harbor aboard the Algonquin and attends a reception.",[],"Charleston"],["1902-04-09","Parade and speech in Charleston","Roosevelt rides in a parade and speaks in Charleston, then moves on to Summerville. At home, Archie turns eight.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Charleston"],["1902-04-10","Rolling home through the Carolinas","Roosevelt heads back to Washington from Summerville, with stops at Branchville and Chester, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.",[],"Summerville"],["1902-04-11","Dinner with Melville Stone","Back at work, Roosevelt meets his Cabinet, sees Senator Burton, and dines with Associated Press chief Melville Stone.",["joseph-r-burton","melville-e-stone"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-12","War taxes repealed","Roosevelt signs the repeal of the Spanish-American War revenue taxes. Callers include Senator Quarles, General Sickles and Mooswa author W. A. Fraser. He dines with Cassatt, Spooner and Knox, and tells George von Lengerke Meyer that King Edward will not read The Winning of the West, though he was given a copy.",["joseph-v-quarles","arch-b-riordan","daniel-e-sickles","w-a-fraser","alexander-j-cassatt","john-spooner","philander-knox","george-von-lengerke-meyer","edward-vii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-13","Hawaii's governor calls","Hawaii's Governor Sanford Dole and George Carter call on Roosevelt in the evening.",["sanford-b-dole","george-r-carter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-14","Helen Keller visits","Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell are among Roosevelt's callers. He lunches with Root, Villard, Leupp and Colonel Mills, talks Iowa patronage with Allison and Dolliver, and dines with John A. McCall. Historian James Ford Rhodes is an overnight guest.",["helen-keller","alexander-graham-bell","thomas-c-platt","alfred-b-kittredge","elihu-root","oswald-garrison-villard","francis-e-leupp","albert-l-mills","william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","john-a-mccall","james-ford-rhodes"],"White House"],["1902-04-15","Kill and burn","Word reaches Washington that General Jacob Smith ordered troops in the Philippines to kill and burn. General Chaffee is told to investigate the atrocity reports and Roosevelt orders a court of inquiry. The Cabinet also takes up Indian Territory posts, and he writes Hitchcock about a forest reserve in Alaska.",["jacob-h-smith","adna-r-chaffee","william-crozier","knute-nelson","walter-wellman","james-ford-rhodes","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-16","Lunch with Knox and Riis","Roosevelt has a full calendar of appointments and has Jacob Riis and the Attorney General to lunch.",["philander-knox","jacob-riis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-17","Gompers and Riis call","Roosevelt confers with five senators: Hoar, Hale, Platt, McComas and Allison. Jacob Riis, Samuel Gompers and Francis Leupp call, and he dines with Marvin Hughitt and Payne.",["william-b-allison","louis-e-mccomas","eugene-hale","george-f-hoar","thomas-c-platt","jacob-riis","samuel-gompers","francis-e-leupp","marvin-hughitt","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-18","To New York with Edith","After a Cabinet meeting and visits from the Sons of the Revolution, University of Michigan students and Senator Kean, Roosevelt leaves with Edith for New York City.",["john-kean","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-19","Butler becomes Columbia's president","In New York, Roosevelt breakfasts with Nicholas Murray Butler, sees the Robinsons, cousin Emlen Roosevelt and architect Charles McKim, and with Edith attends Butler's installation as president of Columbia University, followed by a dinner at Sherry's. Then it is back to Washington.",["nicholas-murray-butler","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","emlen-roosevelt","charles-f-mckim","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Columbia University"],["1902-04-20","Angry at a leaked dinner talk","Roosevelt meets W. C. Sanger and tells him he is reluctant to launch a campaign against the Moros. He writes George Eggleston in anger that his White House dinner remarks appeared in the New York Herald as an interview.",["william-cary-sanger","george-cary-eggleston"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-21","Dinner with Taft","Senators and congressmen including Beveridge, Warren and Aldrich call. Roosevelt lunches with McKim, the Newbolds and Mr. Knott, and dines with Taft.",["charles-h-grosvenor","albert-beveridge","francis-e-warren","thomas-kearns","nelson-aldrich","charles-f-mckim","newbold","knott","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-22","Sims and the gunnery problem","After a Cabinet meeting and talks with Littauer and Senator Foraker, Roosevelt lunches with Constance Lodge. He writes Admiral Henry Taylor about poor Navy gunnery as shown in William Sims's letters, and E. I. Bonner about Indian agents.",["lucius-n-littauer","joseph-b-foraker","constance-lodge","henry-c-taylor","william-s-sims","e-i-bonner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-23","A circuit judgeship","Roosevelt discusses a circuit judgeship with Platt and the customs service with Stranahan, lunches with Roche, Stranahan and George Peck, and thanks Joseph Bishop for an editorial.",["thomas-c-platt","nevada-n-stranahan","roche","george-peck","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-24","Edith is expecting","Roosevelt meets Platt, lunches with railroad man Charles S. Mellen, and he and Edith are dinner guests of Navy Secretary Long and his wife. Edith writes her sister Emily that she is pregnant again.",["thomas-c-platt","charles-s-mellen","john-d-long","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-25","Weighing canal routes","The Cabinet weighs Colombian against Nicaraguan canal routes. General Corbin and Sanger call, and Roosevelt lunches with Taft, John Hay, Burlingame and Cecil Spring-Rice. He asks Stranahan to talk with Braun of the Hungarian Republican Club on New York's East Side.",["henry-c-corbin","william-cary-sanger","william-howard-taft","cecil-spring-rice","john-hay","burlingame","nevada-n-stranahan","braun"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-26","Charleston's mayor at lunch","Representative Joseph Cannon calls. Roosevelt lunches with Charleston Mayor J. Adger Smyth, John C. Rose and Captain Crozier, and sees Senators Quarles and Spooner at nine.",["joseph-cannon","j-adger-smyth","john-c-rose","william-crozier","joseph-v-quarles","john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-27","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-28","Shopping for a second horse","Roosevelt signs the Legislative Appropriation Act, lunches with editor Richard Watson Gilder, and he and Edith dine with Agriculture Secretary Wilson and his wife. He asks Trumbull Cary about buying a second horse, The Philosopher, and tells Hanna that Bob liked the cartoon.",["richard-watson-gilder","james-wilson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","trumbull-cary","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-29","Chinese Exclusion Act signed","On Corinne's 20th wedding anniversary, the Senate confirms William H. Moody as Navy Secretary. The Cabinet discusses illegal fencing of public land, and Roosevelt signs the Chinese Exclusion bill. He tells Moody that Subic Bay is too sprawling for the Navy to hold as a base.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-04-30","Money to remake the White House","Congress votes over half a million dollars to renovate the White House under architect Charles McKim: a new office wing, guest rooms upstairs, a larger State Dining Room, Arthur's Tiffany screen gone, the greenhouses down. Roosevelt also meets Hanna and Payne, lunches with Root, and his article on blacktail deer appears in Outing.",["mark-hanna","henry-c-payne","elihu-root","colonel-treadwell","william-cary-sanger","charles-f-mckim"],"White House"],["1902-05-01","Moody takes the Navy","William H. Moody succeeds John D. Long as Navy Secretary. Roosevelt breakfasts with Curtis, talks with Hitchcock and Land Commissioner Binger Hermann about monopolies on public land, and confers with Allison, Littauer and Fairbanks.",["william-h-moody","john-d-long","curtis","ethan-a-hitchcock","binger-hermann","william-b-allison","lucius-n-littauer","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-02","This nation must win","Roosevelt hands out diplomas and speaks at the Naval Academy commencement in Annapolis, telling the graduates that if war ever comes the country must win and the Navy will decide it, so every patriotic American should want the fleet built up. He returns to Washington.",[],"U.S. Naval Academy"],["1902-05-03","A photo on a jumping horse","The Cabinet meets on illegal fencing of public land, and at noon Roosevelt is photographed on a jumping horse. He lunches with Smalley and Waller, meets the French ambassador, and dines with Henry Clay Frick and Knox. He assures Josephine Shaw Lowell he will work as hard as anyone to end cruelties in the Philippines.",["george-w-smalley","waller","henry-clay-frick","philander-knox","josephine-shaw-lowell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-04","Evening with the Roots and Taft","Secretary Root, Mrs. Root, their daughter and Judge Taft visit Roosevelt in the evening.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-05","Cuba's flag rises","Cuba's Congress opens and Cuban flags fly for the first time. On a busy day, Roosevelt names labor leader Frank Sargent to head the immigration service, sits for photographer Strohmeyer, and lunches with Curtis Guild. He warns James Clarkson about civil service law and writes Hamlin Garland on homesteading and fenced western land.",["frank-p-sargent","strohmeyer","curtis-guild-jr","james-s-clarkson","hamlin-garland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-06","Lunch with Grinnell and Merriam","After a Cabinet meeting and visits from Payne, Speaker Henderson and western lawmakers, Roosevelt lunches with naturalists George Bird Grinnell and C. Hart Merriam, then rides with General Young. He introduces London Times correspondent Smalley to Knox.",["henry-c-payne","david-b-henderson","alfred-b-kittredge","daniel","henry-s-boutell","frank-w-mondell","george-bird-grinnell","c-hart-merriam","samuel-b-m-young","philander-knox","george-w-smalley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-07","No sheep in Yellowstone","Roosevelt meets Gifford Pinchot and lunches with Root and Taft. He tells Secretary Hitchcock to keep sheep out of Yellowstone while letting cattle and horses graze, and argues with William Austin Wadsworth about Philippine atrocities.",["gifford-pinchot","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-austin-wadsworth","colonel-gardner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-08","Dinner with Moody and Garfield","Roosevelt receives a Maryland congressional delegation and Commander Evans, then dines with Lodge, James R. Garfield, Senator Kean, Secretary Moody and Ware.",["robley-d-evans","ware","william-h-moody","john-kean","james-r-garfield","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-09","Sampson's funeral; Edith falls ill","Roosevelt attends Admiral William Sampson's funeral and lunches with Governor Taft. Overnight Edith suffers another miscarriage and is confined to bed for twelve days. In letters he answers Massachusetts church protests over Philippine atrocities, asks Wood to show Bryan courtesy in Havana, and asks Root about an investigating commission.",["strohmeyer","william-t-sampson","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-lawrence","josephine-shaw-lowell","leonard-wood","william-jennings-bryan","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-10","Beef trust suit and a deadline for McKim","Attorney General Knox opens the government's case against the beef trust. Roosevelt talks over the Rathbone case with Senator Hanna, receives a visiting English textile commission, and has Owen Wister and John Hay to lunch. He tells architect Charles McKim that speed comes first: the new offices and the family's rooms must be ready by October 1. Word is spreading of the eruption of Mount Pelée, which wiped out Saint-Pierre on Martinique two days earlier.",["mark-hanna","estes-g-rathbone","owen-wister","john-hay","philander-knox","charles-f-mckim"],"White House"],["1902-05-11","Colonel Sawyer calls","Roosevelt has an appointment with Colonel Sawyer.",["colonel-sawyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-12","Anthracite miners strike","Some 140,000 anthracite miners in eastern Pennsylvania walk out; John Mitchell's union seeks recognition, while George Baer of the Reading railroad speaks for the owners. Roosevelt asks Congress for aid to Martinique, meets Root and the Speaker, and dines at the Lodges'. He notes that captions in The Deer Family got switched.",["john-mitchell","george-f-baer","elihu-root","david-b-henderson","miller","henry-cabot-lodge","harriott-curtis","william-j-youngs","caspar-whitney","elon-r-brown"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-13","Edith on the Sylph","Roosevelt confers with Platt and lunches with Bishop James Thoburn, while Edith passes a few hours on the presidential yacht Sylph. He writes supporter John Shafter about politics.",["thomas-c-platt","james-m-thoburn","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-shafter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-14","A cornerstone at Tenleytown","Senators Platt, Hanna, Penrose and Foraker call. In the afternoon Roosevelt travels to Tenleytown to lay the cornerstone of the McKinley Memorial Ohio College of Government.",["thomas-c-platt","mark-hanna","boies-penrose","joseph-b-foraker","william-mckinley"],"Tenleytown"],["1902-05-15","Sargent should paint a President","Roosevelt watches the high school cadets' annual drill and receives Charles Francis Adams. He writes Leonard Wood upholding Estes Rathbone's Cuban conviction despite Rathbone's friendship with Hanna, and tells Henry White that John Singer Sargent is the artist to paint a president.",["charles-francis-adams-jr","leonard-wood","estes-g-rathbone","mark-hanna","henry-white","john-singer-sargent"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-16","Meeting Ellen Stone","Roosevelt lunches with Charles Francis Adams and Commissioner Foulke and in the afternoon meets Ellen Stone, recently freed by her Macedonian captors. He dines with Senator Allison.",["william-b-allison","charles-francis-adams-jr","william-dudley-foulke","ellen-m-stone"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-17","Reburying General Rosecrans","Roosevelt goes to Arlington Cemetery to speak at the reburial of Civil War General William Rosecrans, then lunches with Charles Bonaparte, the Civil Service Commissioners and Knox.",["william-s-rosecrans","charles-bonaparte","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-18","A quiet day in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activities are recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-19","A playful note to Hay","Roosevelt writes John Hay a humorous letter about an appointment at Fort Erie.",["john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-20","Carnegie Hall speech on Cuba","After a Cabinet meeting Roosevelt takes the Pennsylvania Railroad to New York and speaks about Cuba at Carnegie Hall during a Central Presbyterian Church celebration of home missions, then returns to Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-21","Monument to the war of 1898","Roosevelt sees a string of senators, discusses a Court of Claims vacancy with Littauer, and lunches with Henry Chapman. At Arlington he speaks as a new monument to the war with Spain is unveiled and dines with Dana, Root, Knox, Lodge and Spooner. Edith is up and feeling much better.",["matthew-s-quay","john-spooner","albert-beveridge","moses-e-clapp","redfield-proctor","joseph-b-foraker","charles-f-joy","lucius-n-littauer","henry-chapman","edith-kermit-roosevelt","paul-dana","elihu-root","philander-knox","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-22","Crater Lake becomes a national park","Crater Lake National Park is established. A treaty with Mexico sets up a five-member panel, with members drawn from both nations and The Hague list, to settle the Pious Fund claims of California's Catholic Church. Roosevelt meets lawmakers on Indian appropriations and attends a dinner honoring Count Rochambeau.",["joseph-v-quarles","francis-m-cockrell","william-m-stewart","john-f-lacey","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-23","Aboard the French cruiser Gaulois","Roosevelt spends the day at Annapolis aboard the French cruiser Gaulois, lunching on board, then dines at the French Embassy in Washington with Secretary Moody and Admiral Dewey.",["william-h-moody","george-dewey"],"Annapolis"],["1902-05-24","Rochambeau statue; a dog that won't vote Democratic","Roosevelt watches the new Rochambeau statue unveiled across from the White House, with Alice standing in as hostess while Edith recovers. He tells Hermann Kohlsaat about Bozzie, a Milwaukee collie who barked Kermit's age, counted the crowd and made clear she would sooner die than vote for a Democrat.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","herman-h-kohlsaat","george-f-clason","kermit-roosevelt"],"Lafayette Square"],["1902-05-25","Trinity Church centennial","Roosevelt attends Trinity Church's 100th anniversary observance.",[],"Trinity Church"],["1902-05-26","Reviewing the Knights Templars","On a busy day Roosevelt lunches with R. W. Patterson, reviews Washington's Knights Templars from the White House North Portico, and dines with Senator Allison. Whitelaw Reid stays the night.",["robert-w-patterson","whitelaw-reid","william-b-allison"],"White House"],["1902-05-27","Defending his policies to Butler","Roosevelt meets Senators Aldrich, Scott and Beveridge, and writes Nicholas Murray Butler a defense of his course on reciprocity, tariffs and the Philippines.",["albert-beveridge","nathan-b-scott","nelson-aldrich","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-28","Farewell to Lord Pauncefote","Leonard Wood calls. At noon Roosevelt attends the funeral of British Ambassador Lord Pauncefote. His old friend Sir Michael Herbert, whom he called Mungo, is named the new ambassador.",["leonard-wood","julian-pauncefote","michael-herbert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-29","Personnel bill and tariffs","Senator Platt calls, and Roosevelt writes Eugene Hale on the Navy personnel bill and John C. Rose about lowering tariffs.",["thomas-c-platt","eugene-hale","john-c-rose"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-30","Memorial Day at Arlington","On Memorial Day at Arlington, Roosevelt addresses Philippine policy, promising to root out every act of brutality by American troops. He also condemns lynching of Black Americans in the South, angering many Southerners as the Washington dinner had.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-05-31","Saving the buffalo","Roosevelt meets Senators Aldrich, Dolliver and Allison. Congress funds protection of the American bison, and a government herd is started in Yellowstone. The White House menagerie now counts a terrier, a Chesapeake Bay dog, the macaw Eli Yale, a spotted rat named Jonathan, two kangaroo rats, a flying squirrel and Archie's pony Algonquin.",["william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","nelson-aldrich","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1902-06-01","Sunday evening with four senators","Roosevelt spends Sunday evening at the White House talking with four senators: Stewart, Clapp, Millard and Dietrich.",["william-m-stewart","moses-e-clapp","charles-h-dietrich","joseph-h-millard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-02","Rallying senators for Cuban reciprocity","Roosevelt gathers a large group of Republican leaders from both houses at night to push for a trade deal with Cuba, and writes Root to introduce Bishop Bienk of Puerto Rico.",["redfield-proctor","knute-nelson","robert-j-gamble","alfred-b-kittredge","orville-h-platt","mark-hanna","john-dalzell","william-b-allison","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","sereno-e-payne","joseph-w-babcock","john-a-t-hull","jesse-overstreet","elihu-root","bishop-bienk"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-03","Cabinet talks naval maneuvers","The Cabinet takes up planned naval exercises and the needs of the consular service. Roosevelt lunches with Senator Aldrich and dines with Leonard Wood and Lodge, then answers critics in a run of letters, including one standing by his Memorial Day comparison of Southern lynchings with abuses in the Philippines.",["nelson-aldrich","leonard-wood","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-wilson","silas-mcbee","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-04","Planning Kermit's path to Groton","Governor Van Sant of Minnesota is among the day's callers. Roosevelt writes Groton headmaster Endicott Peabody that Kermit will enter the school, with master Walter Hinchman coaching him at Sagamore Hill over the summer.",["samuel-r-van-sant","endicott-peabody","kermit-roosevelt","walter-hinchman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-05","Locomotive engineers and military surgeons","Roosevelt receives a delegation of railroad engineers in the morning and addresses the convention of the nation's military surgeons.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-06","Public buildings on the Cabinet agenda","The Cabinet discusses the Public Buildings Bill, C. S. Francis calls, and Roosevelt writes his old Rough Rider Alexander Brodie, now governor of Arizona Territory, about Treasury business and patronage.",["charles-s-francis","alexander-o-brodie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-07","A Kipling portrait comes to the White House","Roosevelt goes over Army appointments with Secretary Root, lunches with Commander Ware and Leonard Wood, and in the afternoon views a portrait of Rudyard Kipling delivered to the White House.",["elihu-root","commander-ware","leonard-wood","rudyard-kipling","matthew-s-quay"],"White House"],["1902-06-08","Jasmine and honeysuckle on the South Portico","Roosevelt confers with Wright about the anthracite coal strike. After dark he and Edith sit out on the South Portico, looking toward the Washington Monument with the scent of jasmine and honeysuckle in the air.",["carroll-d-wright","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1902-06-09","White House renovation begins","Work starts on rebuilding the White House. Edith takes Ethel, Kermit, Archie and Quentin aboard the Dolphin down the Potomac, bound for Sagamore Hill, while Roosevelt moves into a temporary home on Jackson Place and hosts senators and Leonard Wood for dinner. He tells Joel Chandler Harris the children have heard every one of his stories.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","john-spooner","orville-h-platt","joseph-b-foraker","leonard-wood","joel-chandler-harris"],"White House"],["1902-06-10","Cabinet, dinner, then off to West Point","After a Cabinet meeting and dinner with Knox, Payne, Moody and Hanna, Roosevelt heads for West Point. His letters say General Miles should have been removed long before, discuss an embassy for Bellamy Storer, push Cuban reciprocity with Spooner, and ask Root for capable Army chaplains.",["philander-knox","henry-c-payne","william-h-moody","mark-hanna","herman-h-kohlsaat","nelson-a-miles","maria-longworth-storer","bellamy-storer","john-spooner","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-11","Speaking at West Point as Sagamore opens","Roosevelt gives a speech at West Point. On Long Island, Edith notes in the guest book that she has opened Sagamore Hill for the season; the season's first visitors are Mrs. Clifford Richardson and John R. Procter.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-r-procter","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"West Point"],["1902-06-12","Back to Washington from West Point","Roosevelt returns to the capital in the afternoon and takes up with Senator Platt the charge that Leonard Wood spent Cuban money to circulate pro-reciprocity literature.",["thomas-c-platt","leonard-wood"],"West Point"],["1902-06-13","Special message on Cuban reciprocity","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message urging a trade bill for Cuba right away. He talks with Hepburn about a new Department of Commerce, dines with George Perkins, and asks Joe Cannon not to fight the irrigation bill in the House.",["william-p-hepburn","george-perkins","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-14","Breakfast at Hanna's, dinner with McKim","Roosevelt breakfasts at Senator Hanna's with Root and Payne, meets again with Hepburn, and dines with architect Charles McKim, Root and Littauer. He writes Dewey that the admiral will lead the fleet exercises in the fall.",["mark-hanna","elihu-root","henry-c-payne","william-p-hepburn","charles-f-mckim","lucius-n-littauer","charles-miller","welch","george-dewey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-15","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-16","General Smith retired after inquiry","A court of inquiry has found General Jacob Smith guilty over his conduct in the Philippines, and Roosevelt orders him retired. He meets Booker T. Washington at noon about appointments in the South, receives Cuban Minister Quesada, and cheers Woodrow Wilson's election as Princeton's president in a letter to Cleveland Dodge.",["jacob-h-smith","booker-t-washington","gonzalo-de-quesada","elihu-root","leonard-wood","joseph-b-foraker","cleveland-h-dodge","woodrow-wilson","george-f-hoar"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-17","Signing the Reclamation Act","Roosevelt signs the Newlands Act, which puts money from public land sales in 16 Western states into a fund for irrigating the dry West. He dines with Lodge, Root and Colonel Johnson, and writes Grover Cleveland in praise of Woodrow Wilson.",["henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","colonel-johnson","grover-cleveland","woodrow-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","josephine-shaw-lowell","rebecca-taylor","morris-k-jesup"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-18","Visits from the French ambassador and Butler","Leonard Wood is staying with Roosevelt. He sees the French ambassador in the morning and has Nicholas Murray Butler, John Hay and Hill to dinner; Butler stays overnight.",["leonard-wood","french-ambassador","nicholas-murray-butler","john-hay","hill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-19","Senate picks Panama for the canal","The Senate votes for a Panama route and authorizes buying the canal rights from Colombia, which then held the isthmus. Roosevelt sits for photographer Prince in the morning, lunches with architect McKim, and has Moody, Hale, Lodge, Spooner and Knox to dinner.",["mr-prince","charles-f-mckim","philander-knox","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge","eugene-hale","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-20","Reciprocity stalls in the Senate","Over breakfast with William Williams and in two letters to Joe Bishop, Roosevelt takes stock: senators are fighting Cuban reciprocity hard, and if it fails now he will bring it back next session.",["william-williams","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-21","Canal talk with Hepburn","Roosevelt goes over canal business with Congressman Hepburn and receives the Swiss minister. His Dakota friend Bob Ferguson signs the guest book.",["william-p-hepburn","bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-22","Lunch with Hay, canal talk with Morgan","Roosevelt lunches with Secretary of State John Hay and spends the evening talking canal matters with Senator John T. Morgan.",["john-hay","john-tyler-morgan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-23","Maryland feuds and canal bills","Roosevelt hears Representative Mudd on Republican quarrels in Maryland, talks canal legislation again with Morgan, and dines with Navy Secretary Moody. Letters go to Hitchcock about rations being cut off on Indian reservations and to Governor Odell about the concessionaires removed from Ellis Island.",["sydney-e-mudd","john-tyler-morgan","william-h-moody","ethan-a-hitchcock","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-24","Senators call, then north to Harvard","After a Cabinet meeting and visits from seven senators, among them Platt, Beveridge and Spooner, Roosevelt leaves late in the afternoon for Boston and Cambridge.",["thomas-c-platt","louis-e-mccomas","albert-beveridge","john-spooner","joseph-c-s-blackburn","joseph-r-burton","nathan-b-scott","lewis-clarke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-25","An honorary degree from Harvard","Harvard gives Roosevelt an honorary Doctor of Laws at Commencement. At the alumni dinner he tells graduates a college education confers no special rank, only a heavier duty to live well, and he credits Leonard Wood, Root and Taft. He then leaves for New London.",["leonard-wood","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Harvard University"],["1902-06-26","Watching Harvard row against Yale","Roosevelt takes in the Harvard-Yale boat race at New London, then heads back to Washington.",[],"New London"],["1902-06-27","The friars' lands question","The Cabinet takes up the lands held by religious orders in the Philippines, and Roosevelt dines with the Lodges. Miss Alice Harder signs the guest book.",["henry-cabot-lodge","alice-harder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-28","Spooner Act signed for a Panama canal","Roosevelt meets Admiral Walker and signs the Spooner Act, letting him buy canal rights across Panama from the French company and Colombia for no more than $40 million. He tells Senator Platt the coming Caribbean fleet maneuvers, the Navy's first, were his own idea.",["john-g-walker","thomas-c-platt","charles-h-grosvenor","joseph-jones","john-hay","albert-b-cummins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-29","Unveiling a McKinley tablet","Roosevelt breakfasts and dines at Senator Hanna's house, attends the late-morning unveiling of a memorial tablet to McKinley, and lunches with Senator Beveridge and Philip Stewart.",["mark-hanna","william-mckinley","albert-beveridge","philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-06-30","A full day as the canal news breaks","Roosevelt meets Admiral Walker while newspapers report his signing of the canal bill, then has Knox, Garfield, Lodge and Spooner to dinner. In Oyster Bay, Kermit's tutor Walter Hinchman settles in for the summer.",["john-g-walker","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge","james-r-garfield","philander-knox","walter-hinchman","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-07-01","Congress adjourns with a flurry of signatures","Roosevelt signs a stack of bills, among them the Philippine Civil Government Act and the naval budget, as Congress goes home. He lays a church cornerstone in the afternoon and writes Hay that the canal will be the greatest achievement of his presidency.",["joseph-cannon","albert-j-hopkins","theodor-von-holleben","george-kennan","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-07-02","Sulphur Springs becomes a national monument","Roosevelt proclaims Sulphur Springs in Indian Territory, today's Oklahoma, a national monument. He works on a Philippine amnesty with Root, lunches with a group of cabinet members and senators, and tells Hitchcock the irrigation program is of the first importance.",["elihu-root","john-g-walker","john-hay","philander-knox","henry-c-payne","mark-hanna","william-b-allison","warfield","william-p-hepburn","james-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","francis-g-newlands"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-07-03","Off to Pittsburgh with Knox","After lunch with Root, Butler, Spooner and McLaurin, Roosevelt leaves for Pittsburgh with Attorney General Knox. Bob Ferguson is again in the guest book.",["john-spooner","john-l-mclaurin","elihu-root","nicholas-murray-butler","philander-knox","bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-07-04","Fourth of July in Pittsburgh","Roosevelt gives an Independence Day speech in Schenley Park, lunches with Henry Clay Frick, joins a dinner in Knox's honor at the Schenley Hotel, and boards a train for Oyster Bay.",["henry-clay-frick","philander-knox"],"Pittsburg"],["1902-07-05","Home to Oyster Bay for the summer","Roosevelt's train pulls into Oyster Bay in the rain. Waiting are his secretaries Loeb and Cortelyou, Ted on horseback, and three more children, Ethel, Kermit and Archie, riding in the surrey.",["william-loeb","george-cortelyou","theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-06","Oyster Bay turns into the Summer White House","Reporters pour into Oyster Bay as Sagamore Hill takes on its role as the Summer White House, complete with a telephone, number 67, that Edith did not want. The family goes to Christ Church with Aunt Emily and Bob Ferguson. Archie's Boston bull pup Bozzie dies and is laid to rest in the family pet graveyard; his brother is sent for from Chicago.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","bob-ferguson","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-07","A morning on the bumpy home tennis court","Cortelyou and Loeb set up the executive office in two rooms over the Oyster Bay Bank. Roosevelt plays tennis with the children all morning on the bumpy dirt court in the hollow below the house, where burrowing animals and low branches call for house rules. The Secret Service turns away its first crank, and fireworks light up the evening.",["george-cortelyou","william-loeb"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-08","Lunch with Montague White","Roosevelt lunches with Montague White and writes Governor Odell about a Brooklyn Navy Yard job, adding that he would like a meeting with E. H. Harriman. He also complains to Payne about newspaper falsehoods.",["montague-white","benjamin-odell","e-h-harriman","henry-c-payne","herschel-v-jones"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-10","Holding firm on the Alaska boundary","Roosevelt writes Hay that Canada's bid to send the Alaska boundary dispute to The Hague comes close to blackmail, that Britain must be held firmly to account, and that the United States will give up no territory.",["john-hay","charles-miller","welch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-11","Church estates in the Philippines","Stranahan, W. B. Parsons and Senator McLaurin call at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt discusses the Philippine friars' estates with Father Malone.",["nevada-n-stranahan","william-barclay-parsons","john-l-mclaurin","father-malone"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-12","Root and Father Donovan on church lands","Root visits Sagamore Hill to discuss the friars' lands with Father Donovan, and Dr. Alexander Lambert is a guest. Roosevelt tells Root he wants turned-down collars, not stand-up ones, on Army field uniforms.",["elihu-root","father-donovan","alexander-lambert","eugene-a-philbin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-13","Canal and church lands with Root and Spooner","Roosevelt continues the friars' lands talks with Root and reviews the canal plans with Root and Spooner.",["elihu-root","john-spooner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-14","Inspecting the Mayflower","Roosevelt looks over the presidential yacht Mayflower, one of three government vessels at his disposal, with Root and Dr. Lambert. Architect Charles McKim, who is directing the White House rebuilding, comes for lunch.",["elihu-root","alexander-lambert","charles-f-mckim","john-hay","theodore-a-bingham"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-15","Dinner with St. Clair McKelway","Roosevelt dines with Brooklyn Eagle editor St. Clair McKelway, who is entered in the guest book.",["st-clair-mckelway"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-16","Troops for Alaskan border towns","Robert Munn stays overnight at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Hay about posting soldiers to towns along the Alaska border for police work, and writes Eugene Philbin about Catholic representation on the Philippine Commission and the church lands.",["robert-munn","john-hay","eugene-a-philbin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-17","Urging Hay to take a real rest","Roosevelt lunches with Hawley, Colonel Bingham, Charles Carroll, Regis Post and Caspar Whitney, and talks Cuban reciprocity with Hawley. Nellie Tyler and Lucius Littauer sign the guest book. He tells John Hay, for heaven's sake, to get some genuine rest.",["r-b-hawley","theodore-a-bingham","charles-carroll","regis-h-post","caspar-whitney","nellie-tyler","lucius-n-littauer","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-18","A family picnic","The Roosevelts go on a picnic together. Edith's secretary, Belle Hagner, is a guest.",["isabella-hagner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-19","Lunch with Seth Low and New Yorkers","Roosevelt has New York Mayor Seth Low to lunch along with Crimmins, Elsberg, Kean and more. He writes Baron Speck von Sternberg about the Indian army, the Philippines and General Smith, and thanks Wilbur Wakeman for backing reciprocity.",["seth-low","john-kean","nathaniel-a-elsberg","john-d-crimmins","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jacob-h-smith","wilbur-f-wakeman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-20","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-21","Bamie and Will Cowles come to stay","Roosevelt talks with Hepburn about the canal and about who should replace Tichenor as general appraiser in New York, and sees H. S. Bliss late that evening. His sister Bamie and her husband Will Cowles arrive, along with Miss Helen Roosevelt.",["william-p-hepburn","tichenor","h-s-bliss","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","helen-rebecca-roosevelt","john-jenkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-22","Praising Hay's life of Lincoln","Roosevelt meets Frederick Gibbs about state elections over lunch, and Mrs. Clifford Richardson visits again. He writes Simon Wolf about Jews in Romania and Russia, and tells Hay he has been reading the Lincoln biography Hay wrote with John Nicolay and admires it.",["frederick-s-gibbs","mrs-clifford-richardson","simon-wolf","john-hay","john-g-nicolay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-23","Trusts and tariffs with Schurman","Nicholas Murray Butler and G. E. Graham call. Roosevelt goes over trusts and island tariff rates with Jacob Gould Schurman, lunches with Captain Goddard, Schurman, Graham and Butler, and dines with Leonard Wood and Butler.",["nicholas-murray-butler","g-e-graham","jacob-gould-schurman","captain-goddard","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-24","Speaking at the Sea Girt encampment","Roosevelt travels to Sea Girt, New Jersey, to address the 2nd Regiment at its camp, is received by Governor Murphy, and spends time on Senator Kean's yacht.",["franklin-murphy","john-kean"],"Sea Girt"],["1902-07-25","Holmes chosen for the Supreme Court","Justice Gray has resigned, and Roosevelt writes Senator Hoar that he will name Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts in his place. Visitors include Meyer and Albert Shaw; Dr. Lambert, Treasury Secretary Shaw, painter Cecilia Beaux and Grace Potter are guests. He tells Speaker Reed he can only pass through Maine, not stay.",["meyer","albert-shaw","alexander-lambert","leslie-m-shaw","cecilia-beaux","grace-howard-potter","george-f-hoar","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","horace-gray","thomas-b-reed"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-26","A day of New York callers","Roosevelt lunches with Knox, Spooner, William Byrne and New York's attorney general, Davies, dines with Eugene Philbin, Father Belford and F. C. Travis, and at nine sees Commodore Swan and Colonel Vrooman.",["john-c-davies","william-byrne","philander-knox","john-spooner","eugene-a-philbin","john-l-belford","f-c-travis","commodore-swan","colonel-vrooman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-27","Moody comes calling","Navy Secretary Moody calls and is listed as a guest; Roosevelt has Mr. Perkins and Cushing Stetson to lunch.",["william-h-moody","cushing-stetson","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-28","Lunch aboard the Mayflower","Roosevelt lunches on the Mayflower and sees Colonel Hood at nine that evening.",["colonel-hood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-29","Rowing the Sound with Edith","Roosevelt spends the whole day with Edith on a long row and picnic down Long Island Sound and back. Sheffield, Garfield, Butler and Dr. Alderman come to dinner and stay the night.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-r-sheffield","james-r-garfield","nicholas-murray-butler","edwin-a-alderman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-30","New York politics with Platt","Roosevelt discusses New York State politics with Senator Platt and Colonel George Dunn while his overnight guests are still in the house. He writes Hoar again about Holmes and complains to Paul Dana that the Sun's man at Oyster Bay is making up stories about the family.",["thomas-c-platt","george-w-dunn","nicholas-murray-butler","edwin-a-alderman","james-r-garfield","james-r-sheffield","george-f-hoar","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","john-r-procter","paul-dana"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-07-31","Edith dodges a Grand Duke","Roosevelt lunches with Governor William Hunt of Puerto Rico, Adolph Ochs, Postmaster General Payne and others; Winthrop Chanler visits. He warns Taft that Catholic critics are stirring trouble over his mission to Rome and reports that the boys fill their days with rifle practice, tennis, riding, rowing and swimming. When Russian Grand Duke Boris visits, Edith arranges a lunch elsewhere to avoid receiving a man of notorious reputation.",["william-h-hunt","harlan","adolph-ochs","henry-c-payne","george-r-sheldon","stanford-newel","winthrop-chanler","william-howard-taft","john-crane","grand-duke-boris-vladimirovich","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-01","Working on tariff revision","Roosevelt spends the day at Sagamore Hill on tariff revision.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-02","A crowded lunch table","Roosevelt's lunch guests include editor George Harvey, Silas McBee, Edward Kent, Wakeman, a Mr. Cowles, Charles Nugel and Bishop Duducy.",["silas-mcbee","bishop-duducy","mr-cowles","charles-nugel","edward-kent","wilbur-f-wakeman","george-harvey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-03","Joe Bishop visits","Joseph Bucklin Bishop is a guest, and D. Leroy Dresser calls at nine in the evening.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","d-leroy-dresser"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-04","Archbishop Ryan and Pinchot to lunch","Roosevelt talks with Archbishop Ryan about the friars' lands, then lunches with the Whitelaw Reids, the Elbridge Gerrys, the Archbishop and Gifford Pinchot, discussing Pinchot's planned trip to the Philippines. He urges Moody to give prizes for good gunnery on big naval guns.",["patrick-j-ryan","whitelaw-reid","elbridge-t-gerry","gifford-pinchot","william-h-moody"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-05","Off on the Sylph with Edith","Late in the afternoon Roosevelt and Edith leave on the Sylph for Gardiner's Bay. He accepts Andrew White's resignation as ambassador, tells Hay that Charlemagne Tower will go to Berlin, and writes Philip Stewart about Colorado posts and his dislike of Senator Teller.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","philip-b-stewart","henry-m-teller","andrew-d-white","john-hay","charlemagne-tower"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-06","Target practice on Edith's birthday","On Edith's 41st birthday, she and Roosevelt watch Navy gunnery practice from the Mayflower in Gardiner's Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Gardiner's Bay"],["1902-08-07","Cattle lands and congressmen","Back home, Roosevelt receives Senator O. H. Platt and a group of congressmen and talks over Western cattle ranges with Philip Stewart. Architect Grant La Farge arrives that afternoon. He tells Hay he had promised Berlin to Storer but now wants Tower, and asks Albert Gleaves to sharpen the Mayflower's gunnery.",["orville-h-platt","james-s-sherman","lucius-n-littauer","jesse-overstreet","james-s-clarkson","philips","clark","laughlin","philip-b-stewart","c-grant-la-farge","john-hay","bellamy-storer","charlemagne-tower","albert-gleaves"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-08","Knox and the Pacific cable contract","Roosevelt reviews the Pacific cable firm's government contract with Attorney General Knox, then lunches with Knox, his cousin Christine Roosevelt, McCullough and Lieutenant Dick.",["philander-knox","mccullough","lieutenant-dick","christine-kean-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-09","Letters on New York and an Army promotion","Roosevelt writes Senator Platt about a New York political quarrel, and tells Senator Quay that promoting Hugh Scott all the way to general from captain is too much.",["thomas-c-platt","matthew-s-quay","hugh-l-scott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-10","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing further is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-11","Holmes named to the Supreme Court","Roosevelt puts Oliver Wendell Holmes on the nation's highest court and writes Senator Hoar that he will announce it. Charles McKim calls to see Edith about the White House work, and Roosevelt lunches with China's Prince Tsai Chen and Senator Burrows.",["charles-f-mckim","edith-kermit-roosevelt","prince-tsai-chen","pierce","julius-c-burrows","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","george-f-hoar","eli-hammond","luke-e-wright"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-12","Thanks to Butler on the friar question","Roosevelt lunches with William R. Grace; Bob Ferguson and Joseph Wilmer are guests. He thanks Nicholas Murray Butler for his help with the friars and writes him about the tariff.",["william-r-grace","bob-ferguson","joseph-wilmer","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-13","Ethel turns eleven","It is Ethel's 11th birthday. Roosevelt confers in the morning with J. M. Bliss and Albert Washburn about the New York appraiser post, and in the afternoon Gifford Pinchot and Grant La Farge arrive to spend the night.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","albert-washburn","j-m-bliss","gifford-pinchot","c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-14","Odell to lunch; Fuller approves of Holmes","Roosevelt confers and lunches with Governor Odell while Grant La Farge and Pinchot are still guests. He defends his trust policy, along with Knox and Root, in a letter to Frederick Goddard, and writes Chief Justice Fuller, who likes the Holmes choice.",["benjamin-odell","c-grant-la-farge","gifford-pinchot","frederick-norton-goddard","melville-w-fuller","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-15","Generals, a governor and Jacob Riis","Generals Corbin and Young, Governor Francis, Jacob Riis and several others come for lunch, and Albert Shaw stays for dinner. Roosevelt asks Hay whether it is true that Vienna would balk at a Catholic ambassador such as Bellamy Storer.",["henry-c-corbin","samuel-b-m-young","henry-loomis-nelson","david-r-francis","jacob-riis","h-warren","william-j-youngs","r-morris","albert-shaw","clifford-richardson","bob-ferguson","john-hay","bellamy-storer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-16","Bishop O'Gorman to dinner","Bishop Thomas O'Gorman dines at Sagamore Hill.",["thomas-o-gorman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-17","The Rixeys visit","Roosevelt confers with Dr. Presley Rixey, the White House physician, who visits with his wife.",["presley-m-rixey","emily-rixey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-18","Planning the fall congressional races","Roosevelt has Major John Crane and F. C. Travers to lunch, then confers and dines with Congressmen Hull, Babcock and Overstreet on the state campaigns. He writes Senator Foraker, no friend of Storer, about the Berlin post.",["frank-travers","john-crane","john-a-t-hull","joseph-w-babcock","jesse-overstreet","joseph-b-foraker","bellamy-storer","lucius-n-littauer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-19","Assuring Holmes of easy confirmation","Roosevelt tells Oliver Wendell Holmes he expects not one vote against him in the Senate. He also writes Governor Odell about Harriman and the trusts, and Massachusetts Governor Crane about campaign money.",["oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","benjamin-odell","e-h-harriman","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-20","Setting the record straight on irrigation","Albert Shaw and Frederick Holls call and stay for lunch with Lyon, and Grant La Farge is a guest. Roosevelt again tells Charles Lummis that Newlands had no part in getting the irrigation bill passed.",["albert-shaw","george-f-w-holls","lyon","c-grant-la-farge","charles-f-lummis","francis-g-newlands"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-21","Can Washington act on the coal strike?","Roosevelt talks with Senator Pritchard about a vacancy on the Court of Claims and lunches with him and others. He asks Attorney General Knox whether the government can move against the coal operators to end the strike. Edith writes McKim proposing a gallery of First Ladies' portraits in the White House ground floor corridor.",["jeter-c-pritchard","van-duzer","john-a-sleicher","f-b-williams","philander-knox","mark-hanna","emil-von-stenitz","john-hay","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-f-mckim"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-23","New England tour opens on the trusts","Roosevelt takes the Sylph across to New Haven and starts a speaking swing to explain his case against the trusts. At Hartford he speaks on island policy and rides in a parade by automobile, which the record says made him the first president to ride in one. At Providence he gives a major speech on trusts, then speaks at three Connecticut towns and spends the night with the Winthrop Chanlers in Newport.",["j-t-robinson","winthrop-chanler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-08-24","Rolling through Massachusetts to Nahant","Roosevelt's train carries him from Newport up to Boston, pausing at Myricks, Taunton and Fall River, and spends the night at Lodge's home in Nahant.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Nahant"],["1902-08-25","Symphony Hall speech on trusts","Roosevelt speaks at the Nahant library and Lynn City Hall, then takes on the trusts in a speech at Boston's Symphony Hall. He dines with Governor Crane, Lodge, Senator Hoar and others.",["winthrop-murray-crane","henry-cabot-lodge","george-f-hoar"],"Nahant"],["1902-08-26","Into New Hampshire and Maine","Roosevelt praises former Puerto Rico governor Charles Allen at Lowell, speaks on the Philippines at Lawrence and on the Navy at Haverhill, then talks at Dover, New Hampshire, and at Old Orchard, Portland and Augusta in Maine, where he stays with Governor Hill.",["charles-h-allen","john-f-hill","nelson-aldrich"],"Dover"],["1902-08-27","Governor's Day at the Maine State Fair","Roosevelt speaks in Bangor on Governor's Day at the state fair, then at Ellsworth, and travels on to Waterville.",[],"Waterville"],["1902-08-28","New Hampshire stops end at the Hays'","Roosevelt speaks at Nashua, Manchester, Concord, a soldiers' reunion at The Weirs, and Newbury, New Hampshire, where he spends the night at John Hay's summer home.",["john-hay"],"Newbury"],["1902-08-29","A boar hunt in New Hampshire","Near Newport, New Hampshire, Roosevelt goes boar hunting with Senator Proctor and Corbin.",["redfield-proctor","henry-c-corbin"],"Newport"],["1902-08-30","With novelist Winston Churchill to Vermont","Roosevelt rides to Windsor, Vermont, in the company of novelist Winston Churchill, and passes the evening near Burlington, by Lake Champlain, at the home of L. M. Shaw.",["winston-churchill-american-novelist","leslie-m-shaw","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Newport"],["1902-08-31","Kermit starts at Groton","Near Burlington, Roosevelt dines at Dr. Webb's. Kermit begins his first term at Groton School.",["william-seward-webb","kermit-roosevelt"],"Burlington"],["1902-09-01","Whistle stops down Vermont","Roosevelt stops at eight Vermont towns from Vergennes to Brattleboro and spends the evening with Navy Secretary Moody at Northfield, Massachusetts. He arranges to meet Senator Aldrich at Sagamore Hill on September 16.",["william-h-moody","nelson-aldrich"],"Bellows Falls"],["1902-09-02","Alice waves from a passing train","Roosevelt's train winds through the Berkshires. By chance Alice passes on a train heading the other way and waves wildly, but her father, mid-speech, never sees her. He speaks on trusts at Fitchburg and stops at Miller's Falls, Athol, Springfield, Worcester and Dalton.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Athol"],["1902-09-03","Trolley crash at Pittsfield","In Pittsfield an electric streetcar slams into the open landau carrying Roosevelt, Governor Murray Crane and George Cortelyou. Secret Service agent William Craig is killed, and a horse dies. Roosevelt is hurled about 30 feet, hurting his left leg and bruising his face; Cortelyou suffers a deep scalp wound. Half an hour later Roosevelt goes on to speak at Lenox, and 30,000 people greet him at Bridgeport before he sails home.",["winthrop-murray-crane","george-cortelyou","william-craig"],"Pittsfield"],["1902-09-04","Recovering at home","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt has Joe Bishop as a guest.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-05","Leaving for Chattanooga","Roosevelt sets out from Sagamore Hill for Chattanooga, Tennessee.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-06","Wheeling speech; thanks to the King","Roosevelt speaks on the trusts at Wheeling, West Virginia. He thanks King Edward VII for asking after him, saying his injuries were minor, and compliments Martha Dunn on her article about Browning.",["martha-baker-dunn","edward-vii"],"Wheeling"],["1902-09-07","Reviewing cavalry at Chattanooga","In Chattanooga Roosevelt reviews the 7th Cavalry and tours the Civil War battlefield.",[],"Chattanooga"],["1902-09-08","Addressing the locomotive firemen","Roosevelt addresses the locomotive firemen's union at its Chattanooga convention, then leaves for Knoxville.",[],"Chattanooga"],["1902-09-09","Speeches in North Carolina","Roosevelt speaks at Asheville and Greensboro, North Carolina.",[],"Greensboro"],["1902-09-10","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt returns home to Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1902-09-11","Lucius Swift and civil service","Lucius B. Swift visits and stays to lunch. Roosevelt writes James Garfield about civil service matters, including voluntary political donations from federal workers.",["lucius-b-swift","james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-12","Clarkson and McDonough to lunch","Roosevelt lunches with J. S. Clarkson and J. T. McDonough, who stays on for dinner. The record also notes a statement by Navy Secretary Moody pledging that the United States will keep the isthmus neutral and transit across it open.",["james-s-clarkson","john-t-mcdonough","william-h-moody"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-13","Ted turns fifteen; an essay on trusts","It is Ted's 15th birthday. Albert Shaw, Arthur Lee and Postmaster General Payne call and stay for lunch. Roosevelt writes an Outlook article, \"Big Corporations Commonly Called Trusts.\" The piece also touches on citizenship.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","albert-shaw","arthur-lee","henry-c-payne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-14","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-15","A garden party for thousands","The Roosevelts open Sagamore Hill to their Nassau County neighbors for an afternoon garden party. Thousands come, 60 New York City police stand guard, and guests take home 3,000 crystal punch cups engraved with the President's name and the year. He asks E. H. Harriman to talk tariff and trusts.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","baldwin","bowman-h-mccalla","e-h-harriman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-16","Party leaders gather at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt brings Lodge, Spooner, Allison, Aldrich and Hanna to Oyster Bay to set strategy on the congressional campaign, tariff revision and the trusts.",["mark-hanna","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-17","Fighting Joe Wheeler to lunch","General Joseph Wheeler, Roosevelt's old commander from Cuba, visits and stays for lunch.",["joseph-wheeler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-18","Trusts with Jenks; a writing table Edith dislikes","Lyman Abbott and Henry White call, and Roosevelt discusses trusts with economist J. W. Jenks before all three stay to lunch. Joe Bishop comes for dinner and the night. Roosevelt writes Hay about the Cuban treaty, while Edith tells McKim the new White House writing table is ugly and awkward to use.",["lyman-abbott","henry-white","jeremiah-w-jenks","joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-f-mckim"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-19","Starting west as the coal strike drags on","Roosevelt leaves for a Western trip while Edith takes the Sylph into Manhattan, landing at East 23rd Street. He writes Senator Quay that John Mitchell refuses to call off the anthracite strike, which has run since May, and insists on a compromise.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","matthew-s-quay","john-mitchell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1902-09-20","Cincinnati speech on tariff and trusts","In Cincinnati Roosevelt speaks on the tariff and the trusts. The record also notes that the United States is guarding and guaranteeing passage across Panama.",[],"Cincinnati"],["1902-09-21","Lunch with General Alger in Detroit","In Detroit Roosevelt lunches with General Russell Alger, McKinley's former Secretary of War.",["russell-a-alger"],"Detroit"],["1902-09-22","Detroit speech on Cuba and the Philippines","Roosevelt speaks in Detroit on reciprocity with Cuba and on the Philippines.",[],"Detroit"],["1902-09-23","Surgery in Indianapolis ends the tour","At Logansport Roosevelt tells Spanish-American War veterans he favors a tariff commission. In Indianapolis his leg, still swollen weeks after the Pittsfield crash, is found to hold an abscess; at St. Vincent's doctors numb it and draw off about two ounces of fluid. That evening he reads aboard his special train, leg propped up, headed for Washington.",[],"Logansport"],["1902-09-24","Ordered to rest on Jackson Place","With the White House still under renovation, Roosevelt is carried to the house at 22 Jackson Place, where doctors insist on rest and quiet. Edith hurries down from New York to be with him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"22 Jackson Place"],["1902-09-25","In a wheelchair, still receiving callers","Roosevelt is in a wheelchair, his face still swollen three weeks after the crash, but he sees Japanese minister Takahira, Moody, Shaw, Wilson and Hitchcock. He congratulates Frank Higgins on his nomination for lieutenant governor and explains in a letter that the abscess forced him to give up the Western trip.",["kogoro-takahira","william-h-moody","leslie-m-shaw","james-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","frank-w-higgins"],"22 Jackson Place"],["1902-09-26","Resting in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-09-27","A second operation and moves on the coal strike","On Corinne's 41st birthday, Roosevelt sees Shaw and Wilson and explains to Hanna that his injury and the coal strike keep him from Ohio. When rest brings no relief, a doctor opens the abscess again and scrapes the shin bone; Alice helps care for him. Soon after, he twice gathers his advisers on what Washington can do in the strike and writes Lodge a key letter that sets up the talks.",["leslie-m-shaw","james-wilson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","winthrop-murray-crane","henry-c-payne","elihu-root","john-dalzell","philander-knox","william-h-moody","mark-hanna","matthew-s-quay","henry-cabot-lodge","james-s-clarkson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-01","Summoning both sides of the coal strike","Roosevelt wires John Mitchell asking to see him on October 3 about the failing coal supply, and invites railroad chief Alexander Cassatt and Senator Quay into the effort. He also sends condolences to Isabella Craig, whose son William, a Secret Service agent, died in the Pittsfield crash. Edith gets her first look at the rebuilt White House and plans an upstairs office for herself.",["john-mitchell","alexander-j-cassatt","matthew-s-quay","john-spooner","isabella-craig","william-craig","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1902-10-02","Smaller spurs and a mending leg","Roosevelt asks Root for smaller spurs for the cavalry, tells Senator O. H. Platt the rest has done him good and the doctors are done cutting, and writes Oswald Villard on the strike and the trusts.",["elihu-root","orville-h-platt","oswald-garrison-villard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-03","Operators and miners meet the President","Still in a wheelchair, Roosevelt brings mine owners and union leaders face to face at his temporary home on Jackson Place, with Mitchell, Baer, Truesdale, Wilcox, Carroll Wright and Cortelyou among those present. He reports on the meeting to Hanna and Seth Low. In Panama, trains run under American protection.",["john-mitchell","george-f-baer","william-h-truesdale","david-willcox","carroll-d-wright","george-cortelyou","seth-low","mark-hanna"],"22 Jackson Place"],["1902-10-04","Strike talks with Knox and Wright","Root calls in the morning, and Roosevelt confers with Knox and Carroll Wright on the strike.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","carroll-d-wright"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-05","Exasperated with the operators","Roosevelt spends Sunday on the strike with Wright and four Cabinet members. He writes Grover Cleveland that the operators' language toward Mitchell seemed designed to make the miners refuse everything.",["philander-knox","elihu-root","william-h-moody","henry-c-payne","carroll-d-wright","joseph-bucklin-bishop","grover-cleveland","robert-bacon","john-mitchell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-06","Criticized from both sides; books from the Library","Roosevelt confers with Frank Sargent on the strike and tells William Allen White that one camp calls him too friendly to the miners, the other too friendly to the companies. He asks Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam for histories of the Mediterranean peoples and of Poland.",["frank-p-sargent","william-allen-white","herbert-putnam"],"Library of Congress"],["1902-10-07","Proposing an investigation of the strike","Roosevelt publicly proposes an inquiry into the coal strike and meets Albert Shaw and Lyman Abbott. To Robert Bacon he likens his position to Lincoln's; to Lodge he describes his strike troubles.",["albert-shaw","lyman-abbott","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge","abraham-lincoln"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-08","Reviewing the GAR parade","Roosevelt confers with Root and Knox and reviews the parade of Union veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. He thanks Herbert Putnam for books that let him set aside everything useful for a while.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","herbert-putnam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-09","Could troops run the mines?","Roosevelt holds more strike meetings with Root and Knox and sees Wilkins of the Washington Post. He writes Villard on whether sending soldiers to work the mines would be possible or lawful, and praises Silas McBee's strike column.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","wilkins","oswald-garrison-villard","silas-mcbee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-10","Kermit's birthday; a commission takes shape","On Kermit's 13th birthday, the Cabinet meets on the strike and Roosevelt receives the U.S. minister to Belgium. He tells Grover Cleveland his leg keeps him from Woodrow Wilson's Princeton installation and asks him to sit on a strike inquiry board, and writes Hanna about his plan for a settlement commission.",["kermit-roosevelt","grover-cleveland","woodrow-wilson","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-11","A Siamese prince and more strike talks","Roosevelt keeps up the strike meetings with his Cabinet, Wright and Sargent, sees Noyes of the Washington Star, and receives a prince of Siam. It is his niece Eleanor's 18th birthday. He praises Governor Odell's stand and answers John Kernan's request to serve on the commission.",["carroll-d-wright","frank-p-sargent","noyes","eleanor-roosevelt","john-d-kernan","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-12","Up on crutches","Strike meetings go on, with Root and Quay among the callers and Jenks at six. Cleveland agrees to serve on the commission. Roosevelt writes that he can now move about on crutches, and that while he is supposed to be minding Ethel, she will likely end up minding him.",["elihu-root","matthew-s-quay","jeremiah-w-jenks","grover-cleveland","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-13","Morgan brings a plan to Jackson Place","Roosevelt asks General Schofield about having the Army run the mines and receives the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court. That evening J. P. Morgan and Robert Bacon, fresh from talks with Root aboard Morgan's yacht Corsair, call on the President at his temporary quarters on Jackson Place. They agree to push the operators to accept a commission of Roosevelt's choosing, with the threat of Army control of the mines in the background.",["john-m-schofield","melville-w-fuller","j-pierpont-morgan","robert-bacon","elihu-root","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-14","Settlement draws near","Roosevelt confers with Wright and Wellman. He tells John Kernan the earlier commission plan must be dropped and writes Bishop that the strike is closer to ending. Back on Long Island, Sagamore Hill has Mrs. Clifford Richardson as a guest.",["carroll-d-wright","wellman","john-d-kernan","joseph-bucklin-bishop","matthew-s-quay","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-15","Insisting on a free hand","Roosevelt meets Mitchell, Wright and Sargent late in the morning, dines at John Hay's, and sees Bacon and George Perkins at night. He drafts but does not send a letter to Morgan saying he must pick the commission freely, because Mitchell is trusting him.",["john-mitchell","carroll-d-wright","frank-p-sargent","john-hay","robert-bacon","george-perkins","j-pierpont-morgan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-16","Naming the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission","Roosevelt names a seven-man commission to settle the coal strike: retired Army engineer General John M. Wilson; Labor Commissioner Carroll Wright; federal Judge George Gray of Delaware; E. E. Clark, head of the railway conductors' union, seated under the label of \"eminent sociologist\"; mining engineer Edward Parker; coal man Thomas Watkins; and Bishop John Spalding. He thanks Morgan and Hanna, explains to Cleveland that the operators would not accept him, and sends Mitchell the names.",["john-m-wilson","carroll-d-wright","edgar-e-clark","george-gray","edward-w-parker","thomas-h-watkins","john-lancaster-spalding","j-pierpont-morgan","anna-roosevelt-cowles","mark-hanna","grover-cleveland","john-mitchell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-17","Getting a bishop onto the commission","Roosevelt meets Wright, General Wilson and Parker of the new commission and lunches with Hay and Root. He tells Lodge how he got Bishop Spalding named and why Clark went on as a sociologist.",["carroll-d-wright","john-m-wilson","edward-w-parker","john-hay","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","john-lancaster-spalding","edgar-e-clark","george-f-hoar"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-18","An order on political contributions","An executive order reminds federal officeholders to obey the laws on political donations. Roosevelt lunches with Regis Post; it is Bamie's son Sheffield's fourth birthday. He writes Bessie Van Vorst about wives, mothers and women's outlook.",["regis-h-post","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","bessie-van-vorst","benjamin-odell","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-19","Edith and the baby trunk","Roosevelt writes J. H. Woodard about the strike's end. At Sagamore Hill to gather the children, Edith writes her sister Emily that unpacking the baby clothes saddened her, and that she means to hold on to them in hope of another child.",["j-h-woodard","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-20","Nurse to two guinea pigs","Root, Hitchcock, Knox and Japanese minister Takahira call; Roosevelt lunches with Judge Gray and dines at Hay's. He tells Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward he is nursing two tiny guinea pigs for Ethel, and tells Finley Peter Dunne the last strike conferences were funnier than anything Dunne ever wrote.",["elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","philander-knox","kogoro-takahira","george-gray","john-hay","elizabeth-stuart-phelps-ward","ethel-roosevelt-derby","finley-peter-dunne","john-lancaster-spalding"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-21","The coal strike ends","The anthracite strike is formally over. Roosevelt has John Kernan and M. E. Egan to lunch, and writes Taft that his Rome mission has failed and resentment of the Catholic church is growing in the Philippines.",["maurice-francis-egan","john-d-kernan","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-22","Telling Crane the strike story","Roosevelt receives the Dutch minister and sends Massachusetts Governor Crane a long account of the strike from start to finish. He tells Payne he will hold off on Colorado appointments until after the election.",["winthrop-murray-crane","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-23","Miners go back to work","The anthracite miners return to the pits. Roosevelt lunches with Root, dines at Payne's, and formally charges the new commission to study the strike's causes and recommend remedies. Finley Peter Dunne writes that he found nothing funny about the strike.",["elihu-root","henry-c-payne","finley-peter-dunne","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-24","Commission meets; Yellowstone's bison and elk","Roosevelt meets the strike commission, which chooses Judge Gray as chairman, and speaks briefly. He sees Booker T. Washington at noon and asks Yellowstone superintendent John Pitcher how the park protects its bison and elk, and how many rangers it has.",["george-gray","booker-t-washington","john-pitcher"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-25","Wilson installed at Princeton without him","Roosevelt misses Woodrow Wilson's inauguration at Princeton. In the Philippines, the new Independent Philippine Church is proclaimed and claims Catholic properties. Roosevelt confers with Knox on the Panama title and purchase and with two rear admirals, Bowles and Taylor, writes Mahan on ship size versus firepower, and tells Taft he would like to put him on the Supreme Court.",["woodrow-wilson","philander-knox","henry-c-taylor","francis-tiffany-bowles","alfred-thayer-mahan","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-26","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-27","Turning 44","On Roosevelt's 44th birthday, a delegation from New York's Hungarian Club calls with good wishes. He writes Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, tells Quay the naval maneuvers will go ahead despite the strike, and asks to see Joe Bishop.",["tomas-estrada-palma","matthew-s-quay","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-28","Alaska and a Colombian complaint","Roosevelt confers with Dudley Wooten on Alaska and takes no appointments after eleven. He writes Hay that Colombia has protested American meddling in its internal quarrel over the canal.",["dudley-g-wooten","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-29","Samuel Gompers at noon","Roosevelt sees Benjamin Ide Wheeler in the morning and labor leader Samuel Gompers at noon, then dines with Father Doyle. He writes that the Kaiser likes Seth Low as mayor, that Taft is to remain in Manila, and replies to a bishop who wants him to condemn violence in the coal fields.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","samuel-gompers","alexander-p-doyle","seth-low","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","william-howard-taft","ethelbert-talbot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-10-31","\"The Presidency\" in Youth's Companion","Roosevelt's essay \"The Presidency\" appears in Youth's Companion. The record adds a guest's sketch of a typical White House lunch that fall: bouillon, chicken and rice, salt fish and baked beans, with the President taking seconds of beans and fish, no cigar for him, and an American flag on his bread plate.",["helen-nicolay"],"Manassas"],["1902-11-01","At Manassas","Roosevelt is at Manassas, Virginia; no details are recorded.",[],"Manassas"],["1902-11-02","Visiting Cedar Mountain battlefield","From Manassas Roosevelt visits the Civil War battlefield at Cedar Mountain, then returns to Washington.",[],"Manassas"],["1902-11-03","Home to vote","Roosevelt takes an afternoon train north to Oyster Bay by way of New York.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-04","Election Day walk with six dogs","On Election Day in Oyster Bay, Roosevelt and Edith go for a walk with all six of their dogs.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1902-11-05","Moving into the rebuilt White House","After a speech in Philadelphia, Roosevelt and Edith settle back into the rebuilt White House. The ground floor is unfinished, but the enlarged State Dining Room now holds 107 diners rather than 60. Edith places an order for a new presidential china service and begins hunting for old sets, the start of the White House china collection. The Navy's Caribbean squadron reaches Culebra.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Oyster Bay"],["1902-11-06","Election results and Tom Quartz the kitten","Roosevelt meets Procter, Foulke and Garfield on civil service and sees Senator Beveridge at six. He writes cousin Emlen that the elections went well for Republicans, though Odell hears that New York went poorly. To Kermit he describes Archie carrying the kitten Tom Quartz on the train and Quentin falling asleep.",["john-r-procter","william-dudley-foulke","james-r-garfield","albert-beveridge","emlen-roosevelt","benjamin-odell","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-07","Cabinet turns to the annual message","Regular Cabinet meetings resume with a session on the annual message. Roosevelt discusses talks with Colombia with Hay and twice sees a Herald correspondent, Mr. Brown.",["john-hay","mr-brown"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-08","Congratulating Hanna on Ohio","Hay, Knox, Babcock and Lorimer call. Roosevelt congratulates Mark Hanna on the Republican win in Ohio.",["john-hay","philander-knox","joseph-w-babcock","william-lorimer","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-09","Drafting the annual message","Roosevelt works on his annual message and sees Representative Babcock at three.",["joseph-w-babcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-10","The Isle of Pines and a rumor answered","Roosevelt confers with Senator Cullom and others on the Isle of Pines and sees Leonard Wood, Garfield, J. M. McCormick and E. F. Ware before leaving that evening for New York. He firmly answers Robert Rhett about a rumor that his appointees include Black men of bad character.",["shelby-m-cullom","leonard-wood","eugene-f-ware","james-r-garfield","j-m-mccormick","robert-rhett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-11","Chamber of Commerce and a call for preparedness","In New York Roosevelt meets Nicholas Murray Butler for breakfast at the University Club, speaks at the dedication of the Chamber of Commerce building, and argues for military preparedness at a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. At midnight he leaves on a hunting trip.",["nicholas-murray-butler"],"University Club"],["1902-11-12","Southbound for Mississippi","Roosevelt's train crosses Ohio, stopping along the way, bound for Smedes, Mississippi. He writes Jacob Riis about the dedication of Riis's new book and Root about keeping Army officers and men physically fit.",["jacob-riis","elihu-root"],"Ohio"],["1902-11-13","Arriving at Smedes","After a stop in Memphis, Roosevelt reaches Smedes, Mississippi.",[],"Smedes"],["1902-11-14","Bear hunting in the Mississippi canebrakes","Near Smedes, Roosevelt goes after bear. In Washington, Edith writes her sister Emily that Dr. Rixey does not think her wish for another child is reasonable.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","presley-m-rixey"],"Smedes"],["1902-11-15","Still on the bear trail","The bear hunt continues near Smedes.",[],"Smedes"],["1902-11-16","Drawing the Line in Mississippi","The hunt goes on near Smedes. Newspapers have picked up a story that Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear, a cub in some tellings and an old bear in others. Clifford Berryman's Washington Post cartoon \"Drawing the Line in Mississippi\" appears, toy makers soon turn out stuffed bears, and the teddy bear is born.",["clifford-k-berryman"],"Smedes"],["1902-11-17","In Mississippi","Roosevelt is in Mississippi; no further detail is given.",[],"Smedes"],["1902-11-18","Leaving the hunting camp","Roosevelt leaves Smedes for Memphis.",[],"Smedes"],["1902-11-19","Memphis speeches; Quentin turns five","In Memphis Roosevelt speaks on the Philippines and joins a reception honoring General Luke Wright, then leaves for Washington that evening. It is Quentin's 5th birthday.",["luke-e-wright","quentin-roosevelt"],"Memphis"],["1902-11-20","Whistle stops on the way home","On the way back to Washington, Roosevelt's train stops at Knoxville and Asheville.",[],"Asheville"],["1902-11-21","Cuba, the canal and the Pacific cable","The Cabinet takes up Cuba, the Panama canal and the Pacific cable. Roosevelt lunches with Lodge, goes over tariff changes with Senators Scott, Burrows and Lodge, and sees Francis Leupp in the afternoon. The North Atlantic battle squadron reaches Culebra.",["henry-cabot-lodge","julius-c-burrows","nathan-b-scott","francis-e-leupp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-22","Founder's Day at the Union League","In Philadelphia Roosevelt gives the Union League's Founder's Day address, promising to tackle the problem of trusts and business combinations. He dedicates a school, lunches with C. E. Smith, and attends a reception at E. T. Stotesbury's home.",["charles-emory-smith","edward-t-stotesbury"],"Union League of Philadelphia"],["1902-11-23","Evening callers Sternberg and Knox","Back in Washington, Roosevelt confers with Spooner and sees Baron Speck von Sternberg at 9 p.m. and Attorney General Knox half an hour later.",["john-spooner","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-24","Riding with St. Loe Strachey","A long line of congressional leaders calls, including Speaker Henderson, Hanna, Cannon and Lodge. British editor John St. Loe Strachey is staying at the White House and rides with Roosevelt and Root, talking over Venezuela and the Alaska boundary. Sternberg comes to dinner.",["david-b-henderson","william-b-allison","charles-w-fairbanks","mark-hanna","joseph-cannon","joseph-w-babcock","henry-cabot-lodge","stephen-b-elkins","matthew-s-quay","charles-b-landis","henry-s-boutell","john-st-loe-strachey","elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","philip-b-stewart"],"White House"],["1902-11-25","Germany and Britain move on Venezuela","Germany and Britain formally announce they will force Venezuela to pay its debts. The Cabinet works on the annual message, and Roosevelt discusses the Philippines with Luke Wright, New York politics with George Dunn, and receives Senator Hale, the Italian ambassador and Chief Justice Fuller. It is Bamie's seventh wedding anniversary.",["luke-e-wright","george-w-dunn","melville-w-fuller","eugene-hale","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-26","Bringing Taft home for the Court","On a crowded day, callers range from Clarence Darrow to Hay, Moody, Knox and several lawmakers. Roosevelt writes Taft that after a month of trying to arrange things his way, he will have to bring him home and seat him on the Supreme Court.",["philander-knox","clarence-darrow","joseph-b-foraker","redfield-proctor","porter-j-mccumber","john-hay","william-h-moody","james-a-tawney","ogden","james-smythe","william-d-crum","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-27","Thanksgiving ride and a dance","For Thanksgiving the family rides for three hours: Roosevelt on Renown, Ted on an Army horse, Edith on Jocko Root, Ethel on Yagenka and Archie on Algonquin, joined by Lodge, Douglas Robinson, cousin John Elliott, Bob Ferguson and Leonard Wood. Dinner follows in the enlarged State Dining Room with the riders, Corinne and her children and Brooks Adams, then a dance.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-cabot-lodge","douglas-robinson","john-elliott","bob-ferguson","leonard-wood","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","brooks-adams","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1902-11-28","Quentin gives the kitten a bath","Senators T. C. Platt, Cullom and others call along with Leonard Wood; there is a Cabinet meeting and lunch with Judge Clarke. Roosevelt tells Kermit that Quentin gave the kitten Tom Quartz some special attention by setting him in the tub and turning on the tap.",["thomas-c-platt","shelby-m-cullom","thomas-kearns","henry-c-hansbrough","joseph-r-burton","merriam","sereno-e-payne","leonard-wood","judge-clarke","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-29","The fleet gathers in the Caribbean","With the South Atlantic and European squadrons now at Trinidad, nearly the whole U.S. Navy is in the Caribbean. Roosevelt discusses the Venezuelan debt claims with Hanna, banker Isaac Seligman and Admiral Dewey, receives Salvador's new minister Rafael Lopez, meets congressional leaders, rides with Leonard Wood and dines with Root. He tells David Hill he will not commit himself on Venezuela before seeing Hay.",["george-dewey","isaac-n-seligman","mark-hanna","rafael-lopez","joseph-cannon","sereno-e-payne","william-b-allison","henry-cabot-lodge","leonard-wood","elihu-root","david-jayne-hill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-11-30","Opening the new West Wing","The new executive office wing is finished, with a staff of 38, and visitors stream through the new Cabinet Room from morning to early afternoon. A new tennis court sits just outside, on ground where the Oval Office was later built under Taft. Roosevelt confers with General Greene that night. The record also begins to describe his desk, made from a ship's oak timbers and presented to President Hayes.",["francis-v-greene"],"White House"],["1902-12-01","Trust legislation with Littauer","Roosevelt confers with Lucius Littauer on trust bills and sees Quay, Millard, Beveridge, Gamble and Burke. H. H. Kohlsaat calls at ten and stays for lunch with New.",["lucius-n-littauer","matthew-s-quay","joseph-h-millard","albert-beveridge","robert-j-gamble","charles-h-burke","herman-h-kohlsaat","harry-s-new"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-02","Second annual message: 'Not a cloud on the horizon'","Roosevelt sends his annual message to Congress, laying out his stand on the trusts. He meets congressmen on St. Louis vote fraud and naval bills, lunches with Jane Addams, George Kennan, Monsignor Kennedy and Eugene Philbin, and dines with Hanna, O. H. Platt and Payne. It is his and Edith's 16th anniversary. He asks Dean LeBaron Briggs when Ted should leave Groton for Harvard.",["richard-bartholdt","george-e-foss","james-a-hemenway","charles-b-landis","jane-addams","george-kennan","monsignor-kennedy","eugene-a-philbin","mark-hanna","orville-h-platt","sereno-e-payne","edith-kermit-roosevelt","lebaron-russell-briggs","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-03","Defending Dr. Crum's appointment","Roosevelt receives the Persian minister, lunches with Lyman Abbott, Luke Wright and Albert Shaw, and sees Senator Beveridge and Chaplain Vattmann in the evening. He writes William Brawley about naming Dr. William Crum, a Black physician, to a federal post in South Carolina over local objections.",["lyman-abbott","luke-e-wright","albert-shaw","albert-beveridge","edward-j-vattmann","william-h-brawley","william-d-crum"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-04","Single-stick bouts with Wood","On a busy day Roosevelt talks Cuban reciprocity with Senator Elkins and writes Quay about whether New Mexico and Arizona should become states. He tells Kermit that he and Leonard Wood often fence with padded wooden sticks, landing blows on each other.",["stephen-b-elkins","matthew-s-quay","kermit-roosevelt","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-05","Ordering Knox to take a holiday","The Cabinet meets on Cuban reciprocity and postal appointments, and Edith welcomes 150 members of a national Jewish women's organization. Roosevelt writes Butler about a Western trip next spring and orders Knox to take four weeks off.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-murray-butler","philander-knox"],"White House"],["1902-12-06","Planning the St. Louis fair","Roosevelt meets Senators Carter and Thurston about the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, sees Addicks, and lunches with Von Briesen and Wilcox. He praises Woodrow Wilson's article on American ideals.",["thomas-h-carter","john-m-thurston","j-edward-addicks","arthur-von-briesen","wilcox","woodrow-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-07","Laurier at the White House","Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier visits Roosevelt. Word comes that Thomas Nast, the cartoonist serving as U.S. consul general in Ecuador, has died there of yellow fever.",["wilfrid-laurier","thomas-nast","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"White House"],["1902-12-08","Dewey takes the Caribbean fleet; praise for Edith","Germany and Britain break relations with Venezuela, and Admiral Dewey, aboard the Mayflower, takes command of the fleet in the Caribbean. Roosevelt meets senators and German Ambassador Holleben. Writing Maria Storer, he calls Edith the best of wives and mothers and the ideal mistress of the White House.",["george-dewey","jeter-c-pritchard","william-b-allison","william-p-frye","nelson-aldrich","robert-j-gamble","theodor-von-holleben","reines","maria-longworth-storer","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-09","A dinner for Justice Harlan","After a Cabinet meeting and talks with Senators Dryden and McCumber, Roosevelt speaks at an evening dinner for Justice John Marshall Harlan. He writes John Wilson about big business and labor.",["john-f-dryden","porter-j-mccumber","joseph-murray","john-hay","john-marshall-harlan","john-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-10","New York merchants call","A delegation from the Merchants' Association of New York meets with Roosevelt.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-11","Venezuela talks and a plea for Turkey","Roosevelt discusses Venezuela with Hay and Senator Cullom, sees Finley Peter Dunne, and has Regis Post, Evarts and Sprague to lunch. In the afternoon Morris Jesup leads a delegation seeking aid for Turkey. Edith hosts a hundred women from the National Indian Association, and Don Dickinson comes to dinner.",["john-hay","shelby-m-cullom","finley-peter-dunne","sprague","evarts","regis-h-post","morris-k-jesup","edith-kermit-roosevelt","don-m-dickinson"],"White House"],["1902-12-12","Public lands and new states","The Cabinet meets on Venezuela. Roosevelt confers with Representative Lacey about public lands and with Congressman Dick and others about statehood for the Southwest territories, and writes General Young about Army uniforms.",["john-f-lacey","charles-w-f-dick","samuel-b-m-young"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-13","Blockade and bombardment in Venezuela","German and British ships blockade five Venezuelan ports and shell Puerto Cabello. Roosevelt had approved the Anglo-German-Italian blockade over Venezuela's unpaid bonds, though with serious doubts. He sees Senators Platt, Cullom, Frye and Spooner, Lieutenant Commander William Sims and the Russian ambassador, and hosts a large dinner. He tells Clement Griscom his son Lloyd will go to Japan as minister.",["thomas-c-platt","shelby-m-cullom","william-p-frye","william-s-sims","john-spooner","arthur-cassini","horace-white","sereno-e-payne","john-mitchell","william-h-moody","clarence-d-clark","louis-e-mccomas","boies-penrose","joseph-r-burton","jesse-overstreet","charles-curtis","clement-a-griscom","lloyd-c-griscom"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-14","Sunday callers Shaw and Spooner","Treasury Secretary Shaw calls in the morning and Senator Spooner in the evening.",["leslie-m-shaw","john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-15","Photographed, then back to work","Mr. Ingersoll photographs Roosevelt in the morning. He confers with Hay and Cullom, goes over the Cuba treaty with Root, lunches with Sheffield, Boardman and Devereaux, and has a dinner at eight.",["mr-ingersoll","john-hay","shelby-m-cullom","elihu-root","james-r-sheffield","boardman","devereaux"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-16","Ships ordered toward the blockade","After a Cabinet session on Cuba and Venezuela, Roosevelt decides to send American warships from Culebra into the blockade zone and hands reporters battle maps of the area. He works on the Militia Bill with Root, Proctor, Hull and Dick, and dines with a large party of congressional leaders.",["elihu-root","redfield-proctor","john-a-t-hull","charles-w-f-dick","william-b-allison","eugene-hale","george-perkins","mark-hanna","grenville-m-dodge","charles-h-grosvenor","david-b-henderson","joseph-cannon","george-e-foss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-17","Tracey for the Philippine bench","On a busy day Hanna, Dillingham, Tawney, Martin and Clarkson call, and Roosevelt has Joseph Barnes, Stranahan and Clarkson to lunch. He tells James Tracey he wants him on the Philippine Supreme Court.",["james-a-tawney","mark-hanna","james-s-clarkson","martin","william-p-dillingham","nevada-n-stranahan","joseph-barnes","james-f-tracey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-18","Britain asks Roosevelt to arbitrate","Britain agrees the Venezuela dispute should be arbitrated and asks Roosevelt to serve as arbiter. Roosevelt later said he warned Germany of war if it refused arbitration. The Pacific fleet begins maneuvers, alarming German envoy Holleben. The day ends with the annual Cabinet dinner.",["theodor-von-holleben"],"White House"],["1902-12-19","Germany agrees to arbitrate","Germany agrees to arbitration over Venezuela. The Cabinet meets on the crisis, and Roosevelt discusses currency with Lyman Gage and J. H. Rhoades.",["lyman-j-gage","j-h-rhoades"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-20","Mrs. Grant's funeral; off to the Rapidan","Roosevelt breakfasts with Jacob Riis. Congress adjourns, Julia Dent Grant is buried, and after a meeting with Hay Roosevelt leaves for Rapidan, Virginia.",["jacob-riis","julia-dent-grant","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-21","Guest of Joseph Wilmer","At Rapidan, Virginia, Roosevelt stays with Joseph Wilmer.",["joseph-wilmer"],"Rapidan"],["1902-12-22","Coal tariffs","Back in Washington, Roosevelt meets Hay and writes Henry Higginson about duties on coal.",["john-hay","henry-lee-higginson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-23","Mabini in a Philippine jail","After a Cabinet meeting on Venezuela and lunch with George Perkins, Roosevelt writes Senator Hoar about Apolinario Mabini, the insurgent leader held by the United States in the Philippines.",["george-perkins","george-f-hoar","apolinario-mabini"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-24","Christmas Eve with Hay and the Sun","Roosevelt confers with Hay on Venezuela, sees a Sun newspaperman named Matthews, and asks William Allen White whether Leonard Wood can stay at his club.",["john-hay","matthews","william-allen-white","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-25","Christmas at the White House","The children are banging on the bedroom door by 6:45, and soon they are piled on the bed opening stockings; Archie has hidden a small gift-laden tree in a closet. After breakfast Archie gets a rifle and riding boots and Quentin an electric train. Roosevelt rides for three hours, lunches at Bamie's, fences single-stick with Wood and Ferguson, and ends with dinner and dancing in the East Room.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","bob-ferguson","leonard-wood","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","john-hay","charles-h-davis","john-elliott","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1902-12-26","Venezuela headed to The Hague","After a Cabinet meeting, the government announces the Venezuela dispute will go to the Hague Tribunal. Roosevelt sends a Christmas letter to young James A. Garfield, and writes Shaw, Taft and Cleveland about upholding the Monroe Doctrine, Agassiz on the Philippines and Schurz on the arbitration.",["james-a-garfield-son","albert-shaw","william-howard-taft","grover-cleveland","alexander-agassiz","carl-schurz","george-perkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-27","The Austrian ambassador calls","Roosevelt receives the Austrian ambassador in the morning and writes Root and the Rev. William Rainsford, the latter on the trusts.",["elihu-root","william-s-rainsford"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-28","Wayne MacVeagh calls","Wayne MacVeagh is among Sunday's callers.",["wayne-macveagh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-29","Got what he wanted on Venezuela","Wilson and Foulke call, Roosevelt lunches with psychologist Hugo Münsterberg, and Justice White visits in the evening. He writes George Hinman that he knew his aims in the Venezuela settlement and achieved them.",["james-wilson","william-dudley-foulke","hugo-munsterberg","edward-douglass-white","george-w-hinman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-30","Land Office business","The Cabinet meets on General Land Office affairs. Roosevelt meets a Picayune editor, Mr. Robertson, and confers with Generals Young and Wood.",["mr-robertson","samuel-b-m-young","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1902-12-31","Year's end with Rev. Billings","Roosevelt dines with the Rev. Billings on the last day of 1902.",["rev-billings"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-01","New Year's reception in a renovated White House","The freshly remodeled White House is formally unveiled, and Roosevelt greets the public at the New Year's reception from late morning into the early afternoon.",[],"White House"],["1903-01-02","Roller skates on the new East Room floor","Roosevelt discovers his children and their friends have turned the East Room's new parquet into a skating rink. The Cabinet takes up the shuttered post office at Indianola, Mississippi, and he confers with Postmaster General Payne.",["henry-c-payne","ferdinand-eidman"],"White House"],["1903-01-03","German ambassador and a dinner at the Hays'","Roosevelt opens the day with German Ambassador Holleben, talks Cuban reciprocity with H. T. Oxnard, and sees a string of senators and officials. He lunches with Holls, and that evening he and Edith dine with Secretary and Mrs. Hay.",["theodor-von-holleben","henry-t-oxnard","chauncey-m-depew","redfield-proctor","joseph-b-foraker","perry-s-heath","francis-e-leupp","george-f-w-holls","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-04","Talking battleships with House leaders","On a Sunday, Roosevelt meets the House Naval Affairs Committee to work over the Navy's spending bill.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-05","Loomis named to the State Department","Roosevelt makes F. B. Loomis an Assistant Secretary of State, lunches with Clarkson and others, and sees Mark Hanna late in the evening. He warns Postmaster General Payne he may release the papers on a Delaware postmastership. Admiral Dewey's squadron leaves the Caribbean.",["francis-b-loomis","james-s-clarkson","rose","jordan","parkins","mark-hanna","george-dewey","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-06","A call for trust laws, and a letter home","Roosevelt urges Congress to pass antitrust laws without delay, and the Cabinet weighs Venezuela and the Cuban treaty. Writing Kermit at Groton, he says the house feels empty without the boys and reports that Tom Quartz the kitten pounced on Joe Cannon.",["elihu-root","edward-douglass-white","joseph-cannon","george-f-hoar","orville-h-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","jonathan-p-dolliver","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","h-brown","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1903-01-07","Carnegie calls; a new public library opens","Roosevelt sends the Philippine Commission's yearly report to Congress and fills his morning with appointments, from cartoonist Clifford Berryman to Andrew Carnegie and his wife. After lunch with Knox and Moody, he speaks at the dedication of Washington's public library.",["clifford-k-berryman","arthur-von-briesen","james-r-garfield","david-b-henderson","charles-h-grosvenor","andrew-carnegie","william-dudley-foulke","philander-knox","william-h-moody"],"Washington Public Library"],["1903-01-08","Diplomats, writers and a swollen wrist","Roosevelt sits for photographer Tucker, then hosts the diplomatic reception, where guests include Richard Harding Davis, Finley Peter Dunne, Howard Pyle and Owen Wister. He tells Ted his wrist is puffed up from singlestick bouts with Frank McCoy and that Alice keeps very late hours.",["tucker","theodore-roosevelt-jr","frank-r-mccoy","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-harding-davis","perry-s-heath","finley-peter-dunne","howard-pyle","owen-wister"],"White House"],["1903-01-09","Wind Cave becomes a national park","Wind Cave in South Dakota is made a national park. Roosevelt receives a delegation from the Pope and meets C. D. Wright, and the Cabinet again discusses Indianola. Papers report Holleben's quiet recall from Berlin and the choice of Roosevelt's friend Speck von Sternberg to replace him.",["carroll-d-wright","gibson","theodor-von-holleben","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"White House"],["1903-01-10","Civil service talks and a Treasury dinner","Roosevelt meets E. H. Goodwin and others about civil service reform and lunches with George W. Perkins. In the evening Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and his wife give a dinner for him and Edith.",["e-h-goodwin","george-perkins","leslie-m-shaw","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-11","Late Sunday talk with Aldrich and Henderson","Roosevelt holds a late-night Sunday meeting with Senator Aldrich and House Speaker Henderson.",["nelson-aldrich","david-b-henderson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-12","Government papers for the Library of Congress","Roosevelt talks with D. J. Hill and Librarian Herbert Putnam about moving government records into the Library of Congress. He writes Henry Taft about his brother and the Court vacancy, consoles Nicholas Murray Butler on his wife's death, and answers Senator Hoar on Mabini.",["david-jayne-hill","herbert-putnam","luke-e-wright","francis-e-leupp","henry-w-taft","william-howard-taft","nicholas-murray-butler","george-f-hoar","apolinario-mabini"],"Library of Congress"],["1903-01-13","Trusts, and Root's tax bill","Roosevelt meets the Littlefield subcommittee on trusts, holds Cabinet, and confers with a long list of congressmen and others. Theodore Noyes and Lawrence Abbott join him for lunch, and protests to Mayor Seth Low that New York is taxing Elihu Root far too heavily.",["charles-e-littlefield","charles-h-grosvenor","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","james-m-moody","albert-shaw","cecil-a-lyon","luke-e-wright","lawrence-abbott","theodore-noyes","seth-low","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-14","Senators call; a note on Alaska","Hanna, Hepburn, Quay and Foraker stop by, and Roosevelt lunches with Knox, Moody and three House members. He writes Secretary Hay about the disputed Alaska boundary.",["mark-hanna","william-p-hepburn","matthew-s-quay","joseph-b-foraker","philander-knox","william-h-moody","charles-e-littlefield","jesse-overstreet","samuel-l-powers","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-15","Romping with the boys, then a state dinner","After meetings with Quay, Shaw and Hay, Roosevelt wrestles with Archie and Quentin before dinner and rumples his evening clothes. The Diplomatic Corps dinner follows, with Whitelaw Reid, Douglas Robinson and young Roosevelt cousins among the guests.",["matthew-s-quay","leslie-m-shaw","john-hay","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid","clifford-richardson","douglas-robinson","christine-kean-roosevelt","elfrida-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-01-16","Working the Cuban treaty","Roosevelt huddles with Senators Aldrich, Lodge and Spooner over the Cuban reciprocity treaty, holds Cabinet, lunches with Guy Waring, and ends with a small dinner and music.",["nelson-aldrich","henry-cabot-lodge","john-spooner","guy-waring"],"White House"],["1903-01-17","Chopping trees with Garfield and Pinchot","Luquillo National Forest is set aside in Puerto Rico, while German warships shell Fort San Carlos in Venezuela. Roosevelt confers on the Cuban treaty, trusts and statehood, has Joe Bishop to lunch, and tells Kermit he spent the afternoon felling trees with Garfield and Pinchot.",["julius-c-burrows","charles-w-fairbanks","thomas-c-platt","nelson-aldrich","joseph-bucklin-bishop","albert-beveridge","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","kermit-roosevelt","hugo-munsterberg","george-f-hoar","theodor-von-holleben","apolinario-mabini"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-18","Bamie turns 48","It is the 48th birthday of Roosevelt's sister Bamie. That night he meets Attorney General Knox with Senators Spooner and Aldrich.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","philander-knox","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-19","A wireless greeting across the Atlantic","Roosevelt sends King Edward VII the first wireless telegram to cross the ocean. George Bird Grinnell brings Blackfoot visitors at noon, and that night Roosevelt speaks at a YMCA dinner. He presses Senator Fairbanks to back Knox's trust program and writes Henry Taft again about his brother's future.",["edward-vii","george-bird-grinnell","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-w-fairbanks","henry-w-taft","philander-knox","william-howard-taft"],"Columbia Theater"],["1903-01-20","A broken wrist from singlestick","After Cabinet and visits from senators, Roosevelt receives delegates of a German society from New York. He tells Ted singlestick has left him with a broken wrist and a battered arm, so he walks daily with General Wood instead, and says Archie and Quentin insist he make up stories rather than read them.",["albert-beveridge","francis-m-cockrell","shelby-m-cullom","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","philander-knox","leonard-wood","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-21","Militia Bill signed","Roosevelt approves the Militia Bill and receives callers from the Japanese Legation, Congress and the Cabinet. Letters go to Edward Wolcott on Colorado politics, to Hay with thanks, and to General Francis V. Greene about New York's police commissioner.",["richard-bartholdt","lucius-n-littauer","francis-e-leupp","leslie-m-shaw","mark-hanna","silas-mcbee","edward-o-wolcott","john-hay","francis-v-greene"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-22","Hay-Herran canal treaty signed","Colombia's envoy Tomás Herrán signs the Hay-Herrán treaty, leasing the United States a six-mile strip across Panama for a century at $10 million down plus $250,000 a year. Roosevelt lunches with the Woods and hosts the judicial reception; the Grant La Farges begin a four-day stay.",["jacob-brenner","tomas-herran","john-hay","bliss","leonard-wood","c-grant-la-farge"],"White House"],["1903-01-23","Queen Liliuokalani at the White House","Roosevelt and Edith receive Hawaii's former queen, Liliuokalani. Lunch brings in the Steinways, Tiffany and the painter Dewing. He tells Hanna the new department should leave 'Labor' out of its name and writes William Williams about Jewish complaints over Ellis Island.",["liliuokalani","edith-kermit-roosevelt","steinway","louis-comfort-tiffany","thomas-w-dewing","william-h-moody","lockwood","mark-hanna","william-williams"],"White House"],["1903-01-24","A portrait painter and a full calendar","On a crowded day, Roosevelt sees Delaware's Addicks and Allee and economist J. W. Jenks on trusts, and meets portrait painter Théobald Chartran. He lunches with Hay, Bowen and Wood, and the Knoxes host him and Edith for dinner.",["j-edward-addicks","j-frank-allee","jeremiah-w-jenks","theobald-chartran","john-hay","bowen","leonard-wood","philander-knox","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-01-25","Shaking hands left-handed","Hanna, Foulke and Overstreet call in the evening. Roosevelt tells Kermit the singlestick injury has him greeting people with his left hand, that snow has turned his rides with Edith into walks, and that Grant La Farge is staying with them.",["mark-hanna","william-dudley-foulke","jesse-overstreet","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","c-grant-la-farge"],"White House"],["1903-01-26","Lunch with Lady Minto, then a train to Canton","Roosevelt lunches with Lady Minto, Hay, Root and the Lodges, then boards a night train for Canton, Ohio. Edith writes Aunt Lizzie that McKim's renovation finally lets her make guests comfortable.",["lady-minto","john-hay","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","philip-b-stewart","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-f-mckim"],"White House"],["1903-01-27","Honoring McKinley in Canton","In Canton, Roosevelt lunches at Judge William R. Day's home and marks McKinley Day, the late President's birthday, with a speech. Back in Washington, Alice confides to her diary that she believes her father cares far less for her than for the other children.",["william-r-day","william-mckinley","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Canton"],["1903-01-28","Home from Canton","Roosevelt travels from Canton back to Washington.",[],"Canton"],["1903-01-29","Silver coinage and a Supreme Court dinner","Roosevelt asks Congress to back Mexico and China in seeking a common coinage standard for silver-using nations. He lunches with Lord Charles Beresford, Admiral Dewey and other officers, hosts the Supreme Court dinner, and tells Taft he will stay in the Philippines while General Wood heads there soon.",["archbishop-o-connell","charles-beresford","michael-herbert","john-hay","elihu-root","george-dewey","henry-c-taylor","samuel-b-m-young","william-crozier","william-sheffield-cowles","albert-beveridge","hugh-hanna","william-howard-taft","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1903-01-30","Turning down a Platt request","Roosevelt meets Cannon and Speaker Henderson, holds Cabinet, sees Root and Quay, and dines with Lord Beresford before a musicale. He refuses Senator Platt's pick for a military attaché post for the Germans.",["joseph-cannon","david-b-henderson","elihu-root","matthew-s-quay","charles-beresford","willard-h-brownson","thomas-c-platt"],"White House"],["1903-01-31","Paying for state dinners himself","Roosevelt meets Ambassador Speck von Sternberg and confers on the canal treaty, then dines with Secretary and Mrs. Moody. Alice heads off with Edith Root to Mardi Gras and on to Puerto Rico until April. Roosevelt covers the caterer's bills for official banquets from his own pocket.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-hay","shelby-m-cullom","thomas-nelson-page","john-r-procter","winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-root","rauscher"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-01","The Army gets a General Staff","Congress passes the Army bill creating a General Staff. Roosevelt writes Kermit that a new dog, Bozzie, lives in the kitchen and Chartran is painting him, and tells Ted that Speck von Sternberg has turned up as Germany's ambassador.",["becker","cochrane","john-a-sleicher","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","theobald-chartran","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"White House"],["1903-02-02","Mayor Low at the White House","Roosevelt lunches with Postmaster General Payne and sees New York Mayor Seth Low in the early evening. He writes Philip Stewart again about Colorado.",["henry-c-payne","seth-low","philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-03","Trust-busting package nears passage","Congress passes Roosevelt's three-part answer to the trusts: the Elkins Act, a Department of Commerce and Labor, and the Expedition Act. He also sees senators, the British envoy, Justice White and Arthur Street, editor of Collier's. Bill Sewall, his old Maine guide, arrives to stay.",["commander-procter","chauncey-m-depew","george-c-perkins","edward-douglass-white","michael-herbert","arthur-street","wayne-macveagh","william-sewall","james-wilson","lawrence-abbott","george-f-w-holls","silas-mcbee"],"White House"],["1903-02-04","Thanking Fairbanks for a fast vote","Roosevelt confers with Allison, George W. Perkins and Lodge, and thanks Senator Fairbanks for steering the bill to speed antitrust cases through the Senate.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-perkins","william-b-allison","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-05","Bill Sewall's party at lunch","Roosevelt's lunch table mixes General Booth, his old friend Bill Sewall with a party of seven, and Cabinet regulars. That night he hosts the congressional reception and asks Representative Hepburn to amend a bill before it passes.",["booth","william-sewall","burleigh","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","gifford-pinchot","william-h-moody","leonard-wood","william-p-hepburn"],"White House"],["1903-02-06","Clergy and a general at lunch","Representative Vreeland calls at noon, and Roosevelt has Bishop Lawrence, Sheffield, Moody, General Duke and Rev. Peterson to lunch before seeing Leupp.",["edward-b-vreeland","rev-peterson","basil-w-duke","william-h-moody","james-r-sheffield","william-lawrence","francis-e-leupp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-07","Jusserand presents his credentials","France's new ambassador, Jules Jusserand, presents his credentials, the start of a close friendship. On a packed day Roosevelt also sees three senators, lunches with Philip Stewart, and dines with the Paynes. He defends his Indianola stand to Richard Watson Gilder and praises Alice French's story about lynching.",["jean-jules-jusserand","alfred-b-kittredge","robert-j-gamble","george-c-perkins","philip-b-stewart","cosby","henry-c-payne","richard-watson-gilder","alice-french"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-08","A dapper scholar from France","Roosevelt writes Kermit about books and about meeting Jusserand, a diplomat he actually enjoyed talking with. Bill Sewall and his family have visited, and Edith walked to the Capitol with the dogs while Ethel skated and Archie biked along.",["kermit-roosevelt","jean-jules-jusserand","william-sewall","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-02-09","Laid up with a cough","Roosevelt confers with Beveridge and a bloc of House leaders and opens a hall for the canning industries. He tells Ted that he too was sick on Sunday and that Alice has behaved well lately, and refuses Grant La Farge's plea to drop Byrne's Delaware appointment.",["albert-beveridge","hinman","guy-murchie","joseph-cannon","samuel-l-powers","jesse-overstreet","john-j-jenkins","john-dalzell","sereno-e-payne","charles-h-grosvenor","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","c-grant-la-farge","byrne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-10","Antitrust bills with Senate leaders","Roosevelt meets Littlefield, Spooner and Aldrich to push the antitrust bills along.",["charles-e-littlefield","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-11","Odell at lunch; a fan letter on Shakespeare","New York Governor Benjamin Odell lunches with Roosevelt to talk state politics. Roosevelt writes Thomas Lounsbury that he loved his book on Shakespeare and Voltaire and wants him to meet Jusserand.",["benjamin-odell","thomas-r-lounsbury","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-12","Alice turns 19; Chief Joseph at the reception","On Alice's 19th birthday, Roosevelt meets Platt, Odell and Littauer, rides with Edith, and hosts the Army and Navy reception, where the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph and fellow chiefs appear. He tells Senator Knute Nelson that Cortelyou will lead the brand-new commerce and labor department.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","lucius-n-littauer","booth","john-hay","elihu-root","tucker","edith-kermit-roosevelt","chief-joseph","knute-nelson","george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"White House"],["1903-02-13","Commerce and Labor Department signed into law","Roosevelt signs the law that creates a Cabinet department for commerce and labor, and sits for photographer Rockwood. Letters ask whether hounds may chase mountain lions in Yellowstone, salute a family of twelve, and sound out Taft about becoming Secretary of War in a year.",["rockwood","james-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","r-t-bowes","william-p-frye","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","william-d-crum"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-15","Sargent paints the President","Roosevelt confers with Hay and Senators O. H. Platt, Hanna and Aldrich, twice with Aldrich. He tells Ted that he is back at singlestick, rode with Austin Wadsworth, and is sitting for a portrait by John Singer Sargent.",["john-hay","orville-h-platt","nelson-aldrich","mark-hanna","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","william-austin-wadsworth","john-singer-sargent"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-16","Cortelyou takes the new Cabinet seat","Roosevelt names George B. Cortelyou the first Secretary of Commerce and Labor. He meets Beveridge, Cullom, Garfield and Cannon, and writes Root on Philippine currency and the tariff.",["george-cortelyou","joseph-cannon","james-r-garfield","shelby-m-cullom","albert-beveridge","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-17","Ellis Island and the trusts","Roosevelt meets Speaker Henderson and Senators Perkins and Spooner and lunches with three guests. He writes Joe Bishop about corruption at Ellis Island and the antitrust fight.",["john-spooner","george-c-perkins","david-b-henderson","thompson","schleinitz","van-hugen","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-18","Planning a mountain lion hunt","Roosevelt meets Senators Platt and Fairbanks, lunches with Saturday Evening Post editor George Horace Lorimer, and sees Ambassador Sternberg. He tells Major John Pitcher he hopes to go after cougars in the Yellowstone country, outside the park where hunting is barred.",["charles-w-fairbanks","thomas-c-platt","george-horace-lorimer","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-pitcher"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-19","Pressing the Senate on Panama and Cuba","Roosevelt publicly calls on the Senate to approve both the Cuban reciprocity pact and the Panama canal treaty at once. He greets Spanish-American War veterans, rides with Speck von Sternberg in good spirits over Venezuela, and sees William Allen White that evening.",["matthew-s-quay","porter-j-mccumber","joseph-b-foraker","mccook","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-20","Elkins Act signed","Roosevelt signs the Elkins Act, aimed at the railroads' long practice of secret rebates. He talks Iowa politics with Albert Cummins, holds a Cabinet session on the Navy, has the William Allen Whites to lunch, and hears the Washington Symphony under Reginald De Koven.",["albert-b-cummins","william-allen-white","francis-m-cockrell","woods","reginald-de-koven"],"White House"],["1903-02-21","Laying the Army War College cornerstone","Roosevelt speaks as the cornerstone of the Army War College is set in place. He confers with Root, Beveridge, Judge Van Devanter and others, lunches with Philip Stewart and Admiral Evans, and dines with the Hitchcocks. A playful letter to Root pokes fun at the appointment game.",["willis-van-devanter","a-maurice-low","john-dalzell","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","george-henman","robley-d-evans","philip-b-stewart","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Army War College"],["1903-02-22","A sharp answer to Platt","Roosevelt sees Leupp and Crumpacker in the evening and fires off an angry reply to Senator Platt, who had protested one of his appointments.",["edgar-d-crumpacker","francis-e-leupp","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-23","Coinage talks","Roosevelt meets Treasury Secretary Shaw, R. B. Armstrong and Representative Boutell about a standard for coinage.",["leslie-m-shaw","r-b-armstrong","henry-s-boutell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-24","Navy coaling stations in Cuba","Roosevelt approves the agreement giving the U.S. Navy coaling stations in Cuba. He dines with the Aldriches, Pattersons, O. H. Platts and Jusserands and hosts a German singing society concert. Letters urge Lodge to hurry the Philippine tariff cut and explain his Southern appointments to editor Clark Howell.",["jean-jules-jusserand","orville-h-platt","robert-w-patterson","nelson-aldrich","henry-cabot-lodge","clark-howell","john-dalzell"],"White House"],["1903-02-25","Feuding with Platt over New York jobs","Callers include Cummins, Luke Wright and Foraker, and Roosevelt lunches with Sargent and others. He writes Platt over a disagreement on New York posts, and Aldrich and Cannon on the Philippine tariff and Cuban reciprocity.",["joseph-b-foraker","luke-e-wright","albert-b-cummins","arnold","clark","wright","sargent","thomas-c-platt","nelson-aldrich","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-26","A Wesley bicentennial at Carnegie Hall","After morning meetings, Roosevelt dashes to New York City to speak at Carnegie Hall on the 200th anniversary of John Wesley's birth, then returns to Washington. He asks Speaker Henderson whether the House can pass a resolution letting the amended Cuban treaty take effect once the Senate approves it.",["nelson-aldrich","lucius-n-littauer","james-a-hemenway","joseph-cannon","elihu-root","john-wesley","david-b-henderson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-27","A thousand Daughters of the Revolution","Roosevelt urges Congress to pass the Philippine tariff bill and holds Cabinet. In the afternoon his sister Bamie arrives with the Griscoms, and he receives a delegation of 1,000 women from the D.A.R.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","lloyd-c-griscom"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-02-28","Seth Bullock comes to dinner","Roosevelt hosts a lively dinner with Harriet Blaine Beale presiding because Edith is ill; guests include Root, Justice Holmes, Seth Bullock, Eugene Ware and William Allen White. He tells Platt he will name his judge despite Platt's objections. Chartran's painting of Edith becomes her official portrait.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","harriet-blaine-beale","thomas-c-platt","theobald-chartran","elihu-root","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","seth-bullock","eugene-f-ware","william-allen-white","john-m-parker"],"White House"],["1903-03-01","Retelling the big dinner","Roosevelt lunches with Root, Lodge and Turner and dines with C. S. Mellen and the Woodruffs. He writes Ted all about the previous night's dinner party.",["george-turner","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","charles-s-mellen","timothy-l-woodruff","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-02","Five dogs for Yellowstone","Roosevelt confers with William Allen White, Leupp, Shaw and Cannon. He writes John Pitcher that he wants five dogs for his Yellowstone trip.",["william-allen-white","francis-e-leupp","leslie-m-shaw","joseph-cannon","john-pitcher"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-03","Leupp and Burrows","Roosevelt meets Francis Leupp and Senator Julius Burrows.",["julius-c-burrows","francis-e-leupp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-04","One Congress ends, another begins","The 57th Congress closes and the 58th opens with Republican majorities of 57 to 33 in the Senate and 208 to 178 in the House. Roosevelt spends the morning at the Capitol and dines with the Hays. He writes Hay on Romania's Jews, thanks Speaker Henderson, and tells Booker T. Washington he will resubmit Crum's name.",["john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","david-b-henderson","booker-t-washington","william-d-crum"],"U.S. Capitol"],["1903-03-05","Special session on the treaties","Congress meets in special session, and Roosevelt asks it to ratify the Panama and Cuban treaties. Mrs. Taft and Seymour Edwards join him for lunch and receives the Argentine minister. He writes lumberman Frederick Weyerhaeuser hoping to talk forestry.",["helen-herron-taft","seymour-edwards","frederick-weyerhaeuser"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-06","Chief Joseph, and captains to sea","Senators Hanna, Platt, Hale, Cullom and Lodge call, and Roosevelt discusses the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph with Colonel Scott. He tells Navy Secretary Moody to send Captains Bradford and O'Neil to sea right away. Baseball's two big leagues agree on a joint rulebook.",["l-heisler-ball","henry-cabot-lodge","shelby-m-cullom","eugene-hale","thomas-c-platt","mark-hanna","colonel-scott","chief-joseph","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-07","Howells takes aim; Burroughs invited west","In Harper's Weekly, William Dean Howells criticizes Roosevelt's praise of big families. Roosevelt writes John Burroughs that he liked his piece on real and sham natural history, talks over the errors in animal stories, and invites him along to Yellowstone.",["william-dean-howells","john-burroughs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-08","A quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record notes nothing else for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-09","Exploring the Philippines","Roosevelt meets Representatives Calderhead and Hill about coming finance bills and sees Hanna. He writes Charles Walcott about a broad plan to explore the Philippines and approves a new bankers' committee.",["william-a-calderhead","ebenezer-j-hill","mark-hanna","james-r-sheffield","c-grant-la-farge","dewindt","adler","charles-d-walcott","caldwell-hardy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-10","Post Office scandal: Tyner asked to quit","After Cabinet and lunch with Cannon, Roosevelt writes about the Post Office corruption probe, noting that Tyner has been told to resign. He also tells labor leader John Mitchell whom he has put in charge of the new commerce department and the Bureau of Corporations.",["joseph-cannon","j-h-woodard","john-mitchell","james-n-tyner","george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-11","General Funston calls","Among the day's callers is General Frederick Funston.",["frederick-funston"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-12","J. P. Morgan, and sweating over treaties","Roosevelt names a committee under C. D. Walcott to study the executive departments and meets J. P. Morgan in the afternoon. He hosts a senators' dinner, and writes Hay that he is straining every nerve to get the Cuba and Panama treaties confirmed.",["mark-hanna","albert-beveridge","charles-d-walcott","j-pierpont-morgan","edith-kermit-roosevelt","nelson-aldrich","john-spooner","charles-w-fulton","weldon-b-heyburn","l-heisler-ball","j-frank-allee","arthur-p-gorman","lee-s-overman","hitchcock","william-a-richards","john-hay"],"White House"],["1903-03-13","No compromise on Alaska","A commission led by Charles D. Walcott is named to look at the government's scientific work. Roosevelt sees Speck von Sternberg and sends Taft his sizing-up of Republican leaders in Congress. He tells Root there will be no compromise on principle over Alaska, and Hay that Americans will never let a European power control an American republic.",["charles-d-walcott","francis-e-leupp","james-r-garfield","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-14","Pelican Island: the first bird refuge","Roosevelt sets aside Pelican Island in Florida as a federal bird reservation, the first of its kind, and five irrigation projects take shape in Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. He lunches with George Ward and Curtis Guild and is glad Burroughs will join him in Yellowstone.",["curtis-guild-jr","george-c-ward","charles-h-darling","john-burroughs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-15","Charting the Caribbean coasts","Roosevelt confers with Senators Spooner, Thomas Platt and Beveridge. He asks Root for information on the coastlines of the Caribbean nations.",["albert-beveridge","thomas-c-platt","john-spooner","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-16","His favorite hymn","Roosevelt lunches with Major Scott, and Secretary Shaw comes to dinner and stays the night. He tells Thomas Stewart his favorite hymn is 'How Firm a Foundation' and that he greatly admires 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' and asks Beveridge to talk trusts and tariff.",["major-scott","leslie-m-shaw","thomas-stewart","albert-beveridge"],"White House"],["1903-03-17","Senate ratifies the canal treaty","The Senate approves the Hay-Herrán treaty without amendment, opening the way for a canal across Panama. Roosevelt chooses Root, Lodge and George Turner as the American members of the Alaska boundary tribunal and writes each of them about his stance.",["thomas-c-platt","george-uhler","robert-r-hitt","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","george-turner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-18","Dinner for the coal strike commission","Roosevelt confers with Hopkins and O. H. Platt and gives a dinner for the members of the coal strike commission. He writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler that he enjoyed his critique of Herodotus on the Battle of Salamis.",["albert-j-hopkins","orville-h-platt","george-cortelyou","george-gray","thomas-h-watkins","john-lancaster-spalding","carroll-d-wright","john-m-wilson","edgar-e-clark","edward-a-moseley","benjamin-ide-wheeler"],"White House"],["1903-03-19","Special session adjourns","The special session of Congress ends. Joe Bishop and Grant La Farge come to dinner and stay over, and Roosevelt meets five senators late at night. He writes Taft about the Philippine friars and repeats that he wants him at the War Department when Root leaves.",["elihu-root","james-r-garfield","francis-b-loomis","luke-e-wright","regis-h-post","joseph-bucklin-bishop","c-grant-la-farge","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","albert-beveridge","mark-hanna","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1903-03-20","Niece Eleanor at dinner","Roosevelt has George C. Lee Jr. and George Holls to breakfast and lunches with Lyman Abbott. At dinner his niece Eleanor joins the Winthrop Chanlers, the British ambassador and Lady Herbert, Lieutenant McCoy and Major Howze. He sends Ted family news.",["george-lee","george-f-w-holls","lyman-abbott","eleanor-roosevelt","michael-herbert","winthrop-chanler","frank-r-mccoy","robert-l-howze","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1903-03-22","Coal miners get a raise","The coal strike commission's report is published: miners win a 10 percent pay increase, but the United Mine Workers are not recognized. Roosevelt meets Archbishop Ireland and General Wood, and in the evening talks Indian policy with Commissioner Jones. Edith writes that she feels herself again and may ride.",["ernest-lyon","nelson-aldrich","shelby-m-cullom","albert-j-hopkins","franklin-k-lane","hamilton-fish","jessup","leonard-wood","john-ireland","william-a-jones","john-storer","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-23","Caught in the Odell-Platt feud","Roosevelt sees Stranahan and lunches with Haskell and Woodbury Kane. He drafts two letters to Governor Odell on the Odell-Platt fight over New York patronage, sending only one, tells David Thompson no one has asked him to seek an American cardinal, and defends the Byrne appointment to George Kennan.",["nevada-n-stranahan","woodbury-kane","haskell","david-e-thompson","benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","george-kennan","byrne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-24","Admirals to inspect the canal route","Roosevelt lunches with General and Mrs. Wood and Charles Francis. He names Admiral John Walker and two others to survey the Canal Zone in Panama, and thanks Judge George Gray for the coal strike commission's work.",["leonard-wood","charles-s-francis","john-g-walker","george-gray"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-25","Riding at Fort Myer","Roosevelt talks with J. M. Thurston about the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, then he and Edith go to the riding hall at Fort Myer.",["john-m-thurston","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-26","Speaking to the foresters at Pinchot's","Roosevelt meets Hay and Root, Justice White and G. Minot Weld, then speaks that evening to the Society of American Foresters at Gifford Pinchot's home. He commends the National Economic League to Clarkson and urges William Crum, his Black appointee in Charleston, to run his office beyond reproach.",["elihu-root","john-hay","edward-douglass-white","minot-weld","gifford-pinchot","james-s-clarkson","william-d-crum"],"Pinchot residence"],["1903-03-27","Dewey's boast about the Kaiser","Roosevelt lunches with Amory Gardner and Cushing. Admiral Dewey tells the New York Herald that the recent Venezuela episode taught the Kaiser a lesson.",["cushing","amory-gardner","george-dewey","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-28","Dewey called on the carpet","Roosevelt summons Admiral Dewey and reprimands him for his remarks about the Kaiser, and warns Admiral Taylor that such talk could harm the country. He tells Joe Bishop he means to stay clear of the quarrel between Platt and Odell, and writes John Clarke about Clarkson's plan for Republican clubs.",["henry-t-oxnard","john-hay","george-dewey","henry-c-taylor","joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-clarke","james-s-clarkson"],"White House"],["1903-03-29","Pinchot brings the lumbermen","In the evening Secretary Cortelyou and Gifford Pinchot bring several lumbermen to see Roosevelt, followed by O. P. Austin and Frederick Holls.",["gifford-pinchot","george-cortelyou","o-p-austin","george-f-w-holls"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-30","Too big a people to be careless","Roosevelt lunches with James Barnes, Root, the Lodges, Harriet Blaine Beale, and the Holmeses. He writes Admiral Dewey that the nation cannot afford loose talk.",["oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","james-barnes","dickinson","harriet-blaine-beale","george-dewey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-03-31","Burroughs arrives; portraits finished","John Burroughs comes to stay the night before the western trip. Sargent and Chartran finish their portraits of Roosevelt, who prefers Sargent's. He asks C. Hart Merriam about reports on western Indian tribes and writes Villard on the Philippine atrocity inquiry. Edith and three children set off on the Mayflower.",["weldon-b-heyburn","william-dudley-foulke","foster","john-burroughs","john-singer-sargent","theobald-chartran","c-hart-merriam","oswald-garrison-villard","henry-c-payne","robert-l-howze","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-04-01","The great western tour begins","Roosevelt sets out at 9 a.m. on his long swing through the West, speaking in Baltimore and Harrisburg and stopping at Altoona. Leaving the White House, he writes Corinne that it feels odd without the children and hopes her hand is mending.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","john-hay"],"Altoona"],["1903-04-02","Chicago: honorary degrees and the Monroe Doctrine","In Chicago Roosevelt is made a Doctor of Laws by the University of Chicago and also honored at Northwestern. That evening he argues for a bigger navy and defends the Monroe Doctrine, crediting Germany and Britain for keeping their word in Venezuela.",[],"University of Chicago"],["1903-04-03","Wisconsin legislature and Milwaukee merchants","Roosevelt addresses the Wisconsin legislature in Madison and speaks at a merchants' dinner in Milwaukee.",[],"Madison"],["1903-04-04","Farmers and hired hands at trackside","Roosevelt speaks at La Crosse and St. Paul, talking from the train to crowds he describes to Hay as sinewy farmers, townsfolk, veterans and children.",[],"La Crosse"],["1903-04-05","Sunday in Sioux Falls","In Sioux Falls, Roosevelt worships at a modest German Lutheran church and also attends a Dutch Reformed service. Afterward he covers 20 miles in the company of Dr. Rixey and Seth Bullock.",["seth-bullock","presley-m-rixey"],"Sioux Falls"],["1903-04-06","Brass bands across South Dakota","Roosevelt crisscrosses South Dakota, speaking at Sioux Falls, Yankton, Mitchell and Aberdeen, often from the back of the train. Local bands greeted him with 'Hail to the Chief' as if it were a fresh idea.",[],"Aberdeen"],["1903-04-07","Back in the Badlands","At Fargo Roosevelt talks about the Army and the Philippine islands, and in Bismarck he attends a barbecue of a whole roasted ox. At Mandan, Sylvane and Joe Ferris climb aboard, and at Dickinson and Medora old neighbors remember the young 'four-eyed dude' of ranching days.",["sylvane-ferris","joe-ferris"],"Bismarck"],["1903-04-08","Into Yellowstone","Roosevelt finishes his Dakota visit and reaches Yellowstone National Park.",[],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-09","Elk everywhere; a win in Northern Securities","Entering the park from Gardiner, Montana, Roosevelt begins his camping trip and sees great numbers of elk. It is Archie's ninth birthday. In St. Paul, the federal circuit court rules for the government in the Northern Securities case.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-10","An 18-mile walk alone","Still camping in Yellowstone, Roosevelt sets off by himself on an 18-mile hike.",[],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-11","Camp moves to Cottonwood Creek","The camping party shifts to a second camp at Cottonwood Creek. Edith writes Aunt Lizzie that the West is the sole corner of his domain where her husband can get away from reporters.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-12","Easter, Tower Falls and 3,000 elk","On Easter Sunday the party moves camp to Tower Falls and sees a herd of some 3,000 elk. Edith writes her sister Emily that Alice has named her skinny green garter snake 'Emily Spinach' and carries it to fashionable parties.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Tower Falls"],["1903-04-13","Algonquin rides the White House elevator","Roosevelt is still camping in Yellowstone. In Washington Edith presides over the Easter Egg Roll, a custom she dislikes for what it does to the lawn. Archie is down with whooping cough and measles at once, and Quentin, with an usher's help, brings the pony Algonquin upstairs in the elevator to cheer him.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-14","Pygmy owl and mountain sheep","In camp, Roosevelt and John Burroughs spot a pygmy owl, and the party watches mountain sheep while Roosevelt still has shaving lather on his face. The group naps on the rocks near Tower Falls canyon; others fish while he walks alone.",["john-burroughs"],"Tower Falls"],["1903-04-15","Counting Yellowstone's elk","Roosevelt has spent a week studying Yellowstone's elk. In a single day he counted 3,000 to 4,000 of the roughly 15,000 he estimates live in the park, where cougars are their only predator.",[],"Fort Yellowstone"],["1903-04-16","Deer on the parade ground","At Fort Yellowstone, Roosevelt writes Merriam that game is more abundant than on his visit twelve years before. He tells Ethel how tame the wild animals are, describing a dozen deer that wander onto the parade ground at the evening bugle.",["c-hart-merriam","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt"],"Fort Yellowstone"],["1903-04-17","Among the geysers","Roosevelt tours Yellowstone's geyser country; Burroughs later described him there.",[],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-18","Norris and the Fountain Hotel","Roosevelt and Burroughs stop at the Norris hotel, then ride on to the Fountain Hotel.",["john-burroughs"],"Norris Hotel"],["1903-04-19","A mouse for Merriam","Roosevelt fishes in the afternoon and skins a mouse he trapped, saving it for naturalist C. Hart Merriam.",["c-hart-merriam"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-20","Skiing near the Canyon Hotel","From the Canyon Hotel, Roosevelt and Burroughs head out on skis across the snow.",["john-burroughs"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-21","Tall tales with Hell Roaring Bill Jones","Roosevelt trades stories with 'Hell Roaring' Bill Jones. Burroughs later recorded much of the President's campfire talk.",["bill-jones","john-burroughs"],"Yellowstone National Park"],["1903-04-22","Letters from Fort Yellowstone","Back at Fort Yellowstone near Cinnabar, Roosevelt catches up on mail: praise for Taft and regret over the sugar beet bill, a note to Cleveland Dodge on trusts, more park observations for Merriam with a nudge to produce the standard work on the continent's mammals, and word to Hay on the Danish islands talks.",["william-howard-taft","cleveland-h-dodge","c-hart-merriam","john-hay"],"Cinnabar"],["1903-04-23","Tyner dismissed","Roosevelt is at Cinnabar, Montana, as Assistant Attorney General Tyner is dismissed amid the Post Office inquiry.",["james-n-tyner"],"Cinnabar"],["1903-04-24","Cornerstone of Yellowstone's arch","At Gardiner, Roosevelt lays the cornerstone for a gateway to Yellowstone, then leaves for Livingston. He writes George Bird Grinnell about a Forest and Stream piece by 'Hermit' that attacked Burroughs's essay on fake nature stories.",["george-bird-grinnell","john-burroughs"],"Gardiner"],["1903-04-25","Pheasants and a smoky fireplace","Roosevelt stops at towns in South Dakota and Wyoming and speaks across Nebraska. He writes Thomas Carter that grouse are declining and he likes the idea of bringing in pheasants, and tells Charles McKim the White House dining room fireplace must be fixed this summer because it will not draw.",["thomas-h-carter","charles-f-mckim"],"Ardmore"],["1903-04-26","Sunday in Grand Island","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Grand Island, Nebraska.",[],"Grand Island"],["1903-04-27","Good citizenship in Omaha","Roosevelt speaks his way across Nebraska, from Hastings to Lincoln, and gives an evening address on good citizenship in Omaha. He writes Butler unhappily about the Odell-Platt feud, Bishop on the tariff, and Payne about the Post Office probe and how the press is covering it.",["nicholas-murray-butler","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-c-payne"],"Crete"],["1903-04-28","Iowa, and a win on the franchise tax","Traveling with Albert Cummins and Treasury Secretary Shaw, Roosevelt gives speeches in Des Moines, Ottumwa and other Iowa towns. He writes Knox that he is delighted the Supreme Court upheld New York's franchise tax, a law he forced through as governor.",["albert-b-cummins","leslie-m-shaw","philander-knox"],"Des Moines"],["1903-04-29","Good roads in St. Louis","Roosevelt speaks in Hannibal, to a good-roads gathering in St. Louis, and in Quincy, Illinois. It is Corinne's 21st wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Hannibal"],["1903-04-30","Dedicating the World's Fair","Before 40,000 people in St. Louis, Roosevelt dedicates the Louisiana Purchase Exposition buildings, then leaves for Kansas City with Root and Butler. Gunton's Magazine comes out against his plan to lower tariffs.",["elihu-root","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Louisiana Purchase Exposition"],["1903-05-01","Through the two Kansas Citys to Topeka","Roosevelt stops in Kansas City on both the Missouri and Kansas sides and in Lawrence, then speaks in Topeka that evening.",[],"Kansas City"],["1903-05-02","Across the Kansas prairie","Roosevelt speaks in Abilene, Salina, Ellsworth and other Kansas towns, and telegraphs Hay about the American fleet in French waters.",["john-hay"],"Abilene"],["1903-05-03","A badger named Josiah","At a packed church in tiny Sharon Springs, Kansas, a little girl offers Roosevelt a badger freshly trapped by her brother Josiah. His companions include Burton, Long, Butler, Warren and Foulke. In Washington, Edith dines at Henry Adams's farewell party before he sails for Europe.",["burton","john-d-long","nicholas-murray-butler","francis-e-warren","william-dudley-foulke","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-adams"],"Sharon Springs"],["1903-05-04","Supper off a chuck wagon in a top hat","Roosevelt speaks in Denver and heads for Colorado Springs. Cowboys from a roundup ride in with their chuck wagon, and he sits on its tailboard eating range food in top hat and tails. He writes Hay about whether Grover Cleveland might seek a third term in 1904.",["john-hay","grover-cleveland"],"Colorado Springs"],["1903-05-05","Santa Fe and a Rough Rider reunion","Roosevelt speaks in Santa Fe, which he calls a strange old desert civilization, and in Albuquerque, where old Rough Rider comrades, Captain William Llewellyn among them, climb aboard.",["william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Albuquerque"],["1903-05-06","Standing at the Grand Canyon","Roosevelt sees the Grand Canyon and is overwhelmed, calling it beautiful, terrible and unearthly. He speaks, visits a miners' camp with Alexander Brodie, Butler and Dr. Rixey, then leaves for California.",["alexander-o-brodie","nicholas-murray-butler","presley-m-rixey"],"Grand Canyon"],["1903-05-07","Irrigation talk in Redlands","Crossing the Mojave Desert, Roosevelt stops at Barstow, speaks in Redlands about irrigation and forests, pauses at San Bernardino, and spends the night in Riverside.",[],"Barstow"],["1903-05-08","Flowers everywhere in Los Angeles","Roosevelt speaks at Claremont and Pasadena and spends the night in Los Angeles, where flowers are everywhere he looks.",[],"Los Angeles"],["1903-05-09","Ventura and Santa Barbara","Roosevelt speaks in Ventura and Santa Barbara.",[],"Santa Barbara"],["1903-05-10","A beach ride at Del Monte","At Del Monte, Roosevelt visits with Secretary Moody and Benjamin Ide Wheeler. He tells Ethel about a gallop along the beach among seals and seabirds, notes that western women ride astride, and writes Kermit about Josiah the badger, Archie about Bill the lizard, and Quentin about the trip.",["william-h-moody","benjamin-ide-wheeler","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Del Monte"],["1903-05-11","Santa Cruz, and irrigation politics","Roosevelt stops at Pajaro and Watsonville, speaks in Santa Cruz, and heads for San Jose. He writes Pinchot that California's George Maxwell opposes the irrigation plans, and Payne about the postal inquiry.",["gifford-pinchot","george-h-maxwell","henry-c-payne"],"Pajaro"],["1903-05-12","Forests at Stanford, a parade in San Francisco","At Palo Alto, Roosevelt visits Stanford's president David Starr Jordan and speaks there on saving the forests. He lunches with H. T. Scott, rides in a San Francisco parade, and attends a citizens' committee dinner.",["david-starr-jordan","henry-t-scott"],"Stanford University"],["1903-05-13","Breaking ground for McKinley in Golden Gate Park","In San Francisco, Roosevelt attends a reception and a military review and breaks ground in Golden Gate Park for a monument to McKinley, then speaks that evening. He writes Hay about trouble in Manchuria and Cuba, and Moody about Navy marksmanship awards.",["william-mckinley","john-hay","william-h-moody"],"Golden Gate Park"],["1903-05-14","Honorary degree at Berkeley","Roosevelt speaks in San Francisco, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of California, and speaks in Berkeley and Oakland.",[],"San Francisco"],["1903-05-15","Camping with John Muir among the sequoias","Roosevelt rides by way of Raymond, Berenda and Grub Gulch to meet John Muir at the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite, and the two camp beneath the giant sequoias.",["john-muir"],"Berenda"],["1903-05-16","Snow among the silver firs","In Yosemite, Roosevelt and Muir are caught in a snowstorm high among silver firs near the cliff edge.",["john-muir"],"Yosemite National Park"],["1903-05-17","A night facing El Capitan","Roosevelt sleeps out at Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley, facing El Capitan with waterfalls roaring on both sides.",["john-muir"],"Yosemite National Park"],["1903-05-18","Leaving Yosemite","Roosevelt heads out through Wawona, Raymond and Berenda. The Government Printing Office drops William Miller from his post as assistant foreman. Roosevelt asks Hanna to meet him around the June 6 wedding of Hanna's daughter Ruth.",["william-a-miller","mark-hanna","ruth-hanna"],"Wawona"],["1903-05-19","Thanking Muir","Roosevelt speaks in Carson City and Reno. He thanks John Muir for their days in Yosemite, asks Hitchcock to enlarge California's forest reserves, writes Allison about speaking on the tariff, and Root about wartime troop-transport blunders.",["john-muir","william-b-allison","ethan-a-hitchcock","elihu-root"],"Carson City"],["1903-05-20","Northern California toward Oregon","Roosevelt speaks at stops across northern California on his way to Oregon.",[],"California"],["1903-05-21","Lewis and Clark cornerstone in Portland","Roosevelt arrives in Portland and lays the cornerstone of the Lewis and Clark monument. He asks Hay to check with Root and Cortelyou about whether he should give $100 toward relief for Russia's Jews, and writes William Richards about Oregon's forest reserves.",["john-hay","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","william-a-richards"],"Portland"],["1903-05-22","Russian mendacity","Roosevelt speaks in Olympia and Tacoma. He fumes to Hay about Russia's refusal to open Manchurian ports and says he might accept a German state in Brazil. He sends a farewell note to departing ambassador Holleben and writes Taft about money matters behind his choices.",["john-hay","theodor-von-holleben","william-howard-taft"],"Olympia"],["1903-05-23","Puget Sound and Hanna's telegram","In Seattle, Roosevelt cruises Puget Sound and inspects the Bremerton Navy Yard. Hanna wires that he has stopped Ohio Republicans from endorsing Roosevelt early for 1904. Roosevelt appoints William Byrne U.S. Attorney for Delaware and writes Payne about the postal probe and Hanna's move.",["mark-hanna","william-byrne","henry-c-payne"],"Seattle"],["1903-05-24","Seattle's million","Roosevelt predicts Seattle will one day be a city of a million people, and leaves that evening.",[],"Seattle"],["1903-05-25","Answering Hanna","Heading east, Roosevelt speaks at Walla Walla, Wallula, Pasco, North Yakima, Ellensburg and Cle Elum. He replies to Hanna that he has asked no one for support, and invites Joe Cannon to join him through Illinois.",["mark-hanna","joseph-cannon"],"Cle Elum"],["1903-05-26","Beef Trust ruling","Roosevelt speaks at Spokane and at Harrison and Wallace, Idaho, and stops at Starbuck. Federal prosecutors win the Beef Trust suit.",[],"Harrison"],["1903-05-27","Butte, and the criminal rich","Roosevelt speaks in Helena and Butte. He tells Clarkson the criminal rich are no better than the criminal poor, sends Bishop and Lodge copies of his telegrams with Hanna, and praises Alice for real service to the country on her Cuba visit.",["james-s-clarkson","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-cabot-lodge","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mark-hanna"],"Butte"],["1903-05-28","Admiring Boise","Roosevelt speaks at Pocatello, Shoshone, Glenns Ferry and Mountain Home, and spends the evening in Boise, whose trees, library and homes impress him.",[],"Boise"],["1903-05-29","Ranch stories with Seth Bullock","Roosevelt visits Ogden and Salt Lake City with a Rough Rider escort and heads for Laramie, swapping ranching tales with Seth Bullock along the way. He writes Hanna explaining the telegrams and how Hanna's apparent coolness struck him.",["seth-bullock","mark-hanna"],"Ogden"],["1903-05-30","A 65-mile ride to Cheyenne","Roosevelt speaks at the University of Wyoming, then rides horseback 65 miles from Laramie to Cheyenne, stopping at the Van Tassell ranch and changing horses five times.",[],"University of Wyoming"],["1903-05-31","Decoration Day review in Wyoming","On Decoration Day in Wyoming, Roosevelt reviews U.S. Army troops.",[],"Cheyenne"],["1903-06-01","Steer roping in Cheyenne","At the Cheyenne fairgrounds Roosevelt watches top-notch steer roping and bronc riding, then heads for Iowa, speaking from the train at Osceola. He thanks Senator Hoar for kind words in Hoar's autobiography.",["george-f-hoar"],"Cheyenne"],["1903-06-02","Speaking about the flood at Denison","At Denison, Iowa, Roosevelt speaks about the recent flood. Senators Allison and Dolliver and Treasury Secretary Shaw join his party.",["william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","leslie-m-shaw"],"Denison"],["1903-06-03","Nine Illinois speeches","Roosevelt gives nine speeches across Illinois, among them Freeport, Aurora, Joliet, Lexington and Bloomington.",[],"Freeport"],["1903-06-04","At Lincoln's tomb","Roosevelt speaks in Lincoln, at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, and in Decatur and Danville, then leaves for Indianapolis.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Danville"],["1903-06-05","Home with a badger","The western tour ends with stops at Pittsburgh and Altoona. Roosevelt brings Josiah the badger home for Archie, is greeted at Washington's station, visits John Hay, and is back in the White House by 9 p.m.",["archibald-roosevelt","john-hay"],"Altoona"],["1903-06-06","The children cheer Josiah","Back at his desk, Roosevelt holds Cabinet and goes over the postal investigation with Root and Payne, then sees the British ambassador and Leupp. He tells Lodge the children have given the young badger a wild welcome.",["elihu-root","henry-c-payne","michael-herbert","francis-e-leupp","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-07","Dedicating Grace Reformed Church","Roosevelt speaks at the dedication of Grace Reformed Church, at the corner of 15th and O, then lunches with Ambassador Joseph H. Choate.",["joseph-h-choate"],"Grace Reformed Church"],["1903-06-08","Philippine talk over lunch","Roosevelt lunches with Root, Henry Taft and Wayne MacVeagh, and the talk turns to the Philippines.",["elihu-root","henry-w-taft","wayne-macveagh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-09","Taft agrees to run the War Department","Roosevelt leaves at 3 p.m. for Cleveland with Alice, the Cowleses and Loeb, stopping at Harrisburg and York. He writes Taft, who has agreed to succeed Root as Secretary of War, that he wants to live simply as President and will gladly return to plain living afterward.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","william-loeb","william-howard-taft","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-10","Ruth Hanna's wedding","Roosevelt reaches Cleveland for the wedding of Ruth Hanna and Medill McCormick, then returns to Washington. In Morenci, Arizona, miners strike, and the territorial governor asks the President for help.",["ruth-hanna","medill-mccormick","mark-hanna"],"Cleveland"],["1903-06-11","Troops to Morenci; 'ridiculous' Rev. Long","Roosevelt orders Regulars stationed in Colorado down to Arizona to keep order at the Morenci strike. He tells Henry Taft he wants Will in the Cabinet rather than as Vice President, writes Root about Taft's acceptance, and tells Burroughs that nature writer Rev. William J. Long is ridiculous.",["joseph-mckenna","e-s-pillsbury","william-h-moody","henry-w-taft","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","john-burroughs","william-j-long"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-12","Kishinev with the Russian ambassador","Roosevelt meets Russian Ambassador Cassini about the Kishinev massacre of Jews and talks trusts with Judge Grosscup. He and Edith are dinner guests of the Hays, and he orders Payne to investigate New York Postmaster Van Cott.",["arthur-cassini","peter-s-grosscup","john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-c-payne","cornelius-van-cott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-13","Platt, Cromwell and the canal","On a crowded day, Roosevelt breakfasts with Curtis Guild, lunches with Senator Platt on New York politics and a new county chairman, and talks Panama with William Nelson Cromwell. He tells Lowell he will be friendly toward Canada and writes Higginson on currency. Speaker-to-be Joe Cannon opposes his program.",["curtis-guild-jr","thomas-c-platt","william-nelson-cromwell","halle","george-f-w-holls","hunt","james-s-clarkson","lowell","henry-lee-higginson","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-14","Moody and Hale call","Navy Secretary Moody and Senator Eugene Hale visit the White House on Sunday.",["william-h-moody","eugene-hale"],"White House"],["1903-06-15","B'nai B'rith on Kishinev; song in Baltimore","Roosevelt and Hay meet B'nai B'rith's executive council about the Kishinev massacre. After lunch with German and American guests and receptions for three ambassadors, he goes to the Baltimore Sängerfest with Speck von Sternberg and speaks about German immigrants. He writes Coubertin on physical education.",["albert-shaw","john-hay","baron-von-rheinbaben","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","frederick-d-grant","jean-jules-jusserand","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-b-foraker","pierre-de-coubertin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-16","Commencement at the University of Virginia","At Charlottesville Roosevelt speaks at the University of Virginia's commencement on citizenship and a strong Navy, and visits Monticello before returning to Washington. He tells Leonard Wood the Senate is balking at his promotion to major general.",["thomas-jefferson","leonard-wood"],"Monticello"],["1903-06-17","Backing miner-operator agreements","Roosevelt publicly endorses agreements between coal miners and mine owners. He lunches with Goddard, Moody, Governor Hunt and Captain Davis, dines with George Sheldon, and writes Root about General Wilson's speech attacking Wood and McKinley.",["captain-davis","william-h-hunt","william-h-moody","frederick-norton-goddard","george-r-sheldon","elihu-root","james-h-wilson","leonard-wood","william-mckinley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-18","Speeding up the postal fraud cases","Roosevelt issues an executive order to hurry the postal fraud prosecutions. He meets Booker T. Washington at noon, sees Cecil Lyon, and lunches with Shaffer, Tracy and Ware.",["booker-t-washington","cecil-a-lyon","eugene-f-ware","tracy","john-c-shaffer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-19","Defending the Post Office record","After Cabinet and a midday meal with Hamilton Fish and Stranahan, Roosevelt has Byrnes and Mellen to dinner. Letters ask George Gray to speak for him on the Fourth in Wilkes-Barre, defend his policies to tariff leader Charles Moore, stand up for Payne, and tell John Wanamaker the postal corruption predates his administration.",["hamilton-fish","nevada-n-stranahan","thomas-e-byrnes","charles-s-mellen","george-gray","charles-moore","lemuel-davis","john-wanamaker","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-20","French and Chinese delegations","Roosevelt hears from French and Chinese delegations and sees Payne.",["henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-21","Thanking Perkins","Attorney General Knox calls in the evening. Roosevelt thanks George W. Perkins for his help in the Ohio endorsement affair, which Mellen had told him about.",["philander-knox","george-perkins","charles-s-mellen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-22","Prosecute the postal offenders","Roosevelt tells Knox the Post Office wrongdoers must be prosecuted and takes responsibility for Payne's actions amid heavy press criticism. He writes Lyman Abbott about peonage of Black workers in Georgia and Russia's stance in Manchuria, where Russia refuses to open the ports.",["cecil-a-lyon","philander-knox","charles-bonaparte","john-r-procter","alford-w-cooley","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","lyman-abbott","albert-shaw","charles-emory-smith","arthur-cassini","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-23","No presidential name for a Jerusalem model","Roosevelt lunches with Speyer and Knox and has John McCall to dinner and overnight, with Cortelyou joining them. He writes John Proctor about irregularities at the Washington post office and wires Joseph Burton that he refuses to endorse a for-profit model of Jerusalem planned for the 1904 fair.",["philander-knox","james-speyer","john-a-mccall","george-cortelyou","john-r-procter","joseph-r-burton","jack-thayer","george-richardson"],"White House"],["1903-06-24","Leupp sent to Indian Territory","Roosevelt lunches with Melville Stone and Ware and dines with Benjamin Ide Wheeler, the Hays, the Jusserands and Wayne MacVeagh; Wheeler stays the night. He asks Francis Leupp to serve as an impartial investigator of the Oklahoma Indian reservations.",["eugene-f-ware","melville-e-stone","benjamin-ide-wheeler","john-hay","jean-jules-jusserand","wayne-macveagh","francis-e-leupp"],"White House"],["1903-06-25","Supper at Great Falls","Roosevelt lunches with Crane, Cooley, Proctor and Major Carson, then dines at Great Falls, Virginia, with Pinchot, Garfield and Proctor. Letters touch the postal probe, Ray Stannard Baker's articles, the press, and a false coal-strike story. Hanna will not give up the national chairmanship.",["winthrop-murray-crane","alford-w-cooley","john-r-procter","major-carson","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","elihu-root","ray-stannard-baker","henry-c-payne","joseph-bucklin-bishop","nicholas-murray-butler","mark-hanna"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-26","Lunch for Sir Thomas Lipton","Roosevelt hosts a lunch for yachtsman Sir Thomas Lipton with Moody, Andrew D. White, General Corbin, Hanna and others, and hears Perkins on Wall Street's view of his finance bills. He gives Perkins the pen that signed the Commerce and Labor act and spends the evening at Hay's with Douglas Robinson.",["charles-emory-smith","thomas-lipton","william-h-moody","andrew-d-white","henry-c-corbin","william-cary-sanger","george-perkins","mark-hanna","john-hay","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-27","Summer begins at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels to Oyster Bay and dedicates a cannon on the village green.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-06-28","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-06-29","No delay on Alaska","Lyman Abbott comes to lunch and Joe Bishop stays the night. Roosevelt tells Hay the Alaska boundary must be settled without delay, and writes Platt on New York appointments.",["lyman-abbott","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-06-30","Kermit off to hunt with Bullock","Wilson Bissell, Governor Hunt and Senator Long come to lunch. Kermit leaves for the Black Hills to hunt with Seth Bullock.",["wilson-s-bissell","william-h-hunt","chester-i-long","kermit-roosevelt","seth-bullock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-01","Angry at Russia over the Kishinev petition","Sagamore Hill fills with guests, among them niece Eleanor, Gifford Pinchot and Beekman Winthrop, and Beveridge comes to dinner. Roosevelt writes Francis Loomis about a petition to Russia protesting the Kishinev massacre, and tells Hay he is angered by Russia's impertinence.",["dame-hinckly","albert-beveridge","francis-b-loomis","john-hay","eleanor-roosevelt","gracie-hall-roosevelt","beekman-winthrop","john-a-mcilhenny","gifford-pinchot","george-martin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-02","How to handle the petition","General Joseph Wheeler is among the callers. Roosevelt asks Loomis how the government should now proceed with the Kishinev petition.",["joseph-wheeler","francis-b-loomis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-03","Quiet day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-04","Opening the Pacific cable","On the Fourth of July Roosevelt speaks at Huntington, Long Island, to celebrate the newly completed cable across the Pacific, and sends a message across it to Governor Taft in Manila. He defends his irrigation policy to Ray Stannard Baker and tells George Holls he will act in the national interest whatever foreign powers think.",["william-howard-taft","ray-stannard-baker","george-f-w-holls"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-05","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-06","Badgers and nature fakers","Roosevelt writes John Burroughs, setting a Friday meeting and musing on Josiah the badger, animal instinct, and writers who falsify nature.",["john-burroughs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-07","Hay at Sagamore Hill","Secretary Hay, Winthrop Chanler and Grant La Farge are guests. Over lunch with Hanna, Fairbanks and others, Roosevelt and Hay take up Alaska, Manchuria and the petition to the Czar on behalf of Russia's Jews. He tells Seth Bullock that Ted and his cousin George will reach Deadwood on August 20 to hunt.",["lloyd-c-griscom","charles-w-fairbanks","thomas-kearns","mark-hanna","seth-bullock","theodore-roosevelt-jr","george-emlen-roosevelt","john-hay","winthrop-chanler","c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-08","Don't resign, take a holiday","Winthrop Chanler, Grant La Farge and Massachusetts Governor Murray Crane are guests. Roosevelt urges Pension Commissioner Eugene Ware to take a vacation instead of resigning.",["eugene-f-ware","winthrop-chanler","c-grant-la-farge","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-09","Up the Hudson on the Sylph","After dinner Roosevelt and Edith board the Sylph for a cruise up the Hudson. He thanks Rollo Ogden for the Evening Post's position on Black Americans and his Southern policy.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","rollo-ogden"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-10","Visiting Burroughs at Slabsides","From the Hudson, Roosevelt calls on John Burroughs at his cabin, Slabsides, in West Park, New York, then returns to Oyster Bay.",["john-burroughs","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Hudson River"],["1903-07-11","New York callers","Roosevelt receives Hiscock, Hendricks, Philbin, Dryden and Kean at Sagamore Hill.",["frank-hiscock","hendricks","eugene-a-philbin","john-f-dryden","john-kean"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-12","Root on promotions and Alaska","Secretary of War Root is a guest. He and Roosevelt discuss Army promotions, the Kishinev petition and the Alaska boundary.",["elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-13","No union shop at the Printing Office","Roosevelt lunches with Root, Archbishop Farley, Jacob Riis and others, and appoints Robert Shaw Oliver Assistant Secretary of War. In two letters to Cortelyou he refuses to let the Government Printing Office become a closed union shop.",["james-r-sheffield","brentano","jacob-riis","george-f-w-holls","alford-w-cooley","john-d-crimmins","john-m-farley","elihu-root","robert-shaw-oliver","george-cortelyou"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-14","Miller to be reinstated","Roosevelt meets Leo Levi, Simon Wolf and Oscar Straus about the Kishinev petition, sees Albert Shaw, and dines with Judge Sherman. He tells Cortelyou that W. A. Miller must be reinstated at the Printing Office even though he is not a union member, and sends Hay a cable for Russia.",["oscar-straus","simon-wolf","leo-n-levi","albert-shaw","judge-sherman","john-hay","george-cortelyou","daniel-s-lamont","william-a-miller"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-15","A family day aboard the Sylph","Roosevelt spends the day on the Sylph with his family, Treasury Secretary Shaw and Jacob Riis, and sees Bonaparte, Ray Stannard Baker and Herman Kohlsaat. Bamie, Will and little Sheffield Cowles are guests. He tells Holls that Cassini never officially refused the petition.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","leslie-m-shaw","jacob-riis","charles-bonaparte","ray-stannard-baker","herman-h-kohlsaat","george-f-w-holls","francis-b-loomis","arthur-cassini","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-16","Not one man jack","Lodge visits to discuss finance bills and Alaska, and Douglas and Corinne Robinson are guests. Roosevelt asks Hay to cable St. Petersburg, orders Payne to look into the letter carriers' convention, and warns Clarkson that Printing Office strikers would never work for the government again while he is President.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay","henry-c-payne","james-s-clarkson","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-17","A statement on currency reform","Roosevelt releases a statement on currency reform legislation. Nicholas Murray Butler calls, and Roosevelt forwards to Root some praise Taft wrote about him.",["nicholas-murray-butler","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-18","Irritated over Manchuria","Seth Low, George Meyer and W. L. Ward call, and Butler and the Clifford Richardsons are guests. Roosevelt tells Hay he does not mind the Russians knowing how irritated he is over Manchuria, and writes Charles Emory Smith about his clash with Proctor.",["william-l-ward","george-von-lengerke-meyer","seth-low","charles-emory-smith","john-hay","john-r-procter","nicholas-murray-butler","clifford-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-19","Congratulating Hamlin Garland on a baby","Dr. Alexander Lambert and Nicholas Murray Butler visit and stay for lunch. Roosevelt congratulates Hamlin Garland on his new baby and lays out his belief in large families.",["alexander-lambert","nicholas-murray-butler","hamlin-garland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-20","Barry jumps the line","Roosevelt lunches with Whitelaw Reid and his wife. He informs Colonel Thomas Barry that he now outranks more senior colonels as a newly made brigadier general.",["whitelaw-reid","thomas-h-barry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-21","Bracing for a fight over Wood","Titus Sheard calls. Roosevelt writes Ebenezer Hill on finance, warns Root that Wood's promotion may bring an ugly fight, and complains to Joe Bishop about Boston Herald falsehoods on the McSweeney case.",["titus-sheard","ebenezer-j-hill","elihu-root","joseph-bucklin-bishop","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-22","Platt, Frick and a crowd of visitors","A stream of visitors reaches Sagamore Hill, among them Senator Platt, Henry Clay Frick, Gifford Pinchot and Charlemagne Tower, and Roosevelt goes over finance bills with Cannon. He tells a congressman he listens to party bosses only selectively, and writes on Indian affairs and money matters.",["justin-mccarthy","gifford-pinchot","henry-clay-frick","george-turner","charlemagne-tower","w-cameron-forbes","edward-lauterbach","m-k-belknap","thomas-c-platt","joseph-cannon","ethan-a-hitchcock","lucius-n-littauer","leslie-m-shaw","john-elliott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-23","A 2 a.m. ride to Sayville","At 2 in the morning Roosevelt sets out on horseback for Sayville, Long Island, to stay with his uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt, and lunches there with J. E. Roosevelt.",["robert-barnwell-roosevelt","john-ellis-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-24","Answering Bloomingdale on Kishinev","Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay and talks Navy growth with Secretary Moody. He replies to Emanuel Bloomingdale's letter on the persecution of Russian Jews and writes Whitelaw Reid on the Monroe Doctrine and Knox on lynching.",["william-h-moody","benjamin-f-tracy","thomas-a-hendrick","emanuel-bloomingdale","whitelaw-reid","philander-knox"],"Sayville"],["1903-07-25","No arbitration on Alaska","Roosevelt discusses Puerto Rico with Samuel Lindsay. He tells Justice Holmes there will be no arbitration of the Alaska boundary, asks William Round not to publish an 18-year-old letter of his about Indians, and tells Oswald Villard he was advised against promoting Captain John J. Pershing.",["samuel-mccune-lindsay","van-ingen","william-williams","francis-b-loomis","joseph-l-bristow","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","william-round","oswald-garrison-villard","john-j-pershing"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-26","Clergy at lunch","Miss Helen Buchanan is a guest, and Bishop McFaul and Father Belford come to lunch.",["james-a-mcfaul","john-l-belford","helen-buchanan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-27","A West Point appointment","John Barrett calls at 10 a.m. Roosevelt writes S. Weir Mitchell about a West Point appointment for Mitchell's son.",["john-barrett","s-weir-mitchell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-28","Kemeys for the World's Fair","Roosevelt asks Augustus Saint-Gaudens to see that western sculptor Edward Kemeys has work shown at the 1904 fair in St. Louis.",["augustus-saint-gaudens","edward-kemeys"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-29","Missing Root","Roosevelt talks finance with W. D. Washburn and lunches with Frank Higgins. He writes about friar land sales in the Philippines and tells Hay that Root will be missed, but that Hay is one man he could not do without.",["william-d-washburn","frank-w-higgins","john-t-mcdonough","john-hay","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-30","Postal frauds with Payne","Roosevelt and Payne go over the postal fraud cases, and John R. Proctor is a guest. Letters cover the Port of New York, Father Hendrick's appointment as a bishop in the Philippines, the Panama Canal Commission, an article by Andrew D. White, and family life.",["henry-c-payne","james-s-clarkson","james-smith","leslie-m-shaw","andrew-d-white","edward-s-martin","thomas-a-hendrick","john-r-procter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-07-31","Printing Office inquiry","J. R. Proctor and Agriculture Secretary Wilson call; Roosevelt lunches with Woodbury Kane and reviews the Government Printing Office investigation with Proctor. Wilson stays the night, and nephew Stewart Douglas Robinson is a guest. He writes Archbishop Ireland about agitation for the friars in the Philippines.",["james-wilson","john-r-procter","woodbury-kane","john-ireland","stewart-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-01","Night camping trip with the boys by rowboat","Roosevelt heads out after dark to camp with Kermit, Archie and their cousins Philip, Oliver and Nicholas, the party filling two rowboats. His letters that day touch the Government Printing Office row, Leonard Wood's contested promotion and Seth Low's mayoral bid.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","philip-j-roosevelt","oliver-w-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","albert-shaw","leonard-wood","seth-low","philander-knox","george-cortelyou"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-02","Sunday visit from Bob Ferguson","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill; the guest book records Bob Ferguson.",["bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-03","Praise for Saint-Gaudens's Sherman statue","Roosevelt writes Augustus Saint-Gaudens to admire his new equestrian statue of General Sherman, newly unveiled in Manhattan.",["augustus-saint-gaudens","william-t-sherman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-04","Bareback ride leaves the President raw","After a run of callers, among them Hamilton Fish and Melville Stone, Roosevelt and Ted ride bareback for an hour and a half, Ted on Renown and his father on Bleistein. The President comes home with the skin rubbed off the insides of his legs.",["hamilton-fish","bishop-dougherty","denison","judge-sanborn","e-a-bond","melville-e-stone","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-05","Root confers on gloves and the General Staff","Elihu Root comes out to talk over the new General Staff law and the Littauer-Lyon glove contract affair. Kermit and Philip set off to camp overnight but bad weather drives them home.",["elihu-root","kermit-roosevelt","philip-j-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-06","Edith's birthday with cake and haybarn games","Edith turns 42, and the appointment book is marked to keep visitors away. Ethel hemstitched handkerchiefs and wrapped the gifts, opened at breakfast; Kermit and Ethel carried in a cake at lunch, and the whole family spent the afternoon tumbling in the haybarn. Root also confers on the Alaska boundary.",["elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","emily-carow","henry-cabot-lodge","winfield-t-durbin","henry-c-payne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-07","New German ambassador presents credentials","Roosevelt receives Speck von Sternberg, who formally presents his papers as Germany's ambassador. Senator Heyburn, Millard, Howland and Regis Post also call, and Dr. Alexander Lambert is a guest.",["regis-h-post","william-b-howland","weldon-b-heyburn","joseph-h-millard","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-08","Miles retires as Alaska warning reaches London","General Nelson Miles leaves the Army. In London, Colonial Secretary Chamberlain tells Prime Minister Balfour that Justice Holmes delivered a private letter from Roosevelt: the President agreed to arbitrate the Alaska boundary only to keep peace with Britain, and would occupy the American claim himself if the result fell short.",["nelson-a-miles","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","joseph-chamberlain","arthur-j-balfour","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","samuel-b-m-young","elihu-root","william-sheffield-cowles","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-09","Long letter to Hay recounting the Western tour","Roosevelt sits down and writes John Hay a full account of his 1903 Western trip, stocked with stories from the road.",["john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-10","Letters on the Cuban treaty session","Roosevelt writes Senator Fairbanks about calling Congress back to act on the Cuban treaty, and Senator Hanna about the Outlook's Howland. Meanwhile his friend Jacob Riis is at work on a biography.",["charles-w-fairbanks","mark-hanna","william-b-howland","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-11","Knox briefs him on glove and postal cases","Attorney General Knox comes to discuss the glove contract case and the Post Office frauds. Bishop O'Gorman calls, and at three Howland arrives with a photographer.",["philander-knox","thomas-o-gorman","william-b-howland","john-t-mcdonough"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-12","Colombia's senate rejects the canal treaty","Roosevelt sees Jacob Riis, then spends the whole night with Senators Allison, Spooner, O. H. Platt and Aldrich hammering out a currency bill. Far away, Colombia's congress turns down the Hay-Herran Treaty, which would have paid $10 million in gold plus $250,000 a year for a canal zone in Panama.",["jacob-riis","william-b-allison","john-spooner","orville-h-platt","nelson-aldrich"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-13","Ethel turns eleven; canal outlook murky","Ethel's eleventh birthday. Roosevelt admits to Senator Morgan that he cannot see how the isthmus question will end, and presses Joe Cannon for congressional action on Cuban reciprocity. The Wall Street scare is easing.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-tyler-morgan","joseph-cannon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-14","Crowded day of cabinet callers","Treasury Secretary Shaw, Senator Cullom, Interior Secretary Hitchcock, John G. Carlisle, Lauterbach and Bishop Rooker all call. At noon a Mr. Hewitt photographs Ted, and Joseph Bucklin Bishop stays for dinner and the night.",["leslie-m-shaw","shelby-m-cullom","ethan-a-hitchcock","john-g-carlisle","edward-lauterbach","bishop-rooker","hewitt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-15","Mayflower officers call; Panama restless","Captain Cowles settles in for the weekend and Monday's naval review. Roosevelt lunches with Robert Shaw Oliver, receives the Mayflower's officers at six, and hosts Captain Brownson overnight. From Bogota the American minister warns Hay that Panama's delegates now lean toward independence.",["william-sheffield-cowles","robert-shaw-oliver","willard-h-brownson","arthur-m-beaupre","john-hay","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-16","\"American Manhood\" speech to Holy Name men","Roosevelt speaks on American manhood to Holy Name Society members from Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island. Writing Emily Carow, he recounts a family ride and picnic at Jane's Hill with Speck von Sternberg and the children's backyard play, with Ted as George Washington and Quentin as Cupid. Everyone visits the battleship Kearsarge.",["emily-carow","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","lorraine-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-17","Reviewing the fleet off Lloyd's Neck","From the deck of the Kearsarge, Roosevelt reviews the North Atlantic Squadron's Caribbean ships off Lloyd's Neck with Sir Thomas Lipton, Navy Secretary Moody and Admirals Dewey and Taylor, then lunches aboard the Mayflower.",["thomas-lipton","william-h-moody","george-dewey","henry-c-taylor"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-18","A blank day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-19","\"Jack rabbits\" letter on the canal","After callers Kearns and J. H. Sleicher, Roosevelt tells Hay to hold off on the canal for now, but floats building at Panama under the 1846 treaty and scorns the Bogota government as jack rabbits.",["thomas-kearns","john-a-sleicher","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-20","Wilcox visits; no youth memoir, please","Ansley Wilcox dines and spends the night. Roosevelt answers criticism for sending no commendation to the retiring General Miles, writes Senator Frye on the special session, and asks Richard Watson Gilder not to publish the story of his boyhood.",["ansley-wilcox","davis","william-p-frye","richard-watson-gilder","nelson-a-miles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-21","Currency talks and a happy childhood","Roosevelt talks currency legislation with Representatives Hill and Babcock, lunches with Governor Odell and dines with Babcock; Cortelyou stays the night. To Gilder he credits his parents for a happy childhood.",["ebenezer-j-hill","joseph-w-babcock","benjamin-odell","george-cortelyou","elon-r-brown","richard-watson-gilder"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-22","Word of Taft's offer leaks","Roosevelt sees G. W. Dunn and lunches with Carter. He writes Hanna that his offer of the War Department to Taft is now public, Platt about the Printing Office inquiry, and banker James Stillman with financial ideas.",["george-w-dunn","carter","mark-hanna","thomas-c-platt","james-stillman","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-23","Rowing Edith to Lloyd's Neck","Roosevelt rows Edith to the tip of Lloyd's Neck, where they picnic and read, explore a bit, and pull home under an odd, glimmering sunset.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-24","Taft says yes; Root steps down","Roosevelt tells Bamie that Taft has taken the War Department, and accepts Elihu Root's resignation with warm praise. He lunches with Hermann Kohlsaat, sees Senator Aldrich, and swipes at the Sun and the Journal.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","nelson-aldrich","elihu-root","anna-roosevelt-cowles","l-clarke-davis","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-25","Wyoming proves too much horse","Roosevelt writes Ted, away hunting, that Kermit has his hands full with the horse Wyoming and off limits to Edith; he rides Bleistein and she Yagenka. Senator Fulton hears about Oregon patronage and a fired Land Office man.",["charles-w-fulton","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-26","Defending Wood and the currency system","F. C. Travers drops by, as does Thomas Woodlock, a Wall Street Journal man. In letters he tells Bamie the nation's money system is sound overall, warns Cannon about pressure for inflation, and promises Leonard Wood he will keep fighting for his promotion.",["frank-travers","thomas-f-woodlock","anna-roosevelt-cowles","joseph-cannon","benjamin-odell","george-cortelyou","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-27","Fusionists call; false alarm from Beirut","Roosevelt breakfasts with Jacob Riis, receives New York Fusion leaders and others, and lunches with Ansley Wilcox. The Mediterranean squadron sails for Beirut on reports, later proven false, that the American vice consul has been murdered. He offers Beekman Winthrop a Philippine commission seat.",["jacob-riis","charles-h-robb","james-c-mcreynolds","charles-n-fowler","ansley-wilcox","beekman-winthrop","william-cramer","john-c-shaffer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-28","Hay comes to lunch","John Hay confers with Roosevelt over lunch, and Treasury Secretary Shaw stays the night. Letters go to Bamie, to Joe Bishop on Taft and money, and to James Clarkson about next year's campaign and Herbert Parsons.",["john-hay","leslie-m-shaw","anna-roosevelt-cowles","joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-s-clarkson","herbert-parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-29","Planning the Labor Day speech","Mrs. Alexander Russell and Mrs. Ballington Booth visit. Roosevelt writes Nicholas Murray Butler about what he means to say on Labor Day.",["mrs-alexander-russell","maud-ballington-booth","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-30","Quiet Sunday at Oyster Bay","Nothing is recorded for the day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-08-31","Alice off with the Newport set","After callers including McMackin, Roosevelt confirms Beekman Winthrop's Philippine appointment, tells Shaw he stands behind him and Hanna in Ohio, and writes Jacob Schurman on currency and Canadian trade. Alice is rarely home, spending her days with Newport society.",["mcmackin","john-hay","beekman-winthrop","leslie-m-shaw","jacob-gould-schurman","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mark-hanna"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-01","On righteous and unrighteous war","Roosevelt writes Theodore Brentano about condolences on Pope Leo XIII's passing, and tells Paul d'Estournelles de Constant his views on war and peace with Turkey and Beirut in mind.",["theodore-brentano","paul-d-estournelles-de-constant","pope-leo-xiii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-02","Lunch with Beveridge and Finley","Senator Albert Beveridge, John H. Finley and Major Llewellyn come to lunch.",["albert-beveridge","john-h-finley","william-h-h-llewellyn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-03","Hunting tales for the little boys","Roosevelt thanks Agriculture Secretary Wilson for advising silence on currency, writes Taft about the War Department and Miles, and tells Lodge about the Printing Office fight. He is reading hunting stories aloud to Archie and Quentin and calls Ethel a perfect little housewife.",["james-wilson","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-04","Turkey trouble and the fleet","Cortelyou and Loomis call, and Roosevelt writes Albert Shaw about sending warships toward Beirut and the dispute with Turkey.",["george-cortelyou","francis-b-loomis","albert-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-05","Six steps on labor and capital","Roosevelt writes Payne about a Delaware postmistress pushed out by the Addicks machine, congratulates John Finley on the NYU presidency, and sends Lyman Abbott a long letter on trusts, Indian agencies and the coal strike, listing six things he has done on labor and capital.",["henry-c-payne","mark-hanna","john-h-finley","lyman-abbott","george-holt","miss-todd","j-edward-addicks","william-blau"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-06","Night train to Syracuse","After lunch with James R. Garfield, Roosevelt leaves in the evening for Syracuse with Jacob Riis and William Loeb. He tells Florence LaFarge he read Aristophanes and Euripides side by side.",["james-r-garfield","jacob-riis","william-loeb","florence-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-07","Labor Day at the State Fair","At the state fair in Syracuse, Roosevelt reviews the Labor Day parade at 10:30, gives his Labor Day address, reviews the letter carriers at five, and dines as the guest of F. H. Hiscock.",["frank-h-hiscock"],"Syracuse"],["1903-09-08","Back to Oyster Bay; senators bristle","Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay, speaking at Richmond Hill on the way, and sees Cooley and a Sound Money League group. He writes Harvey Scott about senators angry that he has meddled in appointments they treated as their own.",["alford-w-cooley","harvey-w-scott"],"Syracuse"],["1903-09-09","Archbishop of Manila and two writers","Paul Morton and Francis Leupp call; Gordon Johnston and Will Cowles come to lunch. At three Archbishop Harty of Manila and H. M. Hoyt arrive, and in the evening Grant LaFarge and Owen Wister.",["paul-morton","francis-e-leupp","gordon-johnston","william-sheffield-cowles","jeremiah-j-harty","henry-m-hoyt","c-grant-lafarge","owen-wister"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-10","Wary of stirring revolt in Panama","LaFarge, Wister and Hamlin Garland are houseguests. Roosevelt again writes Payne about Miss Todd's removal and tells Jacob Schurman why he cannot say what he thinks about Panama.",["c-grant-lafarge","owen-wister","hamlin-garland","henry-c-payne","jacob-gould-schurman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-11","Keeping the squadron at Beirut","Roosevelt writes Alford Cooley about how the merit rules apply to fourth-class postmasters and explains to Hay why the Beirut squadron had to go and must stay.",["alford-w-cooley","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-12","Miss Todd's case may be lost","Roosevelt tells Payne the Delaware postmistress's removal may now be impossible to reverse, and writes Wood about charges meant to sink his promotion.",["henry-c-payne","leonard-wood","miss-todd"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-13","Ted turns sixteen","Ted's sixteenth birthday at Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-14","Nothing on the record","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no activity is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-15","Wait on Colombia, think Nicaragua","The Storers and Willis Ogden call, and Roosevelt dines with John Bassett Moore, LaFarge, Wister and Albert Bushnell Hart. He tells Hay to do nothing about Colombia for now and writes Taft that the coming winter may bring a start on Nicaragua or a move at Panama.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","willis-l-ogden","john-bassett-moore","c-grant-lafarge","owen-wister","albert-bushnell-hart","john-hay","william-howard-taft","henry-c-payne","knott","henry-c-taylor"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-16","Inspecting Ellis Island aboard the Sylph","Roosevelt takes the Sylph out to the immigration station, touring it with Commissioner William Williams, to look over the station, meets Senator Platt, and leaves that evening for Antietam.",["william-williams","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-17","Honoring New Jersey's dead at Antietam","At Antietam, Roosevelt speaks at the dedication of New Jersey's monument to its soldiers, dines with Governor Franklin Murphy, and heads back to Oyster Bay.",["franklin-murphy"],"Antietam"],["1903-09-18","Seawanhaka dinner; at wits' end over the city race","Roosevelt dines at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club at eight. He tells Alford Cooley that fourth-class postmasters fall under the new civil service rules and confides to Seth Low his puzzlement over the New York City election.",["alford-w-cooley","seth-low"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-19","Literary lunch with Matthews and White","Roosevelt lunches with Brander Matthews, Stewart Edward White, Captain W. C. Brown and Nicholas Murray Butler, who stays over. He writes LeGrand Cannon about the tariff league's campaign against the Cuba treaty.",["brander-matthews","stewart-edward-white","nicholas-murray-butler","w-c-brown","legrand-b-cannon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-20","Butler stays for Sunday","Nicholas Murray Butler remains a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-21","Pressure on the Alaska tribunal","Roosevelt talks over the special session with Harvey Scott and Senator Redfield Proctor and federal patronage with Representative Curtis. He warns Hay that the Alaska tribunal is under pressure against the United States and writes Clarke Davis about Miller and labor unions.",["redfield-proctor","harvey-w-scott","charles-curtis","john-hay","l-clarke-davis","william-a-miller"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-22","Philippine commission letter to Taft","Roosevelt writes Governor Taft about filling a seat on the Philippine Commission.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-23","An emptier house, and Archie's overalls","With Ted and Kermit back at Groton, Roosevelt writes Kermit that home feels empty though hardly quiet, thanks to Archie in his faded blue overalls and Quentin. Edith is shutting the house for winter. He also writes Bill Sewall about the burdens of the presidency, and LaFarge and Wister arrive for the night.",["robert-s-mccormick","c-grant-lafarge","owen-wister","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sewall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-24","Three-hour ride; a Panama plot at the Waldorf","Roosevelt rides three hours with LaFarge and Wister, lunches with Lyman Abbott, chops wood in the afternoon, and hosts Parsons overnight. In New York, Philippe Bunau-Varilla and Dr. Manuel Amador meet at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and lay plans for a Panamanian revolution.",["strahan","hamilton-fish","lyman-abbott","john-c-shaffer","c-grant-lafarge","owen-wister","herbert-parsons","philippe-bunau-varilla","manuel-amador-guerrero","charles-s-mellen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-25","Riding with Edith, talking game with Grinnell","Roosevelt and Edith ride for four hours. At lunch George Bird Grinnell and Sears discuss Indian reservations and the zoology of big game, and Roosevelt plays tennis in the afternoon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-bird-grinnell","j-h-sears"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-26","All day on the water with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith spend the day in a rowboat, picnicking at the big marsh off Lloyd's Neck before a hard pull home into wind and tide. He also writes Henry White about the Alaska boundary.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-27","Corinne's birthday","Roosevelt's sister Corinne turns 42.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-28","Summer ends; back to Washington","Roosevelt leaves for Washington. Writing Corinne, he looks back on a lovely summer, praises her son Stewart, and wryly notes that Alice spent it mostly at Newport among the Four Hundred.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","stewart-douglas-robinson","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-09-29","Labor leaders at the White House","Back at work, Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, receives the American Federation of Labor's executive council, and lunches with mine leader John Mitchell. He also takes up the postal inquiry with Payne and the Printing Office probe with Sargent and Garfield.",["john-mitchell","henry-c-payne","james-r-garfield","frank-p-sargent"],"White House"],["1903-09-30","Reading Lincoln and Plutarch","Roosevelt visits Dr. Harban at eleven and lunches with Bonaparte and Conrad. To Lodge he reports he is reading Lincoln and Plutarch and covers the Printing Office, postal scandals and the Platt-Odell feud. British Ambassador Sir Michael Herbert has died in Switzerland, and London picks Sir Mortimer Durand as his successor.",["dr-harban","charles-bonaparte","holmes-conrad","henry-cabot-lodge","owen-wister","michael-herbert","mortimer-durand"],"White House"],["1903-10-01","Delaware attorney talks; first World Series opens","Roosevelt and Delaware's two senators, Allee and Ball, discuss a new district attorney for that state; sees R. P. Skinner and Senator Stewart, lunches with Secretary Wilson, and at three receives Ambassador and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower. In Boston the first World Series begins at the Huntington Avenue Grounds.",["j-frank-allee","l-heisler-ball","robert-p-skinner","william-m-stewart","james-wilson","charlemagne-tower"],"White House"],["1903-10-02","\"My hand on the lever\"","After a Cabinet meeting and talks on Alaska and postal indictments, Roosevelt writes his family: Quentin has started at the Force School, and Kermit should study more and play less. He adds that he enjoys the presidency and is reading about Lincoln.",["william-p-dillingham","redfield-proctor","beach","james-a-gary","george-gray","j-frank-allee","l-heisler-ball","william-alden-smith","henry-c-taylor","joseph-bucklin-bishop","anna-roosevelt-cowles","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-10-03","Drafting the annual message; jumping Bleistein","Roosevelt works on his annual message, lunches with Moody, Shaw and Cortelyou, and receives Justices McKenna and Harlan and a string of officials. Then he rides out to Chevy Chase to jump Bleistein.",["william-h-moody","leslie-m-shaw","george-cortelyou","joseph-mckenna","john-marshall-harlan","charles-h-darling","samuel-b-m-young","william-alden-smith","joseph-m-dixon","henry-c-hansbrough","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1903-10-04","Letting Ted play football","Roosevelt writes Ted, now on Groton's second football squad, with some misgivings, and tells headmaster Endicott Peabody he will let the boy play even at some risk of injury.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","endicott-peabody"],"White House"],["1903-10-05","\"Cat-rabbits\" warning to Colombia","Roosevelt names J. P. Nields Delaware's U.S. attorney as a grand jury charges Tyner and Barrett over postal fraud. He sits for three photographers, receives Venezuela's minister, and tells Hanna that Colombia must be warned his patience has limits; to Lodge he says Britain has no case on Alaska.",["john-p-nields","james-n-tyner","harrison-j-barrett","cunningham","taylor","keller","philander-knox","campbell","henry-c-payne","leslie-m-shaw","mark-hanna","davis","henry-cabot-lodge","john-c-greenway"],"White House"],["1903-10-06","Memorial for Sir Michael Herbert","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt attends a noon memorial for the late Sir Michael Herbert at St. John's Episcopal Church, then sees a druggists' committee and lunches with George Becker.",["michael-herbert","george-f-becker"],"White House"],["1903-10-07","Langley's aircraft falls into the Potomac","Roosevelt confers with Cromwell on the canal, Knox on judgeships and Payne at the Post Office, and goes to St. Thomas Church for the marriage of General Young's daughter. On the Potomac, Charles Manly tries to fly Samuel Langley's Smithsonian aircraft and fails.",["william-nelson-cromwell","philander-knox","henry-c-payne","charles-emory-smith","leslie-m-shaw","ebenezer-j-hill","samuel-b-m-young","charles-m-manly","samuel-p-langley","albert-shaw"],"White House"],["1903-10-08","Postal probe, rivers and extradition","Roosevelt meets Payne, Moody and C. E. Smith on the postal investigations, Representative Theodore Burton on rivers and harbors, and Joseph Folk on extradition with Canada and Mexico. He asks J. P. Morgan to talk finance.",["henry-c-payne","william-h-moody","charles-emory-smith","theodore-e-burton","joseph-w-folk","franklin-murphy","j-pierpont-morgan"],"White House"],["1903-10-09","Cabinet day and lunch with McClure","Roosevelt meets his Cabinet and lunches with magazine publisher S. S. McClure.",["s-s-mcclure"],"White House"],["1903-10-10","Bunau-Varilla at the White House","At 11:30 Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary Loomis meet Philippe Bunau-Varilla of Paris. He talks Ohio with Senator Foraker, lunches with Will Cowles and visiting English traffic commissioners, and sees Lincoln Steffens. To Albert Shaw he writes that an independent Panama would delight him. It is Kermit's fourteenth birthday.",["philippe-bunau-varilla","francis-b-loomis","joseph-b-foraker","william-sheffield-cowles","lincoln-steffens","kermit-roosevelt","albert-shaw","george-perkins","franklin-murphy","nelson-a-miles"],"White House"],["1903-10-11","Evening tea with Hay and reformers","At 7:30 Roosevelt takes tea with Arthur von Briesen, John Hay and William Dudley Foulke. He writes Ted that he belongs on Groton's third football team, not the second. His niece Eleanor turns 19.",["arthur-von-briesen","john-hay","william-dudley-foulke","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-10-12","Praise for Uncle Remus, a quarrel with Long","Atha Cunningham photographs Roosevelt at nine. He meets Moody and Congressmen Grosvenor, Dalzell and Olmsted, receives the Supreme Court, and lunches with Lloyd Lowndes. He praises Joel Chandler Harris and protests John D. Long's Outlook article suggesting he wanted Spanish ships sunk before war began in 1898.",["atha-cunningham","william-h-moody","charles-h-grosvenor","john-dalzell","marlin-e-olmsted","lloyd-lowndes","joel-chandler-harris","john-d-long"],"White House"],["1903-10-13","Game wardens for Yosemite","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt shares lunch with the Corbins, Clarke Davis and a visiting English lord and lady. He tells Taft he needs him home by late January for help on labor and trusts, and suggests to Roger Baldwin that Yosemite's forest rangers double as game wardens.",["shelby-m-cullom","l-clarke-davis","henry-c-corbin","william-howard-taft","roger-s-baldwin"],"White House"],["1903-10-14","Boston wins the first World Series","Roosevelt confers with Knox and receives Henry Clay Frick, Regis Post, Simon Wolf and Senator McComas, then has Generals Bell and Crozier to dinner. Boston beats Pittsburgh in game eight to take the first World Series, and Amador and Bunau-Varilla meet again at the Waldorf.",["philander-knox","henry-clay-frick","louis-e-mccomas","simon-wolf","regis-h-post","william-crozier","j-franklin-bell","manuel-amador-guerrero","philippe-bunau-varilla","james-a-gary"],"White House"],["1903-10-15","Sherman statue speech; word of a Panama revolt","Roosevelt speaks at 2:30 at the unveiling of General Sherman's statue in Washington. Navy Commander John Hubbard tells him a rising in Panama is coming. Postal investigators confer with him, General Dodge and the Thorndikes stay overnight, and he orders Payne to look into Perry Heath.",["philander-knox","charles-bonaparte","holmes-conrad","milton-d-purdy","william-t-sherman","john-hubbard","grenville-m-dodge","paul-thorndike","joseph-b-foraker","john-d-long","philip-b-stewart","henry-c-payne","perry-s-heath","philippe-bunau-varilla"],"White House"],["1903-10-16","Army officers predict a Panama uprising","After the Cabinet meets and he talks with Representatives Payne and Dalzell about a special session, two Army officers tell Roosevelt that Panama is close to rising against Colombia. Arthur Sage and Albert Shaw stay the night.",["sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","arthur-sage","albert-shaw"],"White House"],["1903-10-17","Alaska tribunal sides with America","The Alaska boundary tribunal decides in favor of the United States. Roosevelt sees Hay and Senators Scott and Hansbrough, lunches with Generals Oliver and Brooke, John Logan and John C. Black, meets A. Maurice Low, and has Joe Bishop to dinner and overnight.",["john-hay","nathan-b-scott","henry-c-hansbrough","john-c-black","john-logan","john-r-brooke","robert-shaw-oliver","a-maurice-low","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1903-10-18","Pillow ambush and Uncle Remus","Roosevelt meets Hay and, at 2:30, Ambassador von Sternberg, and enjoys Washington's autumn color. Once he is home, the two youngest boys, Archie and Quentin, ambush him with pillows, and once they are bathed he reads aloud from Uncle Remus. Nephew Sheffield Cowles turns five.",["john-hay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"White House"],["1903-10-19","Warships ordered toward the isthmus","Roosevelt sends the Boston to Nicaragua and the Atlanta to Guantanamo. He discusses land laws with Senator Hansbrough, has Paul Morton and General Black to lunch, and tells Kermit that a car spooked Renown on a family ride.",["henry-c-hansbrough","john-c-black","paul-morton","oscar-straus","redfield-proctor","clarence-r-edwards","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"White House"],["1903-10-20","\"I rose like a rocket\"","Roosevelt summons Congress to meet November 9 on the Cuban treaty. The Alaska tribunal's ruling, with Lord Alverstone siding with the Americans, gives Canada nothing; the two Canadians refuse to sign. He writes Ted about his own fast rise, and writes Holmes on the boundary.",["nicholas-murray-butler","george-e-chamberlain","lord-alverstone","theodore-roosevelt-jr","curtis-guild-jr","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr"],"White House"],["1903-10-21","Claiming credit for the Alaska win","Roosevelt meets a group of senators including Quay, Clark, Mitchell and Fulton, lunches with Wayne MacVeagh and Bishop William Lawrence, and hosts Henry Lee Higginson overnight. He tells Ted his warnings over Alaska were decisive and praises Ray Stannard Baker's article on union bosses.",["matthew-s-quay","john-h-mitchell","charles-w-fulton","clarence-d-clark","wayne-macveagh","william-lawrence","henry-lee-higginson","theodore-roosevelt-jr","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1903-10-22","Public Lands Commission created","Roosevelt sets up the Public Lands Commission to study how the nation's land laws work. He reviews the postal prosecutions with Bonaparte, Conrad and Knox, lunches with James R. Garfield, and writes Shaw about a Boston business meeting.",["charles-bonaparte","holmes-conrad","philander-knox","james-r-garfield","leslie-m-shaw"],"White House"],["1903-10-23","Laid low by Cuban fever","After the Cabinet and callers including Senator Cullom and Charles Walcott of the Geological Survey, Roosevelt comes down with Cuban fever. He spends the afternoon still on the sofa while Edith knits beside him in a rocker.",["shelby-m-cullom","charles-d-walcott","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-10-24","Stiff joints and good grades","Several hundred Universalist convention delegates call. Roosevelt cheers Ted's grades but confesses he is slipping physically, stiff with what may be rheumatism or gout. He tells Kermit that Quentin fell off the pony unhurt and the family has gone to Dr. Rixey's farm, while he works on his annual message.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","presley-m-rixey"],"White House"],["1903-10-25","Bishops and a talk at Mount St. Alban","Roosevelt receives a delegation of American bishops and speaks at Mount St. Alban on Christian virtues.",[],"Mount St. Alban"],["1903-10-26","Inquiry into the New York Post Office","A probe of the post office in New York City gets under way. Roosevelt sees Senator Scott, meets Secretary Moody and the West Indies archbishop, and entertains the Satterlees, the Rixeys and Chief Justice Fuller.",["nathan-b-scott","william-h-moody","herbert-l-satterlee","presley-m-rixey","melville-w-fuller"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-10-27","Forty-five, with greetings from Hungarian Republicans","Roosevelt turns 45. A Hungarian-American Republican club from New York stops by that morning with good wishes; he also meets the Cabinet, talks the glove contract case with Littauer, and sees Baldwin and Burgess.",["lucius-n-littauer","baldwin","burgess"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-10-28","Glove case talks and a crowded lunch table","Roosevelt meets Littauer and John G. Milburn, sees Senators Cullom and Cockrell and Representative Dixon, and lunches with Silas McBee, General Joseph Wheeler, Bishop Talbot, the Dudleys and others.",["john-g-milburn","lucius-n-littauer","shelby-m-cullom","francis-m-cockrell","joseph-m-dixon","silas-mcbee","hale","joseph-wheeler","ethelbert-talbot","thomas-u-dudley","hawkins"],"White House"],["1903-10-29","Admiring Joseph Conrad","Roosevelt confers with Interior Secretary Hitchcock on public lands and lunches with Dean Worcester and Alexander Agassiz. He tells Lincoln Steffens he likes Joseph Conrad's work and writes Lyman Abbott about the Caribbean islands and about his policies toward Black Americans.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","dean-c-worcester","alexander-agassiz","lincoln-steffens","edgar-s-wilson","lyman-abbott","joseph-conrad"],"White House"],["1903-10-30","Nashville ordered to Colon","The Cabinet works over the annual message, and Roosevelt confers with Long and Darling. The gunboat Nashville is sent to Colon on the isthmus.",["john-d-long","charles-h-darling"],"White House"],["1903-10-31","Carter named governor of Hawaii","Roosevelt appoints George R. Carter territorial governor of Hawaii, receives the Portuguese minister, sees Mr. Emerson of the New York Herald, and writes Hanna about Ohio patronage.",["george-r-carter","emerson","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1903-11-01","A quiet Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-11-02","Waiting on the Nashville","Roosevelt talks with Representatives Cannon and Mondell, greets the sailors of the Sylph and Mayflower, lunches with John W. Foster, and leaves that night for Oyster Bay. The Panama rising planned for this day is held back until U.S. warships take station; the Nashville reaches Colon by 5:30.",["joseph-cannon","frank-w-mondell","john-w-foster"],"White House"],["1903-11-03","Panama declares independence","Roosevelt votes at Oyster Bay on Election Day, sees Jacob Riis, and heads back to Washington that evening. In Panama City, Colombian troops are bought off with $50 apiece in gold, railroad workers and firemen seize the city, U.S. ships keep Colombian forces from landing, and Panama proclaims independence with Dr. Amador as president.",["jacob-riis","esteban-huertas","manuel-amador-guerrero","seth-low","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1903-11-04","Marines ashore at Colon","American Marines come ashore at Colon. Roosevelt writes Nicholas Murray Butler about the elections, including a lengthy rundown of his reading since 1900, and writes Hanna on the canal and Gilder on the coal strike.",["nicholas-murray-butler","mark-hanna","richard-watson-gilder"],"White House"],["1903-11-05","War council on the Panama rising","Roosevelt meets Hay, Moody, Loomis and Admirals Taylor and Walker on events in Panama, sees the immigration commissioners, and has Senator and Mrs. George Turner overnight. He writes General Francis Greene on the elections and Lyman Abbott about Hanna's place in the presidential picture.",["john-hay","william-h-moody","francis-b-loomis","henry-c-taylor","john-g-walker","assemblyman-crane","george-turner","francis-v-greene","lyman-abbott","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1903-11-06","America recognizes the Republic of Panama","The United States recognizes Panama, and the Cabinet agrees to open canal treaty talks with the new republic at once. Roosevelt sees Congressmen Grosvenor and Hepburn, dines with Governor Franklin Murphy, and insists to Albert Shaw there was no conspiracy with the rebels.",["charles-h-grosvenor","william-p-hepburn","franklin-murphy","curtis-guild-jr","john-g-walker","albert-shaw","john-hay"],"White House"],["1903-11-07","Senate leaders and the Cuba treaty","On a crowded day Roosevelt meets Senators Spooner, Aldrich, Cullom, Allison, Hale and Orville Platt about changes to the Cuban treaty, lunches with John Sleicher, and dines with General Francis Greene. He writes Hay on Congress's role in foreign affairs.",["john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","shelby-m-cullom","william-b-allison","eugene-hale","orville-h-platt","john-a-sleicher","francis-v-greene","john-hay","brokmeyer","john-bassett-moore"],"White House"],["1903-11-08","Late-night talks with Root and Aldrich","Roosevelt meets Elihu Root at nine about Panama and Senator Aldrich at ten about finance.",["elihu-root","nelson-aldrich"],"White House"],["1903-11-09","Congress meets in special session","Congress gathers in extra session to act on Cuban reciprocity. Roosevelt discusses the Republican National Committee chairmanship with Hanna, dines with Lodge, and spends the evening with a roomful of party leaders over his Cuba message. He presses for Spring-Rice's posting to Washington.",["mark-hanna","henry-cabot-lodge","william-h-moody","joseph-cannon","william-b-allison","nelson-aldrich","orville-h-platt","john-spooner","eugene-hale","george-p-wetmore","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","james-a-tawney","james-a-hemenway","cecil-spring-rice"],"White House"],["1903-11-10","Cuba message goes to Congress; Booker T. Washington calls","Roosevelt sends Congress his special message on Cuban reciprocity after a Cabinet session on Panama. He meets a joint committee including Hanna, Lodge and Cannon at 10:30, lunches with Baroness von Sternberg, sees Booker T. Washington at 2:30, and dines with House leaders.",["mark-hanna","lucius-n-littauer","henry-cabot-lodge","george-f-hoar","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","albert-j-hopkins","booker-t-washington","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","james-a-hemenway","james-a-tawney"],"White House"],["1903-11-11","Dinner with Root","Roosevelt dines with Secretary Root.",["elihu-root"],"White House"],["1903-11-12","\"We did not know\"","Roosevelt breakfasts with Senator Beveridge and holds an evening dinner conference on Panama with Hay, Wilson and a group of senators. He assures Jacob Schurman and Lawrence Abbott that he and Hay had no advance knowledge of the Panama revolution.",["albert-beveridge","john-hay","james-wilson","william-b-allison","orville-h-platt","john-spooner","mark-hanna","charles-w-fairbanks","eugene-hale","jacob-gould-schurman","lawrence-abbott"],"White House"],["1903-11-13","Receiving Panama's minister","At 9:30 Roosevelt receives Philippe Bunau-Varilla as Panama's minister. After Cabinet and talks with Senators Fairbanks, Hoar, Allison and McComas, he lunches with Knox and dines with Lodge and Hay. To James Wilson he recalls urging McKinley in 1898 to treat Spanish torpedo boats' sailing as an act of war.",["philippe-bunau-varilla","louis-e-mccomas","george-f-hoar","charles-w-fairbanks","william-b-allison","philander-knox","henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay","james-wilson","william-mckinley"],"White House"],["1903-11-14","A scramble up Rock Creek","After meeting Hanna and Puerto Rican delegates, Roosevelt leads Ethel, Archie, Quentin and three Garfield boys on a scramble through Rock Creek Park. That evening he dines with members of the Ellis Island investigating commission.",["mark-hanna","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","arthur-von-briesen","lee-k-frankel","hynes","ralph-trautmann","george-cortelyou","william-williams","van-ingen","carroll-d-wright"],"White House"],["1903-11-15","Acting as \"vice-mother\"","Roosevelt has dinner with Lodge and his sister Bamie and her husband. With Edith away nine days, he tells Kermit he spends 45 minutes every evening reading aloud to the two little boys, from Algonquin legends and Scott to Macaulay, Jim Bludso and the Bible. Ted has broken his nose at football.",["william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1903-11-16","Speech on Lincoln at New York Avenue church","At Congressman Hitt's request, the House receives the Panama documents. Roosevelt sees Beveridge, Fairbanks, Moody, Cortelyou, Cannon and Governor Durbin, lunches with Hughitt, Hendricks and Low, and at 7:45 gives an address on Lincoln at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. He sends Harvard's football team a rousing letter.",["robert-r-hitt","charles-w-fairbanks","albert-beveridge","joseph-cannon","george-cortelyou","william-h-moody","winfield-t-durbin","marvin-hughitt","hendricks","low","abraham-lincoln","cranston"],"White House"],["1903-11-17","Senators to dinner as the treaty takes shape","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with Governor Durbin, Justice Harlan and others while Bunau-Varilla and Hay draft a canal treaty. He dines with Lodge, Root, Knox and a table of senators, and writes on labor unions and the canal.",["winfield-t-durbin","john-marshall-harlan","james-r-sheffield","fitzgerald","john-hay","philippe-bunau-varilla","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","philander-knox","boies-penrose","william-p-frye","john-kean","redfield-proctor","matthew-s-quay","joseph-b-foraker","edwin-packard","william-g-mcadoo"],"White House"],["1903-11-18","Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed","At 6:40 in the evening John Hay and Philippe Bunau-Varilla sign the canal treaty between the United States and Panama, on the same $10 million terms Colombia had refused. Earlier Roosevelt sees Simon Wolf and lunches with Moody, Ream and Wayne MacVeagh.",["simon-wolf","wayne-macveagh","william-h-moody","ream","john-hay","philippe-bunau-varilla"],"White House"],["1903-11-19","Quentin's birthday cake in the nursery","Quentin turns six, nursing a cold; his birthday cake is brought up to the nursery, where Edith, Aunt Emily, Ethel, Archie, his father, Mame and Georgette join him. The House passes the Cuban reciprocity bill, Roosevelt addresses Washington's German societies, and he wires Alice forbidding her to pour tea at a charity show.",["quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","mary-ledwith","georgette","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1903-11-20","Alice pours tea anyway","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and at 2:30 the Panama commission with Bunau-Varilla. In New York, Alice ignores his wishes and serves tea at $5 a cup at the Charity Portrait Show with Ethel Barrymore and Maude Adams.",["philippe-bunau-varilla","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-barrymore","maude-adams"],"White House"],["1903-11-21","Caruso's Met debut","Roosevelt lunches with W. D. Murphy, goes over the Bristow report with Payne and Bristow, sees Tawney and, at 2:30, the Russian ambassador, and dines with Joe Bishop. In New York, Enrico Caruso makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in Rigoletto.",["w-d-murphy","joseph-l-bristow","henry-c-payne","james-a-tawney","arthur-cassini","joseph-bucklin-bishop","enrico-caruso"],"White House"],["1903-11-22","Sunday with nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activity is noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-11-23","Opening the German-American fair by button","Roosevelt lunches with Senator Platt and G. W. Dunn, sees Foraker and Fairbanks, and at seven touches an electric button that starts the German-American fair at Convention Hall before meeting Hanna at 8:30. He writes Philip Stewart about Colorado politics and bear hunting.",["thomas-c-platt","george-w-dunn","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-b-foraker","mark-hanna","philip-b-stewart"],"White House"],["1903-11-24","Peacemaking between Platt and Odell","After the Cabinet takes up Panama, Roosevelt brings Governor Odell, Senator Platt and Dunn together to settle their New York feud. He lunches with Montana labor leaders, Cortelyou, MacVeagh and Carroll Wright, meets the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and keeps Odell overnight.",["benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","george-w-dunn","george-cortelyou","wayne-macveagh","carroll-d-wright"],"White House"],["1903-11-25","Bamie's anniversary, a full calendar","Bamie marks eight years of marriage. On a packed day Roosevelt lunches with Slicer and Shaw and meets Austria's ambassador.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","thomas-slicer","leslie-m-shaw"],"White House"],["1903-11-26","Thanksgiving, then north for Uncle Jimmie","On Thanksgiving evening Roosevelt leaves for New York after the death of his uncle James K. Gracie and stays at Corinne's, where Eleanor is also a guest; everyone but Eleanor goes out to play. He answers Packard's charge that he is anti-labor and tells G. H. Putnam of a Collier's deal for his collected works.",["james-king-gracie","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","eleanor-roosevelt","edwin-packard","george-haven-putnam"],"New York City"],["1903-11-27","Uncle Jimmie Gracie's funeral","Roosevelt attends the funeral of his uncle James K. Gracie in New York and returns to Washington.",["james-king-gracie"],"New York City"],["1903-11-28","A crank at the funeral","Roosevelt sees S. Fred Nixon at ten, meets Ball, Quay and Fairbanks, and lunches with Eugene Philbin. He tells Kermit that 500 police ringed the church at Uncle Jimmie's funeral, yet a crank slipped in with a petition about curing the Kaiser's cancer. Ted has sprained an ankle and is urged to read Trevelyan's American Revolution.",["s-fred-nixon","matthew-s-quay","charles-w-fairbanks","l-heisler-ball","eugene-a-philbin","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-biddle","ralph-trautmann","nicholas-murray-butler","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","george-otto-trevelyan"],"White House"],["1903-11-29","His Bristow report comments go public","Roosevelt's comments on the Bristow report on postal frauds are published.",["joseph-l-bristow"],"White House"],["1903-11-30","Was Panama like the Confederacy?","Roosevelt receives Cannon with an Illinois delegation and dines with Senators Spooner and Orville Platt. To Otto Gresham he explains why Panama's break from Colombia is no parallel to Southern secession: the Panamanians have right on their side.",["joseph-cannon","john-spooner","orville-h-platt","otto-gresham"],"White House"],["1903-12-01","Lunch with Captain Pershing","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with Captain John J. Pershing, Monsignor O'Connell and Major and Mrs. Howze, confers with Senator Penrose, and writes Joe Bishop about press guesswork over his talk with Platt and Odell.",["john-j-pershing","denis-j-o-connell","robert-l-howze","boies-penrose","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1903-12-02","Panama ratifies the canal treaty","As he and Edith mark 17 years of marriage, Panama's government ratifies the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty. Roosevelt talks Panama and Illinois with Cullom, lunches with John R. Proctor and Garfield, sees Foraker, Fairbanks and the British ambassador, and writes Arthur von Briesen on immigration tests.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","shelby-m-cullom","john-r-procter","james-r-garfield","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-b-foraker","mortimer-durand","arthur-von-briesen"],"White House"],["1903-12-03","Alaska result \"satisfactory in every way\"","Roosevelt confers with Root, Moody and Hay, lunches with Ray Stannard Baker, and sends Congress a message on the Alaska boundary award.",["john-hay","william-h-moody","elihu-root","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1903-12-04","Hanna at night on canal and Wood","Roosevelt sees Hill of the Tribune at ten, meets the Cabinet, takes up New York appointments with Senator Platt and confers with Hay. At 9:15 p.m. he and Hanna go over canal legislation, the Wood case and the national committee chairmanship.",["hill","thomas-c-platt","john-hay","mark-hanna","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1903-12-05","Breakfast with Putnam","Roosevelt breakfasts with Putnam and writes Hanna about rumors swirling around his meeting with Platt and Odell.",["e-h-putnam","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1903-12-06","Evening with Bristow and Leupp","Roosevelt confers in the evening with Joseph Bristow and Francis Leupp.",["joseph-l-bristow","francis-e-leupp"],"White House"],["1903-12-07","Annual message: building the canal is a duty","Congress opens its regular session and hears Roosevelt's annual message, which calls building the Panama canal a national duty. He confers with Senator Warren on Alaska and lunches with Gordon and Peck. To Arthur Lee he praises the Alaska settlement and teases that Britain did well to face such reasonable jurors.",["francis-e-warren","gordon","peck","arthur-lee"],"White House"],["1903-12-08","Langley's machine fails again","Charles Manly makes a second try at flying Professor Langley's aircraft off the Potomac, and fails again. Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, lunches with Andrew Carnegie, Henry Pritchett, Moody and others, and dines at Root's at eight.",["charles-m-manly","samuel-p-langley","andrew-carnegie","henry-s-pritchett","william-h-moody","johnson","baldwin","maurice-francis-egan","william-b-howland","edwards","j-sloat-fassett","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1903-12-09","Panama tops his worries","Roosevelt confers with Representative Foss on the Navy, visits Root in the evening and sees Senator Aldrich at 8:30. He tells Charles Osborn that Panama concerns him more than anything else right now.",["george-e-foss","elihu-root","nelson-aldrich","charles-s-osborn"],"White House"],["1903-12-10","Commander Winslow joins as aide","Roosevelt meets Republican National Committee members, takes Commander Winslow on as an aide, has Hugh Bond and Congressman Dayton to lunch, and sees H. H. Kohlsaat at 9:30.",["cameron-mcr-winslow","alston-g-dayton","hugh-bond","herman-h-kohlsaat"],"White House"],["1903-12-11","Sternberg calls; party committee meets","After the Cabinet, Roosevelt lunches with Root, Mott, Stewart and Brooke, receives Ambassador von Sternberg at 2:30, and meets the Republican National Committee.",["elihu-root","mott","stewart","john-r-brooke","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"White House"],["1903-12-12","Praising Trevelyan's Revolution","Roosevelt names W. I. Buchanan U.S. minister to Panama, discusses Oklahoma statehood with Bird McGuire, and meets National Republican League leaders. He tells George Otto Trevelyan his book is the best history of the Revolution, defends Wood to Root, and answers Abbott on the postal frauds.",["william-i-buchanan","bird-s-mcguire","j-hampton-moore","j-sheridan","j-a-stewart","george-otto-trevelyan","lyman-abbott","elihu-root","joseph-polk","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-12-13","Pinchot and Reynolds at nine","Roosevelt sees Elihu Root in the afternoon and, at nine that night, Gifford Pinchot and James B. Reynolds.",["elihu-root","gifford-pinchot","james-b-reynolds"],"Washington, D.C."],["1903-12-14","Riis at the White House","Roosevelt talks statehood with Delegate Wilson, sees Root, Moody, Proctor, Cockrell and Foraker, and meets Shaw and von Sternberg about exports to Germany. Jacob Riis is his guest. He writes Austin Wadsworth about New York business jitters over his financial course.",["wilson","elihu-root","william-h-moody","joseph-b-foraker","francis-m-cockrell","redfield-proctor","leslie-m-shaw","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jacob-riis","william-austin-wadsworth"],"White House"],["1903-12-15","Funeral for a civil service commissioner","At 10:30 Roosevelt attends the funeral of Civil Service Commissioner John R. Proctor, then lunches with Shaw and Speaker Cannon and discusses German export duties. Beveridge calls at nine and Riis stays over. He names John Black to Proctor's seat.",["john-r-procter","leslie-m-shaw","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","jacob-riis","john-c-black"],"White House"],["1903-12-16","Senate passes Cuban reciprocity","The Senate passes the Cuban reciprocity bill. Roosevelt breakfasts with Albert Shaw, meets the Cabinet, reviews with Bonaparte and Conrad the report upholding Tulloch's postal fraud charges, and lunches with G. H. Putnam.",["albert-shaw","charles-bonaparte","holmes-conrad","seymour-w-tulloch","george-haven-putnam"],"White House"],["1903-12-17","Signs Cuban reciprocity as the Wrights fly","Roosevelt signs the Cuban reciprocity bill, lunches with Root, Cortelyou, Lodge and Massachusetts Governor Crane, gives a Cabinet dinner at eight, and hosts Governor Odell overnight. At Kitty Hawk, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first powered flights; the longest, Wilbur's fourth, lasts 59 seconds over 852 feet.",["winthrop-murray-crane","henry-cabot-lodge","george-cortelyou","elihu-root","benjamin-odell","orville-wright","wilbur-wright","richard-harding-davis","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1903-12-18","Backing Peary's polar bid","After a Cabinet session on Panama, Roosevelt discusses New York politics with Governor Odell and has Kennedy, Jones, Crane, Root, Cortelyou and Lodge to lunch. He writes Daniel Coit Gilman in support of Robert Peary's North Pole expedition.",["benjamin-odell","henry-cabot-lodge","winthrop-murray-crane","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","kennedy","jones","daniel-coit-gilman","robert-e-peary"],"White House"],["1903-12-19","Western land frauds and a jab at Bryce","Roosevelt calls in Knox, Lodge, Root, Moody, Hitchcock and Cortelyou to deal with land frauds in the West, lunches with Judge Grosscup, and dines with Joe Bishop, Professor Lounsbury and Nicholas Murray Butler, who stays over. He objects to James Bryce's portrait of Godkin and lays out his Panama policy for critic George Harvey.",["philander-knox","ethan-a-hitchcock","elihu-root","william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","henry-cabot-lodge","peter-s-grosscup","joseph-bucklin-bishop","thomas-r-lounsbury","nicholas-murray-butler","bellamy-storer","james-bryce","george-harvey","edwin-l-godkin"],"White House"],["1903-12-20","Mrs. Trescott's camera","At 9:15 in the morning Mrs. Trescott arrives to photograph the President and Edith.",["mrs-trescott","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1903-12-21","\"Dead sure that Columbia fires first\"","Roosevelt calls on John Hay and orders Navy Secretary Moody to keep forces in Panama from shooting unless fired on.",["john-hay","william-h-moody"],"White House"],["1903-12-22","Talks with Colombia's General Reyes","After the Cabinet, Roosevelt lunches with Spring, Moore, Garrison and MacVeagh. He writes Hay about negotiations with Colombia's General Reyes and David Thompson about comparisons between Panama and the Civil War.",["spring","john-bassett-moore","garrison","wayne-macveagh","john-hay","david-e-thompson","rafael-reyes"],"White House"],["1903-12-23","Friars' lands and a question about Yaviza","Roosevelt breakfasts with Paul Morton, takes up the Philippine friars' lands with Root and Shaw, lunches with Pennsylvania Governor Pennypacker, and sees H. G. Squiers. He telephones Senator Warren about Wood instead of sending a letter, rebukes George Carter for airing MacArthur's slurs on German-Americans, and asks Admiral Walker whether the Navy should take Yaviza.",["paul-morton","leslie-m-shaw","elihu-root","samuel-w-pennypacker","herbert-g-squiers","francis-e-warren","george-r-carter","john-g-walker","arthur-macarthur","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1903-12-24","On the rights of citizenship","Roosevelt meets the Spanish minister and Root, attends Miss Locke's funeral at St. Paul's at two, and visits Bamie that evening. He writes Shaw twice on Philippine bonds, urges Governor Hunt to hire Puerto Ricans, and tells Carl Schurz why he would not abet stripping Black Southerners of their basic rights.",["elihu-root","miss-locke","anna-roosevelt-cowles","leslie-m-shaw","william-h-hunt","carl-schurz"],"White House"],["1903-12-25","Stockings on the President's bed","At seven on Christmas morning the children pile onto Roosevelt's bed to open their stockings, while Allan, Kermit's terrier, sits in the thick of it and Bob Ferguson and Aunt Emily looking on. After breakfast the bigger gifts wait in the library on separate tables. The Lodges, the Cowleses, Brooks Adams and Ferguson come to dinner.",["kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","emily-carow","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","brooks-adams"],"White House"],["1903-12-26","A Christmas like the old days","Senator Elkins calls at 9:45 and Secretary Shaw at three. Roosevelt tells Corinne the family's Christmas recalled the ones their parents gave them decades before.",["stephen-b-elkins","leslie-m-shaw","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"White House"],["1903-12-27","Trouble with Ambassador Storer","Roosevelt writes Bellamy Storer about his indiscreet remarks on getting Archbishop Ireland a cardinal's hat and on removing an American diplomat named Hurst in Vienna.",["bellamy-storer","john-ireland","hurst"],"White House"],["1903-12-28","Lunch with W. B. Yeats","Roosevelt lunches with the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, Maurice Francis Egan and William Dudley Foulke, then confers at three with Moody, Root and Quay.",["william-butler-yeats","maurice-francis-egan","william-dudley-foulke","william-h-moody","matthew-s-quay","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1903-12-29","Hay hosts the Roosevelts","At four the Cabinet takes up Colombia. Roosevelt sees Simon Wolf, and the Hays give a dinner for him and Edith. He writes John Byrne about New York bankers and honest money, and Samuel Small on Southern opposition to the canal.",["simon-wolf","john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-byrne","samuel-w-small"],"White House"],["1903-12-30","Reprimanding Storer","Roosevelt receives the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, Simon Wolf and Congressmen Dixon and Loomis. He rebukes Bellamy Storer over Archbishop Ireland and Hurst, and writes about the postal frauds and three letter carriers fired without cause.",["simon-wolf","francis-b-loomis","joseph-m-dixon","bellamy-storer","clayton-mcmichael","henry-h-bingham"],"White House"],["1903-12-31","Year-end conferences; Santo Domingo seeks protection","Roosevelt ends the year meeting Root, Garfield, Knapp, Cortelyou and Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam. Santo Domingo asks the United States to make it a protectorate to keep European powers out.",["elihu-root","george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield","herbert-putnam","martin-a-knapp"],"White House"],["1904-01-01","New Year's reception","Roosevelt confers with Secretary Shaw, then greets the public at the White House New Year's reception from eleven to 1:30.",["leslie-m-shaw"],"White House"],["1904-01-02","Lunch with Spooner","Roosevelt lunches with Senator John Spooner.",["john-spooner"],"White House"],["1904-01-03","Sunday, nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activity is noted.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-01-04","Urging the Senate to ratify","As Congress returns, Roosevelt sends the Senate a special message asking it to approve the canal treaty with Panama. He sees Senator Hansbrough and Whitelaw Reid and lunches with David Starr Jordan, Moody, George Kennan, Merriam and Higgins. He tells Charles Lummis he may not have gone far enough with Colombia.",["henry-c-hansbrough","whitelaw-reid","david-starr-jordan","william-h-moody","george-kennan","merriam","higgins","nicholas-murray-butler","charles-f-lummis"],"White House"],["1904-01-05","War clouds over Korea","Russian troops move into Korea, and the Cabinet discusses the Far East. Roosevelt takes a long-distance call from Governor Odell, meets Senator Platt at 12:30, lunches with Baldwin, sees Booker T. Washington at 2:30, and with Edith dines at Secretary Root's.",["benjamin-odell","thomas-c-platt","baldwin","booker-t-washington","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-j-hopkins","charles-h-grosvenor","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1904-01-06","Lodge carries the treaty fight","Roosevelt asks Senator Quarles how the public is taking his canal policy and receives a stream of callers, among them Smoot, Beveridge, Burrows, Ball, Burton, Humphrey and Baldwin of the Outlook. At noon he attends Isabel McKenna's wedding to Mr. Duffield. He thanks John Bigelow and John Bassett Moore for help and praise on his canal message and writes Lodge, who is leading the Senate fight.",["joseph-v-quarles","albert-beveridge","reed-smoot","l-heisler-ball","julius-c-burrows","theodore-e-burton","humphrey","baldwin","isabel-mckenna","duffield","page","fox","roberts","john-bigelow","john-bassett-moore","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1904-01-07","Henry Adams frowns at the court","Roosevelt confers with Quay and sees Allison, Hopkins, Boutell and Mondell. At the evening diplomatic reception Henry Adams is struck by what he considers royal trappings and imperial airs, and judges the presidency changed for the worse. Roosevelt writes Douglas Robinson on family money and Burlingame a comic verse about Panama.",["matthew-s-quay","william-b-allison","frank-w-mondell","henry-s-boutell","albert-j-hopkins","henry-adams","douglas-robinson","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","edward-l-burlingame","oswald-garrison-villard"],"White House"],["1904-01-08","Senators all day, music at night","Roosevelt confers with Representative Hinshaw and Senators Foraker, Aldrich, Fairbanks and Orville Platt, then with John Sleicher and Maurice Low, before a White House dinner and a ten o'clock musicale.",["edmund-h-hinshaw","joseph-b-foraker","nelson-aldrich","charles-w-fairbanks","orville-h-platt","john-a-sleicher","a-maurice-low"],"White House"],["1904-01-09","\"I ought to be dead\"","Roosevelt meets Arthur von Briesen's Ellis Island commission at nine, confers with Congressmen Bartholdt and Burton, Senators Allison and Dolliver, and at 2:30 Ambassador von Sternberg. He tells Jacob Riis his biography is so kind it embarrasses him.",["arthur-von-briesen","theodore-e-burton","richard-bartholdt","jonathan-p-dolliver","william-b-allison","james-t-mccleary","russell-a-alger","john-h-mitchell","matthew-s-quay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jacob-riis"],"White House"],["1904-01-10","Two Scotts at 9:30","Two evening callers, Captain Charles H. Scott and John Winfield Scott, see the President.",["john-winfield-scott","charles-h-scott"],"White House"],["1904-01-11","Steering Ted away from West Point","Roosevelt is photographed at nine, confers with Kearns and Aldrich, sees Governor Durbin and others, and lunches with Root, Knox, Beveridge and MacVeagh. He writes Ted weighing military against civilian careers and hoping he will skip West Point and Annapolis.",["thomas-kearns","nelson-aldrich","winfield-t-durbin","charles-w-fulton","charles-b-landis","john-h-mitchell","philander-knox","wayne-macveagh","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1904-01-12","Persian minister and a Knox dinner","After the Cabinet, Roosevelt meets Senator Elkins, sees Representative Champ Clark, receives Ambassador von Sternberg at 12:30 and the Persian minister at 2:30, and dines with Edith at the Knoxes'.",["stephen-b-elkins","champ-clark","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","philander-knox","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1904-01-13","Naval Academy appointments","Roosevelt confers with Lucius Littauer and sees Penrose, Governor Murray Crane, and Moody, who comes to review Naval Academy appointments.",["lucius-n-littauer","boies-penrose","winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody"],"White House"],["1904-01-14","Snowy ride; Hanna told who the nominee is","After a day of callers, the Roosevelts take their horses through deep snow along Rock Creek, and the White House holds its diplomatic dinner at eight. He writes Hanna, after press talk of a Hanna candidacy, leaving no doubt that he himself will be the nominee.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1904-01-15","Ida Tarbell calls","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, talks New York politics with Woodruff and confers with Beveridge, sees Senator Long at ten and Sternberg at 12:30, lunches with Norman and Alderman, and receives Ida Tarbell at three. He and Edith ride again through the snow before a 10 p.m. musicale.",["timothy-l-woodruff","albert-beveridge","chester-i-long","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","norman","edwin-a-alderman","ida-m-tarbell","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sulzer","james-considine"],"White House"],["1904-01-16","Callers and canal talks","Among a crowd of callers are Quay, Governor Hill and Senator Beveridge. Roosevelt confers with Hay and Representative Hitt.",["matthew-s-quay","hill","albert-beveridge","john-hay","robert-r-hitt"],"White House"],["1904-01-17","Writing Morley about Gladstone","Roosevelt writes John Morley about his life of Gladstone; Morley plans to visit Washington in December.",["john-morley"],"White House"],["1904-01-18","Michigan Republicans and a juggler","On Bamie's 49th birthday Roosevelt receives a Michigan Republican delegation led by Senators Alger and Burrows, sees Rockhill and Amos Pinchot among others, and sits for Hewitt at 2:30. He tells Kermit the family went to see Kellar the magician, and Ted that he relaxes with riding and broadsword bouts.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","russell-a-alger","julius-c-burrows","william-w-rockhill","amos-pinchot","james-a-tawney","edgar-d-crumpacker","charles-h-grosvenor","hewitt","kermit-roosevelt","winthrop-murray-crane","cecil-spring-rice","theodore-roosevelt-jr","harry-kellar"],"White House"],["1904-01-19","Hanna won't fight, he thinks","Hewitt photographs the President at nine and Edith at 2:30. The Cabinet takes up the canal treaty, and Roosevelt confers with Senators Cullom and Allison about it. He and Edith dine at the Paynes', and he tells Joe Bishop he doubts Hanna will contest the nomination.",["hewitt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-b-allison","shelby-m-cullom","albert-b-cummins","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","james-a-hemenway","richard-bartholdt","william-alden-smith","henry-c-payne","joseph-bucklin-bishop","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1904-01-20","Springy is engaged","Hewitt photographs the President again at nine. Roosevelt confers with Aldrich on the canal treaty while the House debates the Hepburn pure food bill. Spring-Rice writes Edith from St. Petersburg that he is to marry Florence Lascelles, whom he has known eight years.",["hewitt","nelson-aldrich","reed-smoot","redfield-proctor","orville-h-platt","william-p-hepburn","cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt","florence-lascelles","john-spooner"],"White House"],["1904-01-21","Jusserand and the judicial reception","Senators Cullom, Frye and Hopkins and the Board of Indian Commissioners call. Roosevelt receives French Ambassador Jusserand at 2:30 and hosts the judicial reception that evening.",["william-p-frye","albert-j-hopkins","shelby-m-cullom","jean-jules-jusserand","powell-clayton"],"White House"],["1904-01-22","Miles likened to Wilkinson","After the Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses Ohio with Foraker, sees former Governor Merriam and Millard, lunches with Knox and Gates, and hosts a 10 p.m. musicale. Japanese troops land in Korea. He praises Alfred Henry Lewis's The Boss and tells George Harvey that General Miles resembles the early republic's James Wilkinson.",["joseph-b-foraker","william-r-merriam","joseph-h-millard","gates","philander-knox","alfred-henry-lewis","joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-harvey","nelson-a-miles","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1904-01-23","Boone and Crockett dinner","Roosevelt talks canal treaty with Fairbanks, sees Cannon, Grosvenor, Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan, confers with Root, and lunches with Caspar Whitney and Lodge. At eight he goes to the Metropolitan Club to dine with his fellow Boone and Crockett members. He tells Kermit that Ethel is wonderful with the little boys and reports on Loretta the parrot.",["charles-w-fairbanks","elihu-root","melville-w-fuller","john-marshall-harlan","joseph-cannon","charles-h-grosvenor","caspar-whitney","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-c-payne","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","grenville-m-dodge"],"White House"],["1904-01-24","A blank Sunday","Roosevelt is in Washington; no activity is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-01-25","On writing history","Roosevelt confers with Heyburn, Shaw and Beveridge and sees Dalzell and Lodge. He writes Trevelyan about the craft of history and asks Cortelyou to let Quan Yick Nam, a merchant from China, enter the country.",["weldon-b-heyburn","albert-beveridge","leslie-m-shaw","john-dalzell","henry-cabot-lodge","george-otto-trevelyan","george-cortelyou","quan-yick-nam"],"White House"],["1904-01-26","Good roads from St. Louis","After a Cabinet session on Panama, Roosevelt meets St. Louis's good roads committee, sees Delaware's two senators and Representative Smith, and dines at Moody's. He sends Cullom State Department papers on Panama and Root and Moody memos on Wood and on Army and Navy actions on the isthmus.",["l-heisler-ball","j-frank-allee","william-alden-smith","william-h-moody","shelby-m-cullom","elihu-root","leonard-wood"],"White House"],["1904-01-27","Honoring Root at Alger's","Heyburn, George Perkins and Metcalf call, and Sternberg comes at 2:30. From nine to midnight Roosevelt attends a reception for Elihu Root at Russell Alger's home. He tells Hay he opposes the Philippine inter-island shipping bills.",["weldon-b-heyburn","victor-h-metcalf","george-c-perkins","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","elihu-root","russell-a-alger","john-hay"],"White House"],["1904-01-28","Supreme Court dinner","Roosevelt talks Nebraska politics with Millard, lunches with Root, Taft and Bonaparte, confers with Chauncey Depew, sees the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, and at eight gives the Supreme Court dinner.",["joseph-h-millard","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","elihu-root","chauncey-m-depew"],"White House"],["1904-01-29","\"I doubt if they can prevent my nomination\"","After the Cabinet and callers including Aldrich and Beveridge, Roosevelt lunches with Governor Crane, joins a reception for William Howard Taft, and closes with a White House dinner and musicale. He tells Ted that Hanna and Wall Street worry him a little but cannot likely stop him.",["charles-b-landis","james-a-hemenway","l-heisler-ball","albert-beveridge","nelson-aldrich","winthrop-murray-crane","william-howard-taft","theodore-roosevelt-jr","mark-hanna"],"White House"],["1904-01-30","Gridiron dinner; nomination \"assured\"","Roosevelt confers with Crane and Kohlsaat and on Ohio with Foraker, lunches with Alice French, Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pinchot and Taft, and goes to the Gridiron Club's dinner; Butler is his overnight guest. He thanks Albert Shaw for friendly editorials and says his nomination is now certain.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","winthrop-murray-crane","shelby-m-cullom","leslie-m-shaw","lucius-n-littauer","redfield-proctor","james-a-hemenway","james-p-goodrich","alice-french","fanny-dixwell-holmes","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","joseph-b-foraker","nicholas-murray-butler","albert-shaw"],"White House"],["1904-01-31","Root, Taft, Moody and Archbishop Ireland","After a dinner for Elihu Root, Roosevelt sees Governor Taft at nine, Secretary Moody at 9:30 and Archbishop Ireland at ten. Critics are attacking the Roosevelts' style of living and what they call an imperial presidency.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","john-ireland"],"White House"],["1904-02-01","Root steps down as Secretary of War","Roosevelt learns that Elihu Root, a frequent sparring partner on policy, is leaving the War Department for private practice. Word also comes that rebels at Santo Domingo have shot at the U.S. cruiser Yankee. Senators and Taft fill the day's call list.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","joseph-v-quarles","chester-i-long","charles-h-grosvenor","austrian-ambassador","brander-matthews","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-02","Taft becomes Secretary of War","William Howard Taft takes charge of the War Department as Root's term ends. Roosevelt holds a Cabinet session, talks over the Panama treaty with Cullom and railroad regulation with Elkins, then dines at Secretary Hitchcock's home.",["william-howard-taft","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","shelby-m-cullom","stephen-b-elkins","weldon-b-heyburn","julius-c-burrows","joseph-bucklin-bishop","william-washburn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-03","Canal money talks with Platt and Shaw","Roosevelt works through the financing of the Panama canal with Senator Orville Platt and Treasury Secretary Shaw, and reviews upcoming bills with Allison. In the evening he hosts a dinner that includes Chapin, Saltonstall, Winsor and Robert Bacon.",["orville-h-platt","leslie-m-shaw","william-b-allison","joseph-cannon","boies-penrose","francis-m-cockrell","william-p-hepburn","henry-bainbridge-chapin","weld","peters","saltonstall","jackson","winsor","robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-04","Evening reception for Congress","After meetings with Senators Depew, Hopkins and Scott and a noon visit from the German ambassador, Roosevelt hosts the evening reception for members of Congress. His uncle Robert Roosevelt stays over. He writes to novelist Alice Hegan Rice about his love of books.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","robert-barnwell-roosevelt","chauncey-m-depew","albert-j-hopkins","nathan-b-scott","frank-s-black","alice-hegan-rice","george-harvey"],"White House"],["1904-02-05","Filling Taft's seat on the Philippine Commission","The Cabinet takes up who should replace Taft on the Philippine Commission. Roosevelt sees George Perkins, Moody and others and goes to visit Senator Mark Hanna, while reports arrive that rebels near Santo Domingo City are menacing American property.",["mark-hanna","william-howard-taft","george-perkins","john-f-dryden","william-h-moody","weldon-b-heyburn","francis-b-loomis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-06","The Kaiser's letter and Dominican affairs","Roosevelt meets Moody, Loomis and Ambassador Speck von Sternberg, who hands him a letter from Kaiser Wilhelm, to talk over the Dominican crisis. Illinois politicians come in about their state, and Justice Holmes is among the dinner guests. He writes Ted that he regrets losing Root.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii","william-h-moody","francis-b-loomis","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-lorimer","albert-j-hopkins","shelby-m-cullom","thomas-n-jamieson","orville-h-platt","john-f-lacey","reed-smoot","william-alden-smith","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","john-c-greenway","granville-r-fortescue","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-07","Russia and Japan cut ties","Russia and Japan break off diplomatic relations, bringing war in the Far East close. That Sunday evening Roosevelt sees Treasury Secretary Shaw.",["leslie-m-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-08","Ready to send troops to Santo Domingo","Roosevelt resolves that American troops will go to Santo Domingo to restore order if it comes to that. At noon he goes to St. John's Church to see Justice Brewer's daughter married. He thanks Ambassador Jusserand for sending him the medieval Song of Roland.",["david-j-brewer","mrs-paul-thorndike","jean-jules-jusserand","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"St. John's Church"],["1904-02-09","Japan strikes Port Arthur","That evening Japanese torpedo boats strike Russia's ships at Port Arthur and the Russo-Japanese War begins. Roosevelt's Cabinet meets on the Far East. He tells Oscar Straus that Japan turned down his offer to mediate, and writes about help for fire-ravaged Baltimore.",["james-wilson","george-c-perkins","henry-s-boutell","jesse-overstreet","john-kean","francis-m-cockrell","paul-morton","walter-l-fisher","oscar-straus","john-harlan","frank-noyes","lucius-nieman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-10","Russia declares war on Japan","Russia formally declares war. Roosevelt goes over canal financing again with Secretary Shaw, and the Shoshone reclamation project in Wyoming is established. He tells Ted that winter has left him with little exercise beyond walking.",["leslie-m-shaw","james-wickersham","louis-e-mccomas","robert-patterson","whitelaw-reid","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-11","America declares neutrality","With Japan now formally at war with Russia, Roosevelt issues a proclamation of American neutrality. He talks pensions with Cannon, lunches with Taft and hosts the White House reception for the Army and Navy.",["henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-cannon","charles-w-fulton","william-howard-taft","leigh-s-j-hunt"],"White House"],["1904-02-12","Alice turns twenty","It is Alice's 20th birthday, and the family marks it with a dinner at the White House. Earlier Roosevelt meets his Cabinet, calls on the ailing Senator Hanna and receives Uruguay's new minister. He tells Maryland's governor he will not send troops to Baltimore.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","mark-hanna","minister-from-uruguay","william-b-allison","edwin-warfield"],"White House"],["1904-02-13","Jamieson told to mind his oath","On a crowded Saturday Roosevelt calls on Mark Hanna and lunches with Harvey, General Greene, Seth Low and Taft. He warns T. N. Jamieson, his embattled pick for Chicago's port, to be scrupulous, and suggests to Moody that the Cabinet consider more ships for Asia.",["mark-hanna","james-a-hemenway","francis-v-greene","john-dalzell","alexander-m-dockery","henry-c-taylor","george-harvey","sawyer","seth-low","william-howard-taft","owen-johnson","thomas-n-jamieson","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-15","Mark Hanna dies","Senator Mark Hanna, the Ohio power broker, dies of typhoid fever. Roosevelt's callers that day range from Governor Herrick and Ambassador Sternberg to Buffalo Bill Cody and a group of cotton mill owners, and Ambassador Jusserand comes at midday.",["mark-hanna","william-f-cody","myron-t-herrick","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","weldon-b-heyburn","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-j-gamble"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-16","Remembering Hanna","Roosevelt sees H. M. Hanna and talks with Speaker Cannon, then has Lincoln Steffens in that night. He thanks Root for a Union League Club speech that is winning him Wall Street support, and pays warm tribute to Hanna.",["lincoln-steffens","mark-hanna","h-m-hanna","joseph-cannon","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-17","Senate funeral for Hanna","Roosevelt attends the Senate's funeral service for Mark Hanna. To Henry White he writes candidly that resistance to his nomination had already crumbled before Hanna fell ill.",["mark-hanna","albert-beveridge","joseph-wheeler","nelson-aldrich","john-spooner","henry-white"],"U.S. Senate"],["1904-02-18","Lunch with the Sternbergs","Roosevelt confers with Senator Kean, Taft and Beveridge and receives Senator Millard and others. At lunch he entertains the German ambassador and his wife along with Captain Fournier and the Folgers.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lilian-von-sternberg","william-m-folger","mrs-folger","captain-fournier","john-kean","joseph-h-millard","albert-j-hopkins","theodore-e-burton","william-howard-taft","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-19","Syracuse delegation calls","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt confers with Representative Landis and Senator Thomas Platt and in the afternoon receives Francis Hendricks with a group from Syracuse. He writes Ted about Hanna's death and Buffalo Bill's recent lunch visit.",["thomas-c-platt","charles-b-landis","francis-j-hendricks","theodore-roosevelt-jr","matthew-s-quay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-20","Dewey sent to look into Santo Domingo","Roosevelt meets a run of senators, including Lodge and Thomas Platt, and lunches with Hendricks and Hiscock. He picks Admiral Dewey, joined by Loomis and Admiral Taylor, to look into the troubles in Santo Domingo.",["george-dewey","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-r-bard","joseph-v-quarles","moses-e-clapp","thomas-c-platt","francis-j-hendricks","hiscock","francis-b-loomis","henry-c-taylor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-21","A quiet Sunday note to Corinne","Roosevelt sends his sister Corinne a brief thank-you. In the evening Admiral Walker and Loomis come to the White House.",["john-g-walker","francis-b-loomis","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-22","Root defends the Panama policy","Roosevelt confers with Senators Perkins and Bard about the canal commission and with railroad man A. J. Cassatt, Thomas Platt and Admiral Walker. In Chicago that day Elihu Root tells the Union League Club that the President's course on Panama was right.",["elihu-root","george-c-perkins","thomas-r-bard","alexander-j-cassatt","thomas-c-platt","john-g-walker","william-p-dillingham","shelby-m-cullom","robert-j-gamble","joseph-b-foraker","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-23","Senate ratifies the Panama treaty","The Senate approves the canal treaty with Panama. Roosevelt's Cabinet meets on Dominican affairs, and his dinner table holds Gifford and Amos Pinchot, Leupp, Moody and the Rev. Rainsford, who stays over. He tells Bishop he has no wish to meddle in Santo Domingo.",["gifford-pinchot","william-s-rainsford","thomas-c-platt","george-c-perkins","charles-w-fairbanks","nelson-aldrich","francis-e-leupp","william-h-moody","amos-pinchot","joseph-bucklin-bishop","joseph-b-foraker","theodore-e-burton"],"U.S. Senate"],["1904-02-24","Canal Zone health on his mind","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Depew and lunches with Kohlsaat. Benjamin Ide Wheeler spends the night after dinner with the Garfields, Cooley and Librarian of Congress Putnam. Roosevelt writes Admiral Walker about sanitation on the isthmus.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","chauncey-m-depew","george-w-davis","william-barclay-parsons","louis-e-mccomas","joseph-w-babcock","herman-h-kohlsaat","james-r-garfield","mrs-james-r-garfield","herbert-putnam","alford-w-cooley","john-g-walker","francis-williams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-25","Roosevelt approves the canal treaty","Roosevelt gives his own approval to the Panama Canal Treaty. He lunches with the Jusserands, Walter Berry, Benjamin Wheeler, and the young poet George Cabot Lodge with his wife, and dines that night with Senator Lodge. He writes Bonaparte about support for Indian mission schools.",["henry-cabot-lodge","jean-jules-jusserand","nathan-b-scott","albert-j-hopkins","joseph-h-millard","moses-e-clapp","elise-jusserand","george-cabot-lodge","walter-berry","benjamin-ide-wheeler","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-26","Proclaiming the Panama canal treaty","Roosevelt formally proclaims the treaty with the Republic of Panama that clears the way for an American-built canal. Earlier he hears from Dr. Rixey on health conditions on the isthmus and the Cabinet takes up the Philippine Commission. He tells William Hale he hopes to keep involvement in Santo Domingo small.",["presley-m-rixey","charles-w-fulton","john-h-mitchell","chester-i-long","shelby-m-cullom","nelson-aldrich","william-hale"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-27","Quentin's candy riot","Panama's minister Philippe Bunau-Varilla calls in the afternoon. Roosevelt writes Kermit a lively family bulletin: Quentin and his nurse Mame are both laid up, Edith is home from three days in New York, and Ethel has been a big help with the younger boys.",["philippe-bunau-varilla","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","reed-smoot","john-kean","weldon-b-heyburn","chauncey-m-depew","kermit-roosevelt","henry-c-payne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-28","Sunday evening with Knox and Bacon","Roosevelt spends Sunday evening with two callers: Attorney General Knox at 8:30 and his old friend Robert Bacon an hour later.",["philander-knox","robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-02-29","Leap-day essay on the party's mission","The Critic prints a Roosevelt essay on what the Republican Party is for. He sees Knox and Lodge during the day and has Speaker Cannon and Senator Allison in that night.",["henry-cabot-lodge","philander-knox","joseph-cannon","william-b-allison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-01","Cabinet on the canal contract","The Cabinet works on the Panama canal contract. Roosevelt then confers with a long line of lawmakers and officials, among them Fairbanks, Aldrich, Beveridge and Thomas Platt, and lunches with Navy Secretary Moody.",["william-h-moody","charles-w-fairbanks","nelson-aldrich","albert-beveridge","thomas-c-platt","sereno-e-payne","jesse-overstreet","francis-e-leupp","baker","john-f-dryden"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-02","An Arizona nominee withdraws","Roosevelt confers with Lodge and shares lunch with Taft, Jessup and Truman Newberry. He tells Senator Thomas Platt that Isaac Stoddard, nephew of a Platt friend, has pulled out of the running for Secretary of Arizona Territory.",["henry-cabot-lodge","truman-h-newberry","jessup","william-howard-taft","weldon-b-heyburn","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-03","Dinner at Justice Holmes's","Roosevelt and Edith are Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's dinner guests. During the day he talks New York politics with Littauer, receives Japan's minister Takahira and lunches with Stranahan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","lucius-n-littauer","kogoro-takahira","henry-c-hansbrough","albert-j-hopkins","shelby-m-cullom","nevada-n-stranahan","governor-kennan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-04","Talking about a Pacific cable","The Cabinet discusses a proposed cable across the Pacific. Roosevelt confers with Admiral Walker, Foraker and Thomas Platt, visits with Japanese minister Takahira and lunches with Bonaparte and Hitchcock.",["john-g-walker","joseph-b-foraker","thomas-c-platt","kogoro-takahira","charles-bonaparte","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-05","Wrestling Japanese style","Admiral Dewey's commission reaches Santo Domingo. Roosevelt fills a big dinner table with Cabinet members, senators, Pinchot, Lodge and Holmes; Admiral Frothingham and historian A. B. Hart stay over. He tells Kermit he wrestles two Japanese wrestlers three times a week and has a sore throat from being choked.",["admiral-frothingham","albert-bushnell-hart","george-dewey","francis-b-loomis","henry-c-taylor","james-s-sherman","matthew-s-quay","albert-j-hopkins","theodore-a-bingham","henry-cabot-lodge","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","william-h-moody","philander-knox","john-spooner","william-b-allison","joseph-cannon","alford-w-cooley","william-r-day","william-w-rockhill","forbes","william-dudley-foulke","robert-r-hitt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-06","Bible Society centennial at St. John's","Roosevelt and Edith go to St. John's Church in the afternoon for the hundredth anniversary of the Bible Society. Secretary Shaw calls that evening.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","leslie-m-shaw"],"St. John's Church"],["1904-03-07","Public lands report arrives","Roosevelt gets the first findings of his commission on public lands, and the Bonaparte-Woodruff findings on Indian Territory go to Congress. He lunches with Governor Crane, works on canal talks with Knox and Walker, sees Lincoln Steffens among his callers and dines at Secretary Moody's.",["winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody","philander-knox","john-g-walker","lincoln-steffens","john-spooner","charles-h-grosvenor","joseph-v-quarles","dixon","charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-08","Chief Joseph's fare home","The Cabinet meets on canal negotiations without the ailing Agriculture Secretary Wilson. Roosevelt charges the new Isthmian Canal Commission and tells Interior Secretary Hitchcock that the government must pay for Chief Joseph's trip home from Washington.",["chief-joseph","shelby-m-cullom","richard-f-pettigrew","charles-w-fairbanks","winthrop-murray-crane","james-wilson","isthmian-canal-commission","ethan-a-hitchcock","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-09","Henry Adams sizes him up","Roosevelt rides out to Arlington, Virginia, in the afternoon to see the ailing Postmaster General Payne. Henry Adams dines at the White House and afterward writes that the President now talks of nothing but the election.",["henry-c-payne","henry-adams","orville-h-platt","jacob-h-gallinger","thomas-kearns","moses-e-clapp","f-h-partridge","alexander-o-brodie"],"White House"],["1904-03-10","Post Office report under review","Roosevelt talks with Hay about enforcing neutrality, and with Cannon, Overstreet and Bristow about Payne's report on the Post Office scandals.",["john-hay","joseph-cannon","jesse-overstreet","joseph-l-bristow","joseph-b-foraker","joseph-h-millard","boies-penrose","stephen-b-elkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-11","Albert Shaw and LaFarge stay over","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt discusses civil service pensions with Sulloway and Gibson. Editor Albert Shaw and architect Grant LaFarge come to dinner with Taft and Chandler, and both stay the night.",["albert-shaw","c-grant-lafarge","cyrus-a-sulloway","gibson","moses-e-clapp","knute-nelson","william-howard-taft","chandler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-12","Sitting for Mr. Handy","Photographer Handy comes at 9 a.m. to take Roosevelt's picture. He lunches with Harvey, Moody, Taft, Knox and MacKay, and Joseph Bishop stays the night. He tells Charles Mellen he cannot predict how the Northern Securities case will end.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","mr-handy","ethan-a-hitchcock","frank-w-mondell","george-harvey","mackay","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","philander-knox","charles-s-mellen","james-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-13","Supper at Bamie's","Roosevelt spends Sunday evening at supper with his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-14","Northern Securities broken up","By a 5-4 vote the Supreme Court rules that the Northern Securities Company broke the Sherman Antitrust Act and must be dissolved, a landmark win for Roosevelt's trust policy. He shares lunch with Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary Hay, Moody and his sister Bamie and defends his White House spending to Lawrence Abbott.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-gibbons","william-alden-smith","thomas-c-platt","matthew-s-quay","joseph-b-foraker","chauncey-m-depew","john-a-t-hull","charles-h-grosvenor","jacob-h-gallinger","john-hay","william-h-moody","lawrence-abbott","john-o-brian"],"Supreme Court"],["1904-03-15","Cabinet weighs the court ruling","The Cabinet discusses the Northern Securities decision. Roosevelt sees Senator Hopkins and congratulates Andrew Draper on becoming New York's first state Commissioner of Education.",["albert-j-hopkins","andrew-draper"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-16","Lunch with Mrs. Lodge and Taft","Roosevelt confers with Senator Foraker and has Taft, Bowers and three ladies, Mrs. Lodge among them, to lunch. He writes James Roche about American neutrality in the war in Asia.",["joseph-b-foraker","william-howard-taft","bowers","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","mrs-bell","mrs-pratt","james-jeffrey-roche"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-17","Explaining White House expenses","Roosevelt lunches with AP chief Melville Stone and John Wise. He tells Illinois Governor Richard Yates he will not stand in the way of his renomination and sends editor St. Clair McKelway a detailed account of White House spending.",["albert-beveridge","nelson-aldrich","charles-curtis","j-frank-allee","henry-s-boutell","john-s-wise","melville-e-stone","richard-yates","st-clair-mckelway"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-18","Lunch with Bliss","A quieter day: Roosevelt receives Allison, Foraker, Beveridge, Kean, Millard and Leupp, and lunches with Bliss.",["francis-e-leupp","john-kean","albert-beveridge","joseph-b-foraker","joseph-h-millard","william-b-allison","cornelius-n-bliss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-19","Wood confirmed as major general","Roosevelt lunches with illustrator Howard Pyle and sees Booker T. Washington in the afternoon. He tells Leonard Wood the Senate has unexpectedly confirmed him as major general, and assures Spring-Rice that he means to keep America neutral in the Russo-Japanese War.",["howard-pyle","booker-t-washington","mark-hanna","joseph-cannon","george-dewey","brooks","james-a-hemenway","p-marcius-simons","c-hart-merriam","leonard-wood","cecil-spring-rice"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-20","Root brokers a Platt-Odell truce","Roosevelt breakfasts with James Sheffield. That day Elihu Root sits down with Depew, Thomas Platt, Governor Odell and Dunn and makes peace in New York's Republican ranks: Odell will chair the state party while Platt stays its leader.",["elihu-root","james-r-sheffield","chauncey-m-depew","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","dunn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-21","Congratulations all around","Roosevelt sends warm notes to Thomas Platt, Governor Odell and Root on the New York peace settlement. He receives the Isthmian Canal Commission, lunches with Sheffield, Knox and Adams, and hosts a dinner that includes Justice Day, the Aldriches, Forakers and Mrs. Leonard Wood.",["isthmian-canal-commission","james-r-sheffield","philander-knox","adams","william-r-day","ethan-a-hitchcock","nelson-aldrich","joseph-b-foraker","adna-r-chaffee","louise-condit-smith-wood","thomas-c-platt","elihu-root","benjamin-odell","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-22","Lunch with the canal commissioners","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with the Canal Commission and Secretary Taft, talks Alaska with Kearns and sees Hendricks in the afternoon.",["isthmian-canal-commission","william-howard-taft","thomas-kearns","francis-j-hendricks","george-f-hoar"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-23","Ohio and Missouri politics","Roosevelt goes over Ohio politics with Senator Dick and Missouri politics with Representative Bartholdt, receives Elkins and Redfield Proctor, and lunches with Noyes and James.",["charles-w-f-dick","richard-bartholdt","stephen-b-elkins","redfield-proctor","noyes","james","benjamin-f-tracy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-24","Platt and Odell as Jungle Book wolves","Roosevelt talks Illinois politics with Representative Rodenberg and receives Depew, Penrose and Hill of the Tribune. Writing to Root, he says the two New York chieftains remind him of Kipling's Jungle Book wolves, and sends Knox two letters on labor planks for the convention.",["william-a-rodenberg","chauncey-m-depew","boies-penrose","hill","elihu-root","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-25","No canal job for his friend Bishop","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt sees Admiral Walker about the Canal Commission. He explains to Joseph Bishop, who hopes to become the commission's secretary, that their close friendship makes the appointment awkward.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-g-walker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-26","Telling the public about the Beef Trust","Roosevelt plans for the Republican convention with Senator Scott and meets the Canal Commission. Among his callers are Japan's envoy Kaneko, Richard Olney and Lodge. He urges Knox to publicize what has been done against the Beef Trust.",["nathan-b-scott","isthmian-canal-commission","kaneko-kentaro","richard-olney","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-b-foraker","charles-w-fairbanks","russell-a-alger","john-f-lacey","frank-w-mondell","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-27","Sunday call from cousin Emlen","Roosevelt's cousin Emlen Roosevelt visits him on Sunday morning.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-28","A senator convicted of fraud","Senator Joseph Burton of Kansas is found guilty in a postal fraud case. Roosevelt goes over money bills with Aldrich and Cannon, lunches with the Chinese-born physician Dr. Yamei Kin, and writes Knox about the verdict.",["joseph-r-burton","yamei-kin","nelson-aldrich","joseph-cannon","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-29","Praise for Lounsbury on language","The Cabinet meets, and Roosevelt goes over canal finances with Knox and lunches with Father Vattman. He compliments Yale scholar Thomas Lounsbury on an article about language.",["philander-knox","charles-w-f-dick","edward-j-vattmann","thomas-r-lounsbury"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-30","A fitting with the tailor","At 9 a.m. tailor Rock arrives to fit Roosevelt for new clothes. He goes over spending bills with Hemenway and tells Senator Foraker that the island possessions should be run by the Secretary of War.",["mr-rock","james-a-hemenway","john-a-t-hull","louis-e-mccomas","charles-w-f-dick","albert-beveridge","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-03-31","Canal money, campaign plans, dinner with Holmes","Roosevelt goes over canal finances with Attorney General Knox and the coming Republican campaign with Senator Quay, then dines with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Across the Atlantic, Britain and France are closing in on the Entente Cordiale, trading a free French hand in Morocco for British control in Egypt.",["oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","philander-knox","matthew-s-quay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-01","Sims and better naval gunnery","The Cabinet takes up canal finances. Roosevelt writes Moody about Lieutenant Sims's push for better naval gunnery and new gun sights, and writes his brother-in-law Will Cowles about the inquiry into the collision of Cowles's Missouri with the Illinois.",["william-s-sims","joseph-cannon","shelby-m-cullom","boies-penrose","william-p-frye","porter-j-mccumber","william-howard-taft","james-s-clarkson","william-h-moody","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-02","Dinner with the Roots and Lodges","Roosevelt lunches with Elihu Root, receives the Countess Cassini in the afternoon, and at 8 p.m. dines with the Roots, the Lodges, the Wadsworths and Taft.",["elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","g-w-fishback","weldon-b-heyburn","richard-bartholdt","marguerite-cassini","william-austin-wadsworth","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-03","Correcting the press on the Cowles inquiry","On Sunday Roosevelt writes Navy Secretary Moody about the findings of the Cowles inquiry and the made-up newspaper accounts of them.",["william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-04","An unsent letter to Eliot","Roosevelt sees Moody and a group of steel executives from Pittsburgh and dines with Mr. and Mrs. Parsons. He drafts but holds back a letter to Harvard's Charles Eliot arguing that the Philippines are not yet ready for independence.",["william-h-moody","john-s-wise","mr-parsons","mrs-parsons","charles-w-eliot","henry-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-05","Root says no to the national chairmanship","The Cabinet discusses a strike on the Panama Railroad. Roosevelt dines with the Leupps, Garfields, Foulkes, Egans and Wares, and tells Charles Emory Smith that Root cannot chair the Republican National Committee and asks him to draft the platform.",["elihu-root","charles-h-grosvenor","weldon-b-heyburn","jonathan-p-dolliver","ethan-a-hitchcock","payne","orville-h-platt","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","francis-e-leupp","william-dudley-foulke","maurice-francis-egan","ware","charles-emory-smith","thomas-akins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-06","Who will chair the convention","On a packed day Roosevelt discusses the convention chairmanship with Depew and Thomas Platt and New York politics with J. A. Stewart. He lunches with Knox, Grey and Dodge.",["chauncey-m-depew","thomas-c-platt","j-a-stewart","william-b-allison","albert-beveridge","charles-w-f-dick","joseph-b-foraker","grey","dodge","philander-knox","arthur-t-hadley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-07","Speaking to the magazine publishers","Roosevelt addresses the Periodical Publishers Association dinner. Earlier he sees Knox, receives his Dakota friend Seth Bullock among other callers and lunches with L. Clarke Davis. Jacob Riis stays the night.",["seth-bullock","jacob-riis","philander-knox","jonathan-p-dolliver","shelby-m-cullom","francis-e-warren","francis-m-cockrell","l-clarke-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-08","Quentin gets a spanking","The Cabinet discusses Chinese exclusion. Roosevelt's lunch table holds Jacob Riis, Seth Bullock, William Allen White, Moody, editor Norman Hapgood and publisher Robert Collier. At home he has to spank young Quentin for stealing.",["quentin-roosevelt","william-allen-white","jacob-riis","seth-bullock","robert-j-collier","norman-hapgood","william-h-moody","russell-a-alger","chauncey-m-depew","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-09","Archie turns ten","It is Archie's tenth birthday: he gets a cake and a tool chest. Roosevelt lunches aboard the Mayflower and dines with Bamie, Bob Ferguson and David Gray. He tells Ted his Japanese wrestling has left him bruised but taught him three new throws, and tells Kermit, down with mumps, about press lies.",["archibald-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","bob-ferguson","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","albert-j-hopkins","albert-gleaves","gaines","robert-j-gamble","george-c-perkins","david-gray","theodore-roosevelt-jr","emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-10","Sunday lunch with conservation allies","Roosevelt has Sunday lunch with Gifford Pinchot, James Garfield and William Dudley Foulke.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-11","Lunch with Bishop Spalding","Roosevelt lunches with Bishop Spalding, George Meyer and Rawle.",["john-lancaster-spalding","george-von-lengerke-meyer","francis-rawle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-12","Shaws host the Roosevelts","The Cabinet meets on the Chinese exclusion laws. Roosevelt confers with Fulton, receives tariff advocates from the American Protective Tariff League and others, and he and Edith dine with Secretary and Mrs. Shaw.",["leslie-m-shaw","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-w-fulton","albert-j-hopkins","jonathan-p-dolliver","julius-c-burrows","russell-a-alger","j-frank-allee","william-alden-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-13","Deadly blast on the Missouri","An explosion during target practice aboard the battleship Missouri kills 33 men. Roosevelt confers on a proposed Senate probe of the Post Office Department and on Canal Zone bills, and sees George Perkins at night.",["boies-penrose","nelson-aldrich","samuel-w-mccall","john-f-dryden","george-perkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-14","Pushing the canal bill","Roosevelt continues talks on the Post Office investigation with Penrose, Aldrich and Spooner and greets members of the Knights of Columbus at a reception. He asks Representative Hepburn to get the canal bill through.",["john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","boies-penrose","thomas-r-bard","charles-curtis","elmer-dover","william-p-hepburn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-15","More on Chinese exclusion","Roosevelt confers with Spooner, receives Warren, Fairbanks and Quarles, and holds another Cabinet session on the Chinese exclusion laws.",["john-spooner","joseph-v-quarles","charles-w-fairbanks","francis-e-warren"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-16","Standing by Crum","On a busy Saturday Roosevelt discusses Chinese exclusion with Knox, sees a delegation from Alaska and several senators, and tells Senator Aldrich that Congress must confirm William Crum. He sets up a meeting with Cornelius Bliss about the national chairmanship.",["william-d-crum","philander-knox","stephen-b-elkins","chester-i-long","john-kean","john-f-dryden","nelson-aldrich","charles-w-f-dick","cornelius-n-bliss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-17","Breakfast with Owen Wister","Roosevelt breakfasts at the Shaws' with novelist Owen Wister. Former Senator William Chandler calls late in the evening.",["owen-wister","leslie-m-shaw","william-e-chandler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-18","An afternoon at the theater","Roosevelt discusses Indian affairs with Penrose, Fulton and Philip Stewart and West Virginia's party squabbles with Senator Scott, lunches with Taft and attends a benefit show at the Lafayette Theater.",["boies-penrose","charles-w-fulton","philip-b-stewart","nathan-b-scott","william-howard-taft"],"Lafayette Square Opera House"],["1904-04-19","Wister and Stewart Edward White as houseguests","The Cabinet discusses wireless telegraphy. Roosevelt confers with Senator Orville Platt, and writers Owen Wister and Stewart Edward White are overnight guests.",["owen-wister","stewart-edward-white","orville-h-platt","albert-j-hopkins"],"White House"],["1904-04-20","Veterans and senators","On a heavy day Roosevelt confers with former Puerto Rico Governor Hunt and Knox, receives Spooner, Beveridge, Akins and a party of Union veterans from the Grand Army, and lunches with Ambassador Sternberg.",["william-h-hunt","philander-knox","john-spooner","albert-beveridge","thomas-akins","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-21","Food for Indian schoolchildren","Roosevelt signs a bill allowing rations for children at Indian mission schools. He writes George Bowers about California's golden trout and Moody about naval marksmanship, among a full day of conferences and letters.",["philander-knox","william-h-hunt","julius-c-burrows","charles-w-fairbanks","albert-beveridge","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","joseph-wheeler","marion-butler","george-e-foss","john-f-lacey","george-m-bowers","william-h-moody","joseph-b-foraker","william-richards"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-22","Meeting Hugo Münsterberg","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt confers with Harvard psychologist Hugo Münsterberg, with Wadsworth, and with Lacey about public land bills.",["hugo-munsterberg","james-w-wadsworth","john-f-lacey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-23","Winthrop to govern Puerto Rico","Roosevelt appoints Beekman Winthrop governor of Puerto Rico, and the Minidoka reclamation project in Idaho is established. He dines with Nicholas Murray Butler and Joseph Bishop and writes his Harvard-era friend Kentaro Kaneko praising the Japanese people.",["beekman-winthrop","william-h-hunt","redfield-proctor","hugo-munsterberg","eugene-f-ware","henry-cabot-lodge","weldon-b-heyburn","russell-a-alger","joseph-b-foraker","nicholas-murray-butler","joseph-bucklin-bishop","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-24","Sunday dinner with Cameron","Roosevelt dines on Sunday with Cameron.",["cameron"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-25","Odell comes to talk New York","Governor Odell confers with Roosevelt on New York politics and stays for lunch with Littauer, Warren and Sherman. A musicale is held at four, and Roosevelt writes a memorandum on Senator Proctor's talk with him about appointments.",["benjamin-odell","james-s-sherman","francis-e-warren","lucius-n-littauer","charles-h-grosvenor","redfield-proctor","leslie-m-shaw","cornelius-n-bliss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-26","Lunch at Hay's, dinner at Cortelyou's","The Cabinet meets on canal affairs. Roosevelt and Edith lunch at Secretary Hay's and dine at Secretary Cortelyou's. He tells Cardinal Gibbons that Dominic Murphy will join the Canal Commission staff.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-hay","george-cortelyou","frederick-norton-goddard","james-gibbons","redfield-proctor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-27","Sullys Hill set aside","Sullys Hill National Park in North Dakota is established. Roosevelt discusses the homestead laws with Representatives Dietrich and Kinkaid and lunches with Governor Murray Crane.",["charles-h-dietrich","moses-p-kinkaid","russell-a-alger","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-28","Congress creates the Canal Zone government","An act of Congress provides for governing the Panama Canal Zone, and Congress adjourns. Roosevelt names Thomas Dawson minister to Santo Domingo and writes Nicholas Murray Butler about the ICC and the coal walkout.",["john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","stephen-b-elkins","thomas-c-dawson","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-29","Richard Strauss at the White House","On Corinne's 22nd wedding anniversary, Roosevelt talks Kansas politics with Senator Long and the state's governor, Willis Bailey and lunches with Civil War General Osterhaus and others. Composer Richard Strauss is among his callers. He tells Butler why Bishop did not get the canal post.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","richard-strauss","willis-j-bailey","chester-i-long","payne","john-g-walker","samuel-b-m-young","william-h-moody","peter-j-osterhaus","nicholas-murray-butler","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-04-30","The St. Louis World's Fair opens","The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St. Louis. Roosevelt hosts a large lunch for visiting royalty with Bamie, Lodge, Hay, Whitelaw Reid and the German ambassador, then watches a drill at Fort Myer with Edith. His article on the merit system appears in Cosmopolitan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-c-hansbrough","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edward-j-livernash","john-hay","henry-cabot-lodge","whitelaw-reid","robert-grant","william-lawrence","william-bancroft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-01","Sunday-night platform session","On Sunday evening Roosevelt gathers the Republican leadership, including Aldrich, Allison, Spooner, Lodge, Cannon and Cortelyou, to shape the party's campaign platform.",["nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","john-spooner","eugene-hale","orville-h-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-cannon","james-a-hemenway","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-02","Choosing a chairman and a running mate","After breakfast with Von Briesen, Roosevelt and senior senators weigh who should run the national committee and who should share the ticket. He also talks New York politics with Thomas Platt and tells Senator Proctor that letters clear Secretary Shaw of Proctor's charges.",["arthur-von-briesen","henry-cabot-lodge","john-spooner","william-b-allison","nelson-aldrich","orville-h-platt","thomas-c-platt","redfield-proctor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-03","Alice's rivalry over Nick Longworth","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, Postmaster General Payne and Admiral Walker. In her diary Alice writes of her rivalry with Marguerite Cassini, the Russian ambassador's daughter, over Ohio congressman Nicholas Longworth, who had proposed to Marguerite and been refused.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","marguerite-cassini","nicholas-longworth","henry-c-payne","john-g-walker","henry-c-hansbrough","francis-m-cockrell","francis-e-warren","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","j-j-mitchell","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-04","Platform work and a conservation lunch","Roosevelt works on the Republican platform with Cortelyou and Senators Spooner, Cullom and Allison, then lunches with Cornelius Bliss, Gifford Pinchot and James Garfield.",["george-cortelyou","john-spooner","shelby-m-cullom","william-b-allison","cornelius-n-bliss","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-05","A day of callers","Roosevelt's visitors include Lodge, Burrows, Fulton, Ball and Senator Redfield Proctor.",["charles-w-fulton","redfield-proctor","julius-c-burrows","ball","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-06","Asking Bliss to run the campaign","The Cabinet discusses the canal, and Roosevelt talks with Representative Adams about a proposed immigration bill before lunching with Taft. He writes Cornelius Bliss that he wants him as Republican national chairman.",["representative-adams","william-howard-taft","cornelius-n-bliss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-07","Labor delegation from Baltimore","Roosevelt confers with Admiral Walker on the canal and receives a delegation from the Baltimore branch of the American Federation of Labor.",["john-g-walker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-08","Evening callers Fish and Sternberg","Roosevelt receives Hamilton Fish at nine on Sunday evening and Ambassador Speck von Sternberg half an hour later.",["hamilton-fish","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-09","A charter for the Canal Zone","Formal instructions go out to the Isthmian Canal Commission, and Roosevelt sends Taft an official letter laying out the treaty terms, including a six-mile-wide zone, that serve as the Canal Zone's founding charter. He also talks with mine union leader John Mitchell about the Colorado strike.",["john-mitchell","isthmian-canal-commission","john-g-brady","stephen-b-elkins","nathan-b-scott","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-howard-taft","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-10","Three reclamation projects launched","The Yuma, Belle Fourche and Lower Yellowstone reclamation projects are created, the last reaching into North Dakota. The Cabinet takes up canal finances, and Roosevelt asks Payne whether a Black delegate should second his nomination at the convention.",["henry-c-payne","william-h-moody","jacob-riis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-11","Talking tariff with Lodge","Roosevelt confers with Taft and sees Hitt and Dr. Rixey. He writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler about a French study of the Phoenicians and the Odyssey, and Lodge about the protective tariff in the platform.",["william-howard-taft","presley-m-rixey","robert-r-hitt","benjamin-ide-wheeler","charles-s-francis","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-12","Bliss turns down the chairmanship","Roosevelt writes Root about politics and learns that Cornelius Bliss will not take the national chairmanship. He tells Bliss he will likely press for George Cortelyou instead.",["elihu-root","cornelius-n-bliss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-13","Will Fairbanks run?","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt receives the Spanish minister. Robb's findings about the post office in New York are published. He asks Senator Beveridge whether Fairbanks will accept the vice-presidential slot, since Fairbanks keeps telling reporters he will not.",["charles-w-fairbanks","spanish-minister","charles-h-robb","henry-c-hansbrough","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-14","Saving the old elm in Lafayette Park","Roosevelt receives Archbishop Riordan and the German ambassador and attends Miss Young's musicale. He tells Ted about scrambles in Rock Creek Park and his preference for Robert Hitt over Fairbanks as running mate, and forbids the felling of an old elm in Lafayette Park.",["robert-r-hitt","charles-w-fairbanks","mortimer-durand","henry-s-boutell","patrick-w-riordan","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","miss-young","theodore-roosevelt-jr","thomas-w-symons","henry-c-payne"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1904-05-15","A blank Sunday","The record for this Sunday in Washington is empty.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-16","The Riises stay over","Photographer Oscar Marshall takes Roosevelt's picture in the morning. He confers with labor statistician Carroll D. Wright, dines with Herbert Smith and Richard Watson Gilder, and has Jacob Riis and his wife as overnight guests.",["jacob-riis","elisabeth-riis","oscar-marshall","carroll-d-wright","herbert-knox-smith","richard-watson-gilder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-17","Cortelyou to run the campaign","George Cortelyou is picked to lead the Republican campaign as national chairman. Elihu Root comes to stay, and Roosevelt writes Butler about politicians who fight party machines.",["george-cortelyou","elihu-root","nicholas-murray-butler"],"White House"],["1904-05-18","Drafting the platform with Root and Lodge","Mr. Prince photographs Roosevelt in the morning. After dinner with the Lodges he goes over the proposed party platform line by line with Root, Lodge and Black. Whitridge and Hunt are overnight guests.",["frederick-w-whitridge","hunt","mr-prince","john-g-walker","francis-b-loomis","w-m-byrne","henry-cabot-lodge","frank-s-black","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-19","Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco","From Tangier, Consul General Gummere wires that Ion Perdicaris, an American, and his English stepson Cromwell Varley have been seized by the bandit chief Raisuli. Roosevelt orders four warships of the South Atlantic Squadron to Morocco. At home he works on campaign plans with Elmer Dover.",["ion-perdicaris","raisuli","samuel-r-gummere","cromwell-oliver-varley","elmer-dover","william-sheffield-cowles","lyman-j-gage","c-c-shayne","clarence-r-edwards","tanner","james-r-sheffield","benjamin-ide-wheeler","benjamin-odell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-20","The Roosevelt Corollary","At a dinner marking two years of Cuban independence, Root reads a Roosevelt letter that lays out the policy later called the Roosevelt Corollary. Roosevelt also confers with William Cromwell on the canal and dines with the Lodges and Moody.",["elihu-root","william-nelson-cromwell","henry-cabot-lodge","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-21","White River National Forest","The White River National Forest in Colorado is established. Roosevelt hosts the Republican National Editorial Association at lunch and tells Root he has picked Frank Black to place his name in nomination.",["william-h-moody","james-s-sherman","kogoro-takahira","nicholas-murray-butler","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-22","Raisuli names his price","Roosevelt sees Judge Blanchard on Sunday evening. In Morocco, a go-between, the Sherif of Wazan, delivers Raisuli's terms: troops withdrawn, the Bashaw of Tangier dismissed, his partisans freed, a $70,000 payment, and governorship of two districts.",["raisuli","judge-blanchard","ion-perdicaris","wazan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-23","Off to Groton","Roosevelt sees Admiral Evans, Secretary Shaw and others, has Hale, Bacon, Dalzell and Elkins to lunch, and leaves at 5:35 p.m. for Groton, Massachusetts. Admiral Chadwick's squadron steams toward Morocco, with the European Squadron sent to back it up.",["robley-d-evans","leslie-m-shaw","ball","john-dalzell","redfield-proctor","eugene-hale","robert-bacon","stephen-b-elkins","french-ensor-chadwick","theodore-f-jewell","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-24","Feet on the ground at Groton","Roosevelt speaks to the boys of Groton School, urging them to pair high ideals with practical sense, then heads back to Washington that evening. He offers his good offices to Japan and Russia.",[],"Groton School"],["1904-05-25","Dinner with Harriman","Back in Washington, Roosevelt receives Shaw, Hale and Alger, lunches with Monsignor O'Connell, Roberto Centaro and his kinsman Captain Harry Roosevelt, and dines with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman. He explains to Senator Orville Platt why he chose Cortelyou.",["e-h-harriman","harry-roosevelt","leslie-m-shaw","russell-a-alger","eugene-hale","denis-j-o-connell","roberto-centaro","orville-h-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-26","Gompers in the evening","Landscape gardener Scott Brown calls first thing. Roosevelt confers with Taft, Spooner and others, including Harper's Weekly art editor H. T. Clinton, lunches with the Jusserands and Russian ambassador Cassini, and sees labor leader Samuel Gompers at night.",["samuel-gompers","scott-brown","william-howard-taft","john-spooner","nelson-aldrich","john-kean","francis-e-leupp","h-t-clinton","redfield-proctor","william-alden-smith","arthur-cassini","jean-jules-jusserand","elise-jusserand","w-m-byrne","ojead"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-27","Peter Rabbit's funeral","Roosevelt rides up Rock Creek after a day of Cabinet and diplomatic business. At home, the children's pet Peter Rabbit dies and gets a funeral: Archie pulls the little coffin in a wagon and Edith is chief mourner. Quentin and Archie, playing in the sandbox, can't wait to get back to Sagamore Hill.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-kean","leslie-m-shaw","charlemagne-tower","sheldon","john-hay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","george-cabot-lodge","william-cranmer","joseph-cannon"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1904-05-28","Matthew Quay dies","Senator Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania dies. Roosevelt describes his White House routine to Ted: breakfast with Edith on the South Portico, a garden stroll, work until late afternoon, official guests at lunch, then a ride, walk or tennis. He tells Kermit about a Mount Vernon outing with the children.",["matthew-s-quay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","bernard-s-rodey","william-howard-taft","louis-e-mccomas","clarence-r-edwards","shelby-m-cullom","ernest-harvier","a-p-white","henry-cabot-lodge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","frederick-w-whitridge","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-29","Raisuli threatens his captives","Word arrives that Raisuli will kill Perdicaris and Varley unless his demands are met within two days. Roosevelt sees Elliott Woods that night and leaves at 10:30 for Gettysburg.",["raisuli","wazan","elliott-woods"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-05-30","Memorial Day at Gettysburg","Roosevelt gives a Memorial Day address at Gettysburg and returns to Washington. At Tangier, the Brooklyn and Admiral Chadwick's squadron drop anchor at dawn, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Torres comes aboard but refuses Raisuli's terms.",["french-ensor-chadwick","mohammed-torres","raisuli"],"Gettysburg"],["1904-05-31","La Follette men come calling","Roosevelt receives a delegation of Wisconsin Republicans loyal to Robert La Follette, and Mr. Prince photographs him in the East Room. Alice is off seeing the St. Louis fair.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","robert-m-la-follette","mr-prince"],"White House"],["1904-06-01","Is Perdicaris even American?","A North Carolina man, A. H. Slocomb, privately tells the State Department that Perdicaris is a Greek citizen, not an American, and Roosevelt huddles with Hay, Moody and Admiral Evans over it. He and Edith have a late-afternoon lunch at the Library of Congress as guests of Librarian Herbert Putnam.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","herbert-putnam","ion-perdicaris","a-h-slocomb","philander-knox","henry-c-payne","harlan","james-speyer","john-hay","william-h-moody","robley-d-evans"],"Library of Congress"],["1904-06-02","A record for Root's convention speech","Roosevelt sees Senator Foraker and talks Alaska with Knox. For Root's convention speech he sends a list of his administration's achievements, and he confides to Lodge that he is unsure how the election will turn out.",["joseph-b-foraker","philander-knox","weldon-b-heyburn","francis-e-warren","stephen-b-elkins","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-03","A three-hour scramble with Crozier","Roosevelt has General Crozier and two admirals, Evans and Taylor, to lunch, then takes Crozier on a three-hour cross-country scramble. He sends Butler a very long letter on falsehoods in Collier's and other magazines.",["charles-s-bromwell","john-h-mitchell","william-p-hepburn","c-hart-merriam","robley-d-evans","henry-c-taylor","william-crozier","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-04","Praise for Wood among the Moros","Washington asks its envoy in Greece to verify whether Perdicaris is a Greek national. Roosevelt lunches with Warner Miller and Paul Morton, and writes Leonard Wood praising his work with the Moros and noting Wood has been hurt at singlestick.",["leonard-wood","ion-perdicaris","warner-miller","paul-morton","john-c-black","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","james-r-garfield","john-dalzell","knapp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-05","Planning a point-to-point walk","On Sunday Roosevelt writes Ted that the horse Renown has died, that the family is puzzling over Kermit's going to St. Louis, and that once home he will lead a point-to-point hike through the pond and marsh. He and Edith have just ridden on the Virginia side.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-06","Talking peace with Takahira and Kaneko","Roosevelt lunches with Japan's Takahira and Kaneko, Pinchot and Bromwell, a talk he later recounts at length to Spring-Rice. He discusses a board for the planned Great Lakes naval training school with Moody and hosts a reception for Ambassador Jusserand.",["kogoro-takahira","kaneko-kentaro","william-h-moody","francis-b-loomis","james-wilson","richard-bartholdt","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","gifford-pinchot","charles-s-bromwell","jean-jules-jusserand","marvin-hughitt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-07","Perdicaris turns out to be Greek","Word comes from Athens that Perdicaris became a Greek citizen in 1862. Seven American warships now lie off Tangier, a British warship arrives and France asks what America intends in Morocco. Roosevelt writes Root about the outcry over his Monroe Doctrine letter.",["ion-perdicaris","joseph-cannon","philander-knox","henry-c-taylor","lieutenant-evans","elihu-root","brander-matthews"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-08","Strike war at Cripple Creek","Violence breaks out in the Cripple Creek mining district of Colorado, beginning a long strike. Roosevelt confers with Taft and Hitt and holds a public reception. He explains to Leonard Wood why he will not be named governor general of the Philippines.",["william-howard-taft","robert-r-hitt","mortimer-durand","leonard-wood","h-edwards","booker-t-washington","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-09","Knox to take Quay's Senate seat","Word comes that Attorney General Knox will succeed the late Matthew Quay in the Senate. Roosevelt confers with Hay, Taft, Shaw and Hitchcock, lunches with Speaker Cannon and others, and he and Edith dine with the Hays.",["philander-knox","john-hay","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","leslie-m-shaw","ethan-a-hitchcock","matthew-s-quay","joseph-cannon","robert-r-hitt","john-f-dryden","alexander-o-brodie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-10","Welcoming the Philippine commissioners","The Cabinet discusses Cortelyou's tour inspecting immigration in the U.S. and Canada. Roosevelt entertains the commissioners from the Philippines at a luncheon and reception and dines with Taft, Moody, Cortelyou and Lyman Abbott.",["lyman-abbott","george-cortelyou","alexander-o-brodie","gonzalo-de-quesada","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-12","An owl in the mail","Roosevelt watches a monument to Richard Rush unveiled at the Naval Museum, lunches with Hawaii's Governor Carter and Beekman Winthrop, and has Lyman Abbott and Joseph Bishop as guests. He writes Quentin a bird-picture note about feeding a young elk at the zoo, and tells Archie an owl came in the mail.",["lyman-abbott","joseph-bucklin-bishop","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","william-h-moody","george-r-carter","beekman-winthrop","gifford-pinchot","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft","louis-e-mccomas","ion-perdicaris","o-p-austin","philander-knox"],"Naval Museum"],["1904-06-13","Butler for the night","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Littauer and Philippine affairs with Taft. Nicholas Murray Butler comes to dinner and stays the night. He writes Spring-Rice a full account of his June 6 talk with Takahira and Kaneko about the war.",["nicholas-murray-butler","lucius-n-littauer","william-howard-taft","cecil-spring-rice","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-14","Praise for Root's speech","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt talks West Virginia politics with Representatives Dayton and Hughes and lunches with George Gould and Butler. He sends Root two letters praising his speech and discussing Cabinet changes. Edith writes Kermit about her own struggles learning languages as a girl.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","james-a-hughes","alston-g-dayton","charles-h-robb","nicholas-murray-butler","george-gould","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-15","The General Slocum burns","The excursion steamer General Slocum catches fire in New York's East River, killing many women and children. Raisuli raises his demands, and Roosevelt tells Hay the government has gone as far as it can for Perdicaris, while exploring joint action with Britain and France if the captive is harmed.",["raisuli","john-hay","philander-knox","holmes-conrad","beekman-winthrop","thomas-f-walsh","john-graham-brooks","robert-j-collier","e-h-harriman","george-cortelyou","winthrop-murray-crane","paul-morton","ion-perdicaris","henry-c-hansbrough"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-16","Ordering a Slocum inquiry","Roosevelt orders an investigation into the General Slocum disaster. He receives Paul Morton and Lincoln Steffens, lunches with Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Frank Travers, and names Victor Metcalf Secretary of Commerce and Labor.",["lincoln-steffens","paul-morton","benjamin-ide-wheeler","frank-travers","victor-h-metcalf","henry-cabot-lodge","luke-e-wright"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-17","Standing by Cortelyou","After a Cabinet session on naval and judicial business, Roosevelt leaves for Hyde Park. He wires that he will tolerate no opposition to Cortelyou as party chairman, telling Cortelyou that disloyalty to him is disloyalty to the party.",["george-cortelyou","moses-p-kinkaid","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-c-payne","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-18","A family wedding at Hyde Park","At Hyde Park, Roosevelt sees his nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson married to Helen Rebecca Roosevelt, whose father is James \"Rosy\" Roosevelt, then heads to Philadelphia.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","helen-rebecca-roosevelt","james-roosevelt-roosevelt"],"Hyde Park"],["1904-06-19","Unplanned remarks at Valley Forge","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Attorney General Knox's home at Valley Forge and gives an impromptu talk in a church there. Gummere cables that Raisuli's demands have all been met and Perdicaris should go free on June 21. Roosevelt leaves for Washington that evening.",["philander-knox","samuel-r-gummere","ion-perdicaris","raisuli"],"Valley Forge"],["1904-06-20","Raisuli backs out","Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou about the Slocum investigation and sees Ambassadors Cassini and Jusserand. Raisuli calls off the release; Gummere and Chadwick believe Moroccan officials are plotting against him.",["raisuli","george-cortelyou","arthur-cassini","jean-jules-jusserand","samuel-r-gummere","french-ensor-chadwick","charles-w-eliot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-21","Convention opens in Chicago","Republicans gather in Chicago for their national convention while Roosevelt stays in Washington for Cabinet talks on the Slocum disaster. Gummere warns that America's position in Morocco is becoming humiliating and urges landing Marines. Roosevelt sends letters, some with pictures, to his children at Sagamore Hill.",["quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","george-cortelyou","gardner","francesco-satolli","samuel-r-gummere"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-22","Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead","As the convention continues, Hay sends his blunt cable to Morocco demanding Perdicaris be saved or his captor killed, while forbidding a Marine landing. Unknown to Washington, Raisuli is already escorting Perdicaris and Varley to Tangier, and they are freed that evening.",["john-hay","raisuli","ion-perdicaris","william-howard-taft","john-ireland","philander-knox","adna-r-chaffee","cromwell-oliver-varley","bishop-rooker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-23","Nominated for President","The Republican convention in Chicago nominates Roosevelt for President, with Senator Charles Fairbanks of Indiana as his running mate. Just after lunch, as he and Edith sit on the White House's South Portico, his secretary William Loeb arrives with word of the vote.",["charles-w-fairbanks","william-loeb","edith-kermit-roosevelt","paul-morton","john-s-wise","henry-c-taylor","francis-b-loomis","george-von-lengerke-meyer","philander-knox"],"White House"],["1904-06-24","Edith heads to Oyster Bay","Japan loses some 1,200 men in a battle with Russia. The Cabinet discusses tariffs for the Canal Zone, and the coming Cabinet shuffle is announced. Edith leaves for the summer at Oyster Bay, and Seth Low dines and stays the night. Roosevelt congratulates Fairbanks.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","seth-low","william-h-moody","jay","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-25","Morton takes the Navy","Roosevelt sees Admiral Dewey, Shaw and General Chaffee among others, lunches with S. M. Ferris and the Tafts, and welcomes Panama's minister De Obaldía. He charges Paul Morton, his new Navy Secretary, to carry on Moody's good work.",["paul-morton","george-dewey","henry-c-taylor","adna-r-chaffee","leslie-m-shaw","sydney-e-mudd","william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","sylvane-ferris","jose-domingo-de-obaldia"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-26","A quiet Sunday","Nothing is recorded for this Sunday in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-27","Lunch with Hay and Sternberg","Roosevelt receives Cortelyou, Elmer Dover and Boutell, confers with Payne, and lunches with Hay, Ambassador Sternberg, Simpson, who stays over, and Captain Rutgers. He dines with General Oliver and the Cortelyous.",["w-s-simpson","henry-s-boutell","elmer-dover","george-cortelyou","henry-c-payne","john-hay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","captain-rutgers","robert-shaw-oliver"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-28","Cripple Creek on his mind","Roosevelt breakfasts with editor Albert Shaw and sees Hitchcock and Colonel Bingham. He tells Lodge that the Cripple Creek miners' strike tops his worries, and comments on the platform and Taft's Harvard speech.",["albert-shaw","theodore-a-bingham","ethan-a-hitchcock","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-29","Sympathy for Japan","Roosevelt sees Civil Service Commissioner Black and others, lunches with Senator Proctor and Yerkes, and writes Richard Harding Davis that his sympathies lie with Japan in its war with Russia.",["john-c-black","henry-t-oxnard","james-w-wadsworth","yerkes","redfield-proctor","e-h-harriman","richard-harding-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-06-30","Visiting Cortelyou's department","Roosevelt drops in on Cortelyou at his Commerce and Labor offices on his final day as secretary. L. F. Payn visits, and Paul Morton stays the night.",["paul-morton","george-cortelyou","louis-f-payn"],"Department of Commerce and Labor"],["1904-07-03","A reshuffled Cabinet takes its seats","The Cabinet meets with its new lineup: Moody moves from the Navy to Attorney General in place of Knox, now Pennsylvania's senator; Paul Morton takes the Navy; and Victor Metcalf succeeds Cortelyou, who is running the campaign. Roosevelt talks Panama with John Barrett, and Metcalf stays the night.",["victor-h-metcalf","william-h-moody","paul-morton","philander-knox","george-cortelyou","john-barrett","redfield-proctor","sydney-e-mudd"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-07-04","Fourth of July picnic by rowboat","Roosevelt breakfasts with Lieutenant Moore and leaves for Oyster Bay. At Sagamore Hill, where William Hunt's Puerto Rico report reaches him, Independence Day guests include his niece Eleanor, Bob Ferguson and Alvord Cooley. He, Edith and Gifford Pinchot spend the whole day picnicking from a rowboat.",["eleanor-roosevelt","gracie-hall-roosevelt","stewart-douglas-robinson","corinne-douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","gifford-pinchot","lieutenant-moore","william-h-hunt","bob-ferguson","alford-w-cooley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-07-05","Beveridge comes to lunch","Senator Albert Beveridge visits Sagamore Hill and stays for lunch with W. N. Cohen. Gifford Pinchot is a house guest.",["gifford-pinchot","albert-beveridge","william-n-cohen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-06","Defeat would be a disaster","Writing to Taft from Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt says he cannot predict the fall election, but a Republican loss would harm the country unless the winners adopted every one of his policies.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-07","Writing the acceptance speech","Roosevelt spends the day at Sagamore Hill working on his speech accepting the nomination.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-08","Root picked for governor","Governor Odell and William Barnes come to Sagamore Hill to plan the campaign and choose who should run for governor; they settle on Elihu Root. They stay for lunch, and Joseph Bishop dines and spends the night.",["elihu-root","benjamin-odell","william-barnes-jr","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-09","Democrats pick Parker","The Democrats choose New York judge Alton B. Parker as their presidential candidate with West Virginia's Henry G. Davis as his running mate. Roosevelt lunches with cartoonist Homer Davenport, tells Odell he is pleased with the July 8 meeting, and praises Hay's July 6 speech.",["alton-b-parker","henry-g-davis","joseph-bucklin-bishop","homer-davenport","benjamin-odell","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-10","Fairbanks visits","His running mate, Charles W. Fairbanks, comes to Sagamore Hill.",["charles-w-fairbanks"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-11","Campaign council at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt works over campaign issues with Fairbanks, Bliss and Cortelyou. He refuses Colonel J. F. Smith's resignation in the Philippines, tells Hay the Democrats will skip a currency plank, and vents to Taft about Mrs. Bellamy Storer.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer","charles-w-fairbanks","cornelius-n-bliss","george-cortelyou","j-f-smith","john-hay","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-12","Portrait with the running mate","Pach and Strohmeyer photograph Roosevelt and Fairbanks on the lawn outside his study. The two confer with Cortelyou, and Roosevelt lunches with Governor Hunt. In Chicago, the meat packers' butchers walk out.",["pach","strohmeyer","charles-w-fairbanks","george-cortelyou","william-h-hunt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-13","Camping down the Sound","After a day on his acceptance speech, Roosevelt takes Kermit, Archie and two friends camping, rowing two boats some eight or ten miles along the Sound and frying steak, chicken and potatoes over a fire. He tells Garfield about a clothes-on point-to-point hike with six boys.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","paul-morton","james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-14","Winning over Cleveland Democrats","Roosevelt lunches with James Sheffield and receives Justin McCarthy. He tells Bliss that Oscar Straus and other Cleveland Democrats back him, hopes Joel Chandler Harris might help his standing in the South, and worries to Lodge about the strikes in Chicago and Colorado.",["oscar-straus","joel-chandler-harris","james-r-sheffield","justin-mccarthy","cornelius-n-bliss","silas-mcbee","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-15","Platt comes to Oyster Bay","Senator Thomas Platt and Cortelyou confer with Roosevelt about New York politics, and Platt stays for lunch. Roosevelt warns Payne there must be no charge of postal workers meddling in Wisconsin's factional fights.",["thomas-c-platt","george-cortelyou","henry-c-payne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-16","Butler at Sagamore Hill","Nicholas Murray Butler is a guest. Roosevelt writes Pinchot about filling an Agriculture Department post and answers Governor Odell on electors and his advice for the acceptance speech.",["nicholas-murray-butler","gifford-pinchot","benjamin-odell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-17","Sunday callers","Nicholas Murray Butler spends time with Roosevelt, and Howard Gould and E. D. Winslow drop in around midday.",["nicholas-murray-butler","e-d-winslow","howard-gould"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-18","The speech goes to Cortelyou","Roosevelt receives musicians' union leaders and confers with Knox and Root. Bamie, her son Sheffield Cowles and Bob Ferguson are guests. He mails Cortelyou the completed acceptance address for a final review.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","j-n-weber","maurice-smith","philander-knox","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","bob-ferguson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-19","Colorado labor men call","Roosevelt confers with Root and receives a Colorado labor delegation led by John B. Walsh, plus the Rev. John Chidwick of New York. He keeps at his acceptance speech.",["elihu-root","john-b-walsh","john-p-chidwick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-20","Reviewing the Puerto Rico report","Gifford Pinchot calls. Roosevelt tells William Hunt he has gone over his report on conditions in Puerto Rico and thanks Herman Kohlsaat for advice on revising the speech.",["gifford-pinchot","william-h-hunt","herman-h-kohlsaat"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-21","Birds around Oyster Bay","Roosevelt receives Richard Murphy and Father Pitass of Buffalo's Polish church. He tells Admiral Evans he has read his report on naval wireless, and tells ornithologist Edward Forbush he has seen no decline of birds around Oyster Bay or Washington.",["richard-murphy","father-pitass","robley-d-evans","edward-forbush"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-22","George Bird Grinnell drops by","Roosevelt confers with W. L. Ward and receives conservationist George Bird Grinnell, Mrs. Doubleday, C. F. Francis and J. A. Sleicher. Social secretary Belle Hagner is a guest. He tells Lodge, who is suffering with his teeth, that Republicans cannot break with La Follette in Wisconsin.",["robert-m-la-follette","william-l-ward","george-bird-grinnell","mrs-doubleday","john-a-sleicher","c-f-francis","coy-kendall","henry-cabot-lodge","isabella-hagner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-23","Root says no to the governorship","Roosevelt confers with Leslie Shaw and gives a speech at College Point on Long Island. Elihu Root asks not to be considered for governor of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Richardson are guests.",["leslie-m-shaw","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","clifford-richardson","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-24","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Nothing is recorded for this Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-25","Crane spends the night","Roosevelt lunches with Silas McBee and General Grenville Dodge, then meets with them and publisher M. H. de Young, Millard and Edward Brown. Former Governor Murray Crane dines and stays overnight. He writes Jacob Schurman about propaganda against him.",["silas-mcbee","grenville-m-dodge","m-h-de-young","joseph-h-millard","edward-brown","winthrop-murray-crane","jacob-gould-schurman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-26","Betting on Japan","Senator Kean, Grant LaFarge, brother-in-law Douglas Robinson and Cortelyou are guests. Roosevelt tells Lyman Abbott about press falsehoods and the lily-white southern delegates, and tells Hay he expects Japan to win and that America may help keep it from being cheated of its victory.",["douglas-robinson","george-cortelyou","john-kean","c-grant-lafarge","lyman-abbott","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-27","Accepting the nomination","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt receives the notification committee led by Speaker Cannon and delivers his speech accepting the Republican nomination. Russia seizes the ship Arabia, flying a German flag, calling her flour cargo contraband.",["joseph-cannon","john-byrne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-28","Back to Washington","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Washington. He writes Root about his speech poking at the age of Henry Davis, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, who was born during James Monroe's presidency.",["henry-g-davis","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-07-29","A Rock Creek scramble","The Cabinet takes up national finances. Roosevelt confers with Senator Proctor, then leads Admiral Converse and Secretary Metcalf on a scramble down Rock Creek. He tells Hay he feels none too kindly toward Russia and asks Captain Pillsbury whether the Russian fleet could be bottled up at Vladivostok.",["redfield-proctor","george-a-converse","victor-h-metcalf","drischaff","william-howard-taft","john-e-pillsbury","john-hay"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1904-07-30","Meat strike conference","Roosevelt meets Cabinet members and congressional leaders on the Chicago butchers' strike. He tells Bamie he enjoyed her visit and that by next March he will have nearly seven years of public work since joining the Rough Riders, and asks the Canal Commission about a coal bid to an English firm.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-h-moody","victor-h-metcalf","paul-morton","henry-c-payne","joseph-cannon","jesse-overstreet","joseph-b-foraker","albert-j-hopkins","shelby-m-cullom","henry-cabot-lodge","isthmian-canal-commission"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-07-31","A ride to Burnt Mills","Roosevelt and Edith ride out to Burnt Mills. He asks Charles Mellen whether the attacks on Lodge in Massachusetts can be stopped.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-s-mellen"],"Burnt Mills"],["1904-08-01","Naval base talk and a pile of letters","Roosevelt confers with Agriculture Secretary Wilson and labor statistician Carroll Wright, lunches with the big-game hunter St. George Littledale and Moody, and fires off letters on a Philippine naval base, religious tolerance, the press, and who should fill the open Agriculture post.",["james-wilson","carroll-d-wright","albert-j-hopkins","william-p-hepburn","frank-p-sargent","st-george-littledale","william-h-moody","leonard-wood","george-dewey","john-worrall","benjamin-odell","charles-bell","norris","joseph-bucklin-bishop","josephine-shaw-lowell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-02","Pressing Root to run for governor","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt urges Elihu Root to seek the New York governorship, thanks editor Ervin Wardman for his paper's backing, sends Justice Holmes a lighthearted note, and writes Booker T. Washington about rallying Black Republicans.",["d-i-murphy","curtis-guild-jr","ervin-wardman","elihu-root","nicholas-murray-butler","booker-t-washington","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-03","Answering the campaign's slanders","Roosevelt meets Taft and Postmaster General Payne, talks over the beef strike with Moody, and writes Speaker Cannon a defense against the charges flying at him, among them that his Benton biography slighted Quakers and that he has trampled the Constitution.",["william-howard-taft","henry-c-payne","william-h-moody","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-04","Campaign planning with Cortelyou","Roosevelt maps out the campaign with party chairman George Cortelyou and sees labor leader Samuel Gompers among other callers. He sends Carroll Wright his thoughts on the Colorado miners' strike report and thanks allies stumping for him.",["george-cortelyou","samuel-gompers","j-frank-allee","a-maurice-low","gilbert","carroll-d-wright","eugene-hale","medill-mccormick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-05","Trouble with Turkey over missionaries","The Cabinet takes up Turkey, which has broken its treaty promise of equal treatment by mistreating American missionaries and teachers. Roosevelt also talks West Virginia politics, tells Carroll Wright he will not send troops to Colorado's mines, and dines with Hay, Taft and others.",["george-cortelyou","stephen-b-elkins","nathan-b-scott","john-hay","william-howard-taft","paul-morton","james-r-garfield","silas-mcbee","leonard-wood","jacob-schiff","carroll-d-wright","c-grant-la-farge","davison","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-06","Warships ordered toward Smyrna","On Edith's 43rd birthday, Admiral Jewell takes a strong U.S. squadron toward Smyrna while a second force at Gibraltar is told to stand ready. Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou and Moody, and warns Butler that Standard Oil is pouring money into Parker's campaign.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-cortelyou","william-h-moody","theodore-f-jewell","alford-w-cooley","o-brien","nicholas-murray-butler","oliver-o-howard","alton-b-parker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-07","A quiet Sunday in Washington","No activities are recorded for this Sunday; Roosevelt is in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-08","No intention of making war","Roosevelt meets Hay, receives Speaker Cannon and others, and refuses to spare John W. Burley from execution. To Daniel Sickles he explains the Smyrna deployment, insisting he has no power to start a war and no wish to.",["john-hay","joseph-cannon","alston-g-dayton","theodore-e-burton","john-w-burley","daniel-e-sickles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-09","Steffens and Speck von Sternberg visit","After a Cabinet meeting on Turkey, Roosevelt sees Garfield and Senator Foraker. Lincoln Steffens and German Ambassador Speck von Sternberg come for dinner and stay the night, and Roosevelt tells Moody federal judgeships must never be party rewards.",["james-r-garfield","joseph-b-foraker","lincoln-steffens","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-h-moody"],"White House"],["1904-08-10","A railroad president stays the night","Roosevelt lunches with Patrick Egan, Treasury Secretary Shaw and Payne, then confers and dines with Hay, Moody, Morton, Loeb and railroad man Charles S. Mellen, who sleeps at the White House. At Sagamore Hill, the guest book lists George Martin plus Helen and Mallory Church.",["patrick-egan","leslie-m-shaw","henry-c-payne","john-hay","william-h-moody","paul-morton","william-loeb","charles-s-mellen","helen-church","mallory-church","george-martin","albert-j-hopkins","jamieson"],"White House"],["1904-08-11","Proud of the Northern Securities case","Roosevelt mocks Parker's promise of no change in a letter to Bamie, tells Lodge the Democrat's speech was poor, and reminds Cortelyou that the Northern Securities suit is among his proudest achievements, proof that the most powerful men answer to the law.",["george-e-foss","anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-cortelyou","henry-cabot-lodge","alton-b-parker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-12","The Sun endorses him; Turkey backs down","Roosevelt picks up the endorsement of the New York Sun. Once the Cabinet has discussed Turkey and East Asia, he wires Minister Leishman that Turkey's statement satisfies the U.S. and the fleet will withdraw for now, and writes John Burroughs about Yellowstone bears with tin cans stuck on their paws.",["james-r-garfield","murray","herbert-knox-smith","john-hay","john-burroughs","emlen-roosevelt","george-cortelyou","henry-cabot-lodge","john-g-a-leishman","joseph-h-choate","alton-b-parker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-13","Ethel turns 13","On Ethel's birthday, Roosevelt receives Loomis and Shaw. He writes Carroll Wright again about Colorado's strike and labor relations, and tells Cortelyou the news from New York is good, though he frets over how Methodists will vote.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","francis-b-loomis","leslie-m-shaw","carroll-d-wright","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-14","A honeymoon week with Edith","Roosevelt dines with Switzerland's minister and John Hay. Writing to his ailing sister Corinne, he says Edith has come back to Washington to spend a week with him, a real honeymoon, and confesses his worry about Corinne's health.",["john-hay","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-15","Wary of Britain in Manchuria","Roosevelt talks campaign with Shaw and receives Japanese Minister Takahira. In a busy round of letters he suggests a Puerto Rico governor, tells Speck von Sternberg he distrusts British aims in Manchuria, and thanks Emperor Franz Joseph for books.",["leslie-m-shaw","sydney-e-mudd","takahira-kogoro","john-hay","grenville-m-dodge","george-cortelyou","eugene-hale","william-howard-taft","paul-morton","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-h-moody","franz-joseph-i"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-16","Panama Railroad talks","Roosevelt discusses the Panama Railroad contract with Governor Davis of the Canal Zone, sits through a Cabinet meeting, and lunches with John McCook.",["george-w-davis","john-j-mccook"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-17","Taft at the table","Roosevelt confers with Taft, sees Metcalf, Long and Jay, and has Taft and Garfield to dinner.",["william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","john-d-long","jay","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-18","Working on the acceptance letter","Roosevelt goes over his letter accepting the nomination with Hay and Taft, sees Takahira, and hears from Robb about the Paper Trust inquiry. Silas McBee and Medill McCormick join him for lunch, and writes Moody about suing International Paper.",["john-hay","william-howard-taft","takahira-kogoro","john-s-wise","charlemagne-tower","charles-h-robb","medill-mccormick","silas-mcbee","charles-hall","george-cortelyou","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-19","Japan seizes a Russian ship at Shanghai","Roosevelt has editor Albert Shaw for breakfast and lunch. The Cabinet weighs the Panama Railroad contract and Japan's capture of a Russian vessel at Shanghai, which endangers China's neutrality. He tells Moody the paper trust facts are not yet ready for action.",["albert-shaw","william-h-moody","charles-h-robb"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-20","Off to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt leaves Washington for Oyster Bay.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-08-21","Quentin's new sailboat","Home at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Bamie a long letter about his election worries, adds a thank-you to her husband for a cheese scoop, and reports that Quentin now walks to Aunt Lizzie's on his own, has a toy sailboat, and swims quite well.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","quentin-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-22","Picnic, Lodge, and Chinese neutrality","The family heads out on a picnic and Lodge arrives to spend the night. Roosevelt writes on tariffs, possible governors, Colorado's militia at Cripple Creek, and China's neutrality, and warns the State Department not to suggest the Navy will intervene.",["henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-murray-butler","andrew-d-white","avery-d-andrews","elihu-root","carroll-d-wright","john-hay","paul-morton","alvey-a-adee","john-g-walker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-23","Ted is headed for Harvard","Roosevelt and Lodge talk over Canadian reciprocity and the acceptance letter, and he lunches with Hinckley and Lucius Swift. He tells the State Department the U.S. won't guarantee China's neutrality and writes Endicott Peabody that Ted, now teaching Sunday school, will enter Harvard a year from this fall.",["henry-cabot-lodge","hinckley","lucius-b-swift","alexander-lambert","mrs-alexander-lambert","alvey-a-adee","endicott-peabody","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-24","Hunting for a New York governor","Woodruff, Root, Cortelyou and Schurman gather at Sagamore Hill to sort out the New York governorship. Roosevelt writes Moody on antitrust suits, Morton on an admiral's promotion, and Hay that the U.S. won't step in if Japan hits Russian ships sheltering in a Chinese harbor.",["timothy-l-woodruff","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","jacob-gould-schurman","william-h-moody","paul-morton","harry-davis","alvey-a-adee","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-25","Urging Butler to run","Joe Bishop is a guest and Congressman McCleary calls. Roosevelt presses Nicholas Murray Butler to seek New York's governorship, though Butler would rather stay at Columbia, and asks Moody to look into the Colorado strike while doubting Washington can intervene.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-t-mccleary","nicholas-murray-butler","william-h-moody"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-26","Fairbanks is saying the right things","Congressman Lucius Littauer and Mrs. Clifford Richardson visit Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Schurman on Philippine independence as a campaign issue, praises running mate Charles Fairbanks's speeches, thanks Root, and promises to help Bluford Wilson's son into the cavalry.",["lucius-n-littauer","mrs-clifford-richardson","jacob-gould-schurman","charles-w-fairbanks","elihu-root","bluford-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-27","A square deal for everyone","Representative Landis stays for lunch and a German Roosevelt League delegation calls. Roosevelt writes journalist Ray Stannard Baker that his labor record must be weighed alongside his dealings with capital, both summed up in his favorite formula: a square deal for everyone.",["landis","judson-swift","winslow-clark","ray-stannard-baker","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-28","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-29","Betting on Japan","Roosevelt agrees with Butler's decision to stay out of the governor's race, chides a government employee over a letter, and tells Hay he expects Japan to beat Russia soundly, adding that a victorious Russia would be unbearable.",["herbert-putnam","nicholas-murray-butler","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-30","Polishing the acceptance letter","Roosevelt puts the finishing touches on his letter accepting the Republican nomination. He tells Hay that Venezuela's President Castro is seizing American property, but any U.S. response will wait until after the election.",["john-hay","cipriano-castro"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-08-31","Callers from the Brooklyn Eagle","Judge Hansbrouck stays to lunch, and two Brooklyn Eagle men, Justin McCarthy and Robert Evans, stop by along with Edward Riggs. Nicholas Murray Butler signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["hansbrouck","justin-mccarthy","robert-evans","edward-riggs","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-01","No rest ahead","Roosevelt tells Robert Grant that a restful visit is out of the question this year. He also writes, plainly angry, about a letter he received from a man who opposes marriage.",["robert-grant"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-02","Call me Mr. President","Roosevelt confers and lunches with Senator Albert Beveridge. He instructs acting Secretary of State Adee that foreign diplomats should address him as \"Mr. President,\" not \"Your Excellency,\" and writes Hay about Panama's complaints over Canal Zone tariffs and postage.",["albert-beveridge","alvey-a-adee","henry-van-ness-boynton","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-03","Evening callers","Percy Chilton and F. C. Travers call at Sagamore Hill at six in the evening.",["frank-travers","percy-chilton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-04","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-05","Grinnell, Leupp and Indian affairs","Cortelyou comes to confer and stays overnight, John Hay visits, and Francis Leupp briefs Roosevelt on Indian affairs. Over lunch with George Bird Grinnell and the Doubledays, he tells John Morley he never plays bridge, has hunted only once as President, and now rides sedately.",["george-cortelyou","francis-e-leupp","john-hay","cutting","george-bird-grinnell","frank-n-doubleday","mrs-doubleday","john-morley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-06","Vermont and Maine campaigns","Attorney General Moody comes to Sagamore Hill to talk about the campaigns in Vermont and Maine and stays for lunch with George Smith. John Gaffney calls in the afternoon.",["william-h-moody","george-smith","john-gaffney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-07","Not satisfied with Venezuela","Roosevelt sees Francis Loomis, lunches with Governor Odell and Captain Cuppers, and has Cortelyou as a guest. He tells Fairbanks the outlook is brightening and that Democrats want Parker out on the stump, and writes Charles Tweed of his dissatisfaction with Venezuela.",["francis-b-loomis","benjamin-odell","captain-cuppers","george-cortelyou","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-tweed","alton-b-parker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-08","Chicago butchers' strike collapses","The Chicago meatpacking strike falls apart as most skilled workers return to their jobs. Roosevelt writes Edward Butler that victory is theirs unless Republicans throw it away.",["edward-h-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-09","Hungarian visitors","Count Albert Apponyi and the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Hengelmüller call on Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["albert-apponyi","ladislaus-hengelmuller-von-hengervar"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-10","Could a Catholic be President?","A crowd of callers arrives at six, and Mrs. Clifford Richardson is a guest. Roosevelt writes Taft about the Philippine display at the St. Louis world's fair, muses to Eugene Philbin that a Catholic may one day be President, and tells Carroll Wright his letter on Chicago unions was very interesting.",["mrs-clifford-richardson","william-howard-taft","edwards","eugene-a-philbin","carroll-d-wright"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-11","Acceptance letter goes public","Roosevelt's letter accepting the Republican nomination is published. Late that night he confers with running mate Fairbanks, and Clifford Richardson and Alvord Cooley sign the guest book.",["charles-w-fairbanks","clifford-richardson","alford-w-cooley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-12","Accepting the nomination formally","Roosevelt confers with Senator McCumber, and Senator Fairbanks and Dr. Alexander Lambert are guests. His formal acceptance of the nomination, addressed to Speaker Cannon, lays out at length what his administration has done and what it means to do.",["porter-j-mccumber","alexander-lambert","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-cannon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-13","Ted's birthday and the Russian ship Lena","On Ted's 17th birthday, Roosevelt meets Platt and Governor Odell. When the Russian ship Lena limps into San Francisco and Japan demands action, he orders it dismantled; it stays in U.S. hands until the war ends. He also asks Cortelyou to send Fairbanks to Wisconsin.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","thomas-c-platt","benjamin-odell","alvey-a-adee","william-bayard-cutting","george-cortelyou","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-14","Higgins nominated for governor","Bellamy Storer and Joe Bishop are guests and the Baroness von Münchhausen calls. The New York Republican convention names Frank W. Higgins for governor, the man Roosevelt and Odell finally settled on after Root and others said no.",["bellamy-storer","joseph-bucklin-bishop","baroness-von-munchhausen","frank-w-higgins","benjamin-odell","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-15","The Constitution Club","Father Power and Father Rosa call in the afternoon. Roosevelt writes Hay about Democratic charges that he has broken the Constitution, charges that have even spawned a 'Constitution Club', and about the state Republican convention.",["father-power","father-rosa","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-16","Harriman may give","Roosevelt sends news to the British editor John St. Loe Strachey and tells Whitelaw Reid that E. H. Harriman might make a large gift to the campaign.",["john-st-loe-strachey","whitelaw-reid","e-h-harriman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-17","George Ade and the Stimsons at lunch","Roosevelt's lunch table includes humorist George Ade, Delavan Smith, Taber, and Henry L. Stimson and his wife. He writes Ervin Wardman about Republican chances in New York and New Jersey.",["george-ade","delavan-smith","taber","henry-l-stimson","mabel-white-stimson","ervin-wardman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-18","Quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-19","An unhung traitor","Roosevelt receives several callers, including Nevada Stranahan. He tells Hay that, unlike most observers, he does not think Russia will win, and answers George Harvey about his past statements on Jefferson Davis, standing by his blunt verdict.",["nevada-n-stranahan","william-j-youngs","rev-bowman","james-b-reynolds","philander-knox","john-hay","cecil-spring-rice","george-harvey","jefferson-davis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-20","Cigars and the political outlook","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the state of the race and the quarrel between Cuban and American cigar makers.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-21","Reading his letter between the preserves","Frank Higgins, the new nominee for governor, and Jacob Riis come to lunch. Roosevelt sends a warm note to Mrs. C. H. Brown, whose letter Edith read aloud to him, picturing her reading his acceptance letter while putting up preserves.",["frank-w-higgins","jacob-riis","mrs-c-h-brown","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-22","Back to Washington","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for the capital. He writes Governor Odell about the fight against Democratic gubernatorial nominee D. Cady Herrick, a judge thought by Republicans to be corrupt.",["benjamin-odell","d-cady-herrick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-09-23","A short story and its heroine","Back at work after a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt sees Garfield, Knox and Senator Proctor. He brushes off E. H. Harriman's offer to meet, and tells his young friend Martha Selmes he liked her short story but not how its heroine behaved.",["james-r-garfield","philander-knox","redfield-proctor","john-c-shaffer","frederick-w-whitridge","william-dudley-foulke","e-h-harriman","martha-flandrau-selmes","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-09-24","Addressing the Interparliamentary Union","Roosevelt speaks to delegates of the Interparliamentary Union and gives a dinner honoring Canterbury's archbishop. He writes Hay about U.S. demands concerning Russian Jews and heaps praise on Lieutenant Commander William Sims and his gunnery ideas.",["francis-b-loomis","paul-morton","randall-davidson","john-hay","william-s-sims"],"White House"],["1904-09-25","Sunday with Apponyi and the Tafts","Count Apponyi and Bishop Charles Brent join Roosevelt for lunch, Ambassador Speck von Sternberg calls in the afternoon, and the President dines with William H. Taft and his brother Henry.",["albert-apponyi","charles-h-brent","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-howard-taft","henry-w-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-09-26","Pastor Wagner stays the night","A crowded day: Roosevelt confers with Hemenway and Eugene Ware, hosts a big lunch that includes Benjamin Ide Wheeler and the Tafts, and receives Italy's ambassador along with the Marquis di San Giuliano. French pastor Charles Wagner dines and spends the night.",["james-a-hemenway","eugene-f-ware","benjamin-ide-wheeler","john-gaffney","father-wall","james-jeffrey-roche","william-h-moody","paul-morton","frank-b-kellogg","william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","john-redmond","edmondo-mayor-des-planches","antonino-di-san-giuliano","charles-wagner","leslie-m-shaw","william-m-collier","john-brock","joseph-bucklin-bishop","alton-b-parker"],"White House"],["1904-09-27","Scientists in the East Room","On his sister Corinne's 43rd birthday, Roosevelt holds a Cabinet meeting, plots the campaign with Cortelyou, and lunches with Taft, Moody and others. In the East Room, Professors Newcomb and Münsterberg present 75 members of the International Congress of Arts and Sciences.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","alger","john-c-rose","simon-newcomb","hugo-munsterberg"],"White House"],["1904-09-28","Proposing Hague talks over Armenia","Roosevelt sees Taft, Moody, General Corbin and others, and Albert Pulitzer calls in the evening. He writes Oscar Straus urging a Hague conference about Armenia, and answers charges that import stamps help sell Cuban cigars.",["william-howard-taft","sydney-e-mudd","william-h-moody","henry-c-payne","henry-s-boutell","henry-c-corbin","james-b-reynolds","albert-pulitzer","horace-taylor","paul-morton","oscar-straus","henry-w-taft","eugene-a-philbin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-09-29","Attack Parker","Roosevelt meets Admiral H. A. Taylor and receives Gompers among other callers. Tired of playing defense, he tells Cortelyou in two letters to change the campaign's focus and go after Parker, and orders Taft to make no defensive speeches.",["henry-c-taylor","marion-butler","samuel-gompers","cyrus-a-sulloway","thurlow-weed","barnes","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","alton-b-parker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-09-30","James Bryce at the White House","Senator George Frisbie Hoar dies. After a Cabinet meeting Roosevelt calls on the ailing Postmaster General Payne, then hosts British scholar James Bryce, who is staying at the White House, at a dinner with the Rockhills, the Italian Ambassador, and Justice and Mrs. Brown.",["george-f-hoar","henry-c-taylor","henry-c-payne","james-bryce","marion-bryce","william-w-rockhill","edmondo-mayor-des-planches","henry-billings-brown","frank-w-higgins","james-r-garfield"],"White House"],["1904-10-01","The charge of Cortelyouism","Roosevelt backs Frank Higgins for governor in letters to Platt and Bishop, complains to Moody that the Panama Canal Commission is inefficient, and writes Cortelyou about Democratic claims he is squeezing corporations for cash. Edith confides to Emily Carow that her nerves grow as the election nears.",["harvey-w-scott","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-h-moody","william-p-hepburn","philip-b-stewart","thomas-c-platt","joseph-bucklin-bishop","brooks-adams","edward-match","george-cortelyou","frank-w-higgins","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-02","Payne is gravely ill","Roosevelt is slated for morning service at Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church, then goes to see Postmaster General Payne. He dines with William Dudley Foulke and writes Lodge that Payne is near death, and that Samuel McCall's Atlantic article has upset him.",["henry-c-payne","william-dudley-foulke","henry-cabot-lodge","samuel-w-mccall"],"Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church"],["1904-10-03","Posing for a photographer","Mr. Ives photographs Roosevelt at nine in the morning. He meets Agriculture Secretary Wilson, has Lord Hamilton, Crozier, Forwood and Greene to lunch, goes to the theater in the evening, and answers rumors of a votes-for-a-Senator bargain with the Mormons.",["ives","james-wilson","greene","lord-hamilton","forwood","william-crozier","john-f-dobbs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-04","Breton Island becomes a bird refuge","Roosevelt creates the Breton Island Reservation in Louisiana for birds. He also discusses Alaska with W. A. Day, replies to accusations that he is hostile to Catholics, and learns that Postmaster General Henry Clay Payne has died.",["william-a-day","james-r-garfield","william-dudley-foulke","hall","oliver","emmons","charles-h-brent","henry-c-payne","eugene-a-philbin","william-howard-taft","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-05","Who will run the Post Office?","Roosevelt asks Cortelyou whether to fill the Post Office temporarily through Election Day or have Cortelyou quit the party chairmanship and take the job now. He also writes Bishop about Representative Heflin's remark that a bomb killing the President would be no loss.",["james-wilson","george-cortelyou","joseph-bucklin-bishop","j-thomas-heflin","carl-schurz","william-s-sims"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-06","The campaign livens up","Roosevelt confers with Senators Foraker and McComas and lunches with Julius Meyer. He writes Cortelyou about Wisconsin and the La Follette faction, recommends standard guns for the battleship New Hampshire, and tells Leonard Wood the dull campaign is finally getting lively.",["joseph-b-foraker","louis-e-mccomas","julius-meyer","george-cortelyou","robert-m-la-follette","paul-morton","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-07","Payne's funeral","Roosevelt attends the funeral of Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, holds a campaign session with Cortelyou and Woodruff, and lunches with publisher Frank Munsey and others. He thanks Lyman Abbott for an editorial defending Cortelyou.",["george-cortelyou","timothy-l-woodruff","henry-c-payne","robert-j-wynne","frank-a-munsey","berri","philander-knox","sheldon","william-dudley-foulke","leslie-m-shaw","lyman-abbott","nathan-b-scott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-08","Ted bags a moose","Roosevelt sees Gifford Pinchot and others and lunches with Henry Clay Frick and John Hay. He proudly tells writer Stewart Edward White that Ted, hunting in Canada with Dr. Lambert, killed a moose at night with 56-inch antlers, and names White a special inspector of California forest reserves.",["george-cortelyou","philander-knox","gifford-pinchot","james-b-reynolds","joseph-b-foraker","timothy-l-woodruff","henry-clay-frick","john-hay","stewart-edward-white","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-09","Sunday evening with Sternberg","Ambassador Speck von Sternberg calls at 8:30 in the evening. Roosevelt writes Nathan Scott about the speeches Scott has been giving for the Republican ticket.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","nathan-b-scott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-10","Wynne takes over the Post Office","Kermit turns 15, and Robert J. Wynne succeeds the late Henry Payne as Postmaster General. Roosevelt lunches with Egan, Sheffield Cowles and Wynne, writes Taft about Andrew Rowan of 'Message to Garcia' fame, and invites E. H. Harriman to Washington.",["kermit-roosevelt","robert-j-wynne","henry-c-payne","joseph-l-bristow","fuller","patrick-egan","william-sheffield-cowles","william-howard-taft","andrew-s-rowan","boies-penrose","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-11","Eleanor gets a ring; Taft offers to quit","On his niece Eleanor's 20th birthday, Franklin Roosevelt gives her an engagement ring. Roosevelt dines with Root, Hay and Morton, and assures Taft, who offered to resign after their public split on the tariff, that no such step is needed.",["elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-hay","paul-morton","eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","harry-s-new","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-12","Admirals on warship building","After a hectic morning, Roosevelt meets Navy Secretary Morton and Admirals Dewey, Converse and Evans about new warships and receives the Isthmian Canal Commission. He removes three New York steamboat inspectors over the General Slocum disaster.",["paul-morton","george-dewey","george-a-converse","robley-d-evans","edgar-d-crumpacker","gilbert-hasbrouck","lafayette-gleason"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-13","Penrose in the morning","Roosevelt confers with Senator Boies Penrose at ten, sees Secretary Taft, and lunches with Barrett and Springer.",["boies-penrose","william-howard-taft","barrett","springer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-14","Potomac scramble and a night at the theater","As Russia's Baltic Fleet sets out on its 18,000-mile voyage to fight Japan, Roosevelt takes the afternoon off for a rough scramble near the Potomac with Ted and tutor Matthew Hale, then brings Edith, Ted and Ethel to see The Yankee Consul, which he found very funny.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","henry-c-hansbrough","frank","o-g-franz","theodore-roosevelt-jr","matthew-hale","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","harry-s-new","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-15","A wedding at Valley Forge","Roosevelt and Edith ride the train to Valley Forge to see Senator Knox's daughter married, returning that night. En route he dictates a letter to Kermit with news of Ted studying with tutor Matthew Hale, the governess Mademoiselle, and Archie staying at Dr. Rixey's.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","philander-knox","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","matthew-hale","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","presley-m-rixey","mademoiselle"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-16","A drive to Burnt Mills","Roosevelt, Edith and Ethel take a Sunday drive out to Burnt Mills. The official report on the General Slocum disaster is made public, and in the evening Rev. Vattmann, Secretary Taft, Maurice Egan and James Jeffrey Roche call.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edward-j-vattmann","william-howard-taft","maurice-francis-egan","james-jeffrey-roche"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-17","Panama talk with Cromwell","Roosevelt receives Moody, Morton, Ambassador Jusserand and others, and lunches with John Hay. At nine that night he goes over Panama business with the canal lawyer William Nelson Cromwell, then reports on the talks to Taft.",["jean-jules-jusserand","alexander-o-brodie","john-dalzell","william-h-moody","paul-morton","john-hay","william-nelson-cromwell","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-18","Sending Taft to inspect the Canal Zone","On nephew Sheffield Cowles's sixth birthday, the Cabinet takes up Panama and Roosevelt orders Taft to go see the Canal Zone himself. He tells Bamie he breakfasts daily with Edith, Archie and Quentin, and tells Corinne the election looks rather favorable.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","frederick-norton-goddard","eugene-a-philbin","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-19","Harvard's Eliot comes aboard","After a busy morning of meetings with Metcalf and Moody, Roosevelt hosts a dinner for Taft, Storer, Garfield, Morton and Ambassador Jusserand. He writes Harvard President Charles W. Eliot to thank him for backing his reelection.",["victor-h-metcalf","william-h-moody","jean-jules-jusserand","paul-morton","james-r-garfield","bellamy-storer","william-howard-taft","charles-w-eliot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-20","Writing a Quaker peace leader","Roosevelt has Gifford Pinchot, Woodruff and Charles Dawes to lunch and meets immigration chief Frank Sargent. He writes Benjamin Trueblood, the Quaker who heads the American Peace Society, about the Hague conferences.",["gifford-pinchot","charles-g-dawes","timothy-l-woodruff","frank-p-sargent","benjamin-f-trueblood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-21","Thanking Thomas Lawson","The Cabinet discusses the campaign and the proposed Hague Conference. Roosevelt writes Cortelyou, thanks writer Thomas Lawson for his support, and sends Justice Holmes some thoughts on history.",["george-cortelyou","thomas-w-lawson","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-22","Lunch with Marconi","Wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, Viscountess Falmouth and her son, Hay, Moody and McCormick join Roosevelt for lunch. He writes Lodge on Panama and the race, and tells Robert Collier he is staying out of Missouri's governor fight between Folk and Walbridge.",["guglielmo-marconi","viscountess-falmouth","john-hay","william-h-moody","mccormick","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-j-collier","joseph-w-folk","cyrus-p-walbridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-23","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-24","A Grant comes calling","Among Roosevelt's visitors are Ulysses Grant and H. T. Scott.",["ulysses-s-grant-jr","henry-t-scott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-25","A mind steeled for the outcome","Roosevelt confers with Hay, holds a Cabinet meeting, and lunches with Knox and Sheffield Cowles. He tells brother-in-law Douglas Robinson that things look favorable but he is braced for any result, and asks John Morley to be his houseguest in November.",["john-hay","philander-knox","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-sheffield-cowles","douglas-robinson","john-morley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-26","Send back Standard Oil's money","Roosevelt orders Cortelyou to give back the $100,000 Standard Oil donated to the campaign. He sends Kermit $5 to celebrate a win or soothe a loss, declaring that his record is what he must \"stand or fall\" by.",["philander-knox","george-cortelyou","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-27","A 46th birthday, and no third term","Roosevelt turns 46 with a celebration and good wishes from New York's Hungarian Republican Club. He writes a memo on the Standard Oil money, twice more tells Cortelyou to give it back, and declares to Arthur von Briesen that he will not seek a third term.",["francis-b-loomis","oliver","philander-knox","william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","albert-shaw","robert-j-collier","arthur-von-briesen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-28","Joe Bishop spends the night","After a Cabinet meeting and lunch with Moody, Roosevelt has Joe Bishop to dinner and to stay over. He writes Boies Penrose about the Jacob Bunn civil service case and Augustus Gardner about postmaster appointments.",["william-h-moody","joseph-bucklin-bishop","boies-penrose","augustus-p-gardner","jacob-bunn"],"White House"],["1904-10-29","British steelmen at the White House","Roosevelt welcomes a visiting party from Britain's Iron and Steel Institute and lunches with John Hay. He writes Collier about rumors of his support in Missouri and twice more presses Cortelyou on returning Standard Oil's $100,000, a request Cortelyou is thought to have ignored.",["john-hay","robert-j-collier","george-cortelyou","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"White House"],["1904-10-30","Root in the evening","Elihu Root calls on Roosevelt at nine on Sunday evening.",["elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-10-31","A tumble the papers missed","Roosevelt breakfasts with Albert Shaw and writes Collier again about Missouri, where Democrat Folk is widely said to have his quiet favor. He confides to Lodge that a week ago his horse put a foot through a rotten bridge plank and somersaulted, landing him on his head.",["albert-shaw","james-r-garfield","c-d-edwards","william-h-moody","robert-j-collier","joseph-w-folk","cyrus-p-walbridge","george-a-converse","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-01","Arbitration treaty with France","The United States and France sign an arbitration treaty. Roosevelt has the Sternbergs to lunch, writes Lodge about Moody and Admiral Davis, confesses to publisher Frank Doubleday that he wishes the election were behind him, and thanks Rudyard Kipling for a book.",["clarence-w-bowen","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lilian-von-sternberg","henry-cabot-lodge","william-h-moody","harry-davis","frank-n-doubleday","rudyard-kipling"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-02","Lunch with the Dartmouths","Roosevelt lunches with Navy Secretary Morton, the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, and international lawyer John Bassett Moore. He writes Cortelyou about a statement he intends to give the press.",["john-s-wise","earl-of-dartmouth","countess-of-dartmouth","paul-morton","john-bassett-moore","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-03","Reading Dickens before the vote","Roosevelt receives Cuban minister Quesada and Ambassador Sternberg and thanks illustrator Howard Pyle for his support. To Kermit he praises a volume of Edwin Arlington Robinson's poems and lists his reading: Macaulay's essays, Martin Chuzzlewit, Bleak House and Arlo Bates on literature.",["gonzalo-de-quesada","paul-morton","james-r-garfield","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lyman-abbott","howard-pyle","kermit-roosevelt","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-04","Firing back at Parker","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt answers in the newspapers Parker's charge that his campaign has squeezed money out of corporations. His forceful rebuttal and Parker's feeble response are thought to have swayed the race. He also wires Root thanks for a stirring New York speech.",["alton-b-parker","john-hay","robert-j-wynne","henry-m-hoyt","james-michael-curley","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-05","An unfinished note","Roosevelt writes William Loeb a campaign note that he never finishes; Edith sends news to her sister Emily.",["william-loeb","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-06","Heading home to vote","Roosevelt confers with Hay, sees Morton and Dalzell, and leaves that evening for Oyster Bay to cast his vote. He writes about a New York City postmaster, newspapers, and thanks Don Dickinson for praising his November 4 statement.",["john-hay","paul-morton","john-dalzell","frederick-norton-goddard","don-m-dickinson","horatio-c-king"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-08","Elected in a landslide","Election Day. Roosevelt votes at Oyster Bay, hears early returns with only Francis Leupp for company, and heads back to Washington. He and Fairbanks sweep the country but for the Deep South, carrying 336 electoral votes and the largest popular majority yet, and he pledges never again to seek or accept a nomination.",["francis-e-leupp","charles-w-fairbanks","alton-b-parker","eugene-v-debs","george-cortelyou","kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1904-11-09","Lunch with Taft and Fortescue","The day after the election, Roosevelt lunches with Taft and Fortescue.",["william-howard-taft","granville-r-fortescue"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-10","Victory letters and a dinner for Morley","Roosevelt hosts a dinner for English writer John Morley, who stays the night with Joe Bishop. A flood of victory letters goes out: he tells Kermit no candidate has ever won such majorities, admits to Anna Lodge he cannot explain the scale of it, and promises Tawney he will visit the St. Louis fair.",["william-h-moody","james-r-garfield","john-morley","joseph-bucklin-bishop","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","ansley-wilcox","henry-cabot-lodge","kermit-roosevelt","ebenezer-j-hill","george-cortelyou","philander-knox","andrew-carnegie","nicholas-murray-butler","amelia-glover","miss-clark","james-a-tawney"],"White House"],["1904-11-11","Eight to ten thousand congratulations","The Cabinet takes up Philippine tariff revision and Roosevelt discusses Panama with Representatives Hepburn and Mann. He tells Corinne he has received eight to ten thousand messages of congratulation, and writes John Goff that he'd like to hunt bear out West, though the party should claim to be after mountain lion.",["william-p-hepburn","james-r-mann","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","john-morley","maurice-francis-egan","gifford-pinchot","james-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","hecker","warren-s-stone","d-h-morrissey","j-j-hanrahan","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","thomas-c-platt","john-b-goff"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-12","Pushing Canadian reciprocity","After a hectic morning, Roosevelt invites Douglas and Corinne Robinson to the St. Louis fair with him and asks Vice President-elect Fairbanks to open talks on a reciprocity treaty with Canada. He also writes about Southern sectionalism and the Newfoundland treaty.",["woodcock","william-h-moody","francis-e-leupp","alford-w-cooley","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","charles-w-fairbanks","robert-underwood-johnson","henry-cabot-lodge","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-13","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-14","A morning of callers","Roosevelt spends a busy morning receiving visitors, among them naturalist George Bird Grinnell, Admiral Davis, Charles E. Smith and Keep, and has Taft, Philbin and Wynne at his table.",["charles-h-davis","george-bird-grinnell","charles-h-keep","charles-emory-smith","william-howard-taft","eugene-a-philbin","robert-j-wynne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-15","Prince Fushimi and new boxing gloves","Roosevelt receives Japan's Prince Fushimi, returns the call at the Arlington Hotel, and gives a dinner in his honor. He asks his old sparring partner Michael Donovan of the New York Athletic Club to ship him boxing gloves and to suggest opponents in Washington.",["nelson-aldrich","prince-fushimi-sadanaru","philander-knox","mike-donovan","george-haven-putnam","matthew-s-quay","j-edward-addicks"],"White House"],["1904-11-16","Evans over Davis","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Governor Odell and tariff revision with Representative McCleary. Oscar Straus and Lyman Abbott and his son dine and stay the night. He offers Senator Cockrell a seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission and, against Lodge's wishes, chooses Robley Evans over Harry Davis for top naval command.",["benjamin-odell","james-t-mccleary","sereno-e-payne","oscar-straus","lyman-abbott","lawrence-abbott","james-r-garfield","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","francis-m-cockrell","henry-cabot-lodge","robley-d-evans","harry-davis"],"White House"],["1904-11-17","Can Kermit come to the Inauguration?","Roosevelt works with Taft on his annual message to Congress and lunches with Crane and Metcalf. He consoles John Hay on his brother's death, writes Tawney about a special session on the tariff, and asks Endicott Peabody to let Kermit leave Groton for the March 4 Inauguration.",["william-howard-taft","john-g-walker","william-nelson-cromwell","leslie-m-shaw","sydney-e-mudd","winthrop-murray-crane","victor-h-metcalf","john-hay","james-a-tawney","endicott-peabody","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-18","Dislikes sitting for photographs","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt lunches with Root and writer Alfred Henry Lewis, then dines with the Sternbergs and visiting German officers. He tells Richard Watson Gilder that people don't realize how little he enjoys posing for photographs.",["joseph-w-babcock","elihu-root","alfred-henry-lewis","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lilian-von-sternberg","general-von-loewenfeld","count-schmettow","richard-watson-gilder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-19","Frederick the Great unveiled","On Quentin's seventh birthday, Roosevelt attends the unveiling of the War College's new statue of Prussia's Frederick the Great. Butler and Treasury Secretary Shaw dine and spend the night, Archbishop Ireland and Booker T. Washington call late, and he writes sculptor Frederick MacMonnies about a Rough Rider statue of himself.",["quentin-roosevelt","philander-knox","james-r-garfield","george-p-wetmore","elihu-root","julius-c-burrows","eugene-n-foss","nicholas-murray-butler","leslie-m-shaw","john-ireland","booker-t-washington","frederick-macmonnies","jeremiah-w-jenks","owen-wister","harry-a-garfield"],"White House"],["1904-11-20","Speaking at a parish school dedication","Roosevelt sees Governors Van Sant and Cummins, then speaks at St. Patrick's Catholic Church as Father Stafford's new school is dedicated. He has supper with Robert Bacon and, at nine, talks over the New York City postmastership with Governor Odell.",["samuel-r-van-sant","albert-b-cummins","father-stafford","robert-bacon","benjamin-odell"],"St. Patrick's Church"],["1904-11-21","Tariff talks; Lodge stays over","Roosevelt confers on tariff revision with Governor Cummins, Senators Foraker and McCumber, and Representative Gillett. Lodge spends the night.",["albert-b-cummins","joseph-b-foraker","porter-j-mccumber","frederick-h-gillett","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1904-11-22","Arbitration treaty with Germany","The U.S. and Germany sign an arbitration pact. Roosevelt addresses the YMCA, lunches with Archbishop Ireland, Congressman Littauer and Ward, and heads to the Lafayette Opera House for a talk by Pastor Charles Wagner. He warns Senator Orville Platt he may call Congress back to revise the tariff.",["henry-cabot-lodge","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-ireland","lucius-n-littauer","ward","charles-wagner","orville-h-platt","joseph-wharton"],"White House"],["1904-11-23","Whitelaw Reid to London; praise for Mr. Dooley","Roosevelt lunches with Stranahan, Rosewater, Lauterbach and others. He tells Joe Bishop he has named Whitelaw Reid ambassador to Britain to succeed Choate, and writes humorist Finley Peter Dunne that his philosophy truly influences the country, having taken a Dooley piece on England and ancestry to heart.",["nevada-n-stranahan","hayes","edward-lauterbach","edward-rosewater","herbert-parsons","whitelaw-reid","joseph-h-choate","joseph-bucklin-bishop","finley-peter-dunne","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-24","Thanksgiving, and a train to St. Louis","On Thanksgiving Roosevelt sprains a leg when his horse Rusty takes a jump. At midnight he boards a train for St. Louis with Edith and Alice, Douglas and Corinne Robinson, the Loebs and Dr. Rixey. He writes George Otto Trevelyan a lengthy letter about the vote, Parker and third terms, likening Martin Chuzzlewit characters to modern politicians.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","william-loeb","mrs-william-loeb","presley-m-rixey","eugene-n-foss","george-otto-trevelyan","alton-b-parker","abraham-lincoln"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-25","A whistle-stop in Richmond, Indiana","On the way to St. Louis, Roosevelt's train stops at Richmond, Indiana, where he gives a speech. It is also the ninth wedding anniversary of his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Richmond"],["1904-11-26","A whirlwind day at the World's Fair","Roosevelt tours the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at a near run and gives a dinner speech there. He later recalls the day as a perfect whirl, with Edith keeping right up behind him, and thought the fair beautiful, above all when the buildings lit up at night.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Louisiana Purchase Exposition"],["1904-11-27","Dinner with David Francis","Still in St. Louis, Roosevelt attends a dinner hosted by David R. Francis, president of the exposition.",["david-r-francis"],"St. Louis"],["1904-11-28","Leaving St. Louis","Roosevelt leaves St. Louis for Washington.",[],"St. Louis"],["1904-11-29","Proud of his Confederate kin","Back at 7 a.m., Roosevelt goes straight to a Cabinet meeting and tariff talk with Lodge. He tells historian James Ford Rhodes he is half Southern and proud of his mother's Confederate kin, though their cause was wrong, and warmly congratulates Franklin Roosevelt on his engagement to Eleanor.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-h-moody","joseph-cannon","emlen-roosevelt","lawrence-townsend","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-g-mcadoo","james-ford-rhodes","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-11-30","A tariff plan for the Speaker","Roosevelt receives Senators Hale, Cockrell and McComas and lunches with British journalist Valentine Chirol and others. He lays out a tariff revision plan for Speaker Cannon, writes Harriman on rail rates, and asks Populist Tom Watson to talk over Georgia politics.",["eugene-hale","francis-m-cockrell","louis-e-mccomas","valentine-chirol","henry-w-taft","beekman-winthrop","j-s-white","atkinson","e-h-harriman","joseph-cannon","thomas-e-watson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-01","A place for Black Americans at Jamestown","On a busy day, Roosevelt lunches with the Pattersons and Cohen. He thanks Sterling Edmunds for his St. Louis Chronicle's campaign support and tells Fitzhugh Lee that Black Americans should have an exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition.",["cohen","robert-w-patterson","raymond-patterson","sterling-edwin-edmunds","fitzhugh-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-02","Tariff reform without splitting the party","On his 18th wedding anniversary with Edith, Roosevelt works over the New York City postmastership with Platt and Littauer. He tells Butler he will push for tariff changes but will not split the party over them, and urges Charles Dawes toward a stronger Interstate Commerce Commission.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","thomas-c-platt","lucius-n-littauer","stephen-b-elkins","charles-w-fairbanks","shelby-m-cullom","olcott","herbert-parsons","nicholas-murray-butler","benjamin-ide-wheeler","franklin-k-lane","henry-w-taft","charles-g-dawes","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-03","Musicale night; Big Jim White again","Roosevelt confers on tariff revision with Senator Smoot and Representative Dixon and lunches with Charles Bonaparte, Frank Polk, Fox and Harvey. The White House holds a musicale, and he tells Kermit he has seen Big Jim White again.",["leslie-m-shaw","henry-c-hansbrough","russell-a-alger","joseph-m-dixon","reed-smoot","charles-bonaparte","polk","fox","george-harvey","kermit-roosevelt","big-jim-white"],"White House"],["1904-12-04","Sunday evening appointments","Architect Charles McKim calls in the afternoon, followed in the evening by Chauncey Depew, Senator Aldrich and Vice President-elect Fairbanks.",["charles-f-mckim","chauncey-m-depew","nelson-aldrich","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-05","Congress returns","Congress convenes. Roosevelt meets Senator Kean and Representative Burton and sees Ambassador Sternberg. He writes Justice Holmes about Harvard President Eliot's new book, about history, and about Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias'.",["john-kean","theodore-e-burton","swift","palmer","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","charles-w-eliot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-06","Annual Message: give the ICC teeth","Roosevelt's annual message reaches Congress. He wants the Interstate Commerce Commission empowered to set reasonable railroad rates, presses for the Santo Domingo treaty and an employers' liability law for federal workers, and backs admitting Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma as states, plus two new battleships.",["edgar-d-crumpacker","chauncey-m-depew","charles-h-grosvenor","charles-h-davis","william-barnes-jr","erastus-brainard"],"U.S. Capitol"],["1904-12-07","Owen Wister comes to stay","Roosevelt meets the House Interstate Commerce Committee and Senator Dietrich, and novelist Owen Wister is his houseguest. He writes Philip Stewart on Colorado politics and Beveridge on the liquor ban in Oklahoma's Indian Territory.",["charles-h-dietrich","boies-penrose","charles-nagel","owen-wister","philip-b-stewart","albert-beveridge"],"White House"],["1904-12-08","Pershing, Dunne and Holmes at dinner","Roosevelt meets Representative Watson on the tariff and the House Military Affairs Committee, and lunches with publisher G. H. Putnam and Hay. His dinner table holds Justice Holmes, Thomas Nelson Page, Brander Matthews, Finley Peter Dunne, Brooks Adams and Captain John J. Pershing, followed by a musicale.",["james-e-watson","john-g-a-leishman","george-haven-putnam","john-hay","oliver-wendell-holmes-sr","charles-s-mellen","thomas-nelson-page","brander-matthews","mrs-brander-matthews","finley-peter-dunne","margaret-abbott-dunne","brooks-adams","john-j-pershing"],"White House"],["1904-12-09","Farewell to Carroll Wright","A parade of senators calls after the Cabinet meeting, and Roosevelt lunches with Frick, Gilder, Dunne and others. He accepts the resignation of labor commissioner Carroll Wright with praise for twenty years of service, and writes Butler about congressional resistance to his tariff aims.",["elihu-root","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","orville-h-platt","redfield-proctor","william-p-frye","henry-cabot-lodge","stephen-b-elkins","william-dudley-foulke","richard-watson-gilder","henry-clay-frick","finley-peter-dunne","ansley-wilcox","james-r-sheffield","carroll-d-wright","catherine-m-new","harry-s-new","nicholas-murray-butler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-10","Shutting out the Boston Herald","Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou and Speaker Cannon and lunches with Morton, Greene, Bacon and Ripley. Angered by a false Boston Herald story that his children ran after a turkey through the mansion on the holiday, he cuts the paper and its reporter off from official news until it retracts.",["george-cortelyou","joseph-cannon","paul-morton","francis-v-greene","robert-bacon","ripley","edwin-haskell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-11","J. P. Morgan on a Sunday night","Roosevelt holds evening meetings with Treasury Secretary Shaw, J. P. Morgan, and then Senators Allison, Cockrell and Cullom with Commissioner Cooley.",["leslie-m-shaw","j-pierpont-morgan","william-b-allison","francis-m-cockrell","shelby-m-cullom","alford-w-cooley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-12","Ready for Eleanor's wedding","Roosevelt confers with Judge Grosscup and cabinet members, sees J. P. Morgan again, meets Samuel Gompers in the evening and dines with Root. He tells Bamie to let Eleanor know he can attend her wedding to Franklin if it is before March 17, and writes Sheffield about New York's Senate seat.",["peter-s-grosscup","shelby-m-cullom","russell-a-alger","paul-morton","william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","myron-t-herrick","leslie-m-shaw","j-pierpont-morgan","samuel-gompers","elihu-root","anna-roosevelt-cowles","eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","james-r-sheffield","chauncey-m-depew","thomas-c-platt","william-barnes-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-13","A sparring blow to the eye","Roosevelt confers on Arizona statehood and Canadian reciprocity and lunches with Seth Low and Pinchot. He tells boxing coach Mike Donovan that sparring with Ted's friends and young officers wrenched his thigh and broke a blood vessel in one eye. The injury was worse than he knew: by 1908 the left eye was blind.",["alexander-o-brodie","henry-m-whitney","samuel-gompers","charles-w-fulton","francis-e-warren","seth-low","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","mike-donovan","theodore-roosevelt-jr","dan-tyler-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-14","Arbitration treaty with Italy","The United States signs an arbitration treaty with Italy. Roosevelt receives Sereno Payne and Fairbanks, sees George W. Perkins late at night, declines Gompers's invitation to a National Civic Federation dinner, and writes MIT's Henry Pritchett about the moral egotist in politics and about Black Americans in public life.",["sereno-e-payne","charles-w-fairbanks","george-perkins","samuel-gompers","henry-s-pritchett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-15","Southern bitterness over his appointments","Roosevelt confers with Taft, with Beveridge on statehood, and with Representative Cooper on the Cooper-Quarles rail bill. He lunches with Andrew D. White and Bamie, speaks that evening at Grace Reformed Church, and writes James Ford Rhodes about Southern anger at his appointments of Black officials.",["william-howard-taft","albert-beveridge","henry-allen-cooper","andrew-d-white","anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-ford-rhodes"],"Grace Reformed Church"],["1904-12-16","A wall of congressmen","After a Cabinet meeting, a long line of senators and representatives calls, along with Pennsylvania Railroad president A. J. Cassatt. Roosevelt lunches with Roche and Rose.",["russell-a-alger","boies-penrose","henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","louis-e-mccomas","thomas-r-bard","albert-j-hopkins","shelby-m-cullom","foster","charles-e-littlefield","john-f-lacey","samuel-w-mccall","lucius-n-littauer","alexander-j-cassatt","james-jeffrey-roche","john-c-rose"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-17","Reading The Deerslayer to the boys","Roosevelt confers with Admiral Walker and Representatives Humphrey and Jones on the canal and lunches with novelist Booth Tarkington and others. He tells Kermit of a cold, snowy week, rides at dusk and after dark, reading Cooper's Leatherstocking tales to Archie and Quentin, and Ethel singing on stage.",["john-g-walker","william-e-humphrey","jones","stephen-b-elkins","nathan-b-scott","booth-tarkington","herbert-parsons","elsie-clews-parsons","george-cortelyou","brooks-adams","mrs-brooks-adams","kermit-roosevelt","john-hay","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","paul-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-18","Spooner on Sunday night","Senator John C. Spooner calls on Roosevelt at nine in the evening.",["john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-19","Lunch with Baron Kaneko","Roosevelt receives Depew, Fairbanks and other senators, and lunches with Commander Takeshita and Japan's Baron Kentaro Kaneko. He writes Knox, who opposes him on railroad rates, about investigating the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Edith asks the Robinsons to come for the March Inauguration.",["chauncey-m-depew","john-kean","moses-e-clapp","john-f-dryden","francis-e-warren","charles-w-fairbanks","kaneko-kentaro","takeshita-isamu","william-m-collier","philander-knox","edith-kermit-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-20","Charles Lummis at lunch","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt lunches with Western writer Charles Lummis and receives Puerto Rico's Governor Winthrop, Cortelyou, Garfield and Senator Knox.",["charles-f-lummis","beekman-winthrop","george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-21","Railroad rate control","Roosevelt confers with Moody, Morton and shipper E. P. Bacon about controlling railroad rates, and with Speaker Cannon. Congress adjourns for the holidays. He recommends William Hall Harris to Senator McComas as Baltimore's postmaster.",["paul-morton","edward-p-bacon","william-h-moody","joseph-cannon","louis-e-mccomas","william-hall-harris"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-22","Planning the Forest Congress","Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot plan the upcoming forestry congress. F. N. Goddard, Morton and Taft call, and he lunches with George Cortelyou and his wife. He writes Platt about New York appointments.",["gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","paul-morton","frederick-norton-goddard","george-cortelyou","lilian-cortelyou","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-23","Pershing at lunch; the Newfoundland treaty","Roosevelt confers with Garfield on antitrust laws and with Cannon, and lunches with Captain Pershing, General Crozier and other officers. That night Lodge, Hale and Moody talk over the Newfoundland treaty and Joe Bishop stays over. He presses Cannon to lower duties on Philippine goods.",["james-r-garfield","joseph-cannon","john-j-pershing","william-crozier","peyton-c-march","hallowell","granville-r-fortescue","takahira-kogoro","henry-cabot-lodge","eugene-hale","william-h-moody","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1904-12-24","A Viking saga from John Hay","John Hay gives Roosevelt a Viking saga for Christmas. He confers with Hepburn on the ICC, presses Sereno Payne on cutting the Philippine tariff, and accepts the resignation of Joseph Choate, his longtime ambassador in London.",["william-p-hepburn","john-hay","sereno-e-payne","nevada-n-stranahan","joseph-murray","joseph-o-thompson","joseph-h-choate"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-25","Christmas with Bob Ferguson","Roosevelt's old Badlands friend Bob Ferguson spends Christmas at the White House. The Dawes Commission's report on the Indian Territory is published.",["bob-ferguson"],"White House"],["1904-12-26","Speak softly, act decidedly","Roosevelt confers with Hay and Loomis on foreign affairs. He writes George von Lengerke Meyer, ambassador to Italy, that he wants to avoid bluster yet act firmly when American interests are threatened, and that he hopes to move Meyer to St. Petersburg.",["john-hay","francis-b-loomis","robert-j-wynne","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-27","Warning Germany off","Roosevelt talks freight rates with Moody. He tells Cecil Spring Rice he warned Germany away early in the Russo-Japanese War and urges 'Springy' to come over from St. Petersburg, asks Shaw for handsomer coins, plans a hunting trip with Philip Stewart, and names Henry White ambassador to Italy.",["william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","frank-p-sargent","cecil-spring-rice","leslie-m-shaw","joseph-cannon","philip-b-stewart","henry-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-28","An East Room lecture","Roosevelt confers with Foraker on federal judgeships and attends an evening talk given by a Mr. Walstein in the East Room. He writes Knox about antitrust suits against anthracite coal, tobacco and International Harvester, while Edith offers to hold Eleanor's wedding at the White House.",["joseph-b-foraker","francis-m-cockrell","william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","charles-waldstein","george-cabot-lodge","alford-w-cooley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","philander-knox"],"White House"],["1904-12-29","Philippine tariff with Taft","Roosevelt confers with Taft on reducing the Philippine tariff, lunches with Lodge and others, and sees Gifford Pinchot at nine that evening.",["william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","peyton-c-march","palmer","norman","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-30","A light schedule","After the Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt confers with Hay and Cooley; few other appointments are on the books.",["john-hay","alford-w-cooley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1904-12-31","Oregon land fraud indictments","Senator John H. Mitchell and Congressman Binger Hermann are indicted in the Oregon land fraud cases. Roosevelt confers with Moody, Wilson, Morton and Hay, and writes Senator Gallinger about William Crum, the Black customs collector at Charleston whose confirmation Senator Tillman and others have stalled.",["john-hay","paul-morton","james-wilson","william-h-moody","john-h-mitchell","binger-hermann","jacob-h-gallinger","william-d-crum","benjamin-r-tillman","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-01","New Year's night caller","Mrs. Paul Thorndike calls at nine on New Year's evening.",["mrs-paul-thorndike"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-02","New Year's reception; Port Arthur falls","Roosevelt greets the public at the White House New Year's reception from late morning into the afternoon. Far away, Russia surrenders Port Arthur to Japan.",[],"White House"],["1905-01-03","Offering to mediate the war","Roosevelt announces he is willing to mediate between Russia and Japan. The Cabinet weighs a special session on tariff cuts, and he sees Beveridge, Platt and George Perkins. He writes Richard Harding Davis about good and bad ambassadors, the bad ones being 'pink tea men'.",["albert-beveridge","thomas-c-platt","george-perkins","general-frazier","richard-harding-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-04","Climbing Rock Creek with the boys","Congress returns. Roosevelt sees Pinchot, Garfield, Fairbanks and others. He tells Emlen Roosevelt and his wife of a recent clamber along Rock Creek with Ted, Kermit, Archie and Archie's friends, writes Taft about Army weapons, and refuses to carve land out of Yosemite National Park.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","ethan-a-hitchcock","weldon-b-heyburn","charles-w-fairbanks","emlen-roosevelt","christine-kean-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","james-c-needham"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-05","Speaking to the American Forest Congress","Roosevelt speaks to the American Forest Congress, meeting at the National Theatre. He talks freight rates with Senator Elkins, meets Senator Dick, and hosts a Cabinet dinner; illustrator Howard Pyle, the Whitridges and their wives stay the night.",["stephen-b-elkins","charles-w-f-dick","howard-pyle","anne-poole-pyle","frederick-w-whitridge","lucy-whitridge"],"White House"],["1905-01-06","Arbitration treaties go to the Senate","Seven general arbitration treaties, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France and Britain, go to the Senate. Roosevelt hosts a dinner on Southern questions and complains to Spooner that senators want to curb presidential power by calling every agreement a treaty.",["thomas-g-jones","silas-mcbee","lyman-abbott","nicholas-murray-butler","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-07","Senate leaders on arbitration and tariff","Roosevelt meets congressional leaders including Aldrich, Spooner, Cannon and Payne on the arbitration treaties, tariff bills and a possible special session. The Senate tacks a special-agreement amendment onto the treaties. He lunches with Munro Ferguson and dines with Dr. Lambert.",["nelson-aldrich","john-spooner","orville-h-platt","william-b-allison","joseph-cannon","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","charles-h-grosvenor","james-a-tawney","ronald-munro-ferguson","alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-08","Higgins and Stranahan to dinner","Judge Thomas Jones calls at midday, and Roosevelt dines with New York's Governor Frank Higgins and Nevada Stranahan.",["thomas-g-jones","frank-w-higgins","nevada-n-stranahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-09","A raise for Dr. Gorgas","Roosevelt confers on railroad rates, naval appropriations and more, then attends a dinner given by Fairbanks. He tells Taft that canal sanitation chief Dr. Gorgas should be paid $10,000 a year, rebuffs Maria Storer's lobbying, and notes the Beef Trust case has reached the Supreme Court.",["charles-e-townsend","john-j-esch","alston-g-dayton","william-p-hepburn","charles-w-fairbanks","james-a-hemenway","nelson-aldrich","henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","william-howard-taft","william-c-gorgas","maria-longworth-storer","bellamy-storer","william-h-moody","thomas-k-niedringhaus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-10","No halt in building the Navy","Roosevelt issues a statement calling for immediate tariff revision, holds a Cabinet meeting, and dines at John Hay's. He tells Representative George Foss he earnestly hopes naval building will not pause, and writes Sternberg about German policy in China.",["john-hay","george-e-foss","john-j-mccook","shelby-m-cullom","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-11","Ratify the treaties as written","Roosevelt publicly urges the Senate to ratify the arbitration treaties without amendment. He hosts a big dinner with Bob Ferguson, Justices Harlan and Brewer, Pinchot and others, drops in on the architects' dinner at the Arlington, and tells Lyman Abbott he treats the tariff as a matter of expediency.",["graves","james-r-sheffield","palmer","bob-ferguson","nicholas-murray-butler","joseph-cannon","victor-h-metcalf","william-h-moody","john-spooner","william-b-allison","elmer-j-burkett","john-marshall-harlan","david-j-brewer","chester-i-long","gifford-pinchot","lyman-abbott"],"Arlington Hotel"],["1905-01-12","Henry James at the White House","Roosevelt's lunch table gathers Henry Adams, painter John La Farge, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and novelist Henry James, who stays the night after the diplomatic reception. Roosevelt also confers with Cullom on the treaties and writes Hay and Sternberg about China.",["shelby-m-cullom","oscar-straus","john-c-shaffer","albert-j-hopkins","james-r-garfield","henry-adams","john-la-farge","augustus-saint-gaudens","henry-james","john-brock","mrs-john-brock","john-hay","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","nicholas-ii","francis-e-leupp"],"White House"],["1905-01-13","Canal commission report to Congress","The Isthmian Canal Commission's report goes to Congress. Roosevelt confers on the treaties, discusses making Joseph Bristow a special Panama Railroad commissioner, sees Owen Wister and goes to the National Theatre. He flatly refuses Representative Foss's idea of pausing naval building for a year.",["shelby-m-cullom","charles-h-grosvenor","albert-j-hopkins","william-howard-taft","chester-i-long","joseph-l-bristow","cecil-a-lyon","owen-wister","joseph-cannon","george-e-foss","john-hay","cecil-spring-rice"],"National Theatre"],["1905-01-14","Talking railroads with James J. Hill","Roosevelt goes over railroad rate changes with Hepburn and Taft and with Morton and railroad magnate James J. Hill. Oscar Straus and Jusserand are among his callers, and he writes Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow about a letter the Japanese envoy's son sent Archie.",["william-howard-taft","william-p-hepburn","oscar-straus","s-fred-nixon","jean-jules-jusserand","paul-morton","james-j-hill","william-sturgis-bigelow","archibald-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-15","Treaty talk on Sunday night","Roosevelt confers with Senators Daniel, Foster and McCreary about the arbitration pacts at nine, then sees W. W. Rockhill. Edith writes Emily that she liked Henry James, and that her husband changed his mind and liked him too.",["james-b-mccreary","murphy-j-foster","john-w-daniel","william-w-rockhill","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","henry-james"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-16","Saint-Gaudens for the coinage","Roosevelt lunches with Costello, Nelson and Page. He directs Hay to write both Japan and Russia urging them not to violate China's neutrality, and tells Treasury Secretary Shaw he wants Augustus Saint-Gaudens to design new American coins.",["costello","nelson","page","john-hay","leslie-m-shaw","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-17","Steamboat inspection and naval spending","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt discusses the steamboat inspection probe with George Uhler and naval appropriations with Morton and Taft. Treasury Secretary Shaw gives a dinner, and Roosevelt writes Robert Underwood Johnson about Yosemite and Yellowstone.",["george-uhler","paul-morton","william-howard-taft","leslie-m-shaw","robert-underwood-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-18","Bamie turns fifty","On his sister Bamie's 50th birthday, Roosevelt goes over the Beef Trust investigation with Moody and Solomon Bethea. He tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler he wants a strong ICC and wires Sternberg that Britain, Italy, Germany and the U.S. stand behind China's territorial integrity.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-h-moody","solomon-h-bethea","dawson","benjamin-ide-wheeler","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-19","Diplomatic dinner and a houseful of girls","Roosevelt confers with Knox and hosts a diplomatic dinner at the White House. Three young guests, Eleanor Whitridge, Isabella Selmes and Lorraine Roosevelt, stay the night.",["philander-knox","isabella-selmes","lorraine-roosevelt","eleanor-whitridge"],"White House"],["1905-01-20","Old friends from the West","Roosevelt confers with Representative Dayton on naval spending and lunches with Bishop William Lawrence and a crowd that includes his old ranch partner Frank Merrifield, Pinchot, Leupp, Philip Stewart and the Swiss Minister. He dines with J. S. Elliott.",["alston-g-dayton","william-lawrence","bill-merrifield","gifford-pinchot","francis-e-leupp","philip-b-stewart","william-crozier","mark-morton","j-s-elliott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-21","A new room for Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt receives William Jennings Bryan and lunches with Charles Emory Smith. He hires architect Grant La Farge to add a large north room to Sagamore Hill for $16,000, nearly what the whole house cost in 1884, with work to run from March to June.",["john-a-t-hull","william-jennings-bryan","charles-emory-smith","c-grant-la-farge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-22","Sunday supper","Roosevelt has supper with J. S. Elliott.",["j-s-elliott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-23","Boxing with a wrestler","Roosevelt writes Kermit about presidential electors in town, among them Frank Merrifield from Montana. He and Ted keep boxing with Grant, a wrestler and so-so boxer; young Corinne and her friends visited for the diplomats' dinner; Archie and Quentin have the grippe; and he has finished reading The Deerslayer to them.",["kermit-roosevelt","bill-merrifield","theodore-roosevelt-jr","grant","corinne-douglas-robinson","isabella-selmes","lorraine-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-24","Wichita game preserve created","A new law creates the Wichita Game Preserve. Roosevelt attends a Peabody trustees' meeting at the Arlington Hotel, lunches with Shaw, Governor Francis and Saint-Gaudens, receives the Japanese and British envoys, and he and Edith dine with the Tafts.",["leslie-m-shaw","david-r-francis","augustus-saint-gaudens","takahira-kogoro","mortimer-durand","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Arlington Hotel"],["1905-01-25","Corporate law in the capital","Roosevelt confers with Speaker Cannon and lunches with Bamie, Perkins, Berry and Hasbrouck. He tells Moody that the District of Columbia's laws governing corporations fall short.",["joseph-cannon","anna-roosevelt-cowles","parkins","berry","gilbert-hasbrouck","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-26","Pressing the Roosevelt Corollary","Roosevelt attends Mrs. Warren's wedding at noon, addresses a church conference on marriage and divorce, and hosts the judiciary dinner. He tells Elbert Baldwin he wants authority to act on his Caribbean policy and writes Hay about running Santo Domingo's customshouses.",["mrs-warren","joseph-bucklin-bishop","harriet-bishop","elbert-francis-baldwin","john-hay"],"White House"],["1905-01-27","Cutting corners on the North Room?","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt sees Senators Aldrich, Bard and Dietrich and Representative Crumpacker, and lunches with Joe Bishop. He asks Grant La Farge whether Sagamore Hill's new North Room could be built for less by using cheaper woods.",["nelson-aldrich","thomas-r-bard","charles-h-dietrich","edgar-d-crumpacker","joseph-bucklin-bishop","c-grant-la-farge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-28","Sketched by Ellen Day Hale","Artist Ellen Day Hale sketches Roosevelt at nine in the morning. A packed day follows: treaty and Alaska talks, lunch with journalist Ray Stannard Baker, calls from Booker T. Washington and Bishop Satterlee, and the Gridiron Club dinner. He vents to Lyman Abbott about the stalled treaties.",["ellen-day-hale","shelby-m-cullom","ray-stannard-baker","charles-h-dietrich","henry-y-satterlee","booker-t-washington","john-hay","lyman-abbott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-29","Spring Rice's secret visit","Cecil Spring Rice arrives quietly in Washington, sent by the British government to talk with Roosevelt, who does not get on with Ambassador Durand. Staying with Henry Adams and dining with the President, he warns of Russia's sweeping Asian ambitions and harsh crackdown at home. The press never learns of the visit.",["cecil-spring-rice","henry-adams","mortimer-durand","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-01-30","Annapolis graduation and a Philadelphia speech","Roosevelt addresses the graduating class at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, then speaks that evening at a Union League Club banquet in Philadelphia, calling for a stronger Interstate Commerce Commission able to enforce fair railroad rates. He also sends Congress a message about corporations operating in the capital.",[],"U.S. Naval Academy"],["1905-01-31","Taking over Dominican customs","Roosevelt urges the Senate to ratify the arbitration treaties at once. The Beef Trust ruling is affirmed by the Supreme Court, and over congressional objections the U.S., at the Dominican government's invitation, takes charge of its customshouses. That evening he and Edith dine with Attorney General Moody.",["william-h-moody","edith-kermit-roosevelt","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-01","Forest reserves move to Agriculture","The nation's forest reserves pass from Interior to Agriculture, where Gifford Pinchot's Forest Service takes charge. Roosevelt confers with senators on Alaska, arbitration and forests, lunches with General Young and dines with Cecil Spring-Rice.",["gifford-pinchot","charles-h-dietrich","shelby-m-cullom","reed-smoot","general-young","cecil-spring-rice","charles-gettemy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-02","Justices dine at the White House","Roosevelt talks with James Garfield about the Supreme Court ruling against the Beef Trust, lunches with General Chaffee and Colonel Schuyler, and hosts the justices for dinner that evening. C. Grant LaFarge and Robert Grant sleep over.",["james-r-garfield","adna-r-chaffee","colonel-schuyler","robert-grant","c-grant-lafarge"],"White House"],["1905-02-03","Railroad rates and the Santa Fe charges","The Cabinet takes up railroad rates and Alaska. Roosevelt meets Paul Morton and William Moody about Interstate Commerce Commission charges against the Santa Fe line, sees Senator Cullom on arbitration, lunches with the Robert Grants and receives the German ambassador.",["paul-morton","william-h-moody","shelby-m-cullom","robert-grant","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-04","Boone and Crockett Club dinner","After meetings with Paul Morton and Treasury Secretary Leslie Shaw and lunch with railroad chief A. J. Cassatt, Roosevelt joins the Boone and Crockett Club for dinner at the New Willard, where Dr. William Smith lectures. He writes Taft about Senate stalling on the Canal Commission.",["paul-morton","leslie-m-shaw","alexander-j-cassatt","william-smith","william-howard-taft"],"Willard Hotel"],["1905-02-05","Sunday talks with two diplomats","On Sunday evening Roosevelt confers with his friend Cecil Spring-Rice and British Ambassador Mortimer Durand, and also sees Secretary of War Taft.",["cecil-spring-rice","mortimer-durand","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-06","Senate balks on arbitration treaties","Roosevelt meets Taft, Morton, Depew and Lodge, then writes a stack of letters: civil service exams for Agriculture hires, Senate trouble over the arbitration treaties, Russia and Japan, and Andrew Carnegie's acceptance of the Senate amendments.",["william-howard-taft","paul-morton","chauncey-m-depew","henry-cabot-lodge","james-wilson","ernest-hamlin-abbott","george-von-lengerke-meyer","andrew-carnegie","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-07","A scientific survey for the Philippines","Roosevelt asks Congress for a scientific survey of the Philippines. He also holds Cabinet, meets Senators Allison and O. H. Platt, talks Indiana politics with Charles Fairbanks, and dines with Edith at Postmaster General Wynne's. He writes Taft about floating mines.",["william-b-allison","orville-h-platt","charles-w-fairbanks","edith-kermit-roosevelt","robert-j-wynne","william-howard-taft","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-08","Wanting an earlier Inauguration Day","After lunch with editor Albert Shaw, Roosevelt tells Andrew Carnegie he opposes the Senate's treaty amendments and writes Congressman John Sharp Williams that a new President and new Congress ought to start work in January, not March.",["albert-shaw","andrew-carnegie","john-sharp-williams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-09","House passes the Esch-Townsend bill","A packed day of talks on statehood, railroad rates and the Russo-Japanese War ends with the House passing the Esch-Townsend rate bill and the Congressional dinner at the White House. Booker T. Washington calls, and Roosevelt asks Taft to study Japanese labor in Hawaii on his trip east.",["albert-beveridge","joseph-w-babcock","louis-e-mccomas","richard-bartholdt","joseph-cannon","daniel-e-sickles","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","bernard-s-rodey","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","booker-t-washington"],"White House"],["1905-02-10","No amendments, Roosevelt tells Cullom","Following Cabinet, Roosevelt meets Booker T. Washington, French Ambassador Jusserand and the Japanese minister, and writes Senator Cullom that he wants the arbitration treaties left unamended.",["booker-t-washington","jean-jules-jusserand","kogoro-takahira","shelby-m-cullom"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-11","Senate ratifies amended arbitration treaties","The Senate ratifies seven arbitration treaties, but with the amendment Roosevelt opposed. Gifford Pinchot hands in the Public Lands Commission report, and in the afternoon Roosevelt takes in an afternoon Keller show at the Lafayette Opera House.",["john-a-sleicher","charles-w-f-dick","albert-beveridge","chauncey-m-depew","gifford-pinchot","keller"],"Lafayette Square Opera House"],["1905-02-12","Alice turns 21","Alice celebrates her twenty-first birthday. Roosevelt writes Lyman Abbott about Indian mission schools and charges that federal money for them was mishandled; the letter later runs in The Outlook.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","lyman-abbott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-13","Lincoln Day speech in New York","Roosevelt heads to New York, speaks briefly at a Press Club dinner at the Hotel Astor, and addresses the Republican Club's Lincoln Day dinner on the South and the shortage of federal posts for Black Americans. He declines to put the weakened arbitration treaties into effect.",[],"Hotel Astor"],["1905-02-14","University Club lunch in New York","At 422 Madison Avenue Roosevelt receives Seth Low, Oscar Straus and George Perkins, then joins Root, Taft, Joseph Bishop, Nicholas Murray Butler and others for lunch at the University Club. He speaks to the Hungarian Republican Club and takes a midnight train south.",["seth-low","oscar-straus","george-perkins","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","joseph-bucklin-bishop","nicholas-murray-butler","albert-shaw","frederick-w-whitridge","william-loeb"],"422 Madison Avenue"],["1905-02-15","Dominican treaty goes to the Senate","Roosevelt sends the Dominican treaty to the Senate with a message applying the Monroe Doctrine to Santo Domingo. He also meets Moody and Representative Charles Curtis about the Osage Indian bill, lunches with a group of guests, and dines with Edith at Secretary Morton's.",["william-h-moody","charles-curtis","hill","john-pitcher","herman-h-kohlsaat","alford-w-cooley","e-h-harriman","paul-morton","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-16","Army and Navy dinner","Roosevelt confers on the rate bill, sees Senator Platt and the German ambassador, and hosts the Army and Navy dinner. In letters he blasts the Senate's treaty amendments and tells Charlemagne Tower he doubts Britain wants a share of China.",["charles-e-townsend","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","thomas-c-platt","emlen-roosevelt","clifford-richardson","silas-mcbee","charlemagne-tower"],"White House"],["1905-02-17","Naval appropriations and Alaska","After a Cabinet session on appointments, Roosevelt works over the naval appropriation bill with Cannon, Allison, Wadsworth and Tawney, then talks Alaska legislation with Senator Beveridge.",["william-b-allison","joseph-cannon","james-a-tawney","james-w-wadsworth","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-18","Planning for a second Hague conference","Roosevelt discusses the naval bill with Morton and Rep. Dayton, talks with Richard Bartholdt about a second Hague peace conference, receives the Chinese minister and writes Moody on railroad legislation.",["paul-morton","alston-g-dayton","richard-bartholdt","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-19","Sunday evening callers","Alvord Cooley and Ambassador Jusserand call on Roosevelt Sunday evening.",["alford-w-cooley","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-20","Looking into Standard Oil in Kansas","Roosevelt meets Garfield and Rep. Campbell about investigating Standard Oil's Kansas operations and confers with the authors of the rate bill. Letters go to historian James Ford Rhodes, Colombian President Rafael Reyes and Navy Secretary Morton.",["james-r-garfield","philip-p-campbell","charles-e-townsend","john-j-esch","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","james-ford-rhodes","rafael-reyes","henry-duffield","paul-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-21","Indian land leases before the Cabinet","The Cabinet takes up leasing of Indian lands. Roosevelt sees James B. Reynolds, lunches with John Hay and journalist Maurice Low, and dines with Edith at Interior Secretary Hitchcock's.",["james-b-reynolds","john-hay","a-maurice-low","ethan-a-hitchcock","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-22","Honorary degree in Philadelphia","On Washington's Birthday Roosevelt travels to Philadelphia, gives a talk at the University of Pennsylvania, which awards him an honorary Doctor of Laws, then lunches with the First City Troop.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-23","Jiu-jitsu beats wrestling","Roosevelt meets Hitchcock, Moody and prosecutor Francis Heney on the land-fraud cases and calls the Senate into special session for March 4. At five, he and General Mills watch his sparring partner Grant wrestle his jiu-jitsu teacher Professor Yamashita, who wins.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","william-h-moody","francis-j-heney","john-hay","jean-jules-jusserand","grant","yoshitsugu-yamashita","albert-l-mills","orville-h-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-24","Fatherly advice for Kermit","After Cabinet and talks on the Santa Fe rebate inquiry, Roosevelt tells Kermit his grades might rise if he pined less for home. He also boxes with Grant, the national middleweight wrestling champion, and urges Senator Spooner to move on the Dominican protocol after a plot against that country's president.",["joseph-cannon","william-b-allison","john-kean","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","grant","kermit-roosevelt","seth-low","john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-25","Mosby and Kaneko call","Former Confederate raider John Mosby calls in the morning, and Japan's Baron Kaneko comes in the evening.",["john-s-mosby","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-26","Evening visit from Commissioner Leupp","Indian Affairs Commissioner Francis Leupp calls on Roosevelt Sunday evening.",["francis-e-leupp"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-27","A royal letter about the Kaiser","Roosevelt receives Taft, Rep. Hepburn, General Francis Greene and others. He writes John Hay about a letter from King Edward VII concerning the Kaiser, and Cecil Spring-Rice about the naval fighting between Russia and Japan.",["william-p-hepburn","william-howard-taft","francis-v-greene","john-hay","cecil-spring-rice","edward-vii","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-02-28","Canal contracts and a farewell dinner","The Cabinet discusses Panama Canal contracts. Roosevelt sees Congressmen Sulzer and Grosvenor and Senator McComas, lunches with Archbishop Ireland, Pinchot, Taft and others, meets Herbert Knox Smith, and is honored at a dinner given by Agriculture Secretary James Wilson at the New Willard.",["william-sulzer","charles-h-grosvenor","louis-e-mccomas","john-ireland","william-howard-taft","gifford-pinchot","francis-e-leupp","buxton","george-w-smalley","herbert-knox-smith","james-wilson"],"Willard Hotel"],["1905-03-01","Philippine tariff clears the Senate","The Philippine Tariff Bill clears the Senate. Roosevelt talks Alaska with Senator O. H. Platt and lunches with old friend Seth Bullock and his wife, General Otis, Moody and Metcalf. He tells Alice Gitterman which bills are stuck and writes about schools in the capital.",["orville-h-platt","seth-bullock","elwell-s-otis","william-h-moody","victor-h-metcalf","alice-gitterman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-02","Rough Riders come to town","A delegation of his old Rough Riders calls on Roosevelt ahead of the inauguration, along with Senator O. H. Platt. Late in the evening he takes up consular appointments with Francis Loomis, and he writes about the Panama Canal Commission.",["orville-h-platt","francis-b-loomis","jacob-ballinger"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-03","A ring with Lincoln's hair","On the eve of the inauguration John Hay gives Roosevelt a ring holding a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, and Roosevelt thanks him for three years of counsel. Garfield's meat-industry report goes to Congress, governors and their staffs arrive, a Columbus glee club sings in the East Room and neighbors from Oyster Bay call.",["george-cortelyou","john-hay","william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","william-h-moody","james-r-garfield","harry-s-new","benjamin-ide-wheeler","frank-w-higgins","william-barclay-parsons","e-d-morgan","charles-hammond","joseph-b-foraker","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","alfred-von-tirpitz"],"White House"],["1905-03-04","Inaugurated President in his own right","Roosevelt takes the oath before a record crowd of about half a million, with his whole family looking on, and tells the nation, \"Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.\" Cowboys, miners and Rough Riders march in a parade of three and a half hours, and that night he talks it all over with Corinne and Douglas in his room.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","mary-ledwith","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","christine-kean-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","robert-barnwell-roosevelt","jacob-riis","seth-low","robert-bacon","benjamin-ide-wheeler","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-fairbanks","george-cortelyou","robert-j-wynne"],"White House"],["1905-03-05","Edith writes home about the big day","A quiet Sunday after the inauguration. Edith sends her sister Emily the news of the ceremonies.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-06","The Kaiser's worries about Morocco","Speck von Sternberg brings Roosevelt a message from the Kaiser, who suspects France and Spain of lining up against Germany in Morocco. Roosevelt sends Congress a second message on Santo Domingo, goes to the Columbia Theatre, and thanks Uncle Rob for standing in for his late father at the inauguration.",["john-hay","william-h-moody","james-r-garfield","kogoro-takahira","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","robert-barnwell-roosevelt","elihu-root"],"Columbia Theater"],["1905-03-07","Dinner at the Metcalfs'","Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou and Robert Wynne, and he and Edith dine at the home of Commerce and Labor Secretary Victor Metcalf.",["robert-j-wynne","george-cortelyou","victor-h-metcalf","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-08","The Supreme Court pays a call","The justices of the Supreme Court call on the newly inaugurated President. Roosevelt lunches with the Danas and Lafayette Young, sees the German ambassador, and in the evening welcomes Seth Bullock and some two dozen companions.",["lafayette-young","dana","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","seth-bullock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-09","Life is a long campaign","Roosevelt creates the Stump Lake bird reservation in North Dakota. In a long letter to George Otto Trevelyan he reflects on Lincoln and the plain people, on reining in big corporations without crippling business, and on the Monroe Doctrine's obligations. He also praises Booth Tarkington's stories and writes King Edward VII.",["joseph-cannon","george-otto-trevelyan","booth-tarkington","leonard-wood","edward-vii","abraham-lincoln"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-10","Engineers favor a lock canal","Roosevelt confers with Speaker Cannon and Illinois Senators Hopkins and Cullom over federal judgeships in their state, holds Cabinet on appointments, and writes Taft about the Bates survey report, which recommends a canal with locks at Panama.",["shelby-m-cullom","albert-j-hopkins","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-11","Congressional callers","Vice President Fairbanks, Senator Elkins and Representatives Hepburn, Bartholdt and Townsend are among Roosevelt's callers.",["charles-w-fairbanks","stephen-b-elkins","william-p-hepburn","charles-e-townsend","richard-bartholdt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-12","Tract Society meeting on Sunday","Roosevelt goes to a meeting of the American Tract Society held at the Presbyterian church.",[],"Presbyterian Church"],["1905-03-13","Speaking to the Congress of Mothers","Roosevelt addresses the National Congress of Mothers, worrying aloud about the falling birthrate and calling for the same divorce laws in every state. He lunches with Alfred Thayer Mahan and General Crozier and writes Taft twice about the canal and the Army. Spring-Rice opens a private correspondence with him by way of Edith.",["john-spooner","shelby-m-cullom","chauncey-m-depew","russell-a-alger","frank-w-mondell","charles-h-grosvenor","william-howard-taft","alfred-thayer-mahan","william-crozier","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-14","Against easy divorce","An Italian cruiser appears off Santo Domingo to press money claims. Roosevelt breakfasts with Albert Shaw, holds Cabinet, and in letters tells Robert Grant he firmly opposes easy divorce and explains how honest American collectors would run the Dominican customs houses.",["albert-shaw","albert-j-hopkins","joseph-cannon","george-cortelyou","oscar-straus","herbert-w-bowen","putnam","samuel-p-langley","robert-grant","william-tiffany"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-15","The Dominican treaty again","Roosevelt works over the Santo Domingo treaty with John Hay and Taft and receives Ambassador Jusserand in the afternoon.",["william-howard-taft","john-hay","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-16","Visiting a sick John Hay","Roosevelt calls on his ailing Secretary of State, John Hay. He also meets senators, lunches with Governor Crane, and writes about saving Civil War flags, Japan and the Philippines, and a possible wolf hunt.",["william-b-allison","orville-h-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","chauncey-m-depew","boies-penrose","shelby-m-cullom","jean-jules-jusserand","john-hay","winthrop-murray-crane","sophie-anderson","john-hull","cecil-a-lyon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-17","Giving Eleanor away","Roosevelt spends St. Patrick's Day in New York, addressing a Friendly Sons of St. Patrick gathering, reviewing the parade and speaking at a Sons of the American Revolution dinner. In the afternoon he gives his niece Eleanor in marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Alice as a bridesmaid, and the guests trail him to the dining room.",["eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"E. Livingston Ludlow house"],["1905-03-18","Coal miners' delegation with John Mitchell","The Senate adjourns its special session. Roosevelt receives anthracite coal miners led by union chief John Mitchell, along with Lyman Gage and others, lunches with Judge and Mrs. Francis Lowell, Moody and Senator Crane, and sees both the German and British ambassadors.",["john-mitchell","lyman-j-gage","barton","j-frank-allee","francis-cabot-lowell","winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","mortimer-durand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-19","Boys in the White House trees","Archie and Quentin have friends over and the boys spend the day climbing trees on the White House grounds. Frank Travers dies. Senator Beveridge calls in the evening.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","frank-travers","albert-beveridge"],"White House"],["1905-03-20","Riding with Edith, tennis with Ted","Roosevelt sits for a photograph by Mr. Prince, sees senators and lunches with Baron Kaneko. Writing Kermit, he reports John Hay ill and describes a ride with Edith and tennis with Ted and Matt. He also writes Taft about Dr. Charles Reed's article on health in Panama.",["prince","william-p-hepburn","john-spooner","russell-a-alger","james-a-hemenway","albert-beveridge","kaneko-kentaro","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","matt","kermit-roosevelt","sophie-anderson","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-21","A false treaty with Santo Domingo","The Cabinet discusses canal business. Roosevelt lunches with the Lodges and with Admirals Evans and Davis, and writes Robert Bridges about a bogus Dominican treaty and about a stenographer who helped with The Rough Riders.",["henry-cabot-lodge","robley-d-evans","charles-h-davis","robert-bridges"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-22","Army appropriations","Roosevelt meets Generals Crozier and Oliver on Army funding, lunches with Senator Knox, Buxton, Hollander and Generals Crozier and Butt, and sees Taft in the evening.",["robert-shaw-oliver","william-crozier","philander-knox","buxton","jacob-h-hollander","general-butt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-23","Fearing the ultraconservatives","Roosevelt talks Virginia politics with John S. Wise and Dominican affairs with Admiral Dewey and three senators, then sees Booker T. Washington at night. To Joseph Bishop he confides a worry that stubborn financiers will push moderates into radical railroad measures, and touches on his pledge not to seek a third term.",["john-s-wise","george-dewey","shelby-m-cullom","orville-h-platt","henry-cabot-lodge","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","booker-t-washington","joseph-bucklin-bishop","robert-barnwell-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-24","Reshaping the Canal Commission","The Cabinet weighs Venezuela, Santo Domingo and a reorganized Isthmian Canal Commission. Roosevelt sees Baron Kaneko at midday and lunches with Taft, Curtis Guild Jr. and a Mr. Neland.",["kaneko-kentaro","william-howard-taft","neland","curtis-guild-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-25","Diplomas for Navy doctors","Congressman Nicholas Longworth stops by in the morning. With White House physician Dr. Rixey, Roosevelt hands out diplomas at the Naval Medical School's graduation at the National Museum, then talks with Depew about the Dominican treaty and sees Senator Foraker at night.",["nicholas-longworth","presley-m-rixey","chauncey-m-depew","charles-w-fairbanks","alvey-a-adee","joseph-b-foraker"],"National Museum"],["1905-03-26","Spooner on Sunday night","Senator John Spooner calls on Roosevelt Sunday evening.",["john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-27","A fan letter to a struggling poet","The Boise reclamation project in Idaho and Oregon gets under way. Roosevelt sees Taft, Senator Dick and Philippe Bunau-Varilla, and writes the little-known poet Edwin Arlington Robinson to praise The Children of the Night and ask how he is getting by.",["william-howard-taft","charles-w-f-dick","philippe-bunau-varilla","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-28","Holding the line in Santo Domingo","After Cabinet and talks with Senators Spooner and Foraker, Roosevelt orders Minister Dawson to keep things as they are in Santo Domingo until the treaty is ratified. He attends the Mexican ambassador's funeral and writes Alvey Adee on the stopgap modus vivendi for running Dominican customs.",["joseph-b-foraker","john-spooner","thomas-c-dawson","alvey-a-adee","william-e-curtis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-29","Morning walks with Edith and Jack","Roosevelt meets Moody, sees Dalzell and Fairbanks, and lunches with Taft, Bunau-Varilla and others. He sends a picture letter to his little nephew Sheffield Cowles, who is ill. Each morning after breakfast he and Edith stroll the garden with their dog Jack.",["william-h-moody","john-dalzell","charles-w-fairbanks","philippe-bunau-varilla","william-howard-taft","william-barclay-parsons","burr","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-03-30","Russia and Japan look toward peace","Roosevelt receives Senators Kean and Lodge, Vespasian Warner and the German and British ambassadors. Writing to the ailing John Hay, he reports that Dominican President Morales has asked the U.S. to run the customs houses and that both Russia and Japan want to begin peace talks.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-kean","vespasian-warner","mortimer-durand","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","francis-e-leupp","avery-d-andrews","john-hay","carlos-f-morales"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-03-31","The Kaiser lands in Morocco","Kaiser Wilhelm visits Tangier and backs the Sultan of Morocco against France and Britain, alarming Europe. In Washington Roosevelt sees Jane Addams among other callers and writes about Edwin Arlington Robinson and Russo-Japanese peace talks, while Edith takes the children, minus Quentin, cruising on the Sylph in Florida.",["jane-addams","jean-jules-jusserand","stephen-b-elkins","william-p-hepburn","henry-b-f-macfarland","john-willis","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","richard-watson-gilder","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-04-01","A new Panama Canal Commission","Roosevelt's reorganized Panama Canal Commission takes over, with Theodore Shonts as chairman, Charles Magoon governing the Canal Zone and John Findley Wallace as chief engineer. He also talks Nebraska patronage with Rep. Hinshaw and lunches with Shonts and journalists.",["edmund-h-hinshaw","mortimer-durand","gonzalo-de-quesada","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","theodore-p-shonts","john-callan-o-laughlin","egan","byrne","henry-bainbridge-chapin","charles-e-magoon","john-findley-wallace","mordecai-t-endicott","peter-c-hains","oswald-h-ernst","benjamin-m-harrod","andrew-jackson-montague"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-04-02","Wrapping up before a long trip","On the eve of a six-week trip west, Roosevelt meets Francis Loomis, sees Clement Griscom and the Spanish ambassador, dines at Lodge's, and sends John Hay a survey of affairs at home and abroad, defending action in Santo Domingo.",["francis-b-loomis","clement-a-griscom","henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-04-03","Off to hunt in the Southwest","At nine in the morning Roosevelt leaves Washington to hunt in the Southwest, leaving Taft in charge at home. He writes Theodore Shonts about sanitation in Panama.",["william-howard-taft","theodore-p-shonts"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-04-04","Speaking in Louisville","Roosevelt's train heads west, with a speech in Louisville and stops in five states from Kentucky to Missouri.",[],"Missouri"],["1905-04-05","Through Indian Territory to Dallas","Roosevelt speaks at Parsons, Kansas, and at Muskogee, South McAlester and Durant in Indian Territory, then arrives in Dallas in the evening for another speech. Sternberg writes that Germany wants French ambitions in North Africa checked.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Dallas"],["1905-04-06","Texas legislature and San Antonio","Roosevelt stops at Taylor, addresses the Texas Legislature in Austin and reaches San Antonio. His diary jots notes on the men he will hunt with, including wolf catcher Abernathy, who lifts a coyote by the jaw on horseback, and Burk Burnett.",["john-r-abernathy","samuel-burk-burnett","ed-gillis"],"Austin"],["1905-04-07","Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio","Roosevelt joins a reunion of his Rough Riders in San Antonio, where the regiment had trained in 1898, and says how much he admires Texans. His diary sketches Abernathy, who takes wolves with his bare hands, Texas Ranger Captain McDonald, and the cattlemen of the Four Sixes brand.",["john-r-abernathy","william-j-mcdonald"],"San Antonio"],["1905-04-08","Coyote hunt begins near Frederick","After speeches in Fort Worth and Wichita, Roosevelt reaches Frederick, Oklahoma, and starts hunting at Cecil Lyon's ranch. Dogs catch the first coyote in a creek, and Alec Lambert rides well. He tells Taft he is handling Russia, Japan, Santo Domingo and Morocco just right.",["cecil-a-lyon","alexander-lambert","william-howard-taft"],"Fort Worth"],["1905-04-09","Headlong gallops after coyotes","On Archie's eleventh birthday Roosevelt rides hard after coyotes from a camp in a bend of the Red River, on a Kiowa pony in the morning and a cow pony later. His hosts are old-style Texas cattlemen including Burk Burnett and Cecil Lyon. He writes Bamie about little Sheffield's ear trouble.",["archibald-roosevelt","cecil-a-lyon","alexander-lambert","samuel-burk-burnett","sloan-simpson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-10","A ten-mile chase","Out with greyhounds and staghounds, Roosevelt's party takes a coyote after a three-mile run. In the afternoon comes an extraordinary ten-mile chase, and Abernathy captures the coyote alive with his hands, with Roosevelt one of the few riders there at the finish.",["bevins","john-r-abernathy"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-11","Bobcats elude the hounds","Camped on Deep Red Creek, Roosevelt is up before dawn for a morning hunt after bobcats that turns up nothing, and he rests in the afternoon.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-12","Six coyotes in a day","With the chuck wagon along, the party rides southwest toward the Red River and kills six coyotes, losing only one after a seven-mile chase. A cowpuncher with nothing but a rope chases that one back for miles.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-13","Last day of the coyote hunt","Roosevelt is in at the death of two more coyotes, then rides back to Frederick, where he speaks before leaving for Colorado. His diary tallies the party's total. Sternberg reports that the Kaiser is pressing for an international meeting on Morocco.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-14","Colorado speeches, and tales of Abernathy","Roosevelt speaks at Trinidad, Pueblo and Colorado Springs and spends the night at Newcastle. He tells Kermit the hunting party took 47 wolves plus raccoons and rattlesnakes, and describes how Abernathy takes wolves alive. He also writes Garfield about the probes into Standard Oil and the Beef Trust.",["kermit-roosevelt","james-r-garfield","john-r-abernathy","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Colorado Springs"],["1905-04-15","Into the Colorado high country","Roosevelt rides about 20 miles from Newcastle with Philip Stewart, Dr. Alexander Lambert and guides John Goff and Jake Borah to Camp Roosevelt on East Divide Creek, with three horses, a Springfield rifle and some thirty hounds and terriers. Snow lies in drifts.",["philip-b-stewart","alexander-lambert","john-b-goff","jake-borah","brick-wells"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-16","Shorty and the bobcat","Roosevelt spends eleven hours in the saddle over rough ground. The dogs tree a bobcat, the bull terrier Shorty climbs nearly to it, and when it jumps the pack seizes it. A big glossy black bear is spotted.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-17","A 330-pound black bear","With 26 hounds and four terriers Roosevelt follows a black bear through snowy canyons for nearly two hours. The bear refuses to tree and fights off the dogs, killing a terrier; Roosevelt breaks its hips at 60 yards and finishes it at 30. It weighs 330 pounds.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-18","Skip and Shorty, the fighting dogs","Six hours in the snowdrifts turn up nothing. Roosevelt's diary praises the little terrier Skip, who loves to ride on horseback, and Shorty, the bull terrier mauled by the bear, who staggers back wagging his tail. He notes cranes, eagles, ravens and the first songbirds.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-19","Loeb visits camp","Secretary William Loeb spends the night in camp. Roosevelt rides all day in the high mountains without seeing game, and records local talk about wolves, cougars and a trapper who took dozens.",["william-loeb","john-b-goff"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-20","Snowbound, writing on Morocco","Snow keeps the party in camp, and Roosevelt fills his diary with birds and small mammals. In letters he tells Ted about his guides, tells Taft the government should stay out of Morocco, wires Loomis that the U.S. will remain friendly with both France and Germany, and writes Lodge on Newfoundland fisheries.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-b-goff","jake-borah","philip-b-stewart","alexander-lambert","william-howard-taft","francis-b-loomis","henry-cabot-lodge","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-21","Skip bites a bobcat's tail","More than ten hours in the saddle and on foot through belly-deep drifts end with the hounds treeing a bobcat. Stewart photographs it, Lambert shoots it with a revolver, and the little terrier Skip climbs thirty feet up the tree to bite its tail.",["alexander-lambert","philip-b-stewart"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-22","Fever and a move to West Divide","Roosevelt feels his old Cuban fever. The party moves camp to where Clear Creek meets West Divide, though the late cold season may have kept the bears denned up.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-23","A rest day in camp","Roosevelt stays in camp and records guide Jake Borah's story of a 115-pound wolf his pack once held at bay before he shot it.",["jake-borah"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-24","A she-bear shot through the heart","In an eleven-hour, forty-mile ride, four of them bucking snow, the pack jumps a yearling and its glossy dark mother. Lambert shoots the yearling in an aspen; Roosevelt drops the she-bear from a spruce with a shot through the heart.",["alexander-lambert"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-25","Another bear after twelve hours","After twelve hours and more than thirty miles, Lambert shoots two yearlings with his revolver and the hounds tree their mother high in a spruce, where Roosevelt kills her. He notes what the bears had eaten. Sternberg writes that the Kaiser wants Roosevelt to nudge Britain toward harmony with Germany over Morocco.",["alexander-lambert","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-26","Ranchmen come to watch","A touch of fever keeps Roosevelt in camp while some twenty hard-riding ranchmen turn out hoping to see the President kill a bear. He writes Ethel about prairie girls and admits he is homesick for the family.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-27","Cutting the trip short for peace","Still feverish, Roosevelt stays in camp while Lambert has a big day of bear hunting. Sensing that Russia and Japan may reach an honorable settlement, he wires Taft that he will end his trip a week early.",["alexander-lambert","william-howard-taft"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-28","Watching a tame kingbird","Another feverish day in camp. Roosevelt describes a tame bee martin that stays near the buildings with a plaintive note, and a big field mouse in the ranch house.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-04-29","Fever in camp again","Roosevelt spends another day in camp with fever. It is his sister Corinne's 23rd wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Frederick"],["1905-04-30","Church in a schoolhouse; Edith finds Pine Knot","Roosevelt goes to church in a little blue schoolhouse and wires Taft that he backs Japan's call for direct peace talks with Russia. In Virginia, Edith buys a small timbered house and five acres in Albemarle County for $195, calling it Pine Knot, a hideaway for the two of them.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-wilmer"],"Frederick"],["1905-05-01","Eight hours and no game","Hunting along Divide Creek, Roosevelt rides for eight hours without seeing anything. His secretary William Loeb stays over in camp.",["william-loeb"],"Frederick"],["1905-05-02","Ten bears so far","Storms roll through camp and Philip Stewart rides out to join the party. Roosevelt tells Kermit he has taken ten bears and three bobcats, and has been fighting his Cuban fever for a week.",["philip-b-stewart","kermit-roosevelt"],"Frederick"],["1905-05-03","Wet spring snow","A heavy, wet snowstorm hits the camp on Divide Creek.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-05-04","Owls and a tame lark","Through snow Roosevelt rides six hours without seeing game, but notes an owl on its nest, a great owl and a very tame lark, and adds to his running list of birds.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-05-05","A bobcat in the snow","Another snowy six-hour ride ends with a bobcat taken. Roosevelt keeps up his bird list.",[],"Frederick"],["1905-05-06","Out of the mountains to Glenwood Springs","Roosevelt rides down to Glenwood Springs and speaks there. He writes John Hay, glad to hear he is better and urging a summer of rest, and tells George Kennan about California's push to segregate schools amid fear of a yellow peril.",["john-hay","george-kennan"],"Glenwood Springs"],["1905-05-07","Sunday in Glenwood Springs","Roosevelt spends the day at Glenwood Springs, still noting the birds he sees.",[],"Glenwood Springs"],["1905-05-08","Denver speech on corporations","Heading east, Roosevelt stops at Pueblo and Colorado Springs and in Denver argues for federal control of corporations. His diary ends with house finches singing in Denver and spring wildflowers, though he misses the blue columbine, Colorado's state flower.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1905-05-09","Across Nebraska to Omaha","Roosevelt's train crosses Nebraska stopping at Fremont, Grand Island and North Platte, and he speaks in Omaha and in Council Bluffs, Iowa.",[],"Denver"],["1905-05-10","Chicago and the teamsters' strike","After speeches in Cedar Rapids and Clinton, Iowa, Roosevelt lunches and speaks at Chicago's Merchants Club. A labor delegation objects to any plan to send federal soldiers into the teamsters' strike, and he ends the day at the Iroquois Club banquet.",[],"Cedar Rapids"],["1905-05-11","Home by midnight","Roosevelt speaks at Alliance and Canton, Ohio, and in Pittsburgh, then reaches Washington at midnight.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-12","Back with Skip the terrier","Roosevelt is back at work, having cut his trip short over Morocco and the chance of Russo-Japanese talks. He has brought home Skip, the little hunting dog who attached himself to him in Colorado. Cabinet meets, and he confers with Fairbanks, Taft and Cortelyou.",["george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","charles-w-fairbanks","ethan-a-hitchcock","albert-b-cummins","john-kean","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-05-13","The Kaiser presses for a conference","Sternberg hands Roosevelt the Kaiser's memo demanding a general conference on Morocco and blaming Britain for blocking it. Roosevelt and Herbert Knox Smith win at tennis, and he writes a batch of letters, telling Spring-Rice how he handles the Kaiser and Root about his three bears.",["william-h-moody","charles-w-fairbanks","ebenezer-j-hill","jeter-c-pritchard","c-hart-merriam","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","herbert-knox-smith","matt","murray","kaneko-kentaro","charles-w-fulton","cecil-spring-rice","richard-harding-davis","redfield-proctor","george-otto-trevelyan","elihu-root","alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-14","Catching up on the work","Taft and Moody call in the evening. Roosevelt tells Kermit that work piled up while he was away, that he went riding with Edith, and that Kermit's Groton marks delight him.",["william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-15","Idaho forests and Chicago labor trouble","Roosevelt talks over Chicago's labor troubles with Foraker, Grosvenor and Herbert Bowen and goes over Idaho's forest reserves with Gifford Pinchot. He lunches with the new canal leadership and tells Lodge the crowds in Texas and Kentucky were wildly enthusiastic.",["herbert-w-bowen","charles-h-grosvenor","joseph-b-foraker","gifford-pinchot","joseph-w-babcock","john-kean","shelby-m-cullom","william-howard-taft","theodore-p-shonts","john-findley-wallace","charles-e-magoon","henry-cabot-lodge","francis-g-peabody","paul-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-16","Buying canal supplies abroad","The press reports that the Isthmian Canal Commission will buy construction supplies in foreign markets wherever they are cheapest, and Roosevelt takes full responsibility for the policy. He also holds Cabinet, sees Senator Elkins and receives Baron Kaneko.",["stephen-b-elkins","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-17","All forest reserves to Pinchot","Roosevelt tells Interior Secretary Hitchcock that the nation's forest reserves will be consolidated under Pinchot's Forest Service. He discusses tariffs and rebates with Rep. Davis and Santo Domingo with Jacob Hollander, and informs the Japanese minister that the Kaiser denies calling Japan the yellow peril.",["charles-r-davis","jacob-h-hollander","arent-s-crowninshield","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","kogoro-takahira","ethan-a-hitchcock","gifford-pinchot","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-18","Writing to Chief No Shirt","Roosevelt discusses reciprocity with Speaker Cannon, Hemenway, Dolliver and Rep. Foss, and twice receives Baron Kaneko. He writes William Rockhill about China and Japan, and writes the Indian chief No Shirt about reservation land and relations between whites and Indians.",["eugene-n-foss","jonathan-p-dolliver","james-a-hemenway","joseph-cannon","herbert-parsons","francis-e-leupp","kaneko-kentaro","william-w-rockhill","no-shirt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-19","Reversing the foreign-purchase order","Having put tariff adjustment before Congress, Roosevelt has Taft cancel the May 16 order to buy canal supplies abroad. He meets Cortelyou and Morton after Cabinet, lunches with Cannon, Bonaparte and others, and praises Bishop Charles Brent's defense of American missionaries in the Philippines.",["george-cortelyou","paul-morton","joseph-cannon","john-dalzell","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","truman-h-newberry","anderson","charles-h-brent"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-20","Nicholas Murray Butler comes to stay","Roosevelt lunches with Oscar Straus, Senator Warner and a Mr. Cowan, and dines with the Jusserands. Columbia's Nicholas Murray Butler arrives for a two-night White House visit.",["william-warner","oscar-straus","cowan","jean-jules-jusserand","nicholas-murray-butler"],"White House"],["1905-05-21","Senator Orville Platt dies","Word comes that Connecticut Senator Orville H. Platt has died. Sportswriter Caspar Whitney calls at one, and Interior Secretary Hitchcock in the evening.",["orville-h-platt","caspar-whitney","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-22","Hopeless to reconcile England and Germany","Roosevelt lunches with Taft, the Duke of Sutherland and naturalist George Bird Grinnell. He tells Ambassador Meyer he has given up trying to improve relations between England and Germany, and warns Senator Thomas Platt he will remove an appointee regardless.",["william-howard-taft","george-bird-grinnell","duke-of-sutherland","george-von-lengerke-meyer","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-23","The Loomis-Bowen quarrel","After Cabinet, Roosevelt and Taft take up the feud between diplomats Francis Loomis and Herbert Bowen. He lunches with Lyman Abbott, Moody, Taft and Richard Harding Davis.",["william-howard-taft","francis-b-loomis","herbert-w-bowen","richard-harding-davis","lyman-abbott","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-24","Rate bill or government ownership","Roosevelt sees senators, the Brazilian ambassador, Sternberg, and in the evening Garfield and Pinchot. To Lodge he argues that killing the railroad rate bill would only feed the drive for government ownership of the railroads. He lets Hay know the Kaiser hopes to meet him, and admits he has no liking for Bowen.",["moses-e-clapp","henry-c-hansbrough","john-kean","joaquim-nabuco","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-m-patterson","john-hay","george-von-lengerke-meyer","herbert-w-bowen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-25","A government job for a poet","Roosevelt confers with Joseph Bristow about the Panama Railroad and lunches with psychologist Hugo Münsterberg and others. He tells Kermit that Edwin Arlington Robinson, Kermit's favorite poet, is now at work in New York in the government post Roosevelt arranged for him.",["joseph-l-bristow","francis-e-warren","francis-g-newlands","charles-h-dietrich","hugo-munsterberg","william-h-moody","francis-e-leupp","pellew","egan","bradshaw","kermit-roosevelt","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-26","Dinner with Justice White","After Cabinet, Roosevelt sees Senators Dolliver, Cullom and Dillingham, and dines with Justice Edward White and his wife. Joseph Bishop stays the night. He writes Spring-Rice about the Kaiser, the war and reports of a Russian-German alliance aimed at England and Japan.",["william-p-dillingham","jonathan-p-dolliver","shelby-m-cullom","edward-douglass-white","joseph-bucklin-bishop","cecil-spring-rice"],"White House"],["1905-05-27","Japan sinks the Russian fleet at Tsushima","Admiral Togo's Japanese fleet destroys the Russian fleet of Admiral Rozhestvensky in the Tsushima Strait. In Washington Roosevelt discusses a possible extra session of Congress with Senators Cullom and Elkins, sees Baron Kaneko, and asks Senator Thomas Platt to have management give a little in the Chicago strike.",["togo-heihachiro","zinovy-rozhestvensky","stephen-b-elkins","shelby-m-cullom","george-cortelyou","lawrence-o-murray","kaneko-kentaro","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-28","A blank Sunday","The record for this Sunday in Washington is empty.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-29","Burroughs and the nature fakers","Roosevelt sees naturalist C. Hart Merriam early, then Puerto Rico's Tulio Larrinaga and others, and lunches with the Sternbergs, the Mortons and Father Zahm. He writes John Burroughs about Rev. William Long's attacks and about protective coloration in animals, gets a new Morocco memo from the Kaiser, and leaves for Brooklyn at midnight.",["c-hart-merriam","tulio-larrinaga","joseph-b-foraker","charles-h-grosvenor","john-augustine-zahm","paul-morton","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","joseph-cannon","john-burroughs","william-j-long","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-05-30","Memorial Day in Brooklyn","In Brooklyn Roosevelt breakfasts at the Union League Club, reviews the Memorial Day parade and speaks at the unveiling of a monument to General Henry W. Slocum, then heads back to Washington.",["henry-w-slocum"],"Union League Club"],["1905-05-31","The Kaiser threatens war over Morocco","A new message from the Kaiser, sent through Sternberg, warns that Germany may fight France over Morocco. Roosevelt confers on the Russo-Japanese War, congratulates Baron Kaneko on Japan's naval victory, and asks Taft to stress Subic Bay as a naval base on his Philippine trip. Around this time the Trophy Room is added at Sagamore Hill.",["paul-morton","william-h-moody","james-r-garfield","mortimer-durand","alford-w-cooley","kaneko-kentaro","william-howard-taft","charles-w-f-dick","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","c-grant-lafarge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-01","Opening the Lewis and Clark Exposition","At four o'clock Roosevelt presses a button that lights and opens the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon. He sees the British, German and Japanese envoys during the day and tells Andrew White he will test whether an offer to mediate between Japan and Russia can work.",["boies-penrose","paul-morton","william-howard-taft","mortimer-durand","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kogoro-takahira","andrew-d-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-02","The Keep Commission is born","Roosevelt names a Commission on Departmental Methods, led by Charles Keep with Frank Hitchcock, Lawrence Murray, James Garfield and Gifford Pinchot, to root out waste and modernize executive departments. The Wichita Forest game preserve is set up in Oklahoma, and he meets Russia's Ambassador Cassini.",["arthur-cassini","charles-h-keep","frank-h-hitchcock","lawrence-o-murray","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","nicholas-murray-butler","jonathan-p-dolliver"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-03","Russian ships near the Philippines","Roosevelt meets Moody, Morton and Taft about Russian warships moving off the Philippines, lunches with Ambassador Jusserand, and sees Japan's minister Takahira at night.",["william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","paul-morton","jean-jules-jusserand","kogoro-takahira"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-04","The Kaiser urges mediation","Sternberg brings Roosevelt a note in which the Kaiser says the President should mediate between Russia and Japan. Dr. Merriam also calls in the evening.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","c-hart-merriam"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-05","An audience with the Czar","Roosevelt wires Ambassador Meyer to seek an audience with the Czar, and briefs Lodge on his steps to end the war. Japanese admirals from Port Arthur visit, he lunches with the Bonapartes and Deweys, and Ted and a friend beat him and Alvord Cooley at tennis, four sets to three. He thanks Frederick MacMonnies for a statuette of him at San Juan.",["william-howard-taft","paul-morton","charles-bonaparte","george-dewey","wolcott","ethan-a-hitchcock","jean-jules-jusserand","john-barrett","hugh-o-beirne","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alford-w-cooley","kogoro-takahira","whitelaw-reid","henry-cabot-lodge","frederick-macmonnies","george-von-lengerke-meyer","nicholas-ii"],"White House"],["1905-06-06","British fleet to visit New York","Roosevelt confers with the British and French ambassadors on the war, sees Rep. Sulzer, and lunches with the Keep Commission members and others. He writes Arthur Lee on friendship among English-speaking peoples as Prince Louis of Battenberg's British squadron prepares to call at New York.",["jean-jules-jusserand","mortimer-durand","william-sulzer","charles-h-keep","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","lawrence-o-murray","frank-h-hitchcock","robley-d-evans","frederick-w-whitridge","young","kermit-roosevelt","arthur-lee","whitelaw-reid","prince-louis-of-battenberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-07","A day of ambassadors","Roosevelt confers with the envoys of Russia, Germany, France and Britain, along with Hugh O'Beirne, as peace efforts gather pace. Thomas Dawson, Dr. Rixey and the Italian ambassador call, and he lunches with Baron Kaneko.",["arthur-cassini","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","mortimer-durand","hugh-o-beirne","thomas-c-dawson","presley-m-rixey","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-08","Proposing peace talks to Russia and Japan","Roosevelt sends formal notes to Russia and Japan proposing a peace conference, after a run of afternoon and evening meetings with Durand, Kaneko, Takahira and Sternberg. Edith goes ahead to Pine Knot to ready it for his first visit.",["mortimer-durand","kaneko-kentaro","kogoro-takahira","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-howard-taft","henry-w-taft","benjamin-ide-wheeler","edith-kermit-roosevelt","lyman-abbott","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-09","First trip to Pine Knot","After seeing Francis Loomis, Roosevelt takes the train to Rapidan, Virginia, and goes on to Pine Knot, the little cabin Edith has just bought. He visits Joseph Wilmer and they dine at Plain Dealing. Edith is thrilled with the place.",["francis-b-loomis","joseph-wilmer","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-10","Alone at Pine Knot; both sides agree to talk","Roosevelt and Edith have Pine Knot to themselves. He cooks breakfast and chops firewood while she rests in a hammock, and they fry chickens for supper with biscuits, cornbread, cherries and wild strawberries. Word comes that Japan accepts his call for peace talks; Russia will follow two days later.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Pine Knot"],["1905-06-11","Beefsteak, church and the train home","Roosevelt fries beefsteak for Edith's breakfast, they go to church together, and he takes the train back to Washington for talks with Taft and Loeb. He writes Kermit that Russia and Japan have agreed to meet. Another Kaiser memo on Morocco arrives.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","william-loeb","kermit-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Pine Knot"],["1905-06-12","Regretting an old sharp reply","Roosevelt sees Cassini and Takahira, decides not to prosecute Santa Fe railroad officers individually in the rebate case, and clears Paul Morton, who has left the Cabinet for Equitable Life. He urges Clara Hay to make John rest, and tells Clark Howell his 1885 retort to Jefferson Davis no longer seems clever.",["arthur-cassini","kogoro-takahira","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","philander-knox","hart","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","paul-morton","clara-hay","john-hay","clark-howell","jefferson-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-13","Chinese exclusion","After Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses Chinese exclusion with Commerce Secretary Metcalf, lunches with Root, Robert Bridges and Baroness von Sternberg, and writes Senator Heyburn about forest reserves.",["victor-h-metcalf","elihu-root","robert-bridges","weldon-b-heyburn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-14","Jusserand, Cassini and Kaneko","Roosevelt receives Jusserand in the morning and Cassini before lunch, lunches with Shaw and Speyer, sees John Barrett and Edwin Denby, and meets Baron Kaneko in the afternoon.",["jean-jules-jusserand","arthur-cassini","james-speyer","shaw","john-barrett","edwin-denby","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-15","Trying for The Hague","Roosevelt talks over the Panama Railroad with Shonts and Maxwell Evarts and receives Cassini, Takahira and Durand in turn. He tells Oscar Straus he hopes to bring the two warring powers to The Hague and writes Cassini about his talk with Takahira.",["maxwell-evarts","theodore-p-shonts","charles-bonaparte","a-b-moore","arthur-cassini","kogoro-takahira","mortimer-durand","whitelaw-reid","joseph-bucklin-bishop","oscar-straus","henry-clay-frick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-16","Sizing up a peace settlement","Roosevelt meets Booker T. Washington and Jusserand, then writes a flurry of letters on the war. To Spring-Rice in St. Petersburg he sketches a peace in which Russia gives up Sakhalin and pays an indemnity but keeps most of its East Asian holdings, and he sends Lodge a long, important letter on the negotiations.",["booker-t-washington","jean-jules-jusserand","lloyd-c-griscom","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-howard-taft","cecil-spring-rice","victor-h-metcalf","henry-cabot-lodge","philip-b-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-17","Asking Grover Cleveland a favor","Roosevelt takes up the Santa Fe rebate case with Moody and Morton and Army appointments with Taft, and Cardinal Gibbons calls. He writes former President Cleveland asking him to chair the Jamestown Exposition committee and touches on the Equitable Life scandal.",["paul-morton","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","james-gibbons","victor-h-metcalf","lawrence-o-murray","walsh","byrne","hunt","charles-moore","grover-cleveland","benjamin-ide-wheeler","chauncey-m-depew","cornelius-n-bliss","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-18","Thanks from Sternberg","German Ambassador Speck von Sternberg praises Roosevelt for his work in easing the Morocco crisis.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-19","Dinner with the Hays","Roosevelt talks with Moody about the Santa Fe case, lunches with Rep. Augustus Peabody Gardner, and dines with John and Clara Hay. He writes about Chinese labor, Russia, and prejudice against the Japanese.",["william-h-moody","augustus-p-gardner","john-hay","clara-hay","victor-h-metcalf","george-von-lengerke-meyer","david-schneder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-20","Overnight to Worcester","The Cabinet takes up the Loomis-Bowen case and Roosevelt goes over postal appointments with Cortelyou. At nine that night he leaves for Worcester, Massachusetts.",["george-cortelyou","benjamin-ide-wheeler","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-21","Bringing John Paul Jones home","Roosevelt gives the Clark University commencement address in Worcester and leaves for Williamstown. He sends Taft a long letter on the Bowen-Loomis affair and directs Francis Loomis to go to France and bring home the remains of naval hero John Paul Jones.",["william-howard-taft","francis-b-loomis","john-paul-jones"],"Clark University"],["1905-06-22","Williams College commencement","Roosevelt speaks at the Williams College commencement in Williamstown and heads back to Washington.",[],"Williams College"],["1905-06-23","France agrees to a Morocco conference","Roosevelt tells Speck von Sternberg that France has quietly dropped its objection to an international conference on Morocco, calling it a diplomatic triumph. The Cabinet discusses Chinese exclusion, and he sees Jusserand and Takahira.",["jean-jules-jusserand","kogoro-takahira","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","knute-nelson","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-24","A mission to Japan for Calhoun","Roosevelt confers with Penfield and Metcalf about Chinese exclusion and dines with the Jusserands. He asks William Calhoun to travel to Japan and report back, and responds to Lincoln Steffens's McClure's article on Ohio politics, McKinley and Hanna.",["william-l-penfield","victor-h-metcalf","jean-jules-jusserand","herbert-h-d-peirce","charlemagne-tower","william-j-calhoun","lincoln-steffens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-25","Mediating between France and Germany","The Jusserands come at midday and Sternberg in the evening, and Roosevelt writes the German ambassador about smoothing matters between France and Germany.",["jean-jules-jusserand","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-26","Off to Harvard","Roosevelt talks railroad rebates with Moody and sees Takahira, Durand and Jusserand before leaving for Cambridge at 5:30. He sends Russia a note about mediation. Edith goes ahead to open Sagamore Hill, getting her first look at the newly built North Room.",["william-h-moody","james-wilson","ethan-a-hitchcock","kogoro-takahira","mortimer-durand","jean-jules-jusserand","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-06-27","Twenty-fifth Harvard reunion","Roosevelt attends the 25th reunion of his Harvard class of 1880 at the Hotel Somerset, staying with George B. Lee Jr. and Bishop William Lawrence.",["william-lawrence","george-b-lee-jr"],"Cambridge"],["1905-06-28","Harvard Commencement","Roosevelt attends Harvard's commencement and speaks at the Harvard Union and the alumni dinner. Sternberg writes to Sagamore Hill that the Kaiser is delighted with his work toward a Morocco conference.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Harvard University"],["1905-06-29","By the Sylph to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt speaks in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and takes the Sylph home across the Sound to Oyster Bay, where Sagamore Hill opens for the summer with Bob Ferguson as a guest. Puck runs a color cartoon, \"Peace,\" showing a battleship fleet with Roosevelt's face on the lead ship.",["bob-ferguson"],"Cambridge"],["1905-06-30","Nearly mad over Russia and Japan","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt sees immigration official Marcus Braun and Judge William Calhoun, who stays to dinner. He vents to Whitelaw Reid about Russia's muddle, asks Alice to join Taft's goodwill trip to Japan as his representative, and names John Stevens to replace John Wallace as chief canal engineer. Bob Ferguson marries Isabella Selmes.",["marcus-braun","william-j-calhoun","whitelaw-reid","alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","nicholas-longworth","john-f-stevens","john-findley-wallace","bob-ferguson","isabella-selmes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-01","John Hay dies","Secretary of State John Hay dies at his New Hampshire home. Roosevelt writes his widow Clara of the Sunday hours after church he spent with them. Charles Bonaparte succeeds Paul Morton as Navy Secretary, and Dan Moore and James Tracey of Albany visit Sagamore Hill.",["john-hay","charles-bonaparte","paul-morton","james-f-tracey","dan-tyler-moore","clara-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-02","Peace talks set for August","Word goes out that Russian and Japanese envoys will meet on August 5, with Oyster Bay named as the place. Roosevelt tells Taft he will make Elihu Root Secretary of State, adding that he had done most of the State Department's work himself. Alice and the Taft party reach Chicago on their way to Japan.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","jacob-h-hollander","adna-r-chaffee","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-03","Family and friends at Sagamore","Guests at Sagamore Hill include brother-in-law Douglas Robinson, Bob Ferguson, Elliott Cowdin and E. C. Hammer Jr. Roosevelt writes Lyman Abbott about John Hay's death.",["douglas-robinson","bob-ferguson","elliott-cowdin","e-c-hammer-jr","lyman-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-04","Leaving for Hay's funeral","Sternberg visits and stays for lunch, and that afternoon Roosevelt sets out for Cleveland with members of the Cabinet to bury John Hay. Out west, Alice sets off fireworks and shoots a revolver off the back of the Taft party's train, the men take in the Hart-Root prizefight at Reno, and the group reaches San Francisco.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-05","Burying John Hay","Roosevelt attends John Hay's funeral in Cleveland and returns to Oyster Bay.",["john-hay"],"Cleveland"],["1905-07-06","Root named Secretary of State","Roosevelt names Elihu Root to succeed John Hay at the State Department. Winthrop Chanler comes to dinner and stays over, with the E. D. Morgans also at the table. He sends Taft word of Root's acceptance and his love to Alice.",["elihu-root","winthrop-chanler","e-d-morgan","william-howard-taft","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-07","Speech to the teachers at Ocean Grove","Roosevelt travels to Ocean Grove, New Jersey, to address the National Education Association and returns home, where Teresa and Clifford Richardson and Baron Kaneko are guests. He tells Senator Spooner the Dominican treaty needs no amendment.",["teresa-richardson","clifford-richardson","kaneko-kentaro","john-spooner","george-von-lengerke-meyer","whitelaw-reid"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-08","Lunch with the poet Robinson","After meeting Baron Kaneko, Roosevelt lunches with Robert Bridges, Alvord Cooley and the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, while Douglas and Monroe Robinson, Senator Knox and others fill the guest book. Alice sails from San Francisco on the Manchuria with Taft's party of 80. He praises Augustus Saint-Gaudens's inaugural medals.",["kaneko-kentaro","edwin-arlington-robinson","robert-bridges","alford-w-cooley","philander-knox","douglas-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson","bob-ferguson","e-c-hammer-jr","elliott-cowdin","harry-besle","alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-09","Morocco settled without war","In Paris, Germany and France sign an agreement on Morocco, a settlement Roosevelt helped broker and one that likely headed off war. At Sagamore Hill he lunches with Bishop Knight and the Washburns and has James Garfield and Gifford Pinchot to tea in the evening.",["washburn","bishop-knight","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-10","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","The record for this day at Sagamore Hill is empty.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-11","Robert Bacon to the State Department","Senator Philander Knox spends the night at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Lodge about Hay's death, Hay's deep dislike of the Kaiser and the choice of Root, tells Root that Robert Bacon will be his first assistant, and sends Jusserand a letter on the Mongol campaigns of the 1200s.",["philander-knox","henry-cabot-lodge","john-w-yerkes","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","albert-beveridge","robert-bacon","john-hay","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-12","Gompers, Duncan and Mitchell visit","John Mitchell, James Duncan and Samuel Gompers, who lead the American Federation of Labor, meet Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. William Calhoun leaves on a special mission to Venezuela, and Roosevelt tells Moody that an Agriculture statistician, Edwin Holmes, was fired for using government data for private gain.",["william-j-calhoun","samuel-gompers","james-duncan","john-mitchell","william-h-moody","edwin-s-holmes","james-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-13","Russia's new ambassador comes to lunch","Baron Roman Rosen, Russia's new ambassador, lunches at Sagamore Hill and presents his credentials. Jacob Riis is a guest. Alice and Taft's group land in Honolulu.",["roman-rosen","jacob-riis","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-14","Ted wants to work on railroads","Roosevelt and Japan's minister Takahira discuss Count Witte's naming as a Russian envoy to the coming peace talks. He lunches with Harriman, Takahira, Shonts, John Stevens and Hynes, and Root and others sign the guest book. To Harvard's Byron Hurlbut he explains that Ted hopes for a railroad career and a scientific school.",["kogoro-takahira","sergei-witte","john-f-stevens","theodore-p-shonts","e-h-harriman","hynes","elihu-root","claude-j-peck","harry-blagden","john-a-mcilhenny","byron-s-hurlbut","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-15","No sympathy for anti-Japanese agitation","An explosion of the gunboat Bennington's boilers kills more than 50 men. Roosevelt confers with Takahira, has Bamie among his guests, and tells Ambassador Lloyd Griscom to assure Japan that Americans reject the anti-Japanese agitation on the Pacific coast and that there will be no discrimination while he is President.",["kogoro-takahira","anna-roosevelt-cowles","horace-chittenden","philip-burchard","lloyd-c-griscom","james-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-16","A blank Sunday at Sagamore","The record for this Sunday at Sagamore Hill is empty.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-17","Rowing around Lloyd Neck with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith row fifteen miles around Lloyd Neck with a picnic lunch and a few books, carrying the boat overland at one point. He writes London editor John St. Loe Strachey that he has no great hopes for the peace conference, and tells John Sleicher he doubts Congress will cut spending.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-st-loe-strachey","john-a-sleicher"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-18","Camping out with the boys","Roosevelt takes the boys out by rowboat to sleep under the stars, frying chicken or steak in bacon fat that the youngsters swear tastes like nothing else. He asks animal trainer Frank Bostock to compare the big cats, writes Morgan about a Chinese railroad concession, and tells Lodge that Ted passed his Harvard entrance exams with points to spare.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","frank-bostock","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-allen-white","j-pierpont-morgan","henry-cabot-lodge","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-19","Simply a good out-of-doors man","Elihu Root takes office as Secretary of State. Roosevelt rows home from his overnight camp with the boys and writes Henry Needham a modest self-portrait: no athlete, not good at games, but a decent walker, rider and rifle shot.",["elihu-root","henry-beach-needham"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-20","Nothing recorded","The record for this day at Sagamore Hill is empty.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-21","A picture letter for Alice","Roosevelt confers with Secretary Root, and Dr. Alexander Lambert and Lyman Abbott visit. He sends Alice, far off in Asia, one of his cartoon-filled picture letters, assuring her it is no posterity letter.",["elihu-root","alexander-lambert","lyman-abbott","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-22","Root, Morton and Lambert","Roosevelt confers again with Root, and Paul Morton and Dr. Lambert spend the evening at Sagamore Hill.",["elihu-root","paul-morton","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-23","Alice reaches Tokyo","Dr. Alexander Lambert is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Across the Pacific, Alice and Taft's group reach Tokyo, where she stays at the American embassy with the Griscoms.",["alexander-lambert","alice-roosevelt-longworth","lloyd-c-griscom"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-24","The Monroe Doctrine must grow","Roosevelt lunches with Hawaii's George R. Carter. He tells Spring-Rice that the Monroe Doctrine cannot stand still while the nation grows, urges Shonts to improve living conditions for canal workers, and writes Governor Higgins about the Equitable Life troubles.",["george-r-carter","cecil-spring-rice","theodore-p-shonts","frank-w-higgins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-25","Writing Jusserand on Morocco","Roosevelt writes Ambassador Jusserand about France, Germany and Morocco.",["jean-jules-jusserand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-26","Praise for Little Citizens","Roosevelt confers with Takahira about the peace talks and writes author Myra Kelly that he enjoyed her book Little Citizens.",["kogoro-takahira","myra-kelly"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-27","Japan's envoys aboard the Mayflower","Roosevelt meets Japan's chief envoy Baron Komura, with Kaneko and Takahira, aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. He writes Commander William Sims that Japan's eight-inch guns badly mauled the Russian ships at Tsushima.",["komura-jutaro","kaneko-kentaro","kogoro-takahira","charlemagne-tower","william-s-sims"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-28","To Coney Island with Jacob Riis","Senator Murray Crane is a guest at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt goes with his old friend Jacob Riis to see the Coney Island hospital.",["winthrop-murray-crane","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-29","Thanking the Kaiser","Roosevelt wires the Kaiser his thanks for help in settling where the Russo-Japanese peace talks will meet, and writes Taft, Whitelaw Reid and Baron Kaneko on Santo Domingo, Panama, Root and the preliminaries to peace.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii","william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","kaneko-kentaro"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-30","Nothing on the record","The record for this Sunday at Sagamore Hill is empty.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-07-31","Approving the Taft-Katsura understanding","Roosevelt wires Taft confirming the agreement he has reached in Japan, under which Washington accepts Japan's stake in Korea while Tokyo accepts America's position in the Philippines. He also lunches with Baron Rosen, Secretary Wilson and others, and discusses the Agriculture Department investigation with Wilson.",["roman-rosen","james-wilson","william-edwards","john-w-riddle","william-howard-taft","katsura-taro"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-01","Moody's overnight visit to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt talks with William Moody about the probe into the Department of Agriculture, and Moody stays for dinner and the night. In a letter, TR admits that after two car rides as President, the fuss in the papers over his safety has kept him out of automobiles.",["william-h-moody","charles-bonaparte","john-roosevelt","g-h-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-02","A visit from Dr. Rixey","The White House physician, Dr. Presley Rixey, calls on Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["presley-m-rixey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-03","Lunch with diplomats and a Western maxim","Roosevelt hosts a crowded lunch table that includes British Ambassador Sir Henry Durand and Commander William Sims. Writing to Whitelaw Reid, he sums up his approach to power with a frontier rule about never drawing a gun without intent to fire.",["mortimer-durand","william-s-sims","w-w-russell","william-j-calhoun","paul-dana","whitelaw-reid"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-04","Count Witte comes to Sagamore Hill","Russia's chief peace envoy, Count Sergei Witte, visits Roosevelt along with Ambassador Roman Rosen. TR also edits Treasury Secretary Shaw's tariff speech with a blue pencil and writes about yellow fever in New Orleans.",["sergei-witte","roman-rosen","george-b-mcclellan-jr","leslie-m-shaw","walter-wyman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-05","Russian and Japanese envoys meet aboard the Mayflower","On the presidential yacht Mayflower in Oyster Bay, Roosevelt formally greets the delegations of Russia and Japan and raises a glass to a fair and durable peace. The envoys then head for Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Edith takes the children on a picnic to Cooper's Bluff.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","sergei-witte","roman-rosen","komura-jutaro","kogoro-takahira","william-wilmer","isabella-hagner","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-06","Edith turns 44","Edith celebrates her 44th birthday at Sagamore Hill, with William Wilmer on hand as a guest.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-wilmer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-07","Morgan and a Chinese railroad deal","Roosevelt meets Treasury Secretary Shaw, then sits down to lunch with Judge Ingram and the financier J. P. Morgan over the Hankow railroad concession in China. In the afternoon Japan's Baron Kaneko comes to talk.",["leslie-m-shaw","j-pierpont-morgan","judge-ingram","kaneko-kentaro"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-08","Lunch with Loomis and Hollander","Roosevelt has lunch with Assistant Secretary of State Francis Loomis and Jacob Hollander, then holds a separate talk with Hollander.",["francis-b-loomis","jacob-h-hollander"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-09","Peace talks open at Portsmouth","Russian and Japanese negotiators sit down at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, while Roosevelt follows from Sagamore Hill. Ambassador Jusserand passes along French thanks for TR's work toward calm over Morocco.",["jean-jules-jusserand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-10","Speaking to the coal miners at Wilkes-Barre","Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay for Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to address the United Mine Workers convention. Cameras catch him there alongside Cardinal Gibbons.",["james-gibbons","helen-church","mallory-church"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-11","Monroe Doctrine talk at Chautauqua","At Chautauqua, New York, Roosevelt speaks on the Monroe Doctrine and U.S. policy toward Santo Domingo and Venezuela, then heads back to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1905-08-12","TR praises a little-known poet","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's review of Edwin Arlington Robinson's The Children of the Night, singling out the young poet as a rare bright spot in American verse. Senator Lodge is staying at Sagamore Hill.",["edwin-arlington-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-13","Ethel's 13th birthday","Ethel turns 13 at Sagamore Hill.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","h-r-hammer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-14","Kaneko calls again","Baron Kaneko is among the day's visitors. Roosevelt writes Interior Secretary Hitchcock about naming a federal district judge for Oregon.",["kaneko-kentaro","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-15","Backing Gorgas on mosquitoes","Writing to canal chief Theodore Shonts, Roosevelt takes up Shonts's criticism of conditions in Panama and Dr. William Gorgas's then-mocked idea that mosquitoes carry yellow fever. TR takes Gorgas seriously.",["theodore-p-shonts","william-c-gorgas"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-16","Insurance oversight and a nod to Kermit","Roosevelt confers with Charles Keep about his inquiry into the Government Printing Office and with James Beck and Representative John Dryden about federal oversight of insurance companies. He credits Kermit, in a letter, with first steering him to Robinson's poetry.",["charles-h-keep","james-m-beck","john-f-dryden","joseph-h-choate","james-h-canfield","kermit-roosevelt","lieutenant-moore","c-grant-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-17","No special session on the tariff","George Cortelyou joins Roosevelt for lunch. TR tells journalist Walter Wellman he won't call Congress back early to take up the tariff, and writes Morgan about the Chinese railroad question.",["george-cortelyou","j-pierpont-morgan","walter-wellman","theodore-p-shonts"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-18","Portsmouth stalls over an indemnity","Roosevelt meets Kaneko as the Portsmouth talks freeze on Japan's demand that Russia pay an indemnity. Dr. Alexander Lambert arrives for a stay through August 21.",["kaneko-kentaro","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-19","Siding with Canada on the fisheries","After meeting Ambassador Rosen, Roosevelt writes Lodge that in the Newfoundland fisheries quarrel the Gloucester fishermen have the weaker case and Canada has the better case. He refuses Massachusetts calls to send warships.",["roman-rosen","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-20","Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill","No events are recorded; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-21","A message to the Czar through Berlin","After a morning session with Kaneko and dinner with Shonts, Roosevelt cables Ambassador Speck von Sternberg to relay word on the peace talks to the Czar by way of Germany. He also briefs Jusserand on how negotiations stand.",["kaneko-kentaro","theodore-p-shonts","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","nicholas-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-22","Pressing Japan to settle","Roosevelt warns Baron Kaneko that the world will not look kindly on Japan if it drags out the war just to win an indemnity. Philip Stewart visits and stays the night.",["philip-b-stewart","kaneko-kentaro","william-w-rockhill","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-23","TR proposes splitting Sakhalin","With Portsmouth still deadlocked, Roosevelt floats a compromise: Russia gives Japan half of Sakhalin Island, Japan gains Port Arthur, the Kwantung Peninsula, Manchuria and Korea, and no indemnity is paid. He sends a flurry of letters and cables to push it.",["leonard-wood","louise-condit-smith-wood","george-w-davis","francis-e-leupp","william-barnes-jr","mortimer-durand","kaneko-kentaro","herbert-h-d-peirce","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-24","Story time and roughhousing","Edith reads The Lances of Lynwood aloud to Archie and Quentin, and their father wrestles boisterously with the boys. At Portsmouth, Sakhalin and the indemnity still block a deal.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-25","Fifty minutes under Oyster Bay in a submarine","Roosevelt climbs into the submarine Plunger and spends 50 minutes beneath Oyster Bay, even taking the controls for a stretch; no President had done anything like it. That evening he reads poems to Archie and Quentin after prayers and tosses them around on the bed.",["kaneko-kentaro","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","lawrence-o-murray","george-von-lengerke-meyer","herbert-h-d-peirce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-26","Telling Kermit about the submarine","Roosevelt writes Kermit about his 50-minute plunge beneath Oyster Bay the day before. He also passes along a family joke: asked by a reporter about his father, young Quentin claimed to see him now and then but to know nothing of his home life.",["kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-27","Peace talks near collapse","The Portsmouth negotiations come close to breaking apart. Roosevelt sees Melville Stone of the Associated Press in the evening, dines with Shonts, and cables the Kaiser a proposed formula built around Sakhalin and no indemnity.",["melville-e-stone","theodore-p-shonts","herbert-h-d-peirce","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","sergei-witte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-28","Bishop named to the Canal Commission","Roosevelt lunches with J. P. Morgan over China's Hankow railroad rights and puts Joseph Bishop on the Panama Canal Commission. He tells the Civil Service Commission its rules can't work in Panama.",["j-pierpont-morgan","joseph-bucklin-bishop","komura-jutaro","hilmar-bussche","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-29","Russia and Japan agree to peace","Word comes from Portsmouth that Witte and Komura have settled terms to end the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wires his delight to Herbert Peirce.",["sergei-witte","komura-jutaro","herbert-h-d-peirce","william-w-rockhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-30","Lunch with Aldrich","Roosevelt hosts Senator Nelson Aldrich, Arthur von Briesen and Elbert Baldwin for lunch.",["nelson-aldrich","arthur-von-briesen","elbert-francis-baldwin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-08-31","Congratulating the Czar; Ted heads to Harvard","Roosevelt wires Czar Nicholas II his congratulations on the peace and tells Douglas Robinson he is pleased. Far away, riots erupt in Japan over the treaty, China boycotts American goods over exclusion, Alice's party with Taft turns for home, and Ted begins at Harvard.",["nicholas-ii","john-callan-o-laughlin","george-perkins","nelson-aldrich","douglas-robinson","william-howard-taft","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","w-bourke-cockran","henry-c-corbin","francis-g-newlands","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-01","Armistice signed","Russia and Japan sign an armistice. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt meets Francis Loomis and Senator Henry Burnham, and John St. Loe Strachey introduces the Evening Post's London man, Dibblee. TR tells Bamie the British squadron will skip New York.",["dibblee","john-st-loe-strachey","francis-b-loomis","henry-e-burnham","anna-roosevelt-cowles","cornelia-landon","stephen-landon","martha-waldron-cowdin-bacon","jack-thayer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-02","Rainy-day house party and a tired President","The children play in the old barn on a wet afternoon during a house party for Ted and Ethel. Roosevelt writes Alice in China that Portsmouth made the peace possible, invites Kaneko to collect a bearskin, and confides to Lodge that the summer has worn him out.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","stephen-landon","cornelia-landon","jack-thayer","martha-waldron-cowdin-bacon","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kaneko-kentaro","henry-cabot-lodge","cecil-spring-rice","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-03","Holding Santo Domingo steady","With J. W. Wadsworth as a house guest, Roosevelt sees Cortelyou, Beveridge and Penfield and talks Panama civil service with Cooley. He tells Bonaparte he will keep Santo Domingo as it is until the Senate acts on the treaty, and will put down any revolt.",["james-w-wadsworth","george-cortelyou","albert-beveridge","william-l-penfield","alford-w-cooley","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-05","Treaty of Portsmouth signed","The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed, formally ending the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt names Robert Bacon Assistant Secretary of State and explains to General Francis Greene that he got peace by going around old-style diplomacy and dealing directly with heads of state.",["robert-bacon","philander-knox","william-r-leib","francis-v-greene"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-06","Notes to two emperors","Roosevelt writes Czar Nicholas II and Japan's Emperor Mutsuhito about the new peace. He tells Lodge he plans to oust Public Printer Frank Palmer and sends Speck von Sternberg a mixed letter touching on an old Roman fort and submarines.",["nicholas-ii","mutsuhito","henry-cabot-lodge","frank-w-palmer","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-07","No entry","Nothing is recorded for the day beyond Roosevelt's presence at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-08","The Fairbankses and Bunau-Varilla","Vice President Charles Fairbanks and his wife come for lunch, and Philippe Bunau-Varilla and his wife for dinner. Roosevelt writes Carl Schurz at Lake George making the case against disarmament.",["charles-w-fairbanks","philippe-bunau-varilla","carl-schurz"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-09","Lunch with Komura, dinner with Witte","Roosevelt hosts Japan's negotiators Komura and Takahira at lunch and Russia's Witte and Rosen at dinner, with cousin Emlen Roosevelt and his wife at the table. He also writes China's Guangxu Emperor about the peace.",["kogoro-takahira","komura-jutaro","sergei-witte","roman-rosen","emlen-roosevelt","guangxu-emperor"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-10","Edith on stirring times","Baron Kaneko lunches at Sagamore Hill. Edith writes Spring-Rice that the times feel so exciting she can barely wait for what comes next, and TR assures Rockhill that China will respect the treaty's terms.",["kaneko-kentaro","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","william-w-rockhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-11","Canal engineers come to lunch","Roosevelt lunches with the Panama Canal's board of consulting engineers. He credits the Kaiser, in a letter to Whitelaw Reid, for his help as a go-between, and writes Senator Fulton about an Oregon judgeship.",["leslie-m-shaw","john-barrett","whitelaw-reid","charles-w-fulton","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-12","Sizing up Witte for Trevelyan","In a long letter to George Otto Trevelyan, Roosevelt reviews the peace conference, gives an unflattering portrait of Count Witte, mentions Tolstoy, and says he is reading William Morris. He hopes to visit England someday as a private citizen.",["george-e-chamberlain","george-otto-trevelyan","sergei-witte","leo-tolstoy","william-morris","mrs-clifford-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-13","Ted turns 18","Ted celebrates his 18th birthday. Baron Rosen lunches with Roosevelt, who writes Ray Stannard Baker about his McClure's series on the railroads.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","roman-rosen","ray-stannard-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-14","Letting the Czar take credit","Roosevelt tells Root that Rosen brought word the Czar wants to revive the Hague Conference. Although the idea was originally TR's, he is content to let the world think it came from the Czar.",["elihu-root","roman-rosen","nicholas-ii","c-grant-lafarge","florence-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-15","Tariff talks with Germany","Roosevelt writes Shaw and Senators Aldrich and Allison about the tariff deal under discussion with Germany.",["leslie-m-shaw","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-16","A forest reserve in the White Mountains","Roosevelt writes William Harvey about possibly buying White Mountains land for a forest reserve. He also accepts Archibald Sampson's resignation as Minister to Ecuador and writes Shaw and Reid.",["leslie-m-shaw","archibald-j-sampson","william-s-harvey","whitelaw-reid"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-17","No entry","Nothing is recorded beyond Roosevelt's presence at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-18","Chinese diplomats on the boycott","Roosevelt meets members of the Chinese legation about China's boycott of American goods. Charles and Ellen Bonaparte dine, and Nicholas Murray Butler stays overnight.",["charles-bonaparte","nicholas-murray-butler","carl-schurz","leslie-m-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-19","Liking Plunkitt of Tammany Hall","Roosevelt tells Whitelaw Reid he sees little he can do to warm relations between England and Germany. He writes William Riordon that he enjoyed Plunkitt of Tammany Hall.",["whitelaw-reid","william-l-riordon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-20","Root, Lodge and Choate stay over","Clarence Mackay and his wife call in the afternoon with the Duchess of Marlborough. Root, Lodge and Choate come to confer and stay for dinner and the night.",["clarence-h-mackay","duchess-of-marlborough","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-h-choate"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-21","A newsy letter to Arthur Lee","Roosevelt sends his English friend Arthur Lee a letter of news from Sagamore Hill.",["arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-22","No entry","Nothing is recorded beyond Roosevelt's presence at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-23","Archie, \"a little trump\"","Roosevelt writes Wayne MacVeagh about the uproar over big corporations' gifts to the 1904 Republican campaign. To Edith's sister Emily Carow he explains why Ted quit Groton one year ahead of schedule to be tutored for Harvard, and he praises Archie warmly.",["wayne-macveagh","emily-carow","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-24","No entry","Nothing is recorded beyond Roosevelt's presence at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-25","Pushing back on Steffens","Roosevelt tells Lincoln Steffens he is annoyed by the idea of handing back every campaign gift from big money. He recommends Alexander Sutherland's book on the moral instinct to Florence LaFarge, touching on the U.S. birth rate, and writes Richard Bartholdt about the Navy's size.",["florence-lafarge","richard-bartholdt","lincoln-steffens","alexander-sutherland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-26","Peabody, Porter and Dodge call","Groton headmaster Endicott Peabody, General Horace Porter, canal chief Theodore Shonts and Cleveland Dodge are among the day's visitors.",["horace-porter","theodore-p-shonts","cleveland-h-dodge","endicott-peabody"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-27","Taking aim at a nature faker","On Corinne's 44th birthday, Roosevelt writes George Locke objecting to the animal myths in the Rev. William J. Long's Northern Trails. He tells Senator Allison the Germans want tariff talks held in Berlin.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-h-locke","william-j-long","william-b-allison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-28","A tailor's visit","A fitter from Brooks Brothers comes to Sagamore Hill in the evening.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-29","Shielding Ted from the press","Roosevelt writes Harvard President Charles Eliot of his worry over newspapermen hounding Ted, who has just started his freshman year. Reporters and photographers trail the boy around Harvard Yard.",["charles-w-eliot","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-09-30","Back to Washington","Roosevelt and Edith leave Sagamore Hill in the morning and return to Washington. Senator Thomas Platt calls at 9 that night.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-10-01","Dinner with Jusserand","Back in Washington, Roosevelt dines with French Ambassador Jules Jusserand.",["jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-10-02","Railroad rebates and fatherly advice","Roosevelt confers on the Keep Commission's work, railroad rebates and rate legislation. He writes Ted about coping with reporters, admits Pinchot beat him at tennis three sets to one, and describes Archie hauling a long garden hose toward the sandbox.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","ethan-a-hitchcock","joseph-b-foraker","elmer-j-burkett","james-a-hemenway","charles-w-fulton","porter-j-mccumber","charles-w-f-dick","henry-w-taft","elihu-root","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-10-03","Cabinet takes up the boycott and the Beef Trust","The Cabinet discusses China's boycott and the Beef Trust case. Roosevelt also confers on postal jobs, rate legislation and coal with John Mitchell, and shares lunch with muckraker Lincoln Steffens, Robert Bacon and William Moody.",["george-cortelyou","john-a-t-hull","john-mitchell","lincoln-steffens","robert-bacon","william-h-moody","james-s-clarkson","marcus-braun"],"White House"],["1905-10-04","A word to McClure on muckraking","Roosevelt spends the day on rate legislation, consular posts, naval bills and the Ohio campaign. He writes Samuel McClure about the exposé articles his magazine favors.",["charles-e-townsend","james-a-hemenway","charles-b-landis","thomas-s-butler","george-von-lengerke-meyer","charles-w-f-dick","george-m-bowers","o-j-ricketts","s-s-mcclure"],"White House"],["1905-10-05","The Vatican and Alice's archbishop","Roosevelt meets Townsend on rates and confers with Moody and Taft, then shares lunch with Japan's Minister Takahira and two doctors, Rixey and Stokes. He writes Taft about Vatican displeasure that Alice reportedly made much of an out-of-favor archbishop during the Far East trip.",["charles-e-townsend","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","presley-m-rixey","dr-stokes","kogoro-takahira","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1905-10-06","Calling a summit on football injuries","The Cabinet works through Chinese exclusion, meatpacking, a second Hague Conference and canal administration. Roosevelt invites George Gray to a White House meeting on college football injuries set for October 9.",["charles-e-townsend","theodore-e-burton","george-gray"],"White House"],["1905-10-07","Taft-Katsura and the ancient Greeks","Roosevelt talks with Bartholdt about the coming Interparliamentary gathering in Brussels and with Virginia's Representative Slemp about his state's politics, and dines with Bacon and Garfield. He writes Taft about the Taft-Katsura agreement and Trevelyan about the ancient Greeks.",["richard-bartholdt","c-bascom-slemp","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","james-r-sheffield","william-howard-taft","george-otto-trevelyan","thomas-c-platt"],"White House"],["1905-10-08","Hughes for mayor?","Roosevelt asks Root whether Charles Evans Hughes might be talked into running for mayor of New York; Hughes later says no. He tells MacVeagh the clamor over returning corporate campaign money is mostly hysteria with a little dishonesty.",["elihu-root","charles-evans-hughes","wayne-macveagh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-10-09","Saving college football","Roosevelt and Root meet with representatives of Yale, Harvard and Princeton about making college football less brutal. That evening the justices of the Supreme Court are honored at a White House reception.",["elihu-root","nelson-aldrich","weldon-b-heyburn","richard-bartholdt","charles-b-landis","william-h-moody"],"White House"],["1905-10-10","Three new bird reservations","On Kermit's 16th birthday, Roosevelt creates bird reservations at the Siskiwit and Huron Islands in Michigan and Passage Key in Florida. The Cabinet debates members campaigning locally, and he confers on tariffs, rates and Venezuela.",["kermit-roosevelt","shelby-m-cullom","william-a-rodenberg","william-h-moody","william-j-calhoun","regis-h-post","maurice-francis-egan","leslie-m-shaw","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"White House"],["1905-10-11","Eleanor comes of age","Niece Eleanor Roosevelt turns 21. Roosevelt confers on the Philippines, receives a lumbermen's delegation, and writes Frederic Delano on why railroad legislation matters. Edith writes Kermit praising his growth and tells Aunt Lizzie that Quentin is scaling the trees outside her window.",["eleanor-roosevelt","ebenezer-j-hill","francis-v-greene","alford-w-cooley","frederic-a-delano","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"White House"],["1905-10-12","Planning the Annual Message","Roosevelt works with Metcalf and Garfield on his Annual Message, confers on rates and the Philippines, and lunches with Knox and Root. Senator Proctor calls.",["philip-p-campbell","chester-i-long","victor-h-metcalf","james-r-garfield","philander-knox","elihu-root","redfield-proctor"],"White House"],["1905-10-13","Alice sails from Yokohama","The Cabinet takes up Venezuela, and Boutell, Cooley and Jusserand call. Across the Pacific, Alice boards the Siberia at Yokohama to come home.",["henry-s-boutell","alford-w-cooley","jean-jules-jusserand","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1905-10-14","Investigating Hitchcock's charges","Roosevelt directs the Keep Commission to look into Interior Secretary Hitchcock's statements about his own employees. He also meets Root, Bacon and Taft and writes Lyman Abbott about an Outlook piece alleging misuse of government privilege.",["charles-curtis","elihu-root","robert-bacon","william-howard-taft","albert-j-hopkins","john-dalzell","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","ethan-a-hitchcock","lyman-abbott","clifford-howard"],"White House"],["1905-10-15","Setting Kennan straight","Roosevelt writes George Kennan a long letter correcting a misleading article about the Portsmouth peace, rich with background on how the settlement came about.",["george-kennan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-10-16","Preparing for the Southern trip","Roosevelt meets Grosvenor on finance bills and sees callers including Baron Rosen and John McIlhenny, who will join the coming Southern tour. Oscar Straus and Root come to lunch.",["charles-h-grosvenor","john-l-mclaurin","roman-rosen","john-a-mcilhenny","oscar-straus","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1905-10-17","Department heads get firing power","An executive order lets Cabinet department heads remove employees. Roosevelt talks Philippines business with Sereno Payne and writes William Murphy that he wants no part of the so-called Roosevelt Home Club.",["sereno-e-payne","leslie-m-shaw","william-murphy"],"White House"],["1905-10-18","Off on a Southern tour","Roosevelt sets out with Edith, Dr. Rixey, J. C. Greenaway, Maurice Latta and others on a speaking swing through the South. He speaks at Fredericksburg, Ashland and Richmond, Virginia, then rolls on overnight toward Raleigh. Nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 7.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","presley-m-rixey","john-c-greenway","maurice-c-latta"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-10-19","Railroads and forests in North Carolina","At Raleigh, Roosevelt speaks on railroad regulation and forestry, then stops at Greensboro, Durham, Salisbury and High Point. In Charlotte, Edith is welcomed by local women, among them Stonewall Jackson's widow.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","mary-anna-jackson"],"Raleigh"],["1905-10-20","Visiting his mother's girlhood home","Roosevelt and Edith visit Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, where his mother Mittie grew up. He meets Mam Grace and Daddy William, once enslaved on the plantation, and finds the house familiar from Mittie's stories though he had never seen it. He speaks in Atlanta; Edith heads back to Washington.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alexander-s-clay","mam-grace","daddy-william","martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Atlanta"],["1905-10-21","Canal talk in Jacksonville","In Jacksonville, Roosevelt speaks about the Panama Canal. That evening in St. Augustine he sits through a banquet with a string of six short speeches he found tiresome. Edith writes Kermit about her part of the trip.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Jacksonville"],["1905-10-22","A swim in the Florida surf","After church and a drive around St. Augustine with the mayor, Roosevelt takes a launch out to the island with Dr. Rixey, William Loeb and two Rough Riders and swims in the surf. He writes Ethel about the day and leaves that evening for Mobile.",["presley-m-rixey","william-loeb","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","aunt-lizzie"],"St. Augustine"],["1905-10-23","Telling Harriman to slow Alice's train","Roosevelt is in Mobile. Alice lands in San Francisco from Yokohama and boards a special train east that E. H. Harriman hopes will set a coast-to-coast record. TR wires Harriman to ease off; the train breaks the record anyway.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","e-h-harriman"],"Mobile"],["1905-10-24","Speaking at Tuskegee","Roosevelt addresses Tuskegee Institute on citizenship, then speaks in Montgomery and Birmingham.",[],"Tuskegee Institute"],["1905-10-25","Denouncing lynching in Little Rock","In Little Rock, Arkansas, Roosevelt gives a speech condemning lynching.",[],"Little Rock"],["1905-10-26","New Orleans, then home by sea","Roosevelt speaks and holds a reception in New Orleans, then boards the cruiser West Virginia that afternoon for the voyage back to Washington.",[],"U.S.S. West Virginia"],["1905-10-27","A 47th birthday at sea","Roosevelt marks his 47th birthday aboard the West Virginia. Alice gets back to Washington from four months in Asia, 20 pounds lighter, with the homeward leg from Yokohama done in a record 13 days. In New York, his birthplace on East 20th Street opens as a private museum.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-10-28","Steaming north","Roosevelt is still at sea on the West Virginia, bound for Washington.",[],"U.S.S. West Virginia"],["1905-10-29","Another day at sea","The West Virginia continues north with Roosevelt aboard.",[],"U.S.S. West Virginia"],["1905-10-30","Something troubling Alice","Roosevelt is still aboard the West Virginia. In Washington, Edith tells Kermit that Alice seems careworn and worried but won't say why.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"U.S.S. West Virginia"],["1905-10-31","Alice is engaged to Nick Longworth","Roosevelt lands back in Washington and confers with Jusserand. Scribner's runs his \"Wolf Hunt in Oklahoma.\" Around this time Alice finally tells Edith she is engaged to Congressman Nicholas Longworth, breaking the news while Edith brushes her teeth, as Nick asks TR for her hand downstairs. Both parents are delighted.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","george-cortelyou","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-11-01","Back from the South, catching up","Roosevelt meets Root, Minister Takahira and Representative Tawney, then lunches with Jusserand and Joseph Bishop. He tells Kermit he enjoyed the Southern trip, has heard Alice's travel tales, rides and walks with Edith and the dog Skip, and admires the boys' pumpkin giant.",["elihu-root","kogoro-takahira","james-a-tawney","jean-jules-jusserand","joseph-bucklin-bishop","philander-knox","shelby-m-cullom","moses-e-clapp","francis-e-leupp","ethan-a-hitchcock","charles-a-stillings","kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","henry-cabot-lodge","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-11-02","Birthday wishes from Hungarian Republicans","Roosevelt talks rate legislation with Senators Cullom and Dolliver. Hungarian-American Republicans from New York stop by with late birthday greetings, and the poet Madison Cawein is among his lunch guests.",["shelby-m-cullom","jonathan-p-dolliver","charles-bonaparte","william-h-moody","leslie-m-shaw","elmer-dover","c-g-bennett","madison-cawein","robert-bacon","james-b-reynolds","lee"],"White House"],["1905-11-03","Prince Louis of Battenberg arrives","After a Cabinet meeting and a rates conference with Vice President Fairbanks, Roosevelt receives Britain's Prince Louis of Battenberg. He lunches with Speck von Sternberg and Root.",["charles-w-fairbanks","redfield-proctor","prince-louis-of-battenberg","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1905-11-04","State dinner for Battenberg","Roosevelt sees Admiral Dewey and Senator Depew, lunches with Speck von Sternberg, and gives a formal state dinner in honor of Prince Louis of Battenberg. He thanks William Ripley for articles including one on his railway policy in The Atlantic Monthly.",["george-dewey","chauncey-m-depew","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","h-s-tucker","prince-louis-of-battenberg","william-z-ripley"],"White House"],["1905-11-05","The Equitable inquiry","At 9 p.m., Roosevelt confers with Paul Morton about the investigation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.",["paul-morton"],"White House"],["1905-11-06","Greek-style coins and a trip to vote","Roosevelt discusses Cuban sanitation with Cullom and the atrocities in Russia with Oscar Straus and Root, and lunches with Prince Louis of Battenberg. He sends Augustus Saint-Gaudens ideas for the new U.S. coins and leaves at midnight for Oyster Bay to vote.",["shelby-m-cullom","elihu-root","oscar-straus","redfield-proctor","prince-louis-of-battenberg","augustus-saint-gaudens","kermit-roosevelt","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"White House"],["1905-11-07","Election Day in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt casts his vote in Oyster Bay and heads back to Washington.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1905-11-08","Cheered by the election results","Roosevelt writes Lodge and Senator Beveridge of his pleasure at Republican wins, and sends George Otto Trevelyan three books he admires. He also takes up Oklahoma statehood and Panama conditions.",["bird-s-mcguire","mccade","irving-p-wanger","garrison","leslie-m-shaw","frank-frantz","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-beveridge","george-otto-trevelyan"],"White House"],["1905-11-09","Delaware politics and the tariff","Roosevelt confers on Delaware politics with Senator Allee and lunches with Nevada Stranahan and Root. He writes Senator Allison about revising the tariff.",["j-frank-allee","john-spooner","stephen-b-elkins","w-d-byrum","nevada-n-stranahan","elihu-root","william-b-allison"],"White House"],["1905-11-10","No fan of Jerome","Roosevelt talks Southern politics with John McLaurin and Judge Emory Speer. Writing to Nicholas Murray Butler about the New York district attorney's office, he makes clear he dislikes William Travers Jerome.",["john-l-mclaurin","emory-speer","nicholas-murray-butler","william-travers-jerome"],"White House"],["1905-11-11","Booker T. Washington at noon","Booker T. Washington calls on Roosevelt at midday. TR tells editor Robert Bridges how much he enjoyed Ellen Velvin's new book about wild animals, and writes Paul Morton about Shonts and the Canal Zone.",["booker-t-washington","robert-bridges","ellen-velvin","paul-morton","theodore-p-shonts"],"White House"],["1905-11-12","Selous comes to stay","The famed African hunter Frederick Selous dines with Roosevelt and spends the night. TR writes Ted about playing football and about social life at Harvard.",["frederick-selous","curtis-guild-jr","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1905-11-13","Scrambling through the woods with Selous","Roosevelt takes Selous on one of his cross-country scrambles joined by Pinchot, Garfield, Bob Bacon and Ambassador Meyer. The hunter entertains Ethel, Archie and Quentin with lion and hyena stories and stays for dinner, while Edith is away in New York.",["philander-knox","james-a-hemenway","edward-lauterbach","benjamin-ide-wheeler","charles-bonaparte","frederick-selous","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-r-garfield","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1905-11-14","Coins like ancient Greece","After a Cabinet meeting and lunch with Shonts, Roosevelt dines at Secretary Root's. He writes Augustus Saint-Gaudens again, urging that the new coins look like those of ancient Greece.",["jean-jules-jusserand","william-howard-taft","lawrence-o-murray","william-alden-smith","theodore-p-shonts","elihu-root","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"White House"],["1905-11-15","Susan B. Anthony calls","Susan B. Anthony visits Roosevelt late in the morning. He also confers with Senator Platt and William Barnes on New York patronage and hears Massachusetts shoe manufacturers on the tariff. Philip Stewart and his family settle in at the White House.",["thomas-c-platt","william-barnes-jr","william-l-douglas","joseph-cannon","charles-curtis","susan-b-anthony","shelby-m-cullom","philip-b-stewart","charles-bonaparte","paul-morton"],"White House"],["1905-11-16","Pure food and insurance","In a packed day, Roosevelt confers on railroads with Charles Mellen, on pure food legislation with Senator McCumber, and on the life insurance inquiry with John Dryden. Historian James Ford Rhodes dines with Root and Taft and stays on, as do the Stewarts.",["charles-s-mellen","porter-j-mccumber","john-f-dryden","eugene-hale","julius-c-burrows","joseph-cannon","redfield-proctor","james-ford-rhodes","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","philip-b-stewart"],"White House"],["1905-11-17","Calling for Odell's ouster","After Cabinet and talks on the tariff and railroads, Roosevelt hosts a White House dinner and musicale with Baron Rosen, Commander Sims and Justice Brewer. He tells Nevada Stranahan that Benjamin Odell should lose his post as New York Republican leader.",["william-alden-smith","william-howard-taft","roman-rosen","william-s-sims","david-j-brewer","nevada-n-stranahan","benjamin-odell"],"White House"],["1905-11-18","Correcting a misquote","Representatives Hepburn and Hopkins, Senator Cullom and Speaker Cannon call. Roosevelt writes Paul Morton about Shonts, John Allison about economic manipulation, and Henry Whitney to say he was misquoted on reciprocity.",["joseph-cannon","shelby-m-cullom","william-p-hepburn","albert-j-hopkins","paul-morton","john-allison","henry-m-whitney"],"White House"],["1905-11-19","A pig for Quentin's birthday","Quentin turns 8 and is given a live pig by Oscar Straus. Roosevelt writes Kermit about racing and playing hide-and-seek with Archie's football team, his frequent tennis with Jusserand, and Nicholas Nickleby. He congratulates Ted on his first Harvard game and hopes his grades rise.",["quentin-roosevelt","oscar-straus","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","jean-jules-jusserand","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-11-20","Mapping the rate bill","Roosevelt gathers Cabinet officers Root, Knox and Moody with Cullom, Hepburn, Mann and Prouty to plan railroad rate legislation, then talks Pennsylvania and New York politics, the latter over dinner with Governor Frank Higgins. He writes Baker on the rate bill and Senator Fulton on Oregon land frauds.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","shelby-m-cullom","william-h-moody","william-p-hepburn","charles-a-prouty","james-r-mann","george-cortelyou","frank-w-higgins","ray-stannard-baker","charles-w-fulton"],"White House"],["1905-11-21","At the Sims wedding","At noon Roosevelt attends the wedding of Lieutenant Commander William Sims and Anne Hitchcock. He names Charles Wolverton a district judge in Oregon and sends Brander Matthews a playful letter about his review of Edwin Arlington Robinson.",["john-kean","joseph-h-millard","foster","francis-j-heney","william-s-sims","anne-hitchcock","charles-e-wolverton","brander-matthews","nevada-n-stranahan","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"White House"],["1905-11-22","What the rate bill must do","Roosevelt sets out for Ray Stannard Baker his views on rail rate regulation and the goals the coming bill must meet. He confers with Senator Heyburn on Idaho appointments and lunches with Henry Taft and Moody.",["weldon-b-heyburn","joseph-b-foraker","w-wilcox","henry-w-taft","william-h-moody","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1905-11-23","Osage affairs and Chinese exclusion","Roosevelt confers with Frantz and Commissioner Leupp on Osage Indian affairs. He writes T. C. Friedlander about the exclusion of Chinese immigrants and bias against them, Secretary Shaw on German tariff changes, and Senator Platt about Olcott.",["frank-frantz","francis-e-leupp","moses-p-kinkaid","charles-curtis","leslie-m-shaw","nevada-n-stranahan","t-c-friedlander","thomas-c-platt","jacob-van-vechten-olcott"],"White House"],["1905-11-24","Ted breaks his nose against Yale","Roosevelt assures Yale coach Walter Camp that Ted came through the Yale game without serious harm, though Ted in fact broke his nose. The day also brings a Cabinet meeting, a diplomatic reception, and letters on coinage, insurance law and the Republican chairmanship.",["herbert-j-hagerman","leslie-m-shaw","thomas-j-o-brien","william-r-willcox","walter-camp","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1905-11-25","Letting the Dominicans fight it out","Roosevelt has the Navy told not to stop arms moving by sea between Dominican ports; he will let the factions fight as long as foreign lives and property are left alone. He writes Platt on picking a fair New York chairman and Root on Japan's protectorate over Korea. It is Bamie's 10th wedding anniversary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","joseph-h-millard","francis-m-cockrell","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-h-moody","cyrus-p-walbridge","charles-bonaparte","thomas-c-platt","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1905-11-26","No entry","Nothing is recorded beyond Roosevelt's presence in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-11-27","Lunch with Mark Twain","Mark Twain joins Roosevelt at lunch with Speck von Sternberg, Moody and Bonaparte. TR works New York party politics with Root and Olcott, writes Pinchot on the open-range grazing problem, and holds a late conference. Edith tells Aunt Lizzie that Alice is truly in love.",["elihu-root","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","charles-curtis","mark-twain","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-h-moody","charles-bonaparte","robert-j-wynne","leslie-m-shaw","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft","philander-knox","james-r-garfield","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","aunt-lizzie","gifford-pinchot","herbert-parsons"],"White House"],["1905-11-28","Neither demagogue nor corruptionist","After a Cabinet meeting and a talk with Senator Dolliver on railroad legislation, Roosevelt writes Ray Stannard Baker that he despises demagogues as much as the corrupt and wants a rate law that will stand up in court.",["jonathan-p-dolliver","elihu-root","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-w-fulton","joseph-h-millard","edmund-h-hinshaw","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1905-11-29","Lunch with Beveridge","Senators Beveridge and Foraker, Representative Lacey, Root and Bonaparte call. Roosevelt lunches with Beveridge, his old Buffalo friend Ansley Wilcox, and a Mr. Winsor.",["albert-beveridge","joseph-b-foraker","john-f-lacey","elihu-root","charles-bonaparte","ansley-wilcox","winsor"],"White House"],["1905-11-30","Thanksgiving at Pine Knot","Roosevelt leaves in the morning for Albemarle County, Virginia, to spend Thanksgiving with the family at Pine Knot, near Plain Dealing. Unable to attend Mark Twain's 70th birthday dinner at Delmonico's, he sends regrets. He asks Root to find a capable Black candidate for the Freetown, Sierra Leone post.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","mark-twain","elihu-root","booker-t-washington","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","herbert-parsons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1905-12-01","Leaving Pine Knot","After the Thanksgiving holiday at Pine Knot in Albemarle County, Virginia, Roosevelt heads back to Washington in the evening.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1905-12-02","Army-Navy game and three water projects","On his and Edith's 19th wedding anniversary, Roosevelt watches Army play Navy at Princeton. The same day brings three new federal reclamation projects: Rio Grande and Carlsbad in New Mexico and Okanogan in Washington.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Princeton"],["1905-12-03","Sunday evening callers","At 9 p.m. Roosevelt receives Robert Bacon, William Willcox, Elbert Baldwin, Mrs. John Van Voorst and a Mr. Quellenec.",["bessie-van-vorst","elbert-francis-baldwin","quellenec","william-r-willcox","robert-bacon"],"White House"],["1905-12-04","The 59th Congress opens","The 59th Congress gathers. Roosevelt talks New York politics with Olcott and that evening sees Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Holmes and Alexander Graham Bell. The Umatilla project in Oregon is approved, and TR tells Moody wood pulp should carry no tariff.",["jacob-van-vechten-olcott","melville-w-fuller","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","alexander-graham-bell","william-h-moody"],"White House"],["1905-12-05","A tougher Annual Message","Roosevelt sends Congress his fifth Annual Message, a more forceful document pressing for railroad rate regulation and pure food laws. He also holds Cabinet, lunches with Brooks Adams, and sees Minister Takahira at night; Nicholas Murray Butler is a White House guest.",["james-a-hemenway","brooks-adams","edmund-w-pettus","william-b-allison","chester-i-long","john-tyler-morgan","john-sharp-williams","nicholas-murray-butler","kogoro-takahira"],"White House"],["1905-12-06","A gift of Sully's Memoirs","Roosevelt thanks Paul d'Estournelles de Constant for an early printing of the Duke of Sully's memoirs, a gift from the French government in gratitude for his help keeping peace with Germany. He also confers on Brooklyn patronage and on health in the Philippines with Dr. Gorgas, and dines with Lodge, Nick Longworth and others.",["timothy-l-woodruff","sereno-e-payne","william-c-gorgas","kogoro-takahira","richard-middlecott-saltonstall","beekman-winthrop","reed-smoot","william-p-frye","moses-e-clapp","john-spooner","frank-p-flint","edgar-d-crumpacker","ladislaus-hengelmuller-von-hengervar","eugene-hale","henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-longworth","george-p-wetmore","paul-d-estournelles-de-constant"],"White House"],["1905-12-07","Saving the golden trout","Roosevelt writes David Starr Jordan about the golden trout named for him, a fish he had worked to protect. He tells Selous how much the family enjoyed his visit and demands that Charles McClelland account for his insurance dealings.",["thomas-c-platt","r-c-morris","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-b-foraker","henry-m-teller","jacob-h-gallinger","w-bourke-cockran","frederick-selous","charles-mcclelland","david-starr-jordan"],"White House"],["1905-12-08","A marshal's badge for a Rough Rider","After Cabinet and a tariff talk, Roosevelt writes Senator Clarence Clark about naming Ben Daniels, a former Rough Rider and Western lawman, as a U.S. marshal. A musicale fills the evening.",["dingley","joseph-b-foraker","charles-w-fulton","clarence-d-clark","benjamin-f-daniels"],"White House"],["1905-12-09","Seth Bullock comes to lunch","Roosevelt confers with Beveridge on statehood, then sits down to lunch with two old Western friends, Seth Bullock and William Llewellyn, plus General Thomas and Nick Longworth. Booker T. Washington calls at 9 p.m., followed by Moody, Brownlow and Hale.",["albert-beveridge","seth-bullock","william-h-h-llewellyn","general-thomas","nicholas-longworth","edward-p-bacon","felix-adler","booker-t-washington","william-h-moody","walter-p-brownlow","eugene-hale"],"White House"],["1905-12-10","William Barnes calls","Sunday evening callers at the White House include New York Republican William Barnes.",["william-barnes-jr"],"White House"],["1905-12-11","Ultimatum to the Storers","In separate letters to Bellamy and Maria Storer, Roosevelt ends their meddling in Vatican affairs: they must stop writing Rome on Catholic matters and misrepresenting U.S. policy, or Bellamy loses his post as ambassador in Vienna. TR also meets labor leaders Mitchell and Gompers on Chinese exclusion.",["charles-emory-smith","john-mitchell","samuel-gompers","ralph-m-easley","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"White House"],["1905-12-12","Carnegie and the Yakima project","The Yakima reclamation project in Washington is approved. After Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses insurance legislation with Representative Landis and meets William Sulzer and immigration inspector Marcus Braun; Andrew Carnegie is among his callers.",["charles-b-landis","william-sulzer","marcus-braun","andrew-carnegie","winthrop-murray-crane","jonathan-p-dolliver","richard-yates"],"White House"],["1905-12-13","Dinner with Charles Freer","Roosevelt discusses irrigation with Senators Smoot and Sutherland and canal business with Joseph Bishop. Nick's mother, Mrs. Longworth, comes to lunch, and art collector Charles Freer dines with the Lodges, the Holmeses and Mrs. Gardner.",["reed-smoot","george-sutherland","joseph-bucklin-bishop","boies-penrose","nelson-aldrich","george-p-wetmore","weldon-b-heyburn","chester-i-long","joseph-cannon","susan-walker-longworth","charles-l-freer","henry-cabot-lodge","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","mrs-gardner"],"White House"],["1905-12-14","Alice's engagement made public","The White House announces that Alice will marry Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati on February 17, 1906. Roosevelt also writes Lyman Abbott about how party politics is tangling both the rate bill and the Dominican treaty, and Jacob Schiff about Russian Jews.",["wilbur-f-wakeman","charles-w-fairbanks","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","lyman-abbott","jacob-schiff"],"White House"],["1905-12-15","A customs post for Bill Sewall","Roosevelt proposes his old Maine guide Bill Sewall for a customs collectorship, thanks the Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral for a copy of Mirèio, and writes Moody denying any shielding of Paul Morton in the Equitable affair. The Strawberry Valley project in Utah is approved.",["george-c-perkins","frank-p-flint","r-l-cox","dealva-s-alexander","frederic-mistral","llewellyn-powers","william-sewall","william-h-moody","paul-morton"],"White House"],["1905-12-16","Snowball fights behind the White House","Snow falls, and Archie, Quentin, cousin Sheffield Cowles and Helen Elliott go sledding and pelt each other with snowballs behind the White House. Roosevelt's article \"Federal Social Legislation\" appears in Charities and the Commons, and he confers on Santo Domingo and the canal.",["john-spooner","william-p-hepburn","eugene-hale","james-a-hemenway","albert-beveridge","albert-j-hopkins","richard-bartholdt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","helena-elliott"],"White House"],["1905-12-17","Sunday supper with Major Wadsworth","At 7:30 Roosevelt sups with Major W. A. Wadsworth, and later sees Senators Allison and Hale, Theodore Shonts and Joseph Bishop.",["william-austin-wadsworth","william-b-allison","eugene-hale","theodore-p-shonts","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1905-12-18","Urging Selous to write","Roosevelt meets Senator Kittredge, Shonts, Moody and Taft about pay for canal workers, and lunches with editor Richard Watson Gilder. He urges Frederick Selous to put his big-game knowledge into a book.",["william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","theodore-p-shonts","alfred-b-kittredge","jacob-h-gallinger","redfield-proctor","william-p-dillingham","richard-watson-gilder","george-w-dunn","f-h-scott","frederick-selous"],"White House"],["1905-12-19","A gift for his childhood nurse","Roosevelt sends a $20 check, by way of Corinne, to Dora \"Dolly\" Watkins, his nurse as a boy. Joseph Bishop is named to the Canal Commission, and TR writes a stack of letters, thanking Admiral Togo for a revolver and denying he called Argentines superior to other South Americans.",["william-h-moody","joseph-h-millard","chester-i-long","seth-bullock","charles-b-landis","william-w-cocks","joseph-bucklin-bishop","dora-watkins","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","charles-evans-hughes","melville-w-fuller","lyman-abbott","elihu-root","george-w-dunn","togo-heihachiro","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-l-freer","james-w-wadsworth-jr"],"White House"],["1905-12-20","A win over Odell","Roosevelt tells Herbert Parsons that Wadsworth has been picked over Merritt for New York Assembly Speaker, a setback for Odell. He asks Bonaparte to circulate an article on the Russo-Japanese naval fighting so it can shape U.S. ship design.",["alfred-b-kittredge","nelson-aldrich","j-frank-allee","herbert-parsons","charles-bonaparte","james-w-wadsworth-jr","benjamin-odell"],"White House"],["1905-12-21","Cabinet dinner as Congress recesses","Congress breaks for the holidays, and Roosevelt hosts a Cabinet dinner; Eliot Gregory and Paul Morton stay the night. He tells Shonts a Mr. Sullivan is wrong to think William Cromwell ever had his confidence, and writes Secretary Wilson on saving Western grazing lands.",["joseph-h-millard","eliot-gregory","paul-morton","theodore-p-shonts","james-wilson","william-nelson-cromwell"],"White House"],["1905-12-22","Hide-and-seek with the children","Roosevelt and the children chase one another through the mansion in a game of hide-and-seek. He talks Wyoming forest reserves with Senator Warren, sees Whitelaw Reid, and goes with Edith to a dinner in their honor given by Vice President Fairbanks.",["francis-e-warren","whitelaw-reid","george-c-perkins","frank-p-flint","charles-w-fairbanks","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1905-12-23","Dinner with the Hoosier poet","Roosevelt confers on Brooklyn patronage and canal business, lunches with the Fairbankses and two Japanese visitors, Commander Takeshita and Mr. Kitagaki, and dines with James Whitcomb Riley and the Vice President.",["michael-j-dady","joseph-bucklin-bishop","william-p-hepburn","charles-w-fairbanks","whitcomb","takeshita-isamu","kitagaki","james-whitcomb-riley"],"White House"],["1905-12-24","Christmas Eve callers","On Christmas Eve, Roosevelt discusses New York politics with James Wadsworth Jr. and Commissioner Cooley, then sees Ambassador Jusserand and later Francis Leupp.",["james-w-wadsworth-jr","alford-w-cooley","jean-jules-jusserand","francis-e-leupp"],"White House"],["1905-12-25","Christmas at the White House","The Roosevelts spend Christmas Day in Washington.",[],"White House"],["1905-12-26","Overruling Lucius Swift","Roosevelt meets Root, Taft and Bonaparte in the afternoon. He tells Indiana reformer Lucius Swift that he will name Rothschild, Senator Beveridge's choice, surveyor of customs despite Swift's objections.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","lucius-b-swift","rothschild","albert-beveridge"],"White House"],["1905-12-27","Off to Pine Knot for the holidays","Roosevelt receives Peru's new minister at 10 a.m., then leaves with the family for Pine Knot, their cabin in Albemarle County, Virginia.",[],"White House"],["1905-12-28","At Pine Knot","The Roosevelts are at Pine Knot in the Virginia countryside; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1905-12-29","Another day at Pine Knot","The family remains at Pine Knot; no events are noted.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1905-12-30","Steunenberg assassinated in Idaho","While Roosevelt is at Pine Knot, Harry Orchard, a Western Federation of Miners man, kills former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.",["harry-orchard","frank-steunenberg"],"Pine Knot"],["1905-12-31","Home to Washington","Roosevelt returns to Washington and sees Senator Eugene Hale at 10 p.m.",["eugene-hale"],"Pine Knot"],["1906-01-01","New Year's reception","Roosevelt greets the public at the White House New Year's reception from late morning into early afternoon, and sees British Ambassador Durand that night. He praises Charles Larned's article on the Army, which called for better pay.",["mortimer-durand","charles-w-larned"],"White House"],["1906-01-02","Wadsworth wins the Speakership","Roosevelt wires Herbert Parsons to stand firm for James Wadsworth against Hamilton Fish's man, Wainwright. Wadsworth becomes Speaker of the New York Assembly, a clear victory for TR. The day also brings Cabinet and a stream of senators.",["eugene-hale","thomas-h-carter","redfield-proctor","chester-i-long","charles-w-fulton","william-warner","julius-c-burrows","joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-f-stevens","herbert-parsons","james-w-wadsworth-jr","hamilton-fish","wainwright"],"White House"],["1906-01-03","Advice to a new Speaker","Roosevelt talks statehood with Beveridge and confers with Grosvenor, then attends a Cabinet dinner at Secretary Root's. He sends counsel to James Wadsworth on his new job and writes Governor Higgins about Odell.",["charles-h-grosvenor","albert-beveridge","joseph-cannon","john-spooner","william-p-hepburn","elmer-j-burkett","john-f-lacey","edmund-h-hinshaw","elihu-root","frank-w-higgins","james-w-wadsworth-jr","eugene-hale"],"White House"],["1906-01-04","The Hepburn rate bill goes in","Congress returns, and Representative Hepburn's railroad rate bill is put before the House. Roosevelt's lunch table includes Herbert Parsons, Lloyd Griscom, Butler, Reid and Speck von Sternberg, and hosts the diplomatic reception that night.",["william-p-hepburn","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","whitelaw-reid","nicholas-murray-butler","lloyd-c-griscom","herbert-parsons"],"White House"],["1906-01-05","Lunch with Mr. Dooley's creator","Humorist Finley Peter Dunne joins Roosevelt for lunch with Taft, Root, Jusserand and others. That evening TR takes up the Naval Personnel Bill with four Cabinet members; Butler stays over.",["albert-beveridge","jesse-overstreet","finley-peter-dunne","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","young","john-f-stevens","charles-bonaparte","william-h-moody","nicholas-murray-butler"],"White House"],["1906-01-06","The coinage is his pet project","Roosevelt tells Augustus Saint-Gaudens that the new coinage is a project close to his heart and that he dislikes the Mint's objections to the designs. He also discusses canal labor with Shonts and J. B. Harris, Black appointments with Charles Anderson, and sees Alexander Graham Bell.",["theodore-p-shonts","j-b-harris","charles-w-anderson","benjamin-f-tracy","alexander-graham-bell","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"White House"],["1906-01-07","Stimson for the trust cases","Roosevelt writes Senator Platt that he wants Henry L. Stimson named district attorney to prosecute the American Sugar Refining Company and the New York Central Railroad under the Elkins Act.",["thomas-c-platt","henry-l-stimson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-01-08","A special message on the canal","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message on the Panama Canal and receives the American Bar Association's commission. He writes Leonard Wood with concern over a head wound, asks John Pitcher whether John Goff was mauled by a lion, and tells Luke Wright he wants him as Minister to Japan.",["james-a-hemenway","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","george-cortelyou","william-warner","robert-j-gamble","james-e-watson","capell-l-weems","leonard-wood","john-pitcher","john-b-goff","luke-e-wright","aoki-shuzo","frances-lowell"],"White House"],["1906-01-09","No third term","Roosevelt gives Lincoln Steffens free rein to investigate the executive branch. Writing Jeter Pritchard, he denies any shift toward a whites-only Republican policy in the South and flatly rules out a third term.",["francis-j-heney","russell-a-alger","chester-i-long","charles-w-fulton","william-warner","lincoln-steffens","leslie-m-shaw","edith-kermit-roosevelt","jeter-c-pritchard"],"White House"],["1906-01-10","A Medal of Honor at the White House","Roosevelt pins the Medal of Honor on James Robb Church, the first such award handed out at the White House under the formal ceremony TR had ordered. He also makes Henry Stimson the federal prosecutor in Manhattan and addresses the American Medical Association.",["james-robb-church","edwin-denby","nelson-aldrich","albert-beveridge","jonathan-p-dolliver","winthrop-murray-crane","russell-a-alger","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","henry-l-stimson","nicholas-murray-butler","jacob-schiff"],"White House"],["1906-01-11","Diplomatic dinner","Roosevelt hears Dominican property holders on the Santo Domingo treaty and discusses the Philippine tariff bill with E. J. Hill. The White House hosts a diplomatic dinner, and he writes Root on Venezuela and Taft on Army camps and the Chinese boycott.",["ebenezer-j-hill","john-spooner","chester-i-long","bell","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1906-01-12","Schiff hurt, not helped","After Cabinet and a talk with Watson about tariffs on Philippine goods, Roosevelt writes Butler again about Jacob Schiff's January 4 speech attacking U.S. finance policy, which he thinks did harm.",["james-e-watson","edgar-d-crumpacker","nicholas-murray-butler","jacob-schiff"],"White House"],["1906-01-13","A lock canal, and gifts for Alice","Roosevelt writes Kermit that he favors a lock canal over a sea-level one at Panama, that he often rides and walks with Edith, and that wedding gifts for Alice are starting to come in. He sends along a pin given him by Oklahoma ranchmen.",["john-f-stevens","joseph-bucklin-bishop","john-j-esch","william-p-hepburn","elihu-root","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-h-millard","albert-beveridge","james-w-wadsworth-jr","george-cortelyou","henry-l-stimson","herbert-parsons","victor-h-metcalf","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1906-01-14","Meeting New York's postmaster","Roosevelt confers with William Willcox, postmaster of New York.",["william-r-willcox"],"White House"],["1906-01-15","Jane Addams and Steffens drop in","Roosevelt discusses New York politics with Herbert Parsons and the canal inquiry with Senator Kittredge. Among a crowd of visitors are reformers Jane Addams and Lincoln Steffens.",["herbert-parsons","alfred-b-kittredge","theodore-p-shonts","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","nelson-aldrich","charles-w-fulton","joseph-h-millard","c-d-edwards","jane-addams","lincoln-steffens"],"White House"],["1906-01-16","Algeciras opens; Perdicaris visits","The Algeciras Conference on the Franco-German quarrel over Morocco opens in Spain, a meeting Roosevelt helped arrange, with Henry White there to guide it. That afternoon Ion Perdicaris, the kidnap victim of 1904, calls with his wife. The House passes the Philippine tariff bill.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","samuel-h-piles","r-s-ryan","alfred-p-swineford","adna-r-chaffee","joseph-cannon","james-e-watson","ion-perdicaris","henry-white","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-h-moody","george-r-walker"],"White House"],["1906-01-17","Sevier National Forest created","Roosevelt establishes the Sevier National Forest in Utah. In a packed day he confers on Alaska, railroad rates and the Hague Conference and lunches with Taft and Herbert Parsons.",["henry-cabot-lodge","samuel-h-piles","stephen-b-elkins","richard-bartholdt","william-howard-taft","herbert-parsons","joseph-cannon","frank-b-brandegee","julius-c-burrows","john-dalzell","augustus-p-gardner","james-e-watson"],"White House"],["1906-01-18","Arizona and New Mexico as one","On Bamie's 51st birthday, Roosevelt tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler he hopes to bring the Arizona and New Mexico territories in together as a single state, since separate admission would take years. He meets Spooner on the Dominican treaty and a Puerto Rico delegation, and hosts the judiciary reception.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-spooner","luke-e-wright","j-frank-allee","russell-a-alger","clarke","william-p-hepburn","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","william-howard-taft","james-wilson","william-h-moody","c-grant-lafarge","john-ellis-roosevelt","benjamin-ide-wheeler"],"White House"],["1906-01-19","Luke Wright to Tokyo","Roosevelt appoints Luke E. Wright U.S. ambassador to Japan after a Cabinet meeting. His brother-in-law Douglas Robinson is staying at the White House.",["luke-e-wright","douglas-robinson"],"White House"],["1906-01-20","Dewey and the senators","Roosevelt confers with Senator Elkins on rate legislation, and separately with Admiral Dewey, Senators Frye and Spooner and Representative McCall. Root, Hitchcock and Alger also call.",["stephen-b-elkins","george-dewey","william-p-frye","john-spooner","samuel-w-mccall","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","russell-a-alger"],"White House"],["1906-01-21","Brooklyn patronage and Steffens","On a Sunday, Roosevelt talks Brooklyn appointments with Timothy Woodruff, and Lincoln Steffens stops by.",["timothy-l-woodruff","lincoln-steffens"],"White House"],["1906-01-22","The comfort of books","Roosevelt asks the Army's General Staff whether a war plan against Venezuela should be drafted and urges Leonard Wood to think about fortifying Hawaii given Japan's ambitions. To Trevelyan he writes that liking every sort of book is a great comfort and that reading rests him from work.",["a-l-c-atkinson","mark-m-fagan","james-e-watson","frank-s-black","henry-cabot-lodge","leonard-wood","george-otto-trevelyan"],"White House"],["1906-01-23","Against coolie labor","After Cabinet and a meeting with Speaker Cannon and Representative Humphrey, Roosevelt writes Whitelaw Reid that he opposes bringing Chinese coolie labor into the United States. Attorney General Moody gives a dinner for TR and Edith.",["joseph-cannon","william-e-humphrey","jean-jules-jusserand","william-sulzer","j-frank-allee","winthrop-murray-crane","russell-a-alger","william-h-moody","edith-kermit-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid"],"White House"],["1906-01-24","Praise for Jane Addams","Roosevelt receives China's imperial commissioners and talks Far Eastern matters with Paul Morton. He tells Jane Addams he admires her kind of reformer, writes Leupp about coal lands on Choctaw and Chickasaw reservations, and defends the Hague Conference to Ian Hamilton.",["paul-morton","foster","lee-s-overman","leslie-m-shaw","francis-e-leupp","ian-hamilton","jane-addams"],"White House"],["1906-01-25","Dinner for the Supreme Court","Roosevelt works the statehood bill with a number of congressmen, lunches with Bowdoin president William DeWitt Hyde, and gives the justices of the Supreme Court an evening dinner.",["william-dewitt-hyde"],"White House"],["1906-01-26","Bribes in the Beef Trust case","Roosevelt writes Moody about bribes the meatpackers used to try to influence the government's Beef Trust prosecution and Senator Aldrich about tribal funds going to church-run Indian schools. He meets on trade with Asia and hosts a 32-guest dinner; Hugo Münsterberg calls.",["victor-h-metcalf","john-l-mclaurin","lee-s-overman","hugo-munsterberg","william-h-moody","nelson-aldrich"],"White House"],["1906-01-27","A Gridiron Club evening","Roosevelt lunches with Dryden and Governor Stokes, sees C. E. Smith and Overstreet, and goes to the Gridiron Club's dinner at the Willard Hotel. He tells Ted he is glad his Harvard work has improved.",["john-f-dryden","edward-c-stokes","charles-emory-smith","jesse-overstreet","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"White House"],["1906-01-28","Explaining the muck-rake speech to Steffens","With canal money, the Hepburn rate bill, the Philippine tariff, the Dominican treaty and joint statehood all pending in Congress, Roosevelt sees Senator La Follette at 9:30 p.m. and then Lincoln Steffens, to whom he explains the thinking behind his Gridiron remarks.",["robert-m-la-follette","lincoln-steffens"],"White House"],["1906-01-29","Fighting Joe Wheeler's funeral","Roosevelt goes to General Joseph Wheeler's funeral, confers with Representative Keifer, and hosts an evening musicale.",["j-warren-keifer","joseph-wheeler","luke-e-wright"],"White House"],["1906-01-30","Riis comes to stay","Roosevelt confers with Governor Charles Magoon on Panama and sees Lincoln Steffens again. Jacob Riis is a White House guest, and Secretary Cortelyou gives a dinner for TR and Edith. He tells French Chadwick a new President and Congress ought to take office together at New Year's.",["charles-e-magoon","lincoln-steffens","george-cortelyou","edith-kermit-roosevelt","jacob-riis","french-ensor-chadwick"],"White House"],["1906-01-31","Pearls, tapestries and popcorn","Gifts pour in for Alice and Nick: a Gobelin tapestry from France's president, embroidered gold cloth from Japan's emperor, a $25,000 pearl necklace from Cuba, a Saint-Gaudens bronze, an Italian mosaic table and a hogshead of popcorn. Alice turns nothing down. The Senate begins to move on the Hepburn bill.",["tulio-larrinaga","r-h-todd","elihu-root","charles-bonaparte","jacob-riis","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","russell-a-alger","boies-penrose","chester-i-long","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"White House"],["1906-02-01","Reinstating a midshipman","Roosevelt tells Representative George Foss he is letting Midshipman John Paul Miller return to the Naval Academy, though hazing ordinarily meant automatic dismissal. He also writes Meyer about French jitters over German demands at Algeciras and confers on rate legislation and Wisconsin patronage.",["jonathan-p-dolliver","moses-e-clapp","robert-m-la-follette","john-spooner","charles-w-f-dick","william-b-allison","albert-beveridge","charles-w-fulton","theodore-e-burton","george-von-lengerke-meyer","george-e-foss","john-paul-miller"],"White House"],["1906-02-02","A ride with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith go riding. He discusses Government Printing Office business with Representative Landis, and Douglas and Corinne Robinson stay at the White House for a dinner and musicale.",["charles-b-landis","edith-kermit-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"White House"],["1906-02-03","Harvard '80 at the White House","Roosevelt hosts a dinner for his Harvard Class of 1880. Ted arrives from college and rides with his father, who writes Kermit about David Copperfield and his fondness for Thackeray. He presses the Storers for answers to his December letters.",["george-e-foss","william-howard-taft","john-a-t-hull","theodore-roosevelt-jr","bellamy-storer","kermit-roosevelt","william-makepeace-thackeray"],"White House"],["1906-02-04","Kermit's amber beads","Edith writes Kermit that Alice wears the amber beads he sent as a wedding present constantly; he had paid $50 for them at Fisher's.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1906-02-05","A report on the Pennsylvania Railroad","The Interstate Commerce Commission's report on alleged antitrust violations by the Pennsylvania Railroad goes to the House. Taft, Speaker Cannon and three senators call on Roosevelt.",["william-b-allison","henry-c-hansbrough","charles-w-fulton","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1906-02-06","Lunch with John Burroughs","Roosevelt lunches with naturalists John Burroughs and C. Hart Merriam and Major John Pitcher. A letter of his to Congress on Annapolis hazing is made public, and he complains to Steffens that the Senate killed the Santo Domingo treaty along party lines.",["john-burroughs","c-hart-merriam","john-pitcher","william-warner","boies-penrose","lucius-n-littauer","charles-bonaparte","edith-kermit-roosevelt","francis-e-leupp","william-mcconnell","lincoln-steffens"],"White House"],["1906-02-07","Artillery and the rate bill","Roosevelt lunches with Dr. Alexander Lambert and Secretary Metcalf and dines with Robert Wynne. He writes Senator Knox backing better training for coast and field artillery and urging that the rate bill become law.",["charles-w-fairbanks","john-spooner","alexander-lambert","victor-h-metcalf","robert-j-wynne","philander-knox"],"White House"],["1906-02-08","The House passes the Hepburn bill","The House of Representatives approves the Hepburn railroad rate bill, a key piece of Roosevelt's program. He also meets House naval committee members about hazing at Annapolis, hosts the Army-Navy reception, and writes Francis Heney about corruption in San Francisco.",["william-p-hepburn","francis-j-heney"],"White House"],["1906-02-09","Ray Stannard Baker at lunchtime","Roosevelt sees journalist Ray Stannard Baker at 12:45, confers with Senators Depew and Platt and editor Edward Butler on Buffalo jobs and on rates with Elkins, and gives a dinner for the Republican National Executive Committee.",["thomas-c-platt","chauncey-m-depew","edward-h-butler","stephen-b-elkins","john-spooner","charles-e-magoon","william-h-h-llewellyn","ray-stannard-baker"],"White House"],["1906-02-10","Indian Key bird reservation","Roosevelt creates the Indian Key bird reservation in Florida. He meets a National Businessmen's League delegation, sees Jusserand, and warns Bonaparte and Taft that ammunition stocks would fall short in a war.",["albert-beveridge","jonathan-p-dolliver","william-sheffield-cowles","jean-jules-jusserand","charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1906-02-11","Sunday night senators","Senators John Spooner and George Nixon call on Roosevelt at 9 p.m.",["john-spooner","george-s-nixon"],"White House"],["1906-02-12","Alice turns 22; Bill Sewall at lunch","On Alice's 22nd birthday, Roosevelt lunches with his old Maine guide Bill Sewall, Guy Murchie and Taft, and the White House throws a dinner and musicale in her honor. In a lengthy letter to John St. Loe Strachey he covers presidential power and free trade and describes Nick as a fine fellow and Harvard's best violinist.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-beveridge","john-a-t-hull","elihu-root","guy-murchie","william-sewall","william-howard-taft","john-st-loe-strachey","nicholas-longworth"],"White House"],["1906-02-13","Relief for famine-struck Japan","Roosevelt calls on Americans to help the people of Japan, then suffering a famine. He spends part of the day lunching and walking with John Burroughs, and tells Dr. Lambert he cannot write Wadsworth and Higgins about legislation.",["george-e-foss","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","boies-penrose","john-burroughs","alexander-lambert","james-w-wadsworth-jr","frank-w-higgins"],"White House"],["1906-02-14","A treaty to protect Niagara Falls","Roosevelt writes Root about a treaty with Canada to preserve Niagara Falls. He meets Bonaparte, receives members of the Dawes Commission among many callers, and writes Nevada Stranahan about Higgins and Odell.",["charles-bonaparte","joseph-cannon","lucius-n-littauer","leslie-m-shaw","robert-m-la-follette","jonathan-p-dolliver","frank-b-brandegee","elihu-root","nevada-n-stranahan","frank-w-higgins","benjamin-odell"],"White House"],["1906-02-15","A dinner for the groom","Two days before the wedding, the White House gives a dinner for Nick Longworth. Booker T. Washington is among the day's visitors, and Roosevelt lunches with Moody and Crane.",["booker-t-washington","nelson-aldrich","william-b-allison","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","leslie-m-shaw","william-h-moody","winthrop-murray-crane","nicholas-longworth"],"White House"],["1906-02-16","Short on smokeless powder","On the eve of Alice's wedding, Roosevelt warns Bonaparte that the Army and Navy lack enough smokeless powder and writes John Hull about funding military training. He hears a Massachusetts group on pure food legislation and dines with Endicott and Fannie Peabody.",["elihu-root","leslie-m-shaw","endicott-peabody","charles-bonaparte","john-a-t-hull"],"White House"],["1906-02-17","Alice marries Nick Longworth","At noon on a clear, mild day, Alice Roosevelt, 22, marries Congressman Nicholas Longworth, 36, in the East Room before roughly 700 guests, with no bridesmaids. Her Lee grandparents are there, as are Sara Delano Roosevelt and young Franklin. Afterward Alice hugs Edith, and the couple leave to honeymoon in Cuba.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-lee","sara-delano-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","charles-h-moyer","william-d-haywood","george-a-pettibone","alfred-henry-lewis","charles-bonaparte","julius-h-meyer","george-b-mcclellan-jr","william-randolph-hearst"],"White House"],["1906-02-18","Quiet after the wedding","The day after the wedding, Roosevelt confers in the evening with Charles Stillings and Gifford Pinchot. Douglas and Corinne Robinson are staying at the White House.",["charles-a-stillings","gifford-pinchot","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"White House"],["1906-02-19","A lock canal, not sea level","Roosevelt tells Congress he favors building a lock canal at Panama rather than a sea-level one. He meets railroad men and regulators on the rate bill, writes Speaker Cannon on the Knapp amendments, and Root sends Germany TR's specific proposals for Algeciras.",["charles-s-mellen","philander-knox","william-h-moody","martin-a-knapp","charles-a-prouty","byrnes","james-a-hemenway","charles-b-landis","jacob-h-gallinger","charles-curtis","joseph-cannon","elihu-root"],"White House"],["1906-02-20","Dinner at the Willard","After Cabinet and a railroad session with Knox and Spooner, Roosevelt and Edith go to a dinner in their honor given by Agriculture Secretary James Wilson at the Willard. He writes William Ripley and Representative Edmund Hinshaw about the rate bill.",["philander-knox","john-spooner","james-wilson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-z-ripley","edmund-h-hinshaw"],"White House"],["1906-02-21","Admiral Togo's words for U.S. sailors","Roosevelt has the speech Admiral Togo gave his Japanese sailors reprinted for American sailors to read. He holds a string of rate-bill meetings, lunches with Bishop William Doane and Mrs. Doane, and writes Archbishop John Ireland about the Storers' indiscretions.",["william-h-moody","jonathan-p-dolliver","moses-e-clapp","joseph-cannon","william-p-hepburn","winthrop-murray-crane","elihu-root","leslie-m-shaw","william-croswell-doane","philippe-bunau-varilla","charles-bonaparte","john-ireland","togo-heihachiro","bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"White House"],["1906-02-22","Hold the Hepburn bill as written","Roosevelt sees Lincoln Steffens in the morning and Speck von Sternberg at 6, and dines with Lodge. He tells Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt he wants the Hepburn bill passed unamended, and presses for stricter medical screening of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. In Chicago, Taft argues for a standing army.",["lincoln-steffens","jonathan-p-dolliver","winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","alexander-j-cassatt","victor-h-metcalf"],"White House"],["1906-02-23","Ted on probation","Roosevelt learns Ted has been put on academic probation at Harvard and writes him to buckle down, confident he can do it. He also defends Lodge to Lyman Abbott after The Outlook branded the senator a Massachusetts boss.",["charles-w-fulton","albert-beveridge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","lyman-abbott","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1906-02-24","Probing the immigration bureau","Roosevelt names Ralph Easley, Jeremiah Jenks and James Reynolds to investigate the immigration bureau, and asks Francis Robbins to help prevent a coal strike. He also works on the German tariff and a ship subsidy bill.",["william-h-moody","elihu-root","william-e-humphrey","william-b-allison","julius-c-burrows","moses-e-clapp","jonathan-p-dolliver","elmer-j-burkett","joseph-cannon","william-p-hepburn","ralph-m-easley","jeremiah-w-jenks","james-b-reynolds","francis-l-robbins"],"White House"],["1906-02-25","The Times takes aim","Roosevelt writes John Sleicher that the Hepburn bill has moved to the Senate and that the New York Times is mocking him over it.",["john-a-sleicher"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-02-26","Sun River project in Montana","The Sun River reclamation project in Montana is created. Roosevelt meets Senator Elkins about rail regulation and with Lodge on the Philippine tariff and statehood. He also tears into Carl Schurz's ideas in a letter to Oscar Straus on Morocco and Germany.",["stephen-b-elkins","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-w-fulton","herbert-parsons","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","edith-kermit-roosevelt","joseph-cannon","oscar-straus","carl-schurz"],"White House"],["1906-02-27","Thanking King Edward","Roosevelt writes King Edward VII to thank him for his gift to Alice, adding words about Nick and the Russo-Japanese War. He asks Speaker Cannon for a new canal commission law and meets a long list of callers, among them England's Count Gleichen.",["john-spooner","winthrop-murray-crane","weldon-b-heyburn","chester-i-long","albert-beveridge","russell-a-alger","theodore-e-burton","count-gleichen","alfred-henry-lewis","joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-b-reynolds","elihu-root","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon","edward-vii","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"White House"],["1906-02-28","Writing on factory laws","The Ladies' Home Journal prints a Roosevelt article on factory laws protecting working women and children.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-01","Rail bill talks and a dinner for diplomats","Roosevelt opens the day with Senator Clapp, then huddles with Crane and Spooner over the railroad rate bill and sees Ambassador Jusserand. That night he dines with Choate, Porter, Root, Bacon and Captain Sperry, and writes Whitelaw Reid that France and Germany are deadlocked at Algeciras.",["moses-e-clapp","winthrop-murray-crane","john-spooner","jean-jules-jusserand","elihu-root","robert-j-gamble","levi-ankeny","albert-beveridge","joseph-h-choate","porter","rose","robert-bacon","charles-s-sperry","sereno-s-pratt","whitelaw-reid","count-gleichen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-02","A quiet round with senators","Roosevelt confers with Senator Spooner, receives Flint, Fulton and Warner, and in the afternoon meets Interstate Commerce chairman Knapp and James Garfield.",["john-spooner","frank-p-flint","charles-w-fulton","william-warner","martin-a-knapp","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-03","A christening for the Loeb baby","After a morning of meetings with Lodge, Allison, Cannon, Taft and others, Roosevelt and his wife Edith go to Bishop Satterlee's home for the christening of William Loeb's son. His essay holding up Washington as a model city appears in Charities and the Commons.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","francis-e-warren","joseph-cannon","joseph-h-millard","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","albert-beveridge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-loeb","henry-y-satterlee","sereno-s-pratt","ambrose-agius"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-04","Standard Oil report goes public","Roosevelt releases the Bureau of Corporations' findings on Standard Oil and sees Secretary Taft in the morning. Edith writes Kermit that Ted's slipping grades at Harvard have come at a bad time for his father.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-05","Storer is asked to resign","Roosevelt formally asks Bellamy Storer to step down as ambassador in Vienna after Storer leaves his letters unanswered. He also asks Congress for more Army and Navy ammunition, sits for artist Helen Todd Hammond with Edith, and spends the evening at the Belasco Theatre.",["james-a-hemenway","frank-p-flint","ethan-a-hitchcock","moses-e-clapp","winthrop-murray-crane","william-h-moody","elihu-root","henry-st-george-tucker","helen-todd-hammond","edith-kermit-roosevelt","bellamy-storer","albert-beveridge"],"Belasco Theater"],["1906-03-06","Lunch talk on the Chinese indemnity","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with Root, Taft, Elkins, Lawrence Abbott and the missionary Arthur Smith, among others.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","stephen-b-elkins","james-a-hemenway","samuel-h-piles","lawrence-abbott","arthur-h-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-07","Mourning General Schofield","Roosevelt goes to St. John's Church for General John Schofield's funeral after a busy morning on Puerto Rico and the railroad bill. In letters he weighs Harvard football and talk that he might one day lead the university, and admits he does not care for Mahan's latest history of the 1812 conflict.",["tulio-larrinaga","philander-knox","william-h-moody","charles-bonaparte","rock","william-howard-taft","curtiss","sullivan","ralph-d-paine","curtin","alford-w-cooley","elihu-root","hague","lake","john-m-schofield","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","edward-brandegee","james-jeffrey-roche","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"St. John's Church"],["1906-03-08","Speaking to the lumber dealers","Roosevelt addresses a delegation of the National Lumber Dealers Association, receives the justices of the Supreme Court and sees Jusserand. In the evening he and Loeb take up the Tillman-Gillespie resolution, and Root and Archbold call late.",["edward-b-vreeland","jean-jules-jusserand","william-loeb","elihu-root","archbold"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-09","Archie stands by a hurt classmate","At school Archie stays to help a boy struck in the eye by a baseball after the others flee. Roosevelt meets his Cabinet, Knox and Hopkins on the canal, and writes Edward Bacon about changes to the Hepburn bill. In Idaho, Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone are indicted in the Steunenberg murder.",["philander-knox","albert-j-hopkins","marcus-braun","gifford-pinchot","archibald-roosevelt","william-d-haywood","charles-h-moyer","george-a-pettibone","frank-steunenberg","edward-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-10","A short telegram to Gordon Johnson","Roosevelt goes over Panama Canal progress with Senators Dryden and Ankeny and talks statehood with Beveridge. He wires Gordon Johnson, wounded in the Philippines, a short question.",["john-f-dryden","levi-ankeny","albert-beveridge","shelby-m-cullom","chester-i-long","joseph-cannon","elmer-j-burkett","james-a-hemenway","david-j-brewer","gordon-johnston"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-11","Letters about the boys in the sandbox","Gordon Johnson wires back that he is well. Roosevelt sends Nannie Lodge a playful note about dinner talk and writes Kermit about how unlike Quentin and Archie are, the baseball episode, and the hours both boys spend in the sandbox.",["gordon-johnston","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-12","Weighing a Supreme Court pick","Roosevelt talks over a Supreme Court appointment with Root and Taft, takes up statehood with Cannon and Watson, and receives the Chinese minister. He writes Agriculture Secretary Wilson about investigating the meatpackers in the wake of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon","james-e-watson","charles-h-grosvenor","jean-jules-jusserand","ethan-a-hitchcock","james-wilson","upton-sinclair"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-13","Boston Symphony at the National","After the Cabinet meeting and a talk with Spooner about the Tillman-Gillespie measure, Roosevelt and Edith go to the National Theatre to hear the visiting Boston orchestra. He backs New Mexico governor Hagerman for ousting dishonest officials.",["john-spooner","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","herbert-j-hagerman"],"National Theatre"],["1906-03-14","Talking consular reform at the White House","Roosevelt lunches with Alice and Nick Longworth and a table of diplomats and friends, then speaks at the White House to delegates of the Consular Reform Convention. He writes Baron Kaneko about the Portsmouth treaty and Count Witte's careless handling of documents.",["alfred-b-kittredge","lucius-n-littauer","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","mrs-townsend","kaneko-kentaro","sergei-witte"],"White House"],["1906-03-15","A moral standard for the very rich","With Edith away at Groton for Kermit's confirmation, Roosevelt dines at the Longworths' and writes a flood of letters: to Taft on his choice between the Chief Justiceship and the presidency, to Root naming Charles Francis to replace Storer in Vienna, and to Upton Sinclair on Zola, Tolstoy and The Jungle.",["moses-e-clapp","foster","charles-w-fulton","jonathan-p-dolliver","elihu-root","william-e-chandler","george-haven-putnam","andrew-d-white","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","william-m-laffan","upton-sinclair","charles-s-francis","bellamy-storer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-16","Statehood and supper at the Lodges","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, presses Speaker Cannon on statehood, and hosts a lunch that includes Will and Bamie Cowles. He takes dinner with the Lodges.",["joseph-cannon","john-spooner","boies-penrose","charles-w-fulton","william-howard-taft","augustus-p-gardner","john-c-shaffer","james-b-reynolds","robert-shaw-oliver","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","augustus-jay","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-17","The muck-rake, first told at the Gridiron","Roosevelt meets Admiral Dewey, talks canal matters with Hepburn, and sees the German and French ambassadors. After dining with Speaker Cannon he goes on to the Gridiron Club's dinner at the New Willard, where he first compares a certain breed of journalist to the man with the muck-rake in Pilgrim's Progress. Dr. Rixey calls near midnight.",["george-dewey","william-p-hepburn","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","joseph-cannon","presley-m-rixey"],"Willard Hotel"],["1906-03-18","A blank Sunday","The record shows Roosevelt in Washington with no recorded activity.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-19","Dogs, novels and the Kaiser","Roosevelt meets Dryden, Elkins and Representative Garner on the canal and lunches with the Sternbergs and the Cowleses. He tells Kermit how the dogs Skip and Jack greeted Edith's return and that he has sent for Phineas Finn and De Quincey, and he fumes to Moody over a Debs article on the Haywood case.",["john-f-dryden","stephen-b-elkins","john-nance-garner","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","lawrence-o-murray","lloyd-c-griscom","francis-j-heney","kermit-roosevelt","martin-a-knapp","whitelaw-reid","william-h-moody","edith-kermit-roosevelt","eugene-v-debs","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-20","Evening with the Keep Commission","After the Cabinet meeting and talks with Elkins and Jusserand, Roosevelt goes to Gifford Pinchot's home at night to meet the Keep Commission, then sees Ambassador Sternberg.",["stephen-b-elkins","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","charles-h-keep","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-21","A gift from the King of Italy","The Italian chargé d'affaires delivers a present from King Victor Emmanuel, and Roosevelt then sits down with Samuel Gompers over labor bills. He dines with the Endicotts and Henry Adams.",["samuel-gompers","endicott","henry-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-22","Pushing the eight-hour law","Roosevelt meets Moody, Taft and Garfield, takes up Smithsonian business with Henderson, and goes to the opera. He thanks Charles Morrison for help on the meatpacking inquiry, tells Frank Morrison he will hold government contractors to the eight-hour day, and urges Moody to move on the alien contract labor question.",["william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","john-b-henderson","philander-knox","charles-w-fulton","charles-morrison","james-wilson","frank-morrison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-23","Oklahoma lands and evening with Bishop","After Cabinet and a railroad rate session, Roosevelt discusses Oklahoma public lands with Taft, Leupp and Lacey, lunches with Shiras and Holt, and sees both ambassadors. Joseph Bishop calls that night.",["william-howard-taft","francis-e-leupp","john-f-lacey","george-shiras-iii","holt","jean-jules-jusserand","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","ethan-a-hitchcock","james-r-garfield","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-24","The Bristol case","Roosevelt confers with Moody and prosecutor Francis Heney on the Bristol case, receives Olcott, Lacey, Campbell and A. W. Dunn of the Associated Press, and meets Moody, Metcalf and Garfield late in the evening.",["william-h-moody","francis-j-heney","olcott","john-f-lacey","campbell","arthur-wallace-dunn","victor-h-metcalf","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-25","Sunday evening callers","Journalist Henry Needham and Postmaster General Cortelyou call on Roosevelt in the evening.",["henry-beach-needham","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-26","Federal troops and the Idaho trial","Roosevelt hears Charles Neill on breaches of the eight-hour law and writes Moody about using federal soldiers to keep the peace in Idaho during the Haywood trial. Other letters cover Kansas ranchers and the range laws, and charges over Cornelius Bliss's 1904 campaign fundraising.",["charles-p-neill","wilford-b-hoggatt","tulio-larrinaga","ethan-a-hitchcock","cornelius-n-bliss","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-27","Settling the Bristol appointment","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, then gathers Taft, Moody, Knox and others to settle the Bristol appointment. He also discusses Puerto Rico with Representative Cooper and writes Bishop O'Gorman about Storer's removal.",["william-howard-taft","philander-knox","francis-j-heney","charles-bonaparte","victor-h-metcalf","william-h-moody","henry-allen-cooper","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","thomas-o-gorman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-28","Talk of a giant battleship","Roosevelt receives Spooner, Bartholdt and Foss. He praises Lindsay Denison's Everybody's article on the canal, welcomes Andrew Carnegie's support on the rate bill, and writes Representative Foss about his bill for an enormous battleship.",["john-spooner","richard-bartholdt","george-e-foss","lindsay-denison","andrew-carnegie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-29","Lunch with Root and Bacon","Roosevelt hosts Root, Bacon, Governor Hoggatt and others at lunch, and has Senator Beveridge to dinner. He writes Thomas O'Brien about insurance bills.",["captain-radcliffe","wilford-b-hoggatt","frederick-w-whitridge","elihu-root","robert-bacon","james-r-sheffield","francis","albert-beveridge","thomas-j-o-brien"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-30","Upton Sinclair at lunch","The Cabinet meets on the threatened coal strike. Roosevelt talks railroad legislation with Dolliver, has Upton Sinclair to lunch along with Neill and Leupp, and dines with the Longworths.",["jonathan-p-dolliver","charles-p-neill","upton-sinclair","francis-e-leupp","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-03-31","A coal operator crosses him","Roosevelt holds a big railroad conference with senators and commissioners, takes up New York appointments with Wadsworth and the Five Civilized Tribes bill with La Follette. He writes Theodore Shonts about a coal commission and rebukes John Winder, a coal company president who opposed miners' raises and tried to undercut his conference.",["william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","moses-e-clapp","shelby-m-cullom","chester-i-long","william-h-moody","martin-a-knapp","charles-a-prouty","james-w-wadsworth","robert-m-la-follette","leslie-m-shaw","w-bourke-cockran","george-cortelyou","lee-s-overman","theodore-p-shonts","john-winder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-01","Home alone with Skip and the kittens","With Edith and the younger children in Cuba, Roosevelt writes each of them: Kermit hears he is through volume one of Trollope's Phineas Finn and that the rate fight is heating up; Archie that Skip misses the family and Jack has run off; Quentin that the kittens will be ready to pet when he returns. He also names a new Washington postmaster over Senator Platt's friend.",["jean-jules-jusserand","anna-roosevelt-cowles","benjamin-barnes","john-merritt","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-02","No expedition to China","Roosevelt confers with Elkins on the Hepburn bill amendment about judicial review and with Winthrop on Puerto Rico, then dines at Henry Adams's. He writes General Wood that he is pleased Wood is well and that no force will go to China.",["stephen-b-elkins","beekman-winthrop","arthur-wallace-dunn","henry-adams","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-03","Earl Grey spends the night","Roosevelt hosts a dinner for Canada's Governor General, Earl Grey, who stays overnight at the White House with Lady Grey and their daughter. He also approves missionary Arthur Smith's idea of putting part of the Boxer indemnity toward scholarships for Chinese students in America.",["charles-s-mellen","thomas-e-byrnes","silas-mcbee","egan","van-nest","albert-grey","lady-grey","arthur-h-smith"],"White House"],["1906-04-04","Railroads for Alaska","Roosevelt works the rate bill with Hepburn and takes up Alaskan railroads with Burnham, Piles, Kinkaid, Ankeny and Tawney. He dines at the Lodges'.",["william-p-hepburn","henry-e-burnham","samuel-h-piles","moses-p-kinkaid","levi-ankeny","james-a-tawney","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-05","Owen Wister arrives for a visit","Roosevelt receives a group of city mayors led by Chicago's Edward Dunne. In the evening his old friend Owen Wister arrives to stay through Saturday, and they dine with the Bacons and David Gray.",["lee-s-overman","william-p-dillingham","theodore-e-burton","edward-f-dunne","owen-wister","robert-bacon","david-gray"],"White House"],["1906-04-06","Seth Bullock comes to lunch","Roosevelt meets senators on the rate bill and lunches with Captain Seth Bullock among others. At dinner the table holds the Jusserands, the Longworths, Owen Wister and the Bay Lodges. He tells Lodge the Philippine tariff can wait until the railroad vote.",["william-b-allison","chester-i-long","isidor-rayner","redfield-proctor","john-f-dryden","william-alden-smith","joseph-cannon","joseph-bucklin-bishop","james-w-wadsworth","little","lewis","seth-bullock","robert-bacon","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","miss-carlisle","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","mrs-cooley","owen-wister","major-wadsworth","beekman-winthrop","george-cabot-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-07","Boone and Crockett Club dinner","Roosevelt confers with Lacey on public lands, lunches with Moody, Spooner, Wister and others, and meets the Russian envoy Rosen. That night he joins the Boone and Crockett Club at the New Willard.",["john-f-lacey","william-h-moody","john-spooner","owen-wister","james-w-wadsworth","william-cary-sanger","roman-rosen"],"Willard Hotel"],["1906-04-08","Sunday with the Danas and the Lodges","Roosevelt shares a midday meal with Richard Henry Dana and Mrs. Dana, sees Ambassador Sternberg, and dines with Dr. Bigelow and the Lodge and Gardner families.",["richard-henry-dana-iii","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-cabot-lodge","augustus-p-gardner","john-ellerton-lodge","william-sturgis-bigelow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-09","Archie turns twelve; Bat Masterson at lunch","On Archie's twelfth birthday Roosevelt lunches with Taft, the Cowleses, Colonel Sanger and the old lawman Bat Masterson. He signs a bill easing hazing penalties at Annapolis, writes Ray Stannard Baker about his muckrake speech, and asks Gilder to set a date for H. G. Wells to come to lunch.",["archibald-roosevelt","philander-knox","charles-h-grosvenor","joseph-cannon","james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-cary-sanger","bat-masterson","joseph-bucklin-bishop","ray-stannard-baker","richard-watson-gilder","h-g-wells"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-10","Saving Niagara Falls","After the Cabinet meeting and a railroad session with Clapp, Nelson and Spooner, Roosevelt talks with Representative Burton about protecting Niagara Falls. He writes Oscar Straus about the plight of Russian Jews.",["moses-e-clapp","knute-nelson","john-spooner","theodore-e-burton","lucius-n-littauer","fowler","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-11","First ride on Roswell","Roosevelt romps at \"tickley\" with Archie and Quentin and, with Captain Lee along, tries out his new horse Roswell for the first time. He reassures a jittery Upton Sinclair that the meatpacking abuses will not be swept under the rug.",["j-frank-allee","charles-bonaparte","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","captain-lee","upton-sinclair","knute-nelson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-12","A St. Bernard puppy for Archie","Roosevelt sees Taft, Cannon, Ambassador Sternberg and others. He writes Kermit about Archie's new St. Bernard puppy, just seven weeks old and the morning walks he and Edith take around the White House grounds.",["william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","j-frank-allee","joseph-cannon","boies-penrose","james-w-wadsworth","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","william-b-allison","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1906-04-13","Railroad bill in every meeting","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt works the rate bill with Crane, Overman and Nelson and goes over Interior Department matters with Fulton. He writes John Kernan on the same railroad bill.",["winthrop-murray-crane","lee-s-overman","knute-nelson","charles-w-fulton","theodore-e-burton","henry-st-george-tucker","john-d-kernan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-14","The muck-rake speech goes public","Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the new House Office Building and repeats in public his warning against writers who see only the muck. He calls for federal oversight of interstate corporations, presses Congress to pass the Hepburn bill, and backs a progressive inheritance tax. He also talks Indiana politics with Hemenway and ship subsidies with Taft and Humphrey.",["robert-barnwell-roosevelt","james-a-hemenway","william-howard-taft","william-e-humphrey"],"House Office Building"],["1906-04-15","Easter Sunday","Roosevelt spends Easter Sunday in Washington; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-16","Easter Egg Roll for children only","The annual Easter Egg Roll fills the White House lawn until one o'clock, and Roosevelt keeps the adults out. He meets Moody and Taft, and his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson calls that night.",["william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","george-cortelyou","julius-c-burrows","william-p-hepburn","francis-e-warren","douglas-robinson","robert-o-brien","george-hammond","william-nelson-cromwell"],"White House"],["1906-04-17","Breakfast with cousin Emlen","Roosevelt breakfasts with his cousin Emlen Roosevelt, meets the Cabinet, and takes up the rate bill with Spooner and Simmons. Francis Vinton Greene and James Garfield are among the afternoon callers.",["emlen-roosevelt","john-spooner","furnifold-m-simmons","francis-v-greene","russell-a-alger","elmer-j-burkett","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-18","San Francisco shakes and burns","A great earthquake strikes San Francisco before dawn, and fire follows, leveling hundreds of blocks and killing hundreds. In Washington Roosevelt carries on with rate bill meetings, sends Congress a special message on the beef packers' trial, wires California's governor about the disaster, and tells Taft he will send troops to Idaho.",["leslie-m-shaw","stephen-b-elkins","william-p-hepburn","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-beveridge","richard-bartholdt","augustus-p-gardner","julius-c-burrows","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","george-c-pardee","william-howard-taft","jacob-riis","ernest-harvier"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-19","Appealing for San Francisco","Roosevelt calls on the nation to help San Francisco, sees a long list of senators and the German ambassador, and holds a reception for the DAR. On the Senate floor, newcomer Robert La Follette breaks custom by speaking on the Hepburn bill, and many senators walk out.",["nathan-b-scott","leslie-m-shaw","william-h-moody","elihu-root","joseph-b-foraker","charles-w-fulton","winthrop-murray-crane","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-w-cocks","robert-m-la-follette"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-20","Cabinet takes up the disaster","The Cabinet devotes its meeting to the San Francisco disaster. Roosevelt confers with Spooner and writes Edgar Wells about Ted at Harvard and Moody about the rate bill.",["john-spooner","francis-j-heney","levi-ankeny","edgar-wells","william-h-moody","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-21","Muckrake speech reaches print","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's muckrake address. He spends the morning on the rate bill with four senators, Allison among them, sees Jusserand in the afternoon, and receives Booker T. Washington that evening.",["william-b-allison","winthrop-murray-crane","chester-i-long","albert-j-hopkins","william-h-moody","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","albert-shaw","henry-c-corbin","francis-b-loomis","jean-jules-jusserand","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-22","Apple blossoms and a healed eye","Edwin Emerson walks back from the Dutch Reformed Church with Roosevelt. He tells Kermit that Ted is over his eye surgery, the apple trees are in bloom, and Quentin is writing poetry, and writes Mabel Boardman about Red Cross relief for San Francisco.",["edwin-emerson","philander-knox","kermit-roosevelt","mabel-boardman","paul-d-estournelles-de-constant","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-23","He will not see Gorky","Roosevelt declines to receive the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. He welcomes Admiral Campion and a party of French naval officers to a reception and dinner, and writes William Potter and Lyman Abbott about his proposed inheritance tax and taxes generally.",["samuel-h-piles","charles-h-grosvenor","gonzalo-de-quesada","tulio-larrinaga","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","maxim-gorky","admiral-campion","william-potter","lyman-abbott"],"White House"],["1906-04-24","Honoring John Paul Jones at Annapolis","Roosevelt leaves Washington for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he speaks at the ceremonies for John Paul Jones.",["john-paul-jones"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-25","Crediting Jusserand with keeping the peace","Roosevelt takes up San Francisco relief with Senator Flint and sees August Belmont. He writes Mayor Schmitz about the city's recovery, tells Jusserand he believes the ambassador kept France and Germany from war, and introduces F. W. Whitridge to King Edward VII ahead of the Spanish royal wedding.",["frank-p-flint","samuel-h-piles","levi-ankeny","john-dalzell","lucius-n-littauer","charles-bonaparte","cornelius-n-bliss","august-belmont-jr","eugene-schmitz","jean-jules-jusserand","edward-vii","frederick-w-whitridge","alfonso-xiii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-26","Answering labor and its critics","Roosevelt meets the Interstate Commerce commissioners Knapp and Prouty on the rate bill, sees Archbishop Messmer and Jusserand, and answers two opposite complaints: one that he is too tough on labor, the other that he favors it and attacks great fortunes.",["martin-a-knapp","charles-a-prouty","reed-smoot","william-howard-taft","charles-d-walcott","fred-dubois","egan","sebastian-messmer","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-27","Long critique of Lady Baltimore","Roosevelt confers with Allison and Cullom and sits for a group photograph by Wiles with Root, Alger and two others. He writes Owen Wister a long letter on his new novel Lady Baltimore, which Edith loved and he found much to fault in, and on Black Americans and the Indianola post office.",["william-b-allison","shelby-m-cullom","samuel-h-piles","william-w-cocks","george-von-lengerke-meyer","calder","charles-h-grosvenor","wiles","william-lorimer","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","russell-a-alger","jean-jules-jusserand","owen-wister","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-28","Off down the Potomac on the Sylph","Roosevelt talks with Allison about court review in the Hepburn bill, then he and Edith set off for an afternoon cruise on the Sylph. He sends Whitelaw Reid a very long history of the road to the Algeciras conference, sharply doubting British ambassador Durand.",["william-b-allison","william-sulzer","john-d-long","edith-kermit-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-white","mortimer-durand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-04-29","A lonely spot tied to Washington","Aboard the Sylph, Roosevelt and Edith visit a lonely spot linked to George Washington, then in ruins. At home it is his sister Corinne's 24th wedding anniversary.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-washington"],"George Washington Birthplace"],["1906-04-30","Archie soaked by the hose","Back in Washington, Roosevelt tells Kermit the White House flowers are blooming and Archie is drenching himself with a hose. He writes Lodge on Egypt, Wood, the anti-imperialists, Cuba and Santo Domingo, and thanks Henry White for his Algeciras work. Congress gives the War Secretary control of water diversion at Niagara Falls.",["frank-p-flint","william-p-hepburn","charles-w-fairbanks","wilson","henry-c-corbin","charles-emory-smith","john-d-long","james-r-garfield","kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-white","archibald-roosevelt","charles-francis-adams-jr","leonard-wood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-01","A power permit in California","After the Cabinet meets, an act lets the Edison Electric company use certain southern California power sites for 40 years, paying rent each year. Roosevelt confers with Moody and Cannon.",["william-h-moody","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","henry-cabot-lodge","a-w-merrifield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-02","Presentation Day at Gallaudet","Roosevelt sees Beveridge, Hopkins, Moody and the Associated Press man A. W. Dunn, then goes to Gallaudet College for its spring ceremonies. He dines with the Cowleses.",["albert-beveridge","albert-j-hopkins","william-h-moody","tulio-larrinaga","arthur-wallace-dunn","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Gallaudet College"],["1906-05-03","A step forward, not a leap","Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's daughter Anna is born. Roosevelt receives Japan's new ambassador, Aoki, and writes Brooks Adams that the Hepburn bill moves reform ahead in measured steps that will disappoint the extremists.",["anna-eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","winthrop-murray-crane","cyrus-a-sulloway","richard-bartholdt","william-howard-taft","albert-j-hopkins","thomas-h-carter","frank-p-flint","mortimer-durand","aoki-shuzo","brooks-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-04","Troops quietly sent to Idaho","Roosevelt decides to back the Allison amendment to the rate bill and, without fanfare, sends federal troops into Idaho ahead of the Haywood trial. Columbia's Nicholas Murray Butler and Dr. Bigelow are staying at the White House, and a bootmaker fits the President for new shoes.",["francis-g-newlands","nicholas-murray-butler","william-sturgis-bigelow","chester-i-long","winthrop-murray-crane"],"White House"],["1906-05-05","Cape May warbler and Mount Vernon","Roosevelt publicly endorses the Hepburn bill with the Allison amendment, then takes Butler aboard the Sylph for a trip to Mount Vernon. He talks New York politics over dinner with Governor Higgins, and tells John Burroughs about a Cape May warbler he has just seen.",["nicholas-murray-butler","andrew-carnegie","charles-p-neill","elihu-root","shelby-m-cullom","frank-w-higgins","william-b-allison","john-burroughs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-06","A telegram to the Grange","Roosevelt wires the Pennsylvania State Grange at Harrisburg explaining why he supports the Hepburn bill.",["pennsylvania-state-grange"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-07","Uncle Joe turns seventy","Roosevelt spends the day lobbying a long line of senators on the rate bill and lunches with Albert Shaw. In the evening he joins the crowd at the Arlington Hotel celebrating Uncle Joe Cannon's seventieth. He assures Hannah Schoff, who leads the national mothers' congress, that Mormons have given up polygamy.",["winthrop-murray-crane","thomas-h-carter","jonathan-p-dolliver","albert-beveridge","henry-e-burnham","william-warner","redfield-proctor","frank-p-flint","george-c-perkins","james-a-hemenway","levi-ankeny","moses-e-clapp","elmer-j-burkett","herman-h-kohlsaat","richard-bartholdt","james-s-sherman","william-p-hepburn","herbert-parsons","francis-j-hendricks","albert-shaw","joseph-cannon","hannah-schoff"],"Arlington Hotel"],["1906-05-08","Colonel Mosby calls","The Cabinet discusses the California disaster and Secretary Metcalf's trip west. Roosevelt meets Kansas Attorney General Davidson on the Standard Oil cases, receives the old Confederate raider John Mosby, and lunches with James Speyer.",["victor-h-metcalf","davidson","marion-butler","t-a-jones","john-s-mosby","james-speyer","edward-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-09","H. G. Wells comes to lunch","Roosevelt meets Upton Sinclair in the morning and lunches with H. G. Wells, then touring America for a newspaper series. The two disagree, but Roosevelt tells Wells that even if nations must decline, he chooses to live as if America will not, and that the effort is worth it.",["jonathan-p-dolliver","upton-sinclair","albert-beveridge","redfield-proctor","frank-p-flint","james-r-garfield","joseph-cannon","h-g-wells"],"White House"],["1906-05-10","Permission to punish Quentin","Roosevelt talks New York politics and lunches with Taft. He tells Isaac MacVeagh he will follow his inheritance tax proposal with a graduated income tax, presses Allison on the Philippine tariff, and gives Quentin's teacher at the Force School leave to discipline him.",["james-w-wadsworth","j-mayhew-wainwright","william-w-cocks","charles-w-f-dick","albert-beveridge","thomas-h-carter","winthrop-murray-crane","stephen-b-elkins","henry-st-george-tucker","george-c-perkins","william-howard-taft","isaac-macveagh","virginia-arnold","william-b-allison","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-11","Too many pension bills","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and goes over Indian policy with Hitchcock and Leupp. Meanwhile the Senate adopts four Allison amendments to the rate bill, and he grumbles to Senator McCumber about the flood of pension bills in Congress.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","francis-e-leupp","william-howard-taft","emory-speer","elihu-root","porter-j-mccumber"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-12","Women and children at work","Roosevelt meets labor leaders Gompers and Frank Morrison about breaches of the eight-hour law and a bill to curb injunctions. He asks Commerce and Labor Secretary Metcalf to investigate the labor of women and children, and writes George Horace Lorimer at length about David Graham Phillips's novel The Plum Tree.",["samuel-gompers","frank-morrison","jonathan-p-dolliver","elihu-root","frank-p-flint","charles-p-neill","oscar-w-underwood","john-w-gaines","george-horace-lorimer","victor-h-metcalf","david-graham-phillips"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-13","Evening call at a servicemen's club","Roosevelt dines with the Lodges, the Lowells and the Luces, confers with Root, Taft and Lodge, and looks in on a club for soldiers, sailors and Marines that evening.",["henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-14","Carl Schurz dies","Carl Schurz, the reformer and former senator, dies. Roosevelt works the rate bill with Allison, Moody and two other senators and writes Allison about Senator Tillman's opposition.",["carl-schurz","moses-e-clapp","william-h-moody","william-b-allison","chester-i-long","julius-kahn","sydney-e-mudd","joseph-m-dixon","benjamin-r-tillman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-15","Civil service reformers at the White House","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt welcomes delegates to the convention of the civil service reformers' league. Garfield and James Reynolds see him at night.",["john-marshall-harlan","samuel-h-piles","albert-beveridge","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","james-b-reynolds"],"White House"],["1906-05-16","Naval affairs and a stream of senators","Roosevelt goes over naval matters with Representatives Sherman and Cocks, meets Moody and Cortelyou, and receives a run of senators and congressmen.",["james-s-sherman","william-w-cocks","william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","joseph-h-millard","samuel-h-piles","boies-penrose","john-spooner","william-a-rodenberg","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-17","A wedding in the Harlan family","Roosevelt sees Justice Harlan's granddaughter married and urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to value railroad property, an idea not carried out until 1912.",["jonathan-p-dolliver","shelby-m-cullom","william-h-moody","russell-a-alger","james-a-hemenway","william-h-h-llewellyn","john-marshall-harlan","interstate-commerce-commission"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-18","Hepburn Act clears the Senate","The Senate passes the Hepburn Act, Roosevelt's hard-won railroad rate law, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to set railroad and express rates and reach over pipelines and sleeping cars. He meets the Cabinet and sends Gilder a note about a piece on old Irish sagas for The Century.",["james-s-sherman","henry-cabot-lodge","gifford-pinchot","robert-bacon","george-e-foss","richard-watson-gilder"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-19","Waste in the Printing Office","Roosevelt sees Cannon, Hepburn and others. He writes Lodge about the flap involving Chandler, Bailey and Tillman and the rate bill, Charles Keep on inefficiency at Interior and the printing office, and William Curtis on western irrigation.",["henry-st-george-tucker","albert-beveridge","robert-bacon","james-w-wadsworth","albert-j-hopkins","joseph-cannon","william-p-hepburn","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-h-keep","william-e-curtis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-20","A samurai suit of armor","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie that the rate bill passed in fine shape and that Japan's new ambassador, Aoki, has given him a suit of old armor. He writes Ted about Dickens.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","aoki-shuzo"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-21","Canal news and the Y.M.C.A.","Senator Carter confers with Roosevelt on the Panama Canal among a run of callers. He has Egan, Hyde and Joseph Dunn to lunch and tells canal engineer John Stevens the Y.M.C.A. has sent A. Bruce Minear to Panama.",["charles-w-fairbanks","albert-j-hopkins","william-warner","charles-w-fulton","wyatt-aiken","moses-p-kinkaid","thomas-h-carter","joseph-dunn","hyde","egan","john-f-stevens","a-bruce-minear"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-22","Cabinet day and callers","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and receives Shonts, Cannon, Taft, General Wilson, the AP reporter A. W. Dunn and others.",["julius-kahn","william-warner","theodore-p-shonts","charles-w-fulton","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft","john-a-t-hull","general-wilson","dr-stone","arthur-wallace-dunn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-23","Not behind Beveridge's speech","Roosevelt confers with Senator Aldrich and a long list of callers, and writes Beveridge about press stories claiming the President inspired his speech on meat inspection.",["nelson-aldrich","stephen-b-elkins","winthrop-murray-crane","jonathan-p-dolliver","james-r-mann","william-w-cocks","william-p-hepburn","wachter","robert-j-wynne","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-24","Dinner for Ambassador Aoki","Roosevelt confers on Delaware politics and the Chicago stockyards, lunches with his friend Philip Stewart, and gives a dinner for Japan's Ambassador Aoki with the Forakers, Hales, Lodges and Pellews.",["j-frank-allee","brooks","william-w-cocks","w-l-carlisle","w-e-skinner","stephen-b-elkins","william-b-allison","redfield-proctor","william-howard-taft","leslie-m-shaw","james-a-tawney","philip-b-stewart","aoki-shuzo","joseph-b-foraker","eugene-hale","henry-cabot-lodge","h-e-pellew"],"White House"],["1906-05-25","Beveridge offers a meat inspection amendment","Senator Beveridge attaches a meat inspection amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill. Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and confers with Allison, Knox and Hepburn on Panama and the railroads.",["william-b-allison","philander-knox","william-p-hepburn","philip-b-stewart","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","charles-w-fairbanks","knute-nelson","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-26","Rounding up votes for meat inspection","Roosevelt spends the day in meetings with Cannon, Cullom, Neill and others on the Beveridge plan to inspect meat, lunches with Root, Taft, Nick Longworth and Crane, and writes James Wadsworth about the amendment.",["shelby-m-cullom","joseph-cannon","william-lorimer","albert-beveridge","james-b-reynolds","charles-p-neill","frank-p-flint","redfield-proctor","george-cortelyou","c-bascom-slemp","adams","allen","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","nicholas-longworth","winthrop-murray-crane","james-w-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-27","Pushing the immigration bill","Moody and Hitchcock call in the evening. Roosevelt writes Hitchcock about charges against Oklahoma's governor Frantz and Commissioner Cade, and urges Speaker Cannon to pass the immigration bill, which did not pass.",["william-h-moody","ethan-a-hitchcock","joseph-cannon","frank-frantz","cade"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-28","Grieving Carl Schurz","Roosevelt keeps at the beef inspection fight with Beveridge, Neill and Carter. He writes Harry Rubens, once Schurz's secretary, of his sorrow at Carl Schurz's death.",["albert-beveridge","thomas-h-carter","charles-p-neill","marcus-braun","harry-rubens","carl-schurz"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-29","Wichita forest and a trip to Norfolk","Oklahoma gains the new Wichita National Forest, with added land for its game preserve. Roosevelt sails for Norfolk on the Mayflower that afternoon after writing Sinclair, Beveridge, naturalist Henry Bigelow, and Hepburn, whom he wants to be sure the new act can reach Standard Oil and the coal-carrying railroads.",["albert-beveridge","upton-sinclair","henry-b-bigelow","william-p-hepburn"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-05-30","Monument in Portsmouth, speech at Hampton","On Memorial Day in Portsmouth, Virginia, Roosevelt speaks at the dedication of a veterans' monument, then addresses Hampton Institute on the education of Black Americans.",[],"Portsmouth"],["1906-05-31","Dinner for Justice Brown","Back in Washington, Roosevelt meets Beveridge, Cannon and two others on beef inspection, lunches with the Sternbergs, and attends a dinner for Justice Henry Brown at the New Willard. He writes Garfield about Standard Oil and the railroad monopolies.",["joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","thomas-h-carter","james-w-wadsworth","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-billings-brown","james-r-garfield"],"Willard Hotel"],["1906-06-01","Commencement talk for Howard graduates","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and works on the meat inspection amendment with Wadsworth, Crumpacker and Reynolds. That evening at the Congregational Church he addresses Howard University's graduating class.",["james-w-wadsworth","edgar-d-crumpacker","james-b-reynolds"],"Congregational Church"],["1906-06-02","The stockyards report arrives","Roosevelt receives the report of Charles Neill and James Reynolds on conditions in the Chicago stockyards. He sees congressmen and Moody, meets Dr. Egan and Father Zahm in the afternoon, and Senator Penrose at night.",["charles-p-neill","james-b-reynolds","j-warren-keifer","james-e-watson","charles-h-grosvenor","john-dalzell","william-h-moody","egan","john-augustine-zahm","boies-penrose"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-03","A blank Sunday","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-04","Packinghouse message, and a sprained ankle","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message calling for federal meat inspection, with the Neill-Reynolds findings attached. He breakfasts with Albert Shaw, lunches with Dr. Egan and Father Zahm, and turns his ankle at tennis but keeps playing a couple more sets.",["albert-shaw","charles-p-neill","james-b-reynolds","joseph-cannon","john-a-t-hull","robert-m-la-follette","william-howard-taft","f-p-spooner","theodore-p-shonts","john-f-stevens","egan","john-augustine-zahm"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-05","Room to grow for Yosemite","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, receives the railway special agents' association, and dines with the Lodges. He writes Senator Perkins about enlarging Yosemite National Park and General Wood about Grover Cleveland's vote on the immigration bill.",["john-f-dryden","jonathan-p-dolliver","herbert-parsons","olcott","black","henry-cabot-lodge","george-c-perkins","leonard-wood","grover-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-06","Schoolgirls in the morning, cadets at night","Roosevelt speaks to the graduating girls of the National Cathedral School in the morning, and in the early evening watches Washington's High School Cadets drill at the American League ball grounds.",[],"National Cathedral School"],["1906-06-07","Cooper Union visitors","Roosevelt confers with Speaker Cannon, receives a Cooper Union delegation and a run of senators, and in the evening meets Reynolds and Neill again on the packinghouse findings.",["joseph-cannon","william-b-allison","frank-p-flint","robert-m-la-follette","jonathan-p-dolliver","george-c-perkins","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","james-b-reynolds","charles-p-neill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-08","The Antiquities Act becomes law","The Antiquities Act passes, giving the President power to proclaim landmarks, ancient ruins and other places of historic or scientific value on federal land as national monuments. Roosevelt meets the Cabinet and Neill on the beef trust, and the Agriculture Department's packinghouse report goes to Congress.",["charles-p-neill","james-w-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-09","Opening the house at Sagamore Hill","Edith goes ahead to ready Sagamore Hill for summer. Roosevelt tells Kermit his ankle has gotten much worse since Monday's tennis, that Dr. Sturgis Bigelow is visiting amid days of rain, and that he is glad Kermit will stay another year at Groton.",["john-spooner","william-howard-taft","roman-rosen","robert-m-la-follette","henry-cabot-lodge","chester-i-long","robert-bacon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sturgis-bigelow","kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1906-06-10","Sunday evening with Lodge","Lodge, Gardner and Metcalf call on Roosevelt late in the evening.",["henry-cabot-lodge","augustus-p-gardner","victor-h-metcalf"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-11","Missing Edith and Sagamore Hill","All national forest land is opened to farm settlement. Roosevelt meets Knox on the canal and Cannon, Beveridge and others on meat inspection, hosts a large lunch with the Tafts, Fairbanks, Garfield and Pinchot, and writes Ethel that he already misses her mother and their Long Island home.",["philander-knox","joseph-cannon","albert-beveridge","albert-j-hopkins","representative-henry","henry-beach-needham","marcus-braun","ansley-wilcox","william-howard-taft","thompson","charles-w-fairbanks","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","frau-czermak","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-12","Rebuilding San Francisco","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt confers with a California delegation about rebuilding San Francisco and with Missourians about packinghouse conditions. He wires Treasury Secretary Shaw, annoyed by Shaw's protectionist speeches in Iowa.",["oscar-straus","edward-t-devine","morton","leslie-m-shaw","brooks-adams","marion-wise"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-13","Cartoonist Homer Davenport visits","Roosevelt takes up canal matters with Hepburn, sees several congressmen and Taft, and receives cartoonist Homer Davenport in the morning and Joseph Bishop in the afternoon.",["william-p-hepburn","herbert-parsons","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","gonzalo-de-quesada","william-howard-taft","joseph-bucklin-bishop","homer-davenport"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-14","Commencement at Georgetown","Roosevelt discusses Delaware politics with Allee, meets members of the Immigration Protective League, and gives the morning commencement address at Georgetown University.",["j-frank-allee","albert-beveridge","james-b-reynolds","charles-w-fulton","charles-w-fairbanks","gallatin","regis-h-post"],"Georgetown University"],["1906-06-15","Beveridge does not speak for him","Roosevelt confers with Cannon, Hopkins and Reynolds and with three congressmen on the meat inspection bill. He writes Wadsworth on the bill and warns Beveridge that nothing he says should be taken as the administration's official view.",["joseph-cannon","albert-j-hopkins","james-b-reynolds","benjamin-ide-wheeler","j-frank-allee","charles-w-fulton","adams","mccabe","james-w-wadsworth","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-16","Statehood bill approved","Roosevelt signs the Statehood Bill and spends the day on the canal, San Francisco's rebuilding and the Chicago stockyards. He praises Idaho Governor Gooding to Calvin Cobb for pursuing Steunenberg's killers, and explains to Minnie Kimberly why he missed his Uncle Robert's funeral.",["albert-j-hopkins","frank-p-flint","george-c-perkins","albert-beveridge","james-b-reynolds","francis-e-warren","j-frank-allee","james-a-hemenway","jacob-h-gallinger","moses-e-clapp","william-howard-taft","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","joseph-cannon","calvin-cobb","minnie-kimberly","frank-r-gooding","robert-barnwell-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-17","Attics and telepathy","Roosevelt writes Ethel about how they both love poking through attics and wonder about mental telepathy, and notes she will teach Sunday school this summer. He writes Tawney about a travel allowance for the President and Platt about a New York appointment he opposes, and confers with Cannon that evening.",["joseph-cannon","ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-a-tawney","thomas-c-platt","cecilia-may"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-18","A note to Mr. Dooley","Roosevelt meets Allison and Representative Humphrey on beef legislation and lunches with Grant La Farge. He writes Finley Peter Dunne about Mr. Dooley, wires Russell Alger about a lock canal, and writes Platt again on the New York appointment.",["william-b-allison","william-e-humphrey","moses-e-clapp","william-warner","levi-ankeny","herbert-parsons","landis","william-howard-taft","leslie-m-shaw","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-h-moody","c-grant-la-farge","finley-peter-dunne","russell-a-alger","lyman-abbott","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-19","Yosemite grows","Roosevelt signs a joint resolution enlarging Yosemite National Park. He also talks the meat bill over with Beveridge and Judge Cowan and with Bonaparte on Maryland patronage.",["albert-beveridge","s-m-cowan","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-20","Hearing of massacres in Russia","Simon Wolf meets Roosevelt about massacres of Jews in Russia. He also takes up South Dakota appointments, Oklahoma politics, and a stream of callers, and warns a North Carolina revenue collector to keep honest or lose his job.",["alfred-b-kittredge","simon-wolf","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-w-f-dick","john-spooner","robert-m-la-follette","weldon-b-heyburn","joseph-m-dixon","nicholas-murray-butler","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","george-brown"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-21","Senate picks a lock canal","The Senate approves a lock canal for Panama. Roosevelt confers with Representative Boutell about a training ship for the Great Lakes, and writes George Carter on island sugar interests and Owen Wister a postscript on the Indianola post office.",["henry-s-boutell","charles-w-fairbanks","george-r-carter","owen-wister"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-22","Cabinet on Standard Oil","The Cabinet takes up the Standard Oil prosecutions. Roosevelt receives senators and congressmen and tells Hitchcock what he thinks of La Follette's complaints about the Indian bill.",["albert-beveridge","albert-j-hopkins","jesse-overstreet","john-f-lacey","cecil-a-lyon","winthrop-murray-crane","john-spooner","ethan-a-hitchcock","robert-m-la-follette"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-23","No fan of Wister's new book","Roosevelt discusses South Dakota patronage and Standard Oil proceedings, and at night meets Flint, Hitchcock, Pinchot and Walcott. He tells Winthrop Chanler he dislikes Owen Wister's new book.",["eben-w-martin","charles-h-burke","william-h-moody","charles-h-grosvenor","herbert-h-d-peirce","lee-s-overman","merriam","frank-p-flint","ethan-a-hitchcock","gifford-pinchot","charles-d-walcott","winthrop-chanler","owen-wister"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-24","Saving a kitten on the way to church","Walking to church, Roosevelt rescues a kitten from two dogs and hands it to a Black girl, he tells Ethel, who is looking after her two youngest brothers on Long Island while Edith stays with him. He signs himself the Tyrant, adds a sketch, and urges the newlywed Longworths to visit Budapest on their honeymoon to learn about Austria-Hungary.",["henry-cabot-lodge","ethel-roosevelt-derby","alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","nicholas-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-25","Stanford White is shot","Roosevelt meets Cannon and Hepburn, plans his Panama trip with Taft, and receives the British and French ambassadors among many callers. In New York, Harry Thaw shoots and kills the architect Stanford White in Madison Square Garden in a jealous rage over his wife, Evelyn Nesbit.",["joseph-cannon","william-p-hepburn","william-howard-taft","william-b-allison","john-spooner","albert-beveridge","francis-e-warren","boies-penrose","leslie-m-shaw","william-h-moody","abner-mckinley","mortimer-durand","jean-jules-jusserand","harry-k-thaw","stanford-white","evelyn-nesbit","charles-s-francis","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-26","Put the date on the can","Roosevelt confers on Montana appointments and dines with Lodge. He tells Gilder that Taft is not the man to speak on the tariff, urges Cannon to require packing dates on canned meat, and complains to Senator Cullom that the Senate is stalling the Algeciras treaty.",["thomas-h-carter","joseph-m-dixon","robert-j-gamble","stephen-b-elkins","redfield-proctor","winthrop-murray-crane","olcott","calder","henry-cabot-lodge","richard-watson-gilder","joseph-cannon","shelby-m-cullom","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-27","A pile of letters on canal and treaty","Roosevelt takes up Indian appropriations, lunches with Robert Bacon and has Gardner, Scott and his brother-in-law Will Cowles to dinner. His letters range over German-American relations and Venezuela, the Algeciras treaty, the type of canal for Panama, Poultney Bigelow's charges against the canal commission, Arizona statehood and an immigration inquiry.",["leslie-m-shaw","jonathan-p-dolliver","john-f-lacey","frank-p-flint","boies-penrose","tulio-larrinaga","william-h-moody","charles-w-fulton","william-h-h-llewellyn","robert-bacon","scott","augustus-p-gardner","william-sheffield-cowles","whitelaw-reid","eugene-hale","william-p-hepburn","william-howard-taft","mark-rodgers","joseph-cannon","poultney-bigelow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-28","Reviewing the National Guard","Roosevelt reviews the National Guard parade, receives senators and officials including F. B. Kellogg, and dines with Taft, Moody and Bacon. He writes Neill about the immigration investigation.",["robert-m-la-follette","weldon-b-heyburn","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-p-neill","joseph-m-dixon","edgar-d-crumpacker","frank-p-sargent","frank-b-kellogg","c-b-morrison","william-howard-taft","william-h-moody","robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-29","Hepburn Act signed; Mesa Verde created","A landmark day: Roosevelt signs the Hepburn railroad rate act. A Grand Canyon game preserve of nearly 1.5 million acres is authorized, and Platt and Mesa Verde national parks are created. He dines with Will Cowles, Root and Bacon.",["stephen-b-elkins","john-spooner","robert-m-la-follette","john-f-dryden","frank-p-flint","francis-e-warren","charles-w-fulton","william-e-humphrey","william-sheffield-cowles","elihu-root","robert-bacon","ethan-a-hitchcock","charles-bonaparte","shawn-kelly","f-meredith-blagden"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-06-30","Pure food and meat inspection become law","As Congress adjourns, Roosevelt signs the Pure Food and Drug Act and the agricultural appropriation that carries the new meat inspection law, and sends Beveridge the pen used on the meat bill. He also approves a law on shooting in the District that makes three-quarters of it a wildlife refuge, and leaves at midnight for Oyster Bay. Alice and Nick head to Cincinnati before sailing for Europe.",["joseph-cannon","elihu-root","william-h-moody","robert-bacon","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","albert-beveridge","robert-m-la-follette","john-spooner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-07-01","Corporations, unions and the trusts","On his first day home at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Lyman Abbott about business combinations and organized labor out in the Rockies, setting his trust policy beside Cleveland's, which he finds close to his own, and Bryan's, which he sees as its opposite.",["lyman-abbott","grover-cleveland","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-02","Kind words from the World","The New York World, usually hostile to Roosevelt, runs an editorial applauding him for enforcing the laws already on the books.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-03","Thanks to the World's editorial writer","Roosevelt thanks Frank Cobb for his World editorial on law enforcement and writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler about the rate law and Taft. Guests at Sagamore Hill include Cecilia May and a Roosevelt cousin.",["frank-cobb","benjamin-ide-wheeler","william-howard-taft","cecilia-may","barclay-h-farr","john-p-s-harrison","g-h-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-04","Fourth of July in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt gives the Independence Day address in Oyster Bay. Secretary of State Root sets off on a goodwill tour of South America that will last until late September, and Alice and Nick drop in at the American embassy in London.",["elihu-root","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-05","A note on Root's journey","Roosevelt writes Navy Secretary Bonaparte about Root's goodwill voyage to South America.",["charles-bonaparte","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-06","Lunch with New Zealand's premier","Sir Joseph Ward, premier of New Zealand, comes to Sagamore Hill for lunch.",["joseph-ward"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-07","Better shooting in the Navy","Taft visits to discuss Army business. Roosevelt wires Whitelaw Reid about canned meat and tells Commander William Sims he is heartened by the Navy's improved gunnery.",["william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","william-s-sims"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-08","Quiet Sunday at home","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-10","John Heard visits","John Heard Jr. signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["john-heard-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-11","Nothing recorded","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill with no further detail.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-12","Dr. Lambert comes by","Roosevelt's physician and friend Alexander Lambert visits, and Barclay Farr is a guest.",["alexander-lambert","barclay-h-farr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-13","Nothing recorded","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill with no further detail.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-14","Trouble between Guatemala and Salvador","Roosevelt wires Robert Bacon about the danger of war between Guatemala and El Salvador. E. Du Pont Irving and Elisha Gilbert are among the house guests.",["robert-bacon","e-du-pont-irving","elisha-gilbert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-15","Nothing recorded","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill with no further detail.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-16","Seal poachers shot in Alaska","Roosevelt confers with Taft and Bacon on Latin American affairs and gathers them with Whitridge, Finley Peter Dunne, police commissioner Bingham and Dr. Lambert. Far off in Alaska, on St. Paul Island, seal poachers are fired on as trespassers; five die and two are wounded.",["william-howard-taft","robert-bacon","frederick-w-whitridge","finley-peter-dunne","theodore-a-bingham","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-17","Dinner with cousin West's family","Roosevelt dines at the home of Mrs. J. West Roosevelt.",["mrs-j-west-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-20","Peace made aboard the Marblehead","Guatemala and El Salvador settle their quarrel at a Central American conference held on the U.S. cruiser Marblehead.",[],"U.S.S. Marblehead"],["1906-07-21","Bishop Ireland and the Storers","Roosevelt writes Senator Knute Nelson about the Bureau of Corporations and Henry White about Archbishop Ireland, the Storers and Root's South American trip.",["knute-nelson","henry-white","john-ireland","bellamy-storer","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-22","A quiet Sunday","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-23","Planning the fall campaign","Speaker Cannon, Senator Penrose and three other party men lunch at Sagamore Hill and talk strategy for the congressional elections.",["joseph-cannon","james-s-sherman","abner-mckinley","henry-c-loudenslager","boies-penrose"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-24","Mortimer Schiff calls","The banker Mortimer Schiff visits Roosevelt in the evening.",["mortimer-schiff"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-25","Writing the party's campaign case","Roosevelt writes James Watson about drafting the main Republican campaign statement for the 1906 elections himself.",["james-e-watson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-26","A refuge for Russia's Jews","Roosevelt writes Jacob Schiff about America as a haven for Jews fleeing Russia.",["jacob-schiff"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-27","Lunch with Gordon Johnston, and thoughts on Bryan","Roosevelt confers with E. E. Clark on the Interstate Commerce Commission and lunches with Lieutenant and Mrs. Gordon Johnston, General Barry, Bacon and others. He writes Taft about Chinese labor on the canal, and praises Whitelaw Reid for defending American meat inspection in England and for handling the visiting Bryan, about whom he has strong feelings.",["edgar-e-clark","thomas-h-barry","robert-bacon","gordon-johnston","mrs-gordon-johnston","b-e-clark","captain-bulmer","william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-28","Pennsylvania politics over lunch","Charles Emory Smith lunches with Roosevelt to talk about Pennsylvania politics.",["charles-emory-smith"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-29","Sunday sermon on home missions","Roosevelt goes to services at the Oyster Bay Presbyterian Church, where the Rev. Charles Thompson of the Home Missions Board preaches. Thompson, the Washburns and the Russells join him for lunch.",["charles-thompson","dr-washburn","dr-russell","rev-mr-russell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-30","No tariff revision soon","Roosevelt tells Representative Edgar Crumpacker that revising the tariff is not possible in the near term.",["edgar-d-crumpacker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-07-31","Revolt in Cuba begins","Senator Dick and Elmer Dover lunch with Roosevelt to talk Ohio and Midwest politics, and Admiral Mahan and Grant La Farge are guests. He writes William Allen White about his book Stratagems and Spoils, Bryan, the meat law and the rate law. In Cuba, rebels rise against President Estrada Palma.",["charles-w-f-dick","elmer-dover","tomas-estrada-palma","william-allen-white","alfred-thayer-mahan","c-grant-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-01","Wealth and democracy at college","Roosevelt tells Yale president Arthur Hadley he liked his Harper's essay on how wealth and democracy play out on American campuses.",["arthur-t-hadley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-02","A new governor for the Philippines","Roosevelt writes Taft that Henry Ide will step down from the top post in Manila and that James Smith should succeed him, and comments on Taft's views on the islands and Panama.",["henry-c-ide","james-f-smith","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-05","A quiet Sunday at home","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-06","Edith turns 45; a picnic in the boats","On Edith's 45th birthday Roosevelt hosts neighbors and Henry Stimson at lunch, meets Senator Penrose, and ends the day with a picnic out in the boats. He tells Lodge he is truly resting this summer, muses to Lyman Abbott about joining The Outlook after the presidency, and plans the September fleet review. Archie is off for a week's sail with Captain Joshua Slocum.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","w-j-young","c-j-smith","william-w-cocks","henry-l-stimson","john-a-sleicher","boies-penrose","archibald-roosevelt","joshua-slocum","charles-bonaparte","lyman-abbott","william-w-rockhill","andrew-carnegie","henry-cabot-lodge","robley-d-evans"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-07","The Hague and the Spanish claims","Roosevelt writes Moody about the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission and tells Whitelaw Reid that English thinking on the Hague Conference matches America's.",["william-h-moody","whitelaw-reid"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-08","Rowing home by starlight","Roosevelt and Kermit row Edith over to Lloyd's Neck, where they share a picnic supper with about twenty people, and they pull back home under the stars.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-09","Hamilton, Jefferson and the midterms","Roosevelt meets former Senator Jones and Barnsdall about the Standard Oil investigation. He praises Frederick Oliver's Alexander Hamilton and weighs Hamilton against Jefferson, and tells Lodge he is a bit more hopeful about the November congressional races but would not wager on them.",["jones","barnsdall","frederick-scott-oliver","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-10","Worry over Japan and the seals","Roosevelt writes Bonaparte about the coming naval review and his concern that July's seal poaching killings could stir trouble with Japan.",["charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-11","Alice and Nick home from Europe","Alice and Nick come back from Europe and the whole family gathers at Sagamore Hill before the couple goes on to Rookwood, the Longworths' house in Ohio. Roosevelt writes John Sleicher on the tariff and William Allen White on Taft's chances for 1908.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","john-a-sleicher","william-allen-white","william-howard-taft","john-w-riddle","john-heard-jr","fitzhugh-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-12","Arthur Woods visits","Arthur Woods signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["arthur-woods"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-13","Ethel turns fourteen","On Ethel's 14th birthday Roosevelt talks congressional campaign strategy with Sherman and Nick Longworth and canal matters with Shonts and Joseph Bishop. Willard Straight, Henry Taft and Robert Bridges are guests.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-s-sherman","nicholas-longworth","theodore-p-shonts","joseph-bucklin-bishop","willard-straight","henry-w-taft","robert-bridges"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-14","Shots fired in Brownsville","At night in Brownsville, Texas, gunfire kills a white bartender and wounds two policemen; men of three Black Army companies at Fort Brown are blamed, and none will confess or name others. Roosevelt writes Henry White about the Kaiser and the 1902 Venezuela ultimatum, tells Robert Bridges of Ted's poem in Scribner's under a pen name, and writes Taft on Panama.",["henry-white","robert-bridges","william-howard-taft","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-15","Keeping immigration out of the Watson letter","Roosevelt answers Speaker Cannon's objections to his tariff statement and tells Lodge he will leave immigration out of the campaign letter he is writing for James Watson.",["joseph-cannon","henry-cabot-lodge","james-e-watson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-16","Should Old Ironsides be scrapped?","Moody and Bacon confer with Roosevelt and stay the night. He writes Bonaparte about the possibility of scrapping the frigate Constitution.",["william-h-moody","robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-17","Harlan named to the ICC","James S. Harlan gets a seat on the ICC. Roosevelt has Cleveland Dodge and General John Wilson to lunch and writes Cortelyou on railroad rates for mail and Taft on Bigelow's attacks on the canal commission.",["james-s-harlan","john-m-wilson","cleveland-h-dodge","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","poultney-bigelow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-18","Quentin the pagan philosopher","Roosevelt congratulates Root on his South American tour, and tells Kermit that Quentin is a pagan philosopher who swims and rides well while Archie dotes on his sailboat Why. He sums up his presidency for Trevelyan, fearing the pendulum may swing against him, sends James Watson his statement of Republican aims, and praises Winston Churchill's novel Coniston.",["james-e-watson","elihu-root","ethan-a-hitchcock","kermit-roosevelt","john-st-loe-strachey","george-otto-trevelyan","winston-churchill","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","georges-clemenceau"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-19","Richardsons and Will Cowles visit","Teresa and Clifford Richardson and William Sheffield Cowles are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["teresa-richardson","clifford-richardson","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-20","Backing simplified spelling","After lunch with Admiral Robley Evans, Roosevelt tells the public printer, Charles Stillings, that he favors spelling reform and wants government publications to use simplified spellings. He also forces Senator Spooner's brother out as superintendent of the Indian warehouse.",["robley-d-evans","charles-a-stillings","john-spooner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-21","Printers and the eight-hour day","Father York and two other priests call at 11 a.m. Roosevelt tells Neill he has read his eight-hour law report and wires Stillings with concern over a threatened walkout by government printers seeking an eight-hour day.",["father-york","charles-p-neill","charles-a-stillings"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-22","Needham visits","Journalist Henry Beach Needham calls on Roosevelt.",["henry-beach-needham"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-23","Briefed on Brownsville","Roosevelt talks campaign plans with Cortelyou, hears from General J. F. Bell about the Brownsville shooting, and confers with Gifford Pinchot.",["george-cortelyou","j-franklin-bell","gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-24","Hold the accused soldiers","Roosevelt writes Pinchot about reclaiming and irrigating western lands as an irrigation conference meets in Boise. He wires acting War Secretary Ainsworth to have the battalion bring the accused Brownsville soldiers to San Antonio and hold them under guard.",["gifford-pinchot","fred-c-ainsworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-25","Talking Chile","Robert Bacon and Dr. Hollander confer with Roosevelt about Chile.",["robert-bacon","jacob-h-hollander"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-26","A quiet Sunday","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-27","His first spelling reform letter","Roosevelt directs the government printer to adopt simplified spelling in all public documents from now on, and adds a gleeful postscript to Taft calling it his first letter in the new style. He also chides Hitchcock about the Interior Department's poor treatment of Indians.",["charles-a-stillings","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-28","Spelling aims, and Moody may go","Roosevelt explains his goals for simplified spelling to Charles Scott of the Simplified Spelling Board and writes Moody, who is weighing leaving the Cabinet for private life.",["charles-scott","william-h-moody","john-heard-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-30","Cortelyou in the morning","Postmaster General Cortelyou meets Roosevelt in the morning.",["george-cortelyou"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-08-31","Tho, thru and catalog","Roosevelt pushes his simplified spelling plan, first urged on him by Brander Matthews of Columbia, which respells some 300 words like thru, tho and catalog. The government will not adopt it, but he keeps the spellings the rest of his life. He talks New York politics with Parsons, and riots erupt in Atlanta.",["mrs-harry-s-new","herbert-parsons","brander-matthews","francis-e-leupp","leigh-s-j-hunt","lyman-abbott","silas-mcbee","count-gleichen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-01","Wary of sending troops to Cuba","Roosevelt tells Army Chief of Staff Bell he is reluctant to send soldiers to put down the Cuban insurrection. He backs Charles Evans Hughes for New York governor in a letter to Jacob Schurman and tells Taft that Edith and Taft, not Loeb, will go with him to Panama. The Sternbergs and the La Farges are among the guests.",["j-franklin-bell","jacob-gould-schurman","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-loeb","sherman-becker","isabella-hagner","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","c-grant-la-farge","florence-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-02","A houseful of guests","Ambassador Sternberg, Dr. and Mrs. Rixey, the writer James B. Connolly and Grant and Florence La Farge are staying at Sagamore Hill.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","presley-m-rixey","emily-rixey","james-b-connolly","c-grant-la-farge","florence-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-03","Reviewing the fleet from the Mayflower","From the deck of the Mayflower, Roosevelt reviews the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron with a party that includes the Dunnes, the Bacons, the Bonapartes, the La Farges and Commander Sims, and has the Dunnes and Bacons to dinner aboard.",["finley-peter-dunne","robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte","c-grant-la-farge","james-b-connolly","albert-lenoir-key","william-s-sims","margaret-michie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-04","Hughes for governor","Roosevelt writes Gardner on immigration limits, asks Vice President Fairbanks to speak in Chicago, sends Root a long letter on his tour, the naval review, the elections, Bryan and Hughes for governor, and writes Lodge about the Supreme Court choice.",["augustus-p-gardner","charles-w-fairbanks","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","william-jennings-bryan","c-grant-la-farge","florence-la-farge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-05","An evening at the Masonic lodge","Roosevelt hears tariff reformers H. E. Miles and Lyman Bass, talks New York politics over lunch with Cortelyou and Littauer, and spends time at his Masonic lodge in town. He defends Joe Cannon to Edgar Clark and writes Florence La Farge about the Greek play Electra.",["h-e-miles","lyman-bass","george-cortelyou","lucius-n-littauer","edgar-e-clark","florence-la-farge","joseph-cannon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-06","The Longworths come to stay","Alice and Nick are staying at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt lunches with W. H. H. Llewellyn and writes Andrew Carnegie about limits on battleship size and the Hague Conference.",["william-h-h-llewellyn","raymond-patterson","edmund-j-james","andrew-carnegie","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-07","Bamie and Will visit","Roosevelt's sister Bamie and her husband Will Cowles are guests, and he confers with A. R. Page.",["a-r-page","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-08","Two warships for Cuba","Roosevelt speaks at Christ Church in Oyster Bay for its 200th anniversary and confers with Bacon and Reynolds. He wires Bonaparte to send two warships to Cuba to protect American interests, and tells James Bede that his Watson letter will be his only endorsement of Republican candidates.",["robert-bacon","james-b-reynolds","charles-bonaparte","j-adam-bede","cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-09","Balfour, Newfoundland and Cuba","Roosevelt writes Sir George Otto Trevelyan about Arthur Balfour and British distrust of him, and about unrest in Cuba and the Newfoundland dispute.",["george-otto-trevelyan","arthur-j-balfour"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-10","Lunch with Homer Saint-Gaudens","Roosevelt goes over state politics with Governor Higgins of New York and lunches with Homer Saint-Gaudens. He writes Admiral Converse about naval armament and Bacon about the Cuban insurrection.",["frank-w-higgins","morton","homer-saint-gaudens","george-a-converse","robert-bacon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-11","New coins by Saint-Gaudens","Roosevelt writes Wilson on meatpacking and the elections, Treasury Secretary Shaw on the tariff and Augustus Saint-Gaudens's new coin designs, and Strachey that he liked his piece on spelling reform.",["james-wilson","leslie-m-shaw","john-st-loe-strachey","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-12","More ships to Havana","Roosevelt works on his Annual Message. He writes Samuel Harper about Aaron Burr, tells Lodge of his dislike of Winston Churchill, and wires Bacon, and Bonaparte, to send more ships to Havana.",["robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte","samuel-harper","henry-cabot-lodge","james-wilson","winston-s-churchill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-13","Marines landed without orders","On Ted's 19th birthday, Roosevelt learns that 125 Marines have gone ashore in Cuba without his authority and wires Bacon to pull them back to the ships. He writes Moody on the Washington ice trust, Standard Oil and spelling, and Harvard's President Eliot about honoring Walter Reed.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","robert-bacon","william-h-moody","charles-w-eliot","walter-reed"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-14","Ready to send troops to Cuba","Roosevelt meets Taft, Bacon and Bonaparte about the revolt in Cuba, lunches on the Mayflower and greets a yacht race delegation. He tells Bacon that if President Palma resigns he will send troops, and explains to Cuban Minister Quesada why that is necessary.",["william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","robert-bacon","gonzalo-de-quesada","tomas-estrada-palma"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-15","The Knoxes come to Sagamore Hill","Senator and Mrs. Knox are guests, and Woodruff, Sherman and Albert Shaw call. Roosevelt tells Pinchot he wants Taft to campaign in Idaho.",["timothy-l-woodruff","james-s-sherman","albert-shaw","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","e-du-pont-irving","philander-knox","lillie-s-knox","john-p-s-harrison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-16","A quiet Sunday","No activity is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-17","Army readiness for Cuba","Roosevelt writes Cannon about the party's election preparations and Taft about readying the Army for possible intervention in Cuba, a lock canal, and the outlook in Colorado and Idaho.",["joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-18","Indian office inquiries","Roosevelt writes Indian Commissioner Leupp about Flynn, Frantz and investigations in the Indian service.",["francis-e-leupp","flynn","frank-frantz"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-19","Eight-hour day for government work","Father Power calls in the morning. A proclamation opens Oklahoma land to homesteaders, and an order extends the eight-hour day to government work.",["father-power"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-20","Who is funding the rebels?","Roosevelt lunches with Jacob Riis, William Allen White and others, hosts Senator and Mrs. Knox overnight, and dines with Archbishop Ireland and Bishop O'Gorman. He wires Taft asking whether Americans are financing the Cuban revolutionists and demands an honest count in Arizona's statehood vote.",["william-allen-white","jacob-riis","knowles","george-cortelyou","william-loeb","philander-knox","herbert-parsons","john-ireland","thomas-o-gorman","william-howard-taft","joseph-h-kibbey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-21","Taft and Bacon sent to Havana","Roosevelt wires Taft about landing troops in Havana, concluding that Washington cannot keep President Palma in power, and sends Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to Cuba.",["william-howard-taft","robert-bacon","tomas-estrada-palma"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-22","Approving Taft's steps in Cuba","Roosevelt presses Senator Knox to campaign, tells Harvard's Eliot that few Americans have funded the Cuban rebels and that Leonard Wood is needed in Cuba again, and wires Taft twice approving his moves to restore order.",["philander-knox","charles-w-eliot","william-howard-taft","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-23","Rowing, tennis and chopping trees","Roosevelt writes Kermit that he and Edith are off for a row, that he plays tennis daily and is cutting trees to keep the view open. Quentin hopes to join his friend Mike Landon at the Fay School, which pains Edith; Archie is sailing with Emlen; and the family went to church, where Ethel met them after Sunday school.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","mike-landon","archibald-roosevelt","emlen-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-24","Devils Tower, the first national monument","Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming the first national monument under the new Antiquities Act.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-25","Asking Palma to step down","With Taft in Cuba, Roosevelt wires that President Palma should resign and that U.S. troops will go in if needed; he wants order restored without a drawn-out guerrilla war. He also writes Whitelaw Reid about Bryan.",["mortimer-schiff","william-howard-taft","whitelaw-reid","tomas-estrada-palma","william-jennings-bryan","gertrude-w-young","john-r-procter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-26","Three telegrams on the rebels","Ralph Peters calls at noon among other visitors, and Roosevelt wires Taft three times about the rebels in Cuba.",["ralph-peters","w-j-young","rev-bowman","alex-russell","bertrand","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-27","Corinne's birthday; big guns for battleships","On his sister Corinne's 45th birthday, Roosevelt vents to Lodge about congressional critics of his Cuba moves, especially Foraker, and praises Commander Sims's answer to Mahan: both favor battleships armed only with big guns.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","william-s-sims","joseph-b-foraker","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-28","Off to Provincetown; land the troops","Roosevelt sails on the Mayflower for Provincetown and a review of the Atlantic fleet, with Grant La Farge along. He explains his Cuba policy to Senator Foraker and wires Taft three times, agreeing to a provisional government and telling him to land troops.",["c-grant-la-farge","joseph-b-foraker","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-29","Target practice on the Missouri","Roosevelt boards the battleship Missouri in Buzzards Bay for target practice and lunch, then heads back to Oyster Bay on the Mayflower. Wireless telegrams relayed to Taft order the Marines ashore at once.",["maurice-c-latta","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-09-30","Six thousand troops for Cuba","Roosevelt wires Taft that 6,000 American soldiers are bound for Cuba. Secretary Root finishes his South American tour, reporting a remarkable journey and an enthusiastic welcome across the continent.",["william-howard-taft","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-10-01","Summer ends; back to Washington","The Roosevelts shut up Sagamore Hill for the season and Roosevelt heads south, talking New York politics with Charles Evans Hughes aboard the train. That evening he meets Moody and Root in Washington.",["charles-evans-hughes","william-h-moody","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-biddle","august-belmont-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-10-02","Cabinet takes up Cuba","The Cabinet meets on the crisis in Cuba, and a stream of callers follows, Knox and Foraker among them. Roosevelt wires Secretary Taft on how the Army should keep order on the island and writes Hughes about his odds in the governor's race.",["philander-knox","joseph-b-foraker","frank-p-sargent","representative-kennedy","stephen-m-sparkman","john-w-gaines","francis-e-leupp","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-03","Magoon named to govern Cuba","Roosevelt puts Charles E. Magoon in charge of Cuba as its interim governor, then has dinner with both the Magoon and Root families. He tells Root he is unhappy with the American minister in Havana.",["charles-e-magoon","elihu-root","victor-h-metcalf","sereno-e-payne","william-w-cocks","franklin-k-lane","edwin-v-morgan","james-s-sherman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-04","Speeches at Harrisburg and York","Roosevelt makes a day trip into Pennsylvania with Knox, Penrose and Dr. Rixey, speaking at the dedication of the new capitol in Harrisburg and then at the York fair before heading home. He writes Hughes about Catholic voters as Hughes trails William Randolph Hearst.",["philander-knox","boies-penrose","maurice-c-latta","presley-m-rixey","charles-evans-hughes","william-randolph-hearst"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-05","Robb to the appeals bench","After a Cabinet session, Roosevelt names C. H. Robb an associate justice of the District's Court of Appeals. He sends Hughes more encouragement and answers Senator Beveridge about congressional pushback on his Cuba policy.",["charles-h-robb","francis-e-warren","franklin-k-lane","charles-evans-hughes","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-06","Warren fencing case strains Interior","Roosevelt confers on Cuba with Magoon and General Bell and later sees Ambassador Speck von Sternberg. To Interior Secretary Hitchcock he writes about findings that Senator Warren took part in fencing off public land, findings Roosevelt set aside, opening a rift that ended with Hitchcock's resignation.",["charles-e-magoon","j-franklin-bell","charles-h-robb","alford-w-cooley","francis-e-warren","j-m-wright","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-07","Sunday politics with Sherman","Roosevelt spends Sunday on politics with James S. Sherman and Senator Penrose, then has Sherman to dinner. He wires Taft about the so-called horse order, which let Cuban rebels keep the horses they had seized.",["james-s-sherman","boies-penrose","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-08","Canal talk and a court reception","Roosevelt works through New York and Indiana politics with Sherman and Overstreet, discusses the canal with Theodore Shonts, and hosts a White House reception for the Supreme Court. He tells Lodge that E. H. Harriman will give nothing to Hughes because of the administration's stand on corporations.",["james-s-sherman","jesse-overstreet","theodore-p-shonts","charles-m-schwab","henry-cabot-lodge","e-h-harriman"],"White House"],["1906-10-09","Antitrust plans with Root and Bonaparte","Between a Cabinet meeting and talks on Illinois politics with Hopkins and with Tawney, Roosevelt sits down with Root and Bonaparte on antitrust law. He asks Oscar Straus to help swing Jewish voters to Hughes.",["albert-j-hopkins","james-a-tawney","elihu-root","charles-bonaparte","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-10","Kermit turns seventeen","Kermit's seventeenth birthday. Roosevelt receives Cabinet members, Father A. P. Doyle, Major J. M. Burke and others, holds a reception for Spanish War veterans, and wires Taft on Cuba.",["kermit-roosevelt","victor-h-metcalf","charles-bonaparte","william-h-moody","alexander-p-doyle","henry-w-taft","theodore-e-burton","j-m-burke","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-11","San Francisco bars Japanese pupils","San Francisco's school board orders Japanese children out of the city's regular schools, and that afternoon Roosevelt sees Japanese Ambassador Aoki. Earlier he talks Cuba with Spooner and New York politics with W. J. Youngs; Arthur Lee arrives to stay at the White House. It is also his niece Eleanor's 22nd birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt","john-spooner","william-j-youngs","james-s-harlan","franklin-k-lane","maurice-francis-egan","gifford-pinchot","shuzo-aoki","arthur-lee","timothy-l-woodruff"],"White House"],["1906-10-12","Lunch with Arthur Lee; a night at the theater","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Ward and Wainwright, shares lunch with Admiral Cowles, Paul Morton and Arthur Lee, and takes Edith to the theater. He tells James S. Sherman that Cortelyou and Bliss oppose Hyde for an ambassadorship.",["j-mayhew-wainwright","william-l-ward","arthur-lee","paul-morton","william-sheffield-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","augustus-p-gardner","james-s-sherman","george-cortelyou","cornelius-n-bliss","hyde"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-13","Magoon takes charge in Havana","Charles E. Magoon replaces Taft as Cuba's provisional governor. Roosevelt discusses Cuban annexation and his annual message with Beveridge, sits for photographer Mrs. DeWentworth, and in the evening speaks to about 45 members of the Aztec Club.",["albert-beveridge","herbert-putnam","mrs-dewentworth","charles-e-magoon","william-howard-taft","william-s-sims","arthur-lee"],"Aztec Club"],["1906-10-14","Wishing an old Assembly friend well","Roosevelt meets Cannon and Watson at dinnertime. He sends good wishes to William O'Neil, a friend from his Albany Assembly days now running for the state senate, and writes Woodruff again on the New York races.",["joseph-cannon","james-e-watson","william-o-neil","timothy-l-woodruff"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-15","Thanking Arthur Lee for crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt goes over Delaware politics with Allee, DuPont and Ball and Ohio politics with Grosvenor. He thanks Arthur Lee for coming from England at his request to talk over Anglo-American problems, a sign of his low regard for British Ambassador Durand.",["j-frank-allee","henry-a-du-pont","l-heisler-ball","charles-h-grosvenor","ethan-a-hitchcock","james-wilson","arthur-lee","mortimer-durand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-16","Called a Socialist on the stump","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt confers with Root and Cortelyou and lunches with Governor Montague, McBee and Allison. He writes Lodge about the New York contest and about charges that he is a dangerous radical and a Socialist.",["elihu-root","george-cortelyou","andrew-jackson-montague","silas-mcbee","william-b-allison","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-17","Dentist at noon, Indian agents at night","Roosevelt helps Root shape a campaign speech for Hughes, sees Cortelyou, and visits the dentist at noon. He lunches with Knox over Pennsylvania politics and that night meets the government's Indian agents.",["elihu-root","george-cortelyou","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-18","Kohlsaat to dinner and overnight","Nephew Sheffield Cowles turns eight. Roosevelt reviews the annual message with Knox, sees Colonel McCook, and dines with Robert Bacon, the Tafts, General Greene and Kohlsaat; Kohlsaat stays the night.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","philander-knox","john-j-mccook","herman-h-kohlsaat","francis-v-greene","william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","robert-bacon"],"White House"],["1906-10-19","Moody on trust cases","A Cabinet meeting, then a session with Attorney General Moody about prosecuting the trusts.",["william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-20","Filling a Supreme Court seat","Roosevelt meets Justices Harlan, White and Day about the coming Supreme Court vacancy, then goes over bids for canal work with Ropes, Bishop, Root and Taft. He explains to Lodge why he will not write Gussie Gardner a personal endorsement.",["john-marshall-harlan","edward-douglass-white","william-r-day","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","joseph-bucklin-bishop","ropes","henry-cabot-lodge","augustus-p-gardner","james-s-sherman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-21","Shaw on the nation's finances","Treasury Secretary Shaw comes by at night to discuss federal finances. Roosevelt asks Woodruff to keep his planned Cabinet shuffle quiet until October 23.",["leslie-m-shaw","judson-c-clements","timothy-l-woodruff"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-22","Photographed signing Thanksgiving proclamation","A photographer named Dunn catches Roosevelt signing the Thanksgiving proclamation. He confers on canal contracts, on the campaign trips of Taft and Root, and on the Standard Oil case, and writes Sir Edward Grey on the Hague Conference and disarmament.",["mr-dunn","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","theodore-p-shonts","william-h-moody","j-j-sullivan","arthur-lee","edward-grey","bob-ferguson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-23","Roosevelt unveils a new Cabinet","Roosevelt announces the Cabinet that will serve from March 4, 1907: Root at State, Cortelyou at Treasury, Taft at War, Bonaparte as Attorney General, Meyer as Postmaster General, Metcalf at Navy, Garfield at Interior, Wilson at Agriculture and Straus at Commerce and Labor. He writes Kermit about Archie racing the dog Skip.",["robert-bacon","francis-b-loomis","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","george-von-lengerke-meyer","victor-h-metcalf","james-r-garfield","james-wilson","oscar-straus","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","brooks-adams","james-j-hill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-24","Ellis Island under review","Roosevelt and Metcalf review conditions at Ellis Island. Cabinet members, Henry Lee Higginson and Herman Ridder come by, and he urges Republicans to stand together in the elections.",["victor-h-metcalf","william-howard-taft","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-h-moody","george-cortelyou","henry-lee-higginson","herman-ridder","herbert-parsons","john-r-rathom"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-25","Lunch with Jusserand","Roosevelt confers with Secretary Wilson, shares lunch with Cowles, Taft, Root and Jusserand, and takes up Cuban finances with J. D. Terrill. To John St. Loe Strachey he writes about Hearst, Bryan and Hughes.",["james-wilson","jean-jules-jusserand","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","william-sheffield-cowles","j-d-terrill","william-h-moody","charles-h-darling","henry-cabot-lodge","john-st-loe-strachey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-26","Taking the school fight to court","Roosevelt names A. W. Cooley an assistant attorney general and goes riding with Speck von Sternberg while Edith, Ethel and Archie head down the Potomac by boat. He assures Baron Kaneko that the Justice Department is moving against San Francisco's segregation of Japanese pupils.",["elihu-root","alford-w-cooley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","kaneko-kentaro","ethan-a-hitchcock","clark-howell","louise-imogen-guiney"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-27","A 48th birthday at work","Roosevelt turns 48. A New York club of Hungarian-American Republicans stops by to wish him well, and he spends much of the day on California's treatment of Japanese schoolchildren, conferring with Metcalf and writing Senator Hale. Hugo Munsterberg joins Root and Metcalf for lunch.",["victor-h-metcalf","theodore-p-shonts","hugo-munsterberg","elihu-root","kermit-roosevelt","eugene-hale","samuel-gompers","herbert-parsons","ethan-a-hitchcock","francis-e-warren"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-28","Outdoor service on Cathedral Heights","Edith, Ethel and Archie come home from their river trip. In the afternoon Roosevelt and Quentin attend an open-air service on Cathedral Heights led by the old Rough Rider chaplain.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Cathedral Heights"],["1906-10-29","Troops ready to protect the Japanese","With his Panama trip ahead, Roosevelt gives Root authority to call out federal forces to shield Japanese residents if needed. He also asks Moody to look into a Wisconsin court order against the iron molders' union.",["george-cortelyou","elihu-root","lebbeus-r-wilfley","shuzo-aoki","joseph-v-quarles","william-h-moody","henry-lee-higginson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-30","Booker T. Washington after dark","Another round on New York politics with Root and Cortelyou, then lunch with Admiral Cowles and a Mr. Kitigaki. Booker T. Washington calls at nine that evening.",["george-cortelyou","elihu-root","william-sheffield-cowles","kitagaki","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-10-31","Off to Pine Knot with Edith","Roosevelt hears from Hawaii's acting governor, Atkinson, about labor conditions in the islands, then leaves in the afternoon with Edith for their Virginia retreat, Pine Knot.",["a-l-c-atkinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-11-01","Root stumps for Hughes","Roosevelt is at Pine Knot. In New York, Elihu Root gives a forceful speech at Utica on behalf of Charles Evans Hughes.",["elihu-root","charles-evans-hughes"],"Virginia"],["1906-11-02","Quiet day at Pine Knot","Roosevelt is at Pine Knot. The source records nothing more.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1906-11-03","In Richmond","The source places Roosevelt in Richmond, Virginia, with no further detail.",[],"Richmond"],["1906-11-04","Turkey hunting, then home","Roosevelt leaves Pine Knot for Washington and writes Kermit that he and Edith had a fine stay, with some turkey hunting for him.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Virginia"],["1906-11-05","The Brownsville discharges","Roosevelt orders the soldiers of three Black infantry companies tied to the Brownsville, Texas, shooting dismissed from the Army, a decision that will dog him for years. He lunches with Arthur Lee and leaves at midnight for Oyster Bay to vote.",["boies-penrose","charles-h-davis","charles-bonaparte","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-m-collier","arthur-lee","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes","clark-howell","mortimer-durand","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","sherman-bell"],"White House"],["1906-11-06","Election day: Hughes wins New York","Roosevelt casts his ballot at Oyster Bay and returns to Washington. Hughes wins the New York governorship, Nick Longworth keeps his House seat, and Gooding is chosen governor of Idaho. Lolo National Forest in Montana is created.",["charles-evans-hughes","nicholas-longworth","frank-r-gooding","whitelaw-reid","mortimer-durand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1906-11-07","Labor leaders on the anti-injunction bill","Samuel Gompers and other labor men press Roosevelt about the anti-injunction measure sponsored by Pearre. He congratulates Hughes on his win and tells Alice he admired the campaign she and Nick ran in Ohio.",["samuel-gompers","a-l-c-atkinson","brewer","george-cortelyou","william-h-moody","ethan-a-hitchcock","elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","curtis-guild-jr","charles-evans-hughes","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-11-08","Setting sail for Panama","Roosevelt and Edith take the yacht Mayflower down the river to Chesapeake Bay and transfer to the new 16,000-ton battleship Louisiana to start their voyage to Panama. Before leaving he thanks Taft for a speech that helped the party in Idaho.",["james-o-connell","marcus-braun","henry-w-taft","shuzo-aoki","ethan-a-hitchcock","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-11-09","Rounding Cape Hatteras","Aboard the Louisiana, the presidential party passes Cape Hatteras.",[],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-10","Steaming past Georgia","The Louisiana runs south along the coast, off Savannah, Georgia.",[],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-11","Big guns named Tedd and the Big Stick","Off Jacksonville, Roosevelt writes Quentin about the pets on board and tells Archie that the Tennessee and Washington are escorting them and that two of the ship's guns carry the nicknames Tedd and The Big Stick. Meanwhile Edith watches the crew's inspection and writes Aunt Lizzie that she has studied canal maps closely.",["quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-12","Cuba and Haiti on the horizon","With both Cuba and Haiti in view, Roosevelt and Edith talk over the islands' past. He writes Navy Secretary Bonaparte full of praise for the Louisiana and her men, with a few suggestions.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-13","Reading Milton and Tacitus at sea","Nearing Colón, Roosevelt admits to Kermit he is \"a little bored\" while Edith is loving the voyage. He passes time with Milton, Tacitus and the German novel Jörn Uhl, walks the deck, inspects the ship, and recalls the troopships that carried him to Cuba eight years before.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-14","Arrival at Colón","The Louisiana drops anchor at Colón. After a big reception on board, Roosevelt and Edith sleep on the ship. He writes Ted that the clean, well-run battleship shows America at its best and muses on Panama's history as the coast comes into view.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-15","By train across the isthmus","In a steady downpour, Roosevelt and Edith ride the railroad from Colón across to Panama City with Theodore Shonts, John Stevens and President Amador. Film records the trip, and they stay over at the Hotel Tivoli.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-p-shonts","john-f-stevens","manuel-amador-guerrero"],"Panama"],["1906-11-16","At the controls of a steam shovel","Roosevelt spends eighteen hours in the field, from before six in the morning until nearly midnight, looking at workers and their living conditions. At Culebra he gives a speech, watches steam shovels bite into the cut and takes the controls of one, a moment caught on film. Heavy rain has turned the villages to mud.",[],"Culebra"],["1906-11-17","Gatun, Colón and a ball","Roosevelt views the future Gatun Dam site and wishes he could linger to collect specimens. He speaks at Colón, dines with General Manager Biers at Cristobal, attends a reception and ball, and sails that night for Puerto Rico.",["biers"],"Panama"],["1906-11-18","Sailing for Puerto Rico","The Louisiana heads for Puerto Rico. Edith writes Kermit of Panamanian children who waved American flags and sang \"America\" for the visitors.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-19","Quentin turns nine","At sea on the way to Puerto Rico. Back home, it is Quentin's ninth birthday.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-20","Jungle memories near Ponce","Off Ponce, Roosevelt writes Kermit about his hectic days on the isthmus and tells Ted about the stiff trade winds and how the jungle's flowers and animals captivated him. Edith, he reports, enjoyed every minute.",["kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-21","Across Puerto Rico by automobile","Roosevelt and Edith come ashore at Ponce, where Governor Winthrop greets them and Roosevelt speaks at City Hall. They motor some 80 miles over the mountains to San Juan, stopping at Cayey and Río Piedras, then dine, attend the governor's reception and sleep in the old Spanish governors' palace. Mr. Grahame turns up in his kilt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","beekman-winthrop","mr-grahame","william-howard-taft"],"Puerto Rico"],["1906-11-22","Picnic lunch and shipboard boxing","The Roosevelts drive back to Ponce by another route, through Arecibo, and stop for an outdoor meal of chicken and eggs with bread and wine. Back on the Louisiana that afternoon, the crew puts on skits and three boxing bouts for them.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Puerto Rico"],["1906-11-23","Letters home from the Louisiana","Heading north, Roosevelt writes Kermit a full account of Puerto Rico and describes both islands to George Otto Trevelyan. He is reading Milton and Samuel Dill's study of Rome in the age of Nero and Marcus Aurelius.",["kermit-roosevelt","george-otto-trevelyan","samuel-dill"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-11-24","Passing Hatteras again","The Louisiana rounds Cape Hatteras on the way home.",[],"Louisiana"],["1906-11-25","Last day at sea; Nobel news","Roosevelt's last day aboard the Louisiana falls on Bamie's eleventh wedding anniversary. The source also logs here that he has won the Nobel Peace Prize, formally awarded December 10, and lists Quentin's \"White House Gang\" of boyhood friends.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","quentin-roosevelt","charles-p-taft-ii","bromley-seeley","dick-chew","edward-stead","walker-white","earle-looker"],"U.S.S. Louisiana"],["1906-12-01","Back at the desk: railroads, child labor, Peary","Home from the tropics, Roosevelt goes straight to work: interstate commerce law with Hepburn, a child labor bill with Beveridge, and the Army budget with Warren and Hull. Robert E. Peary is among the day's many visitors, and Joseph Bucklin Bishop comes by at nine that night.",["william-p-hepburn","albert-beveridge","john-a-t-hull","francis-e-warren","robert-e-peary","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","leslie-m-shaw","ethan-a-hitchcock","frank-p-flint","j-warren-keifer","joseph-b-foraker","porter-j-mccumber","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-02","Twentieth anniversary, quietly","Roosevelt and Edith reach their twentieth wedding anniversary and let it pass without fuss, though the Washington Post salutes them as ideal keepers of the White House's social traditions. E. H. Harriman calls at one o'clock.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-03","Congress returns","Congress opens its new session and members stream into Roosevelt's office. At lunch he hosts a naturalists' table: William T. Hornaday, C. Hart Merriam and John Phillips, with Robert Collier and others.",["chauncey-m-depew","charles-h-grosvenor","julius-c-burrows","george-p-wetmore","john-f-dryden","joseph-h-millard","john-kean","julius-kahn","william-w-cocks","charles-e-littlefield","robert-j-gamble","william-t-hornaday","c-hart-merriam","john-s-phillips","robert-j-collier","james-r-sheffield","william-cary-sanger"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-04","A bold annual message, in simplified spelling","Roosevelt's annual message is read to Congress. It argues that big business, being interstate, belongs under federal oversight, rattling Wall Street, and draws more comment for being printed in simplified spelling. He receives Mabel Boardman and about 100 Red Cross delegates and later hears the Boston Symphony with Edith.",["mabel-boardman","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"National Theatre"],["1906-12-05","Canal labor and the I stories","Roosevelt hears from Moffett and Neill about labor on the Canal Zone and sees Ambassador Aoki. He writes Kermit about the first-person hunting tales, his \"I\" stories, that he tells Archie and Quentin, and about winning the Nobel Prize.",["charles-p-neill","e-a-moffett","oscar-w-underwood","albert-j-hopkins","samuel-h-piles","levi-ankeny","j-frank-allee","andrew-d-white","c-hart-merriam","alford-w-cooley","shuzo-aoki","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-06","A day of callers","A long line of senators, congressmen and politicians files through, including La Follette, Spooner and New York's William Barnes Jr., along with Russia's Baron Rosen. Hemenway comes at 2:30.",["roman-rosen","william-barnes-jr","robert-m-la-follette","john-spooner","elihu-root","chauncey-m-depew","herbert-parsons","jacob-h-gallinger","francis-e-warren","charles-w-f-dick","shelby-m-cullom","henry-a-du-pont","james-a-hemenway"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-07","Rivers and harbors speech; Ted joins Porcellian","Roosevelt addresses delegates to the Rivers and Harbors Congress and dines at Lodge's. He presses Senator Hale for more battleships, praises Treasury Secretary Shaw's record, and learns that Ted has been taken into Harvard's Porcellian Club.",["robert-bacon","theodore-p-shonts","tulio-larrinaga","samuel-h-piles","john-spooner","frank-p-flint","henry-cabot-lodge","eugene-hale","leslie-m-shaw","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-08","Mark Twain to lunch; three new monuments","Roosevelt proclaims El Morro, Montezuma Castle and Petrified Forest as national monuments. Mark Twain, John Philip Sousa and Admiral Dewey are among the day's callers, and Twain stays for lunch. Harriman calls at six, and Roosevelt finishes the night at the Gridiron Dinner.",["timothy-l-woodruff","thomas-c-platt","mark-twain","john-philip-sousa","george-dewey","charles-w-fairbanks","jean-jules-jusserand","william-howard-taft","leslie-m-shaw","frank-w-mondell","george-e-foss","sereno-e-payne","john-spooner","elihu-root","o-brien","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-09","The Storer letters go public","Bellamy and Maria Storer publish their private correspondence with Roosevelt.",["bellamy-storer","maria-longworth-storer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-10","Nobel Peace Prize awarded","In Christiania, Norway, Roosevelt is formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Russo-Japanese War, the first American so honored. He wires thanks to the Nobel committee, pledging the prize money to a permanent body for industrial peace. That night he and Edith go to the Columbia Theater.",["jane-addams","christian-hauge","joseph-cannon","elihu-root","robert-bacon","charles-p-neill","john-barrett","eugene-hale","russell-a-alger","philander-knox","page","james-b-reynolds","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-p-shonts","james-wilson","frances-kellor","j-lovland"],"Columbia Theater"],["1906-12-11","Twain again; campaign committee dinner","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Governor-elect Hughes and sees Mark Twain once more among the callers. He lunches with Cleveland Dodge and hosts the Republican campaign committee for dinner with Hughes, Taft, Lodge, Cannon and others.",["charles-evans-hughes","mark-twain","joseph-h-millard","thomas-m-patterson","charles-w-fulton","albert-j-hopkins","richard-bartholdt","cleveland-h-dodge","william-howard-taft","george-cortelyou","henry-cabot-lodge","william-loeb","joseph-cannon","robert-bacon","charles-h-keep"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-12","Foraker turns on Brownsville","A full lunch table includes Pinchot, Garfield, Taft, Bacon, Stevens and Kellogg. Roosevelt writes Senator Matthew Butler about his growing quarrel with Senator Foraker, who has become a sharp critic of the Brownsville discharges.",["nelson-aldrich","boies-penrose","charles-curtis","william-warner","robert-j-gamble","alfred-b-kittredge","john-spooner","john-d-long","james-r-garfield","frank-b-kellogg","william-howard-taft","john-f-stevens","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","maurice-francis-egan","connolly","lawrence-o-murray","matthew-c-butler","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-13","Retreat on simplified spelling","Under heavy pressure, Roosevelt withdraws his order telling the Public Printer to use simplified spelling. Two houseguests, Beekman Winthrop and Paul Morton, are staying at the White House, and the Cabinet comes to dinner. He writes Hitchcock about illegal fences on public land and federal coal lands.",["herbert-parsons","j-frank-allee","frank-p-flint","john-spooner","charles-bonaparte","elihu-root","william-h-moody","paul-morton","beekman-winthrop","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"White House"],["1906-12-14","Inviting Uncle Joe to Lincoln Day","After the Cabinet meets and senators call, Roosevelt lunches with Ambassador and Mrs. Jusserand. He asks Speaker Cannon to give a speech at New York's Lincoln Day dinner in February.",["james-s-sherman","robert-bacon","joseph-m-dixon","james-e-watson","lee-s-overman","shelby-m-cullom","john-spooner","jean-jules-jusserand","elise-jusserand","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-15","Buffalo Bill and a medal for Peary","Buffalo Bill Cody talks western irrigation with Roosevelt, and Representative Townsend raises the shortage of freight cars. After dinner at Vice President Fairbanks's, Roosevelt goes to the National Geographic Society banquet at the New Willard and gives Commander Robert Peary a medal. His brother-in-law Douglas Robinson is a houseguest.",["charles-e-townsend","william-f-cody","robert-m-la-follette","john-f-lacey","franklin-k-lane","julius-c-burrows","furnifold-m-simmons","william-w-cocks","james-e-watson","eugene-hale","john-w-gaines","charles-b-landis","charles-h-grosvenor","william-e-humphrey","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-w-fairbanks","robert-e-peary","douglas-robinson","ethan-a-hitchcock","e-h-harriman"],"White House"],["1906-12-16","Conceding on spelling","Root calls on Sunday evening. Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews he could not have saved the reformed spelling by fighting for it, and thanks Moody for his years in the Cabinet.",["elihu-root","brander-matthews","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-17","Moody to the Supreme Court; a Cabinet shuffle","Roosevelt puts Moody on the Supreme Court, moves Bonaparte from Navy to Attorney General, shifts Metcalf to Navy and names Oscar Straus to Commerce and Labor. He sends Congress special messages on naval personnel and public land laws, and one on the canal illustrated with Canal Zone photographs.",["william-h-moody","charles-bonaparte","victor-h-metcalf","oscar-straus","george-e-foss","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lt-wright","john-f-stevens","james-b-reynolds","frank-frantz","melville-w-fuller","eugene-hale","reed-smoot","augustus-p-gardner","james-s-clarkson","robert-m-la-follette"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-18","Message on Japanese immigration","Roosevelt sends Congress a message on the Japanese immigration question. He takes up government pay, the freight car shortage, Indian affairs and a proposed loan to the Jamestown Exposition, and dines with Horace Plunkett. To Sir Edward Grey he urges tact over the Newfoundland fisheries.",["lucius-n-littauer","moses-e-clapp","james-s-sherman","henry-st-george-tucker","horace-plunkett","edward-grey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-19","Freight cars and battleships","Iowa's Governor Cummins and senators from the northern plains meet Roosevelt about the shortage of freight cars. Hamilton Fish is among a long list of visitors, and Roosevelt writes Representative Foss about battleships.",["albert-b-cummins","knute-nelson","moses-e-clapp","porter-j-mccumber","henry-c-hansbrough","hamilton-fish","james-a-tawney","charles-h-grosvenor","thomas-h-carter","j-frank-allee","henry-a-du-pont","edmund-w-pettus","frank-p-flint","charles-w-fulton","theodore-e-burton","george-e-foss"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-20","The Colorado River breaks loose","Roosevelt meets Walcott, Newell and Flint on the breach of the Colorado River and wires Harriman about who should pay to fix it. He discusses child labor law with Neill, writes Seth Low about turning his Nobel money into a peace commission, and dines at the Roots'. Nicholas Murray Butler stays the night.",["frederick-h-newell","charles-d-walcott","frank-p-flint","charles-p-neill","gifford-pinchot","francis-e-leupp","robert-m-la-follette","henry-cabot-lodge","ethan-a-hitchcock","robert-bacon","john-f-lacey","charles-w-fulton","william-warner","elmer-j-burkett","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","nicholas-murray-butler","benjamin-ide-wheeler","e-h-harriman","seth-low","augustus-saint-gaudens"],"White House"],["1906-12-21","Lunch with the departing Durands","After a Cabinet meeting, Roosevelt shares lunch with Whitelaw Reid, the Durands and other guests. To John St. Loe Strachey he writes about the Storer letters, Japan and William Jennings Bryan.",["mortimer-durand","whitelaw-reid","thomas-h-carter","john-st-loe-strachey","john-rose","william-jennings-bryan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-22","The Harlans' golden wedding","Roosevelt lunches with Belmont and Foulke, sees Speck von Sternberg, and attends Justice and Mrs. Harlan's fiftieth-anniversary reception. He offers Philip B. Stewart a Land Office job; Stewart will say no.",["william-warner","charles-h-grosvenor","julius-c-burrows","charles-w-fairbanks","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","truman-h-newberry","august-belmont-jr","william-dudley-foulke","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-marshall-harlan","malvina-harlan","philip-b-stewart","brooks-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-23","Sunday night with Taft","Secretary Taft and a Mr. Barrow call at nine in the evening.",["william-howard-taft","barrow"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-24","Christmas Eve at work; radio's first voice","Roosevelt spends Christmas Eve on immigration with Sargent, the canal with Taft, and Brownsville with Senators Warren, Long and Cullom, then lunches with canal engineer John Stevens. Near Plymouth, Massachusetts, Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast of a human voice.",["frank-p-sargent","william-howard-taft","shelby-m-cullom","chester-i-long","francis-e-warren","james-r-garfield","oscar-straus","herbert-parsons","james-r-mann","john-f-stevens","reginald-fessenden"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-25","Christmas at the White House","At six in the morning the children's footsteps in the hall wake Roosevelt and Edith, and the family launches into one of its traditional Roosevelt Christmases.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1906-12-26","Back to Pine Knot","After talks with Taft and Walcott and lunch with Bacon, Speyer and Root, Roosevelt and Edith leave for Pine Knot. He writes Corinne that Ted no longer gets as worked up about Christmas as he did as a boy.",["charles-d-walcott","william-howard-taft","robert-bacon","james-speyer","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1906-12-27","Turkeys and a life of Morton","At Pine Knot, Roosevelt hunts turkey and reads William Dudley Foulke's biography of Indiana's Civil War governor, Oliver P. Morton.",["william-dudley-foulke"],"Pine Knot"],["1906-12-28","At Pine Knot","Roosevelt is at Pine Knot. The source records nothing more.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1906-12-29","At Pine Knot","Another quiet day at the Virginia retreat; no details recorded.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1906-12-30","At Pine Knot","The Roosevelts remain at Pine Knot; the source adds nothing else.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1906-12-31","Home from Pine Knot","Roosevelt and Edith return to Washington from Pine Knot to close out the year.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Pine Knot"],["1907-01-01","8,150 handshakes on New Year's Day","Roosevelt opens 1907 by meeting sociologist Edward A. Ross, then comes down to trumpets for the New Year's reception: diplomats first, then the public, 8,150 hands in all, a record that stood for decades. Afterward he washes up, takes the family for a country drive and goes to Bamie's N Street house for chocolate, whipped cream and champagne. He ends the day reading Gissing on Dickens and Lowes Dickinson's The Greek View of Life.",["edward-a-ross","anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-gissing","g-lowes-dickinson","albert-lenoir-key"],"White House"],["1907-01-02","Calming railroad jitters","Roosevelt meets Speaker Cannon and son-in-law Nick Longworth. He writes Paul Morton that railroad men, rattled by the Hepburn Act, are talking themselves toward a panic, and that he is trying to settle nerves on Wall Street.",["joseph-cannon","nicholas-longworth","samuel-h-piles","charles-w-fulton","chauncey-m-depew","charles-bonaparte","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","paul-morton"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-03","Taming the Colorado; diplomatic reception","Roosevelt works with Walcott and Newell on controlling floods on the Colorado River, receives the Italian and Hungarian ambassadors, and hosts the evening diplomatic reception. He writes Lyman Abbott about tolerance toward Armenians, Japanese and Mormons.",["frederick-h-newell","charles-d-walcott","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","winthrop-murray-crane","charles-f-scott","j-frank-allee","charles-h-grosvenor","herbert-parsons","charles-curtis","william-r-willcox","lyman-abbott"],"White House"],["1907-01-04","Dinner for the Cannons; young MacArthur attends","After the Cabinet and more Colorado River talk with Walcott, Roosevelt sees Andrew Carnegie. He gives a dinner and musicale for Speaker and Mrs. Cannon; the guests include a young Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur. To Foulke he writes about Mrs. Storer's effort to oust MacNutt from his Vatican post.",["charles-d-walcott","albert-beveridge","winthrop-murray-crane","andrew-carnegie","joseph-cannon","nelson-aldrich","john-a-mcilhenny","charles-h-grosvenor","james-w-pinchot","douglas-macarthur","william-dudley-foulke","francis-macnutt","maria-longworth-storer"],"White House"],["1907-01-05","San Francisco's school order in focus","Roosevelt meets Senator Perkins and U.S. Attorney Devlin about San Francisco's exclusion of Japanese pupils, then lunches with Philip Stewart, Garfield and Pinchot. He writes William Allen White about La Follette and the progressive wing.",["robert-t-devlin","george-c-perkins","henry-w-taft","john-a-t-hull","herbert-parsons","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","william-e-humphrey","albert-beveridge","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","philip-b-stewart","william-allen-white","robert-m-la-follette"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-06","Sunday evening callers","Taft comes at six. Later Rashid Bey, Senators Piles and Nelson, and Commander Sims stop by.",["william-howard-taft","william-s-sims","knute-nelson","samuel-h-piles","rashid-bey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-07","Senators on Brownsville","Senators Hemenway, Hopkins, Burkett and Hansbrough confer with Roosevelt on Brownsville. Lodge, Joseph Bishop and Governor Hoggatt are among the callers, and the Shaws give a dinner for Roosevelt and Edith.",["henry-c-hansbrough","elmer-j-burkett","albert-j-hopkins","james-a-hemenway","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-bucklin-bishop","wilford-b-hoggatt","moses-e-clapp","john-f-lacey","james-r-mann","charles-f-scott","charles-b-landis","edith-kermit-roosevelt","leslie-m-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-08","The Nobel medal arrives","Roosevelt confirms that his Nobel Prize medal has reached him. He talks legislation with Lodge, Knox and Nelson, writes Harrison Gray Otis about Japanese exclusion, seal poachers and the Navy, and sends the Kaiser assurances of trust.",["knute-nelson","philander-knox","henry-cabot-lodge","augustus-p-gardner","henry-c-loudenslager","ariosto-a-wiley","jean-jules-jusserand","harrison-gray-otis","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-09","Fan mail for Mr. Dooley","After a day of callers, Roosevelt dines with Justice Harlan and attends a Senate reception for Vice President Fairbanks. He writes Finley Peter Dunne to praise his Mr. Dooley.",["john-sharp-williams","charles-w-fairbanks","nelson-aldrich","russell-a-alger","william-e-humphrey","jesse-overstreet","albert-beveridge","ethan-a-hitchcock","charles-bonaparte","john-marshall-harlan","finley-peter-dunne"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-10","Carnegie upsets the Kaiser","Roosevelt goes over the rivers and harbors bill with Representative Burton and hosts the diplomatic dinner. He tells Whitelaw Reid that Andrew Carnegie, repeating gossip from British ministers, has rattled the Kaiser by talking up strains between Germany and America.",["theodore-e-burton","james-e-watson","eugene-hale","william-warner","lee-s-overman","jonathan-p-dolliver","william-b-allison","winthrop-murray-crane","whitelaw-reid","andrew-carnegie","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"White House"],["1907-01-11","Ballinger tapped for the Land Office","Roosevelt confers with M. D. Purdy on Brownsville and dines with Straus, Oliver, Longworth and author Robert Grant before an evening musicale. He asks Foss for two new battleships, returns Nannie Lodge's books, and tells Pinchot he will offer the Land Commissioner's job to Judge Richard Ballinger of Seattle.",["milton-d-purdy","charles-h-grosvenor","henry-m-teller","moses-e-clapp","john-spooner","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-grant","nicholas-longworth","oliver","oscar-straus","george-e-foss","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","gifford-pinchot","richard-a-ballinger"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-12","Asking Congress to fix the Colorado","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message asking for money to close the Colorado River breaks. He presses Cannon for a commission on Japanese immigration and assures Captain Mahan that he has no plan to split the fleet.",["albert-j-hopkins","charles-p-neill","joseph-cannon","joseph-c-s-blackburn","russell-a-alger","samuel-h-piles","julius-c-burrows","robert-grant","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-13","New York politics on a Sunday","In the evening Roosevelt talks New York politics with James W. Wadsworth, and at nine he meets Garfield and Clement.",["james-w-wadsworth-jr","clement","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-14","Brownsville message to Congress","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message defending his Brownsville decision and confers with Littauer on ship subsidies. He asks Louis Brandeis for his views on regulating insurance, and W. S. Simpson is an overnight guest.",["lucius-n-littauer","joseph-bucklin-bishop","nelson-aldrich","william-howard-taft","francis-e-leupp","j-frank-allee","henry-c-hansbrough","eugene-hale","samuel-h-piles","w-s-simpson","louis-d-brandeis","whitelaw-reid","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","andrew-carnegie"],"White House"],["1907-01-15","Caribou National Forest created","On a rainy day Roosevelt discusses Judge Wickersham's case with Bonaparte, receives the Republican Clubs' executive committee and dines at the Tafts'. Caribou National Forest in Idaho and Wyoming is established.",["charles-bonaparte","james-wickersham","henry-s-boutell","winthrop-murray-crane","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","charles-p-neill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-16","Praise for Robert E. Lee","Rain again. Roosevelt takes up Wyoming land fraud and the ship subsidy bill, sees Jusserand, and lunches with Root, Bliss and Cortelyou. He writes Hilary Herbert praising Robert E. Lee on his centennial, wires Ballinger about taking the Land Office, and late at night drops in at a foreign commerce banquet at the Arlington.",["francis-e-warren","milton-d-purdy","alford-w-cooley","james-r-garfield","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-e-humphrey","charles-h-grosvenor","jean-jules-jusserand","george-cortelyou","cornelius-n-bliss","elihu-root","robert-m-la-follette","albert-beveridge","weldon-b-heyburn","william-b-mckinley","william-m-calder","hilary-a-herbert","robert-e-lee","richard-a-ballinger","joseph-cannon"],"Arlington Hotel"],["1907-01-17","Judges at the White House","In the rain, Roosevelt confers on railroads with Clements, Clark, Harlan and Knapp, and that evening hosts the reception for the judiciary. His cousin Emlen Roosevelt is a houseguest.",["judson-c-clements","edgar-e-clark","james-s-harlan","martin-a-knapp","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","robert-bacon","victor-h-metcalf","charles-w-f-dick","j-frank-allee","lucius-n-littauer","william-m-calder","emlen-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1907-01-18","Bamie turns 52","Bamie's birthday. Roosevelt takes up the child labor bill with Beveridge and working conditions in Panama with G. W. Dunn, lunches with Bacon, Bonaparte and Taft, and writes Straus about contract labor and immigration.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","albert-beveridge","george-w-dunn","henry-cabot-lodge","lucius-n-littauer","william-e-humphrey","robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-19","Cotton mills and child labor","North Carolina's Governor Glenn talks cotton mills with Roosevelt as rain keeps falling. A long string of senators and officials calls, and he writes Cannon on immigration, Bartholdt on child labor, and Kermit about Brownsville.",["robert-b-glenn","charles-w-fairbanks","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-m-la-follette","stephen-b-elkins","charles-bonaparte","victor-h-metcalf","joseph-cannon","richard-bartholdt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-20","Strategy session at Lodge's","Roosevelt meets at Lodge's home to plan for the Brownsville fight, sees Beveridge at one and Paul Morton in the evening, and writes Charles Fowler about currency law.",["henry-cabot-lodge","albert-beveridge","paul-morton","charles-n-fowler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-21","Fighting the Foraker resolution","Roosevelt spends the day lining up senators against Foraker's Brownsville resolution. He also covers finance with Tawney, ship subsidies with Grosvenor, reclamation with Lacey, and the Swettenham affair with Bacon and Taft, then dines at Henry Adams's. Sloan Simpson stays the night.",["john-spooner","philander-knox","winthrop-murray-crane","moses-e-clapp","william-warner","francis-e-warren","henry-c-hansbrough","russell-a-alger","samuel-h-piles","thomas-h-carter","henry-a-du-pont","leslie-m-shaw","james-a-tawney","charles-h-grosvenor","john-f-lacey","william-howard-taft","robert-bacon","henry-adams","sloan-simpson","joseph-b-foraker","alexander-swettenham"],"White House"],["1907-01-22","Shonts quits the canal","Roosevelt reviews the Swettenham and Brownsville matters with Lodge, and the Cabinet takes up canal contracts. He confers on coal land fraud and on La Follette's bill to lease coal and oil lands, then dines with the Bonapartes. He tells Bamie the British have behaved well over Durand's recall, and acknowledges Shonts's resignation as canal chairman.",["henry-cabot-lodge","milton-d-purdy","robert-m-la-follette","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte","anna-roosevelt-cowles","mortimer-durand","george-spinney","william-howard-taft","theodore-p-shonts","adin-b-capron"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-23","Pushing for ship subsidies","Roosevelt sends Congress a message backing ship subsidy legislation. Independent makers of smokeless powder send a delegation, talks government pay with Representative Davis, and writes Ted about keeping his Harvard spending down.",["philander-knox","representative-davis","john-spooner","alford-w-cooley","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-24","Supreme Court to dinner","Roosevelt talks canal with Senator Millard and Yellowstone with Garfield, then gives the annual dinner for the Supreme Court. Letters go out on John Stevens and the canal, federal pay, railroad inquiries, Senator Warren, the personnel bill and freight car shortages.",["joseph-h-millard","james-r-garfield","james-a-tawney","john-f-stevens","representative-davis","paul-morton","ethan-a-hitchcock","francis-e-warren","joseph-cannon","martin-a-knapp"],"White House"],["1907-01-25","Canal contract on the Cabinet table","The Cabinet weighs the canal construction contract. Roosevelt discusses Oregon appointments with Fulton, canal legislation with Hopkins, and the smokeless powder makers' accusations with du Pont, and wires Stevens that he will await his word.",["charles-w-fulton","albert-j-hopkins","henry-a-du-pont","john-f-stevens","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-26","Clash with Foraker at the Gridiron","Roosevelt attends Senator Alger's funeral in the afternoon. At the Gridiron Club dinner that night, Senator Foraker attacks his handling of Brownsville in a bitter, personal speech; Roosevelt answers just as hotly and storms out.",["representative-davis","john-spooner","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","george-sutherland","reed-smoot","russell-a-alger","joseph-b-foraker","ethan-a-hitchcock","francis-e-warren"],"1401 16th Street"],["1907-01-27","The morning after","Beveridge calls, and Roosevelt writes him about the previous night's clash with Foraker. He also writes Navy Secretary Metcalf on the personnel and naval bills.",["albert-beveridge","victor-h-metcalf","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-28","Novelist Churchill on New Hampshire","Roosevelt discusses New Hampshire with Winston Churchill, the American novelist, land law with Heyburn, and stock-growers' meetings in Salt Lake City and Denver with Pinchot. The Metcalfs give a dinner for him and Edith, and he writes Taft that the William J. Oliver Company is in the running for canal work.",["winston-churchill-american-novelist","weldon-b-heyburn","gifford-pinchot","john-a-t-hull","charles-bonaparte","wilford-b-hoggatt","nicholas-longworth","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","edith-kermit-roosevelt","victor-h-metcalf","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-29","Shonts, Mondell and civic plans","Roosevelt confers on the canal with Shonts, on Wyoming with Mondell, and on improving Washington with Ralph Easley. He writes William Brownell about his Scribner's essay on Lowell.",["theodore-p-shonts","frank-w-mondell","ralph-m-easley","william-c-brownell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-30","Californians on the school question","California's congressional delegation meets Roosevelt about the Japanese school dispute. Metcalf and Underwood also call.",["victor-h-metcalf","oscar-w-underwood"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-01-31","Toward a Gentlemen's Agreement","Roosevelt holds the congressional reception and works toward an informal understanding with Japan, later called the Gentlemen's Agreement, under which Japan would curb emigration. He writes William Dodd about rich men who want him gone and suggests to Mrs. E. H. Merrill an article on good husbands.",["william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","leslie-m-shaw","james-s-sherman","victor-h-metcalf","charles-w-fulton","levi-ankeny","julius-c-burrows","samuel-h-piles","william-m-calder","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","charles-s-hanks","e-h-harriman","william-e-dodd","mrs-e-h-merrill"],"White House"],["1907-02-01","Indian lands and Oklahoma railroads","Roosevelt confers with Bird McGuire on Oklahoma's railroad laws and with western lawmakers on appointments, lunches with Root and Bacon, and hosts a White House musicale. He writes Hitchcock about Indian lands and the rights of Indian peoples.",["bird-s-mcguire","frank-w-mondell","clarence-d-clark","francis-e-warren","elihu-root","robert-bacon","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"White House"],["1907-02-02","Rallying the Audubon societies","Roosevelt receives the Mexican ambassador and tells Senator Elkins he has not yet chosen successors for Stevens and Shonts in Panama. Learning that Congressman Wadsworth has cut a bird-protection clause from a bill, he asks Florence LaFarge to rouse the Audubon societies to win it back.",["simon-guggenheim","marshall","hill","stephen-b-elkins","john-f-stevens","theodore-p-shonts","florence-lafarge","james-w-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-03","Sunday guests","Roosevelt lunches with Mr. Matsukata, and that evening Robert Collier and Finley Peter Dunne come by.",["mr-matsukata","finley-peter-dunne","robert-j-collier"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-04","San Francisco howls","Roosevelt sees naturalist C. Hart Merriam, reviews the Standard Oil cases with Bonaparte, Garfield and U.S. Attorney Sims, and holds a late session on withdrawing coal lands from entry. He tells Kermit that San Francisco is making the Japanese school fight as hard for him as it can, and writes Trevelyan about Jamaica's Governor Swettenham insulting the American sailors sent after the earthquake.",["c-hart-merriam","edwin-w-sims","james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","julius-kahn","everis-a-hayes","henry-c-hansbrough","knute-nelson","thomas-h-carter","francis-g-newlands","anselm-j-mclaurin","gifford-pinchot","charles-d-walcott","g-k-holmes","kermit-roosevelt","george-otto-trevelyan","alexander-swettenham"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-05","Thomas Fortune Ryan on the canal","Roosevelt talks canal construction with Thomas Fortune Ryan, meets the Cabinet, and goes over rivers and harbors legislation with Taft and Burton before dining at Secretary Hitchcock's.",["thomas-f-ryan","lucius-n-littauer","theodore-e-burton","william-howard-taft","john-spooner","charles-w-fairbanks","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-06","An evening at the Corcoran","Roosevelt confers with Representative Perkins on the Chinese exclusion laws, then visits the Corcoran Gallery of Art with Edith. Letters go to Bishop William Lawrence on immigration, Cyrus Sulloway on pensions, and Cannon on railroad workers' hours.",["james-b-perkins","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-lawrence","cyrus-a-sulloway","joseph-cannon"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1907-02-07","Army-Navy reception; the Lowells stay over","Roosevelt reviews canal bids with Taft and public land law with Heyburn, and talks Ohio appointments with Senator Dick and two congressmen. After the Army and Navy reception, Harvard's A. Lawrence Lowell and his wife spend the night.",["william-howard-taft","weldon-b-heyburn","theodore-e-burton","james-h-southard","charles-w-f-dick","abbott-lawrence-lowell","john-f-stevens"],"White House"],["1907-02-08","Navy short of ammunition","Roosevelt discusses Cuba with Taft and appropriations with Payne, lunches with editor Albert Shaw, and warns Senator Hale that the Navy's ammunition reserve is too low.",["william-howard-taft","sereno-e-payne","julius-kahn","albert-j-hopkins","clark","albert-shaw","eugene-hale"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-09","Mayor Schmitz comes to Washington","With Root at his side, Roosevelt meets San Francisco's Mayor Eugene Schmitz, Representatives Kahn and Hayes, and the city's school board about the Japanese pupils. He has two Howard University men, Kirkfield and Thompson, to lunch, and grumbles to Kermit that Japan is being cocky and not keeping to its understanding.",["eugene-schmitz","julius-kahn","everis-a-hayes","elihu-root","porter-j-mccumber","thompson","kirkfield","kermit-roosevelt"],"Howard University"],["1907-02-10","A blank Sunday","Roosevelt is in Washington; the source records nothing for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-11","Schmitz again; coal and range lands","Roosevelt holds a second meeting with Mayor Schmitz, works on coal land and western land leasing with lawmakers, Garfield and Pinchot, and talks immigration law with Representative Bennet. He writes Senator Warren about federal oversight of grazing land and unlawful fences.",["eugene-schmitz","eben-w-martin","john-f-lacey","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","william-s-bennet","reed-smoot","henry-lee-higginson","francis-e-warren"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-12","Alice turns 23; Stevens fires off a letter","On Alice's birthday the Cabinet takes up the Japanese school question, and the Roosevelts dine at Secretary Wilson's. Roosevelt writes Taft about John Stevens's angry letter attacking the canal commission's setup and offering to quit.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","gifford-pinchot","henry-c-hansbrough","john-spooner","james-wilson","william-howard-taft","john-f-stevens","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-13","Message on leasing western coal","Roosevelt meets Root, Cannon, Taft and Mayor Schmitz on the school question and Sargent on immigration, and asks Congress to allow leasing of western coal lands. He also takes up canal contracts with R. S. Oliver.",["eugene-schmitz","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon","elihu-root","frank-p-sargent","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-beveridge","eugene-hale","robert-j-gamble","weldon-b-heyburn","james-r-mann","john-w-weeks","robert-shaw-oliver","winston-churchill-american-novelist"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-14","Accepting Stevens's resignation","Roosevelt meets Representatives Bartholdt and Williams about the second Hague conference. He formally accepts John Stevens's resignation from the canal commission, thanking him for excellent work on the isthmus.",["john-sharp-williams","richard-bartholdt","john-f-stevens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-15","Time for a treaty with Japan","After meeting Root and Mayor Schmitz and the Cabinet, Roosevelt lunches with Straus, Seth Low and his old friend Seth Bullock. He urges Root to open treaty talks with Japan on immigration right away.",["eugene-schmitz","elihu-root","seth-bullock","seth-low","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-16","Harvard '80 at the White House","Roosevelt hosts his Harvard Class of 1880 for dinner. Earlier he confers on selling Indian lands and rides with Ethel and Seth Bullock. He writes the District commissioner that Quentin and Archie are upset by a proposal for longer school days, and tells Kermit he does not care for A Connecticut Yankee or for Browning's poetry.",["charles-curtis","james-r-garfield","charles-p-neill","a-h-tanner","robert-j-gamble","nicholas-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","seth-bullock","henry-b-f-macfarland","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","cuno-h-rudolph","kermit-roosevelt","mark-twain","robert-browning"],"White House"],["1907-02-17","Alice and Nick's first anniversary","Alice and Nick mark a year of marriage. Roosevelt and Edith go with the Lodges to the Corcoran to see its new painting, The Summit. He writes Carnegie about Japan and the rising tension between Nicaragua and Honduras.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","andrew-carnegie"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1907-02-18","First meeting with Goethals","Roosevelt takes up the school question with Senator Flint and an Idaho judgeship with Heyburn, and confers with Major George W. Goethals. He writes that a bill giving the government appeal rights in criminal cases is weaker than he wanted but will help in railroad cases.",["frank-p-flint","weldon-b-heyburn","george-w-goethals","john-j-jenkins","curtis-guild-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-19","Breakfast with Dr. Lambert","Roosevelt breakfasts with his friend Dr. Alexander Lambert, confers on ship subsidies and canal contracts, and names W. C. Bristol U.S. attorney for Oregon. Nicaragua invades Honduras, and the Strauses host the Roosevelts at dinner.",["alexander-lambert","jacob-h-gallinger","edmund-h-hinshaw","james-e-watson","joseph-cannon","w-c-bristol","william-j-oliver","william-howard-taft","theodore-p-shonts","william-alden-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt","oscar-straus","robert-m-la-follette"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-20","Signing the immigration bill","On a crowded day Roosevelt sees Richard Ballinger, discusses railroad law with Representative Wanger, and approves the Immigration Bill. He asks Straus about the investigation into the labor of women and children.",["richard-a-ballinger","irving-p-wanger","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-21","Naval strength with Dewey","Roosevelt goes over the Colorado River break with Flint and the Navy's strength with Admiral Dewey and Metcalf. Fairbanks, Longworth and Jusserand are among the callers.",["frank-p-flint","george-dewey","victor-h-metcalf","jean-jules-jusserand","nicholas-longworth","charles-w-f-dick","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-22","Off to Boston with the family","After working through state judgeships and lunching with Francis Millet, Root and Admiral Cowles, Roosevelt sets out for Boston with Ethel, Nick, Alice and Edith. He writes Strachey on Germany and England, Japan and the Navy.",["john-h-bankhead","weldon-b-heyburn","william-warner","william-sheffield-cowles","elihu-root","francis-d-millet","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-st-loe-strachey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-23","Defending rough sports at Harvard","In Boston, Roosevelt breakfasts at Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow's with Arlo Bates, Dean Briggs and the Rev. Samuel Crothers, goes to the Porcellian, visits the Lees at Chestnut Hill and stops at Houghton Mifflin. At the Harvard Union he pairs ideals with practical sense and pushes back against President Eliot's dislike of rough sports. In Washington, Senator Fulton moves to strip the President of power to create forest reserves.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","arlo-bates","lebaron-russell-briggs","samuel-m-crothers","charles-w-eliot","charles-w-fulton"],"60 Beacon Street"],["1907-02-24","Groton visit with Kermit","After breakfast with Austin Wadsworth, G. H. Lyman and Governor Guild, Roosevelt goes out to Groton to see Kermit at school and visit the Gardners, then returns to Boston and leaves for Washington.",["curtis-guild-jr","george-h-lyman","william-austin-wadsworth","kermit-roosevelt","william-amory-gardner"],"Boston"],["1907-02-25","Bryce arrives as British ambassador","Congress passes the agriculture bill carrying the Fulton amendment, which strips the President of authority to set aside new forest reserves. James Bryce presents his credentials as Britain's new ambassador in place of Durand, and that evening Roosevelt, Edith and the Lodges go to the Belasco Theater.",["james-bryce","mortimer-durand","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Belasco Theater"],["1907-02-26","Goethals takes over the canal","Roosevelt announces that John Stevens is leaving and that Army Major George W. Goethals will run canal construction. He tells Shonts to reject all the construction bids and asks Senator Allison for a law letting the government investigate railroad accidents.",["george-w-goethals","john-f-stevens","oscar-w-underwood","edmund-w-pettus","albert-beveridge","augustus-p-gardner","william-alden-smith","theodore-p-shonts","william-b-allison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-02-27","Coal leases and the Columbia Theater","Another busy day: Alabama appointments with Pettus and Clayton, labor law with Representative Sherman, and coal leases with the federal board that oversees Indian affairs. In the evening Roosevelt and Edith go to the Columbia Theater.",["henry-d-clayton","edmund-w-pettus","james-s-sherman","robert-m-la-follette","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Columbia Theater"],["1907-02-28","An Immigration Commission named","Roosevelt names an Immigration Commission led by Senator William P. Dillingham, with Jeremiah Jenks, Charles P. Neill and William R. Wheeler. He tells Sir Edward Grey he welcomes Bryce, cared nothing for Swettenham's letter, and has won some things and lost others from the departing Congress. The Senate has also approved the treaty with Santo Domingo.",["clarence-d-clark","beman-g-dawes","weldon-b-heyburn","henry-cabot-lodge","john-spooner","albert-j-hopkins","thomas-m-patterson","john-f-dryden","julius-kahn","marlin-e-olmsted","theodore-e-burton","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","herbert-parsons","albert-shaw","william-p-dillingham","jeremiah-w-jenks","charles-p-neill","william-r-wheeler","edward-grey","james-bryce","alexander-swettenham","isabella-hagner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-01","Hitchcock and Shaw step down","Interior Secretary Hitchcock and Treasury Secretary Shaw leave the Cabinet. Roosevelt discusses ship subsidies with Watson, meets Lodge, and talks with Representative Hull about raising Army officers' pay.",["ethan-a-hitchcock","leslie-m-shaw","james-e-watson","john-a-t-hull","john-w-weeks","william-m-calder","j-warren-keifer","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-02","The midnight forests","Racing the Fulton amendment, Roosevelt signs an order that adds or expands 32 forest reserves across the West, from Olympic and Rainier in Washington to San Juan in Colorado. He explains that waiting would have let vital reserves be lost. He also sees Harriman and confers on Indiana appointments, postal affairs, Utah coal lands and the canal.",["james-e-watson","james-a-hemenway","joseph-cannon","jesse-overstreet","george-von-lengerke-meyer","reed-smoot","stephen-b-elkins","e-h-harriman","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-03","Archie has diphtheria","Roosevelt writes Kermit that Archie is sick with diphtheria and the whole family is anxious. Quentin has been isolated with the policemen and ushers, Ethel is in Philadelphia, and the end of the congressional session keeps Roosevelt busy. He writes Washington's Governor Mead about the forest reserves, Pinchot and Ballinger.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","albert-e-mead","richard-a-ballinger","gifford-pinchot"],"White House"],["1907-03-04","New Cabinet, new Congress","The Cabinet changes take effect: Cortelyou moves to Treasury, Meyer becomes Postmaster General, and Garfield takes Interior. Joseph Bucklin Bishop takes Shonts's seat on the canal board, Chalmette National Monument in Louisiana is created, and the 59th Congress gives way to the 60th with Republican majorities in both houses.",["george-cortelyou","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-r-garfield","leslie-m-shaw","ethan-a-hitchcock","joseph-bucklin-bishop","theodore-p-shonts","mr-clark"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-05","Lunch with George Sheldon","After the Cabinet meets and Grosvenor, Post, Gamble and Dillingham call, Roosevelt lunches with George Sheldon.",["charles-h-grosvenor","regis-h-post","robert-j-gamble","william-p-dillingham","george-r-sheldon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-06","Signing the bill he outflanked","Roosevelt signs the agriculture appropriation, whose rider forbids presidents to set aside forest land in six western states. His March 2 proclamations had already added some 16 million acres. He confers on immigration, Indiana patronage, ship subsidies and an Idaho judgeship, and sees Root and Speck von Sternberg that night.",["charles-w-fulton","elmer-j-burkett","william-p-dillingham","asbury-c-latimer","henry-cabot-lodge","james-a-hemenway","albert-beveridge","william-e-humphrey","weldon-b-heyburn","elihu-root","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-07","Archie near death","Archie's diphtheria takes a dangerous turn, and anxious people collect at the White House gates. Roosevelt still meets Hepburn and Neill on railroads and sees Dolliver, Allison and Hemenway.",["archibald-roosevelt","charles-p-neill","william-p-hepburn","james-a-hemenway","william-b-allison","jonathan-p-dolliver","maxwell-evarts","e-h-harriman"],"White House"],["1907-03-08","Archie pulls through the worst","The Cabinet takes up Japanese immigration, and Roosevelt goes to a big luncheon at Pinchot's. He writes his cousin William E. Roosevelt that Archie came very close to dying the day before and that Edith's trip south is off.",["gifford-pinchot","tulio-larrinaga","emlen-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-09","Naval personnel bill with Foss","Roosevelt discusses the naval personnel bill with Representative Foss and receives a string of senators and congressmen. He writes California's Governor Gillett about the Japanese question.",["george-e-foss","albert-beveridge","william-b-allison","stephen-b-elkins","nicholas-longworth","james-a-hemenway","frank-p-flint","clarence-d-clark","charles-f-scott","henry-st-george-tucker","james-b-reynolds","james-n-gillett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-10","San Francisco backs down; nature fakers","Roosevelt presses Root and Governor Gillett to block California bills excluding Japanese children, and later wires San Francisco's mayor congratulations when the school order is withdrawn. Chaco Canyon becomes a national monument, J. P. Morgan briefs him on shaky markets, and he tells John Burroughs he has finally sailed into Long, Jack London and the other nature fakers.",["elihu-root","james-n-gillett","frank-p-sargent","oscar-straus","charles-bonaparte","richard-bartholdt","porter-j-mccumber","frank-p-flint","j-pierpont-morgan","james-a-hemenway","albert-beveridge","tulio-larrinaga","eugene-schmitz","lincoln-steffens","james-r-garfield","john-a-sleicher","john-burroughs","william-j-long","jack-london"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-13","Enforcing the eight-hour day","Roosevelt talks with Taft about enforcing the eight-hour law and talks immigration with Beveridge, Lodge, Dixon and Flint. Lacey and Gamble also call.",["william-howard-taft","albert-beveridge","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-m-dixon","frank-p-flint","robert-j-gamble","john-f-lacey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-14","Inland Waterways Commission; panic on Wall Street","Roosevelt creates the Inland Waterways Commission, chaired by Theodore Burton, to study the nation's rivers for power, flood control and reclamation; its members include Pinchot, Newell, W J McGee and Senator Newlands. The same day panic hits the New York Stock Exchange. He talks federal railroad control with A. B. Stickney and sends Burton the commission's charge.",["theodore-e-burton","w-j-mcgee","francis-g-newlands","frederick-h-newell","william-warner","gifford-pinchot","john-h-bankhead","herbert-knox-smith","alexander-mackenzie","a-b-stickney","john-d-crimmins","augustus-saint-gaudens","james-n-gillett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-15","Cabinet confronts the market panic","The Cabinet meets on the Wall Street panic, and Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou about it. He also sits down with mine union chief John Mitchell and the mine owners, and asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to value every railroad as a basis for fair rates.",["charles-a-prouty","james-s-harlan","james-a-hemenway","george-cortelyou","john-mitchell","james-speyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-16","Harriman and the Illinois Central","Roosevelt meets James Speyer and several senators on the financial situation, and Illinois Governor Deneen and his attorney general, Stead, about Harriman and the Illinois railroad. He writes Secretary Wilson on labeling blended whiskey.",["weldon-b-heyburn","winthrop-murray-crane","albert-beveridge","james-speyer","charles-s-deneen","william-h-stead","e-h-harriman","james-wilson","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-17","Waterways appointments made public","The names on the Inland Waterways Commission are published. Cousin Emlen Roosevelt calls that evening.",["emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-18","Opening an exposition by telegraph","At 3:30 Roosevelt presses a button that opens the Louisville exposition. He discusses South Dakota patronage with Gamble and tells Thomas Page he is less and less willing to talk with railroad men.",["robert-j-gamble","john-w-gaines","porter","thomas-nelson-page"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-19","Railroads with C. S. Mellen","Roosevelt confers on politics with Hansbrough and on railroads with New Haven president Charles S. Mellen, and meets Franklin K. Lane. He thanks Ernest Pollard and the other congressmen who backed the ship subsidy bill.",["henry-c-hansbrough","charles-s-mellen","franklin-k-lane","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","jean-jules-jusserand","weldon-b-heyburn","ethan-a-hitchcock","ernest-m-pollard"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-20","A crowded lunch table with Bryce","Roosevelt hosts a large lunch that includes Ambassador Bryce and much of the Cabinet. He confers with Taft and Major Scott about West Street buildings, and with Hitchcock and Ballinger.",["james-bryce","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","robert-bacon","charles-p-neill","talbot","silas-mcbee","murray","nicholas-murray-butler","daniels","major-scott","richard-a-ballinger","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-21","A visitor from Groton","Roosevelt confers with Senator Overman and receives Jusserand, Root and George Marvin of Groton School.",["lee-s-overman","elihu-root","george-marvin","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-22","Waterways commission meets the President","Roosevelt meets the new waterways commission and its chairman, Burton and lunches with Jusserand, Meyer and Brooks Adams. He asks Richard Bowker to report on conditions in Panama in light of Stevens's complaints and departure.",["theodore-e-burton","alfred-b-kittredge","brooks-adams","george-von-lengerke-meyer","jean-jules-jusserand","richard-r-bowker","john-f-stevens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-23","Tobacco trust and new coins","Roosevelt takes up Indian matters with Garfield and Leupp, the tobacco trust with F. H. Levy, the canal commission with Joseph Blackburn, and the new coinage with Roberts. He writes Illinois Attorney General Stead, who is probing Harriman's railroad stock transfers.",["francis-e-leupp","james-r-garfield","f-h-levy","joseph-c-s-blackburn","roberts","william-h-stead","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-24","Speck von Sternberg on Sunday","Ambassador Speck von Sternberg calls at 2:30.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-25","Bat Masterson drops by","Roosevelt and Beveridge discuss making New Mexico and Arizona states, and frontier lawman Bat Masterson is among the callers. Roosevelt tells Taft he opposes printing complete government records of every American war, and tells Jacob Schiff that Wall Street sees him as a wild-eyed revolutionary.",["albert-beveridge","bat-masterson","benjamin-f-daniels","charles-w-fairbanks","william-h-andrews","william-howard-taft","jacob-schiff","james-d-phelan","e-h-harriman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-26","Henry Adams sees him hesitate","Henry Adams writes that everyone, even the President, is tired, and that Roosevelt seems unsure for once about the financial strain. Roosevelt meets Cortelyou, Root, Lane and Clark on railroads, lunches at Dr. Rixey's, and holds an immigration meeting with members of the new commission.",["henry-adams","edgar-e-clark","franklin-k-lane","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","presley-m-rixey","john-l-burnett","asbury-c-latimer","henry-cabot-lodge","william-p-dillingham","jeremiah-w-jenks","charles-p-neill","representative-kennedy","charles-f-scott","john-dalzell","robert-s-mccormick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-27","Carnegie to lunch; another dental visit","Roosevelt lunches with Andrew Carnegie, two Navy captains and several officials, meets the Interstate Commerce Commission, and goes to the dentist.",["andrew-carnegie","charles-w-fairbanks","george-cortelyou","robert-bacon","robert-s-mccormick","captain-lee","captain-simpson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-28","Toothache, boils and an unbending course","Roosevelt's tooth aches, Ted is suffering from boils, and Archie is still mending. He writes Jacob Schiff about Wall Street's view of him and tells Henry Higginson, amid the market turmoil, that he will not budge from his chosen path.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-w-f-dick","jacob-schiff","henry-lee-higginson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-29","More railroad talks","After the Cabinet, Roosevelt meets Neill, Knapp and Cullom on railroads. Wisconsin's Governor Davidson and James W. Gerard are among the callers.",["shelby-m-cullom","martin-a-knapp","charles-p-neill","george-cortelyou","walter-p-brownlow","james-o-davidson","james-w-gerard","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-30","Down over Brownsville","Roosevelt confers on the canal with Representative Marshall and on railroads with August Belmont, J. M. Levy and Frank Kellogg. He praises Ray Stannard Baker's article on the Atlanta riot and race, admitting the Brownsville affair has left him depressed.",["marshall","frank-b-kellogg","j-m-levy","august-belmont-jr","regis-h-post","ray-stannard-baker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-03-31","Easter: everyone mending","On a cold, rainy Easter, Roosevelt writes Kermit that Archie has recovered, Quentin is fine and, in his father's words, 'as quaint and funny as ever,' and Ted has spent the past three days ill. He adds that he dislikes seeming to speak only to move the stock market.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-01","Dentist chair and an Easter egg roll","Roosevelt spends another late morning at the dentist, then sees Senator Burrows, McCall and Bishop. The reorganized Panama Canal Commission takes charge, and children roll Easter eggs across the White House lawn.",["julius-c-burrows","samuel-w-mccall","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"White House"],["1907-04-02","The Harriman letter goes public","The New York World prints a private Harriman letter claiming Roosevelt had offered Chauncey Depew the Paris embassy in return for 1904 campaign money. Roosevelt flatly denies it, sees Franklin K. Lane and Senator Flint, and holds a Cabinet meeting.",["e-h-harriman","chauncey-m-depew","franklin-k-lane","frank-p-flint","frederick-w-whitridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-03","Stung by an article on schoolchildren","Roosevelt receives Justice Harlan, Senators Cullom and Flint, Bishop Satterlee and Representative Kennedy. He writes Albert Shaw that a Review of Reviews piece by Dr. John J. Cronin, favoring a handful of ideal pupils over many neglected ones, has troubled him.",["john-marshall-harlan","shelby-m-cullom","frank-p-flint","henry-y-satterlee","representative-kennedy","albert-shaw","john-j-cronin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-04","Lunch with James Gerard","A steady line of callers comes through, among them Hale, Burrows, Foss, Hull, Metcalf and Garfield. Roosevelt lunches with James Gerard and writes John St. Loe Strachey about the gloomy state of affairs at home.",["james-r-garfield","victor-h-metcalf","john-a-t-hull","george-e-foss","julius-c-burrows","eugene-hale","james-w-gerard","john-st-loe-strachey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-05","Taking stock of a record on peace","Roosevelt sits early for A. Benzinger and holds a Cabinet meeting. He tells Andrew Carnegie that Root will speak to Carnegie's National Arbitration and Peace Conference, and lays out what his administration has done for peace.",["a-benzinger","andrew-carnegie","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-06","Senators Bourne and Hansbrough confer","Roosevelt meets with Senators Jonathan Bourne and Henry Hansbrough, and with Hopkins. In the evening he dines with Dr. Jordan.",["jonathan-bourne-jr","henry-c-hansbrough","hopkins","david-starr-jordan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-07","Sunday with Sternberg and Riis","An afternoon call from German Ambassador Speck von Sternberg, and an evening dinner with Roosevelt's old friend Jacob Riis.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jacob-riis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-08","A French baron spends the night","A full day: canal talk with Speaker Cannon, Honduras with Representative Smith, another dentist visit, and a dinner for Baron d'Estournelles de Constant with Jusserand, Pinchot and others. Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about Archie's illness and Senator Patterson about the Harriman letter.",["joseph-cannon","william-alden-smith","jacob-riis","william-w-morrow","frank-p-flint","frederick-w-whitridge","davis","young","paul-d-estournelles-de-constant","lyman-abbott","george-von-lengerke-meyer","gifford-pinchot","robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte","jean-jules-jusserand","arthur-lee","archibald-roosevelt","frank-swettenham","james-bryce","thomas-m-patterson"],"White House"],["1907-04-09","Archie turns thirteen","Archie celebrates his thirteenth birthday. His father spends part of the afternoon in the dentist's chair yet again.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-10","Whisky labels and Oklahoma jobs","After breakfast with Albert Shaw, Roosevelt talks Oklahoma appointments with Dennis Flynn, visits the dentist and discusses the canal with Senator Curtis. Letters go to Secretary Wilson on whisky labeling, to Trevelyan on books, and to Lodge about the fleet's commanders, Admiral Evans among them.",["albert-shaw","dennis-t-flynn","charles-curtis","henry-b-f-macfarland","james-wilson","george-otto-trevelyan","henry-cabot-lodge","robley-d-evans"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-11","A new poem and a failed photo","Roosevelt sits for his portrait, confers on the canal with Tawney and Olcott, and returns to the dentist. He writes Nick about backing Taft for 1908, and tells Kermit about a new Edwin Arlington Robinson poem, blurry jumping photos of himself and Ted, and a planned ride with Edith.",["james-a-tawney","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","nicholas-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","edwin-arlington-robinson","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-12","Rough Riders monument at Arlington","After a Cabinet meeting and talks with Root, Cortelyou and Senator Gamble, Roosevelt goes to the dentist and then to Arlington Cemetery for the unveiling of a memorial to his Rough Riders. He also writes Whitridge on valuing railroads.",["elihu-root","george-cortelyou","robert-j-gamble","samuel-b-m-young","james-r-garfield","frederick-w-whitridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-13","Archbishop Ireland calls","A quiet Saturday of visitors: Speaker Cannon, Archbishop John Ireland and Representative Humphrey.",["joseph-cannon","john-ireland","william-e-humphrey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-14","Dinner for Harvard's President Eliot","Ambassador Jusserand calls in the afternoon. That evening Roosevelt hosts Harvard president Charles W. Eliot at a dinner with Justice Holmes, Meyer, Garfield, Bonaparte, Moody, Leupp and Pinchot.",["jean-jules-jusserand","charles-w-eliot","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","william-h-moody","francis-e-leupp","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-15","An Arbor Day plea to America's children","On Arbor Day Roosevelt sends a message to the nation's schoolchildren warning that their generation will pay for forests wasted now. He greets Harvard's lacrosse team, talks New York politics, and opens the Masonic Fair with the press of a button. He also writes that Cuba must one day govern itself.",["dealva-s-alexander","henry-w-taft","stephen-b-elkins","richard-a-ballinger","william-coolidge-lane"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-16","Wall Street rumors and veterans' squabbles","A Cabinet meeting takes up the indictment of Senator Borah. Roosevelt lunches with Tower and McIlhenny, sees the dentist, and writes a stack of letters: on railroad valuation, a Memorial Day quarrel among veterans, ousting New Mexico's governor, and Wall Street gossip that he drinks too much.",["william-e-borah","charlemagne-tower","john-a-mcilhenny","frederick-w-whitridge","charles-w-fairbanks","philip-b-stewart","herbert-j-hagerman","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-17","Taft looks like the man","Former Iowa governor William Larrabee talks railroads with Roosevelt. In a letter to Charles Washburn, Roosevelt says plainly that Taft appears the best choice to rally behind as his successor.",["william-larrabee","charles-g-washburn","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-18","Ethel plans a dinner party","Roosevelt receives S. H. Cowan, Hull, Elkins, Mondell, Clark and Admiral Evans, while Ethel prepares to host her friends at dinner. Senator Beveridge drops by late in the evening.",["s-h-cowan","robley-d-evans","clark","frank-w-mondell","stephen-b-elkins","john-a-t-hull","ethel-roosevelt-derby","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-19","Foraker among the callers","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt sees Allee, Bartholdt, Meyer, Senator Foraker and W. J. Coombs.",["j-frank-allee","richard-bartholdt","george-von-lengerke-meyer","joseph-b-foraker","w-j-coombs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-20","Fit officers and Ohio's feud","Roosevelt talks canal business with John Stevens and meets L. M. Shaw. He writes General Bell that Army officers must be physically fit, and tells Nick Longworth about the Ohio rift pitting Foraker and Dick against Taft and Boss Cox.",["john-f-stevens","leslie-m-shaw","william-r-wheeler","thomas-h-carter","sloan-simpson","j-franklin-bell","nicholas-longworth","joseph-b-foraker","charles-w-f-dick","william-howard-taft","george-b-cox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-21","Edith on reading and schoolwork","A quiet Sunday. Edith tells Kermit that as a schoolgirl she kept poetry and novels for weekends, since they swallowed her attention too completely.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-22","Defending the 'undesirable citizens' remark","New Mexico governor Hagerman resigns. Roosevelt poses for photographer Harris, talks New York politics with Representative Parsons, and sees Ambassador Bryce. Answering Honoré Jaxon, he stands by calling Harriman, Moyer, Haywood and Debs undesirable citizens, denying any intent to sway the jury.",["harris","herbert-j-hagerman","herbert-parsons","james-bryce","francis-e-warren","honore-jaxon","e-h-harriman","charles-h-moyer","william-d-haywood","eugene-v-debs"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-23","Kermit on the football team","After Cabinet and a talk with Senator Borah, Roosevelt hosts a White House musicale. He writes Kermit, who has made Groton's second eleven and also rows and runs, that Archie takes the attacks on his father to heart.",["william-e-borah","john-w-gaines","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1907-04-24","Borah's indictment on the table","Roosevelt confers on New York politics with Vreeland, Sherman and Littauer, and again with Borah about his indictment. Dinner guests include the Cowleses, Meyer, Garfield, Jusserand, Justice Day, General Crozier, Herbert Wadsworth and Captain McCoy.",["edward-b-vreeland","james-s-sherman","lucius-n-littauer","william-e-borah","william-r-willcox","william-sheffield-cowles","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-r-garfield","jean-jules-jusserand","william-r-day","william-crozier","frank-r-mccoy","herbert-wadsworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-25","Sailing for Jamestown on the Mayflower","After meetings with Senators Penrose and Bourne, Harry New, and Representative Burton on the new Inland Waterways Commission, Roosevelt boards the Mayflower bound for the Jamestown Exposition, taking along Edith, the children Ethel, Archie and Quentin, the Bacons and Justice Moody. Manti National Forest in Utah is established.",["boies-penrose","jonathan-bourne-jr","harry-s-new","theodore-e-burton","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","robert-bacon","martha-waldron-cowdin-bacon","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-26","Opening the Jamestown Exposition","Roosevelt formally opens the Jamestown Exposition marking 300 years since the English landing, after reviewing sixteen American battleships and cruisers alongside visiting foreign warships. He shrugs off the speechmaking and receptions as routine; Edith accidentally sits on his top hat. The family dines in Norfolk with St. George Tucker.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-st-george-tucker"],"Jamestown"],["1907-04-27","Up the James past the old plantations","The party cruises up the James River aboard the Sylph, taking in the colonial plantation houses at Shirley, Westover and Brandon, before switching back to the Mayflower for the return to Washington.",[],"Jamestown"],["1907-04-28","Congratulations to Ambassador Takahira","Roosevelt congratulates Kogoro Takahira on being named Japan's ambassador to Italy, and takes up the troubles facing Japanese residents of San Francisco.",["kogoro-takahira"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-29","No third run, he tells Cummins","On Corinne's silver wedding anniversary, Roosevelt receives Foraker, Cannon, former governor Durbin and a New York Central vice president, and sees Pinchot late. He tells Kermit spring has come, with an hour under an apple tree with Edith and a ride with Lodge, and assures Albert Cummins he will not run again.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","winfield-t-durbin","joseph-b-foraker","joseph-cannon","a-j-miller","g-f-dunn","brown","gifford-pinchot","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-b-cummins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-04-30","Dinner for the visiting foreign officers","Roosevelt confers on Navy business with Meyer and Representative Foss, then hosts a dinner for officers of the foreign warships in port for Jamestown.",["george-e-foss","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"White House"],["1907-05-01","Spying on torpedo works abroad","Roosevelt meets Knox, Taft and Hemenway, and talks railroads with C. S. Mellen. He presses Governor Hagerman again on why he must resign, and asks Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and other envoys to help Commander Albert Gleaves inspect foreign torpedo plants.",["philander-knox","william-howard-taft","james-a-hemenway","charles-s-mellen","thomas-f-byrnes","james-b-reynolds","herbert-j-hagerman","whitelaw-reid","albert-gleaves"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-02","A statue for General McClellan","Roosevelt confers with James B. Reynolds about the Idaho case against Moyer and Haywood and attends the afternoon unveiling of the General George B. McClellan statue on Connecticut Avenue. His cousin West Roosevelt is staying at the White House.",["james-b-reynolds","henry-c-hansbrough","george-b-mcclellan","west-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1907-05-03","Owen Wister comes to stay","After the Cabinet meets, novelist Owen Wister arrives to spend the night, invited to stay as long as he likes. Roosevelt praises Senator Beveridge's speeches and articles in his running debate with William Jennings Bryan.",["owen-wister","albert-beveridge","william-jennings-bryan"],"White House"],["1907-05-04","Pure food and the Gatun Dam","Roosevelt goes over the food and drug law with Lodge, Secretary Wilson and Representative Gill, and the Gatun Dam with Taft. Lunch brings together Governor Deneen of Illinois, Inland Waterways commissioners, Garfield and Charles MacVeagh.",["henry-cabot-lodge","james-wilson","representative-gill","william-howard-taft","charles-s-deneen","james-r-garfield","charles-macveagh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-05","Evening caller Dr. Pritchett","A quiet Sunday with one late visitor, Dr. Pritchett.",["henry-s-pritchett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-06","Two new national monuments in California","On a crowded day, Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone become national monuments. Roosevelt talks New York politics with Representative Parsons and, by pressing telegraph keys, opens the Actors' Fund Fair at New York's Metropolitan Opera House and a Schützenfest in Charleston.",["herbert-parsons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-07","Doctors at the White House","Roosevelt breakfasts with Dr. Alexander Lambert, holds Cabinet, meets Bonaparte, and lunches with Riis, Lawrence Abbott, Lambert, Merriam and Harg. He receives the American Medical Congress and ends the night on Internal Revenue appointments with Senator Elkins.",["alexander-lambert","charles-bonaparte","jacob-riis","lawrence-abbott","harg","c-hart-merriam","stephen-b-elkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-08","A bureau of health and a broken mailbag","Roosevelt talks Oklahoma statehood with Dennis Flynn and lunches with General Young. In Venezuela, the American legation's official mail pouch is illegally opened. Letters go to Irving Fisher on a national health bureau, to Sir Ian Hamilton on a Russo-Japanese War book, and to William Allen White about Borah.",["dennis-t-flynn","francis-g-newlands","james-s-sherman","samuel-b-m-young","irving-fisher","ian-hamilton","william-allen-white","william-e-borah"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-09","Planning the Mississippi trip","Roosevelt keeps only morning appointments, going over the coming Mississippi River trip with Gifford Pinchot and seeing Bonaparte, Ballinger and Warner. He tells Senator Beveridge the railroads need to be valued.",["gifford-pinchot","charles-bonaparte","richard-a-ballinger","warner","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-10","Lunch with the Duke of the Abruzzi","The Italian explorer-prince the Duke of the Abruzzi lunches at the White House with the Bonapartes, Silas McBee and Italy's ambassador. In the afternoon Roosevelt receives the delegations that came for the Jamestown celebration.",["prince-luigi-amedeo-duke-of-the-abruzzi","silas-mcbee","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-11","Horses, then a state dinner for Kuroki","After Cabinet and a talk on Ohio politics with the Taft brothers, Roosevelt takes Lodge, Root, Meyer and Jusserand out jumping horses. That night a formal White House dinner honors Japan's General Kuroki and the Duke of the Abruzzi.",["william-howard-taft","henry-w-taft","shelby-m-cullom","william-i-buchanan","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","george-von-lengerke-meyer","jean-jules-jusserand","kuroki-tamemoto","prince-luigi-amedeo-duke-of-the-abruzzi","j-franklin-bell","charles-h-davis","frank-r-mccoy"],"White House"],["1907-05-12","Turtles in the bathtub","General Arthur MacArthur calls in the evening. Roosevelt writes Kermit that General Kuroki is their houseguest and that friendly ties with Japan matter, and tells Ted about Archie's menagerie of tadpoles, tiny turtles and a little alligator.",["arthur-macarthur","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","kuroki-tamemoto"],"White House"],["1907-05-13","Defending his choice of judges","Roosevelt reviews New York patronage with Cortelyou and Loeb, sees Post cartoonist Kirk Russell, and lunches with Knox. He writes Mark Sullivan reviewing his judicial picks, from Holmes, Day and Moody on the Supreme Court down to the lower benches.",["william-loeb","george-cortelyou","kirk-l-russell","philander-knox","cash","mark-sullivan","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","william-r-day","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-14","The Butlers stay the night","Roosevelt receives Gaines, Hull and Knox. Columbia's Nicholas Murray Butler and his wife come for dinner and stay over. A letter to Nick covers the Taft-Foraker fight over patronage and Taft's endorsement.",["john-w-gaines","john-a-t-hull","philander-knox","nicholas-murray-butler","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft","joseph-b-foraker"],"White House"],["1907-05-15","No third term, he tells Kermit","After Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses Kansas and Oklahoma politics with Senator Curtis and canal business with Commissioner Smith, then lunches with Taft. He writes Kermit that he will not seek a third term.",["charles-curtis","jackson-smith","joseph-cannon","judge-grey","william-howard-taft","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-16","A children's matinee, then the dentist","Roosevelt confers with Senators Burrows and Cullom, Burton and Martin, and lunches with Root, John Barrett, Admiral Brownson, Metcalf and Lt. Boyd. He goes to a children's matinee in the afternoon and to the dentist after.",["shelby-m-cullom","theodore-e-burton","julius-c-burrows","martin","elihu-root","john-barrett","lieutenant-boyd","victor-h-metcalf","willard-h-brownson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-17","Off to Pine Knot","Roosevelt leaves Washington for Pine Knot, the family's simple country retreat in Virginia.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-18","At Pine Knot","Roosevelt is at Pine Knot. The record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1907-05-19","A Sunday at Pine Knot","Another day at the Virginia cabin, with no events recorded.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1907-05-20","Mob violence in San Francisco","While Roosevelt is at Pine Knot, a mob in San Francisco begins a string of attacks on Japanese residents and their property.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1907-05-21","A flock of passenger pigeons","At Pine Knot Roosevelt spots a flock of passenger pigeons, making him one of the last people known to have seen the birds in the wild. Within seven years the species was gone, the final bird dying in a zoo in 1914.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1907-05-22","Back from Pine Knot","Roosevelt returns to Washington. He writes Lodge about fanciful newspaper talk of splitting the fleet, and Edith tells Kermit about their stay at Pine Knot.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Pine Knot"],["1907-05-23","Keep laborers home on both sides","Roosevelt meets William Cocks on New York politics and Speaker Cannon, lunches with Taft, Cannon, canal man Jackson Smith and Judge Tracey, and dines with Sheldon, Warburton and naturalist C. Hart Merriam. To Baron Kaneko he suggests barring laborers from migrating between Japan and America for a generation.",["william-w-cocks","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft","shelby-m-cullom","nicholas-longworth","jackson-smith","judge-tracey","c-hart-merriam","warburton","sheldon","kaneko-kentaro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-24","Commencement at Sidwell Friends","After Cabinet, a talk with Senator Pettus about the Military Affairs Committee, visits from John Barrett and Pennsylvania Railroad president McCrea, and another trip to the dentist, Roosevelt attends the evening graduation at Sidwell Friends School.",["edmund-w-pettus","john-barrett","james-mccrea"],"Sidwell Friends School"],["1907-05-25","A foreword for Selous","Roosevelt plans the postal inspection trip with Frank Hitchcock and sees a crowd of visitors, including Ambassador Bryce, writer Edwin Lefèvre and the Japanese, Hungarian and Panamanian envoys. After lunch with Root he finishes a foreword for a book by the African hunter Frederick Selous and mails it to him.",["frank-h-hitchcock","francis-e-warren","jonathan-bourne-jr","james-r-garfield","james-a-hemenway","james-bryce","henry-y-satterlee","edwin-lefevre","elihu-root","frederick-selous"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-26","Land fraud and Oklahoma's constitution","Roosevelt writes Attorney General Bonaparte about land fraud and corruption in New Mexico and about whether Oklahoma's proposed constitution is lawful.",["charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-27","A soaking ride to Mount Vernon","After a morning meeting with William McAdoo, Roosevelt rides to Mount Vernon with Edith, Ethel, Meyer and Captain Fitzhugh Lee through showers that never let up. He also writes William Emlen Roosevelt about the nation's crops.",["william-g-mcadoo","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","george-von-lengerke-meyer","fitzhugh-lee","emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-28","Overnight train to Canton","Roosevelt discusses Japanese exclusion with Bonaparte and meets Hemenway, Hitchcock, Bourne and Bartholdt. That night he boards a B&O train for Canton, Ohio, traveling with Secretary Wilson, Garfield and Root.",["charles-bonaparte","james-a-hemenway","frank-h-hitchcock","jonathan-bourne-jr","richard-bartholdt","elihu-root","james-r-garfield","james-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-05-29","Mrs. McKinley's funeral","In Canton Roosevelt attends the funeral of Ida McKinley, the late President's widow, and dines at Justice Day's. Stopping at Akron that evening, he and Vice President Fairbanks walk out to nearby farms, chatting with families and drinking fresh milk.",["ida-saxton-mckinley","william-r-day","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Canton"],["1907-05-30","Memorial Day in Indianapolis","Stopping at Sidney, Union City and Muncie on the way, Roosevelt reaches Indianapolis, lunches with Fairbanks, Beveridge, poet James Whitcomb Riley and others, and dedicates the Lawton statue. His Decoration Day address calls for federal oversight of railroads and their securities, federal incorporation, and valuation of their property. The Manhattans Fairbanks serves at lunch make headlines.",["charles-w-fairbanks","albert-beveridge","james-whitcomb-riley","james-a-hemenway","jesse-overstreet","harry-s-new","thomas-taggart","lucius-b-swift","william-dudley-foulke","henry-w-lawton"],"Indianapolis"],["1907-05-31","Speeches in Lansing and an old cowboy","At Lansing Roosevelt speaks at the Michigan capitol and that evening at the Michigan Agricultural College, visits Benjamin Ide Wheeler, and greets his old Badlands cowboy friend Bob McClellan. His article on railroad investments appears in the Review of Reviews, and Everybody's runs Edward Clark's attack on the 'nature fakers.' Alice and Nick head west for Yellowstone and Hawaii.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","bob-mcclellan","edward-b-clark","william-j-long","jack-london","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Lansing"],["1907-06-01","Home by way of Pittsburgh","Riding back to Washington through Pittsburgh with University of California president Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Roosevelt writes Kermit about the Mount Vernon ride, his memories of Mrs. McKinley, his annoyance that the funeral crowd fussed over him instead of her family, and his Midwest swing.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","kermit-roosevelt","ida-saxton-mckinley"],"Pittsburgh"],["1907-06-02","Pigeons and nature fakers, to Burroughs","Roosevelt writes John Burroughs about the passenger pigeons he saw at Pine Knot and about the quarrel over the Rev. William J. Long's animal stories. A second letter tells Clarence Clark why a Mr. Camplin will not get a Wyoming appointment.",["john-burroughs","william-j-long","clarence-d-clark","camplin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-03","Navy talk with Metcalf and Brownson","Roosevelt confers with Navy Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Brownson, and sees Senator Cullom and Smithsonian scientist Charles D. Walcott.",["victor-h-metcalf","willard-h-brownson","shelby-m-cullom","charles-d-walcott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-04","Lunch with French officers","After Cabinet, Roosevelt meets Root, Metcalf and Admiral Brownson, sees Representative Calder, Charles Lummis and Senator Elkins, and lunches with Ambassador Jusserand and a party of French officers.",["elihu-root","victor-h-metcalf","willard-h-brownson","william-m-calder","charles-f-lummis","stephen-b-elkins","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-05","The Harriman case with Lane","Roosevelt takes up mine railroads with Bonaparte and the Harriman investigation with Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane. Root, Taft, Ambassador Bryce and Frank B. Kellogg also call.",["charles-bonaparte","franklin-k-lane","e-h-harriman","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","james-bryce","frank-b-kellogg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-06","Thanks to a favorite author","Roosevelt sees George Shiras and lunches with Jacob Riis's newly married daughter and her husband, the Owres. He writes author Mary Wilkins Freeman that he and Edith love her books and simply wanted to thank her.",["george-shiras-3d","clara-riis-owre","jacob-riis","mary-wilkins-freeman","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-07","Western anger over land withdrawals","Roosevelt confers on trusts with Milton Purdy and on the Inland Waterways Commission with Burton, holds Cabinet, and meets late into the evening with Root, Taft, Bonaparte, Garfield and the Interstate Commerce commissioners. He warns Secretary Wilson that the Denver Public Lands Convention will voice Western opposition to his timber and coal land withdrawals.",["milton-d-purdy","theodore-e-burton","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","martin-a-knapp","franklin-k-lane","frank-b-kellogg","william-loeb","james-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-08","A sculptor for Commodore Barry","Roosevelt reviews land laws with Bonaparte and Ballinger, sees a long list of callers including Ambassador Bryce and James S. Sherman, and lunches with Taft. He recommends sculptor John Boyle to Senator Wetmore for the planned Barry statue honoring the Revolutionary naval hero. Sheffield Cowles signs the guest book.",["charles-bonaparte","richard-a-ballinger","james-bryce","james-s-sherman","george-p-wetmore","john-barrett","shelby-m-cullom","james-r-garfield","james-wilson","james-a-hemenway","william-howard-taft","john-j-boyle","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-09","Back down to Jamestown","Roosevelt sails for Jamestown on the Mayflower. He writes Bonaparte about Charles Mellen's push for a railroad monopoly and Taft about the Army Quartermaster Corps, where James Aleshire would be named Quartermaster General.",["charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft","charles-s-mellen","james-b-aleshire"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-10","Georgia Day and a copy of Bulloch Hall","At the Jamestown Exposition Roosevelt dedicates the Georgia Building, a replica of his mother's girlhood home, Bulloch Hall in Roswell. Bamie and Will Cowles and Corinne and Douglas Robinson are with him. He speaks to the National Educational Association, returns to Washington, and names George Goethals to a federal fuels and materials board.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","c-grant-lafarge","george-w-goethals","gertrude-young"],"Jamestown"],["1907-06-11","Fuel for the Northwest's winter","After Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses federal land policy with Senator Carter and the Harriman case with Lane, and lunches with George Shiras. He tells Postmaster General Meyer the Northwest must lay in fuel before winter.",["thomas-h-carter","franklin-k-lane","george-shiras-3d","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-12","Summer begins: off to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt leaves Washington for Oyster Bay and the summer White House at Sagamore Hill. His sister Bamie is recorded among the guests.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-06-13","Settling in at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt congratulates Kermit on a good year at Groton and a footrace win, and reports that he, Edith and Ethel are shelving books and unpacking for the summer. He also writes Senator Redfield Proctor about naming a Vermonter to the Second Circuit bench.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","redfield-proctor"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-14","A blank day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-15","John Temple Graves visits","Georgia journalist John Temple Graves calls at Sagamore Hill.",["john-temple-graves"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-16","Beveridge late on a Sunday","Senator Albert Beveridge visits Sagamore Hill in the evening.",["albert-beveridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-17","Brownsville was not about race, he insists","Roosevelt writes Senator James Hemenway, who sits on the committee investigating Brownsville, that discharging the Black soldiers had nothing to do with racial prejudice. He also writes Lodge about Massachusetts railroad mergers.",["james-a-hemenway","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-18","Nothing recorded","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record is empty for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-19","Burroughs arrives by automobile","Burroughs and ex-Senator Childs motor in from Floral City in the morning, and Allison Swan calls in the afternoon. Edith tells Kermit that skipping geometry was one perk of being a girl.",["john-burroughs","childs","allison-swan","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-20","The Jusserands come for the weekend","Ambassador Jules Jusserand and his wife Elise arrive for a stay through Saturday. Roosevelt praises Kenneth Grahame's books for children, writes Bonaparte about an Oklahoma census, his receivership plan for dissolving illegal corporations and the New Haven merger, and sends Trevelyan more talk of books.",["jean-jules-jusserand","elise-jusserand","kenneth-grahame","charles-bonaparte","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-21","Against splitting the fleet","Roosevelt hosts Root, Judge Ward, Bridges, Alvord Cooley and Herbert Knox Smith at lunch, and explains to Benjamin Ide Wheeler why he opposes dividing the battle fleet.",["elihu-root","bridges","herbert-knox-smith","alford-w-cooley","judge-ward","benjamin-ide-wheeler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-22","A playful note to Burroughs","Roosevelt sends John Burroughs a lighthearted letter about his recent visit and the birds around Sagamore Hill. The Jusserands' stay ends.",["john-burroughs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-23","Quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-24","Looking back on his Harvard grades","The Dominican customs treaty is approved. Roosevelt thanks classmate Frederick Ranlett for a Harvard Graduates' Magazine piece on his college standing and studies, and reflects on his own years at Harvard.",["frederick-ranlett"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-25","Songs on the piazza","Taft comes to lunch. That evening Roosevelt and Ethel sit out on the piazza listening to the Black household staff sing. Edith is away seeing Ted and Kermit at New London, Connecticut.",["william-howard-taft","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-26","Declining the Medal of Honor Club","Roosevelt declines to join the club for Medal of Honor nominees, telling Alexander Scott that although he was nominated, he does not think he earned the medal for San Juan Hill. He also writes Nick that Foraker is still making trouble and that he will see the Fleischmann brothers, Taft men.",["alexander-scott","nicholas-longworth","joseph-b-foraker","julius-fleischmann","max-fleischmann"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-27","A big lunch and the Cove School","After calls from Metcalf, Captain Wainwright and naturalist Ernest Ingersoll, Roosevelt hosts a large lunch with the Norwegian and Chinese ministers among the guests. He and Edith attend commencement at the Cove School. To Lodge he writes that Taft means to take on Foraker over the Brownsville affair, and mentions Martin Luther and young Trevelyan's book on Garibaldi.",["victor-h-metcalf","richard-wainwright","ernest-ingersoll","george-von-lengerke-meyer","commander-dahl","john-j-boyle","witherspoon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","george-macaulay-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-28","Captain McCoy settles in","Captain Frank McCoy arrives for a stay lasting until July 1. Britain's envoy in Abyssinia, Harrington, joins him for lunch, and editor Paul Dana calls in the afternoon.",["frank-r-mccoy","john-harrington","paul-dana"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-29","Cosgrave calls; a word for Taft","Editor John O'Hara Cosgrave visits in the morning, and Captain Long lunches. Roosevelt writes Ohio Democrat Allen Thurman about support for Taft.",["john-o-hara-cosgrave","captain-long","allen-w-thurman","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-06-30","Haywood acquitted in Idaho","In Boise, a jury acquits 'Big Bill' Haywood of the murder of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg. At Sagamore Hill Captain Winslow lunches, Frank McCoy and Grace Pollin sign the guest book, and Ethel keeps busy with parties in town and weekend riding at country houses.",["william-d-haywood","charles-h-moyer","frank-steunenberg","captain-winslow","frank-r-mccoy","grace-howard-pollin","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-01","Russia, Japan and Carnegie's peace talk","Roosevelt writes Taft about the Quartermaster General post and the canal, and sends Cecil Spring Rice his views on American diplomats in Russia, trouble with Japan, and Andrew Carnegie's peace conference.",["william-howard-taft","cecil-spring-rice","andrew-carnegie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-02","Fresh trouble brewing in San Francisco","Ambassador Thomas O'Brien comes to lunch. Roosevelt writes Root about Aleshire's appointment, renewed strife in San Francisco, a German-American tariff deal, and the Hague and Carnegie peace meetings.",["thomas-j-o-brien","elihu-root","james-b-aleshire"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-03","Taking on the nature faker","Roosevelt writes The Outlook a letter intended for publication that demolishes the Rev. William J. Long's credibility as a nature writer. Guests include Barclay Farr, Alexander Grant, his nephew Monroe Douglas Robinson and Phineas Chrystie.",["william-j-long","barclay-h-farr","alexander-g-grant","monroe-douglas-robinson","phineas-chrystie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-04","Fourth of July at the desk","Roosevelt writes Paul Dana about a New York postmastership, Lodge on insurance probes and the New Haven line, and Taft about the Quartermaster department, Brownsville, and Major Samuel Reber's report that the Japanese public bears America little ill will.",["paul-dana","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","samuel-reber"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-05","Callers from near and far","A string of visitors comes to Sagamore Hill, including Edward B. Clark, Frank Hitchcock, Sir Jocelyn Booth, Admiral Brownson and General Aleshire.",["edward-b-clark","frank-h-hitchcock","woodruff","lloyd","byrne","jocelyn-booth","willard-h-brownson","james-b-aleshire"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-06","Thanking a cattleman ally","Roosevelt thanks Murdo MacKenzie, the Texas cattleman, for backing his Western conservation policies, and protests to Herbert Satterlee about Navy Magazine articles faulting American warship designs. Henry Holt Jr. visits, and Robert Bacon stops by.",["murdo-mackenzie","herbert-l-satterlee","henry-holt-jr","robert-bacon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-07","Quiet Sunday","No entries for the day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-08","A warbler, and a hard rule for Presidents","Roosevelt collects a yellow-throated warbler. Writing Lawrence Abbott, he admits a President should stick to his job yet insists he may still speak out against Rev. Long's invented animal tales.",["lawrence-schiff","brown","lawrence-abbott","william-j-long"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-09","Regrets for the Whittier centennial","Lunch guests are Willcox and Herbert Knox Smith, and Moffatt of Collier's Weekly calls. Roosevelt tells Emily B. Smith he cannot attend the celebration of John Greenleaf Whittier's 100th birthday.",["william-r-willcox","herbert-knox-smith","moffatt","emily-b-smith"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-10","The fleet will sail around the world","With William Hepburn staying over, Roosevelt confides to Lodge that the whole battle fleet will be sent around the world, amid rumors it is already in the Pacific. Other letters cover federal control of railroad securities, Southern support for Taft, pictures, and the ICC railroad report.",["william-p-hepburn","henry-cabot-lodge","martin-a-knapp","william-howard-taft","john-harrington","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-11","O'Brien goes to Tokyo","Guests at the house are Hepburn, Cochran and Caspar Whitney. Roosevelt informs Thomas O'Brien of his appointment as minister to Japan and trades bird notes with John Burroughs.",["caspar-whitney","william-p-hepburn","cochran","thomas-j-o-brien","john-burroughs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-12","Admiral Yamamoto comes to lunch","Japan's Admiral Yamamoto and Ambassador Aoki lunch at Sagamore Hill alongside the Fleischmann brothers, E. D. Morgan and Robert Bacon. Hall Roosevelt, Henry Holt Jr. and others sign the guest book, and Roosevelt writes Taft about Senator Borah's troubles.",["yamamoto-gonnohyoe","aoki-shuzo","robert-bacon","e-d-morgan","julius-fleischmann","max-fleischmann","francis-george-burke-roche","henry-holt-jr","gracie-hall-roosevelt","helen-leigh-hunt","william-howard-taft","william-e-borah"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-13","Why the fleet should go to the Pacific","Roosevelt tells Root that sending the battle fleet to the Pacific should have a calming effect, and that the Navy must test in peacetime whether it can be done. He meets telephone company delegates with Charles Neill, confers with Bonaparte, and writes on the Newfoundland fisheries, Army fitness, the judiciary and rising Japanese immigration.",["charles-p-neill","charles-bonaparte","elihu-root","frederick-m-davenport","j-franklin-bell","lawrence-o-murray","georgiana-harding-farr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-14","Quiet Sunday","Nothing is recorded at Sagamore Hill today.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-15","Vorys runs Taft's campaign","Roosevelt writes Taft about Arthur Vorys, who is managing Taft's political campaign.",["william-howard-taft","arthur-i-vorys"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-16","A night out camping with the boys","Roosevelt takes the boys on an overnight camping trip and spots two foxes. He writes Ambassador Sternberg explaining the Japanese troubles and peace advocates, and tells Melville Stone he hopes no European prince will tour the United States.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","melville-e-stone"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-17","Tariff talk over lunch","The Persian minister calls in the morning. At lunch with Henry L. Stimson, Albert Shaw, Senator Hopkins and H. E. Miles, the conversation turns to revising the tariff.",["albert-j-hopkins","h-e-miles","albert-shaw","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-18","A shrew on the tennis court","Playing tennis, Roosevelt finds a shrew by the court. He writes Senator Hopkins, annoyed that newspapers have reported Wednesday's lunch talk on the tariff. John McIlhenny and Harper Sibley are guests.",["albert-j-hopkins","john-a-mcilhenny","harper-sibley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-19","Burroughs in the clover field","Roosevelt writes John Burroughs about the day Burroughs helped him cut a clover field, and about the birds and small animals that dash across the tennis court mid-rally.",["john-burroughs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-20","Haywood, Borah and a Matthews article","Roosevelt writes reporter Oscar King Davis about the Haywood trial in Idaho and the land-fraud charges against Senator Borah, and sends Brander Matthews a short note on one of his articles.",["oscar-king-davis","brander-matthews","william-d-haywood","william-e-borah"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-21","Quiet Sunday","No entries today at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-22","Ships to Provincetown, not Boston","Cortelyou comes to lunch. Roosevelt writes Lodge about false press stories and tells him the naval vessels will anchor off Provincetown instead of Boston for the holiday.",["george-cortelyou","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-23","War scare with Japan","William Willcox calls. Roosevelt asks Lawrence Murray for Keep Commission material for his Annual Message and writes Root about the war scare, as talk spreads that Japan might fight over school segregation and immigration limits.",["william-r-willcox","lawrence-o-murray","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-24","Is Admiral Manney a lunatic?","Over lunch with Willcox, Swift, Swan and Warner, Roosevelt fumes about Admiral Manney's notions on Japan and the Pacific, mocking them to Will Cowles and dismissing them to Truman Newberry. He tells Sternberg he doubts Japan wants to drag Mexico into a war.",["warner","allison-swan","swift","william-r-willcox","william-sheffield-cowles","truman-h-newberry","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-m-manney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-25","Quiet Thursday","No events recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-26","Swollen heads in Japan","Roosevelt complains to Root that Japanese pride has swelled remarkably and comments on Root's Yale lectures. Other letters go to Taft on fighting Foraker, Melville Stone on Japanese tensions, and Admiral Brownson on readying battleships in case of war.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","melville-e-stone","willard-h-brownson","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-27","Tennis with Mr. Sears","Mr. Sears drops by for a game of tennis. Roosevelt writes Alfred Henry Lewis about Hagerman, the former New Mexico governor.",["sears","alfred-henry-lewis","herbert-j-hagerman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-28","Quiet Sunday","Nothing is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-29","A miscarriage of justice in Idaho","Governor Curtis Guild and Truman Newberry lunch at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Llewellyn about removing Hagerman, Herbert Miles about a tariff commission, and Whitelaw Reid about foreign affairs and The Hague, calling Haywood's acquittal a gross miscarriage of justice.",["curtis-guild-jr","truman-h-newberry","william-h-h-llewellyn","h-e-miles","whitelaw-reid","william-d-haywood","herbert-j-hagerman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-30","Books, printing and the Naval Academy","Roosevelt talks naval business with Truman Newberry. He writes Edith Wendell about books and fine printing, Newberry about the Naval Academy, and William Allen White on why he favors Taft and on the charges against Senator Borah.",["truman-h-newberry","edith-wendell","william-allen-white","william-howard-taft","william-e-borah"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-07-31","Archie and Skip on the bay","Roosevelt tells Root that Senator Hale is leading the opposition to sending the fleet around the world, and writes Ormsby McHarg about New Mexico politics. Joseph Bishop and others are guests, while Archie spends nearly every day out in his dory on Oyster Bay, his dog Skip aboard.",["elihu-root","ormsby-mcharg","eugene-hale","barclay-h-farr","joseph-bucklin-bishop","margaret-michie","teresa-richardson","clifford-richardson","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-01","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-02","Trimming the Provincetown speech","Bob Bacon, Alford Cooley and Peter Jay call. Roosevelt sends Attorney General Bonaparte the text of his August 20 Provincetown address, from which he has cut mention of his receivership plan, and notes North Carolina's Governor Glenn is at odds with the railroads.",["robert-bacon","alford-w-cooley","peter-augustus-jay","charles-bonaparte","robert-b-glenn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-03","Father York comes calling","Father York is among the guests, and Gardner Perry and Edward Venable Jr. sign the guest book. Roosevelt writes Taft about Foraker and where Taft stands politically.",["father-york","gardner-b-perry","edward-c-venable-jr","william-howard-taft","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-04","Saint-Gaudens dies","Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens dies. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt lunches with his cousin John Ellis Roosevelt.",["augustus-saint-gaudens","john-ellis-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-06","Edith turns 46; lessons from Russia's navy","On Edith's 46th birthday, Roosevelt writes Truman Newberry that the Russo-Japanese War teaches one thing above all: keep the battleships together, the mistake Russia made being to divide them. He also discusses the coming voyage around the world.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","truman-h-newberry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-07","Cortelyou and Ambassador Francis","Roosevelt confers with Cortelyou, then lunches with Ernest Abbott and Ambassador David R. Francis.",["george-cortelyou","ernest-hamlin-abbott","david-r-francis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-08","A refuge for Louisiana's birds","The Tern Islands Bird Reservation is established off the Louisiana coast.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-09","Lunch with William Allen White","Loeb, John Yerkes, writer C. P. Connolly, William Allen White and Bonaparte lunch at Sagamore Hill. In the afternoon Roosevelt receives José de Diego, Speaker of Puerto Rico's House of Delegates.",["william-allen-white","c-p-connolly","john-w-yerkes","william-loeb","charles-bonaparte","jose-de-diego"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-10","The Sternbergs arrive for the weekend","The German ambassador and Baroness von Sternberg come in on the evening train to stay until Monday. Roosevelt writes Ralph Easley about Miss Beek's report on conditions in Panama and sends Truman Newberry details on the fleet's sailing.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","ralph-m-easley","truman-h-newberry","miss-beek","lilian-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-11","Sternbergs in the guest book","Baron and Baroness von Sternberg spend Sunday at Sagamore Hill and sign the guest book.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","lilian-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-12","Not my fault, he tells Higginson","Callers include William Barnes, Judge Hunt and Fleischmann. As critics blame his attacks on big business for the gathering financial trouble, Roosevelt writes Boston banker Henry Higginson rejecting any responsibility, and tells Bonaparte he believes Senator Borah innocent.",["john-o-hara-cosgrave","fleischmann","woodruff","william-barnes-jr","brooker","alford-w-cooley","french","judge-hunt","henry-lee-higginson","charles-bonaparte","william-e-borah"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-13","Ethel turns 15","It is Ethel's fifteenth birthday. Taft, Root and Meyer call; McBee, Taft, Meyer and Loeb stay for lunch, and the Roots spend the night.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","george-von-lengerke-meyer","silas-mcbee","william-loeb","clara-wales-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-14","Provincetown draft goes to Lodge","With the Roots as houseguests, Roosevelt lunches with McHay and Morgan. He sends Lodge a rough draft of the Provincetown speech along with thoughts on finance, praises Benjamin Wiggins's address, and writes Newberry on building torpedo boats.",["elihu-root","clara-wales-root","mchay","j-pierpont-morgan","henry-cabot-lodge","benjamin-wiggins","truman-h-newberry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-15","A family photograph","The family gathers for a group photograph in the morning. Roosevelt explains to Higginson why civil suits against corporations are easier to win than criminal cases against individuals, and writes Bonaparte on that letter, finance, New Mexico, Borah and the railroads.",["henry-lee-higginson","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-16","Picnic, and fears of a world panic","The family goes on a picnic. Roosevelt writes David Scull about the chance of a worldwide financial panic, and Root about Colombia recognizing Panama in exchange for a land settlement.",["david-scull","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-17","Standard Oil rebates and a new bird refuge","Roosevelt discusses the rebate prosecution of Indiana Standard Oil with Edwin Sims, and meets Cortelyou and Wilkinson. Shell Keys in Louisiana becomes a bird reservation. Letters cover the fleet's sailing, continued probes in New Mexico, and possible railroad prosecutions.",["edwin-w-sims","george-cortelyou","wilkinson","truman-h-newberry","george-curry","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-18","Ethel's guest-book verse","Dr. Alexander Lambert and Arthur Woods sign the guest book, along with a teasing rhyme about Ethel begging the doctor and the policeman for verses.",["alexander-lambert","arthur-woods","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-19","Sailing for Provincetown","Right at ten, Roosevelt sets out aboard the Mayflower for Cape Cod, with Ethel, Ted and Cornelia Landon. In Columbus, Ohio, Taft defends trust-busting and Roosevelt's economic course before the Buckeye Republican Club.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","cornelia-landon","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-20","'Malefactors of great wealth'","Speaking at the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Roosevelt charges that some very rich men are deliberately worsening the financial strain to discredit his policies and force them reversed. He also meets 500 fishermen from Gloucester.",[],"Pilgrim Monument"],["1907-08-21","Back home, writing Kermit","Home again, Roosevelt tells Kermit about the Provincetown trip. Three letters to Taft cover the Panama-Colombia agreement, Army fire-control equipment, and the Philippines and Cuba. Cecilia May and Father Simpkins sign the guest book.",["kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","cecilia-may","father-simpkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-22","A 'good' trust: International Harvester","George W. Perkins calls in the morning, and Taft speaks in Lexington, Kentucky. Roosevelt writes Bonaparte twice: he counts International Harvester a good trust that should not be prosecuted, and adds notes on Borah and the panic.",["george-perkins","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-23","Admirals and a muckraker","Truman Newberry, Admirals Evans and Brownson, Lincoln Steffens and Francis Leupp call. Roosevelt assures Governor George Curry that he has no plans to remove him in New Mexico.",["truman-h-newberry","robley-d-evans","willard-h-brownson","lincoln-steffens","francis-e-leupp","george-curry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-24","Backing arbitration in Central America","Roosevelt writes Bonaparte about the Union Pacific and Standard Oil prosecutions and Ruick's removal from the Borah prosecution. By telegram he tells Alvey Adee he supports Mexico's idea of arbitrating the war between Nicaragua and El Salvador. He also writes Lawrence Abbott about heads of corporations.",["charles-bonaparte","norman-m-ruick","alvey-a-adee","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-25","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-26","Lunch with Smith and Kellogg","Herbert Knox Smith and Frank B. Kellogg join Roosevelt for lunch.",["herbert-knox-smith","frank-b-kellogg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-27","Answering Bishop Brent on the Philippines","Responding through Silas McBee to Bishop Charles Brent's criticism of American policy in the Philippines, Roosevelt insists Americans have no wish to keep colonies and do favor self-rule for them.",["silas-mcbee","charles-h-brent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-28","Zoologists from abroad","Roosevelt hosts a large afternoon lunch and reception for forty overseas zoologists attending the International Zoological Congress. Isabella Hagner and C. Grant LaFarge sign the guest book, and Alford Cooley stays for dinner.",["isabella-hagner","c-grant-lafarge","alford-w-cooley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-29","Goethals breaks records in Panama","Roosevelt writes Joseph Bishop, now in Panama, about Colonel Goethals's record pace of digging, praises Frank Sargent's report on the Japanese, and tells Lawrence Abbott about press opposition to the fleet's world cruise.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-w-goethals","frank-p-sargent","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-30","Burton runs for mayor of Cleveland","Garfield, McEnery and Foster call. Roosevelt writes Theodore Burton, who is running against Tom Johnson for mayor of Cleveland, and James Speyer on finances.",["james-r-garfield","samuel-d-mcenery","foster","theodore-e-burton","james-speyer","tom-l-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-08-31","'The Nature Fakers' in print","Roosevelt's article 'The Nature Fakers' appears in Everybody's Magazine. He writes on Arizona-New Mexico joint statehood and a Judge Noyes appointment. The boys scatter: Kermit rides with the cavalry and hunts in the West, Ted sees Jack Greenway about a job, Archie heads to Groton. In Tokyo, Taft speaks on Japanese-American relations.",["joseph-h-kibbey","charles-s-mellen","walter-c-noyes","kermit-roosevelt","fitzhugh-lee","theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-c-greenway","archibald-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","john-a-mcilhenny"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-01","Sunday lunch with Rev. Washburn","The Rev. James Washburn comes to lunch, and Bishop and Mrs. Johnson pay a call.",["james-washburn","bishop-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-02","Save Old Ironsides","John M. Parker of Louisiana and Dr. Lambert lunch at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Lodge the frigate Constitution will not be gotten rid of, and suggests the old ship go to Annapolis.",["alexander-lambert","john-m-parker","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-03","Sizing up the 1908 field","Roosevelt writes Albert Shaw about the battle fleet and asks Bonaparte not to prosecute the Chicago and Alton railroad. To Taft he surveys the race: Cortelyou is interested but will defer to Roosevelt, Hughes is curious, Root too ill, and Roosevelt himself is out of the race no matter what.",["albert-shaw","charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft","george-cortelyou","charles-evans-hughes","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-04","Edith's century-old madeira","Roosevelt tells author Arthur Train he enjoys his books. He writes Lodge that an expert has just recorked some of Edith's grandfather's 1816 madeira and judged her cellar one of the finest in the country.",["arthur-train","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-05","Lunch with Judge Landis","Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis comes to lunch, and Roosevelt advises him against prosecuting the Chicago and Alton railroad. He also writes Taft about the campaign.",["kenesaw-mountain-landis","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-06","Swinburne and Goethals","Roosevelt sends Joseph Bishop more praise for Goethals, writes Bonaparte on the Oklahoma gerrymander, the census, and Judge Landis's role in the Standard Oil case, and trades thoughts with Whitelaw Reid on Swinburne's poetry and Root's health.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-w-goethals","charles-bonaparte","kenesaw-mountain-landis","whitelaw-reid","algernon-charles-swinburne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-07","Anti-Japanese riots in Vancouver","Rioters attack Japanese residents in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. and Mrs. Presley Rixey are guests at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt writes Caspar Whitney about his 'Nature Fakers' article.",["presley-m-rixey","caspar-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-08","Socialism's rise, to Strachey","Roosevelt writes John St. Loe Strachey about the growth of socialism in England and the threat he sees in it for America.",["john-st-loe-strachey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-09","The American rifle team","Roosevelt welcomes the American Rifle Team to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-10","A crowded guest book","Lunch guests are Oscar Straus, Lawrence and Ernest Abbott, Charles Neill and Gordon Russell. Fitzhugh Lee, Harper Sibley, Georgiana Farr and others sign the guest book.",["oscar-straus","lawrence-abbott","ernest-hamlin-abbott","charles-p-neill","gordon-russell","georgiana-harding-farr","harper-sibley","helen-leigh-hunt","malcolm-d-shane","fitzhugh-lee","ralph-strassburger"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-11","Vancouver and the Newfoundland fisheries","Roosevelt writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler about naming Clarence Merrill postmaster of Berkeley, Joseph Bishop about Goethals and the canal, and Lodge about a school for mounted troops, the Vancouver riots and the Newfoundland fisheries.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","clarence-merrill","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-12","Picnic on Jayne's Hill","The family picnics on Jayne's Hill, Long Island's highest point. Roosevelt advises Taft to pay his own travel costs from now on so no one can accuse him of spending public money on his campaign.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-13","Ted turns 20; the fleet's real purpose","On Ted's twentieth birthday Roosevelt lunches with Frederick Weeks, Mrs. Young, Commander Long and George Kennan. He asks Emily Carow to bring Ferrero's history of Rome when she visits, and tells Lawrence Abbott about the 1904 Harriman letters, campaign money, and the battle fleet, meant for offensive use while monitors, torpedo boats and forts guard the coasts.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","frederick-weeks","mrs-young","commander-long","george-kennan","emily-carow","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-16","Muir pleads for Hetch Hetchy","Roosevelt replies to John Muir, who is pressing him to save Yosemite's neighbor, the Hetch Hetchy Valley. He also writes Joseph Bishop about who should govern the Canal Zone.",["john-muir","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-17","Kermit and Archie leave for Groton","Kermit and Archie head off to Groton. John Sleicher and Robert Porter call, Judge Noyes and Luke Wright stay for lunch, and cousin Robert B. Roosevelt Jr. comes by with his wife in the afternoon. Roosevelt writes Lawrence Abbott about gifts to his 1904 campaign.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","john-a-sleicher","robert-p-porter","walter-c-noyes","luke-e-wright","robert-b-roosevelt-jr","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-18","Two priests come calling","Percy Thomas calls, and in the afternoon Father York and Father Belford visit.",["percy-thomas","father-york","john-l-belford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-19","New York papers line up against him","Roosevelt writes sociologist Edward A. Ross twice about Ross's book Social Control. To Taft he discusses the campaign and Hughes's appeal, complaining that every New York paper opposes his Wall Street policy and the fleet's world voyage.",["edward-a-ross","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-20","A family report to Nannie Lodge","Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler that the copper trade and New York transit show American business at its worst. To Nannie Lodge he sketches the family: Quentin adores his French-Canadian governess, Ted hopes to graduate from Harvard a year early, Kermit loves horses and poetry, Ethel teaches Sunday school, and Archie, who loves sailing, might go to Annapolis.",["nicholas-murray-butler","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-21","Skip is killed","Roosevelt writes Archie at Groton that Skip, his beloved dog, was killed by a car, the house is shut for winter, and Quentin is left with Secret Service men for company. He writes Justice Moody about Jefferson, Marshall, the idle rich and his St. Louis speech, and Lodge about charges over 1904 Standard Oil money and his drinking.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","william-h-moody","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-22","Rowing to Lloyd's Neck","Roosevelt and Edith take a rowboat to Lloyd's Neck, carry the boat across the narrow isthmus, and row home.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-23","Chopping through a gale","With a gale blowing, Roosevelt spends two hours chopping wood. He asks Archie to be kind to the stepson of Leonard Opdycke, a Harvard classmate.",["archibald-roosevelt","leonard-opdycke"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-24","A two-hour ride with Edith","On a fine day Roosevelt and Edith ride for two hours. He writes Butler on world finance, the tariff and what makes a good President, asks William Youngs to help make Loeb a convention delegate, and tells Kermit, who is keeping an eye on Archie, to think about life after Groton.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-murray-butler","william-j-youngs","william-loeb","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-25","Back to Washington for the fall","Roosevelt and Edith return to Washington with Ethel and Quentin.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-09-26","Back at work in Washington","Roosevelt confers on trusts with Bonaparte, the Navy with Metcalf, and the presidential nomination with Senators McCumber and Curtis. He lunches with W. L. Ward and Loeb, sees Garfield, Bacon and others, and is glad to tell Root, who is feeling better, about Chinese envoy Wu.",["charles-bonaparte","victor-h-metcalf","porter-j-mccumber","charles-curtis","william-loeb","william-l-ward","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","robert-shaw-oliver","alford-w-cooley","william-alden-smith","elihu-root","wu-tingfang"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-09-27","Lunch with Admiral Dewey","On Corinne's 46th birthday, Roosevelt lunches with Admiral George Dewey and F. W. Vanderbilt, and sees Cullom, Cooley, Warner and Hyatt. He writes David Thompson about Oklahoma's new constitution and Senator Elmer Burkett on why national law overrides state law.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","george-dewey","frederick-w-vanderbilt","shelby-m-cullom","alford-w-cooley","warner","hyatt","david-e-thompson","elmer-j-burkett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-09-28","Quentin shows his snakes","Roosevelt confers on railroad mail rates with Meyer and on Pacific coaling stations with Metcalf and Admirals Cowles and Brownson, then lunches with the Bishop of London. He tells Archie how Quentin burst into a meeting with Bonaparte carrying snakes, and was sent to show four waiting congressmen too.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","victor-h-metcalf","william-sheffield-cowles","willard-h-brownson","joseph-bucklin-bishop","charles-curtis","silas-mcbee","arthur-winnington-ingram","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-09-29","Off on a three-week tour","Roosevelt leaves Washington in the evening on a three-week speaking trip through the West and South. He writes Lodge about the coal shortage on the West Coast facing the battle fleet.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-09-30","Dedicating the McKinley Memorial","In Canton, Ohio, Roosevelt joins the parade and dedicates the McKinley Memorial with an afternoon address, as the business slump turns into a crisis. Scribner's publishes his 'Small Country Neighbors.' Overseas, Taft opens the Philippine Assembly and speaks in Shanghai on China policy.",["william-mckinley","william-howard-taft"],"Canton"],["1907-10-01","Paddling down the Mississippi","After speeches at Meredosia, Illinois, and Keokuk, Iowa, Roosevelt boards the stern-wheeler Mississippi. It is his first trip on the great river, and he writes the children about its history passing by. He tells Archie this will likely be his last major trip as President, and defends a story with an automobile as hero, likening it to Cooper's tales of boats.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","james-fenimore-cooper"],"Keokuk"],["1907-10-02","Speaking in St. Louis","At St. Louis Roosevelt speaks on the Navy and on putting corporations and railroads under national oversight, then steams down the river toward Cairo, Illinois, with his old friend Seth Bullock.",["seth-bullock"],"St. Louis"],["1907-10-03","Cairo, then on to Memphis","Roosevelt speaks at Cairo, Illinois, and continues toward Memphis. He writes Judson Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission about the case over Alabama's state rate laws.",["judson-c-clements"],"Cairo"],["1907-10-04","Steamboat race and a jolt on deck","With Governors Frantz and Curry and Gifford Pinchot aboard, the Mississippi leads a dozen steamers downriver, some racing. At Memphis Roosevelt speaks for a deep waterway commission. When the Fred Hartweg bumps his boat and knocks him to the deck, he wires for its license to be pulled. He also tells Beveridge joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico cannot work.",["frank-frantz","george-curry","gifford-pinchot","john-moore","albert-beveridge"],"Canton"],["1907-10-05","Into Louisiana bear country","Roosevelt reaches Lake Providence and Stamboul, Louisiana, gateway to his bear hunt. Back in Washington the Orland Reclamation Project in California is approved.",[],"Lake Providence"],["1907-10-06","Camp on the bayou","From camp near Stamboul, Roosevelt writes Ethel about Ben Lilly, the hunter who lives by a fierce religious code, a bear chase, the canvas fly rigged for the horses, and the steady rain.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","ben-lilly"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-07","Hunting the Tensas canebrakes","Roosevelt spends the day hunting bear in the Tensas Bayou country.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-08","Still after bear","Another day of bear hunting in the Louisiana canebrakes along the Tensas.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-09","A third day in the canebrakes","Roosevelt keeps hunting bear in the Tensas Bayou country.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-10","A deer but no bear yet","Still hunting on the Tensas, Roosevelt marks Kermit's 18th birthday. He sends Archie a picture letter reporting a deer but no bear, and tells Edith he reads her letters over and over before he can bring himself to destroy them.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-11","Eleanor's birthday, far from camp","The bear hunt goes on. Back east, Roosevelt's niece Eleanor turns 23.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-12","Edith asks for prayers for Archie","Roosevelt hunts bear on the Tensas. At home, Edith asks her sister Emily to pray for Archie as he heads out into the wider world.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","archibald-roosevelt"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-13","Owls, a cat and a morning swim","From a shack beside a lake, Roosevelt writes Quentin about a cat he feeds that the dogs leave alone, a morning swim, an evening row and the many owls calling at night. He thanks John Burroughs for Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt, reports a deer but still no bear, and describes the bayou's trees, flowers and animals.",["quentin-roosevelt","john-burroughs"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-14","Three Arch Rocks protected","Hunting continues on the Tensas. Off the Oregon coast, Three Arch Rocks becomes a federal bird reservation.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-15","Only lucky shots, he says","The hunt goes on. Edith writes her Aunt Lizzie, teasing that her husband credits every good shot to luck and likes to call himself an old, broken man.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-16","Venison for dinner, still no bear","Roosevelt tells Archie there is still no bear; the camp is living on deer meat.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-17","At last, a bear","After twelve days of hunting in the Louisiana canebrakes, Roosevelt finally kills a bear.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-18","Sheffield Cowles turns nine","Bear hunting continues. Bamie's son Sheffield Cowles has his ninth birthday.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-19","Last full day on the bayou","Roosevelt hunts bear on the Tensas once more.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-20","Breaking camp","After a final day's hunt, Roosevelt heads back out to Stamboul.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-21","Vicksburg welcome","Roosevelt leaves Stamboul for Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he speaks and holds a reception.",[],"Stamboul"],["1907-10-22","Panic on Wall Street; Treasury steps in","Roosevelt speaks at Nashville and Chattanooga. To head off panic, Treasury Secretary Cortelyou rushes to New York to confer with Morgan and fellow financiers, pledging $25 million of federal surplus to New York banks while Morgan, Harriman and Rockefeller put up still more. Roosevelt writes Ted about the trip.",["george-cortelyou","j-pierpont-morgan","e-h-harriman","john-d-rockefeller","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Chattanooga"],["1907-10-23","Home to a financial storm","After stops at Roanoke and Lynchburg, Roosevelt reaches Washington and confers that evening with Bacon, Beveridge, Ryan and Charles Magoon. Three Washington State sea rocks, Flattery Rocks, Copalis Rock and Quillayute Needles, become bird reservations. He congratulates Commander William Sims on record naval gunnery.",["robert-bacon","albert-beveridge","ryan","charles-e-magoon","william-s-sims"],"Lynchburg"],["1907-10-24","Crisis meetings at the White House","Roosevelt holds financial talks with Root, Knox, Metcalf, Garfield, Senator McCumber and Assistant Treasury Secretary Edwards, and sees Captain McCoy and Justice Harlan. He tells Governor Curry he doubts Arizona and New Mexico will win statehood this year.",["elihu-root","philander-knox","victor-h-metcalf","james-r-garfield","porter-j-mccumber","edwards","warner","frank-r-mccoy","john-marshall-harlan","george-curry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-25","A run on the Trust Company","Anxious depositors line up to pull their money from a Wall Street trust company. Roosevelt holds Cabinet on naval matters and a finance meeting with Senator Elkins, lunches with Ambassador Aoki and actress Maude Adams, and twice thanks Cortelyou for helping halt the panic. He approves wider locks for the canal.",["stephen-b-elkins","james-a-hemenway","chester-i-long","james-e-watson","robert-bacon","franklin-k-lane","aoki-shuzo","maude-adams","george-cortelyou","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-26","Tennis amid the panic","Roosevelt meets Metcalf and Admirals Evans and Brownson on the Navy and receives a stream of callers, including Straus, Garfield and Delegate Andrews. At 3:30 he plays tennis with Ambassador Jusserand, Cooley and Bacon.",["victor-h-metcalf","robley-d-evans","willard-h-brownson","oscar-straus","james-r-garfield","frank-p-flint","chester-i-long","john-dalzell","william-h-andrews","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-27","Turning 49, with a newfangled wallet","Roosevelt turns 49. A Hungarian Republican club from New York City calls late in the evening with birthday greetings. Edith tells Kermit she gave him a modern wallet for bills and calling cards; he was sweet about it, but she could see he was let down.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-28","Oklahoma and canal posts; Taft to skip Berlin","Roosevelt discusses canal appointments with Tawney and the Oklahoma constitution with Governor Frantz, Representative McGuire and Senators McCumber, Long and Carter. He lunches with Booth, Cortelyou and Macfarland, and warns Taft to skip Berlin on his travels so France will not feel slighted.",["james-a-tawney","frank-frantz","bird-s-mcguire","porter-j-mccumber","chester-i-long","thomas-h-carter","booth","george-cortelyou","henry-b-f-macfarland","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-29","No war with Japan coming","A Cabinet session and a talk with Cortelyou focus on money. Roosevelt meets Governor Frantz and Senator Warner, receives Spanish-American War veterans, and sees Nelson of the Biological Survey. He assures Ted that war with Japan is not close, and recommends Patterson's The Man-Eaters of Tsavo.",["george-cortelyou","frank-frantz","william-warner","edward-w-nelson","theodore-roosevelt-jr","john-henry-patterson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-30","Lyman Abbott overnight","Roosevelt meets Representatives Hepburn and Mann, lunches with Jusserand and Bacon, and has Lyman Abbott to dinner and overnight. He writes Seth Low about the Chicago trust conference and its resolutions.",["william-p-hepburn","james-r-mann","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","lyman-abbott","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-10-31","Roosevelt in his own words","Roosevelt talks politics with Senator Scott and hosts lunch for the Johnsons, Captains McCoy and Lee, and Governor and Mrs. Frantz. After seeing John McIlhenny he plays tennis with Jusserand and Winthrop. Cosmopolitan runs 'Roosevelt, By Himself.'",["nathan-b-scott","frank-frantz","lieutenant-johnson","frank-r-mccoy","fitzhugh-lee","john-a-mcilhenny","jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-01","Meeting Roald Amundsen","After Cabinet and a talk with Paul Morton, Roosevelt receives the Norwegian minister and polar explorer Roald Amundsen, then goes riding. He meets Leupp and Garfield about the Utes' reservation lands, writes H. A. Dobson about whether chipmunks hibernate, and tells Dr. Lambert he knows he will be blamed for the panic.",["paul-morton","roald-amundsen","james-r-garfield","francis-e-leupp","h-a-dobson","alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-02","Warning Puerto Rico's governor","Roosevelt goes over Oklahoma appointments with Garfield, Bonaparte and Governor Frantz, lunches with Murray and Cortelyou, walks, and sees Ambassador Sternberg. He warns Regis Post that loose talk threatens his post as governor of Puerto Rico, and writes Richard Henry Dana about removing Rochester revenue collector Archie Sanders.",["james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","frank-frantz","lawrence-o-murray","george-cortelyou","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","regis-h-post","richard-henry-dana-iii","archie-d-sanders","charles-evans-hughes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-03","Sunday in Washington","No events are recorded in Washington for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-04","U.S. Steel takes over Tennessee Coal and Iron","With the brokerage Moore and Schley near collapse, Gary and Frick propose that U.S. Steel buy the firm's Tennessee Coal and Iron holdings. To steady the economy, Roosevelt agrees not to sue under the Sherman Act, though the deal lifts U.S. Steel's market share from about half to 60 percent. He also confers on grain-moving credit, plays tennis, and leaves at midnight to vote in Oyster Bay.",["george-cortelyou","albert-b-cummins","charles-w-fairbanks","nathan-b-scott","elbert-h-gary","henry-clay-frick","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","knute-nelson","charles-bonaparte","lincoln-steffens","william-h-moody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-05","Voting in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay and heads back to Washington. He writes Robert Bridges of Scribner's about his article on hunting in Louisiana.",["robert-bridges"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1907-11-06","'Checkered' election results","Roosevelt talks with C. S. Mellen about the New Haven railroad investigation and with Bonaparte, Garfield, Governor Frantz and C. H. Hunter about Oklahoma jobs, and sees Moody, Root and others. He tells Lodge the election went both ways, and that Standard Oil may get behind Hughes for President.",["charles-s-mellen","charles-bonaparte","james-r-garfield","frank-frantz","c-h-hunter","william-h-moody","julius-c-burrows","chester-i-long","warner","charles-n-fowler","elihu-root","herbert-knox-smith","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-07","Spreading money to keep banks open","Senators Gallinger and Heyburn, Herbert Parsons, Root and Ambassador Bryce call. After tennis with Pinchot, Garfield and Jusserand, Roosevelt sees Sternberg. He tells Richard Knott that he and Cortelyou are scattering federal deposits nationwide to prop up shaky banks.",["jacob-h-gallinger","herbert-parsons","weldon-b-heyburn","elihu-root","james-bryce","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","richard-w-knott","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-08","The Fisk Jubilee Singers perform","After Cabinet and a meeting with J. A. Stewart and James Reynolds about the state's politics, Roosevelt lunches with Seth Low and Reynolds. In the afternoon the Fisk Jubilee Singers perform for him. He writes Ansley Wilcox about falsehoods in the press regarding him and big business.",["james-b-reynolds","j-a-stewart","seth-low","ansley-wilcox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-09","Immigration Commission and labor leaders","Roosevelt meets Senator Dillingham, Jeremiah Jenks and W. R. Wheeler about the Immigration Commission, and AFL leaders including Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison. After tennis, he tells cousin Emlen he will not run for President again, and writes Lucius Swift about banks.",["william-p-dillingham","jeremiah-w-jenks","william-r-wheeler","samuel-gompers","frank-morrison","champ-clark","philip-b-stewart","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","emlen-roosevelt","lucius-b-swift"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-10","A letter to Alice","Roosevelt writes Alice, who has been ill and is on the mend, about politics and the risk that a depression could hurt Taft's chances.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-11","Why 'In God We Trust' came off the coins","Roosevelt discusses liquor prohibition with Joseph Babcock and lunches with Bacon, Jusserand, Garfield, Pinchot and others. He defends dropping 'In God We Trust' from the new coins, tells Nick Alice is recovering from appendicitis, invites Alabama's governor to a White House conference on natural resources, and discusses Cornwallis and Tarleton with Trevelyan.",["joseph-w-babcock","jonathan-bourne-jr","tulio-larrinaga","lloyd-c-griscom","robert-bacon","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","gifford-pinchot","george-von-lengerke-meyer","lawrence-o-murray","roland-dryer","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","david-s-cowles","braxton-b-comer","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-12","No secret deals with financiers","After Cabinet and a talk with Representative Vreeland about oil leases on Indian lands and Empire State politics, Roosevelt sees Baron Rosen, Albert Shaw, cartoonist Homer Davenport and others, then rides. He tells Thomas Watson he will strike no secret bargain with financiers.",["edward-b-vreeland","roman-rosen","j-frank-allee","clark","albert-shaw","homer-davenport","thomas-e-watson","lawrence-abbott","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-13","Central American peace delegates","Roosevelt discusses postal savings banks with Meyer, hosts a lunch with Root and Bacon for the envoys at the Central American peace talks, and plays tennis. He writes Willis Johnson about plans for a forestry school at Cornell.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","elihu-root","robert-bacon","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","willis-johnson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-14","Ray Stannard Baker at lunch","Roosevelt meets Meyer and Representative Campbell on federal help for banks, and lunches with journalist Ray Stannard Baker, J. R. Sheffield, Herbert Parsons and Arthur Train. Edith tells Kermit that dates and battles slipped from her memory at school.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","philip-p-campbell","arthur-train","herbert-parsons","james-r-sheffield","ray-stannard-baker","david-jayne-hill","elmer-j-burkett","chester-i-long","frank-p-flint","julius-c-burrows","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-15","Carnegie and Archbishop Ireland","After Cabinet, Roosevelt lunches with Philbin, Root and Andrew Carnegie, and visits with Archbishop John Ireland.",["andrew-carnegie","elihu-root","eugene-a-philbin","john-ireland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-16","Oklahoma becomes the 46th state","On an extremely busy day, Roosevelt proclaims Oklahoma the 46th state and establishes Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in New Mexico. Llewellyn, Foraker and McCumber call. He writes Douglas Robinson, William Dudley Foulke and Thomas Watson about restoring confidence after the panic, politics, Taft and Hughes.",["william-h-h-llewellyn","joseph-b-foraker","porter-j-mccumber","douglas-robinson","william-dudley-foulke","thomas-e-watson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-17","Treasury floods the banks with bonds","The Treasury offers $100 million in certificates and $50 million in low-rate canal bonds, sold to banks on credit that may back new currency. Roosevelt sees Ray Stannard Baker in the morning, Root at six and Cortelyou late, and writes Cortelyou about the money shortage and the bond issue.",["ray-stannard-baker","elihu-root","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-18","Dinner with Joel Chandler Harris","Roosevelt meets Representative Bartholdt about the waterways commission and dines with Joel Chandler Harris, creator of Uncle Remus. He answers Adolphus Busch's complaints that Cortelyou always favors New York interests.",["richard-bartholdt","joel-chandler-harris","adolphus-busch","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-19","Paderewski plays the White House","On Quentin's tenth birthday, Roosevelt holds Cabinet, meets Alaska's Delegate Cale over lunch, and attends a concert by pianist Ignace Paderewski. He tells Carnegie he will push for more battleships, Cortelyou that he does not want the nomination, and others about Japan, college football and the government's thin funds.",["quentin-roosevelt","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","george-von-lengerke-meyer","thomas-cale","nathan-b-scott","stephen-b-elkins","benjamin-ide-wheeler","dodge","witherbee","ignacy-jan-paderewski","andrew-carnegie","charlemagne-tower","ralph-d-paine","william-b-allison"],"White House"],["1907-11-20","The Brazilian ambassador calls","Roosevelt discusses finances with Lodge, sees Meyer, Garfield, Hemenway, Leishman and others, and receives the Brazilian ambassador. He sends Cortelyou a financial proposal.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-r-garfield","james-a-hemenway","frank-p-flint","james-c-needham","william-sheffield-cowles","john-g-a-leishman","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-21","Canal talk with Representative Taylor","Roosevelt discusses the canal with Representative Taylor and receives Thomas Nelson Page, Helen St. George Tucker, William Sulzer, Charles Neill, Frank Lowden and others.",["representative-taylor","thomas-nelson-page","g-f-adams","helen-st-george-tucker","william-sulzer","charles-p-neill","charles-w-fulton","jonathan-bourne-jr","john-w-langley","frank-o-lowden"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-22","Late-night meeting with Morgan on the money crisis","After Cabinet and lunch with Henry Taft, Loeb, Justice Harlan, Root and Lodge, Roosevelt meets J. P. Morgan, George F. Baker, Bacon and Cortelyou late into the night on the money crisis. Talks with Tokyo over limiting Japanese immigration, which became the Gentlemen's Agreement, are under way.",["henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","john-marshall-harlan","william-loeb","henry-w-taft","j-pierpont-morgan","george-f-baker","robert-bacon","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-23","Bryan comes to call","Roosevelt discusses the tariff with Payne and Dalzell and Puerto Rico with Governor Regis Post and Beekman Winthrop. William Jennings Bryan calls. After a walk with Pinchot, Garfield and Jusserand he sees Sternberg, and tells Emlen that Morgan and Baker approve his financial policies.",["sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","regis-h-post","beekman-winthrop","william-jennings-bryan","james-b-reynolds","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","emlen-roosevelt","hamlin-garland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-24","Sunday in Washington","No events are recorded for the day in Washington.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-25","Lunch with David Starr Jordan","On Bamie's twelfth wedding anniversary, Roosevelt discusses South Dakota appointments with Senators Gamble and Kittredge and the tariff with Representative Hull. Carroll Wright and Charles Walcott call, Stanford's David Starr Jordan comes to lunch, and he plays tennis with Garfield, Cooley and Jusserand.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","robert-j-gamble","alfred-b-kittredge","john-a-t-hull","carroll-d-wright","charles-d-walcott","henry-c-hansbrough","david-starr-jordan","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","james-r-garfield"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-26","A ride and the YMCA","After Cabinet, Roosevelt discusses South Dakota jobs with Gamble and the Republican Congressional Committee with Loudenslager. He receives the International YMCA and the Belgian minister, rides in the afternoon, and sees Speaker Cannon at nine. He writes William Allen White about the uproar against his policies.",["robert-j-gamble","henry-c-loudenslager","eugene-hale","chester-i-long","alford-w-cooley","joseph-cannon","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-27","Edith Root marries Ulysses Grant III","Senators Borah, Gore and others call before Roosevelt attends the wedding of Root's daughter Edith to Ulysses S. Grant III. Jack Greenway and the Longworths are White House houseguests, and Roosevelt rides three hours with Greenway and Fitzhugh Lee. Letters go to Henry White on the panic abroad, Bishop on a House visit to the Canal Zone, Root on Japan, and Lawrence Abbott on corporations.",["william-e-borah","thomas-p-gore","samuel-h-piles","james-a-tawney","lee-s-overman","george-sutherland","edith-root","ulysses-s-grant-iii","elihu-root","john-c-greenway","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","fitzhugh-lee","captain-crimmins","henry-white","joseph-bucklin-bishop","lawrence-abbott"],"White House"],["1907-11-28","Thanksgiving trip to Montpelier","On Thanksgiving morning Roosevelt, Edith, Quentin, the Longworths, the Rixeys and the Cooleys travel to Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia home as restored by the du Ponts. They spend under two hours there and are back in Washington by four for Thanksgiving dinner.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","presley-m-rixey","alford-w-cooley","james-madison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-11-29","Dinner for Panama's President Amador","After Cabinet and calls from Senators Dillingham, Latimer and Curtis, Roosevelt confers with Panama's President Manuel Amador and plays tennis with Nick Longworth, Meyer and Jusserand. That night he gives Amador a dinner with Root, Admiral Evans, General Bell, Commander Sims, Pinchot and others; Colonel and Mrs. Howze stay over.",["william-p-dillingham","asbury-c-latimer","james-c-needham","charles-curtis","manuel-amador-guerrero","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","nicholas-longworth","robley-d-evans","elihu-root","robert-shaw-oliver","james-a-tawney","william-b-mckinley","robert-bacon","j-franklin-bell","robert-l-howze","william-s-sims","gifford-pinchot"],"White House"],["1907-11-30","Ted battered, Archie ill, Alice's operation","A crowded day of callers includes Gompers, Senators Allison, Depew and Beveridge, and the envoys of France and Russia. Ted arrives from Harvard, banged up from football and a three-story fall in a broken elevator. Archie, unhappy at Groton and looking very ill, is withdrawn for the year and operated on to ease his headaches. Alice's appendix is removed at the White House. Roosevelt chides Quentin about his weight.",["samuel-gompers","william-b-allison","robert-j-gamble","henry-c-hansbrough","lee-s-overman","chauncey-m-depew","reed-smoot","porter-j-mccumber","davis","albert-beveridge","william-w-cocks","william-e-humphrey","hayes","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1907-12-01","A Sunday letter about the panic","On a quiet Sunday Roosevelt writes his friend and physician Dr. Alexander Lambert about the financial panic gripping the country.",["alexander-lambert"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-02","Anniversary gift as Congress convenes","On their 21st wedding anniversary Edith gives Roosevelt Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a gift he treasures. The 60th Congress opens, and he spends the day on currency and railroad law with senators, plays tennis with Jusserand and Pinchot, then laughs his way through the comedy Brewster's Millions.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-c-hansbrough","cooper","nelson-aldrich","winthrop-murray-crane","albert-beveridge","robert-m-la-follette","charles-a-culberson","levi-ankeny","charles-w-f-dick","w-bourke-cockran","charles-e-littlefield","edmund-h-hinshaw","shuzo-aoki","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","herbert-knox-smith","william-howard-taft","william-simpson"],"Columbia Theater"],["1907-12-03","Annual Message calls for income tax","Roosevelt's Annual Message goes to Congress, pressing for reform and proposing both an inheritance tax and an income tax. A congressional committee calls to report the session open, the Cabinet meets, and he walks with Jusserand and Winthrop before an evening on finance bills with Aldrich and Crane.",["jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","nelson-aldrich","winthrop-murray-crane","henry-clay-frick","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-04","A rebuke for Puerto Rico's governor","Roosevelt sees Lodge and a line of other callers, receives German Ambassador von Sternberg at five, and takes an afternoon walk. By letter he scolds Puerto Rico's governor, Regis Post, for careless public remarks.",["regis-h-post","henry-cabot-lodge","george-c-perkins","warner","gaines","jesse-overstreet","weeks","powell-clayton","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-05","Brander Matthews comes to stay","Governor Cummins, naturalist C. Hart Merriam and Dr. Rixey join Roosevelt for lunch, and more lawmakers call. After a ride he dines with Columbia professor Brander Matthews and Yale's Thomas Lounsbury, who both spend the night at the White House.",["albert-b-cummins","harry-s-new","w-m-bullitt","c-hart-merriam","presley-m-rixey","victor-h-metcalf","oscar-w-underwood","j-adam-bede","thomas-e-byrnes","william-barnes-jr","brander-matthews","thomas-r-lounsbury"],"White House"],["1907-12-06","Federal troops ordered to Nevada","With Nevada's gold camps sliding toward lawlessness, Governor John Sparks asks for help and Roosevelt sends Army troops under General Funston. He also tours the Corcoran with Brander Matthews, plays tennis, and dines with friends from his Louisiana bear hunt.",["brander-matthews","frank-b-kellogg","william-p-frye","moses-e-clapp","anselm-j-mclaurin","j-adam-bede","campbell","davenport","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop","robert-bacon","william-loeb","gifford-pinchot","jacob-m-dickinson","cecil-a-lyon","fitzhugh-lee","frederick-funston","john-sparks","robert-shaw-oliver"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1907-12-07","A bird refuge for Louisiana","Roosevelt sets aside East Timbalier Island in Louisiana as a bird reservation. He greets the ambassadors of Mexico, Italy and Britain, lunches with Captains Lee and McCoy and a Mr. Sargent, and rides. Mrs. J. West Roosevelt is staying at the White House.",["townsend","gaines","augustus-p-gardner","mcguire","governor-smith","victor-h-metcalf","francis-m-cockrell","captain-lee","frank-r-mccoy","sargent","mrs-j-west-roosevelt","morgan-llewellyn"],"White House"],["1907-12-08","Evening callers on a Sunday","A quiet Sunday ends with two evening visitors: Representative Fassett at nine, then diplomat William Rockhill half an hour later.",["j-sloat-fassett","william-w-rockhill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-09","A loving cup for Trevelyan","Roosevelt meets a long list of lawmakers along with labor leader Samuel Gompers, and lunches with Thomas Watson, Cortelyou and Straus. He tells historian George Otto Trevelyan that he, Lodge and Root are sending a silver loving cup to honor his books on the American Revolution.",["francis-e-warren","john-d-long","moses-e-clapp","jonathan-bourne-jr","george-c-perkins","charles-w-fairbanks","william-p-hepburn","julius-kahn","j-sloat-fassett","samuel-gompers","charles-p-neill","thomas-e-watson","george-cortelyou","oscar-straus","william-loeb","smith","george-otto-trevelyan","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-10","Lunch with Ambassador Bryce","After the Cabinet meets and a few congressmen call, Roosevelt lunches with British Ambassador James Bryce and Secretary Root, plays tennis with Garfield, Cooley and Jusserand, and dines at Lodge's.",["jesse-overstreet","j-adam-bede","william-e-humphrey","james-bryce","herbert","dodge","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-11","Conservation allies at day's end","Roosevelt sees John Sharp Williams, Bonaparte and Meyer among the day's callers, lunches with his son-in-law Nick Longworth and others, rides, and closes the afternoon with Garfield, Pinchot and Beveridge.",["john-sharp-williams","j-adam-bede","george-sutherland","charles-bonaparte","george-von-lengerke-meyer","hitchcock","wheeler","henry-s-pritchett","william-loeb","nicholas-longworth","mulvane","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-12","No third term, Roosevelt declares","Roosevelt makes it public: he will not seek a third term as President, and he writes Taft about the statement. Between meetings on California appointments and lunch with Hoke Smith and Frank Kellogg, he still finds time for tennis with Garfield, Jusserand and Cooley.",["thomas-e-watson","frank-p-flint","george-c-perkins","joseph-r-knowland","hoke-smith","frank-b-kellogg","driscoll","o-neill","john-d-long","warner","barton","j-sloat-fassett","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","james-r-garfield","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-13","Cortelyou's panic report","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt sees senators and congressmen, lunches with Elliott and Assistant Navy Secretary Newberry, rides, and writes Treasury Secretary Cortelyou about his report on the panic.",["truman-h-newberry","charles-curtis","francis-e-warren","hopkins","william-p-hepburn","j-sloat-fassett","elliott","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-14","Postal business and a walk","A light Saturday: Roosevelt goes over postal matters with Postmaster General Meyer, confers with Vice President Fairbanks, and takes a walk.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-15","Aboard the Mayflower for Hampton Roads","Roosevelt boards the presidential yacht Mayflower bound for the Virginia coast. Along are Edith, Ethel, Bamie and her husband Will Cowles, cabinet and navy families, his niece Corinne Robinson and Belle Hagner. Before sailing he writes Senator Warren about bullet evidence in the Brownsville affair, pushing back on Senator Foraker.",["william-crozier","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","victor-h-metcalf","truman-h-newberry","willard-h-brownson","william-s-sims","corinne-douglas-robinson","isabella-hagner","francis-e-warren","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-16","The Great White Fleet sails","From the deck of the Mayflower at Hampton Roads, Roosevelt speaks and then watches sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Robley Evans steam out on a voyage around the world. The cruise is meant to show Japan the nation's resolve, build support in Congress for the Navy, and prove a whole battle fleet can circle the globe. He returns to Washington.",["robley-d-evans"],"Hampton Roads"],["1907-12-17","Bring the troops home from Nevada","With Nevada calm since the soldiers arrived, Roosevelt wires Governor Sparks that he means to pull them out soon. He also meets the Cabinet, talks Missouri appointments with Representative Bartholdt, and plays tennis.",["richard-bartholdt","thomas-w-lawson","warner","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","john-sparks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-18","Why not a third term","Roosevelt sees Lodge and other lawmakers and goes riding. To English writer Frederic Harrison he lays out his reasons for stepping aside after this term, and mentions the introduction he wrote for Jeremiah Curtin's The Mongols: A History.",["charles-w-fulton","henry-cabot-lodge","redfield-proctor","joseph-m-dixon","william-p-dillingham","robert-j-gamble","j-adam-bede","oscar-w-underwood","william-m-calder","frederic-harrison","jeremiah-curtin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-19","Tonto National Monument proclaimed","Roosevelt protects the cliff dwellings of Tonto in Arizona as a national monument. He sees Senators Warren, Cullom and Hale and Governor Hoggatt, plays tennis with Jusserand, Meyer and Nick Longworth, and hosts the Cabinet dinner.",["francis-e-warren","hopkins","william-lorimer","woodruff","j-a-stewart","shelby-m-cullom","eugene-hale","wilford-b-hoggatt","james-s-sherman","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","nicholas-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-20","Troops coming out of Nevada","Hearing nothing back from Governor Sparks, Roosevelt wires that he has decided to withdraw federal troops from Nevada. He also lunches with canal chief George Goethals, rides, and spends the evening with Root, Bacon and Taft.",["samuel-h-piles","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","woodruff","shelby-m-cullom","george-w-goethals","elihu-root","robert-bacon","william-howard-taft","john-sparks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-21","Central American peace delegates welcomed","Roosevelt hosts the delegates to the Central American Peace Conference and talks New York politics with Herbert Parsons. He writes a long letter to Cecil Spring-Rice touching on his friend's frustration with diplomatic life, Australia, population and the panic, and tells Thomas Watson why printing greenbacks is no cure.",["herbert-parsons","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","j-a-merritt","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon","julius-c-burrows","william-b-allison","charles-w-fulton","jonathan-bourne-jr","warner","nicholas-longworth","wilford-b-hoggatt","jean-jules-jusserand","cecil-spring-rice","thomas-e-watson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-22","Taft versus Foraker in Ohio","On Sunday evening Postmaster General Meyer and Secretary Root call. Roosevelt writes Arizona's Governor Kibbey about maneuvering ahead of the Republican convention, where Taft's backers are battling Foraker's.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","elihu-root","joseph-h-kibbey","william-howard-taft","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-23","A grandnephew is born to Franklin and Eleanor","James Roosevelt, son of Franklin and Eleanor, is born. Roosevelt sits for photographer Frederick Hyde, discusses Pacific Coast defenses with Flint and Humphrey, and lunches with Leo Rowe and Kitagaki. He tells Charles Magoon the pitcher and basin Magoon sent will be Edith's Christmas present, and asks Bonaparte about stopping union boycotts.",["james-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","frederick-hyde","john-d-long","elmer-j-burkett","j-adam-bede","bowers","james-r-garfield","frank-p-flint","william-e-humphrey","george-s-nixon","leo-s-rowe","kitagaki","charles-e-magoon","charles-bonaparte","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-24","Christmas tree at the German Embassy","On Christmas Eve Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, talks finance with Senator Hansbrough, and stops by the German Embassy to admire its Christmas tree before tennis with Pinchot and Jusserand. He tells Root that Panama has no say at all over the waters approaching the Canal Zone.",["henry-c-hansbrough","francis-j-heney","wilford-b-hoggatt","jonathan-bourne-jr","nicholas-longworth","beekman-winthrop","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","elihu-root"],"German Embassy"],["1907-12-25","Christmas at the White House","At seven in the morning the children, Alice and Nick included, pile onto the bed to open stockings, then everyone heads to the library for presents. Roosevelt rides three hours with Root, Lodge, Fitz Lee, Ted, Kermit and Ethel, admires Archie's tree, and plays an hour and a half of tennis, while Quentin's three friends roughhouse all evening.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","fitzhugh-lee","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","william-loeb","william-howard-taft","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"White House"],["1907-12-26","Off to Pine Knot for the holidays","Roosevelt heads for the family's Virginia cabin, Pine Knot, stopping in Charlottesville. He protests a New York Tribune editorial claiming Admiral Brownson quit over the order putting naval doctors in command of hospital ships, and tells Arthur Lee why he won't run again and about Philip de László's wish to paint him.",["hart-lyman","willard-h-brownson","arthur-lee","philip-de-laszlo"],"Washington, D.C."],["1907-12-27","At Pine Knot","Roosevelt is at Pine Knot, the family's retreat in the Virginia woods. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Pine Knot"],["1907-12-28","Nevada must call its legislature","From Pine Knot Roosevelt wires Governor Sparks that Nevada's legislature must be summoned at once. Keeping order is the state's job, he says, and if the call does not go out within five days the federal troops will leave.",["john-sparks"],"Pine Knot"],["1907-12-29","Report on the panic arrives","Roosevelt remains at Pine Knot as Treasury Secretary Cortelyou turns in his account of the autumn's financial panic.",["george-cortelyou"],"Pine Knot"],["1907-12-30","Back to Washington from Pine Knot","Roosevelt leaves Pine Knot in the afternoon and has appointments that evening in Washington. He writes Alabama judge John C. Anderson to praise him for enjoining state railroad regulation laws.",["john-c-anderson"],"Pine Knot"],["1907-12-31","Year ends as the panic eases","Roosevelt closes 1907 with tennis and letters: to Taft on Ohio politics and Foraker, to Leo Rowe on ties with South America, and to Owen Wister on scholarship in America. With the economy recovering, the panic is over. Scribner's publishes his \"In the Louisiana Canebrakes.\"",["jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","leo-s-rowe","owen-wister"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-01","Six thousand at the New Year's reception","Roosevelt opens 1908 with breakfast with Captain Greenaway, then greets some 6,000 people at the New Year's reception. That afternoon he takes a hard two-hour ride with his children and their cousins and friends, and writes Trevelyan about the inscribed loving cup and the Revolution.",["john-c-greenway","george-otto-trevelyan"],"White House"],["1908-01-02","Howard Pyle comes to lunch","Roosevelt names J. E. Pillsbury to head the Bureau of Navigation, tours the Corcoran early, and lunches with Taft, illustrator Howard Pyle and Eugene Philbin. He writes Archie at Groton about Edith's fondness for the little dog Scamp, and congratulates Bonaparte on a Chicago speech on the misdeeds of the rich.",["john-e-pillsbury","william-howard-taft","james-b-mccreary","knute-nelson","victor-h-metcalf","seth-bullock","howard-pyle","eugene-a-philbin","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte","george-cortelyou"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1908-01-03","A musicale after dinner","After the Cabinet meeting and a few callers, Roosevelt plays tennis and hosts Goethals, Rockhill, Whitelaw Reid and Beveridge at dinner, followed by music.",["jonathan-bourne-jr","s-n-d-north","peter-v-degraw","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","albert-beveridge","whitelaw-reid","william-w-rockhill","george-w-goethals"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-04","Doctors to command hospital ships","Roosevelt hears from Charles Neill on labor conditions in Nevada and from Representative Humphrey on Puget Sound defenses, and sees Jacob Riis and Seth Bullock. He orders that medical officers will now command Navy hospital ships, and grumbles to Senator Warren about how badly many Army officers ride.",["charles-p-neill","lawrence-o-murray","william-e-humphrey","elihu-root","victor-h-metcalf","jacob-riis","seth-bullock","john-dalzell","julius-kahn","frank-s-butterworth","john-sparks","francis-e-warren"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-05","Seth Bullock stays over","Roosevelt's old Dakota friend Seth Bullock and his wife spend Sunday night at the White House.",["seth-bullock"],"White House"],["1908-01-06","More power for Goethals","As Congress returns, Roosevelt widens the authority of Colonel Goethals as chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission. He poses for Mr. Hyde on the South Portico, plays tennis, and writes Taft about removing federal officeholders.",["herbert-parsons","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","william-s-bennet","george-w-goethals","william-howard-taft","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-c-hansbrough","francis-e-warren","albert-beveridge","murray","c-h-treat","frederick-hyde","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","matthew-hale"],"White House"],["1908-01-07","Aldrich offers an emergency currency bill","Senator Aldrich introduces a bill allowing $500 million in emergency currency when credit tightens. Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, lunches with Taft, Longworth and Seth Bullock, walks, and he and Edith dine with Vice President Fairbanks.",["thomas-h-carter","moses-e-clapp","james-a-hemenway","gaines","robert-bacon","charles-a-prouty","nelson-aldrich","william-howard-taft","nicholas-longworth","kelly","seth-bullock","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-08","George Ade at the table","Roosevelt confers with Payne and Dalzell, the House's tariff men, and lunches with humorist George Ade, Robert Porter and Sloan Simpson, who stays the night. After a ride he dines with Captain Lee.",["sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","elihu-root","moses-e-clapp","lee-s-overman","johnston","john-j-mccook","townsend","sloan-simpson","george-ade","robert-p-porter","captain-lee"],"White House"],["1908-01-09","Muir Woods saved","Roosevelt proclaims Muir Woods in California a national monument, protecting its redwoods. Taft and La Follette are among the day's callers, he rides at three, and that night hosts the diplomatic reception. He sends George Meredith congratulations on the novelist's 80th birthday.",["william-howard-taft","james-wilson","robert-m-la-follette","jonathan-bourne-jr","nicholas-murray-butler","hopkins","george-meredith"],"White House"],["1908-01-10","A dinner for Speaker Cannon","Roosevelt sorts out Nebraska postal jobs with Senators Burkett and Brown and later hosts a dinner and musicale honoring Speaker Joe Cannon. In New York, Taft speaks at Cooper Union on the origins of property. Roosevelt thanks his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson for managing his money.",["elmer-j-burkett","norris-brown","william-howard-taft","alford-w-cooley","harlan","samuel-d-mcenery","joseph-cannon","william-e-borah","john-sharp-williams","herbert-putnam","sereno-e-payne","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-11","Grand Canyon becomes a national monument","Roosevelt proclaims the Grand Canyon a national monument. He discusses fortifying Pearl Harbor, the tariff and an employers' liability bill, lunches and walks with Jusserand, and writes about saving Appalachian forests, better language teaching at West Point, and his record for working people.",["julius-kahn","everis-a-hayes","weldon-b-heyburn","philander-knox","leslie-m-shaw","herbert-knox-smith","seth-bullock","francis-v-greene","john-g-capers","taliaferro","jean-jules-jusserand","licon-johnson","william-howard-taft","william-r-day"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-12","Senators on a Sunday","Senators Warner and Warren call in the afternoon, and Roosevelt writes Cortelyou about the currency bill.",["william-warner","francis-e-warren","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-13","Pursuing land fraud","Roosevelt goes over land fraud prosecutions with Garfield and Ballinger and sees Bonaparte and Nebraska's Senator Burkett. Tennis is called off, so there is no exercise; he and Edith spend the evening at the National Theater. Letters go to Taft on returning Cuba to self-rule and to George Lee, his first wife's brother, on corporations.",["james-r-garfield","richard-a-ballinger","charles-bonaparte","elmer-j-burkett","j-f-vivian","henry-a-buchtel","redfield-proctor","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-s-pritchett","william-howard-taft","albert-bushnell-hart","j-franklin-bell","george-lee"],"National Theatre"],["1908-01-14","Standard Oil cases reviewed","Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, goes over the Standard Oil prosecutions with District Attorney Sims, plays tennis, sees Louis Payn at six, and he and Edith dine at Secretary Root's.",["edwin-w-sims","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","louis-f-payn","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-15","A growling teddy bear from the Black Forest","Roosevelt hosts a late reception for both houses of Congress. To Archie he reports that Ted hopes to finish college in three years and earn his own way, that Quentin is playing with the Turkish minister's son, and that a walking, growling black teddy bear has made Ethel jealous.",["richmond-p-hobson","louis-f-payn","edgar-d-crumpacker","brock","archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","ali-hydar-bey","ethel-roosevelt-derby","herman-h-kohlsaat","edward-b-fowler"],"White House"],["1908-01-16","Pinnacles protected; a pure food inquiry","Roosevelt sets aside the Pinnacles in California as a national monument. After tennis he hosts the diplomatic corps at dinner, and asks Johns Hopkins president Ira Remsen to lead a board looking into how the pure food law is being abused.",["jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","alford-w-cooley","ira-remsen"],"White House"],["1908-01-17","An unsent rebuke to The Outlook","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt sees Senators Smoot and Brown and the Mexican ambassador, then rides. He drafts a protest to Lyman Abbott over an Outlook editorial on Admiral Brownson's resignation but holds it back, and writes about Pearl Harbor's defenses and a counterfeiter he has kept behind bars.",["reed-smoot","norris-brown","lyman-abbott","willard-h-brownson","francis-e-warren","philip-b-stewart","herbert-j-hagerman","melville-post"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-18","Bamie turns 53","It is his sister Bamie's 53rd birthday. Roosevelt meets again with Nebraska Senators Burkett and Brown, sees C. H. Treat, and rides.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","elmer-j-burkett","norris-brown","c-h-treat"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-19","Patronage and Taft","Roosevelt spends Sunday writing to William Dudley Foulke about patronage and Taft's nomination.",["william-dudley-foulke","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-20","Quentin the philosopher","Roosevelt lunches with C. A. Congdon and Herbert Smith, plays tennis, and takes Edith to the National Theater. He tells Archie about a letter from Mrs. Peabody at Groton and about Quentin, the family \"philosopher,\" who is making regular use of the YMCA gym and pool.",["c-a-congdon","herbert-knox-smith","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","fanny-peabody"],"National Theatre"],["1908-01-21","Booker T. Washington at six","After the Cabinet meeting and a lunch with Kellogg, Fox and Witherbee, Roosevelt rides, sees Booker T. Washington at six, and dines with Edith at Secretary Cortelyou's.",["redfield-proctor","charles-h-grosvenor","elmer-dover","witherbee","frank-b-kellogg","fox","booker-t-washington","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-22","Talk of Hughes for President","Roosevelt meets Representatives Bennet and Fassett about the push to nominate New York's Governor Charles Evans Hughes for President. Morris K. Jesup dies. Tennis fills the afternoon and Senator Beveridge calls late in the evening.",["william-s-bennet","j-sloat-fassett","charles-evans-hughes","morris-k-jesup","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-23","Judges at the White House","Roosevelt talks Army business with Senator McLaurin, rides in the afternoon, and hosts the annual reception for the judiciary that evening.",["anselm-j-mclaurin"],"White House"],["1908-01-24","Platt calls; a crowded lunch table","Senator Thomas Platt calls at ten, and the Cabinet takes up postal appointments. Roosevelt's lunch guests include the Jusserands, the Strauses, the Meyers and the Cooleys, and after a walk he gives a dinner for lawmakers including Chauncey Depew, followed by music.",["thomas-c-platt","broadhurst","jean-jules-jusserand","oscar-straus","alford-w-cooley","george-von-lengerke-meyer","elihu-root","francis-e-warren","chauncey-m-depew","james-b-frazier","frank-o-briggs","john-h-bankhead","john-dalzell","james-s-sherman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-25","Gridiron Club dinner","Roosevelt discusses New York politics with Herbert Parsons and lunches with steel man Elbert Gary and Mackenzie King, Canada's deputy labor minister. Aldrich calls in the afternoon, and that evening Roosevelt goes to the Gridiron Club dinner.",["herbert-parsons","elbert-h-gary","william-lyon-mackenzie-king","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-cannon","john-barrett","nelson-aldrich"],"Gridiron Club"],["1908-01-26","A Sunday night caller","Journalist John Callan O'Laughlin calls on Roosevelt Sunday evening.",["john-callan-o-laughlin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-27","Taft's campaign is going well","Roosevelt greets a group of newspaper editors from around the country and lunches with historian Brooks Adams and William Phillips. He writes Kermit that Taft's campaign is moving along and that Hughes, he thinks, envies him, and tells Archie about Scamp and the kitchen cat.",["brooks-adams","william-phillips","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-28","Low and Gompers on trust law","Roosevelt meets Seth Low and labor leader Samuel Gompers on trust legislation and talks with Representative Campbell about Taft's candidacy. After a ride, he and Edith dine with Attorney General Bonaparte. He writes Henry Thompson on illuminated manuscripts.",["seth-low","samuel-gompers","campbell","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte","henry-thompson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-29","Kentucky jobs; Taft in Cleveland","Roosevelt sorts through Kentucky appointments with a delegation led by Representative Langley and receives senators and congressmen before riding. In Cleveland, Taft argues against American isolationism.",["john-w-langley","edwards","j-b-bennett","james","lee-s-overman","samuel-h-piles","hopkins","moses-e-clapp","joseph-m-dixon","julius-kahn","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-01-30","Dinner for the Supreme Court","Roosevelt sees Governor Floyd, Senator Dolliver and others, rides at half past three, and hosts the Supreme Court justices at dinner.",["governor-floyd","j-m-noble","jonathan-p-dolliver","frank-p-flint"],"White House"],["1908-01-31","The most radical message of his presidency","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message unlike any before it: he calls for a new employers' liability law, limits on injunctions in labor disputes, federal control of stock gambling, and tighter rules for railroads and big combinations. He blames Standard Oil, the railroad combines and the panic on the trusts, and faults the courts for siding with big business. That afternoon he plays tennis on a frozen court.",["george-w-goethals","robert-bacon","clay","william-e-borah","moses-e-clapp","edmund-h-hinshaw","william-lyon-mackenzie-king","colonel-young","gifford-pinchot","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","emily-tuckerman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-01","Snow, and a letter to Laurier","Snow falls on Washington. Roosevelt discusses the Government Printing Office with Representatives Landis and Overstreet, lunches with Bryce, Foulke and Mackenzie King, and walks. He writes Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier about relations between the two countries, Japanese immigration and the deliberate overissue of passports.",["charles-b-landis","jesse-overstreet","william-dudley-foulke","robert-bacon","james-bryce","alford-w-cooley","william-lyon-mackenzie-king","wilfrid-laurier"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-02","Three hours over the frozen snow","From 4:30 to 7:30 Roosevelt tramps with Meyer and Winthrop over crusted snow to Chevy Chase and home by way of Rock Creek. He writes Arthur Lee about Maurice Low's attacks on him in the English papers and the de László portrait Lee suggested, and sends Kermit his thoughts on the January 31 message.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop","arthur-lee","a-maurice-low","philip-de-laszlo","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-03","Robert Peary calls","Arctic explorer Robert Peary is among Roosevelt's callers, along with Vice President Fairbanks and Senator La Follette. After a walk he discusses New York politics with Woodruff and Barnes.",["charles-w-fairbanks","robert-m-la-follette","robert-e-peary","timothy-l-woodruff","william-barnes-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-04","Writing Bryan about the courts","After the Cabinet meets, Silas McBee joins him for lunch, and following a walk Roosevelt and Edith dine at Postmaster General Meyer's. He wires Governor Sparks that the troops must leave Nevada no later than February 15, and writes William Jennings Bryan about his message and court rulings hostile to labor.",["silas-mcbee","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-von-lengerke-meyer","milton-d-purdy","john-sparks","william-jennings-bryan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-05","The Public Printer suspended","Public Printer Stillings is suspended, and Roosevelt writes Representative Landis about the inquiry into his office. He meets Taft and General Bell, hears manufacturers argue for a permanent tariff commission, and lunches with William Barnes. There is no time for exercise.",["charles-a-stillings","william-howard-taft","j-franklin-bell","william-barnes-jr","charles-b-landis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-06","Butler out of sympathy","Roosevelt meets the House Naval Affairs Committee, lunches with Taft, and has supper with his old friend Jacob Riis, an overnight guest, before the congressional reception. He writes Nicholas Murray Butler, who has criticized his messages, and Seth Low about the Hughes boom.",["william-e-borah","knute-nelson","weldon-b-heyburn","julius-c-burrows","william-howard-taft","jacob-riis","nicholas-murray-butler","seth-low","charles-evans-hughes"],"White House"],["1908-02-07","Jewel Cave protected","Roosevelt creates Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota. He reviews Cuban affairs with Taft, Root and Magoon, sets March 7 for pulling troops out of Nevada, and stops Hawaii's governor from discussing more Japanese laborers with Japan. Groton's Endicott Peabody and Jacob Riis are house guests.",["william-howard-taft","elihu-root","charles-e-magoon","francis-e-warren","augustus-p-gardner","jesse-overstreet","foster","reed-smoot","endicott-peabody","jacob-riis","john-sparks","william-dudley-foulke","walter-f-frear"],"White House"],["1908-02-08","No round-the-world trip for now","The children play the banjo for Roosevelt in the afternoon, and that evening he visits the YMCA. He turns down Richard Watson Gilder's ideas of a memoir and world travels after the presidency, and writes Thomas Coolidge about backing Taft.",["leslie-m-shaw","william-b-allison","richard-watson-gilder","thomas-jefferson-coolidge"],"YMCA"],["1908-02-09","A funeral at St. John's","Roosevelt and Edith attend a funeral at St. John's Church in the afternoon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"St. John's Church"],["1908-02-10","Balloons and Ohio politics","Roosevelt hears Representative Hull on balloon experiments and talks Ohio politics with son-in-law Nick Longworth; there is no outdoor exercise. Taft speaks to young Republicans in Kansas City. A memo records how Roosevelt sees his ties to Lodge and George Lyman and Lyman's requests for jobs.",["john-a-t-hull","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","george-h-lyman","augustus-p-gardner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-11","Bases for the Pacific","After the Cabinet meeting and lunch with Cecil Lyon, Roosevelt walks, then dines with Edith at Secretary Metcalf's. He writes Metcalf about naval bases and defenses at Pearl Harbor and in the Philippines, and praises Senator Knox for his Columbia speeches on big business.",["richard-a-ballinger","levi-ankeny","cecil-a-lyon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","victor-h-metcalf","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-12","Alice turns 24","It is Alice's 24th birthday. Roosevelt confers with Aldrich and rides. He writes Charlemagne Tower about Japanese advisers in Mexico and South America, and tells King Edward VII about the battle fleet's cruise and its planned stops in Australia.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nelson-aldrich","charlemagne-tower","edward-vii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-13","No patience for Jane Addams's book","Roosevelt talks with Frank Hitchcock about Taft's campaign in the South and with Bonaparte about a miners' strike in Alaska, then rides. To Florence La Farge he pans Jane Addams's Newer Ideals of Peace, likening it to Tolstoy, whom he does not admire.",["frank-h-hitchcock","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","florence-la-farge","jane-addams","leo-tolstoy"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-14","Never lightweight champion","Roosevelt lunches with William Allen White and Lyman Abbott, rides, and attends an evening reception given by a fine arts society. He congratulates Ted on his midyear grades and tells Thornton Simmons he was never Harvard's lightweight boxing champion.",["frank-frantz","cecil-a-lyon","william-p-dillingham","lyman-abbott","william-allen-white","theodore-roosevelt-jr","thornton-simmons"],"National Society of Fine Arts"],["1908-02-15","Battleships for Brazil?","After lunch with Coolidge and a walk, Roosevelt tells Root he suspects the battleships England is building for Brazil may really be meant for Japan; they were in fact for Brazil. He writes Philip Stewart that he cannot think Ethan Hitchcock a bad man, though he had lost faith in his judgment.",["coolidge","elihu-root","philip-b-stewart","ethan-a-hitchcock"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-16","William Allen White in the evening","Roosevelt meets census expert W. S. Rossiter, and Kansas editor William Allen White calls at half past nine.",["william-s-rossiter","william-allen-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-17","A young cousin's Badlands poem","On Alice and Nick's second anniversary, Roosevelt dines with Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, and Douglas and Corinne Robinson come to stay. He writes Root about China and Japan, and tells young cousin Philip J. Roosevelt at St. Mark's how much he enjoyed Philip's poem about the Badlands.",["george-s-nixon","frank-h-hitchcock","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","whitelaw-reid","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","irby-dunklin","elihu-root","philip-j-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-02-18","Against wage cuts on the railroads","The Cabinet takes up immigration. Roosevelt rides and dines at Garfield's with Lodge, Jusserand, Justice Day and others. He writes the Interstate Commerce Commission objecting to railroad rebates and wage cuts, and urges the government to mediate.",["curtis-guild-jr","james-r-garfield","jean-jules-jusserand","william-r-day","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-cabot-lodge","whitelaw-reid","nicholas-longworth","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-19","Antitrust talk and a recitation","Roosevelt discusses the antitrust laws with Sherman and Knox and postal jobs with Meyer, sees Ambassador von Sternberg, and gives a dinner for Lodge, Governor Fort, Bourke Cockran, Nicholas Murray Butler and others, capped by a recitation. He writes about railroad pay cuts and a laborer disabled on the Panama works.",["james-s-sherman","philander-knox","george-von-lengerke-meyer","frank-h-hitchcock","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","winthrop-murray-crane","henry-cabot-lodge","john-franklin-fort","w-bourke-cockran","nicholas-murray-butler","john-l-bates","henry-lee-higginson","james-miller"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-20","Army and Navy reception","Roosevelt talks battleship funding with Representative Hobson and meets financier James Speyer and Senator Smoot. Taft and Goethals come in at 2:30, Japanese Ambassador Aoki at 2:45, and that night he hosts the Army and Navy reception.",["richmond-p-hobson","james-speyer","reed-smoot","william-howard-taft","george-w-goethals","shuzo-aoki"],"White House"],["1908-02-21","Pacific defenses can't wait","A day of meetings: Judge Wilfley's possible impeachment, an industrial school bill, finances with Aldrich, and Panama labor with Taft and Goethals. After a ride Roosevelt dines at Lodge's. He presses Vice President Fairbanks, and Speaker Cannon in a similar letter, for quick action to fortify the Pacific.",["george-e-waldo","lebbeus-r-wilfley","davis","richmond-p-hobson","nelson-aldrich","william-howard-taft","george-w-goethals","frank-b-kellogg","james-a-hemenway","j-a-stewart","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-w-fairbanks","joseph-cannon","victor-h-metcalf"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-22","Dinner with the Jusserands","On Washington's Birthday Roosevelt fields congressmen on a Southern Pacific claim for Colorado River repairs, the military budget, Massachusetts politics and an alleged submarine lobby. He lunches with Judge Lowell and cousin Emlen Roosevelt, rides, and dines with the Jusserands and Justice Moody.",["miller","john-a-t-hull","frank-lowell","emlen-roosevelt","augustus-p-gardner","j-c-cobb","james-s-sherman","jean-jules-jusserand","william-h-moody","hoke-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-23","Dickens, Bunyan and Thackeray","Roosevelt dines with his sister Bamie. He writes Kermit his views on Dickens, Bunyan and Thackeray, and writes Senator Bourne about the Standard Oil case.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","kermit-roosevelt","jonathan-bourne-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-24","Canal talk with Goethals","Roosevelt hears from Senator McCumber and Representative Gronna about La Follette's campaign, goes over the canal with Goethals, and lunches with Taft, Root, Garfield and others. A National Educational Association delegation calls, Mackenzie King comes at three, and he dines with the Longworths.",["porter-j-mccumber","asle-j-gronna","robert-m-la-follette","george-w-goethals","harry-s-new","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","samuel-elliott","james-r-garfield","george-c-perkins","frank-p-flint","william-lyon-mackenzie-king","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-25","Opening the Hudson tubes by telegraph","From Washington Roosevelt presses a button that starts the first trains running through the Hudson tunnels between Hoboken and Sixth Avenue at 19th Street in New York. He goes to Bishop Satterlee's funeral, rides, and he and Edith dine with Agriculture Secretary James Wilson and his wife.",["charles-b-landis","francis-b-loomis","thomas-h-carter","martin-b-madden","theodore-e-burton","henry-y-satterlee","edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-wilson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-26","Waterways report goes to Congress","The Inland Waterways Commission's report goes to Congress, and Roosevelt sends a message opposing bills that would free power companies from federal control and fees. He sees senators, walks, and gives a dinner for Japanese Ambassador Takahira.",["w-bourke-cockran","henry-a-du-pont","shelby-m-cullom","william-e-borah","kogoro-takahira"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-27","Indian commissioners at the White House","Roosevelt meets the Board of Indian Commissioners, confers with Taft, and talks with Representative Langley about naming a new Public Printer. Judge Wilfley calls, and after a ride Roosevelt writes Grafton Cushing about the country and the French Revolution of 1789.",["william-howard-taft","john-w-langley","lebbeus-r-wilfley","augustus-p-gardner","grafton-d-cushing"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-02-28","Trying on riding clothes for a portrait","Painter Gari Melchers and Taft come to lunch; Melchers is to paint Roosevelt in riding clothes for Charles Freer. Afterward Roosevelt models several outfits for Edith and Alice until they approve one. The Cabinet discusses the Wilfley case, and in the evening he and Edith go to the Columbia Theater.",["lebbeus-r-wilfley","w-bourke-cockran","driscoll","albert-beveridge","gari-melchers","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","charles-l-freer","victor-h-metcalf","jonathan-bourne-jr"],"Columbia Theater"],["1908-02-29","Two portraits finished; Dickens judged","Philip de László finishes a portrait of Roosevelt in riding clothes and a pastel of Edith, which both admire, and Gari Melchers completes his portrait too. Roosevelt writes Kermit a scathing verdict on Dickens after reading Martin Chuzzlewit, and urges Cannon to back a stronger navy. At Harvard, Ted lands on probation again for skipping lectures.",["herman-ridder","charles-w-fairbanks","thomas-h-carter","charles-p-neill","george-perkins","william-s-sims","philip-de-laszlo","gari-melchers","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","joseph-cannon","elihu-root","cipriano-castro","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-01","Advice to a future President","Representative Denby calls at one and there are meetings in the evening. Roosevelt writes Taft about appointments made out of sympathy, hoping Taft will make fewer of them as President than he himself has.",["edwin-denby","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-02","Dinner with Henry Adams","Roosevelt meets Hepburn and Crane and rides, then he and Edith dine with Henry Adams. He tells G. H. Davis he backs child labor and employers' liability laws whatever big business thinks.",["william-p-hepburn","winthrop-murray-crane","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-adams","g-h-davis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-03","Hornaday at the lunch table","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt lunches with Kohlsaat, Seth Low, Senator Brandegee, zoologist William Hornaday and others, rides, and dines with Edith at Secretary Straus's.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","seth-low","frank-b-brandegee","george-perkins","william-t-hornaday","herbert-knox-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt","oscar-straus"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-04","Dickens for pacifists","Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont dies. Roosevelt rides and meets Kohlsaat in the evening. He sends Kermit a passage of Dickens against pacifism, and tells Taft the Army's tests for chaplains are too hard, though they ought to include math.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","redfield-proctor","kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-05","Writing Balfour on decadence","Roosevelt meets Senator Burkett and Representative Hinshaw and rides. He writes Arthur Balfour about his essay on decadence, weighing examples from history and biology, and writes Charles Knoblauch about Wall Street bills stuck in committee.",["elmer-j-burkett","edmund-h-hinshaw","arthur-j-balfour","charles-knoblauch"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-06","Dewey on warships; Beveridge for chairman","The Cabinet takes up mail agreements with Italy and France, and Admiral Dewey talks warship building with Roosevelt. Lodge and Aldrich call. He suggests to Republican chairman Harry New that Senator Beveridge preside over the convention.",["george-dewey","henry-cabot-lodge","nelson-aldrich","harry-s-new","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-07","Quentin's ball team on the White House lawn","Quentin's ball club from the Force School holds practice on the White House grounds. New York Republicans endorse Governor Hughes for President. Roosevelt discusses the tariff commission bill with Beveridge, rides, and writes Arthur Lee on Balfour and Japan, Corinne about a sorrow in her daughter's life, and James Creelman in praise of his article on Mexico's President Díaz.",["albert-beveridge","charles-evans-hughes","quentin-roosevelt","george-von-lengerke-meyer","arthur-lee","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","corinne-douglas-robinson","james-creelman","porfirio-diaz","augustus-p-gardner"],"White House"],["1908-03-08","Ethel's new bull terrier","Admiral Will Cowles calls at lunchtime. Roosevelt tells Archie that Ethel has a new white bull terrier named Mike, and passes on to Kermit the Kaiser's view of the American navy.",["william-sheffield-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-09","A trip to the dentist","After naval talks with Representatives Hobson and Foss, Roosevelt visits his dentist, Dr. Bryant, walks, and dines with Edith at Miss Tuckerman's. He writes Henry Adams that, like John Quincy Adams in his diary, he finds parts of the presidency tedious.",["richmond-p-hobson","george-e-foss","william-howard-taft","dr-bryant","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-tuckerman","francis-e-warren","victor-h-metcalf","henry-adams","john-quincy-adams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-10","Speaking to the Congress of Mothers","Roosevelt addresses and receives the National Congress of Mothers, meets the Cabinet and Aldrich, sits for painter Philip de László at three, and rides.",["nelson-aldrich","philip-de-laszlo"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-11","Brownsville message to Congress","In a special message Roosevelt endorses the Brownsville findings of most of the Senate's military committee. He talks Taft's campaign with Senator Long, hears Montanans on the Northern Pacific's allegedly illegal land holdings, and in the evening discusses restitution for the Colorado River break with Garfield and Maxwell Evarts.",["chester-i-long","william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield","maxwell-evarts"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-12","No signature for the Foraker bill","Roosevelt discusses Oklahoma politics with Governor Frantz, lunches with railroad man Stuyvesant Fish, Leslie Shaw and Alexander, rides, and takes Edith to the Columbia Theater. He tells Ernest Abbott he will not sign Foraker's Brownsville bill.",["frank-frantz","stuyvesant-fish","leslie-m-shaw","alexander","louis-a-coolidge","kennedy","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-dudley-foulke","ernest-hamlin-abbott","joseph-b-foraker"],"Columbia Theater"],["1908-03-13","An Outlook article on Taft","After the Cabinet meeting and talks with Parsons and Langley, Roosevelt plays tennis with Bacon, Cooley and Jusserand. He compliments Lawrence Abbott on his Outlook piece about Taft and writes Eugene Philbin about Bishop Hendrick in the Philippines.",["herbert-parsons","john-w-langley","albert-j-hopkins","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","alford-w-cooley","lawrence-abbott","eugene-a-philbin","thomas-a-hendrick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-14","Quentin's team routs P Street","Roosevelt tells reporters the battle fleet, already at sea, will go all the way around the world. On the White House grounds Quentin's Force School team trounces the P Street School 22 to 5. He also confers on Taft's campaign, the third-term question and Brownsville, and warns Metcalf that Japanese ships outclass American ones.",["robert-j-gamble","george-perkins","charles-q-tirrell","william-howard-taft","jonathan-bourne-jr","lee-s-overman","jean-jules-jusserand","quentin-roosevelt","victor-h-metcalf","john-st-loe-strachey"],"White House"],["1908-03-15","Mike the dog must go","Edith and Emily Carow leave for New York, Emily soon to sail back to Italy, and Roosevelt dines at Bamie's. He tells Archie that Mike attacked Ethel's horse and must be given away, asks C. Hart Merriam about an air gun to shoot English sparrows at Sagamore Hill without hurting other birds, and complains to Kermit that Ted has cut 38 lectures since New Year's.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","c-hart-merriam","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-16","Lincoln Steffens at lunchtime","Roosevelt goes over legislation with Aldrich, discusses Tennessee politics with Representative Hale, sees muckraker Lincoln Steffens at one, and plays tennis with Garfield, Pinchot and Jusserand. Taft speaks on the rights of Black Americans at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn.",["nelson-aldrich","hale","lincoln-steffens","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","w-bourke-cockran","lebbeus-r-wilfley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-17","Lunch with Andrew Carnegie","Roosevelt meets and lunches with Andrew Carnegie after the Cabinet meeting, sees Cullom and Representative McKinley, and rides. He urges James Miller that Washington help pay to fix the broken Colorado River dam, a plea Congress ignored; the Southern Pacific paid instead.",["andrew-carnegie","shelby-m-cullom","william-b-mckinley","james-miller"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-18","Water rights and Philippine policy","Roosevelt confers on a Tennessee judgeship, the ship subsidy bill and Aldrich's currency bill, then lunches with Nick Longworth and William Barnes, plays tennis, and dines with the Longworths. He sends Senator Frye a statement on federal water rights and writes Spokane publisher William Cowles about railroad pay cuts.",["robert-l-taylor","furnifold-m-simmons","ebenezer-j-hill","william-barnes-jr","nicholas-longworth","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-h-cowles","william-p-frye","eugene-a-philbin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-19","Spanish War veterans call","Roosevelt discusses the Philippines with Taft and Eugene Philbin, receives Representative Cockran and a group of Spanish War veterans, rides, and sees Booker T. Washington at six.",["william-howard-taft","eugene-a-philbin","w-bourke-cockran","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-20","First letters about an African safari","Roosevelt starts planning life after the White House: he asks hunter Frederick Selous when and where to go in Africa, and puts the same question to John Patterson. He also tries to stop La Questione Sociale, an anarchist paper out of Paterson, N.J., or failing that to bar it from the mails, and talks tariff revision with Western businessmen.",["thomas-h-carter","lebbeus-r-wilfley","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","frederick-selous","john-henry-patterson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-21","Careful with shore leave in Japan","Roosevelt meets Aldrich, Payne and Dalzell on legislation and Crane and Beveridge on the tariff, lunches with Leigh Hunt, and rides. He warns Admiral Charles Sperry to be cautious about sailors' shore leave when the fleet reaches Japan. Lincoln Steffens calls in the evening.",["nelson-aldrich","sereno-e-payne","john-dalzell","winthrop-murray-crane","albert-beveridge","leigh-s-j-hunt","lincoln-steffens","charles-s-sperry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-22","Late Sunday callers","Japanese Ambassador Aoki calls at 9:30 Sunday night, followed by Representative Hepburn and Seth Low.",["shuzo-aoki","william-p-hepburn","seth-low"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-23","Four battleships, and Evans retires","Roosevelt talks New York politics with Woodruff, lunches with Low, Merriam and the British ambassador, and walks. He accepts Admiral Robley Evans's resignation with regret and presses Speaker Cannon to authorize four new battleships and fortify Hawaii, mentioning the tariff along the way.",["timothy-l-woodruff","william-howard-taft","james-bryce","c-hart-merriam","seth-low","robley-d-evans","victor-h-metcalf","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-24","Postal pay and battleship money","The Cabinet weighs a raise for postal workers. Roosevelt talks battleship funding with Hobson, Brownsville with Senator Borah, and the fleet's cruise with Senator Flint, then rides.",["richmond-p-hobson","william-e-borah","frank-p-flint"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-25","Another special message; Sundays off","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message on antitrust, interstate commerce, finance and child labor laws. He meets Nebraska cattlemen on federal land grants and the Pure Food advisory board, and asks every cabinet officer to avoid Sunday work in their departments wherever possible.",["richard-bartholdt","james-a-hemenway","elmer-j-burkett","george-l-sheldon","robert-l-taylor","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-26","No new indictment for Borah","Roosevelt discusses antitrust law with Hepburn, sees Beveridge, Purdy and others, and rides. He tells Bonaparte there will be no reindictment of Senator Borah, and writes Albert Key on improving the Navy.",["william-p-hepburn","albert-beveridge","jesse-overstreet","milton-d-purdy","james-wilson","isaac-stephenson","albert-lenoir-key","charles-bonaparte","william-e-borah"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-27","Alaska strikes and Venezuela","The Cabinet discusses strikes in Alaska and the quarrel with Venezuela. Roosevelt meets Senator Frazier and Tennesseans about a judgeship, plays tennis at 4:30, and spends the evening at Lodge's.",["james-b-frazier","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-28","Boone and Crockett dinner","Roosevelt weighs rival employers' liability bills with Senators Borah and Knox and currency with Representative Weeks, plays tennis, and dines with the Boone and Crockett Club at the Metropolitan Club. He writes Root about how many Japanese laborers are being let in.",["william-e-borah","joseph-b-foraker","philander-knox","john-w-weeks","jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","william-phillips","seth-low","elihu-root"],"Metropolitan Club"],["1908-03-29","Castro refuses arbitration","Roosevelt lunches with Taft, Yale's Arthur Hadley and Silas McBee and dines with Bamie. He writes Root that Venezuela's President Castro will not accept arbitration.",["william-howard-taft","arthur-t-hadley","silas-mcbee","anna-roosevelt-cowles","elihu-root","cipriano-castro"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-30","Yellow fever quarantine in Cuba","Roosevelt discusses Venezuela with Root and a yellow fever quarantine in Cuba with Taft, lunches with Alice, and meets Interstate Commerce Commissioners. After tennis he spends the evening with the German ambassador, Bacon and Root, and writes Whitelaw Reid about Japan and the fleet.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","alice-roosevelt-longworth","martin-a-knapp","franklin-k-lane","clark","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","robert-bacon","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","john-rose","whitelaw-reid"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-03-31","Hill named to Berlin","Roosevelt nominates David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany and picks S. F. Eddy to represent the country in Argentina, and sends the Senate the diplomatic papers on Venezuela. Former Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle calls. He dines with the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, the Meyers, Alice and Nick, and Mrs. Beale, and writes Beveridge about curbing child labor in the capital.",["david-jayne-hill","spencer-f-eddy","charles-q-tirrell","john-g-carlisle","george-von-lengerke-meyer","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mrs-beale","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-01","Henry Adams in the evening","Roosevelt confers on the Massachusetts primaries, Indian affairs and battleships, sees Speaker Cannon, and hosts a big lunch for Alice, Bamie and her husband, and G. C. Ward. After a ride he sees von Sternberg and then Henry Adams. He writes Seth Low on executive control of corporations.",["augustus-p-gardner","robert-l-owen","richmond-p-hobson","joseph-cannon","jonathan-bourne-jr","george-c-ward","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-adams","seth-low","truman-h-newberry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-02","Equal accommodations on trains","Roosevelt writes Booker T. Washington about equality for Black Americans and instructs the Justice Department that train accommodations for Black passengers must equal those for whites. He tells Cecil Lyon he will turn down the party's nomination, and dines at Ambassador von Sternberg's.",["herbert-parsons","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","booker-t-washington","cecil-a-lyon","truman-h-newberry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-03","Drill at Fort Myer","Roosevelt meets mine workers' leader John Mitchell about an inquiry into labor conditions on the isthmus, sees Senator Curtis, and watches troops drill at Fort Myer before tennis with Winthrop. He drafts, but does not send, a letter to Charlemagne Tower about opposition to Hill's appointment in Berlin.",["john-mitchell","charles-curtis","beekman-winthrop","charlemagne-tower","david-jayne-hill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-04","Dinner with the Holmeses and Henry Adams","Roosevelt names J. S. Leech Public Printer, talks Indiana politics with Beveridge and battleships with Hobson, and sees editor Henry Watterson. After tennis he dines with the Roots, the Lodges, Henry Adams, and Justice Holmes and his wife. He writes the Kaiser about Hill and the fleet, and Magoon on Cuba's government after the American withdrawal.",["john-s-leech","albert-beveridge","richmond-p-hobson","henry-watterson","nicholas-longworth","alford-w-cooley","gifford-pinchot","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","henry-adams","charlemagne-tower","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","charles-e-magoon","david-jayne-hill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-05","Three Sunday visitors","Ambassador von Sternberg calls at 12:30, Herbert Smith at 2:30, and Speaker Cannon at 9:30 that night.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","herbert-knox-smith","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-06","Bird refuge in the Dry Tortugas","Roosevelt creates the Tortugas Keys Bird Reservation in Florida. He meets Representatives Hill and Weeks, sees von Sternberg, and rides.",["ebenezer-j-hill","john-w-weeks","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-07","The paper trust again","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt hears Herman Ridder on the paper trust, sees Senator Heyburn, receives Booker T. Washington at three, and rides.",["herman-ridder","weldon-b-heyburn","booker-t-washington"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-08","A waterway from Boston to Key West","Roosevelt talks with Heyburn about a Snake River irrigation dam and with a group of congressmen about an inland waterway from Boston to Key West, then walks with Captain Fournier and William Phillips. He tells Arthur Lee he enjoyed sitting for de László, and writes Edward Curtis about Custer's final fight.",["weldon-b-heyburn","j-hampton-moore","john-h-small","joseph-a-goulden","irving-p-wanger","adin-b-capron","theodore-e-burton","captain-fournier","william-phillips","arthur-lee","philip-de-laszlo","edward-s-curtis","george-armstrong-custer"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-09","Archie turns 14; medicine ball","On Archie's 14th birthday Roosevelt asks Congress for laws against anarchism, discusses New York politics with Fassett and Cocks, and tosses the medicine ball with Pinchot, Garfield and Jusserand. He writes Metcalf about the very high desertion rate among Navy engine-room crews.",["archibald-roosevelt","j-sloat-fassett","william-w-cocks","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","seth-low","harry-f-hodges","victor-h-metcalf","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-10","Spitballs on the portraits","On a rainy day Quentin and three friends decorate the White House hallway portraits with spitballs. Roosevelt defends his Brownsville decision to Herbert Parsons and objects to New York Republican resolutions on Southern representation and on Brownsville. He rejects Albert Key's plan to reorganize Navy command and wants a Pacific drydock in two or three years, not five or six.",["humphreys","jones","porter","quentin-roosevelt","herbert-parsons","albert-lenoir-key","victor-h-metcalf"],"White House"],["1908-04-11","Mad at Quentin over the spitballs","Roosevelt meets Senator Cullom and Puerto Rico's Larrinaga, rides, and dines with the Bacons, Longworths, Cowleses, novelist Mrs. Humphry Ward and her husband, and others. He tells Archie that Ethel has a bulldog pup on trial and that he is angry with Quentin over the spitballs, and writes Kermit about books, politics and next year's African hunt.",["shelby-m-cullom","tulio-larrinaga","robert-bacon","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","mary-augusta-ward","thomas-humphry-ward","william-austin-wadsworth","elisabeth-mills-reid","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","william-j-northen","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-12","Sunday dinner at Henry Adams's","Roosevelt rides, and he and Edith dine with Henry Adams. Gardner, Pinchot and Jusserand call in the evening.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-adams","augustus-p-gardner","gifford-pinchot","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-13","Alaska coal lands","Roosevelt confers on New York politics and with Garfield on Alaska's coal lands, plays tennis, and he and Edith dine at Justice Moody's. He tells Representative Humphrey he wants a Pacific drydock built in two years.",["herbert-parsons","william-m-calder","william-w-cocks","james-r-garfield","jean-jules-jusserand","alford-w-cooley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-h-moody","william-e-humphrey","j-franklin-bell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-14","Foraker speaks for the Brownsville soldiers","On the Senate floor Joseph Foraker speaks in defense of the Brownsville troops. Roosevelt meets the Cabinet, talks currency with Representative Vreeland, plays tennis, and discusses adjournment with James Watson in the evening.",["edward-b-vreeland","joseph-b-foraker","george-von-lengerke-meyer","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","james-e-watson","herbert-parsons","knute-nelson","herbert-knox-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-15","A strong call for four battleships","On a very full day Roosevelt has Ambassador James Bryce to lunch (he once called Bryce, fondly, a prodigious memory with hair on it) and sends Congress a forceful message asking for four new battleships. He rides at 4:45.",["james-bryce"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-16","Natural Bridges and a new national forest","Roosevelt proclaims Natural Bridge National Monument in Utah and Manzano National Forest in New Mexico. He meets bankers on currency, the National Gallery's advisory committee, and Taft, and plays tennis. Ted arrives home from college nursing a sore throat.",["winthrop-murray-crane","henry-cabot-lodge","edward-b-vreeland","william-howard-taft","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","theodore-roosevelt-jr","richmond-p-hobson","george-w-goethals"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-17","Thinking about Japan and war","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt discusses Japanese immigration with Representative McKinley and plays tennis with Hallowell, Winthrop and Phillips. He writes Root about Japan and the chance of war, and Bonaparte about an employers' liability bill.",["william-b-mckinley","michael-j-dady","william-m-calder","beekman-winthrop","william-phillips","hallowell","elihu-root","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-18","Springtime ride with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith ride in the late afternoon, and he notices the season's wildflowers along Rock Creek. He hears Ralph Easley on amending the Sherman Act, and writes Kermit and Senator Warren about his fight for four battleships, Frank Munsey with thanks for his articles, and Pearl Wight about sending a Black Louisianan to the convention.",["ralph-m-easley","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","francis-e-warren","whitelaw-reid","frank-a-munsey","pearl-wight"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1908-04-19","Move the gold to Denver","Roosevelt suggests to Treasury Secretary Cortelyou that the gold reserve be moved inland from San Francisco to Denver should war come.",["george-cortelyou"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-20","Game preserves for Alaska","Roosevelt talks currency with Representative Hill and Alaska game preserves with writer Emerson Hough and C. Hart Merriam, and plays tennis with Ted, Cooley and Hallowell. In New York, Taft addresses a laymen's missionary gathering at Carnegie Hall.",["ebenezer-j-hill","emerson-hough","c-hart-merriam","ethan-a-hitchcock","jonathan-p-dolliver","alford-w-cooley","hallowell","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-21","A Minnesota judgeship","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt discusses a Minnesota judgeship with Senator Clapp, lunches with Bonaparte, Kellogg and others, rides, and dines with Winthrop, Phillips and the Longworths.",["moses-e-clapp","jonathan-p-dolliver","henry-l-stoddard","dodge","walsh","john-m-schofield","murray","charles-bonaparte","frank-b-kellogg","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","beekman-winthrop","william-phillips"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-22","Cleveland and the coal strike","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's article on how Grover Cleveland handled the coal strike. He meets West Coast senators about the battleships, rides, and plays tennis. He thanks Senator Piles for leading the Senate fight for four battleships and asks Lodge to stand strong, or at least appear to, for them.",["walter-wyman","jesse-overstreet","grover-cleveland","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","herbert-knox-smith","andrew-l-harris","samuel-h-piles","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-23","Pressing Flint on battleships","Roosevelt sees Cooley, Charles Pepper and Senator Overman, plays tennis, and dines with the Lodges. He presses Senator Frank Flint to hold out for all four battleships.",["alford-w-cooley","charles-m-pepper","lee-s-overman","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge","frank-p-flint"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-24","Liability law for federal workers","Roosevelt signs the employers' liability bill covering government workers. He also writes Senator William Smith, restating his conviction that Black soldiers carried out the Brownsville shooting.",["william-alden-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-25","A Tennessee judgeship","Roosevelt talks with Representative Gaines about a Tennessee judgeship and plays tennis with Meyer and Winthrop.",["john-w-gaines","george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-26","Edith wary of the Africa plan","Senators Clay, Overman and Dixon call late Sunday evening. Edith writes Kermit that she dislikes the idea of Roosevelt's planned hunting trip to Africa.",["alexander-s-clay","lee-s-overman","joseph-m-dixon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-27","Congress agrees to two battleships","Roosevelt works senators on the battleship issue and sends Congress a special message on injunctions and national control of corporations. He rides with Ambassador von Sternberg and writes Henry White that he likes Asquith, Britain's new prime minister. Congress agrees to two new battleships.",["william-b-allison","george-s-nixon","samuel-h-piles","shelby-m-cullom","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","henry-white","h-h-asquith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-28","Cabinet and tennis","A short record: the Cabinet meets, and Roosevelt plays tennis at 4:30 with Jusserand, Garfield and Cooley.",["jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-29","Indian land claims","On Corinne's 26th wedding anniversary Roosevelt discusses Indian land claims with Senators Ankeny and Piles, receives a long list of callers, and rides. He writes Speaker Cannon about the civil bill, lifting wage limits in Panama, and the child labor bill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","levi-ankeny","samuel-h-piles","william-r-wheeler","franklin-k-lane","moses-e-clapp","james-b-mccreary","henry-cabot-lodge","james-e-watson","foster","john-a-t-hull","oscar-w-underwood","jesse-overstreet","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-04-30","Funding the Hepburn Act","Roosevelt talks Western politics with Representative Hull and the Snake River dam with Piles and Jones, and meets four congressmen on money to enforce the Hepburn Act. After tennis, Edith goes to a lecture. He writes Cannon about the ICC section of the sundry civil bill.",["john-a-t-hull","samuel-h-piles","wesley-l-jones","william-p-hepburn","charles-e-townsend","campbell","william-sulzer","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","herbert-knox-smith","edith-kermit-roosevelt","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-01","Ethel's friends to dinner","After the Cabinet meeting Roosevelt sees Parsons, Piles and Long and rides. Edith invites some of Ethel's friends to dinner.",["herbert-parsons","samuel-h-piles","chester-i-long","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-02","General Wood to watch European maneuvers","Senators Elkins and Rayner call, then von Sternberg, and Roosevelt plays tennis. Grant La Farge and his wife and Miss C. Roosevelt arrive as house guests. He writes General Bell about Leonard Wood attending German and French army maneuvers, and Charles Littlefield about injunctions.",["stephen-b-elkins","isidor-rayner","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","c-grant-la-farge","miss-c-roosevelt","j-franklin-bell","leonard-wood","charles-e-littlefield"],"White House"],["1908-05-03","Guests stay through Sunday","The La Farges and Miss C. Roosevelt remain at the White House.",["c-grant-la-farge","miss-c-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-05-04","A thousand Japanese in April","Roosevelt talks Taft's campaign with Frank Hitchcock and currency with two congressmen, plays tennis with Grant La Farge and others, and takes Edith to the National Theater. He warns Root that more than 1,000 Japanese arrived in April and an exclusion law may follow, and writes Emerson Hough on socialism and Marx.",["frank-h-hitchcock","william-howard-taft","james-e-watson","dealva-s-alexander","albert-j-hopkins","george-a-pearre","beekman-winthrop","appleton","c-grant-la-farge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","emerson-hough"],"National Theatre"],["1908-05-05","Postal savings and Brownsville","Roosevelt discusses a postal savings bank bill with Senator Carter, Brownsville with Borah, and pending legislation with Speaker Cannon, then rides. The La Farges and Miss C. Roosevelt are still visiting.",["thomas-h-carter","william-e-borah","joseph-cannon","c-grant-la-farge","miss-c-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-06","Cardinal Gibbons to lunch; Burroughs arrives","Roosevelt confers on a Tennessee judgeship, Oklahoma patronage, an Alaska game preserve bill and Utah forest reserves, and lunches with Cardinal Gibbons. John Burroughs joins the house guests. He writes the Kaiser hoping for an arbitration treaty with Germany, and C. Hart Merriam about Mendel's law.",["john-w-gaines","dealva-s-alexander","c-m-cade","c-e-hunter","william-e-humphrey","reed-smoot","james-gibbons","john-burroughs","c-grant-la-farge","miss-c-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","c-hart-merriam"],"White House"],["1908-05-07","Off to Pine Knot with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith leave late in the morning for Pine Knot. He writes Senator John Stewart about discharging the Brownsville soldiers, remarking that he is often accused of breaking the Constitution.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-w-stewart"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-08","Archie Butt joins the White House","While Roosevelt is at Pine Knot, Captain Archibald Willingham Butt takes up duties as a military aide at the White House in place of Charlie McCauley. By September Butt will be chief aide, succeeding Frank McCoy.",["archibald-butt","charles-mccawley","frank-r-mccoy"],"Pine Knot"],["1908-05-09","A brisk bird walk with Burroughs","John Burroughs comes out to Pine Knot, and Roosevelt marches him four quick miles to the cabin while the two name the birds they pass. Edith scolds her husband for the punishing pace he set for the old naturalist. She tells Kermit her husband is now pretending the African trip holds no appeal for him.",["john-burroughs","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Pine Knot"],["1908-05-10","Squirrels evicted, then let back in","Roosevelt swats a mosquito so hard Burroughs likens it to a lion-killing blow, and says he needn't fear assassins because he carries a gun; he doesn't know Edith has two plainclothesmen in the woods at night. After a bird walk they head back to Washington. He tells Archie that Burroughs evicted some squirrels from the cabin and the Roosevelts moved them back.",["john-burroughs","edith-kermit-roosevelt","miss-c-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","lyman-abbott","frank-m-chapman"],"Pine Knot"],["1908-05-11","Cornerstone for the Pan American building","Roosevelt lunches with Kerens, Root, Archbishop Ireland and Andrew Carnegie, then helps lay the cornerstone of the Bureau of American Republics building. He proclaims Lewis and Clark National Monument in Montana and loses at tennis to Pinchot. By telegram he agrees to Taft's request for U.S. oversight of Panama's elections.",["reed-smoot","henry-cabot-lodge","andrew-carnegie","elihu-root","john-ireland","richard-c-kerens","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","manuel-amador-guerrero"],"Bureau of American Republics"],["1908-05-12","Governors gather for conservation","Governors from across the states and territories, Supreme Court justices, the Cabinet, scientists and public figures including William Jennings Bryan come in Washington for the conservation conference. Roosevelt hosts a dinner for seventy. He writes Ted about Rabelais and other writers, Quentin learning baseball from the butler James, and Archie losing his head and steering into the other boat at Groton.",["william-jennings-bryan","james-e-watson","james-wilson","james-r-garfield","archibald-butt","truman-h-newberry","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-05-13","The Governors' Conference opens","The Governors' Conference on conserving the nation's resources opens in the East Room, and Roosevelt sits in from 10:30 to 2:30 before turning to appointments. Archie Butt attends his first White House luncheon, with Yale's President Hadley, the Cowleses and the Lodges. Roosevelt asks Speaker Cannon to pass a bill making the Inland Waterways Commission permanent; it fails.",["jean-jules-jusserand","james-e-watson","francis-e-warren","elmer-j-burkett","eugene-hale","j-adam-bede","arthur-t-hadley","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","archibald-butt","james-r-garfield","alford-w-cooley","emlen-roosevelt","clifford-richardson","joseph-cannon"],"White House"],["1908-05-14","Second day with the governors","Roosevelt again spends 10:30 to 2:30 at the conservation conference, then discusses the anti-injunction bill and a Norfolk Navy Yard contract. After tennis with Winthrop, Cooley and Meyer, he thanks the Kaiser for a letter and gift and tells him about the fleet. Edith goes to the National Theater.",["charles-e-townsend","john-a-sterling","harry-l-maynard","george-von-lengerke-meyer","alford-w-cooley","beekman-winthrop","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"White House"],["1908-05-15","Governors declare for conservation","The Governors' Conference closes with a declaration in favor of conservation; 38 states go on to form conservation commissions, and the meeting gives rise to the annual governors' conferences. Pinchot will call it the first national gathering anywhere to treat resource protection as a single problem. Roosevelt creates Kansas National Forest, lunches with historian James Ford Rhodes, and holds a reception; rain turns the planned garden party into a White House tea.",["gifford-pinchot","james-ford-rhodes","elihu-root","helen-herron-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","philander-knox","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"White House"],["1908-05-16","Peary's next Arctic push","Roosevelt discusses the Rainy River dam bill, sees John Mitchell, Borah and others, and talks with Robert Peary about his coming Arctic expedition. He speaks at the Methodist gathering at American University near Tenleytown, opens a St. Louis charity bazaar by pressing a button, and plays tennis.",["richardson","john-mitchell","william-e-borah","william-p-hepburn","james-e-watson","george-l-sheldon","robert-e-peary","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon"],"American University"],["1908-05-17","Roswell gets kicked","Archie Butt is called to the White House because Roosevelt's horse Roswell has been kicked, and finds the President calmer than he expected. Timothy Woodruff comes in the evening to talk New York politics. Roosevelt tells Archie that Quentin is wrapped up in baseball and the grounds are in full bloom.",["archibald-butt","timothy-l-woodruff","emlen-roosevelt","clifford-richardson","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-05-18","Checking on the fleet's progress","Roosevelt discusses Kentucky patronage, plays tennis, dines with the Cowleses and the Italian ambassador, and meets Taft late on canal business. He writes Captain Cone of the torpedo flotilla traveling with the fleet about what the cruise has done so far.",["john-w-langley","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","alford-w-cooley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","william-howard-taft","hutch-i-cone","dealva-s-alexander"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-19","Election fraud in Panama","The Cabinet discusses election fraud in Panama. Roosevelt meets congressmen on the Inland Waterways bill, sees Newberry and Pinchot, and dines with Metcalf. Miss Potter and Mr. and Mrs. Harvier are house guests.",["j-hampton-moore","adin-b-capron","joseph-a-goulden","irving-p-wanger","theodore-e-burton","john-h-small","james-s-sherman","truman-h-newberry","gifford-pinchot","victor-h-metcalf","miss-potter","ernest-harvier","elbert-francis-baldwin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-20","Ship subsidies and the Sherman Act","Roosevelt meets Speaker Cannon at ten, then discusses anti-injunction legislation, Sherman Act amendments and the ship subsidy in the postal bill. After tennis with Garfield and Jusserand he dines with Bacon. David Gray and Miss Potter are staying.",["joseph-cannon","charles-e-townsend","william-p-dillingham","george-von-lengerke-meyer","lucius-n-littauer","philander-knox","frank-h-hitchcock","campbell","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","david-gray","miss-potter"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-21","Clarence Darrow calls late","Roosevelt discusses Venezuela with Cullom and the Rainy River dam with Bede, Hepburn, Garfield and Stevens, and hears a delegation pushing battleship work at the Norfolk yard. He lunches with Root, General Young and his wife, and others, rides, and at ten that night receives Clarence Darrow and Lincoln Steffens.",["shelby-m-cullom","j-adam-bede","william-p-hepburn","james-r-garfield","frederick-c-stevens","julius-c-burrows","jesse-overstreet","henry-cabot-lodge","william-b-allison","samuel-b-m-young","elihu-root","lucius-n-littauer","ward","clarence-darrow","lincoln-steffens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-22","Admiral Evans calls","After the Cabinet meeting, Admiral Robley Evans, Senator Sutherland and Representative Langley call. Roosevelt discusses New York politics with Wadsworth, plays tennis, and writes Albert Shaw about the coming convention.",["john-w-langley","robley-d-evans","george-sutherland","james-w-wadsworth","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","alford-w-cooley","albert-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-23","A range for the bison; the little bear leaves","A new law creates the National Bison Range in Montana, starting with 18,000 acres and 80 bison, and Roosevelt declares the Minnesota National Forest. He writes Edward Buxton about planning next year's African trip, and tells Ted, who is deciding what to do in the fall, that it pains him to see \"the little bear\" heading out into the world.",["gifford-pinchot","frank-r-mccoy","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop","joseph-bucklin-bishop","edward-n-buxton","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-24","Nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; the record lists nothing for this Sunday.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-25","Envoys from Liberia","Roosevelt meets Senators Beveridge and Kean, grants Austrian Ambassador Hengelmüller a private audience, and with Root receives three envoys from Liberia. After tennis he discusses Indian Territory with Garfield. He tells Whitelaw Reid he dislikes the custom of presentation at court. Archie Butt escorts Edith to the theater.",["albert-beveridge","john-kean","ladislaus-hengelmuller-von-hengervar","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","francis-e-warren","george-sutherland","william-sulzer","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-26","A noon wedding on N Street","Roosevelt goes to a noon wedding at 1753 N Street, where Francis R. Stevens marries Elizabeth Oliver. Between conferences with his cabinet, he talks with Depew about the government liability bill and with Fassett about James S. Sherman for Vice President, lunches with Colonel Hugh Scott, and rides.",["charles-bonaparte","elihu-root","james-r-garfield","victor-h-metcalf","elizabeth-oliver","francis-r-stevens","chauncey-m-depew","j-sloat-fassett","james-s-sherman","william-b-allison","william-p-hepburn","hugh-l-scott","albert-beveridge"],"1753 N Street"],["1908-05-27","Spanish War veterans and Taft","Senator Bourne calls in the morning and Walter Hale, representing veterans of the war with Spain, at 11:30. Roosevelt confers with Taft and Root in the afternoon and plays tennis at 4:30.",["jonathan-bourne-jr","walter-f-hale","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-28","The New Haven merger will stand","Father Doyle brings twelve student priests to call, along with the District commissioners, and Roosevelt rides at five. He writes Alston Dayton about West Virginia delegates for Taft, John Hull on revising Army promotions, and Lodge that the New Haven railroad combination will not be broken up.",["alexander-p-doyle","alston-g-dayton","john-a-t-hull","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-29","Seven sets and mint juleps","Roosevelt plays seven sets of tennis with Archie Butt, Garfield and Captain McCoy, after which they all have mint juleps, joined by the Longworths, Pinchot and others. He gives Fitzhugh Lee a pistol. He tells Alston Dayton he will not let his name go on the ballot, and Lyman Abbott that he will not be renominated.",["joseph-cannon","frank-p-flint","oscar-w-underwood","herbert-l-satterlee","david-s-barry","james-r-garfield","frank-r-mccoy","archibald-butt","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","gifford-pinchot","fitzhugh-lee","alston-g-dayton","lyman-abbott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-05-30","Congress adjourns; Quentin's beehive","The Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill passes and Congress adjourns; Roosevelt signs the last bills at the Capitol that evening. He rides with Archie Butt, lunches with Ranger Bill McDonald and Admiral Cowles, and plays tennis. To Kermit he describes summery evenings under the apple tree with Edith and La Follette's filibuster; to Archie, Quentin's new beehive and a foul tip to the eye.",["nelson-aldrich","edward-b-vreeland","archibald-butt","william-j-mcdonald","william-sheffield-cowles","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","robert-m-la-follette","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"U.S. Capitol"],["1908-05-31","Ted graduates from Harvard","Roosevelt calls on J. J. Gaff at 1520 20th Street to see a painting of a farmer, and dines with the Jusserands. \"The Successful Mother\" by Roosevelt appears in the Ladies' Home Journal, and Ted finishes at Harvard. Archie Butt has become Edith's regular escort on solo outings, long walks and antique hunts. On June 18 the Republicans will nominate Taft.",["j-j-gaff","jean-jules-jusserand","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"1520 20th Street"],["1908-06-01","Campaign strategy session with Taft","Roosevelt talks labor and paper-trust legislation with House members, plays tennis in the afternoon, and spends the evening plotting the fall campaign with Taft and party leaders. He also tells the Republican chairman flatly that he will not seek a third term.",["alexander","james-r-mann","william-p-hepburn","william-s-sims","robert-bacon","john-d-long","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft","frank-h-hitchcock","james-r-garfield","albert-j-hopkins","wade-h-ellis","frank-b-kellogg","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-02","Cabinet day and a stream of callers","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt receives a busy line of senators, congressmen and the journalist James Creelman, then gets out for a ride. He writes to Elmer Youngman about the currency bill.",["albert-bushnell-hart","francis-e-warren","charles-w-f-dick","william-e-borah","albert-beveridge","james-creelman","edward-b-vreeland","william-sulzer","elmer-youngman"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-03","Writing Ray Stannard Baker on race","Roosevelt sees Taft, Cortelyou and Jacob Schiff among other callers and plays afternoon tennis with Ambassador Jusserand. In letters he discusses New York politics with Chauncey Depew and responds to Ray Stannard Baker's magazine series on Black Americans in the South.",["william-howard-taft","john-g-capers","william-p-hepburn","humphrey","george-cortelyou","jacob-schiff","jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","john-d-long","chauncey-m-depew","ray-stannard-baker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-04","Tariff talk with Senator Cullom","Roosevelt confers with Senator Cullom on what the Republican platform should say about the tariff, talks campaign matters with Senator Long, and meets Agriculture Secretary Wilson with food-safety chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley. Ambassador Bryce calls, and Roosevelt rides.",["shelby-m-cullom","chester-i-long","james-wilson","harvey-w-wiley","joseph-c-sibley","james-bryce","j-franklin-jameson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-05","Waterways letters and a note to Steffens","Roosevelt holds a Cabinet meeting, discusses an executive order on hiring extra federal workers, and plays tennis. He writes about the Inland Waterways Commission and sends Lincoln Steffens a lengthy defense of his battle against corruption.",["c-a-moore","george-cortelyou","john-d-long","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","theodore-e-burton","william-b-allison","lincoln-steffens"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-06","Hunting advice for Kermit","Roosevelt goes over Canal Zone business with Taft, rides, and holds an evening campaign meeting with Taft, Root and Burkett. Looking ahead to Africa, he tells Kermit that big-game hunters must cover for one another.",["william-howard-taft","thomas-h-carter","samuel-h-piles","william-e-borah","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","elmer-j-burkett","kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte","peter-s-grosscup"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-07","Thrown into a brook on a ride","A Sunday ride ends with Roosevelt's horse spilling him into a stream. He also meets with Taft and writes to ornithologist Frank Chapman about bird photography.",["william-howard-taft","frank-m-chapman","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-08","National Conservation Commission created","Roosevelt names the National Conservation Commission, chaired by Gifford Pinchot, to take stock of America's natural resources. Between naval talks and tennis, he dines that night with Edith at the home of Alice and Nick Longworth.",["victor-h-metcalf","william-howard-taft","william-p-hepburn","spencer-f-eddy","gifford-pinchot","jean-jules-jusserand","john-d-long","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","theodore-e-burton","rudolph-spreckels","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-09","Tennis win over Archie Butt","Roosevelt beats his military aide Archie Butt at tennis on a day of Cabinet business, currency talks with Cortelyou, and lunch with Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild Jr. He weighs a new Army Chief of Engineers and wires about rival Louisiana delegations.",["george-cortelyou","francis-e-warren","clarence-d-clark","curtis-guild-jr","archibald-butt","elihu-root","frederick-w-whitridge","william-howard-taft","frank-h-hitchcock","thomas-w-symons"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-10","Liberian delegation and Booker T. Washington","Roosevelt receives a delegation from Liberia late in the evening, accompanied by Booker T. Washington. Earlier he sees Taft, Root and others, plays tennis, and dines with Postmaster General Meyer, and he assures his brother-in-law Will Cowles about his future.",["louis-a-coolidge","william-e-borah","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","theodore-e-burton","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop","booker-t-washington","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-11","Praise for a corporate annual report","Roosevelt talks with Francis Loomis about the planned Tokyo exposition and receives several callers before riding. He writes George W. Perkins about International Harvester's annual report, an early experiment in a company courting public goodwill.",["francis-b-loomis","john-dalzell","eugene-a-philbin","thomas-w-symons","jonathan-bourne-jr","george-perkins"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-12","A senator declines the Conservation Commission","Roosevelt plays tennis, meets the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission and the Japanese ambassador, and sees George Perkins and Ray Stannard Baker that night. John Sharp Williams wires that he is refusing his seat on the new commission, arguing only Congress can create such bodies.",["jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","william-phillips","william-p-hepburn","elmer-j-burkett","aoki-shuzo","george-perkins","ray-stannard-baker","lincoln-steffens","john-sharp-williams"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-13","Talk of a national anthem on horseback","Out on his new mount Georgia, joined by Fitzhugh Lee and Archie Butt, Roosevelt muses about a national anthem; both he and Butt favor Julia Ward Howe's Civil War battle hymn. That afternoon the 150 voices of the Arion Chorus sing at the White House for about fifty guests.",["archibald-butt","fitzhugh-lee","robert-bacon","elihu-root","mildred-dewey","edith-kermit-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid","kaneko-kentaro"],"White House"],["1908-06-14","Another ride on Georgia","Roosevelt takes his new horse Georgia out for a second ride.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-15","Uncle Remus and patriotic songs","Roosevelt meets Taft, discusses prison reform with Commissioner Macfarland, and plays tennis with Archie Butt. He writes Joel Chandler Harris about Uncle Remus and patriotic songs, and wires Lodge about planks in the Republican platform.",["william-howard-taft","henry-b-f-macfarland","victor-h-metcalf","john-augustine-zahm","archibald-butt","george-von-lengerke-meyer","fitzhugh-lee","henry-cabot-lodge","joel-chandler-harris","william-b-allison"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-16","Republican convention opens in Chicago","As the Republican National Convention gets under way in Chicago with Alice in attendance, Roosevelt fires off telegrams opposing a proposed plank on court injunctions and again turning down a third term. At home he plays tennis in the rain and greets delegates bound for a scientific congress in Chile.",["stewart","william-howard-taft","archibald-butt","fitzhugh-lee","george-von-lengerke-meyer","alice-roosevelt-longworth","frank-b-kellogg","albert-j-hopkins","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-17","Roosevelt on Tolstoy and socialists","With the Chicago convention still in session, Roosevelt rides and writes letters. To Lyman Abbott he takes on Christian Socialists, Eugene Debs and Big Bill Haywood, and condemns Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata as the work of \"a sexual degenerate.\"",["lyman-abbott","truman-h-newberry","herman-h-kohlsaat","benjamin-ide-wheeler","eugene-v-debs","william-d-haywood","leo-tolstoy","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-18","Taft nominated after a Roosevelt stampede","The convention erupts in a 45-minute demonstration for Roosevelt before Lodge heads off any move to draft him, and Taft wins the nomination on the first ballot. Progressives balk at the adopted platform. In Washington Roosevelt confers with Root and Taft, plays tennis with Bacon, and wires Lodge his thanks.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","kent","joseph-bucklin-bishop","leslie-m-shaw","robert-bacon","billy-sunday"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-19","Quentin dreads leaving the White House","New York's James S. Sherman takes the vice presidential nomination in Chicago. Roosevelt holds Cabinet, meets Taft and Ambassador Aoki, and writes Nannie Lodge praising her husband and passing along Quentin's lament about leaving home.",["james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","aoki-shuzo","fitzhugh-lee","frank-r-mccoy","archibald-butt","c-hart-merriam","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","harris-dickson","george-otto-trevelyan","henry-cabot-lodge","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-20","Summer begins at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt leaves Washington for Oyster Bay, and the guest book notes that Sagamore Hill has been opened for the season. He writes Charles Walcott about plans and routes for his coming African expedition.",["charles-d-walcott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-06-21","Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-22","Eyes turning toward Africa","Writing to his sister Bamie, Roosevelt says his mind has already left politics for Africa and that Ted has finished Harvard and begun working. He tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler he would have preferred Dolliver or Cummins to Sherman.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","benjamin-ide-wheeler","ray-stannard-baker","jonathan-p-dolliver","albert-b-cummins","james-s-sherman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-23","A snake expert visits; Grand Canyon preserve set aside","Harris Dickson of Vicksburg comes to lunch, invited to bring a specimen of a so-called stinging snake. That day a game preserve is established at the Grand Canyon. Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne he is delighted with the convention and calls Lodge's management of it masterly.",["harris-dickson","henry-l-stimson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","c-suydam-cutting","henry-holt","fitzhugh-lee","carrie-louise-munn","charles-a-munn","ellen-rogers","randall-clifford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-24","Grover Cleveland dies","Former President Grover Cleveland dies at Princeton, New Jersey. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Lodge about the convention, Taft's chances and the African trip, and answers charges that immigration laws are going unenforced.",["grover-cleveland","henry-cabot-lodge","prescott-f-hall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-25","Selous on Africa, and no sun helmets","Roosevelt writes to the famed hunter Frederick Selous about plans for his African hunting trip, adding that he does not care for sun helmets.",["frederick-selous"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-26","At Grover Cleveland's funeral","Roosevelt travels to Princeton, New Jersey, to attend the funeral of former President Grover Cleveland. Along the Texas border, Mexican rebels raid Las Vacas in a short-lived uprising. He writes Corinne explaining why he is giving up the presidency.",["grover-cleveland","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","charles-bonaparte"],"Princeton"],["1908-06-27","Taft, Stimson and Steffens to lunch","Roosevelt goes over War Department business with Taft and Luke Wright and talks politics with Frank Kellogg and W. L. Ward. Robert Bridges and Lincoln Steffens also come, and the whole group, Henry Stimson included, stays for lunch.",["william-howard-taft","luke-e-wright","frank-b-kellogg","william-l-ward","robert-bridges","lincoln-steffens","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-28","Quentin's sunburn","Quentin comes in with legs badly burned by the sun and jokes that they resemble one of Turner's sunsets, then adds a line from Poe.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-29","Standard Oil seeks a settlement","Senator Bourne and Standard Oil's John D. Archbold come to Sagamore Hill hoping to settle the government's case out of court. Roosevelt also plans the African trip with Caspar Whitney, entertains a Mexican senator at lunch, and wires about the border incident.",["jonathan-bourne-jr","john-d-archbold","caspar-whitney","robert-bacon","manuel-calero","albert-shaw","alice-roosevelt-longworth","charles-h-brent","ralph-e-twitchell","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","g-h-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-06-30","Taft steps down from the War Department","Taft's resignation as Secretary of War takes effect so he can run his campaign full time, and four troops of cavalry head for the Mexican border. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt sits for the sculptor Victor D. Brenner and writes Navy Secretary Metcalf about flaws in American ship design. Half a world away, an enormous blast flattens the forest near the Tunguska River in Siberia.",["william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","victor-d-brenner","william-jennings-bryan","julia-ward-howe","walter-scott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-01","Ninety-four National Forests created","Ninety-four National Forests are established on this day. Luke E. Wright, once ambassador to Japan, succeeds Taft as Secretary of War. Roosevelt hosts S. S. McClure and Caspar Whitney for lunch and writes about San Juan Hill, warships and an unhappy H. C. Frick.",["luke-e-wright","s-s-mcclure","caspar-whitney","frank-b-kellogg","william-l-ward","james-t-williams","french-ensor-chadwick","truman-h-newberry","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-clay-frick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-02","An honor for Edith from the Sultan","With calm returning along the Mexican frontier, Roosevelt writes Meyer again about Frick's discontent and asks Root about an award the Sultan of Turkey wishes to give Edith. He also tells Taft about Hitchcock as party chairman and discusses African trip articles with Robert Bridges.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","robert-bridges","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-clay-frick","frank-h-hitchcock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-03","Joel Chandler Harris dies","Joel Chandler Harris, the Uncle Remus author Roosevelt admired, dies. Roosevelt writes Truman Newberry about warship building and Senator Bourne about Standard Oil.",["joel-chandler-harris","truman-h-newberry","jonathan-bourne-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-04","Independence Day guests at Sagamore","The Sagamore Hill guest book fills with Fourth of July visitors, among them Beatrice Flagg, nephew Monroe Douglas Robinson and Elizabeth Hoyt.",["beatrice-flagg","monroe-douglas-robinson","elizabeth-s-hoyt","f-meredith-blagden","charles-a-munn","e-du-pont-irving"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-05","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-06","Condolences to Joel Chandler Harris's son","Roosevelt sends two letters of sympathy to Julian Harris on the death of his father, Joel Chandler Harris. He also agrees to speak at the Naval War College on July 22 and writes Meyer about Post Office removals.",["father-power","john-p-merrell","julian-harris","george-von-lengerke-meyer","joel-chandler-harris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-07","Peary sails the Roosevelt into Oyster Bay","Robert Peary brings his ship, named the Roosevelt, into Oyster Bay on the way north to try for the Pole, and he and his wife come to lunch. Roosevelt tells the explorer he believes in him and in his success. He also meets Robert Bridges about Africa and the Public Printer about the Government Printing Office.",["robert-e-peary","josephine-diebitsch-peary","robert-bridges","john-s-leech","charles-s-sperry","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-08","Lunch with Lyman Abbott","Lyman Abbott comes to lunch, and Fortescue, Needham and Sullivan call. Roosevelt writes Admiral Chadwick about Spain and history's great navies, and tells Senator Bourne he wants a federal incorporation law passed next session.",["lyman-abbott","fortescue","needham","sullivan","french-ensor-chadwick","jonathan-bourne-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-09","Dr. Lambert arrives for a long weekend","Dr. Alexander Lambert, Roosevelt's physician and friend, comes to Sagamore Hill to stay through Monday. Roosevelt writes Robert Collier about his African articles and assures Richmond Hobson he never called war with Japan likely.",["alexander-lambert","robert-j-collier","richmond-p-hobson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-10","Weighing a return to his frontier history","Dr. H. H. Washburn calls. Roosevelt writes Taft about a friendly New York Times editorial, asks George Putnam about completing The Winning of the West, and writes Harvard's President Eliot about two students disciplined for stealing books.",["h-h-washburn","william-howard-taft","george-haven-putnam","charles-w-eliot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-11","Speech at the John Underhill monument","Roosevelt speaks at Matinecock, Long Island, as a monument to the colonial captain John Underhill is unveiled. Dr. Lambert is staying at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Taft about campaign money and Harry Johnston about a planned book on Black Americans.",["alexander-lambert","william-howard-taft","harry-h-johnston","john-underhill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-12","Root and family at Sunday lunch","Elihu Root, Dr. Lambert, Arthur Woods, and Douglas and Corinne Robinson with their son Monroe are among the Sunday guests, and Roosevelt lunches with Root and Bacon.",["robert-bacon","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson","elihu-root","alexander-lambert","arthur-woods"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-13","A forest named for Cleveland","Roosevelt writes Frances Cleveland proposing that the San Jacinto National Forest be renamed for her late husband. Father York calls at noon, and Roosevelt advises Taft on how to take on Bryan and the Democrats.",["father-york","william-howard-taft","frances-folsom-cleveland","grover-cleveland","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-14","Two new Oregon forests","The Deschutes and Fremont National Forests in Oregon are created. Roosevelt writes Medill McCormick about the Democratic platform's call to drop tariffs on lumber, timber and pulp, which Republicans firmly resist.",["medill-mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-15","A lunch table of writers and publishers","Henry Fairfield Osborn, the painter F. D. Millet, publisher Charles Scribner and George W. Perkins are among Roosevelt's lunch guests. He writes Frank Hitchcock about labor leaders and party funds.",["henry-fairfield-osborn","francis-d-millet","charles-scribner","george-perkins","c-a-moore","arthur-moore","f-w-whitehouse","john-williams","frank-h-hitchcock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-16","No to Prohibition, thanks to a riding mentor","Roosevelt thanks David Gray for helping Kermit become a better horseman and tells Taft he objects to any national prohibition law.",["david-gray","william-howard-taft","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-17","Osborns and Munns at Sagamore","Henry Fairfield and Josephine Osborn, Frederic Burnham and the Munns sign the guest book. Roosevelt writes Taft about campaign issues, including a postal savings bank.",["william-howard-taft","charles-a-munn","henry-fairfield-osborn","josephine-osborn","frederic-m-burnham","carrie-louise-munn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-18","A Texas postmaster's last chance","Roosevelt meets Attorney General Bonaparte and talks Central American affairs with Robert Bacon. He tells Senator Culberson that the Abilene postmaster, Mrs. Morrow, a descendant of Sam Houston, has already been given two chances.",["charles-bonaparte","robert-bacon","charles-a-culberson","mrs-morrow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-19","A strong President, plainly put","In a letter to Lodge, Roosevelt says he has no wish to cling to power and lays out his belief that the presidency should be a mighty office held by a forceful man. Guests at lunch are Creel, Buchanan, and an assistant attorney general named Bacon with his wife.",["robert-bacon","martha-waldron-cowdin-bacon","creel","buchanan","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-20","Cuba on his mind","Roosevelt writes Secretary of State Root about affairs in Cuba.",["elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-21","Off to Newport on the Mayflower","Roosevelt boards the presidential yacht Mayflower in the evening, bound for Newport. He tells George Putnam he cannot commit to finishing his frontier history now, writes Spring-Rice about soft living among English-speaking peoples, and wires Taft a critique of his acceptance speech.",["cecil-spring-rice","george-haven-putnam","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-22","A big-navy speech at the War College","Speaking to the Navy's War College gathering in Newport, Roosevelt makes his case once more for a powerful fleet, warning that the Monroe Doctrine means little without warships behind it.",[],"Naval War College"],["1908-07-23","Taft spends the night","Roosevelt brings the Mayflower back to Oyster Bay. Taft stays the whole day and overnight, and Root is also a guest. Letters go to Perkins on railroad rates and Bonaparte on the Indiana Standard Oil case.",["george-perkins","charles-bonaparte","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Newport"],["1908-07-24","Archie Butt arrives for a Sagamore stay","Military aide Archie Butt and Beekman Winthrop arrive at Sagamore Hill, swim, and sit down at eight to fried chicken in white gravy and corn on the cob. Butt records Edith's remark that the house has no rules at all. Earlier Roosevelt meets Taft and the sculptor Brenner.",["william-howard-taft","victor-d-brenner","robert-bacon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","richmond-p-hobson","beekman-winthrop","mrs-beekman-winthrop","william-phillips","archibald-butt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-25","Swimming in the rain, and a cut toe","William Phillips arrives in time for a breakfast of peaches and cream, liver, bacon and grits. Despite rain the household swims and plays tennis; when Archie Butt gashes himself while swimming, Roosevelt teases Phillips about his toenails. Over lunch he talks at length about Africa, and Butt senses Edith's worry.",["william-phillips","archibald-butt","lawrence-abbott","william-b-howland","leigh-s-j-hunt","beekman-winthrop","george-r-sheldon","arthur-woods","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-26","Church, then the West Roosevelts","Archie Butt goes to church with the family; Roosevelt keeps Sundays free of work and games. Afterward they visit the West Roosevelts, where Roosevelt spins stories after dinner and talks about Africa.",["archibald-butt","west-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-27","Tennis and talk of Bryan","Roosevelt and Archie Butt play tennis and talk over William Jennings Bryan's campaign.",["archibald-butt","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-28","Taft accepts the nomination","In Cincinnati, William Howard Taft formally accepts the Republican nomination for president.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-07-31","A placeholder entry with forward notes","The record for this date holds only forward-looking notes: Ambassador Speck von Sternberg's death and the creation of the Country Life Commission, both of which belong to later August dates.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-01","Visiting Squadron C's camp","After breakfast with Bacon, Roosevelt takes up West Point dismissals with Luke Wright and canal business with Joseph Bishop. In the afternoon he visits the Squadron C camp at Huntington, and he tells naturalist Edgar Mearns the African passage is booked for March 23, 1909.",["robert-bacon","luke-e-wright","joseph-bucklin-bishop","edgar-a-mearns"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-02","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day passes without other recorded activity.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-03","Bamie and Sheffield visit","His sister Bamie and her son Sheffield Cowles come to Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Taft that Hitchcock needs reining in, asks Root to chair the New York Republican convention, and writes Bryce about Tibet and India and Jusserand about books and leaving office.",["william-howard-taft","elihu-root","james-bryce","jean-jules-jusserand","frank-h-hitchcock","charles-evans-hughes","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-04","Lunch with Collier's editors and Cortelyou","Roosevelt's lunch guests include publisher Robert Collier, journalist Mark Sullivan, Norman Hapgood and Treasury Secretary Cortelyou.",["robert-j-collier","mark-sullivan","norman-hapgood","o-brien","george-cortelyou","r-r-rogers","forbes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-05","Word of Senator Allison's death","News arrives that Iowa's Senator William B. Allison died the day before. Architect C. Grant LaFarge stays the night, and Roosevelt asks Henry Fairfield Osborn for a standard natural history reference so he can study up on African wildlife.",["william-b-allison","henry-fairfield-osborn","maurice-francis-egan","nicholas-roosevelt","c-grant-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-06","Edith turns 47","Edith celebrates her 47th birthday, and Jacob Riis comes to dinner. Roosevelt writes Lyman Abbott about the 1902 coal strike and his offer to place Grover Cleveland on the arbitration board.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","jacob-riis","lyman-abbott","william-c-brown","grover-cleveland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-07","A painting from Arthur Lee","Roosevelt plans the campaign with Frank Hitchcock and takes up the cadet dismissals again with Secretary Wright. Henry Lee Higginson and Frank Chapman call. He thanks his English friend Arthur Lee for the gift of a painting and discusses Quebec's tercentenary.",["frank-h-hitchcock","luke-e-wright","henry-lee-higginson","frank-m-chapman","davis","william-howard-taft","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-08","Bird refuges at Key West and Klamath Lake","Federal bird reservations are established at Florida's Key West and at Klamath Lake on the Oregon-California line. Roosevelt tells John Hammond the Brownsville decision was his alone, not Taft's, and writes Lodge that Edith is pleased his African trophies will go to a museum.",["henry-cabot-lodge","john-hays-hammond","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt","charles-evans-hughes","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-09","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing further is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-10","Country Life Commission launched","Worried that farm life is fading as cities grow, Roosevelt creates the Country Life Commission and asks Cornell's Liberty Hyde Bailey to lead it. He also tells Truman Newberry a naval lieutenant should not be dismissed and writes William Allen White about Ohio's Senate seat.",["liberty-hyde-bailey","truman-h-newberry","william-allen-white","theodore-e-burton","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-11","A quiet Tuesday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-12","A report on the Kaiser from Oscar King Davis","Times correspondent William Bayard Hale calls, and Oscar King Davis brings Roosevelt an account of the Kaiser, later describing the visit in his memoir. Roosevelt writes Taft about disclosing campaign donations and praises James B. Reynolds's Panama report.",["william-bayard-hale","oscar-king-davis","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","william-howard-taft","james-b-reynolds"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-13","Ethel's sweet sixteen","Ethel turns 16. The Clifford Richardsons and William Appleton visit, and Roosevelt lunches with New York Republicans William Barnes, Francis Hendricks and Herbert Parsons along with Gifford Pinchot. He writes Commander Sims about a commission to reorganize the Navy.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","charles-s-francis","william-barnes-jr","francis-j-hendricks","herbert-parsons","gifford-pinchot","william-s-sims","clifford-richardson","mrs-clifford-richardson","william-appleton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-14","Keep the safari quiet","John Donovan and Representative Barchfeld call. Roosevelt asks Robert Bridges to keep publicity about the African trip to a minimum, and advises Taft to back Governor Hughes privately without issuing a statement.",["john-donovan","andrew-j-barchfeld","robert-bridges","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-15","No pardons for two bankers","Roosevelt tells Robert Thompson he will not pardon Curtis and Morse, the two indicted top officers of a New York bank. He also asks Newberry for the Newport conference's battleship findings and writes Bonaparte about rising railroad rates.",["truman-h-newberry","charles-bonaparte","robert-thompson","curtis","charles-w-morse"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-16","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-17","Manuel Quezon to lunch","Roosevelt lunches with Cortelyou, Fassett, the Filipino leader Manuel Quezon, Escamillo and Olin. Former New York police chief John McCullagh and Lindsay Denison call, and Charles Sheldon and Truman Newberry stay for dinner and the night.",["george-cortelyou","j-sloat-fassett","manuel-quezon","escamillo","olin","john-mccullagh","lindsay-denison","charles-sheldon","truman-h-newberry"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-18","Invited to give Oxford's Romanes Lecture","Roosevelt accepts Lord Curzon's invitation to deliver the Romanes Lecture at Oxford, which he will give in 1910. Malheur Lake in Oregon becomes a bird reservation. He tells Taft that Bryan is attacking his Unitarian faith, and sends Lodge a clipping about a Texas statue of himself that amuses him.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-curzon","william-howard-taft","george-buell","william-jennings-bryan","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-19","Pruning the safari grocery list","Roosevelt goes through Selous's list of supplies for Africa, keeping tinned beans, peaches and tomatoes, cutting back the liquor, dropping pepper and mustard, and swapping cocoa for coffee. Secretary Meyer comes to dinner and stays the night.",["frederick-selous","louis-a-frothingham","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-20","Hughes renomination talks; a colonel's uniform for Europe","Roosevelt huddles with Sherman, Hitchcock, Bacon and New York party men over renominating Governor Hughes. He writes Whitelaw Reid about African game licenses and royal visits, saying he wants to wear his cavalry colonel's uniform at European courts.",["james-s-sherman","william-s-bennet","c-j-smith","michael-j-dady","william-w-cocks","frank-h-hitchcock","robert-bacon","winslow","whitelaw-reid","kogoro-takahira","edgar-a-mearns","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-21","Backing Hughes despite his flaws","Roosevelt writes William Barnes Jr. that Governor Hughes ought to be renominated, shortcomings and all, and discusses the race with Lyman Abbott. He also sends thanks to the authors of the Panama report.",["james-b-reynolds","samuel-b-donnelly","henry-beach-needham","william-barnes-jr","lyman-abbott","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-22","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-23","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-24","Grief for Speck von Sternberg","Roosevelt's old friend Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German ambassador, dies of cancer in Germany, and Roosevelt wires his sorrow. Alice and Nick Longworth visit, and he writes William Barnes Jr. about Hughes and New York politics.",["hermann-speck-von-sternberg","william-w-cocks","ralph-peters","william-barnes-jr","hermann-von-hatzfeldt-wildenburg","johann-heinrich-von-bernstorff","chandler-w-bleistein","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-25","Evening train to see Corinne","After lunch with Governor Charles Magoon of Cuba, Roosevelt leaves in the evening for Jordanville, New York, to visit Corinne and Douglas Robinson. He asks Hitchcock to have an expert review Taft's labor rulings for the campaign.",["charles-e-magoon","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","frank-h-hitchcock","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-26","Dedicating Douglas Robinson's library gift","In Jordanville, Roosevelt dedicates the public library his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson has given to the town. Clifford and Teresa Richardson sign the guest book.",["douglas-robinson","clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson"],"Jordanville"],["1908-08-27","Home, with Vanderbilt to lunch","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt lunches with Cornelius Vanderbilt and sends Herbert Parsons his thoughts on the governor's race.",["cornelius-vanderbilt","herbert-parsons","charles-evans-hughes"],"Jordanville"],["1908-08-28","Chase Lake refuge in North Dakota","A bird reservation is set aside at Chase Lake, North Dakota. Roosevelt thanks Douglas and Corinne for their hospitality, concedes to Newberry on the Newport battleship plans, and cites history in defending Taft against attacks on his religion.",["james-s-sherman","j-franklin-bell","winslow","abner-mckinley","henry-c-loudenslager","homer-davenport","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","truman-h-newberry","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-29","Missionaries in China","Baron Takahira and Dr. Iglehart call. Roosevelt writes Lyman Abbott about missionaries in China and Taft about bank deposits and postal savings.",["kogoro-takahira","iglehart","lyman-abbott","william-howard-taft","charles-harvey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-30","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-08-31","Olympians at Sagamore; the children scatter","Roosevelt welcomes members of the American Olympic team. The children head off to new chapters: Ted starts at a Connecticut carpet mill for $7 a week, Kermit begins college at Harvard, Archie returns to Groton, and Quentin enrolls at Episcopal High School across the Potomac in Alexandria.",["jacob-van-vechten-olcott","mack","theodore-roosevelt-jr","robert-p-perkins","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-01","Telling Taft to go on offense","Roosevelt meets Cortelyou and W. L. Ward and lunches with publisher George Haven Putnam, Francis Leupp, Colonel Brodie and William Travers Jerome. The architect Grant LaFarge and his wife Florence arrive for a stay. His advice to Taft is blunt: don't reply to Bryan, go after him.",["george-cortelyou","william-l-ward","george-haven-putnam","francis-e-leupp","alexander-o-brodie","william-travers-jerome","c-grant-lafarge","florence-lafarge","william-howard-taft","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-02","Public endorsement of Governor Hughes","Roosevelt issues a press statement backing Charles Evans Hughes for another term as New York governor, then spends the evening at Matinecock Lodge. He tells Arthur Lee that the gift painting hangs in the North Room for lack of a better place.",["silas-mcbee","mrs-martin-egan","f-n-meyer","charles-evans-hughes","william-s-sims","arthur-lee","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-03","Fisheries and Africa in a letter to Reid","The LaFarges are still Sagamore Hill guests. Roosevelt writes Whitelaw Reid about the Newfoundland fisheries dispute and his coming African trip.",["whitelaw-reid","c-grant-lafarge","florence-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-04","Bishop Brent and the press at lunch","Immigration commissioner Frank P. Sargent dies. John Sleicher and Henry Wise call, and Roosevelt's lunch table includes Bishop Charles Brent, correspondent Richard Oulahan and Hamilton Fish; Major Wadsworth stays overnight.",["frank-p-sargent","john-a-sleicher","henry-wise","charles-h-brent","james-williams","richard-oulahan","hamilton-fish","howard-richards","william-austin-wadsworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-05","Bryan's jab at DuPont","With Major Wadsworth still at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt warns Taft that Bryan is using DuPont's role to paint Republicans as the party of trusts. He also writes Sherman about labor and Root about the campaigns and extraditing Russian Jews.",["william-howard-taft","james-s-sherman","elihu-root","t-coleman-du-pont","william-jennings-bryan","charles-evans-hughes","william-austin-wadsworth","clifford-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-06","Hearing Dr. Fox preach","Roosevelt attends the Presbyterian church to hear a sermon by Dr. Fox.",["dr-fox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-07","The Dalai Lama and the fleet in Australia","Frank Kellogg comes to lunch. Roosevelt tells Ambassador Bryce about Tibet and the splendid welcome the American fleet received in Australia, and writes William Rockhill about his meeting with the Dalai Lama.",["frank-b-kellogg","james-bryce","william-w-rockhill","dalai-lama"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-08","Better housing for Washington's alleys","Roosevelt receives a string of local and political visitors and writes Charles Welles about improving housing in Washington's overlooked neighborhoods.",["painter","w-s-moore","fred-wright","cox","william-w-cocks","youngs","lewis","doughty","charles-welles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-09","Taft and he share the same views","In a letter meant for the record, Roosevelt tells Conrad Kohrs that Taft and he see eye to eye on the national interest. He also lists his accomplishments for William B. McKinley, discusses Jack London and animal intelligence with Mark Sullivan, and writes Lodge about canal supply ships.",["mrs-martin-egan","conrad-kohrs","william-b-mckinley","henry-cabot-lodge","mark-sullivan","james-s-sherman","jack-london","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-10","Choosing a shotgun for Africa","After a big lunch whose guests include William Loeb, Paul Morton, Bonaparte and Medill McCormick, Roosevelt tells gunmaker A. H. Fox he will bring a 12-bore to Africa. Other letters touch on farm schools, Speck von Sternberg's death and lies told about Grover Cleveland.",["charles-bonaparte","paul-morton","medill-mccormick","lawrence-abbott","john-carter","herbert-knox-smith","herbert-parsons","william-loeb","a-h-fox","herbert-myrick","george-cortelyou","david-jayne-hill","joseph-bucklin-bishop","henry-white","hermann-speck-von-sternberg","grover-cleveland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-11","Hit them hard, old man","Roosevelt urges Taft to go after Bryan's record and keep smiling while he does it. He also writes Henry Needham about endorsing Republican congressmen for reelection.",["william-howard-taft","henry-beach-needham","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-12","Stagecoach holdups in Yellowstone","A Pall Mall Gazette writer named Dawbarn calls. Roosevelt tells Selous he hopes to see him on safari, and writes General Samuel Young about a string of stagecoach robberies in Yellowstone; he will later propose civilian park rangers.",["dawbarn","frederick-selous","samuel-b-m-young","george-curzon","samuel-slater"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-13","Ted turns 21","Ted reaches his 21st birthday. Working as a mill hand in Connecticut and eager to make money quickly before entering politics, he had declined to join the African trip. His father gives him $1,000.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-14","Winchesters arrive for the safari","Roosevelt meets Root and Cocks and wires Root at the Saratoga convention as he works to quiet resistance to Hughes. He tells Kermit the Winchester rifles have come and he will try them tomorrow, and describes Ted's birthday picnic on Jayne's Hill.",["elihu-root","william-w-cocks","charles-bonaparte","william-howard-taft","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","phil","cornelia","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-15","Hughes renominated; Tumacacori protected","Tumacacori National Monument in Arizona is proclaimed and Florida's Pine Island becomes a bird reservation, while New York Republicans renominate Governor Hughes. Roosevelt writes Metcalf about battleships carrying 14-inch guns and tells General Young that Yellowstone needs civilian rangers.",["mike-donovan","charles-evans-hughes","victor-h-metcalf","lyman-abbott","oscar-straus","samuel-b-m-young","isabella-hagner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-16","McBee calls","Silas McBee pays a call at Sagamore Hill.",["silas-mcbee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-17","Oyster Bay neighbors and German singers","Roosevelt hosts his Oyster Bay neighbors at a reception, hears a German singing society from Hicksville, and lunches with Collier's editors Mark Sullivan and Norman Hapgood. He teases Spring-Rice for fretting about his safety in Africa, admits he would have liked to stay President, and praises Root's work at Saratoga.",["mark-sullivan","norman-hapgood","cecil-spring-rice","elihu-root","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-19","Foraker's Standard Oil letters surface","Roosevelt's essay on Taft's candidacy appears in The Outlook. He lunches with Lord Bryce and Mrs. Brown, and wires Taft twice after Hearst publishes letters showing Standard Oil payments to Senator Foraker, which ended Foraker's career.",["mrs-brown","james-bryce","william-howard-taft","william-randolph-hearst","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-20","Archie Butt back from Europe","After two months of European leave, Archie Butt is back in Washington.",["archibald-butt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-21","Wishing Taft would hit harder","Roosevelt meets Woodruff and Congressman Augustus Gardner, cuts Foraker loose, and confides to Bamie that he wishes Taft would smash into Bryan. He insists campaign money must not come from the trusts and compliments Nick Longworth on a speech.",["timothy-l-woodruff","augustus-p-gardner","william-howard-taft","victor-h-metcalf","anna-roosevelt-cowles","nicholas-longworth","george-r-sheldon","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-22","Back to Washington for the season","Roosevelt reaches Washington at 6 p.m., ending his summer at Sagamore Hill. He writes Lyman and Lawrence Abbott about Foraker.",["lyman-abbott","lawrence-abbott","joseph-b-foraker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-09-23","Answering Bryan in the papers","Roosevelt has no time for Archie Butt while he drafts a reply to a Bryan telegram published in the newspapers, tying Governor Haskell and Foraker to shady money. He demands DuPont's resignation from the campaign, sees Ballinger, Bonaparte and others, and receives the International Fisheries Congress.",["richard-a-ballinger","charles-bonaparte","charles-n-haskell","lee-s-overman","furnifold-m-simmons","john-barrett","archibald-butt","william-jennings-bryan","frank-h-hitchcock","wesley-l-jones","t-coleman-du-pont","joseph-b-foraker"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-09-24","An old trolley injury still aches","Roosevelt talks West Virginia and Ohio politics and sees Archie Butt at five, mentioning that his leg still hurts from the 1902 trolley crash. He and Edith go to the National Theater. A letter from Quentin reveals he is being hazed at boarding school.",["nathan-b-scott","henry-c-corbin","samuel-b-m-young","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"National Theatre"],["1908-09-25","DuPont steps down","Coleman du Pont resigns from the campaign. Roosevelt holds Cabinet, discusses Illinois politics, and welcomes Gifford Pinchot and the members of the farm-life commission. He asks Selous to make sure only he and Kermit will be shooting on the expedition.",["albert-j-hopkins","joseph-v-graff","gifford-pinchot","t-coleman-du-pont","frederick-selous","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","george-r-sheldon","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-09-26","New coins and two Florida bird refuges","Roosevelt talks New York politics, immigration and the design of new coins, and sees Admiral Dewey. Matlacha Pass and Palma Sola in Florida become bird reservations. He wires Lawrence Abbott to come to Washington about evidence against Oklahoma Governor Haskell, while Edith fixes up Quentin's school room in Alexandria.",["william-s-bennet","william-r-wheeler","oscar-straus","george-dewey","moore","lawrence-abbott","john-s-leech","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","frank-h-hitchcock","charles-n-haskell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-09-27","Drafting the reply to Bryan","On Corinne's 47th birthday, Lawrence Abbott meets Roosevelt in the morning; Abbott later wrote of how Roosevelt composed his Bryan letter and talked of Cabinet choices. Roosevelt sends Bryan his published answer.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","lawrence-abbott","william-jennings-bryan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-09-28","Quentin comes home from boarding school","Quentin, hazed without mercy at boarding school, is sent home sick. Roosevelt talks tariff with Senator Burrows and impresses Archie Butt with his deft handling of Ambassador Aoki. His public exchange with Bryan comes to an end.",["julius-c-burrows","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","james-wilson","aoki-shuzo","archibald-butt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","william-kent","charles-d-walcott","william-jennings-bryan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-09-29","Standard Oil before the Cabinet","The Cabinet takes up the Standard Oil cases. Roosevelt sits for a photograph by Ward, dines with Mrs. Taft, Bacon, and the Corbins, and goes with Edith to the Columbia Theater. Quentin writes Archie that the older boys forced cigarettes on him and made him box a much bigger boy.",["george-a-pearre","ward","henry-c-corbin","mrs-henry-c-corbin","helen-herron-taft","robert-bacon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Columbia Theater"],["1908-09-30","Missing Fitzhugh Lee","Callers include John Hays Hammond, Fletcher Maddox and the portrait painter C. A. Whipple. Roosevelt writes Sherman about grumbling from state committees and tells Fitzhugh Lee how much the family misses him, with news of the four boys.",["fletcher-maddox","john-hays-hammond","edward-a-moseley","porter","e-c-o-brien","c-a-whipple","james-s-sherman","fitzhugh-lee","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-01","Taking on the Democratic platform","The surviving fragment for this date covers the campaign's issues: Democrats want federally guaranteed bank deposits, caps on corporate size and Philippine independence. Roosevelt calls the size limits unworkable and independence premature.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-02","Quentin becomes a day boy","After his rough start as a boarder, Quentin returns to Episcopal High School as a day student and happily lives at the White House. Roosevelt confers with Ray Stannard Baker on race and Goethals on the canal, wins three sets of tennis, and has Alice to tea. Ted starts at the carpet company.",["ray-stannard-baker","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","william-m-calder","michael-j-dady","nathan-b-scott","george-w-goethals","archibald-butt","frank-r-mccoy","van-horn","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","george-von-lengerke-meyer","frank-a-munsey","charles-h-dietrich","lee-s-overman","jacob-riis","quentin-roosevelt","elihu-root","lawrence-abbott","george-cortelyou","john-s-leech"],"White House"],["1908-10-03","Speech to the Tuberculosis Congress","Roosevelt addresses the International Congress on Tuberculosis and talks labor with railroad union leaders Patrick Morrissey and Warren Stone. He writes Kermit about his Harvard courses and reading Greek.",["patrick-h-morrissey","warren-s-stone","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-04","Sunday in Washington","Roosevelt is in Washington; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-05","An evening at The Melting Pot","Roosevelt and Edith see Israel Zangwill's play The Melting Pot. Earlier he meets Bonaparte and Governor Comer about railroad injunctions, and in letters he discusses Taft's candidacy, a poorly run government sanitarium, early popular Senate elections, and socialism in Denmark.",["charles-bonaparte","braxton-b-comer","sydney-e-mudd","john-g-capers","elihu-root","j-frank-allee","edith-kermit-roosevelt","israel-zangwill","lyman-abbott","robert-j-gamble","jonathan-bourne-jr","maurice-francis-egan"],"Columbia Theater"],["1908-10-06","Refusing to send Pouren to Russia","Roosevelt tells Root he wants the extradition of Jan Pouren to Russia denied, and writes Lawrence Abbott about Black appointments and Taft's attitude. After Cabinet and lunch with George Sheldon, he spends the evening with Root, Cortelyou and others mapping the New York fight.",["j-b-stewart","george-m-bowers","warner","george-r-sheldon","charles-s-francis","elihu-root","george-cortelyou","robert-bacon","william-l-ward","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-loeb","lawrence-abbott","jan-pouren"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-07","A heated lunch with Israel Zangwill","Roosevelt hosts a White House luncheon for Israel Zangwill, author of The Melting Pot, and the two argue long and hard. Later he meets the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, Prince Hatzfeldt and Dr. Koch, plays tennis, takes tea with the Jusserands and dines at the Straus home.",["william-l-ward","james-a-hemenway","israel-zangwill","hermann-von-hatzfeldt-wildenburg","robert-koch","jean-jules-jusserand","elise-jusserand","robert-bacon","william-phillips","oscar-straus","william-allen-white"],"White House"],["1908-10-08","Tea-table talk of Alice in Wonderland","Roosevelt invites himself to lunch at Archie Butt's next Tuesday. George Hamlin sings at the White House. On the court, Jusserand and Meyer beat Roosevelt and Phillips, and over tea the group talks about Alice in Wonderland.",["william-r-willcox","archibald-butt","george-hamlin","william-phillips","jean-jules-jusserand","elise-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","victor-h-metcalf"],"White House"],["1908-10-09","The labor vote and the fleet","The Cabinet discusses the fleet's voyage and Army appointments, and James B. Reynolds briefs Roosevelt on the labor vote. He lunches with Silas McBee and John Mott. In Newfoundland, voters reject British policy on the fisheries.",["james-b-reynolds","silas-mcbee","john-r-mott"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-10","Falling into Rock Creek","On Kermit's birthday Roosevelt takes Archie Butt on a hard afternoon scramble in Rock Creek Park, tumbling into the creek along the way. They swim, climb and talk of George Washington, and Roosevelt names Poe the best American writer. He writes Sherman about religious bigotry aimed at Taft.",["kermit-roosevelt","willis-l-moore","elmer-dover","james-b-perkins","archibald-butt","james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","eugene-v-debs","samuel-gompers"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-11","Eleanor Roosevelt turns 24","It is the 24th birthday of Roosevelt's niece Eleanor. Nothing else is recorded.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-12","A message to Russia's young men","Roosevelt sees his tailor, receives the Supreme Court, and dines with Bacon; Justice Moody and Dr. Lambert are overnight guests. He sends John Mott a message for young Russian men and praises Taft while condemning anti-Catholic attacks on him.",["rock","robert-bacon","alexander-lambert","william-h-moody","william-howard-taft","richard-oulahan","john-r-mott"],"White House"],["1908-10-13","Lunch at Archie Butt's house","Roosevelt pays Archie Butt the rare compliment of lunching at his home, with Edith, Belle Hagner, McCoy, Cheney and Phillips, while detectives ring the house. The meal runs from cantaloupe to peach ice cream, and Phillips finds spurs in his soup with a mock knighthood. Roosevelt stays past three and has a fine time.",["herman-h-kohlsaat","francis-e-warren","henry-c-corbin","charles-c-glover","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","isabella-hagner","frank-r-mccoy","cheney","william-phillips"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-14","Northcliffe at the White House","Lord and Lady Northcliffe join a large lunch at the White House. Roosevelt goes over the New York race with Mark Sullivan and writes Governor Hughes praising his campaign.",["mark-sullivan","george-von-lengerke-meyer","lord-northcliffe","lady-northcliffe","charles-evans-hughes"],"White House"],["1908-10-15","Zangwill trims the lines he disliked","Roosevelt thanks Israel Zangwill for cutting the divorce lines in The Melting Pot that had offended him. He confers with Garfield, Pinchot and Straus, lunches with Lord Northcliffe and rides. Edith tells Archie Butt she is uneasy about his attending the open-air play on the White House grounds.",["james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","oscar-straus","henry-c-loudenslager","henry-b-f-macfarland","cyrus-adler","lord-northcliffe","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","thomas-dolan","henry-cabot-lodge","israel-zangwill","victor-h-metcalf"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-16","Players on the White House lawn","Edith's children's playground charity opens the White House grounds to the Ben Greet Players, and Roosevelt watches part of the open-air show. Garfield, Spreckels and Greet join him for lunch. He lashes Governor Haskell in a letter and accepts General Young's resignation as Yellowstone superintendent.",["ben-greet","edith-kermit-roosevelt","rudolph-spreckels","james-r-garfield","charles-n-haskell","starr-beatty","samuel-b-m-young"],"White House"],["1908-10-17","Welcoming the players on a hot day","In unseasonable heat the Ben Greet company performs \"Pandora's Box\" and \"Midas\" on the White House grounds, and Roosevelt gives a short welcome. He writes Kermit that Quentin has sold one of his pigs to an animal dealer, and discusses the Kaiser's insulting remarks about England with Henry White and Arthur Lee.",["ben-greet","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","jean-jules-jusserand","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","henry-white","arthur-lee","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"White House"],["1908-10-18","Taft back from the South","Taft returns from a Southern campaign swing unsure of the region's vote, and spends the day with Roosevelt over breakfast, lunch and a working dinner. Root, Knox, Moody and Loeb join the lunch, and Roosevelt goes to All Souls' Church. It is nephew Sheffield Cowles's 10th birthday.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","philander-knox","william-h-moody","william-loeb"],"All Souls' Church"],["1908-10-19","Dutch nursery rhymes for a diplomat","On a hot day Roosevelt receives the Dutch and Honduran envoys, singing the Dutch envoy nursery rhymes he learned as a child. He also greets survivors of a Vermont Civil War regiment, plays tennis, and goes to the National Theater with Edith.",["william-howard-taft","george-von-lengerke-meyer","powell-clayton","nathan-b-scott","jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","william-phillips","edith-kermit-roosevelt","p-h-grace","charles-bonaparte"],"National Theatre"],["1908-10-20","Portrait and lecture at once","While Joseph DeCamp paints his portrait, Roosevelt dictates his Oxford Romanes Lecture at the same sitting. He hosts a Cabinet dinner with the Meyers, Lord and Lady Rodd, Root and the Bacons, and tells Kermit about a quiet campaign against Taft's Unitarian faith.",["joseph-decamp","george-von-lengerke-meyer","rennell-rodd","elihu-root","robert-bacon","kermit-roosevelt","charles-evans-hughes"],"White House"],["1908-10-21","Morning walk in the garden with Edith","After his 8 a.m. breakfast Roosevelt strolls the garden with Edith until a quarter to ten, then talks safari preparations with Archie Butt. Charles Freer and Root are among the lunch guests. He writes Senator Knox, in a letter soon published, comparing Taft's and Bryan's records on labor.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","mrs-townsend","ronalds","charles-l-freer","elihu-root","j-pierpont-morgan","joseph-m-dixon","james-b-reynolds","jean-jules-jusserand","beekman-winthrop","philander-knox","henry-cabot-lodge"],"White House"],["1908-10-22","A note to Kenneth Grahame","Roosevelt discusses Indiana politics with Lieutenant Governor Miller, lunches with R. P. Perkins and rides. He tells Kenneth Grahame he will enjoy his book.",["miller","robert-p-perkins","kenneth-grahame"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-23","Cheering the fleet's welcome in Australia","The Cabinet takes up Ohio politics, and a new Florida bird reservation is created. Roosevelt congratulates Admiral John Pillsbury on how well the fleet's cruise is going and on its Australian welcome.",["elihu-root","j-franklin-bell","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-phillips","john-e-pillsbury"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-24","The election is absolutely assured","Roosevelt plans the African trip with J. C. Hartsell and C. Hart Merriam, and his Outlook article on American attitudes toward the Philippines appears. He tells Kermit the campaign is improving and assures Taft that victory is certain.",["j-c-hartsell","c-hart-merriam","william-dudley-foulke","kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-25","A Sunday with Winthrop Chanler","Roosevelt spends the day with his friend Winthrop Chanler.",["winthrop-chanler"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-26","Army machine guns and a Wyoming refuge","Roosevelt discusses New Jersey politics with Representative Parker and the Army's machine gun service with General Bell. Evangelist Gipsy Smith and Ambassador Aoki call. Loch Katrine in Wyoming becomes a bird reservation.",["richard-wayne-parker","j-franklin-bell","gipsy-smith","aoki-shuzo","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","luke-e-wright"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-27","Fifty, and over every jump","Roosevelt marks his 50th birthday by riding his horse Roswell over every jump in Rock Creek Park. The Hungarian Republican Club calls with birthday wishes, and he urges Taft to speak out on labor.",["william-howard-taft"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1908-10-28","Not slowing down at 50","The Great White Fleet reaches Japan. Roosevelt walks for exercise, tells Frederic Remington he has no plans to slow down at 50, and thanks Alice for her birthday wishes.",["frederic-remington","alice-roosevelt-longworth","charles-s-sperry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-29","Memorial for Speck von Sternberg","Roosevelt attends memorial services for his late friend, Ambassador Speck von Sternberg. Earlier he discusses Ohio politics with Meyer and meets with Bonaparte, Representative Dwight and the painter DeCamp, among others.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","charles-bonaparte","john-w-dwight","francis-v-greene","john-a-mcilhenny","robert-j-wynne","black","north","william-s-rossiter","joseph-decamp","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-30","Confident of Taft's election","After Cabinet and a meeting with Jusserand, Roosevelt assures John Pringle he expects Taft to win. He writes William Dudley Foulke about newspaper falsehoods claiming he took tainted money in 1904 and abetted corruption in Panama.",["jean-jules-jusserand","john-pringle","william-dudley-foulke"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-10-31","Art store, oil cases, and talks with Japan","Roosevelt stops at Fisher's art store after breakfast and goes over the Standard Oil prosecutions with Frank Kellogg. Talks go on toward what becomes the Root-Takahira Agreement, under which the United States and Japan pledge to respect each other's Pacific holdings.",["frank-b-kellogg","elihu-root","kogoro-takahira","beekman-winthrop","gifford-pinchot","william-phillips","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon"],"Fisher's Art Store"],["1908-11-01","No to the Catholic Encyclopedia","Frank Kellogg calls. Archie Butt is back in the capital, having buried his mother. Roosevelt declines Charles Bodkin's offer of a Catholic Encyclopedia subscription.",["frank-b-kellogg","archibald-butt","charles-bodkin"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-02","Night train home to vote","Roosevelt works on his Annual Message and plays tennis with Jusserand, while Edith and Archie Butt cruise the Potomac on the Sylph and take a launch to Pohick Church. At 10:30 that night he and Edith board a train for Oyster Bay to vote.",["jean-jules-jusserand","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","russell-harrison","charles-bonaparte","delavan-smith","charles-n-haskell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-03","Taft wins: beaten to a frazzle","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay as Taft defeats Bryan, 321 electoral votes to 162, to become the 27th President. Back at the White House by six, he lets an election-night party run until 12:30 while he reads upstairs. Alice and Nick spend the evening at Taft's side in Cincinnati.",["william-howard-taft","william-jennings-bryan","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","eugene-v-debs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1908-11-04","A medal for the Cuban occupation","Roosevelt authorizes a campaign medal for service in the occupation of Cuba. Luke Wright calls. He writes Taft about Catholic missionaries to Native Americans, backs a pension for Frances Cleveland, and sends J. C. Martin a letter on religious tolerance.",["luke-e-wright","william-howard-taft","cyrus-a-sulloway","j-c-martin","frances-folsom-cleveland"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-05","Radiant over Taft's victory","Archie Butt finds Roosevelt glowing over Taft's win. After talking trusts with Bonaparte, he rides with Butt, Roosevelt on Audrey and Butt on Georgia, then plays tennis at 3:30.",["charles-bonaparte","archibald-butt","jean-jules-jusserand","robert-bacon","beekman-winthrop","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-06","No President has enjoyed it more","Roosevelt tells E. S. Martin that no President has had a better time in office, though he will miss the levers of power a little. He compares British and American elections with Bryce, sees Aldrich on the tariff and Goethals on the canal, and talks Africa that evening with Sir Harry Johnston, his overnight guest.",["james-bryce","shackford","nelson-aldrich","george-w-goethals","harry-h-johnston","edward-s-martin","george-otto-trevelyan","charles-evans-hughes","john-corbett","j-c-martin"],"White House"],["1908-11-07","Signing on with The Outlook","It is announced that Roosevelt will join The Outlook as a contributing editor from March 5, 1909. He confers with Payne on the tariff and Cameron Forbes on the Philippines, walks in Rock Creek Park, and watches Archie Butt stumble through the introductions at a diplomatic tea.",["sereno-e-payne","black","francis-v-greene","john-a-mcilhenny","w-cameron-forbes","george-von-lengerke-meyer","james-wilson","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","archibald-butt","charles-h-sherrill","henry-l-stimson","russell-harrison","william-dudley-foulke","charles-w-morse","delavan-smith"],"Rock Creek Park"],["1908-11-08","A purposeful tumble into Rock Creek","Ambassador Bryce calls, and Liberty Hyde Bailey, Gifford Pinchot, Beekman Winthrop and John Graham Brooks come to dinner. Roosevelt writes Archie that Quentin is thriving at school and recounts a spill into Rock Creek during a climb; Butt believed the fall was deliberate, to make the out-of-shape officers follow.",["james-bryce","gifford-pinchot","john-graham-brooks","beekman-winthrop","liberty-hyde-bailey","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","frederic-harrison","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-09","Arizona returns and a farm-life letter","Roosevelt's callers range from Representatives Dalzell and Hull to former Interior Secretary Ethan Hitchcock and the Cuban minister Quesada. After afternoon tennis he writes about Arizona's election, Grover Cleveland, and the Country Life Commission.",["gonzalo-de-quesada","john-a-t-hull","james-r-garfield","ethan-a-hitchcock","john-dalzell","george-von-lengerke-meyer","nathan-b-scott","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","edward-kent","francis-lynde-stetson","henry-wallace"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-10","Congratulating President-elect Taft","Roosevelt writes Taft his congratulations, along with thoughts on the House revolt against Speaker Cannon and Thomas Platt's exit from the Senate. He also writes Harriet Taylor Upton on votes for women, talks tariff with Senator Cullom, and sees Wanamaker and Bourke Cockran.",["shelby-m-cullom","count-moltke","john-wanamaker","jacob-van-vechten-olcott","w-bourke-cockran","wade-h-ellis","anna-roosevelt-cowles","harriet-taylor-upton","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon","thomas-c-platt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-11","Howard Pyle sketches the lunch table","At a big White House luncheon with the incoming Vice President, James Sherman, plus the Bryces, Seth Low and others, the illustrator Howard Pyle draws the guests and gives the sketches to Alice. Mrs. Bryce takes Roosevelt to task over his religious tolerance letter. He writes Kermit comparing the American and Japanese navies.",["elihu-root","theodore-e-burton","george-perkins","j-hampton-moore","james-s-sherman","james-bryce","marion-bryce","seth-low","frank-h-hitchcock","timothy-l-woodruff","robert-j-wynne","william-l-ward","albert-shaw","john-r-mclean","howard-pyle","alice-roosevelt-longworth","david-s-barry","james-williams","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-11-12","Tariff talk with Representative Weeks","Roosevelt discusses the tariff with Representative Weeks and receives Justice McKenna, diplomat Henry White, editor Albert Shaw and other callers before riding.",["john-w-weeks","joseph-mckenna","henry-white","albert-shaw","james-wilson","louis-a-frothingham"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-13","Writing on race and the Indianola affair","After Cabinet, Admiral Evans calls and Roosevelt plays tennis. He writes John Brooks about the rights of Black Southerners, appointments and the Indianola post office case, and John O'Laughlin about relations with Japan.",["robley-d-evans","james-b-perkins","beekman-winthrop","jean-jules-jusserand","john-callan-o-laughlin","john-graham-brooks","j-hampton-moore"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-14","Speaking at Quentin's school","Roosevelt speaks at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Quentin's school, and later hosts a big dinner with Major Edgar Mearns and Percy Madeira to discuss Africa. Truman Newberry is named Secretary of the Navy as of December 1, and Taft spends the night.",["quentin-roosevelt","edgar-a-mearns","percy-c-madeira","truman-h-newberry","william-howard-taft","eugene-a-philbin","rudolph-spreckels","lawrence-abbott","francis-j-heney"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-15","Sunday with Root and Taft","Roosevelt meets and lunches with Root while Taft remains a White House guest. He takes a walk and writes Alvin Sanders about revising the tariff.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","alvin-h-sanders","francis-lynde-stetson"],"White House"],["1908-11-16","Hearst at 9:30; China's rulers dead","William Randolph Hearst and Chauncey Depew call, and word arrives that China's Emperor and Empress Dowager have died; Roosevelt sends condolences. Preoccupied with Congress, he plays tennis in silence. Letters defend Black appointments, praise Cleveland and discuss H. G. Wells.",["chauncey-m-depew","william-randolph-hearst","leonard-wood","wheeler","archibald-butt","francis-lynde-stetson","richard-watson-gilder","ethan-a-hitchcock","william-howard-taft","james-brooks","william-garrott-brown","h-g-wells"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-17","Dinner for labor leaders","Roosevelt hosts a dinner for labor leaders including Terence Powderly, P. H. Morrissey and Warren Stone, joined by Justice Holmes, Straus, Pinchot, General Wood and the Abbotts. He also discusses the tariff with Senator McCumber and rides.",["porter-j-mccumber","terence-v-powderly","patrick-h-morrissey","d-mackay","warren-s-stone","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","william-h-moody","oscar-straus","herbert-parsons","leonard-wood","charles-p-neill","gifford-pinchot","lyman-abbott","lawrence-abbott"],"White House"],["1908-11-18","Ethel in grown-up clothes","Roosevelt lunches with the Abbotts and Robert Bridges of The Outlook, which he will join under contract next March. Ethel appears in grown-up dress and Archie Butt finds her charming. Roosevelt discusses postal savings with Senator Carter and spends the evening on safari plans with Cecil Lyon.",["thomas-h-carter","charles-p-neill","porter-j-mccumber","weldon-b-heyburn","herbert-h-d-peirce","lyman-abbott","lawrence-abbott","robert-bridges","leonard-wood","ethel-roosevelt-derby","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","beekman-winthrop","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","cecil-a-lyon","luke-e-wright"],"White House"],["1908-11-19","Quentin turns 11","On Quentin's 11th birthday, Roosevelt jokes with Root and Archie Butt about special yellow Army underwear as a jab at timid leadership in the Army's upper ranks. He and Edith laugh over the Reichstag's rebuke of the Kaiser. He writes Gilder proposing Howe's battle hymn as national anthem.",["quentin-roosevelt","elihu-root","archibald-butt","patrick-j-ryan","william-p-hepburn","william-c-lovering","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","richard-watson-gilder","russell-harrison","william-s-rossiter","albert-beveridge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-20","Carl Akeley on Africa; Leech asked to resign","Roosevelt plans the safari with naturalist Carl Akeley, talks Ellis Island with Straus, and takes Edith to hear a concert at the National. He asks Public Printer John Leech to resign and writes Ted about the Kaiser and women's suffrage.",["oscar-straus","carl-akeley","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-a-lyon","robert-bacon","elihu-root","duncan-c-milner","theodore-roosevelt-jr","anna-roosevelt-cowles","john-s-leech","john-ireland","sydney-brooks"],"National Theatre"],["1908-11-21","A damaged Gilbert Stuart Washington","As Edith oversees a top-to-bottom cleaning of the White House, serious damage turns up on Gilbert Stuart's famous Washington portrait, and she sends it out for restoration. Roosevelt lunches with Akeley, Merriam and Pinchot, plays tennis, and confers with Lodge that evening.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","carl-akeley","c-hart-merriam","gifford-pinchot","james-b-reynolds","charles-w-fulton","william-dudley-foulke","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge","seth-low"],"White House"],["1908-11-22","A rose for his buttonhole","Edith pins a rose in Roosevelt's buttonhole before their morning walk. He writes Archie that Quentin's leg is in a cast, and tells Kermit he has sought safari advice from Carl Akeley and Colonel Patterson and has written both his Romanes Lecture and a Sorbonne address the French government requested for 1910.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","carl-akeley","john-henry-patterson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-23","Tribute to Eliot of Harvard","Roosevelt writes Harvard's Charles W. Eliot on his retirement after forty years as president. He discusses the tariff with Representative Tawney, sees Vice President Fairbanks and Lodge, plays tennis, and writes about Panama supply ships and civil service reform.",["james-a-tawney","henry-cabot-lodge","wilford-b-hoggatt","charles-w-fairbanks","jean-jules-jusserand","james-r-garfield","robert-bacon","arthur-lee","william-dudley-foulke","charles-w-eliot","william-howard-taft","luke-e-wright","delavan-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-24","National Forests in Florida and North Dakota","The Ocala National Forest in Florida and the Dakota National Forest in North Dakota are created. Lincoln Steffens calls at 12:45. Roosevelt writes John Loomis about the books he wants to take to Africa.",["lincoln-steffens","oscar-straus","victor-h-metcalf","william-a-calderhead","kennedy","seth-low","john-loomis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-25","Borglum's Sheridan statue unveiled","Roosevelt lunches with sculptor Gutzon Borglum on the day Borglum's statue of General Sheridan is unveiled. Booker T. Washington calls, Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich stop in, and Roosevelt writes Bryce about charges of American misbehavior at the Olympics. It is Bamie's 13th wedding anniversary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-a-tawney","joseph-cannon","nelson-aldrich","elmer-j-burkett","william-h-andrews","booker-t-washington","gutzon-borglum","nicholas-longworth","truman-h-newberry","james-bryce","philip-h-sheridan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-26","Thanksgiving: a 25-pound turkey and a new YMCA","With Archie Butt and William Loeb, Roosevelt helps dedicate a new YMCA building for young Black men. Quentin, out of his cast, roller-skates and plays football with friends, and the family sits down to a 25-pound turkey and roast pig with the Longworths and Willard Straight. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Ambassador Bryce call.",["quentin-roosevelt","archibald-butt","william-loeb","kenesaw-mountain-landis","james-bryce","robert-bacon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","willard-straight","john-graham-brooks","victor-h-metcalf","whitelaw-reid"],"White House"],["1908-11-27","Receiving the diplomatic corps","Choctawhatchee National Forest is created in Florida, and Roosevelt holds the White House reception for the diplomatic corps. Between tariff talks and tennis, he writes Franklin K. Lane on railroad rates and Leonard Wood with praise for his work in Cuba.",["augustus-p-gardner","james-a-tawney","gifford-pinchot","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","archibald-roosevelt","franklin-k-lane","leonard-wood","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1908-11-28","The Awakening of China in The Outlook","Roosevelt's article on the awakening of China appears in The Outlook. He discusses with Lucius Littauer the New York Senate seat Platt is leaving, and sees Charles P. Taft and Senator Penrose.",["lucius-n-littauer","charles-p-taft","boies-penrose","william-howard-taft","john-st-loe-strachey","leonard-wood","luke-e-wright","thomas-c-platt","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-29","Panama supply ships","Roosevelt spends Sunday on letters, writing Taft and Luke Wright about the two canal supply vessels and Chauncey Depew about Satterlee for Assistant Secretary of the Navy.",["william-howard-taft","luke-e-wright","chauncey-m-depew","herbert-l-satterlee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-11-30","Quentin bags three rabbits","Out hunting with Dr. Rixey, Quentin brings down three rabbits. Roosevelt confers with Root and several senators, and his essay \"Christmas Dinner on a Ranch\" appears in Everybody's Magazine. Taft's plan to replace the White House ushers with liveried servants dismays Edith.",["elihu-root","shelby-m-cullom","joseph-m-dixon","george-a-pearre","tulio-larrinaga","samuel-h-piles","john-c-shaffer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","quentin-roosevelt","presley-m-rixey","william-allen-white","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1908-12-01","A Navy shake-up and an embassy from China","Roosevelt's Cabinet names Truman Newberry to lead the Navy in place of Victor Metcalf. Roosevelt attends a jubilee high mass for Austria's emperor at St. Patrick's, tours the Corcoran, shares lunch with Mark Sullivan and Minot Weld, then greets a special Chinese embassy, bristling once more at the title \"excellency.\"",["truman-h-newberry","victor-h-metcalf","herbert-l-satterlee","d-j-keefe","minot-weld","mark-sullivan","william-dudley-foulke","john-morley","george-otto-trevelyan"],"St. Patrick's Church"],["1908-12-02","Twenty-two years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 22nd wedding anniversary. He confers with Hepburn, Root and Woodruff, rides in the afternoon, and tells the Associated Press's Melville Stone he will have no reporters trailing him in Africa.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-p-hepburn","elihu-root","timothy-l-woodruff","william-dudley-foulke","melville-e-stone","robert-j-collier"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-03","Wolf-catching film at the White House","Roosevelt screens kinetoscope film of Oklahoma marshal John Abernathy seizing a live wolf barehanded, a show Edith skips and disapproves of. The Chinese ambassador gives Alice jade bracelets from the Empress, and Roosevelt hears from Bryce and from his lawyers on the Anaconda Copper case.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-butt","john-dalzell","burke","james-bryce","wilford-b-hoggatt","herbert-l-satterlee","charles-bonaparte","joseph-m-dixon","beekman-winthrop","monroe-douglas-robinson","john-r-abernathy","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","frank-h-hitchcock","judge-gunnisey","william-hale"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-04","Congressional dinner with family at the table","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with Caspar Whitney and rides. About 80 sit down to a congressional dinner, Bamie and Corinne among them, where one hostile congressman is heard wishing the African lions luck.",["caspar-whitney","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-sheffield-cowles","douglas-robinson","whitelaw-reid","melville-e-stone"],"White House"],["1908-12-05","Hashing out the Anaconda smelter dispute","Roosevelt gathers Hoyt, Pinchot, Lodge and Montana men to sort out the Anaconda Copper quarrel, then receives Lord Northcote, Bryce and a string of senators. In letters he forgives William Garrott Brown and asks Admiral Sperry about keeping the fleet in battle gray.",["henry-m-hoyt","gifford-pinchot","thomas-h-carter","joseph-m-dixon","henry-cabot-lodge","john-d-ryan","lord-northcote","james-bryce","reed-smoot","francis-e-warren","john-kean","lee-s-overman","william-p-hepburn","george-s-nixon","william-garrott-brown","charles-s-sperry","george-r-sheldon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-06","A Sunday evening caller","Roosevelt's one recorded appointment is a 6 p.m. visit from New York Republican leader William Barnes Jr.",["william-barnes-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-07","Congress returns and the President is cross","As the 60th Congress opens its second session, Roosevelt is out of sorts, sees Dr. Lambert, and fumes at the press, the New York Sun above all. He confers on Oklahoma land frauds, proclaims Wheeler National Monument in Colorado, and ends the night at the Saint-Gaudens show.",["alexander-lambert","james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","vespasian-warner","guglielmo-ferrero","john-r-dos-passos","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","augustus-saint-gaudens","john-dalzell","truman-h-newberry","russell-harrison","denis-j-o-connell","cecile-smith-de-wentworth"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1908-12-08","A fighting last annual message","Roosevelt's final annual message lands on Capitol Hill, restating his ignored proposals more sharply and scolding Congress for curbing the Secret Service, a blow that ends what goodwill was left. He addresses a conservation meeting, is stung by a New York World editorial on Panama, and hosts a dinner capped by the wolf pictures.",["william-h-moody","truman-h-newberry","nicholas-longworth","samuel-b-m-young","andrew-carnegie","herbert-knox-smith","william-s-sims","john-r-abernathy","philander-knox","william-nelson-cromwell"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-09","Deciding to sue Pulitzer for libel","Roosevelt tells Henry Stimson he will take the New York World and its owner, Joseph Pulitzer, to court for libel. He and Taft attend the governors' meeting at the Belasco, and he gets in a tennis match with Meyer, Winthrop and Jusserand, while Archie Butt persuades the Tafts to keep Edith's favorite ushers.",["archibald-butt","william-howard-taft","andrew-carnegie","jean-jules-jusserand","george-von-lengerke-meyer","beekman-winthrop","joseph-pulitzer","henry-l-stimson","charles-bonaparte"],"Belasco Theater"],["1908-12-10","A quiet lunch for the President-elect","Roosevelt confers on the canal with H. W. Farnham and on appointments with Scott and Elkins, then gives Taft a small informal luncheon. He sends Taft his views on who deserves federal posts.",["h-w-farnham","nathan-b-scott","stephen-b-elkins","james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","charles-bonaparte","rose","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-11","Opera night with Edith","After the Cabinet session and a walk, Roosevelt dines with the Earl of Warwick, takes Edith to the opera at the Belasco, and talks with Taft late in the evening.",["earl-of-warwick","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","francis-j-heney"],"Belasco Theater"],["1908-12-12","Eye exam, then two club dinners","Roosevelt works through appointments with a parade of senators and lunches with Taft and Root. Dr. Rixey checks his eyes, and that night he goes to the Gridiron Club's dinner as well as the Boone and Crockett Club's.",["j-warren-keifer","landis","reed-smoot","william-p-hepburn","albert-b-cummins","frank-h-hitchcock","luke-e-wright","charles-e-magoon","james-a-hemenway","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","presley-m-rixey","william-phillips","william-bayard-cutting"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-13","Sending Taft to inspect the Gatun Dam","Roosevelt receives the Chinese ambassador and stops by the Corcoran. He writes Colonel Goethals that Taft and a team of engineers will go to Panama to inspect the Gatun Dam and answer the canal's critics.",["george-w-goethals","william-howard-taft"],"Corcoran Gallery of Art"],["1908-12-14","Brownsville report goes to Congress","Congress receives the Brownsville report. Roosevelt spends the afternoon on the tennis court with Garfield, Pinchot and his son Ted.",["james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-15","Answering the Panama critics, then tennis","Roosevelt sends Congress a message rebutting newspaper lies about the Panama Canal contracts. He and Meyer beat Jusserand and Archie Butt three sets of four, Taft barges into tea with whisky distillers, and he speaks that night at the Saint-Gaudens memorial meeting.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","george-von-lengerke-meyer","jean-jules-jusserand","william-howard-taft","c-grant-lafarge","augustus-saint-gaudens","samuel-b-donnelly","lyman-abbott","gilchrist-stewart"],"White House"],["1908-12-16","Planning the safari with Walcott","Roosevelt talks over the African expedition with the Smithsonian's Charles D. Walcott, goes over patronage with three congressmen, and rides. He writes Ted advising him against joining the governor's staff.",["charles-d-walcott","james-a-hemenway","james-e-watson","albert-j-hopkins","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-17","A state dinner he would rather skip","Roosevelt sends Congress a message on governing the District of Columbia and talks with Wright about Foraker's push to investigate the Secret Service. He lunches with both Taft brothers, walks, and endures a Cabinet dinner, the kind of formal state affair he heartily disliked.",["luke-e-wright","joseph-b-foraker","william-howard-taft","charles-p-taft","frank-b-kellogg","ansley-wilcox","robert-underwood-johnson","william-w-rockhill","elihu-root","dalai-lama"],"White House"],["1908-12-18","Bison, not lions, for the mantel","The Cabinet takes up the Foraker resolution, and Roosevelt lunches with illustrator Howard Pyle and Pinchot. His essay \"Lessons From China\" appears in Science, and he asks architect William Kendall to swap the State Dining Room's lion heads for American bison carved in stone.",["joseph-b-foraker","george-perkins","albert-beveridge","frank-b-kellogg","townsend","gaines","herbert-parsons","maxwell-evarts","flint","howard-pyle","gifford-pinchot","paul-morton","william-sewall","kermit-roosevelt","william-m-kendall"],"White House"],["1908-12-19","Protecting the restored White House","Roosevelt gets in tennis with Pinchot, Garfield and Jusserand and dines with the Vice President and his wife. He writes Cass Gilbert asking that the newly restored White House be guarded against change.",["william-r-wheeler","joseph-h-kibbey","chauncey-m-depew","herbert-parsons","jean-jules-jusserand","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","charles-w-fairbanks","cass-gilbert","truman-h-newberry","alexander-mckelway","hoke-smith"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-20","Looking back on the presidency","On a Sunday, Roosevelt meets newsman Oscar King Davis and writes his friend Arthur Lee that he has largely accomplished what he set out to do in office.",["oscar-king-davis","arthur-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-21","Introducing Taft to Horace Plunkett","Roosevelt receives Irish farm reformer Sir Horace Plunkett, plus China's envoy and Representative Bates. He thanks Henry Fairfield Osborn for his review of the Oxford Romanes Lecture, and asks Taft to meet Plunkett and to send biographical notes for a sketch TR is writing for the inaugural book.",["horace-plunkett","representative-bates","henry-fairfield-osborn","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-22","Lunch with Plunkett and Pinchot","Roosevelt shares lunch with Sir Horace Plunkett and Gifford Pinchot, and sits down with Senator Lodge at 9 p.m.",["horace-plunkett","gifford-pinchot","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-23","Country Life Commission meets","The Country Life Commission convenes at the White House, and Roosevelt confers with Knox and sees Heney. At lunch are his sister Bamie with her husband Will, Whitelaw Reid, Newberry, Bacon and the Harringtons.",["philander-knox","francis-j-heney","whitelaw-reid","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","john-harrington","truman-h-newberry","robert-bacon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-24","Safari talk with Major Mearns","On Christmas Eve Roosevelt goes over the African expedition with Army surgeon and naturalist Edgar Mearns. At lunch are Knox, Joseph Alsop, and the Heney, Garfield and Cowles couples, and he invites Canada's Wilfrid Laurier to the coming conservation conference.",["edgar-a-mearns","nelson-aldrich","george-perkins","francis-j-heney","philander-knox","james-r-garfield","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","joseph-w-alsop","charles-bonaparte","alford-w-cooley","wilfrid-laurier"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-25","Last White House Christmas","Photographers Harris and Ewing pose the Roosevelts on the South Portico, and more than 50 relatives and friends, Lodges and Longworths included, gather for Roosevelt's final Christmas dinner as President. Afterward everyone heads downstairs to the tree in the crypt to swap presents.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","henry-cabot-lodge","archibald-butt","jacob-schiff"],"White House"],["1908-12-26","Selous will join the safari","Roosevelt confers on Indian land frauds and immigration work and greets a run of callers. He cheers the news that hunter Frederick Selous will go to East Africa, sends the Kaiser New Year greetings, and asks Root to vet his speech on British rule in India.",["james-r-garfield","charles-bonaparte","william-s-bennet","william-p-hepburn","elmer-j-burkett","francis-j-heney","james-w-wadsworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","frederick-selous","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","elihu-root","george-c-perkins","arthur-b-farquhar","eugene-f-ware","samuel-gompers"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-27","Sunday with nothing recorded","The chronology lists Roosevelt in Washington with no events noted for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-28","Ethel's debut in the White House","Ethel makes her debut before 440 guests on the White House ground floor. Earlier Roosevelt confers on Alaska with Governor Hoggatt and greets New York musicians. Alice, back from Boston, mourns the coming end of the Roosevelt years, and Ted meets Eleanor Alexander socially for a second time.",["wilford-b-hoggatt","frank-h-hitchcock","robert-j-gamble","porter-j-mccumber","joseph-m-dixon","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","sydney-brooks"],"White House"],["1908-12-29","Big guns and Indian rights","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt lunches with Ambassador Bryce, Justice Holmes and Lodge, then rides. His letters range from a government job for his secretary William Loeb to naval gun sizes, battleship design and the rights of American Indians.",["james-bryce","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","william-loeb","john-d-long","edward-clement","john-lockwood","mrs-francis-lee","truman-h-newberry"],"Washington, D.C."],["1908-12-30","Germany's new ambassador presented","Count von Bernstorff presents his credentials as Germany's new ambassador. Roosevelt confers on the savings bank bill, sees Underwood and Jusserand, stops in at the Navy Department, and dines with humorist Finley Peter Dunne.",["thomas-h-carter","elmer-j-burkett","johann-heinrich-von-bernstorff","oscar-w-underwood","jean-jules-jusserand","truman-h-newberry","finley-peter-dunne","gordon-johnston"],"Navy Department"],["1908-12-31","Testing rifles for Africa","Roosevelt spends the last morning of 1908 trying out rifles for the safari, then heads out to his physician Rixey's farm by Cherrydale in Virginia. He writes Taft that Taft never wrote the Serbian women the press claims he did.",["presley-m-rixey","william-howard-taft"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-01","Shaking 6,665 hands on New Year's Day","Roosevelt greets 6,665 people at his final New Year's reception, and the receiving line runs so long that he, Edith, Archie Butt and Bromwell miss lunch until 3 p.m. He writes Taft about his maneuvering to send Burton, not Foraker, to the Senate from Ohio.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","charles-s-bromwell","william-howard-taft","theodore-e-burton","joseph-b-foraker"],"White House"],["1909-01-02","Planning help for quake-stricken Italy","Roosevelt gathers Cabinet officers and congressmen to arrange American relief after the Messina earthquake. Major Mearns and a stream of officials call, and he writes the Kaiser on Speck von Sternberg, a possible Berlin speech, the fleet and China.",["edgar-a-mearns","luke-e-wright","truman-h-newberry","george-von-lengerke-meyer","jonathan-bourne-jr","w-bourke-cockran","william-crozier","peter-augustus-jay","samuel-b-m-young","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","hermann-speck-von-sternberg"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-03","Sunday with nothing recorded","The chronology places Roosevelt in Washington but notes no events.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-04","Messages on the Secret Service and Italian relief","Roosevelt sends Congress a special message defending the Secret Service and another seeking aid for earthquake-stricken Italy, then receives a long line of lawmakers. Taft agrees to put William Loeb in charge of the New York customs house as collector.",["truman-h-newberry","george-von-lengerke-meyer","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge","william-e-borah","lee-s-overman","oscar-w-underwood","william-s-bennet","george-r-sheldon","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft","william-loeb"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-05","A luncheon full of Ethel's friends","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt hosts some 30 at lunch, among them Owen Wister and his family and a daughter of J. P. Morgan, most of them Ethel's society friends. That evening he and Edith dine at the Roots'.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","shelby-m-cullom","james-b-reynolds","wilford-b-hoggatt","william-s-sims","owen-wister","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","eugene-hale","garrett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-06","Praising Churchill's book, not the man","Roosevelt sends Congress a message on the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. China's ambassador, now out of favor at home, dines with him alongside Mrs. Beale and the Lodges, and Roosevelt writes Winston Churchill to praise My African Journey, though he heartily disliked its author.",["elihu-root","charles-bonaparte","george-von-lengerke-meyer","robert-bacon","henry-cabot-lodge","lee-s-overman","william-dudley-foulke","j-a-stewart","mrs-truxtun-beale","whitelaw-reid","william-howard-taft","william-phillips","winston-s-churchill"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-07","Franklin and Eleanor at the White House","Land fraud charges against Senator Tillman go public. Roosevelt holds a reception for 350, Bamie regales Archie Butt with stories of their mother Mittie and Georgia, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are house guests.",["benjamin-r-tillman","charles-w-fairbanks","george-von-lengerke-meyer","leslie-m-shaw","eugene-hale","samuel-d-mcenery","augustus-p-gardner","frank-b-kellogg","john-a-mcilhenny","anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-butt","martha-bulloch-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","henry-h-rusby","truman-h-newberry"],"White House"],["1909-01-08","Dancing at Ethel's ball","Roosevelt works through a Cabinet meeting and visits from senators and Speaker Cannon. That night a ball is given for Ethel, and he and Edith take the floor, his dancing marked by lively little hops.",["robert-bacon","james-bryce","lee-s-overman","charles-w-fulton","john-a-mcilhenny","joseph-cannon","herbert-parsons","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","albert-lenoir-key","truman-h-newberry"],"White House"],["1909-01-09","A day of callers","Roosevelt receives a string of visitors, Cabinet members Meyer and Straus, Senator Lodge, his old Buffalo friend Ansley Wilcox and reformer William Dudley Foulke among them.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","oscar-straus","chauncey-m-depew","lee-s-overman","henry-cabot-lodge","ansley-wilcox","william-dudley-foulke","vespasian-warner"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-10","Quentin earns a whipping","Roosevelt writes Kermit about Ethel's ball and the safari rifles. To Archie he reports that Quentin came home with a cough after crashing through ice, slipping away from school and lying about it, and so got the first real whipping TR ever gave a child.",["kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-jay-white"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-11","Conservation Commission report arrives","The National Conservation Commission hands Roosevelt its three-volume report, and he urges Congress to improve the capital's civic life. He attends a reception for senators at Fairbanks' home and writes Lyman Abbott on Governor Hughes's plan to change how candidates are nominated.",["george-cortelyou","james-r-garfield","henry-cabot-lodge","francis-e-warren","charles-curtis","oscar-straus","ralph-m-easley","albert-j-hopkins","charles-w-fairbanks","charles-bonaparte","lyman-abbott","charles-evans-hughes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-12","Douglas Robinson to testify","Roosevelt holds a Cabinet meeting and sees senators and congressmen, then is honored at a dinner given by Secretary Wright. He writes his brother-in-law Douglas Robinson, who will be a witness in the libel suits against the World and the Indianapolis News.",["charles-w-fairbanks","william-e-borah","shelby-m-cullom","herbert-knox-smith","samuel-b-m-young","j-adam-bede","edward-l-vreeland","luke-e-wright","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-13","The ninety-mile ride to Warrenton","To prove his three-day, 90-mile riding test for officers is fair, Roosevelt leaves at 3 a.m. with his aide Butt, Dr. Rixey and naval surgeon Cary Grayson for Warrenton, Virginia, and back in one day. They push through sleet and reach Washington near 8 p.m., some 17 hours later; the distance was first put at 98 miles and later at 104.",["archibald-butt","cary-t-grayson","presley-m-rixey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-14","Labor leaders at the White House","Roosevelt confers with Newberry on the Navy, meets the American Federation of Labor's executive council, and sees Senator Knox. After a diplomatic dinner he writes Kermit about his long ride and his battles with Congress.",["truman-h-newberry","philander-knox","archibald-butt","albert-beveridge","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-j-gamble","edward-l-vreeland","herbert-parsons","f-k-bowers","kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-15","Admirals talk Navy reform","Roosevelt hosts a working lunch on reorganizing the Navy Department with Admirals Mahan, Luce and Evans, Captain Sims and others. He also writes a letter of praise for Archie Butt's service record.",["paul-morton","william-h-moody","herbert-l-satterlee","stephen-b-luce","alfred-thayer-mahan","william-m-folger","robley-d-evans","william-sheffield-cowles","alston-g-dayton","william-s-sims","truman-h-newberry","chauncey-m-depew","george-s-nixon","joseph-m-dixon","shelby-m-cullom","elmer-dover","archibald-butt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-16","Fighting California's anti-Japanese bills","Roosevelt confers on the Navy with Senator Hale and receives a stream of callers. He fires off two telegrams to California Governor James Gillett, determined to stop anti-Japanese bills in the legislature, while Archie Butt quietly sorts out an awkward affair involving one diplomat's wife and another envoy.",["eugene-hale","elihu-root","john-marshall-harlan","william-s-bennet","henry-a-du-pont","william-p-hepburn","ethan-a-hitchcock","frank-s-butterworth","john-gardner-coolidge","archibald-butt","william-howard-taft","james-n-gillett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-17","Sunday with nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; the chronology lists no events for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-18","Praising British India to missionaries","On Bamie's 54th birthday, Roosevelt addresses Methodist missionaries in the evening and commends Britain's rule in India. He tells painter Gari Melchers he loves the new portrait, which shows him dressed as he was for his long ride.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","truman-h-newberry","clarence-d-clark","jonathan-p-dolliver","winthrop-murray-crane","samuel-d-mcenery","john-a-t-hull","lucius-n-littauer","charles-p-taft","gari-melchers"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-19","Cabinet dinner at Bonaparte's","Roosevelt holds a Cabinet meeting, sees Congressman Davidson and W. H. Phipps, and attends a Cabinet dinner at Attorney General Bonaparte's.",["w-h-phipps","james-h-davidson","charles-bonaparte"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-20","A Council of Fine Arts and a Nevada forest","By executive order Roosevelt sets up a national arts council, and Humboldt National Forest in Nevada is established. Knox, Senator Curtis and Mark Sullivan are among his visitors.",["philander-knox","charles-curtis","w-bourke-cockran","james-w-langley","william-w-cocks","mark-sullivan"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-21","The Japanese school question","Roosevelt confers with Senators Flint and Fulton on California's treatment of Japanese schoolchildren, and Moapa National Forest in Nevada is created. He hosts the judicial reception and hears from Bryce that his India speech was well received.",["frank-p-flint","charles-w-fulton","samuel-b-m-young","j-j-mcclure","elihu-root","william-e-borah","albert-beveridge","james-r-garfield","henry-c-corbin","townsend","james-bryce"],"White House"],["1909-01-22","Conservation report goes to Congress","Roosevelt sends Congress the National Conservation Commission's report with a special message, as the House passes the Navy bill. He enlists Andrew Carnegie and William Kent against California's anti-Japanese bill, seeks backing for ballad collector John Lomax, and stays for the dance after a 30-plus dinner.",["james-d-phelan","samuel-b-m-young","henry-cabot-lodge","herbert-parsons","john-a-t-hull","john-callan-o-laughlin","francis-e-warren","johann-heinrich-von-bernstorff","william-phillips","andrew-carnegie","william-kent","robert-s-woodward","john-a-lomax","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1909-01-23","Teeth checked before Africa","Roosevelt meets a California delegation on the Japanese school question, and his essay on national statesmen appears in The Outlook. He tells Kermit he is having his teeth seen to before the safari and asks Bay Lodge to critique his European address.",["james-wilson","james-r-garfield","oscar-straus","robert-bacon","albert-beveridge","elmer-j-burkett","james-s-sherman","kermit-roosevelt","george-cabot-lodge"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-24","Sunday with nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; no events are noted for the day.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-25","Edith rules out prize fights at dinner","Roosevelt sees Fairbanks, Root, Bonaparte and others, plus a group of state dairy and food officials, and takes up the care of orphans in Washington. When boxing comes up at a formal dinner, Edith shuts the topic down, which she thought unfit for the table.",["charles-w-fairbanks","elihu-root","charles-bonaparte","james-r-garfield","w-bourke-cockran","george-s-nixon","william-w-cocks","reed-smoot","albert-beveridge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-26","Root resigns; Pelican Island grows","Roosevelt accepts Elihu Root's resignation as Secretary of State, enlarges the Pelican Island bird reservation in Florida, and renames Cleveland National Forest. He sends Governor Gillett legal arguments against California's anti-Japanese bills and speaks at a dinner on the care of dependent children.",["john-h-bankhead","albert-b-cummins","jonathan-p-dolliver","henry-cabot-lodge","chauncey-m-depew","herbert-knox-smith","james-d-phelan","william-s-bennet","robert-bacon","albert-beveridge","elihu-root","james-n-gillett","nelson-aldrich"],"Willard Hotel"],["1909-01-27","Bacon takes over at State","Robert Bacon replaces Elihu Root at the State Department; Root heads to the Senate in Platt's seat, and John Callan O'Laughlin becomes assistant secretary. Roosevelt names a commission to reorganize the Navy, Mahan among its members, and writes Taft denying he ever demanded the Cabinet be kept intact.",["robert-bacon","elihu-root","john-callan-o-laughlin","thomas-c-platt","alfred-thayer-mahan","truman-h-newberry","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-j-gamble","nelson-aldrich","albert-beveridge","isaac-stephenson","c-bascom-slemp","tulio-larrinaga","james-n-gillett","william-howard-taft","douglas-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-28","Cuba handed back to Cubans","Government of Cuba returns to Cuban hands, and Pecos National Forest in New Mexico is created. Roosevelt lunches with the Meyers, Alice and Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, dines with the Supreme Court, and writes Lodge disputing much in the newly published Letters of John Hay.",["robert-bacon","oscar-straus","james-s-sherman","jonathan-p-dolliver","reed-smoot","william-e-borah","lebbeus-r-wilfley","frank-b-kellogg","james-c-mcreynolds","james-s-clarkson","george-von-lengerke-meyer","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mrs-frederick-vanderbilt","henry-cabot-lodge","john-hay","henry-l-stimson"],"White House"],["1909-01-29","Callers from La Follette to Hoggatt","After the Cabinet meets, Roosevelt receives Senators La Follette and Borah, editor Albert Shaw and Alaska Governor Hoggatt, among others.",["robert-m-la-follette","william-e-borah","herbert-parsons","beekman-winthrop","albert-shaw","wilford-b-hoggatt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-30","Gridiron dinner, poker at Butt's","Roosevelt sees Woodruff, Cortelyou, Pinchot and others and lunches with family, the Douglas Robinsons and George Sheldon. He spends the evening at the Gridiron Club dinner while Archie Butt hosts Alice and 18 others for poker.",["timothy-l-woodruff","truman-h-newberry","george-cortelyou","robert-bacon","jonathan-p-dolliver","george-r-sheldon","gifford-pinchot","caspar-whitney","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","archibald-butt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-01-31","Packing up the White House","As the household packs and Roosevelt hands out souvenirs, he writes Ted that he has worked to avoid an outright break with Congress and wires the AP that no reporters go to Africa. His essay \"A Tribute to Lincoln\" appears in the Review of Reviews, and Edith drops her wish to keep a White House sofa after a leaked request stirs a press outcry.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","whitelaw-reid","melville-e-stone","caspar-whitney","edith-kermit-roosevelt","joseph-cannon","william-howard-taft"],"White House"],["1909-02-01","Stopping by Holy Cross Academy","Roosevelt sees Bacon, Pinchot, Beveridge and other callers, stops in at Holy Cross Academy, and Prescott National Forest in Arizona is created. He and Edith dine with the Lodges, and he writes Lawrence Abbott about Africa.",["robert-bacon","shelby-m-cullom","luke-e-wright","francis-e-warren","albert-beveridge","robert-j-gamble","gifford-pinchot","joseph-h-kibbey","charles-curtis","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","lawrence-abbott"],"Holy Cross Academy"],["1909-02-02","Dinner at the Newberrys'","Roosevelt and Edith dine at Navy Secretary Newberry's. He writes Senator Aldrich on the Brownsville resolution and Albert Shaw about a postmastership in Fremont.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","truman-h-newberry","nelson-aldrich","albert-shaw"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-03","Hawaiian Islands bird refuge created","Roosevelt sets aside the Hawaiian Islands Bird Reservation, a vast refuge for seabirds. A crowd of senators, editors and officials call, and he is troubled by the Nevada legislature's stance on a measure the record leaves unnamed.",["robert-bacon","charles-bonaparte","william-e-borah","john-marshall-harlan","moses-e-clapp","george-s-nixon","francis-g-newlands","robert-m-la-follette","john-callan-o-laughlin","charles-e-magoon","franklin-k-lane","walter-hines-page","albert-halstead"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-04","Up to his ears in work","Roosevelt tells Selous he is buried in the last of his presidential work, wires Governor Gillett that California's anti-Japanese school bill must fail, and informs cousin William Roosevelt that on March 4 he will ride public transit like any private citizen.",["truman-h-newberry","james-r-garfield","george-s-nixon","albert-beveridge","julius-c-burrows","isaac-stephenson","richard-bartholdt","john-j-esch","herbert-knox-smith","charles-p-neill","augustus-p-gardner","f-k-bowers","frederick-selous","james-n-gillett","william-kent","emlen-roosevelt"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-05","Vetoing the census bill","Roosevelt vetoes the census bill. Indian Commissioner Leupp, Pinchot and Representative Sulzer are among the day's visitors, and he later meets with Bacon, Cummins and others.",["francis-e-leupp","gifford-pinchot","william-sulzer","william-loeb","herbert-l-satterlee","robert-bacon","jonathan-bourne-jr","albert-b-cummins","endicott-peabody"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-06","Alice slips off from Ethel's dance","At a White House dance, Alice sneaks away to Archie Butt's house and throws a dinner party of her own. Roosevelt defends his census veto, praises Governor Gillett's handling of the Japanese school fight while grumbling about Senator Perkins, and wires California's assembly speaker.",["truman-h-newberry","george-cortelyou","frank-p-flint","chauncey-m-depew","william-h-moody","franklin-k-lane","major-slocum","alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-butt","elbert-francis-baldwin","james-n-gillett","george-c-perkins","philip-a-stanton","theodore-roosevelt-jr","mrs-munn","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"White House"],["1909-02-07","Selous gets a second white hunter","Roosevelt writes Selous that he has cabled R. J. Cunninghame, the safari's professional hunter, to engage a second man. Other letters go to Secretary Wright about the Brownsville bill and Arthur Lee on his closing weeks in office.",["frederick-selous","r-j-cuninghame","luke-e-wright","arthur-lee"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-08","Lunch with Henry Adams","Roosevelt confers with Bacon, O'Laughlin, Franklin Lane and two California lawmakers on the Japanese school question, and Calaveras Bigtree National Forest is declared to protect California's giant sequoias. He lunches with Henry Adams and writes Knox, Taft's coming Secretary of State, on foreign policy.",["robert-bacon","john-callan-o-laughlin","julius-kahn","frank-p-flint","franklin-k-lane","henry-adams","shelby-m-cullom","robert-m-la-follette","stephen-b-elkins","herbert-parsons","sloan-simpson","beekman-winthrop","philip-a-stanton","philander-knox"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-09","Country Life report to Congress","Roosevelt sends Congress the Country Life Commission's report on rural America, sees Speaker Cannon, Pinchot and Lodge, and dines with Edith at Secretary Garfield's.",["joseph-cannon","john-barrett","james-b-mccreary","gifford-pinchot","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-r-garfield","robert-l-owen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-10","California backs down; four forests added","Roosevelt congratulates Governor Gillett after the California Assembly defeats its anti-Japanese bill. Tonto, Marquette, Nevada and Dixie National Forests are created, and he tells George Turner the fleet he built now ranks behind only Britain's.",["robert-bacon","john-callan-o-laughlin","william-m-calder","augustus-p-gardner","ernest-f-acheson","william-w-cocks","powell-clayton","henry-l-stimson","joseph-pulitzer","george-turner","james-n-gillett"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-11","Off to Kentucky for Lincoln","After talking New Mexico statehood with Governor Curry and creating Michigan National Forest, Roosevelt leaves Washington at 11 a.m. for Kentucky with Edith, Ethel, Secretary Wright, Loeb and Dr. Rixey. He reads the whole way, with stops at Baltimore, Harrisburg and Altoona.",["george-curry","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","luke-e-wright","william-loeb","presley-m-rixey"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-12","Lincoln's centennial in Kentucky","On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Roosevelt speaks in Kentucky and sets the cornerstone for a memorial on the farm where Lincoln was born. Alice celebrates turning 25 far away in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Nick is giving a speech.",["abraham-lincoln","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Hodgenville"],["1909-02-13","Back to Washington; Edith a little sad","Roosevelt returns to Washington as Klamath and a Minnesota national forest are created. He writes Ted about the California school fight and his Lincoln speech, and Stimson about indicting Pulitzer, while Edith confides to Aunt Lizzie that she is a bit sad to leave the White House.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-l-stimson","joseph-pulitzer","truman-h-newberry","a-h-hopping","william-nelson-cromwell","henry-t-rainey","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-14","Sunday with nothing recorded","Roosevelt is in Washington; the chronology lists no events.",[],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-15","Burning the \"mewing cat\" portrait","Roosevelt sees Bacon, Knox, Aldrich and others, and several national forests in New Mexico and the Dakotas are created, Black Hills among them. Edith has Archie Butt burn a portrait the family mocked as the \"mewing cat\" and smash all the chipped presidential china, and TR goes to a church reception at Grace Reformed.",["robert-bacon","philander-knox","nelson-aldrich","frank-p-flint","moses-e-clapp","moses-p-kinkaid","clarence-r-edwards","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","cornelius-ton","harry-h-johnston"],"White House"],["1909-02-16","Tafts back from Panama; lunch with the safari team","The Tafts return from Panama, and Roosevelt confers with the President-elect. He lunches with members of his African expedition, sees Justice Holmes and Hamlin Garland, an Alaska forest is created, and he praises Garfield and Pinchot for their conservation work in letters meant as a foreword to their book.",["william-howard-taft","oliver-wendell-holmes-jr","nelson-aldrich","joseph-m-dixon","porter-j-mccumber","julius-kahn","william-e-borah","hamlin-garland","adolph-lewisohn","james-wilson","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","cameron-mcr-winslow","truman-h-newberry","william-s-sims"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-17","Taft's Panama report goes to Congress","On Alice and Nick's third wedding anniversary, Roosevelt meets Taft and sends Capitol Hill Taft's findings from his canal inspection. Colonel Goethals is among his callers.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft","truman-h-newberry","luke-e-wright","samuel-h-piles","moses-e-clapp","elmer-j-burkett","lucius-n-littauer","george-w-goethals","franklin-k-lane","frank-b-kellogg","charles-h-grosvenor"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-18","North American Conservation Conference opens","Roosevelt addresses the North American Conservation Conference, gathered at the White House to weigh the continent's natural resources, with Pinchot, Bacon and Garfield as the U.S. commissioners. The evening brings a reception and the Army and Navy dinner, and General Wood stays the night.",["gifford-pinchot","robert-bacon","james-r-garfield","henry-cabot-lodge","albert-b-cummins","george-e-foss","william-w-cocks","john-callan-o-laughlin","e-j-baldwin","walter-f-willcox","robert-watchorn","william-h-andrews","leonard-wood","william-austin-wadsworth","charles-bonaparte"],"White House"],["1909-02-19","Corinne's gift: the Pigskin Library","As the conservation conference goes on, Secretary Bacon invites 45 nations to a world conservation meeting at The Hague, a plan that died after Roosevelt left office. TR thanks Corinne for the Pigskin Library, a set of his favorite books bound in tough pigskin for the safari, and trades thoughts on Jefferson and Hamilton with William Allen White.",["robert-bacon","shelby-m-cullom","gifford-pinchot","william-austin-wadsworth","henri-s-beland","paul-morton","merrill-e-gates","patrick-j-ryan","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","eugene-hale","william-allen-white","dequerado"],"White House"],["1909-02-20","Starting work an hour earlier","With the conservation conference still meeting, Roosevelt begins reaching his desk at 9 a.m., an hour earlier than before, and drops his morning walk. Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada is created; he lunches with Wright and Newberry and ends the day at a reception at Senator Depew's.",["luke-e-wright","truman-h-newberry","herbert-knox-smith","frank-steinhart","edward-a-moseley","knapp","nelson-aldrich","albert-b-cummins","henry-cabot-lodge","reed-smoot","william-p-hepburn","augustus-p-gardner","francis-g-newlands","chauncey-m-depew"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-21","Corinne's son Stewart dies","Corinne's youngest boy, 21-year-old Stewart Robinson, falls to his death from a Harvard window, and Corinne is shattered. Roosevelt wires condolences to her and Douglas, then boards the Mayflower with Edith and Alice for Hampton Roads.",["stewart-douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-22","The Great White Fleet comes home","Sixteen months after it sailed, the Great White Fleet steams back into Hampton Roads, and Roosevelt reviews it from the Mayflower's deck as some 2,000 small boats look on. He later judged the voyage his greatest service to peace. In Washington the conservation conference closes with a call for an international meeting.",[],"Hampton Roads"],["1909-02-23","Lining up the Outlook job","After the Cabinet meets, Datil and Chugach National Forests are created and Roosevelt leaves that evening for New York. He writes Lawrence Abbott about the Outlook editorship he takes up March 5, and Taft about a push to keep Fowler as port collector, a job Taft had promised Loeb.",["jeremiah-w-jenks","charles-curtis","isaac-stephenson","frank-p-flint","james-c-mclaughlin","william-m-calder","foster","lawrence-abbott","william-howard-taft","fowler","william-loeb","james-j-walsh"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-24","Burying young Stewart Robinson","In New York, Roosevelt, Edith, Ted and Kermit attend the funeral of Corinne's son Stewart Robinson, and TR heads back to Washington. He writes Pinchot in praise of Interior Secretary Garfield.",["stewart-douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield"],"New York City"],["1909-02-25","Seventeen bird refuges in one day","Roosevelt creates 17 bird reservations across the West, most of them on new irrigation reservoirs, plus Modoc, Ozark and California National Forests. The Naval Commission's report goes to Congress, and he writes Jusserand about John Lomax's cowboy ballads and denies the stories about his drinking.",["charles-bonaparte","luke-e-wright","william-h-moody","george-w-goethals","black","john-f-dryden","simon-guggenheim","richard-wainwright","jean-jules-jusserand","john-a-lomax","william-raines","joseph-cannon"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-26","Maxim demonstrates a silent rifle","Roosevelt sends Congress the North American Conservation Conference report. At a lunch for Admiral Sperry, inventor Hiram Percy Maxim shows off his new noiseless rifle. Edith writes Kermit that Corinne's grief is her own.",["charles-s-sperry","hiram-percy-maxim","william-crozier","richard-wainwright","william-i-buchanan","paul-morton","w-bourke-cockran","coudrey","frank-p-flint","philander-knox","andrew-carnegie","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-27","Where to shoot an elephant","Seth Bullock, Garfield and Pinchot are among a crowd of callers. Roosevelt proclaims Arkansas National Forest, the Fire Island game preserve in Alaska and seven bird reservations from the Bering Sea to Puerto Rico, and asks Carl Akeley where to aim at an elephant's head.",["seth-bullock","james-r-garfield","luke-e-wright","john-marshall-harlan","gifford-pinchot","moses-e-clapp","chauncey-m-depew","robert-m-la-follette","william-p-hepburn","j-adam-bede","winthrop-murray-crane","jonathan-bourne-jr","herbert-parsons","carl-akeley"],"Washington, D.C."],["1909-02-28","The White House emptied","Every Roosevelt belonging is now out of the White House, and Edith makes sure the rooms are spotless. Roosevelt makes plain he means to step aside fully, with no wish to cling to past power.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1909-03-01","Farewell lunch for the Tennis Cabinet","Fortified by his usual eggs and rolls, with saccharin in the coffee, Roosevelt gives a farewell luncheon for 31 friends of his \"tennis cabinet,\" some of them in tears, who present him with a bronze cougar by Alexander Phimister Proctor. He bids Congress goodbye, and he and Edith go on to teas and a dinner at Secretary Bacon's.",["william-sewall","seth-bullock","william-h-moody","robert-bacon","truman-h-newberry","william-loeb","herbert-l-satterlee","francis-e-leupp","charles-p-neill","john-c-rose","henry-l-stimson","gifford-pinchot","john-callan-o-laughlin","timothy-l-woodruff","james-b-reynolds","jean-jules-jusserand","henry-s-pritchett","archibald-butt","john-r-abernathy","alexander-phimister-proctor","edith-kermit-roosevelt","james-r-garfield"],"White House"],["1909-03-02","Final Cabinet meeting and a burst of forests","Roosevelt holds his last Cabinet meeting and greets Haiti's new minister at a full diplomatic reception. In a final sweep he proclaims Mount Olympus National Monument, thirteen national forests from Shasta to Sequoia, and the Bogoslof bird refuge in Alaska, then hosts 50 close friends and dines at the Strauses'.",["oscar-straus","gifford-pinchot","paul-morton"],"White House"],["1909-03-03","Last night in the White House","The Tafts dine and stay overnight at the White House, a meal Taft later called \"that funeral\"; only Roosevelt seemed cheerful. He leaves Taft a parting warning never to split the battleship fleet between the oceans before the canal is done, and writes final notes of praise for Archie Butt, Garfield and Pinchot.",["william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","isabella-hagner","elihu-root","mabel-boardman","archibald-butt","alfred-thayer-mahan","luke-e-wright","john-c-shaffer","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot"],"White House"],["1909-03-04","Taft sworn in; home to Sagamore Hill","A winter storm drives the inauguration indoors, and William Howard Taft takes the oath as the 27th President in the Senate Chamber. Skipping the customary ride back to the White House, Roosevelt and Edith head straight to Union Station with New York Republicans, bands playing \"Auld Lang Syne,\" and return to Sagamore Hill. The National Bison Range is created.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-05","Contributing editor at The Outlook","His first full day as a private citizen, Roosevelt officially joins The Outlook as an editor, contracted for twelve articles a year at $1,000 each.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-06","Why he backs The Outlook","Roosevelt's essay explaining why he believes in the kind of journalism The Outlook stands for appears in the magazine.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-07","Not missing the presidency","Writing to Archie, Roosevelt guesses Washington was sorry to see the family leave. He does not miss the White House or the office.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-08","Woodland walks with Edith","Roosevelt writes Lodge about rumors that Taft may remove Henry White as ambassador in Paris, and about the African trip ahead. He and Edith enjoy walks together in the Sagamore woods.",["henry-cabot-lodge","henry-white","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-09","Snow and a blazing fire","Dictating by a roaring fire in the North Room with snow outside, Roosevelt tells Bamie his homecoming was a happy one and that Edith has recovered from readying the White House for the Tafts.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-10","First day at the Outlook office","Roosevelt reports to The Outlook at 287 Fourth Avenue in New York, sets up his office, and at an editorial meeting proposes a piece on the government's case against the Sugar Trust. He writes Cecil Spring-Rice that he has had a great time as President.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","cecil-spring-rice"],"The Outlook"],["1909-03-11","Henry Adams writes Edith","Henry Adams writes Edith explaining why he could not bid her goodbye in person.",["henry-adams","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-12","Oyster Bay welcomes them home","The people of Oyster Bay hold a reception for Roosevelt and Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-13","Breakfast with Robert Collier","Roosevelt goes into New York for a breakfast Robert Collier gives in his honor. Robert La Follette praises him in his weekly magazine, and an Outlook piece by TR drawing on judicial experience appears.",["robert-j-collier","robert-m-la-follette"],"New York City"],["1909-03-14","A guest named Von Steiner","The Sagamore Hill guest book records a visit from Von Steiner.",["von-steiner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-15","Carrie Louise Munn signs the guest book","Carrie Louise Munn is recorded as a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["carrie-louise-munn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-16","Mail to Nairobi, then Khartoum","Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee that he looks forward to seeing him in England in 1910, and gives his forwarding addresses for the long trip: Nairobi until November, then Khartoum.",["arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-17","At Matinecock Lodge","Roosevelt attends a meeting of Matinecock Lodge, his Masonic lodge in Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-18","A new Roosevelt baby","Franklin and Eleanor's son Franklin Jr. is born. Roosevelt receives the Nassau County delegation that attended the inauguration and writes Charles Amidor about flaws in the courts.",["franklin-d-roosevelt-jr","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","charles-f-amidon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-19","At home, nothing recorded","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-20","Where he parts ways with socialists","Alice visits Sagamore Hill, and The Outlook prints Roosevelt's essay on the points where he cannot work with socialists.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-21","Family gathering","The family gathers at Sagamore Hill for a reunion before Roosevelt leaves for Africa.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1909-03-22","Inspecting the Hamburg","In New York, Roosevelt visits Mame Ledwith, his children's old nurse, and the Theodore Douglas Robinsons, then crosses to Hoboken to look over the S.S. Hamburg, the ship that will carry him to Europe.",["mary-ledwith","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"New York City"],["1909-03-23","Sailing for Africa","At 11 a.m. Roosevelt and Kermit sail from Hoboken on the Hamburg amid a crush of well-wishers. He has signed with Scribner's for African articles at $50,000, thanks Taft for his farewell gift, and notes in his diary that he sailed. Edith, who thinks him too old for the venture, spends the rest of the day walking the Sagamore woods.",["kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Hoboken"],["1909-03-24","At sea","Roosevelt is aboard the Hamburg bound for Europe; nothing more is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-03-25","Shipboard company","On the crossing, Roosevelt spends time with fellow passengers Emily Putnam and Ruth Dana Draper.",["ruth-draper","emily-james-putnam"],"At sea"],["1909-03-26","Homesick for Edith","Roosevelt thanks Corinne for the note she handed him at the pier, says he was touched by how many acquaintances came to see him off, and admits he is homesick for Edith.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1909-03-27","Two Outlook pieces in print","The Outlook runs two Roosevelt essays, one on where he can work with socialists and one on his scientific expedition. He writes Bamie that he and Kermit are well apart from one queasy day, and that every American aboard has come to talk with him.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","kermit-roosevelt","cornelia-landon"],"At sea"],["1909-03-28","At sea","The Hamburg continues east; nothing else is recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-03-29","At sea","Another day on the Atlantic with no events noted.",[],"At sea"],["1909-03-30","Ashore in the Azores","The Hamburg stops at São Miguel in the Azores, and Roosevelt goes ashore at Ponta Delgada and Horta.",[],"At sea"],["1909-03-31","Outfitting the safari","As Roosevelt steams on, the record details his safari: about $75,000 in costs borne mainly by the Smithsonian, with Carnegie and other friends contributing; naturalists Mearns, Heller and Loring; hunters Cunninghame and Tarlton; and his khaki kit, rifles and Pigskin Library. At home Edith writes Kermit that only the children give her strength to bear the separation.",["andrew-carnegie","edgar-a-mearns","edmund-heller","j-alden-loring","r-j-cuninghame","leslie-tarlton","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1909-04-01","At sea","Roosevelt is still aboard the Hamburg; no events recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-04-02","Landing at Gibraltar","The ship puts in at Gibraltar, where Roosevelt calls on the governor, General Forestier-Walker.",["frederick-forestier-walker"],"Gibraltar"],["1909-04-03","At sea","The voyage continues; Cornelia Landon appears again in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["cornelia-landon"],"At sea"],["1909-04-04","At sea","Another day at sea; cousin Nicholas Roosevelt is recorded as a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["nicholas-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1909-04-05","Naples, and a new ship for Mombasa","Edith's sister Emily Carow and cousin's wife Laura Roosevelt greet Roosevelt in Naples, and he visits the Aosta ducal couple at the Capodimonte Palace. He and Kermit then board the S.S. Admiral for Mombasa.",["emily-carow","laura-roosevelt","duke-of-aosta","duchess-of-aosta","kermit-roosevelt"],"Capodimonte Palace"],["1909-04-06","Among Messina's ruins","At Messina, Roosevelt meets King Victor Emmanuel III aboard an Italian battleship and walks through the wreckage of the great earthquake, a scene he calls terrible beyond words. Far to the north, Robert Peary's party arrives at the Pole that same day.",["victor-emmanuel-iii","robert-e-peary"],"Messina"],["1909-04-07","At sea","Roosevelt is aboard the Admiral; Edith sends Kermit a newsy letter.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1909-04-08","At sea","The Admiral steams on; Roberto Centaro is recorded in the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["roberto-centaro"],"At sea"],["1909-04-09","Welcomed at Port Said","F. K. Watson greets Roosevelt at Port Said, and he dines with officials of the Suez Canal. Back home, Archie turns 15.",["f-k-watson","archibald-roosevelt"],"Port Said"],["1909-04-10","Through the Suez Canal","The Admiral passes through the Suez Canal while The Outlook prints Roosevelt's essay mocking political snake-oil remedies.",[],"Suez Canal"],["1909-04-11","Easter treats for Quentin","On Easter, with Roosevelt at sea, Alice, Belle Hagner and Archie Butt motor out to Quentin's school in Alexandria with presents from Edith. Alice slips him two dollars despite family rules against extra gifts.",["archibald-butt","isabella-hagner","alice-roosevelt-longworth","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1909-04-13","Selous on board","Roosevelt writes Bamie that the Kaiser sent him flowers and that Frederick Selous is traveling on the same ship.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","frederick-selous"],"At sea"],["1909-04-14","Proud of Kermit at sea","Roosevelt tells Corinne neither he nor Kermit enjoys sea voyages and that writer Francis Dawson will tag along. To Ethel he paints passengers straight out of Kipling and praises Kermit, who plays poker and bridge with young Englishmen and strums his mandolin.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","francis-dawson"],"At sea"],["1909-04-15","Port call at Aden","The Admiral stops at Aden, which Roosevelt notes in his diary.",[],"Aden"],["1909-04-16","At sea","The voyage down the African coast continues; the Osborns and Evelyn Irving are recorded at Sagamore Hill.",["josephine-osborn","henry-fairfield-osborn","evelyn-irving"],"At sea"],["1909-04-17","At sea","Roosevelt is aboard the Admiral headed for Mombasa; no events recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-04-18","At sea","Roosevelt is aboard the Admiral headed for Mombasa; no events recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-04-19","At sea","Still at sea; Barclay H. Farr and Martha R. Phillips begin a stay at Sagamore Hill lasting through the 22nd.",["barclay-h-farr","martha-r-phillips"],"At sea"],["1909-04-20","At sea","Roosevelt is aboard the Admiral headed for Mombasa; no events recorded.",[],"At sea"],["1909-04-21","Arrival in Mombasa","The Admiral reaches Mombasa, where Lieutenant Governor Frederick Jackson welcomes Roosevelt and Kermit to Government House. After dinner at the Mombasa Club, TR notes a downpour in his diary.",["kermit-roosevelt","frederick-jackson"],"At sea"],["1909-04-22","Riding the cowcatcher","Roosevelt takes the train inland toward Kapiti Plains, riding with Selous on a seat rigged on the engine's cowcatcher. He takes in the tidy stations and the dress and ornament of the people along the line.",["frederick-selous"],"Mombasa"],["1909-04-23","A living zoological garden","Riding the cowcatcher again through game country, Roosevelt and Selous see giraffes, waterbuck, hartebeest, zebras, impala and ostriches. At Kapiti Plains station the safari waits with its supplies and some 200 porters.",["frederick-selous","gifford-pinchot"],"Kapiti Plains"],["1909-04-24","First hunt in Africa","Roosevelt and Kermit move from Kapiti Plains to Sir Alfred Pease's ranch as guests, and TR hunts in the afternoon and lists his bag. The camp sits on a bare, dry plain where all water must be boiled and ticks are a nuisance.",["kermit-roosevelt","alfred-pease","james-p-breese","josephine-osborn","henry-fairfield-osborn-jr"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-04-25","A hartebeest bull","Roosevelt rides to Pease Ranch and shoots a hartebeest bull, sketching each animal with the spot where his bullet struck. Riding out with Kermit, Sir Alfred and Hill, the party sets up camp and takes a Thomson's gazelle and three tick-covered wildebeest.",["kermit-roosevelt","alfred-pease","hill"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-04-26","Into the Kitanga hills","A 16-mile ride brings the party into the Kitanga hills, country that reminds Roosevelt of Montana and Wyoming. He marvels at herdsmen with filed teeth and finds the Boers he meets know a Dutch nursery song from his boyhood.",[],"Kitanga Hills"],["1909-04-27","Kermit runs down a hyena","Roosevelt calls it a blank day for himself, but Kermit, after a ten-mile chase on horseback, rides down and shoots a hyena.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-04-28","Field notes on hartebeest","At Pease Ranch Roosevelt fills his diary with long descriptions and drawings of hartebeest and other game.",["martha-waldron-cowdin-bacon"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-04-29","Twelve hours afield with the Peases","Roosevelt spends twelve hours out with Sir Alfred, Lady Pease and Miss Pease, and writes up a lion kill with drawings. At home it is Corinne's 27th wedding anniversary.",["alfred-pease","lady-pease","miss-pease","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","cornelia-landon"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-04-30","Lunch with the McMillans and Selous","The McMillans and Selous come to lunch at Pease Ranch, and Roosevelt spends time writing. In America a comic animated cartoon of his African arrival appears, and Alice's \"night riders\" are dropping in on Washington hosts at all hours demanding refreshments.",["william-northrup-mcmillan","frederick-selous","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Pease Ranch"],["1909-05-01","Lion country in the Mua Hills","Out after lions with Selous in the Mua Hills, Roosevelt drops a very old hartebeest bull for the camp pot but scolds himself for poor shooting, ten cartridges for four hits. He rides over to tea with Mrs. McMillan, and Sydney Brooks's essay on his record as President is published.",["frederick-selous","lucie-mcmillan","sydney-brooks"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-02","Three lions in a day","After a 13-hour hunt that ends in camp at Potha on the plain, Roosevelt records killing three lions, while Kermit shoots five cheetahs.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-03","A safari on the march","Roosevelt shifts camp in the afternoon to a small pond at Bondini, shooting a warthog sow on the way, and delights in the safari's march with chanting, horns, whistles and drums.",[],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-04","A blank day","Roosevelt's hunt comes up empty; he watches the beaters knock over rabbits with throwing sticks and notes the wildlife.",[],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-05","Missing everything at Kilimakiu","On the march to Kilimakiu, Roosevelt misses a steenbok, an impala and a Grant's gazelle and calls it awful; Kermit does better, taking a hartebeest and a Grant's.",["kermit-roosevelt","teresa-richardson"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-06","Charged by a rhino","Riding all day with Captain Slatter, Roosevelt kills an eland cow after long shots, then walks up on a rhino bull, hits it at 35 yards with his .450 Holland, and drops it at 14 paces as it charges. He later goes out with Heller and porters to the carcasses.",["captain-slatter","edmund-heller"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-07","A Chanler's reedbuck at last","Out with Clifford and Harold Hill, Roosevelt misses a galloping giraffe at long range but, after poor shooting, kills a good male Chanler's reedbuck.",["clifford-hill","harold-hill"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-08","A lion kills Slatter's horse","Roosevelt misses a waterbuck bull and a wild dog, and records how a lion killed Captain Slatter's horse. His article on the Japanese question appears in The Outlook.",["captain-slatter"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-09","Two giraffes","Roosevelt kills two giraffes, one a medium bull dropped by a spine shot at 350 yards, and Kermit takes another.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-10","Skinning the giraffe","The day goes to skinning the giraffes for the museum collection.",[],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-11","Safari on the move","The safari moves on toward Potha.",[],"Mua Hills"],["1909-05-12","First article for Scribner's","Roosevelt heads to Machakos and spends the night at Sir Alfred Pease's. He writes Robert Bridges at Scribner's with his first African article and a plan for the series, though the letter waits until May 23 to go out.",["alfred-pease","robert-bridges"],"Machakos"],["1909-05-13","Visiting the American mission","At Machakos, Roosevelt stops at the American mission, then rides to Juja Farm.",[],"Machakos"],["1909-05-14","Guest of William McMillan","Roosevelt settles in at Juja Farm, William McMillan's home, and writes Quentin with safari news.",["william-northrup-mcmillan","quentin-roosevelt"],"Machakos"],["1909-05-15","Kermit's leopard mauls a bearer","Roosevelt is out for hours before dawn; Kermit shoots a leopard that charges and mauls a gun bearer. TR's letter to Lodge covers the tariff fight, the Turkish uprising and the hunt so far, adding a note about the next day's rhino and Kermit's leopard.",["kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Machakos"],["1909-05-16","A charging cow rhino","Off by 5:30, Roosevelt is charged by a cow rhino and has to shoot her, and writes up a rhino story with a drawing of the kill.",[],"Juja Farm"],["1909-05-17","Proud of Kermit","Roosevelt records a waterbuck and another buck with weights and distances. He tells Ted he is proud of Kermit, the once-timid boy now cool and daring, and writes Root about the trip and the tariff.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","helen-peabody"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-05-18","An impala and a python","Roosevelt shoots an impala buck at 300 yards and records a python and its weight.",[],"Juja Farm"],["1909-05-19","Homesick, and a bad shooting day","Roosevelt misses everything while Kermit gets two waterbuck, and they see the Nairobi falls. He tells Bamie he misses Edith but the hunt is going well and the three naturalists are splendid.",["kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-05-20","The expedition splits up","Roosevelt, Kermit and taxidermist Heller move on to Kamiti Ranch, owned by Hill and Heatley, while Mearns and Loring head down the Nairobi River to collect specimens. Roosevelt shoots two wild pigs on the way.",["kermit-roosevelt","edmund-heller","edgar-a-mearns","j-alden-loring","hill","heatley"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-21","Buffalo in the swamp","While moving camp, Roosevelt kills two buffalo bulls, finishing one Kermit probably hit first, then gets a third bull in a swamp.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-22","Meat for the camp","In an afternoon shoot Roosevelt kills two zebras and two hartebeest to feed the camp.",["evelyn-irving","william-phillips","isabella-hagner"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-23","East Africa's biggest dairy","At Kamiti, Heatley's ranch and the largest dairy farm in East Africa, Roosevelt goes after buffalo in the morning without seeing any. His May 12 letter to Bridges finally goes out with the first two Scribner's articles.",["heatley","robert-bridges"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-24","Nearly charged by a buffalo herd","Roosevelt drops a buffalo and nearly has the entire herd come at him, in country laced with game trails, dusty and swampy by turns.",["cornelia-landon"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-25","At Heatley's house","Roosevelt goes to Heatley's house and describes the farm and its plants and animals.",["heatley"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-26","Into Nairobi","Roosevelt travels from Kamiti Ranch into Nairobi.",[],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-27","Willard Straight in the guest book","Roosevelt is at Kamiti Ranch; George Marcius and diplomat Willard Straight sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["george-marcius","willard-straight"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-28","To McMillan's town house","Roosevelt moves to William McMillan's house in town.",["william-northrup-mcmillan"],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-29","The French Catholic mission","Roosevelt tours the French Catholic Mission near Nairobi, seeing its plantations and school, works through the day, and spends the evening at \"Nairobi Hollies.\"",[],"Kamiti Ranch"],["1909-05-30","Sunday at church and mission","Roosevelt attends the Episcopal church and visits a Catholic mission.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-05-31","A new gun bearer, a memory trick","Roosevelt notes a visit involving Loring and Dawson. A man named Gouvimali replaces Mahomet as his gun bearer, and when TR keeps forgetting the name, Kermit suggests he think of \"Gouverneur Morris.\"",["j-alden-loring","francis-dawson","gouvimali","mahomet","kermit-roosevelt","gouverneur-morris"],"Nairobi"],["1909-06-01","Naturalists rejoin the party in Nairobi","Edgar Mearns and J. Alden Loring come back from a specimen-gathering trip, and the whole party stays with Lieutenant Governor Frederick Jackson. Roosevelt writes Andrew Carnegie for more expedition money and sends Scribner's four more articles, floating a title for the eventual book.",["edgar-a-mearns","j-alden-loring","frederick-jackson","sir-alfred","andrew-carnegie","robert-bridges"],"Nairobi"],["1909-06-02","Tea at the governor's","Roosevelt's diary for the day notes only an afternoon tea call at the governor's residence in Nairobi.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-06-03","Off to Kijabe","Roosevelt leaves Nairobi for Kijabe, the jumping-off point for the next leg of the safari.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-06-04","Lunch at the American Mission","At Kijabe, Roosevelt calls at the American mission station and stays for lunch.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-05","Setting out across the thirst","With 196 porters and four ox wagons, the safari leaves Kijabe heading south toward the Sotik and the waterless stretch called the thirst. They reach it about midday, rest while the porters dance, water the animals and push on at dusk. The Outlook prints a Roosevelt piece on the South.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-06","Crossing the dry country","The march goes on. Once the sun is high the party halts to rest and sleep, then sets off again at noon through hilly brush country, moving again at 9 p.m. in rain.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-07","A 3 a.m. start in the rain","Roosevelt is in the saddle by 3 a.m., and the rain keeps falling as the safari keeps moving.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-08","The oxen finally drink","A rest day in camp. The porters straggle in about 10:30, and the oxen get water for the first time in three days once the wagons arrive.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-09","On to the Nyarok","The safari moves on to the Nyarok, and Roosevelt jots notes about a python.",[],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-10","A running wildebeest at 300 yards","Reaching the Guaso Nyero, Roosevelt drops a wildebeest bull on the run at long range, and Kermit takes topi. That night Masai herders swap hunting stories at the fire.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Kijabe"],["1909-06-11","Hunting the Sotik, reading by the tent","In the Sotik, Roosevelt hunts with two gunbearers and a dozen porters, taking a Thomson's gazelle and two bull elands, and records weights, ranges and sketches. Later he settles at his tent door with a book from his Pigskin Library.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-12","Kermit bags two cheetahs","Kermit kills a pair of cheetahs, and Roosevelt logs other kills with sketches. At home, the record notes friction over Nick Longworth turning up at the White House in casual dress, and warmth toward President Taft.",["kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-13","Alone after impala","Roosevelt goes out by himself for impala and Roberts' gazelle and brings in two impala and a Grant's gazelle.",["emily-tuckerman","evelyn-irving","william-phillips"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-14","A lioness at sunset","Hunting lion with Leslie Tarlton, Roosevelt kills a lioness near sundown, a pregnant animal topping 300 pounds that porters haul back to camp. Archie Butt calls on Edith at Sagamore Hill.",["leslie-tarlton","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-15","Five days' tally, then camp moves","The party breaks camp. Roosevelt's bag from five days of shooting includes a hyena, a warthog boar, two zebra, two eland, topi, two impala and gazelles.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-16","Giraffes for the museum","Riding out under cool, cloudy skies to find rhino and giraffe for the museum, Roosevelt shoots giraffes while Kermit photographs. Edith writes Kermit of Butt's visit, Mrs. Taft's stroke and the President's wavering.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt","helen-herron-taft","william-howard-taft"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-17","Father and son both score","Kermit takes a Roberts' gazelle and three topi; Roosevelt gets a topi bull and a wildebeest, adding notes and sketches.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-18","A galloping rhino","Roosevelt's diary records a rhino taken at a gallop and a wildebeest bull.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-19","Kermit runs down an eland","Kermit rides an eland to a standstill while Roosevelt hunts on his own and brings back a Grant's buck, a hartebeest and a Thomson's gazelle. The Outlook carries his essay on names.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-20","Rhino cow and calf","Roosevelt and Kermit go shooting together and come upon a rhino cow with her calf.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-21","No newspapers in the Sotik","A lion turns up close to camp in the morning. Writing to Bamie, Roosevelt says he has stayed clear of the news, frets that Kermit takes risks, praises his shooting and likens him to Bob Ferguson. He tells Corinne he is busy on his Scribner's pieces.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-22","Zebra and an old wildebeest","Roosevelt shoots a Roberts' buck, zebra and an old wildebeest bull. Archie Butt writes Edith with good wishes for her coming trip to Europe.",["archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-23","Lion at point-blank range","Roosevelt's terse diary line records a lion shot at just eight and four yards.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-24","New camp beside the Masai","Camp moves to a pool near a Masai settlement under a line of tall hills. Roosevelt gets a Thomson's buck; Kermit kills a lioness and an impala.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-25","A charging maned lion","Roosevelt stops a maned lion in mid-charge with a shot to the chest at a hundred yards.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-26","A day in camp","Roosevelt stays put in camp.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-27","Edith and the children sail for Europe","Roosevelt shifts camp and shoots a zebra. Across the Atlantic, Edith boards the S.S. Crete with Ethel, Archie and Quentin, carrying $10,000 for five months of travel in Europe.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sotik"],["1909-06-28","Long shots at topi","Roosevelt drops two topi at 350 and 400 yards, plus a Thomson's gazelle, a boar and an impala.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-29","Rhino, zebra and bustards","A full day's bag: a rhino at 60 yards, zebra on the run, a steinbuck and two kinds of bustard.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-06-30","Alice watches the Wrights fly","Roosevelt shoots an impala doe. In Virginia, Alice is in the crowd at Fort Myer for the Wright brothers' test flights.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","wilbur-wright","orville-wright"],"Sotik"],["1909-07-01","Mail reaches the Sotik","A mail delivery catches up with the safari in the Sotik.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-02","A dik-dik on the run","Roosevelt shoots a dik-dik buck as it runs at fifty yards.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-03","Camp moves to a salt marsh","The safari packs up and moves camp to a salt marsh.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-04","A big Grant's buck and a rhino","On the Fourth of July Roosevelt takes a large Grant's gazelle buck and a rhino, measuring its two horns.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-05","Wildebeest at 280 yards","Roosevelt drops a wildebeest buck on the run, along with a sow and a Thomson's gazelle.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-06","Back to the Guaso Nyero camp","The party returns to its earlier campsite on the Guaso Nyero.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-07","A writing day","Roosevelt spends the day at his writing.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-08","Return to the Nyarok","The safari marches to the Nyarok; Roosevelt shoots a Thomson's gazelle at 230 yards.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-09","Recrossing the thirst","The party reaches the camp it used after crossing the thirst on the way south.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-10","Leaving the ox wagons behind","Roosevelt parts from the ox wagons and heads for Lake Naivasha, making camp after dark at the base of the Mau.",[],"Sotik"],["1909-07-11","Water at last, then Naivasha","The marchers find water by mid-morning and make Naivasha by nightfall.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-12","Edith settles on the Italian Riviera","Roosevelt moves to Attenborough's place at Naivasha. Congress sends the income tax amendment to the states. In Italy, Edith and the children are met at Genoa and settle into the little Villa Magna Quies near Porto Maurizio, with a Secret Service man on guard; the children take up bicycles and lessons with Franciscan friars.",["attenborough","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Naivasha"],["1909-07-13","Kermit kills a hippo","Out on the lake in a launch, Kermit shoots a hippopotamus.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Naivasha"],["1909-07-14","Rowing the marshes","Roosevelt works the lakeside marsh from a rowboat. In Washington, Alice is late to a Bastille Day dinner, and Butt records Taft's mixed view of her: disapproving, yet charmed by her quick tongue.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","archibald-butt"],"Naivasha"],["1909-07-15","Charged by a hippo","A hippopotamus charges Roosevelt on Lake Naivasha.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-16","Writing through a fever","Roosevelt keeps writing despite a bout of fever, and sends Oscar Straus congratulations on his appointment as ambassador to Turkey.",["oscar-straus"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-17","Praise for Kermit's photographs","Still feverish, Roosevelt writes on. He tells Robert Bridges that Kermit's photos are good and will run with the Scribner's pieces, and The Outlook prints his essay on poverty and riches.",["robert-bridges","kermit-roosevelt"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-18","On the mend","Roosevelt notes that the fever is lifting.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-19","Hudson tubes open back home","While Roosevelt stays by Lake Naivasha, the Hudson tubes open under the river linking Manhattan with Jersey City.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-20","Five hippos","Roosevelt records five hippos in his diary, with sketches.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-21","Upset over Henry White's removal","Roosevelt works in camp and writes Henry White, whom Taft has replaced as ambassador in Paris despite assurances; he calls it a tragedy. Edith tells Kermit of walks on donkey paths and a pebbly Italian beach.",["henry-white","william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-22","Ibis by the lake","Roosevelt rides to Naivasha and shoots two ibis, one in flight. Archie Butt dines with the Longworths, where Alice mentions keeping a diary through her first two White House years.",["archibald-butt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-07-23","Funding secured for the safari","Heading back toward Nairobi, Roosevelt shoots a pelican from a boat. He tells Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian that $70,000 is now in the bank for the expedition, and reports on specimens collected.",["charles-d-walcott"],"Nairobi"],["1909-07-24","Back in Nairobi for race week","After a long trek the party is back in Nairobi, staying again with the McMillans. Roosevelt sees Selous, and Kermit rides in the race week events.",["frederick-selous","william-northrup-mcmillan","kermit-roosevelt"],"Nairobi"],["1909-07-25","Sunday at Juja Farm","Roosevelt goes to church from the McMillans' Juja Farm.",[],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-26","Catching up with Lodge","Roosevelt dines with Edwards. He writes Lodge, missing their contact, about Root, Platt, White's ouster, the tariff, his specimens and a charging hippo, and thanks Carnegie for the money.",["edwards","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","thomas-c-platt","henry-white","andrew-carnegie"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-27","Blissfully ignorant of politics","Roosevelt dines at the Wards'. He tells Bamie he is refitting at the McMillans' and has eight Scribner's articles done, and writes Corinne about Carnegie's generosity and his happy distance from American politics.",["ward","anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","andrew-carnegie","william-northrup-mcmillan"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-28","Dinner with Hobley","Roosevelt is a dinner guest of C. W. Hobley.",["c-w-hobley"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-29","Turf Club dinner at the Norfolk","Roosevelt attends the races and an 8 p.m. Turf Club dinner at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi.",[],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-30","Time with Governor Jackson","Roosevelt's diary notes Governor Frederick Jackson for the day.",["frederick-jackson"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-07-31","An aviator at the races","Roosevelt sees an aviator and the races. In France, Ethel and Archie tour Provence with Ambassador Lloyd Griscom and his wife.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","lloyd-c-griscom"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-08-01","Presbyterian service in Nairobi","Roosevelt worships at the Scotch Presbyterian church.",[],"Juja Farm"],["1909-08-02","A dance at the Nairobi Club","Roosevelt goes to a dance at the Nairobi Club. A letter from Edith says she is glad of the extra room with Ethel and Archie off traveling.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt"],"Juja Farm"],["1909-08-03","Speaking on education in Africa","In Nairobi, Roosevelt gives an address on education in Africa, then goes out to dinner.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-08-04","Cornerstone at Kijabe, springhaas by lantern","Roosevelt lays the cornerstone for a new building at the Kijabe mission and travels on to Naivasha. That night Mearns and Loring take him hunting springhaas, dazzling them with a lantern.",["edgar-a-mearns","j-alden-loring"],"Kijabe"],["1909-08-05","Rain, then an afternoon hunt","A wet morning at Lake Naivasha gives way to an afternoon of hunting. Edith and Quentin, with a Swiss maid, head for Avignon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-08-06","Edith's birthday in Provence","Edith turns 48. She and Quentin see the Papal Palace in Avignon and a play in the Roman theater at Orange, then rejoin Archie and Ethel at Lyon. Taft puts his name to the Payne-Aldrich tariff and a Philippine free-trade bill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","william-howard-taft"],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-08-07","Bad misses, one good shot","Roosevelt grumbles about his misses but notes a fine shot at a stork at 180 yards.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-08-08","Bound for the Aberdares","Roosevelt and Kermit leave Nairobi for the Mount Kenya country, starting toward the Aberdare Range. Edith writes her Aunt Lizzie that she is growing more sure of managing on her own.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","aunt-lizzie"],"Nairobi"],["1909-08-09","At the base of the Aberdares","The safari reaches the foot of the Aberdare Range.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-08-10","Cold on the Aberdare crest","Roosevelt crosses the top of the Aberdares and finds it bitterly cold.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-08-11","Edith in Paris with old friends","The safari pushes on toward Nyeri. In Paris, Edith and the children take an apartment on the Avenue Gabriel, share lunch with the Jusserands and Sturgis Bigelow, and dine with Henry Adams.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","jean-jules-jusserand","william-sturgis-bigelow","henry-adams"],"Nairobi"],["1909-08-12","A Kikuyu dance at Nyeri","At Nyeri Roosevelt watches a Kikuyu dance, and the day is captured on film.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-13","Kermit heads north with Tarlton","Kermit and Leslie Tarlton strike off northward on their own. In France it is Ethel's birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt","leslie-tarlton","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-14","Fever on the road to Kenya","Roosevelt moves toward Mount Kenya with a fever.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-15","Feeling better in the foothills","Camped in the Kenya foothills, Roosevelt reports he is improving.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-16","A slight relapse","Roosevelt stays in camp with a mild return of fever. At Beverly, Massachusetts, where he is vacationing with Taft, Archie Butt gets a Roosevelt letter written June 27.",["archibald-butt","william-howard-taft"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-17","News from Archie Butt","A rainy day on the mountain. Butt writes Roosevelt about life under Taft, Alice and Nick, the tariff battle, Mrs. Taft's poor health and the public's endless fascination with TR.",["archibald-butt","william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-18","Off after elephants","Roosevelt sets out on an elephant hunt with light Whymper tents.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-19","First bull elephant","Roosevelt kills a bull elephant on the slopes of Mount Kenya.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-20","Walking back to base","Roosevelt hikes back to the main camp, leaving Cunninghame and Heller behind with the elephant.",["r-j-cuninghame","edmund-heller"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-21","Writing at Mount Kenya","Roosevelt spends the day writing.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-22","March to Nyeri","The party marches to Nyeri.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-23","Another writing day","Roosevelt writes in camp near Mount Kenya.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-24","Homesick, he tells Ethel","Roosevelt prepares a new safari with Maxwell and Kikuyu porters. Writing Ethel, he admits he is homesick, talks of money and her mother's thrift, and says Kermit sometimes worries him.",["maxwell","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-25","Camp in a forest glade","In the afternoon the safari marches and pitches camp in a glade in the forest.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-26","Eighteen miles on foot","Roosevelt covers 18 miles and shoots a steinbuck along the way.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-27","Thunder on the march","After a ten-mile march to camp, a heavy thunderstorm rolls in during the afternoon. Film shot around Roosevelt's camp this month survives.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-28","All-day hunt in the rain","Roosevelt hunts from morning to evening, with heavy rain after midday, and takes a steinbuck.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-29","A bull eland","Roosevelt shoots a bull eland at 280 yards.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-30","Oryx at 450 yards","Roosevelt brings down a cow oryx at long range and a marabou stork.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-08-31","The Ballinger-Pinchot fight begins","Roosevelt misses a waterbuck and wounds an oryx that gets away. Alice has surgery to remove bone from her troublesome jaw. At home, Interior Secretary Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot start their feud.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","richard-a-ballinger","gifford-pinchot"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-01","Cook claims the North Pole","Roosevelt wounds an oryx and shoots a crane. From the Shetland Islands, Frederick Cook wires the world's newspapers that he stood at the North Pole in April 1908.",["frederick-a-cook"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-02","A fine oryx","Roosevelt kills a handsome oryx at 125 yards.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-03","Cunninghame and Heller return","R. J. Cunninghame and Edmund Heller rejoin Roosevelt in the afternoon.",["r-j-cuninghame","edmund-heller"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-04","Heading for Meru","The safari turns toward Meru.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-05","Frost on the equator","Marching along the equator, the party wakes to frost after a cold night.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-06","Peary nails the flag to the Pole","Roosevelt reaches Meru Boma on Mount Kenya's northeast slopes and finds Kermit and Tarlton there. The press receives Robert Peary's telegram announcing he stood at the Pole on April 6, launching his long quarrel with Cook.",["kermit-roosevelt","leslie-tarlton","robert-e-peary","frederick-a-cook"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-07","An elephant charges","At 11 a.m. three elephants are spotted three miles off in rough jungle. One charges, and Roosevelt brings down a bull at 50 yards; the specimen later goes to the University of California.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-08","Writing at Meru","Roosevelt writes in camp.",[],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-09","Kermit gets his elephant","Kermit kills a bull elephant.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-10","Discovering Shakespeare in the bush","Cunninghame and Heller come in and another bull elephant falls. Roosevelt writes Lawrence Abbott, the Lodges and George Otto Trevelyan: he is reading Shakespeare with real pleasure for once in his life, faults Eliot's reading list, and favors an inheritance tax over an income tax.",["r-j-cuninghame","edmund-heller","lawrence-abbott","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","george-otto-trevelyan","charles-w-eliot"],"Mount Kenya"],["1909-09-11","Ten shots for one elephant","Roosevelt kills a bull elephant at 70 yards; his sketch shows ten hits. Archie and Quentin sail home with an adult escort to start at Groton, Quentin's first year there, while Edith and Ethel remain in Europe.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Meru"],["1909-09-12","Cables about the Pole","A quiet day by Roosevelt's diary. He writes William Foran about three cables concerning the rival Cook and Peary claims.",["w-robert-foran","frederick-a-cook","robert-e-peary"],"Meru"],["1909-09-13","Ted turns 22","Roosevelt shoots a cow elephant. Ted marks his 22nd birthday, still at work for the Hartford Carpet Company in Connecticut.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Meru"],["1909-09-14","Into Meru","Roosevelt goes to Meru.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-15","To Lake Ingunga","The safari moves on to Lake Ingunga.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-16","Rhino and elephant","Roosevelt and Kermit kill a rhino and an elephant.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Meru"],["1909-09-17","A blank page","Roosevelt leaves his diary blank for the day.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-18","Back to Meru","Roosevelt returns to Meru.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-19","Sunday writing","Roosevelt writes at Meru Boma.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-20","Outfitting the next safari","Roosevelt spends the day organizing the safari for the next leg.",[],"Meru"],["1909-09-21","The party splits up","Kermit and Tarlton head southwest for Lake Hannington while Roosevelt and Cunninghame make for the Guaso Nyero. An ailing Heller takes skins to Nairobi by donkey. Roosevelt shoots a crane in flight, and camp sits by a palm-lined brook full of monkeys.",["kermit-roosevelt","leslie-tarlton","r-j-cuninghame","edmund-heller"],"Meru"],["1909-09-22","Congratulations for Peary","Roosevelt and Cunninghame reach a branch of the Guaso Nyero and settle in for several days of hunting on the plains. He shoots a big oryx and writes Herbert Bridgman to pass his congratulations to Peary.",["r-j-cuninghame","herbert-l-bridgman","robert-e-peary"],"Meru"],["1909-09-23","A dreadful miss","Roosevelt flubs a shot at an ostrich and spends a beltful of cartridges on one distant oryx, plus two gazelles.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-24","Ostrich, oryx and zebra","Roosevelt gets a hen ostrich, a bull oryx and a big zebra, and writes notes on the ostrich.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-25","The cock ostrich escapes again","Roosevelt misses a cock ostrich a second time, but takes an oryx and a zebra and runs down another zebra on horseback.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-26","The ostrich at last","Roosevelt finally gets his cock ostrich, and a giraffe after a gallop.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-27","Guinea fowl, impala and oryx","The bag includes two guinea fowl, an impala buck and a bull oryx, at the cost of another beltful of cartridges.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-28","Camp by an abandoned boma","The party moves to the Guaso Nyero close to the empty boma of Nyama Yango; Roosevelt shoots a waterbuck bull in the evening.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-29","A serumik","Roosevelt shoots a serumik at 90 yards.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-09-30","African Game Trails goes to press","Roosevelt kills another serumik and a buffalo cow, while Kermit hunts sable antelope alone. Roosevelt's African Game Trails begins appearing in serial form.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-01","Nothing shot, pages written","Roosevelt comes back empty-handed from a hunt and spends time writing.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-02","Trekking the Guaso Nyero","The safari travels along the river, and Roosevelt shoots a young impala ram.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-03","Upriver, a waterbuck","Moving farther up the river, Roosevelt drops a waterbuck at 120 yards.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-04","A buffalo lost","Roosevelt scolds himself for losing a wounded buffalo bull, but takes two gazelle bucks.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-05","On to Mamba camp","The party pushes upriver to Mamba camp, and Roosevelt shoots two kongoni.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-06","\"An elderly man,\" he tells Arthur Lee","Roosevelt shoots five zebra to feed the porters. He writes Arthur Lee that the African settlers recall America's Western pioneers and that he has ideas on colonial rule to share, and tells Cecil Spring-Rice he hopes to see him in May.",["arthur-lee","cecil-spring-rice"],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-07","Gazelle, oryx and giraffe","Roosevelt's bag runs to two gazelle, an oryx and a giraffe bull.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-08","Edith witnesses a deed in Italy","Roosevelt writes in camp. Edith and Ethel come back to Porto Maurizio from a tour of Switzerland and northern Italy and serve as official witnesses when Edith's sister Emily Carow signs the deeds to her villa.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","emily-carow"],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-09","Lions in the morning","After lions in the morning, camp moves three hours farther up the Guaso Nyero; Roosevelt notes a monkey.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-10","Kermit turns 20","Roosevelt marches to a waterhole in a gorge and shoots a bull oryx. Kermit, hunting antelope on his own elsewhere, celebrates his 20th birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-11","A crescent moon at sunrise","Roosevelt takes a big gazelle buck, then hits a running oryx too far back, and notes a crescent moon hanging over the sunrise. In America, Eleanor Roosevelt turns 25.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-12","Waterbuck and eland","Among the day's game are a waterbuck and an eland, which Roosevelt sketches in his diary.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-13","Cowboy memories on the downs","A long trek over high rolling downs brings the party back to the marsh where Roosevelt killed an eland in August. Cutting an eland from the herd puts him in mind of his ranching days.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-14","Toward Nyeri","The safari turns toward Nyeri.",[],"Guaso Nyiro"],["1909-10-15","Chapters for Scribner's","Reaching Nyeri on the way to Nairobi, Roosevelt mails Robert Bridges chapters nine and ten of African Game Trails and discusses plans for the series and the book.",["robert-bridges"],"Nyeri"],["1909-10-16","Comforting Corinne","At Nyeri, Roosevelt tells Charles Walcott that Carnegie has sent $20,000 more, thanks Carnegie and weighs his idea of getting the Kaiser into a world peace council, and writes to console Corinne, traveling the world with Douglas after their son Stewart's death.",["charles-d-walcott","andrew-carnegie","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","stewart-douglas-robinson","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Nyeri"],["1909-10-17","\"Cook...is a fake\"","At the foot of the Aberdares, with a month's mail just in and his ink and paper used up, Roosevelt writes Bamie. He is stunned by the death of Lodge's son Bay, yet holds that death should not be mourned, and weighs in on the polar dispute.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","george-cabot-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-e-peary","frederick-a-cook"],"Aberdare Range"],["1909-10-18","Across the plateau","The safari reaches the middle of the plateau. Back home, Sheffield Cowles turns 11.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Aberdare Range"],["1909-10-19","Down the escarpment","The party camps an hour past the bottom of the Aberdare escarpment.",[],"Aberdare Range"],["1909-10-20","Back at Naivasha","The safari arrives at Lake Naivasha.",[],"Lake Naivasha"],["1909-10-21","Reunited in Nairobi","The whole expedition, Kermit included, regroups in Nairobi. Roosevelt writes Lawrence Abbott about Eliot's list of best books, Russia, and Tolstoy, whom he condemns.",["kermit-roosevelt","lawrence-abbott","charles-w-eliot","leo-tolstoy"],"Nairobi"],["1909-10-22","Dinner at the Hobleys'","Roosevelt dines with the Hobleys in Nairobi.",["c-w-hobley"],"Nairobi"],["1909-10-23","Dinner at Nanderman's","Roosevelt is a dinner guest at Nanderman's.",["nanderman"],"Nairobi"],["1909-10-24","Lunch with Loran, dinner with Jackson","Roosevelt lunches with Loran and dines with Frederick Jackson.",["loran","frederick-jackson"],"Nairobi"],["1909-10-25","Off to the Uasin Gishu","Roosevelt, Tarlton, Kermit and Heller leave the Londiani railhead, aiming for the Nzoia River on the Uasin Gishu plateau.",["leslie-tarlton","kermit-roosevelt","edmund-heller"],"Nairobi"],["1909-10-26","First camp out of Londiani","The safari makes camp five miles beyond Londiani.",[],"Sundian"],["1909-10-27","A 51st birthday on the march","Roosevelt turns 51 marching hard across rolling hills, with no time to hunt. The party crosses the equator again into cold nights, and he likens the country to Oregon and northern California.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-10-28","Twelve miles past the ravine","Camp is twelve miles beyond the ravine.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-10-29","A Defassa waterbuck","Roosevelt hunts and gets a young Defassa waterbuck bull at 125 yards.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-10-30","A blank day","Nothing noted in Roosevelt's diary.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-10-31","A ten-hour march","Roosevelt marches ten hours and shoots a duiker. Edith and Ethel travel on to Florence, Siena and Rome, and another installment of African Game Trails comes out.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-01","Death of a Roosevelt baby","After a seven-hour march Roosevelt shoots two Jackson's hartebeest bulls but runs short of ammunition while after oribi. In the United States, Franklin and Eleanor's infant son Franklin Jr. dies at seven months.",["franklin-d-roosevelt-jr","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-02","Hunting through Election Day","As Americans vote, Roosevelt hunts all day and brings in three oribi and a reedbuck.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-03","To Sergoi Lake","The party reaches Sergoi Lake, where Roosevelt records notes on animals.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-04","A running hyena","Camp moves again, and Roosevelt shoots a hyena on the run at 70 yards.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-05","Kermit's giraffe","Kermit gets a bull giraffe and Roosevelt a kongoni at 150 yards.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-06","Rumors of his death","Roosevelt drops a running oribi but misses kongoni after kongoni. In Rome a false report spreads that he has been killed; friends in Nairobi cable a denial, but Edith is shaken.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-07","Hartebeest, oribi and hyena","A day's hunting yields two hartebeest, an oribi and a hyena.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-08","Camp at a swamp spring","The safari marches to a spring in a swamp, and Roosevelt shoots a running warthog.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-09","At the Nzoia River","Reaching the Nzoia River, Roosevelt shoots two kob.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-10","Waterbuck, hartebeest, kob","Roosevelt brings in a waterbuck bull, a big hartebeest bull and a young kob.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-11","Kob in the tall grass","Roosevelt shoots two kob in very high grass.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-12","\"Sweetest of all sweet girls\"","Roosevelt shoots two bushbuck and Kermit a leopard, as Edith and Ethel sail for New York. He sends Christmas letters to Loeb, boasting that Kermit now outshoots him, and to Ethel and the boys, and writes Edith of a dream.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","william-loeb","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-13","Meat for the porters","The safari halts so the men can eat well, and Roosevelt shoots a dozen antelope for them.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-14","Carl Akeley arrives","Camped beside the swamps, the party is joined by naturalist Carl Akeley.",["carl-akeley"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-15","Elephants with Akeley","Out with Akeley, Roosevelt kills three elephants, and Kermit one more.",["carl-akeley","kermit-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-16","Back to the swamp camp","The hunters return to the swamp camp; Roosevelt writes up the animals.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-17","Everyone hunts for the pot","Camp moves to a valley, and all hands shoot meat for the safari: topi, kongoni and oribi.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-18","Return to Sergoi Lake","The safari goes back to Sergoi Lake.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-19","Lion hunting with the Nandi","Roosevelt joins Nandi warriors on a lion hunt that comes up empty. Quentin turns 12 at school in Groton.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-20","Nandi spearmen kill a lion","The Nandi warriors kill a lion.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-21","To Impey's","The safari marches to Impey's place.",["impey"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-22","Into Nandi country","Roosevelt reaches a government post in Nandi country and writes Oscar Straus hoping to meet near Turkey or Greece in March. In Washington, Alice turns up to watch a house fire on H Street.",["oscar-straus","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-23","Edith home in New York","Roosevelt and the porters beat a swamp; he misses a lion but gets a hyena and reedbuck. Edith and Ethel land in New York, and Archie Butt sends Edith a White House bloom.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-butt"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-24","Another swamp drive","A second drive through the swamp turns up nothing but meat for the porters.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-25","Thanksgiving on the plateau","Roosevelt moves camp and shoots a reedbuck on Thanksgiving, which is also Bamie's 14th wedding anniversary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-26","By the juniper forest","The party returns to its former camp on the Londiani road, on the fringe of the juniper forest.",[],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-27","Bound for Lord Delamere's","Roosevelt marches to a stream in the juniper belt, now heading for Lord Delamere's ranch.",["lord-delamere"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-28","\"Back from Elba\"","Roosevelt reaches Little Lake and shoots three roan antelope. Edith writes Kermit that America is wild about his father, that Taft is having a hard time, and that New York newspapermen have formed a club toasting TR's return.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Uasin Gishu Plateau"],["1909-11-29","Through the rain to Kongoni","The safari slogs through rain to Kongoni camp.",[],"Kongoni"],["1909-11-30","Farewell to the safari","Roosevelt reaches Londiani and goes on to Delamere's, bidding the safari goodbye. Another African Game Trails installment appears.",["lord-delamere"],"Londiani"],["1909-12-01","Guest of Lord Delamere","Roosevelt settles in with Lord Delamere at his Soysambu ranch, farmland where the Mau escarpment begins, and camps in the forested foothills.",["lord-delamere"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-02","An anniversary far from Edith","Roosevelt and Edith's 23rd wedding anniversary passes with a bongo hunt that finds nothing and an evening of stories. He writes Lawrence Abbott about the dispute over his role at San Juan Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","lawrence-abbott"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-03","Colobus monkeys in the treetops","Roosevelt shoots two colobus monkeys. He reports on Smithsonian specimens to Charles Walcott, and tells Ethel he is sorry Edith heard the death rumors and that Kermit is after bongo with Lady Delamere's brother.",["charles-d-walcott","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","lord-delamere","kermit-roosevelt"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-04","Back to Delamere's","Roosevelt returns to Lord Delamere's.",["lord-delamere"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-05","Corinne's daughter marries Joseph Alsop","Roosevelt shoots two more colobus. At home his niece Corinne Robinson weds Joseph Alsop; the couple will farm tobacco in the Connecticut Valley and raise sons who become columnists.",["corinne-douglas-robinson","joseph-wright-alsop-iv"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-06","Edith worries about Quentin","Roosevelt camps in the forest. Edith writes Kermit that Quentin is a handful, always busy and on first-name terms with every tough in town.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-07","Empty-handed","Roosevelt hunts without result.",[],"Njoro"],["1909-12-08","Sagamore Hill reopens","Another fruitless hunt. At home, Sagamore Hill's guest book records the house opened up again.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-09","Harriman dies","Roosevelt shoots a colobus. William Phillips signs the Sagamore Hill guest book, and railroad magnate E. H. Harriman dies.",["william-phillips","e-h-harriman"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-10","Praise for William Allen White's novel","Roosevelt returns to Delamere's and writes William Allen White that he enjoyed his first novel.",["lord-delamere","william-allen-white"],"Njoro"],["1909-12-11","Packing up for Uganda","Back in Nairobi, the naturalists, Cunninghame and Tarlton ready the Uganda leg and start shipping specimens home. New books arrive for the Pigskin Library. Warrington Dawson and Eleanor Alexander, Ted's future wife, visit Sagamore Hill.",["r-j-cuninghame","leslie-tarlton","edgar-a-mearns","edmund-heller","j-alden-loring","warrington-dawson","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-12","Moving up the Khartoum reunion","Roosevelt dines with the governor. Worried that Edith is fretting over him, he tells Ethel he will reach Khartoum, and Edith, earlier, by March 15.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-13","Dinner with Watts","Roosevelt dines with Watts in Nairobi.",["watts"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-14","Thinking about home and Taft","Roosevelt dines with Milne. He writes Carnegie again about a peace league with the Kaiser's help, and tells Henry Beach Needham his thoughts on returning home and on Taft's presidency.",["milne","andrew-carnegie","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","henry-beach-needham","william-howard-taft"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-15","Lunch with Sanderson, dinner with Tarlton","Roosevelt lunches with Sanderson and dines with Leslie Tarlton.",["sanderson","leslie-tarlton"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-16","A Badelu lunch","Roosevelt's diary notes a lunch with Badelu.",["badelu"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-17","Nairobi says goodbye","A farewell lunch and dinner close Roosevelt's time in Nairobi. He writes Bamie about the Alsop wedding and his longing to see everyone, and Bridges about a photo of a hyena inside an elephant and Helen Sanderson's African stories.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","robert-bridges","helen-sanderson","joseph-wright-alsop-iv","corinne-douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-18","Leaving for Uganda","Roosevelt sets off for Lake Victoria and Uganda, and members of Nairobi's American mission come to the station to see the party off.",[],"Nairobi"],["1909-12-19","Steaming across Lake Victoria","From Port Florence in Kavirondo country, the party boards a lake steamer for Entebbe, recrossing the equator. Sagamore Hill's guest book fills with visitors including Hamilton Fish Jr.",["nathaniel-simpkins","william-appleton","leroy-king","helene-coster","cornelia-landon","hamilton-fish-jr"],"Port Florence"],["1909-12-20","Arrival at Entebbe","After a day on the water the party lands at Entebbe, near an outbreak of sleeping sickness. They stay with Acting Governor Boyle, and Roosevelt tours missions.",["boyle"],"Entebbe"],["1909-12-21","Meeting the boy king of Buganda","In Kampala Roosevelt stays with District Commissioner Knowles, is welcomed by Bishop Alfred Tucker at the Anglican mission, calls on King Daudi Chwa and visits King Mutesa's grave.",["knowles","alfred-tucker","daudi-chwa","mutesa"],"Kampala"],["1909-12-22","Kermit's sitatunga","On a sitatunga hunt near Kampala, Kermit gets one.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Kampala"],["1909-12-23","Missing home","Roosevelt hunts leopard as the safari moves out, and writes Ethel that he misses home, above all her and her mother.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Kampala"],["1909-12-24","Catching up with the safari","Roosevelt overtakes the safari on the trail into Uganda. At Sagamore Hill, his November letters arrive, and Helen Leigh Hunt and Alice and Nick Longworth sign the guest book.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","helen-leigh-hunt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Uganda"],["1909-12-25","Christmas on the march","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day marching with the safari and sends Helen Sanderson holiday greetings and news of the trip.",["helen-sanderson"],"Uganda"],["1909-12-26","Remington dies","Roosevelt marches on and shoots a bushbuck. In the United States, artist Frederic Remington dies after his appendix ruptures.",["frederic-remington"],"Uganda"],["1909-12-27","Three reedbuck","Another day's march, with three reedbuck among the animals Roosevelt shoots.",[],"Uganda"],["1909-12-28","A giant bull elephant","Rain delays the start, but the party makes a long march and camps by mid-afternoon. Afterward Roosevelt and Kermit bring down a huge bull elephant standing 10 feet 9 inches.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Uganda"],["1909-12-29","Taking the tusks","The tusks are cut from the elephant, and Roosevelt writes in camp.",[],"Uganda"],["1909-12-30","A Uganda hartebeest","On the march, Roosevelt kills a Uganda hartebeest bull at 80 yards.",[],"Uganda"],["1909-12-31","Guinea fowl to close the year","Roosevelt ends 1909 marching and shooting two guinea fowl. Isabella Hagner is a guest at Sagamore Hill, and African Game Trails continues as a serial.",["isabella-hagner"],"Uganda"],["1910-01-01","Nineteen miles on New Year's Day","Roosevelt opens 1910 with a 19-mile march through Uganda.",[],"Uganda"],["1910-01-02","On to Hoima","The safari heads for Hoima.",[],"Uganda"],["1910-01-03","A day at Hoima","Roosevelt stays at Hoima. Barclay H. Farr signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["barclay-h-farr"],"Hoima"],["1910-01-04","Receiving the King of Bunyoro","At Hoima, Roosevelt receives the king of Bunyoro before the safari moves on.",["king-of-bunyoro"],"Hoima"],["1910-01-05","Camp on Lake Albert's beach","By midday the party is at Butiaba on Lake Albert, about 160 miles from Lake Victoria, and pitches camp on the sand. From here boats run down toward the Nile.",[],"Butiaba"],["1910-01-06","Waiting at Butiaba","Roosevelt spends the day at Butiaba. Warrington Dawson is again a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["warrington-dawson"],"Butiaba"],["1910-01-07","Taft fires Pinchot","Roosevelt travels by boat to Koba. In Washington, President Taft dismisses Gifford Pinchot, and Edith writes Kermit that the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry leaves Taft in a hard spot and that she pities him.",["william-howard-taft","gifford-pinchot","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","richard-a-ballinger"],"Butiaba"],["1910-01-08","Down the Nile past Wadelai","The boat carries Roosevelt past Wadelai. Five visitors sign the Sagamore Hill guest book, among them Evelyn Irving and Helene Coster.",["helene-coster","josephine-osborn","evelyn-irving","thomas-blauner","william-wood"],"Butiaba"],["1910-01-09","Into the Lado","The party makes camp in the Lado Enclave.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-10","White rhino cow and calf","Roosevelt shoots a white rhino cow and calf at 60 yards, sketching where each bullet struck.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-11","Fighting a grass fire","Roosevelt shoots two oribi, then helps battle a fire in the evening.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-12","Women smoke at the White House","Rhino skins are carried into camp. In Washington, women light up at a public White House event for the first time, and Archie Butt shares stories about Alice.",["archibald-butt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-13","Kermit's bull rhino","Kermit kills a bull rhino and Roosevelt a waterbuck bull.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-14","Two kob","Roosevelt shoots two kob at 90 and 180 yards.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-15","Nothing to show","A hunt turns up nothing. Woodrow Creen, David Paton and Cornelia Landon visit Sagamore Hill.",["woodrow-creen","david-paton","cornelia-landon"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-16","A pair of white rhinos","Roosevelt shoots a white rhino bull and cow, and a hippo nearly blunders into camp.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-17","\"I cannot believe it\"","A runner brings word that Gifford Pinchot has been removed, and Roosevelt writes him in disbelief, praising his public service. He tells Lodge about the hunt, evening mosquitoes and Kermit's skill, hoping the Pinchot news is false.",["gifford-pinchot","henry-cabot-lodge","kermit-roosevelt","william-phillips"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-18","Bamie turns 55","Roosevelt shoots oribi, hartebeest, kob and a guinea hen. Bamie marks her 55th birthday, and Warrington Dawson visits Sagamore Hill again.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","warrington-dawson"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-19","Kermit's cow rhino","Kermit kills a cow rhino. Teresa Richardson is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["kermit-roosevelt","teresa-richardson"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-20","A crocodile and more","Roosevelt's bag includes a crocodile, a kob, a hartebeest, a bustard and a bushbuck ram. Binks signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["binks"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-21","\"A complete success\"","Roosevelt shoots two oribi. He writes Bamie that the United Press reports Pinchot's dismissal, which he still can't credit, and tells Corinne the expedition has been everything he hoped.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","gifford-pinchot"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-22","Rhino meat is good","Roosevelt writes, notes that the local bushbuck differ from East African ones, and approves of rhino meat.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-23","Midday heat in the tropics","The party marches to Sukuni village in the scorching January noon, two to three degrees from the equator.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-24","Lily pond camp","At a camp beside a lily pond, Roosevelt shoots two waterbuck.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-25","Nine rhinos in a day","Roosevelt sees nine rhinos and shoots a duiker. In New York, panic hits Wall Street.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-26","Back to the village","The party returns to the village.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-27","A buffalo bull","Roosevelt shoots a buffalo bull at 80 yards.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-28","Ethel visits Washington","Camp moves to the river, and Roosevelt shoots a cow rhino. Ethel arrives in Washington to stay with the McLeans.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","mclean"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-29","Writing day","Roosevelt writes in camp.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-30","Boating with Loring","Roosevelt goes out in a boat with J. Alden Loring.",["j-alden-loring"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-01-31","Writing as the serial runs","Roosevelt spends the day writing while African Game Trails continues in serial form.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-02-01","A young bushbuck from the boat","Roosevelt hunts from a boat in the Lado Enclave and brings down a young bushbuck at about sixty yards, sketching the shot in his diary.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-02-02","Bushbuck, hartebeest and kob","A full day of shooting in the Lado Enclave: Roosevelt logs a bushbuck ram, several hartebeest and a kob, with the range of each shot and sketches beside them.",[],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-02-03","Setting out for Nimule","Roosevelt's party begins the trip to Nimule. Back home in Washington, Archie Butt gives a luncheon at the house of Roosevelt's daughter Alice.",["archibald-butt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-02-04","Arrival at Nimule","The safari reaches Nimule on the upper Nile.",[],"Nimule"],["1910-02-05","Writing Lodge from Nimule","Halted at Nimule, Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge, admiring the late poetry of Lodge's son Bay, reporting illness among the men, and worrying over Justice William Moody's health.",["henry-cabot-lodge","george-cabot-lodge","william-h-moody"],"Nimule"],["1910-02-06","A day at Nimule","Roosevelt stays put at Nimule.",[],"Nimule"],["1910-02-07","First march toward Gondokoro","The overland march to Gondokoro begins. That night the party camps beside a shallow, palm-lined river.",[],"Nimule"],["1910-02-08","Camp beside an anthill","Walking rather than riding, Roosevelt marches on and camps beneath two leafy trees by an anthill, with water a mile away among the bamboos.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-09","Camp near an old smithy","Another day's march ends in camp beneath three big trees, close to the remains of a native blacksmith's forge.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-10","Up at 2:45 for the march","The whistle sounds before three in the morning. After the march the party camps past a dry riverbed, near a pool.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-11","Early camp by a creek","The safari stops early, pitching camp beside a creek among trees.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-12","Rest day hunt on the march","The column halts for a day and Roosevelt hunts, taking an oribi, a reedbuck and a red baboon. At home, his daughter Alice turns 26.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","cornelia-landon"],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-13","Camp under a big tree","An early start, and camp that night beneath one large tree.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-14","Camp near a rocky hill","The party marches early and camps near a village and a rocky hill. Roosevelt shoots an oribi at 100 yards.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-15","Eighteen miles at 112 degrees","A brutal eighteen-mile march in shade temperatures of 112 degrees leaves the porters spent. Roosevelt kills a hartebeest at 80 yards.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-16","Hoping for elephant","Roosevelt expects elephant, but none turn up.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-17","The safari reaches Gondokoro","The march ends at Gondokoro. At home, Alice and Nick Longworth mark four years of marriage.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-18","Toward Redjaf in the heat","From Gondokoro the party heads for Redjaf, moving at night and in the early hours and shooting game to eat in the dry country. Roosevelt writes Andrew Carnegie about Europe, the Kaiser, and his longing for Edith and Sagamore Hill.",["andrew-carnegie","arthur-lee","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elihu-root","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-19","After the giant eland","Roosevelt and Kermit go from Redjaf on an eight-day side trip into the Congo after giant eland, heading for the Kabo River.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Redjaf"],["1910-02-20","Camp near the Koda River","The eland hunters camp about two hours short of the Koda River, near a hill.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-21","Fourteen hours in the field","Roosevelt spends fourteen hours out hunting and takes one hartebeest.",[],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-22","Roan, but still no eland","Another thirteen-hour day. Roosevelt finds roan antelope and records one shot the day before.",[],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-23","The giant eland bull at last","After eleven hours out, Roosevelt brings down a bull giant eland at 120 yards, the trophy he came for, and records its measurements.",[],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-24","Curing the eland skins","The day goes to preparing the skins. Roosevelt also shoots an oribi at 60 yards.",[],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-25","Seventeen miles back toward Redjaf","The hunters turn back, covering seventeen miles toward Redjaf with an afternoon march along the dry Kabo River.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Belgian Congo"],["1910-02-26","Back to Gondokoro","Roosevelt passes through Redjaf and returns to Gondokoro.",[],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-27","The Sirdar's boat arrives","At Gondokoro, Roosevelt meets the steamer that General Reginald Wingate has sent to carry the party down the Nile to Khartoum, and writes Archie about it. A Scottish engineer, Captain Middleton, commands.",["archibald-roosevelt","reginald-wingate","captain-middleton"],"Gondokoro"],["1910-02-28","Downriver on the Dal","The party boards the steamer Dal and starts down the Nile. Roosevelt notices the swift current and the walls of reeds, marsh grass and papyrus, passing Lado and Mongalla.",[],"Nile River"],["1910-03-01","The safari by the numbers","A tally of the African year: Roosevelt has taken 296 animals and Kermit more than 200, including nine lions and eight elephants for Roosevelt. He was ill only five days. Ted is now engaged to Eleanor Alexander, and Americans are starting to look ahead to Roosevelt's homecoming.",["kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Bor"],["1910-03-02","Stunned by news of Pinchot","Steaming down the Nile to Bor, Roosevelt writes Gifford Pinchot of his shock at Pinchot's dismissal, and tells Lodge about it along with his European plans and the giant eland hunt.",["gifford-pinchot","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Lado Enclave"],["1910-03-03","Dinner at Mongalla, then the Sudd","The steamer stops at Lado, and at Mongalla the party has dinner with Colonel Owen, who runs the southern Sudan, before pushing into the great Sudd swamps toward Lake No.",["colonel-owen"],"Lake No"],["1910-03-04","A tramp on the shores of Lake No","While the boat creeps along Lake No, Roosevelt walks five hours with Cuninghame and spots kob. He tells Lodge he will stay silent on politics at home, and touches on Bay Lodge and Taft's renomination.",["r-j-cuninghame","henry-cabot-lodge","george-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft"],"Lake No"],["1910-03-05","Waterfowl in the great marsh","Near the mouth of the Bahr el Ghazal, Roosevelt shoots a white-eared kob and takes in the vast marshes and their crowds of water birds.",[],"Lake No"],["1910-03-06","On the Bahr el Ghazal","The steamer travels the Bahr el Ghazal.",[],"Bahr el Ghazal"],["1910-03-07","A shoebill on the White Nile","From the Bahr el Ghazal and Lake No the boat moves on toward the Bahr el Zeraf and the White Nile. Roosevelt shoots a shoebill stork and more kob.",[],"Bahr el Zeraf"],["1910-03-08","Three kob on the Zeraf","On the Bahr el Zeraf, Roosevelt shoots three kob at long range, between 230 and 280 yards.",[],"White Nile"],["1910-03-09","Meat for the mission at Taufikia","The boat reaches a mission where the Sobat joins the Nile, near Taufikia, where Roosevelt shoots a waterbuck cow to feed the local people.",[],"Taufikia"],["1910-03-10","Letters while passing Kodok","Passing Kodok, Roosevelt catches up on mail: praise for William Loeb's customs work, a blessing on the match of Joe Alsop and his niece Corinne, the Standard Oil breakup case for Frank Kellogg, and English plans for Arthur Lee.",["william-loeb","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frank-b-kellogg","arthur-lee","joseph-w-alsop","corinne-robinson-alsop"],"Kodok"],["1910-03-11","Reporters come up the river","Newspapermen have hired boats to meet Roosevelt upstream, and he gives his first press interview in a year. He talks freely about the expedition but refuses every question on politics at home.",["o-sullivan"],"White Nile"],["1910-03-12","Heading north","The steamer keeps on downstream.",[],"White Nile"],["1910-03-13","Still northward","Another day on the river.",[],"White Nile"],["1910-03-14","Reunion with Edith at Khartoum","At Khartoum, Slatin Pasha greets the party and Governor General Wingate hosts them. Edith and Ethel are waiting for Roosevelt and Kermit after a year apart. Lawrence Abbott arrives too and offers to serve as secretary in Europe.",["rudolf-carl-von-slatin","reginald-wingate","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","lawrence-abbott","charles-d-walcott","andrew-carnegie","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edmund-heller"],"Khartoum"],["1910-03-15","Speaking at Gordon College","Roosevelt drafts the foreword and appendices for African Game Trails, tours the old battlefield at Kerreri, speaks at Gordon Memorial College, and dines at the Sirdar's palace.",["reginald-wingate"],"Gordon Memorial College"],["1910-03-16","Two speeches in Khartoum","The family tours Khartoum and Omdurman. Roosevelt speaks at the Government School and then at the American mission, where he talks about fairness and order under Sudanese rule, before dinner at the Sudan Club.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Omdurman"],["1910-03-17","Night train out of Khartoum","After lunch at the palace, a mission visit, a hotel reception and a talk to Egyptian officers, the family boards the night train north. Roosevelt welcomes Eleanor Alexander into the family in a warm letter.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sirdar's Palace"],["1910-03-18","Boarding the Ibis at Wadi Halfa","The train reaches Wadi Halfa at nine at night, and the party transfers to the steamer Ibis for the Nile run toward Cairo. Roosevelt and Edith send Corinne the news.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Wadi Halfa"],["1910-03-19","The temples at Abu Simbel","The party stops to see Rameses II's temples at Abu Simbel. Swamped with mail despite two volunteer secretaries, Roosevelt writes Bamie, who is ill, and William Loeb about his New York homecoming.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-loeb","john-stewart","robert-mcclenahan","lawrence-abbott","john-callan-o-laughlin"],"Abu Simbel"],["1910-03-20","Philae and the Aswan Dam","From Shellal the party explores ruined Philae, inspects the Aswan Dam, and visits the hillside tombs at Mount Grenfell.",[],"Shellal"],["1910-03-21","Karnak by night","Leaving Aswan, the party reaches Luxor for a welcome at the Winter Palace Hotel and an evening at Karnak. Roosevelt writes Ted a glowing letter about Eleanor. At home, Alice's grandfather George Cabot Lee dies.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","george-lee","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Winter Palace Hotel"],["1910-03-22","Tombs of Thebes","Roosevelt tours the temples and tombs of Thebes, speaks at the American Mission, and lunches with Weigall.",["arthur-weigall"],"Luxor"],["1910-03-23","Luxor and Karnak temples","A day among the ancient temples at Luxor and Karnak, with a call at the United Presbyterian mission.",[],"Karnak"],["1910-03-24","Moonlight at the pyramids","Arriving in Cairo, Roosevelt is greeted by Major Stack and the U.S. consul-general and exchanges calls with the Khedive. That night he sleeps out by the pyramids at the Mena House. He insists by letter that Edith be with him in Berlin.",["major-stack","abbas-hilmi-ii","whitelaw-reid","david-jayne-hill","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Luxor"],["1910-03-25","No strings on a papal audience","After touring the tombs at Sakkara, Roosevelt catches up with Oscar Straus, who has traveled from Constantinople to see him. He cables Ambassador Leishman that he will accept no conditions on whom he visits in Rome, after the Vatican objected to his planned Methodist call.",["oscar-straus","eldon-gorst","john-g-a-leishman","pope-pius-x"],"Cairo"],["1910-03-26","At Al-Azhar University","Roosevelt visits Al-Azhar University and that evening dines at the American Agency, where a reception follows. He writes Selous to arrange a visit in London.",["frederick-selous"],"Al-Azhar University"],["1910-03-27","Easter in Cairo","On Easter Sunday Roosevelt receives a delegation of Coptic, Muslim and Egyptian journalists, and dines with Wingate.",["reginald-wingate"],"Cairo"],["1910-03-28","A Cairo speech stirs protest","Roosevelt addresses Cairo's National University on keeping order under the law in Egypt, and students march against what he said. He also receives Syrian visitors, calls at the American mission, and promises Lodge to stay apart from politics when he returns.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"National University"],["1910-03-29","The papal audience falls through","Students protest again. Roosevelt lunches with Hatzfeldt and cables Leishman that, given the Vatican's condition that he skip the Methodists, an audience with the Pope is now out of the question.",["hermann-von-hatzfeldt-wildenburg","john-g-a-leishman","pope-pius-x","rafael-merry-del-val"],"Cairo"],["1910-03-30","Sailing for Naples","The Roosevelts leave Cairo for Alexandria and sail for Naples aboard the Prinz Heinrich, a ship they find dirty and uncomfortable.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Cairo"],["1910-03-31","Crossing the Mediterranean","At sea. The European tour party is Roosevelt, Edith, Kermit and Ethel, with a valet and a maid, plus three secretaries, Frank Harper, Lawrence Abbott and John Callan O'Laughlin.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","lawrence-abbott","john-callan-o-laughlin","frank-harper"],"At sea"],["1910-04-01","At sea toward Italy","A quiet day aboard ship on the way to Naples.",[],"At sea"],["1910-04-02","Mobbed with welcome in Naples","Roosevelt lands at Naples to a reception so huge it embarrasses him. The family spends the evening at the opera, and he writes Henry White about British rule in Egypt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-white"],"Naples"],["1910-04-03","Explaining the Vatican affair","Roosevelt arrives in Rome and dines at the embassy, and Edith's sister Emily Carow joins the family. He writes Lyman Abbott a letter, later printed in The Outlook, explaining his stand with the Vatican and denying any hostility to Catholics.",["emily-carow","lyman-abbott"],"Naples"],["1910-04-04","Received by the King of Italy","King Victor Emmanuel III receives Roosevelt. He sees the Pantheon, lunches with Ambassador Leishman, receives the Methodist B. M. Tipple among other callers, and attends a state dinner at the Quirinal.",["victor-emmanuel-iii","john-g-a-leishman","bertrand-m-tipple"],"Pantheon"],["1910-04-05","The day meant for the Pope","Roosevelt's diary still marks the papal audience that was canceled. Instead he rides out with the King to see the Royal Bodyguard of Cuirassiers, goes sightseeing, and dines with Edith at the British Embassy while the young people visit Pisa.",["victor-emmanuel-iii","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","robert-bacon"],"Rome"],["1910-04-06","A second honeymoon begins","After calls on Professor Boni and lunch with Ferrero, and a city dinner at the Capitoline, Roosevelt and Edith slip away toward Spezia by carriage, just as they traveled on their honeymoon 23 years earlier. He writes Lodge about the papal muddle.",["giacomo-boni","guglielmo-ferrero","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Capitoline Palace"],["1910-04-07","Waves under the balcony","Roosevelt and Edith take a carriage over the mountains from Spezia to Sestri Levante, lodging in an old hotel where they lie listening to the sea against the walls below.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"La Spezia"],["1910-04-08","Serenaded at Sestri Levante","Town officials call, and a band plays for the couple, badly. Then they drive on to Chiavari past crowds lining the road.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sestri Levante"],["1910-04-09","Rejoining the family in Genoa","Roosevelt sees Chiavari and meets Catholic students, then he and Edith meet up with the rest of the family in Genoa. Archie turns 16 at Groton. The Outlook prints Roosevelt's statement on the papal audience.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Chiavari"],["1910-04-10","Flowers at Porto Maurizio","Porto Maurizio makes Roosevelt an honorary citizen, names a boulevard for him, and pelts his carriage with flowers. He and Edith settle into a house near Emily's and lunch with the novelist Fogazzaro.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","antonio-fogazzaro"],"Genoa"],["1910-04-11","Pinchot brings his side","Gifford Pinchot spends nearly the whole day with Roosevelt, recounting his fight with Ballinger and his firing by Taft and showing a stack of anti-Taft letters. Roosevelt writes Lodge that the Taft leadership has misread the country.",["gifford-pinchot","richard-a-ballinger","william-howard-taft","lucius-b-swift","henry-cabot-lodge","robert-j-wynne","nelson-aldrich","joseph-cannon"],"Porto Maurizio"],["1910-04-12","Resting at Porto Maurizio","Roosevelt stays on at Porto Maurizio.",[],"Porto Maurizio"],["1910-04-13","The family splits up","After meeting with Phelan, Roosevelt leaves Genoa with Kermit for a fast swing through Vienna and Budapest, while Edith and Ethel head to Paris to stay with Ambassador Robert Bacon.",["james-d-phelan","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","robert-bacon"],"Porto Maurizio"],["1910-04-14","A day in Venice","Roosevelt and Kermit see the sights of Venice and take an evening train for Vienna.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Venice"],["1910-04-15","Audience with Emperor Franz Joseph","Roosevelt arrives in Vienna, calls on Henry White, Count Aehrenthal and Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and is received by Emperor Franz Joseph. He tours the famous riding school and the Hussar barracks and dines with Aehrenthal.",["henry-white","alois-von-aehrenthal","archduke-franz-ferdinand","franz-joseph-i","kermit-roosevelt"],"Spanish Riding School"],["1910-04-16","Kreuzenstein Castle","Roosevelt and Kermit visit Count Wilczek at Kreuzenstein Castle. Roosevelt receives the papal nuncio and attends an official dinner at Schönbrunn. The Outlook runs his Sudan speech.",["kermit-roosevelt","hans-gregor-wilczek"],"Schönbrunn Palace"],["1910-04-17","On to Hungary","Bound for Budapest, Roosevelt stops to visit Count Apponyi at Eberhart.",["kermit-roosevelt","albert-apponyi"],"Vienna"],["1910-04-18","Budapest's welcome","In Budapest Roosevelt pays a call at the Royal Palace, gets a formal welcome at Parliament, visits Kossuth, lunches with Archduke Joseph, and dines with Baron Hengelmüller. In Paris, Edith tells Corinne she dislikes the political picture at home more each day.",["ferenc-kossuth","archduke-joseph","ladislaus-hengelmuller-von-hengervar","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Royal Palace"],["1910-04-19","Horses at Bábolna","Roosevelt tours the government stud farm at Bábolna and attends a Foreign Office dinner and reception before a midnight train out of Budapest.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Budapest"],["1910-04-20","Overnight to Paris","Roosevelt and Kermit board the train in Budapest at one in the morning and travel to Paris.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Budapest"],["1910-04-21","Paris and the family again","Arriving at 7:30 a.m., Roosevelt and Kermit rejoin Edith and Ethel. He calls on President Fallières and former President Loubet, and the family goes to the Comédie-Française.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","armand-fallieres","emile-loubet","cecil-spring-rice"],"Comédie-Française"],["1910-04-22","At Napoleon's tomb","Roosevelt visits Napoleon's tomb with French generals, Ambassador Bacon and Jusserand, lunches with Baron de Coubertin, and dines with the family at the Élysée as President Fallières's guest.",["robert-bacon","jean-jules-jusserand","pierre-de-coubertin","armand-fallieres","andrew-carnegie","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Les Invalides"],["1910-04-23","Citizenship in a Republic","At the Sorbonne, Roosevelt gives his address on citizenship in a republic, urging character over cleverness or wealth and taking aim at the Socialists. Earlier he takes part in a meeting of the moral and political sciences academy of the Institut. Film catches him leaving.",[],"Sorbonne"],["1910-04-24","Château at Saint-Germain","Roosevelt visits the château at Saint-Germain and lunches with Jusserand, who crossed to France to greet him. A film camera records the day.",["jean-jules-jusserand"],"Paris"],["1910-04-25","Paris City Hall and Edith Wharton","The city of Paris welcomes Roosevelt at the Hôtel de Ville. He calls on Edith Wharton and has dinner with Rochambeau Mission officers at the Military Club. At home, Taft picks Governor Charles Evans Hughes for a Supreme Court seat.",["edith-wharton","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes"],"Hôtel de Ville"],["1910-04-26","Delegations and the Bacons","More sightseeing. Roosevelt receives two delegations, one from France's Interparliamentary Union and one a Franco-American committee, then dines with Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon.",["robert-bacon"],"Paris"],["1910-04-27","Rodin's studio and Versailles","A full day: the Vincennes garrison, the Salon, Rodin's studio and Versailles, then dinner at the Foreign Ministry. Roosevelt asks Root for his view of Taft and writes Lodge about his future.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","auguste-rodin","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft"],"Paris"],["1910-04-28","A night at Laeken Palace","Leaving Paris for Brussels, the Roosevelts lunch at the American legation, are welcomed at the town hall, and dine with the King and Queen of the Belgians at Laeken, where the family spends the night.",["albert-i","elisabeth-of-belgium","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Paris"],["1910-04-29","An unloved queen at Het Loo","The family lunches with Queen Wilhelmina at Het Loo, and neither Roosevelt nor Edith warms to her. In Amsterdam the burgomaster welcomes them, Roosevelt attends a meeting at the Free Church, and the city gives a dinner. Corinne's wedding anniversary falls today.",["queen-wilhelmina","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Brussels"],["1910-04-30","Delft and the House in the Woods","In Holland, Roosevelt visits the royal House in the Woods, is received by Queen Mother Emma, tours Delft, and attends an embassy dinner. The Outlook prints his Sorbonne speech and \"The Pigskin Library.\" Halley's Comet is in the sky.",["emma-of-the-netherlands","john-l-belford","archibald-butt"],"Huis ten Bosch"],["1910-05-01","Tulips at Haarlem","The Roosevelts leave The Hague for the national tulip show and art gallery at Haarlem. In Amsterdam the burgomaster greets them at the Rijksmuseum, and with their luggage astray they turn up in travel clothes.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"The Hague"],["1910-05-02","Royal guests in Copenhagen","The family reaches Copenhagen in the afternoon and stays at the palace of Denmark's crown prince and princess, Christian and Alexandrine, with a palace dinner and a legation reception. Roosevelt tells Whitelaw Reid he would rather be home at Sagamore Hill.",["christian-x","queen-alexandrine-of-denmark","whitelaw-reid","robert-bacon","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Amsterdam"],["1910-05-03","Hamlet's castle at Elsinore","The family tours Elsinore Castle, caught on film, before a city dinner in Copenhagen. Roosevelt confesses himself puzzled by the crowds that greet him everywhere. That evening they set out for Norway.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Denmark"],["1910-05-04","Romping with Prince Olav","King Haakon and Queen Maud welcome the Roosevelts to Christiania and put them up at the Royal Palace, where Roosevelt plays happily with little Prince Olav before the state dinner.",["haakon-vii","maud-of-norway","olav-of-norway","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Royal Palace"],["1910-05-05","The Nobel lecture","Roosevelt finally gives his Nobel address on international peace, proposing that peace-minded powers band together in a league ready to stop others from breaking the peace, by force if need be. Nansen calls. He tells Lodge the party held power only because he kept it moving forward.",["fridtjof-nansen","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Christiania"],["1910-05-06","A cowboy, not a statue of me","The University in Christiania awards Roosevelt an honorary doctorate, and word comes that Britain's King Edward VII has died. Roosevelt asks Louis Hanna to make North Dakota's planned statue an ordinary cowboy rather than himself, then leaves for Stockholm.",["edward-vii","louis-b-hanna","leonard-wood"],"Royal Frederick University"],["1910-05-07","Guests of Sweden's crown prince","In Stockholm the Roosevelts stay with Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Margaret, see the city, and attend a dinner given by its citizens. The Outlook prints the Nobel address.",["gustaf-vi-adolf","margaret-of-connaught","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Stockholm"],["1910-05-08","Lunch with Sven Hedin","Roosevelt lunches with Ambassador Graves and the explorer Sven Hedin, receives the crown prince and a delegation of Swedish parliamentarians, and leaves Stockholm in the afternoon.",["charles-h-graves","sven-hedin","gustaf-vi-adolf"],"Stockholm"],["1910-05-09","Into Berlin","The Roosevelts travel south and reach Berlin in the afternoon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Berlin"],["1910-05-10","Lunch with the Kaiser at Sanssouci","Staying with the American ambassador, the Roosevelts go to Potsdam for a midday meal with Wilhelm II and the Empress at Sanssouci, where Wilhelm shows Edith the paintings. Roosevelt writes Reid about the King's funeral.",["david-jayne-hill","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","augusta-victoria","edith-kermit-roosevelt","whitelaw-reid","edward-vii"],"Berlin"],["1910-05-11","Reviewing troops beside the Kaiser","Though down with bronchitis, Roosevelt rides out with Wilhelm II to review the German army in mock battle at Döberitz. The Kaiser later sends him photos with joking captions his ministers wish he had not. Glacier National Park is created back home.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Berlin"],["1910-05-12","Lecturing at the University of Berlin","Roosevelt delivers \"The World Movement\" at the University of Berlin with the Kaiser and Kaiserin in the audience, and accepts an honorary doctorate. He dines with Bethmann-Hollweg. In America, an animated cartoon spoofs his European welcome.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii","augusta-victoria","theobald-von-bethmann-hollweg","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"University of Berlin"],["1910-05-13","Embassies and parliamentarians","Lunch at the American Embassy, a visit from the German Interparliamentary Union, and dinner at the French Embassy.",[],"Berlin"],["1910-05-14","The zoo and a cool German welcome","The Roosevelts visit the Berlin zoo, and the wildlife writer Schillings calls. Roosevelt later judged that the Germans liked neither him nor America. The Outlook publishes his Berlin lecture.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","carl-georg-schillings","henry-cabot-lodge","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Berlin"],["1910-05-15","Bound for London","Leaving Berlin early, Roosevelt writes Lodge on the trip about the progressive-conservative split in the Republican party, Taft's alliance with the conservatives, Cannon's loss of power, and the public's appetite for real reform.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","joseph-cannon"],"Berlin"],["1910-05-16","London in mourning","The Roosevelts reach London and stay with Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. the new King, George V, and his queen receive them, and they pay respects at Edward VII's bier. Visiting royals call, and Alice arrives from America.",["whitelaw-reid","george-v","mary-of-teck","edward-vii","haakon-vii","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","silas-mcbee"],"London"],["1910-05-17","A possible Oxford trip","Roosevelt's diary notes a question mark beside a trip to Oxford.",[],"London"],["1910-05-18","Three kings in one day","Roosevelt has audiences with the Kings of Denmark, Norway and Greece. His old Dakota friend Seth Bullock comes calling.",["frederick-viii","haakon-vii","george-i-of-greece","seth-bullock","lewis-harcourt"],"London"],["1910-05-19","A banquet of eight monarchs","Roosevelt lunches with Lewis Harcourt, calls on the Kaiser, and sits down at a Buckingham Palace state banquet with eight kings. He found the mourning there brief before the merriment resumed.",["lewis-harcourt","kaiser-wilhelm-ii","george-v","alfonso-xiii","george-i-of-greece","frederick-viii","haakon-vii","george-curzon"],"Buckingham Palace"],["1910-05-20","America's envoy at the King's funeral","As special ambassador of the United States, Roosevelt attends Edward VII's funeral at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on a gray, heavy day, amused by the squabbles over precedence and livery. He lunches at Windsor Castle and drives back for an embassy dinner.",["edward-vii"],"London"],["1910-05-21","Weekend at Wrest Park","The family goes to Wrest Park in Bedfordshire to stay with Whitelaw Reid and his wife.",["whitelaw-reid","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Wrest Park"],["1910-05-22","Family day with the Reids","A family gathering with the Reids at Wrest Park.",["whitelaw-reid"],"Wrest Park"],["1910-05-23","Back in London with Arthur Lee","The Roosevelts return to London and settle in at Arthur Lee's Chesterfield Street house. Roosevelt lunches with Lord Lansdowne and sees Andrew Carnegie, and writes Robert Bridges about his book chapters and a bogus safari book.",["arthur-lee","lord-lansdowne","andrew-carnegie","robert-bridges","henry-neil","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Wrest Park"],["1910-05-24","With the widowed Queen Alexandra","Roosevelt calls on the widowed Queen Alexandra and her sister Marie, Russia's dowager empress; Edith has her own audience. At lunch he joins Owen Seaman, Maxse and Arthur Conan Doyle, and writes Lodge about Calhoun and Manchuria.",["queen-alexandra","maria-feodorovna","edith-kermit-roosevelt","arthur-conan-doyle","owen-seaman","leo-maxse","henry-cabot-lodge"],"London"],["1910-05-25","Breakfast with Grey, a call from Kipling","Roosevelt breakfasts with Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, tours the zoo with his safari friend Leslie Tarlton and Seth Bullock, and receives Rudyard Kipling and the British Interparliamentary Union.",["edward-grey","leslie-tarlton","seth-bullock","rudyard-kipling"],"London"],["1910-05-26","A teddy bear at Cambridge","Speaking to Cambridge undergraduates, Roosevelt defines success as an honest life that leaves others better off, while students dangle a teddy bear above him. He takes an honorary degree, tours the colleges, and goes on to Arthur Lee's Chequers with Balfour and Lord Roberts among the guests.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","arthur-lee","arthur-j-balfour","frederick-roberts","cecil-spring-rice","alfred-lyttelton","frederick-scott-oliver"],"London"],["1910-05-27","Talking with Balfour","At Chequers, Roosevelt and Arthur Balfour hit it off at once and spend the day in lively conversation.",["arthur-j-balfour","arthur-lee"],"Chequers"],["1910-05-28","Kitchener comes to lunch","Lord Kitchener joins the Chequers party for lunch. Neither Roosevelt nor Edith cares for him, finding him overbearing and forever striking a strongman's pose.",["herbert-kitchener","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Chequers"],["1910-05-29","Back to town","The Roosevelts return from Chequers to London, where Buxton calls. Alice slips over to France and wins enough at the races to pay for the trip.",["buxton","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Chequers"],["1910-05-30","Root carries word from Taft","Called to the American Embassy, Roosevelt sees Elihu Root, who carries word from President Taft and advises him to say nothing political for sixty days or more after he gets home. He lunches with the Royal Geographical Society and dines with Lord Beresford.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft","charles-beresford"],"Royal Geographical Society"],["1910-05-31","Telling Britain to govern Egypt or leave","Given the freedom of the City of London, Roosevelt uses his Guildhall speech to tell Britain bluntly that it must keep order in Egypt or get out. Spring-Rice and Arthur Lee had looked over the text beforehand. He lunches with the Lord Mayor.",["arthur-lee","cecil-spring-rice"],"Guildhall"],["1910-06-01","A night with Selous","Roosevelt tours the National Gallery and lunches with Irish Nationalist members of Parliament, then the family goes down to Worplesdon in Surrey to stay with his hunting friend Frederick Selous.",["frederick-selous","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"National Gallery"],["1910-06-02","Dinner with Strachey","The Roosevelts come back to London from Worplesdon, and Roosevelt dines with the editor John St. Loe Strachey.",["john-st-loe-strachey"],"Worplesdon"],["1910-06-03","Calling on the Duke of Connaught","Roosevelt pays a visit to the Duke of Connaught and lunches with W. N. McMillan, his host in East Africa. The day ends at Chequers.",["prince-arthur-duke-of-connaught","william-northrup-mcmillan"],"London"],["1910-06-04","Stratford with the Trevelyans","The family stays with the historian George Otto Trevelyan at Stratford-upon-Avon. Roosevelt tells Lodge he has met every leading Briton except Winston Churchill, whom he chose to avoid. The Outlook runs his piece on Black Americans.",["george-otto-trevelyan","henry-cabot-lodge","winston-churchill","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Stratford-upon-Avon"],["1910-06-05","At Shakespeare's birthplace","The Roosevelts visit the house where Shakespeare was born. Alice, back from the Derby, spends time at the John Wards' country place. Roosevelt wires Owen Seaman a joking reply to a Punch story about his Latin outburst at Frith's \"Derby Day.\"",["george-otto-trevelyan","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","john-ward","owen-seaman"],"Stratford-upon-Avon"],["1910-06-06","Lunch at the palace","Back in London, the Roosevelts are the King and Queen's lunch guests. Roosevelt tells Spring-Rice how much he enjoyed seeing him and his wife.",["george-v","mary-of-teck","cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Stratford-upon-Avon"],["1910-06-07","The Romanes lecture at Oxford","In the Sheldonian Theatre Roosevelt delivers the Romanes lecture, \"Biological Analogies in History,\" and is made an honorary Doctor of Civil Law. The Archbishop of York grades the talk a B-minus and the speaker an A-plus. The family sees Magdalen and spends the night at Lewis Harcourt's Nuneham Park.",["archbishop-of-york","sir-thomas-warren","lewis-harcourt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sheldonian Theatre"],["1910-06-08","Saying nothing to Taft","After a reception at Dorchester House and a farewell dinner, Roosevelt writes President Taft that he is troubled by some of what he hears but has chosen to keep silent. He carries the letter home himself and gives it to Archie Butt.",["william-howard-taft","archibald-butt"],"Dorchester House"],["1910-06-09","Birding the Itchen with Edward Grey","Roosevelt and Foreign Secretary Grey meet at Waterloo Station and spend the day walking the Itchen valley and the edge of the New Forest, listening for birds. Reaching Brockenhurst around sundown, they tally 41 species heard in song and 23 more seen.",["edward-grey"],"Basingstoke"],["1910-06-10","Homeward from Southampton","The family, with Alice along, sails from Southampton for New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"London"],["1910-06-11","Romanes lecture in print","At sea. The Outlook publishes his Oxford lecture.",[],"At sea"],["1910-06-12","Crossing the Atlantic","A day at sea on the voyage home.",[],"At sea"],["1910-06-13","Another day at sea","The ship steams west toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1910-06-14","Letters from mid-ocean","Roosevelt writes Governor Hughes asking to talk over the primary fight, and Robert Bridges about a book appendix in which he takes apart theories of protective coloration in animals.",["charles-evans-hughes","robert-bridges"],"At sea"],["1910-06-15","Nearing home","Still at sea.",[],"At sea"],["1910-06-16","An invitation from the White House","A letter from President Taft, carried by Archie Butt, waits for Roosevelt: a warm welcome back and a request that he visit the White House, with a matching note from Helen Taft to Edith.",["william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-butt"],"At sea"],["1910-06-17","Archie Butt sees Corinne","While the ship is at sea, Archie Butt calls on Roosevelt's sister Corinne and finds her deep in grief.",["archibald-butt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"At sea"],["1910-06-18","A hero's welcome in New York","Roosevelt sails into New York to a roaring reception. After a short speech at the Battery he rides in a huge parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue with 500 Rough Riders, then heads home to Sagamore Hill. A press boat teases his spelling reform with a \"Pres Bot\" sign.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-longworth","henry-cabot-lodge","isabella-hagner","mrs-alexander"],"The Battery"],["1910-06-19","Forty-two birds at home","From his piazza rocker and then on a walk, Roosevelt counts 42 bird species at Sagamore Hill, one more than on his English walk. In the evening the family goes into the city to stay at Corinne's, where he talks politics with Nick Longworth, Meyer and Lodge.",["c-suydam-cutting","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-longworth","george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-20","Ted marries Eleanor Alexander","On a sweltering day, Ted and Eleanor Butler Alexander are married in Fifth Avenue's Presbyterian church, with a Baptist and a Methodist minister reading the Episcopal service. Roosevelt writes Taft that a trip to Washington must wait, and that being invited would not be proper.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","henry-m-sanders","gordon-russell","charles-alexander","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","william-howard-taft"],"Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church"],["1910-06-21","Ted and Eleanor go west","The Cowleses and General Wright come by, and the Bishops and LaFarges are guests. The newlyweds set out for San Francisco, where Ted will work for the Hartford Carpet Company.",["general-wright","william-sheffield-cowles","joseph-bucklin-bishop","c-grant-lafarge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-22","Mobbed outside Scribner's","A big crowd gathers on Fifth Avenue while Roosevelt meets Scribner's about African Game Trails, and the crush unsettles him. He addresses the Camp Fire Club over lunch, sees visitors including Booker T. Washington at the Outlook office, and dines with Robert Collier.",["booker-t-washington","mark-sullivan","cecil-a-lyon","leslie-tarlton","tritton","robert-j-collier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-23","The Ananias Club has room","Garfield and Pinchot visit Sagamore Hill. In the New York Times, Roosevelt says any New Yorker against direct primaries qualifies for his Ananias Club of liars.",["james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-24","Tennis with Garfield and Pinchot","Roosevelt confers with Garfield and Pinchot and then takes them on at tennis. McCormick calls, and the Heneys, Tarlton, Tritton and Greenaway sign the guest book.",["james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","mccormick","francis-j-heney","leslie-tarlton","tritton","john-c-greenway"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-25","Lunch with Merriam and Stimson","Roosevelt's lunch guests are the naturalist C. Hart Merriam, Henry Stimson and Archbishop Spalding.",["john-lancaster-spalding","c-hart-merriam","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-26","Sunday at home","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-27","La Follette comes to talk","Roosevelt confers with Senator La Follette. He tells Governor Hughes he cannot openly side with him against the bosses Barnes and Wadsworth on primaries, and turns down a trade group presidency offered by C. W. Post.",["robert-m-la-follette","charles-evans-hughes","charles-william-post","william-barnes-jr","james-w-wadsworth-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-28","\"Taft has passed his nadir\"","Roosevelt goes to Cambridge to speak to Harvard Law School alumni. He writes Pinchot that Taft is a man shaped by those around him, who did well under Roosevelt.",["gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-06-29","Back in the fight for primaries","At Harvard Commencement, Roosevelt and Governor Hughes are so deep in talk they miss the start of the procession. Hughes asks for help with his direct primary bill; Roosevelt agrees, introduces him at lunch, and wires Lloyd Griscom his support, his first public political stand since leaving office. He spends the night with Lodge at Nahant.",["charles-evans-hughes","lloyd-c-griscom","henry-cabot-lodge","teresa-richardson"],"Harvard University"],["1910-06-30","A scotch and soda with Taft","Roosevelt and Lodge call on President Taft at his summer place in Beverly. Over a scotch and soda Roosevelt talks about Europe and New York politics, and afterward tells reporters the visit was friendly. He signs on as an Outlook editor at $12,000 a year.",["william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Beverly"],["1910-07-01","A call on Justice Moody","In Boston, Roosevelt visits his ailing friend William Moody, then heads home to Sagamore Hill. In Albany, the direct primary bill goes down to defeat.",["william-h-moody"],"Boston"],["1910-07-02","Insurgents at Sagamore","Roosevelt meets with Griscom and the insurgent congressmen Bristow, Murdock and Madison. Three of his pieces run in The Outlook, including one on Hughes and primary reform.",["lloyd-c-griscom","joseph-l-bristow","victor-murdock","edmond-h-madison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-03","Quiet Sunday","No events recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-04","A full house for the Fourth","Independence Day brings a crowd of guests to Sagamore Hill, among them John Burroughs, the publisher Henry Holt, Lucius Swift and William Dudley Foulke.",["john-burroughs","henry-holt","lucius-b-swift","william-dudley-foulke","j-alexander","ellen-rogers","john-kean","gardner-b-perry","c-suydam-cutting"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-05","Poindexter and the Ballinger fight","Roosevelt meets Representative Miles Poindexter of Washington, and newspapers report he has promised to help fight Ballinger. Bacon and Gardner also call.",["miles-poindexter","richard-a-ballinger","robert-bacon","g-gardner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-06","Office day and old friends","At The Outlook Roosevelt sees William Loeb and other visitors. Back at Sagamore Hill he talks with John Burroughs, Lucius Swift and William Dudley Foulke.",["william-loeb","regis-h-post","william-s-bennet","fish","james-b-reynolds","warren","john-burroughs","william-dudley-foulke","lucius-b-swift"],"The Outlook"],["1910-07-07","Beveridge and the Basses","A stream of visitors: Senator Beveridge, Carter, Churchill, the Bass brothers of New Hampshire, Fish, Sheffield, Bacon and Burroughs.",["albert-beveridge","carter","churchill","john-f-bass","robert-p-bass","fish","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","robert-bacon","john-burroughs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-08","Setting the record straight","Roosevelt denies that he and Miles Poindexter see eye to eye on everything, a claim that had embarrassed Taft. He explains the meeting to Lodge and tells William Barnes Jr. that a New York World interview was fake.",["miles-poindexter","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","william-barnes-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-09","Johnson beats Jeffries","At Reno, Jack Johnson beats Jim Jeffries to keep boxing's heavyweight crown. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["jack-johnson","jim-jeffries"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-10","Sunday guests","Five guests sign the Sagamore Hill book, among them Hamilton Fish Jr. and F. W. Whitridge.",["stephen-philbin","henry-ostrom","hamilton-fish-jr","josephine-osborn","frederick-w-whitridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-11","Writing Nick about the tariff","Roosevelt writes his son-in-law Nick Longworth about the Payne-Aldrich tariff, Taft, and the political picture. Marion Oliver is a guest.",["nicholas-longworth","marion-oliver","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-12","Hughes comes to Sagamore","At The Outlook Roosevelt sees Pinchot, Wadsworth, Stimson and others and shares lunch with Reverend Cranston, the Kansas City editor W. R. Nelson and his nephew Douglas Robinson. That evening Governor Hughes confers with him at Sagamore Hill.",["gifford-pinchot","james-w-wadsworth-jr","francis-j-heney","william-rockhill-nelson","william-s-bennet","harry-pratt-judson","herbert-knox-smith","theodore-douglas-robinson","reverend-cranston","charles-evans-hughes","w-robert-foran","lawrence-abbott"],"The Outlook"],["1910-07-13","Riis among the callers","Jacob Riis, Charles N. Fowler and others call at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt's nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson is a guest.",["jacob-riis","charles-n-fowler","cox","timothy-l-woodruff","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-14","At home","Nothing is recorded for the day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-15","Back at the Natural History Museum","Roosevelt confers with Herbert Parsons and Wainwright at The Outlook, sees other callers, and stops in at the natural history museum on Central Park West.",["herbert-parsons","wainwright","david-e-thompson","william-j-oliver","john-a-sleicher"],"The Outlook"],["1910-07-16","Writing on the big fight","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's piece on the Johnson-Jeffries prize fight.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-17","Edith writes Kermit","A Sunday at home. Edith sends Kermit the family news.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-18","Wood becomes Army chief of staff","Leonard Wood takes up his post as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, a job he will hold until April 1914.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-19","A divided party","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the trouble of standing behind a split Republican party, and tells Arthur Lee how he feels about Taft.",["henry-cabot-lodge","arthur-lee","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-20","Dr. Lambert visits","Roosevelt's physician and friend Dr. Alexander Lambert is a guest.",["alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-21","Thinking about Africa policy","Roosevelt writes Sir Percy Girouard about African affairs. Three guests sign in, including James L. Breese Jr.",["percy-girouard","c-munn","james-l-breese-jr","helene-coster"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-22","Promising to stump for Beveridge","Roosevelt agrees to speak in Indiana for Senator Beveridge's campaign and writes Nick Longworth about Ohio politics. Joseph Burden and Eliot Cross are guests.",["albert-beveridge","nicholas-longworth","joseph-w-burden","eliot-cross"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-23","English songbirds in print","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's account of English songbirds.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-24","Sunday at Sagamore","A quiet day at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-25","Will Cowles visits","Bamie's husband, Admiral William S. Cowles, is among three guests.",["william-sheffield-cowles","josephine-osborn","woodrow-curen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-26","At home","Nothing recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-27","Safari naturalists come calling","Edmund Heller and Edgar Mearns, naturalists from the African expedition, visit along with the Lamberts and Constance Leupp.",["edmund-heller","edgar-a-mearns","alexander-lambert","ellen-lambert","constance-d-leupp"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-28","Another day home","No entries for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-29","Visitors at The Outlook","Roosevelt lunches with Neill and Kellogg, and sees Beveridge, Joseph Bishop and others at his Outlook office.",["neill","kellogg","albert-beveridge","regis-h-post","joseph-bucklin-bishop","judge-hundley","braun","t-f-burke","davenport"],"The Outlook"],["1910-07-30","A tribute to Leonard Wood","The Outlook prints Roosevelt's article on his old friend Leonard Wood.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-07-31","Archie leaves Groton","Archie, thrown out of Groton for a letter mocking the headmaster, is briefly home before being sent to school in Arizona. Richard C. Paine is a guest.",["archibald-roosevelt","richard-c-paine"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-01","Off to coal country","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for the Lackawanna Valley in Pennsylvania's anthracite region.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-02","Touring mine towns with John Mitchell","With mine union leader John Mitchell, Roosevelt visits coal villages in the Lackawanna Valley, then travels to Scranton in Bishop Hoban's company and to Wilkes-Barre in Father Curran's.",["john-mitchell","michael-j-hoban","john-j-curran"],"Lackawanna Valley"],["1910-08-03","Wyoming Valley mining villages","Roosevelt's coal-country tour continues through the mining towns of the Wyoming Valley.",[],"Lackawanna Valley"],["1910-08-04","Home to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay. Eliot Cross and Joseph Burden are guests.",["eliot-cross","joseph-w-burden"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-05","Lunch with Newberry","In the city, Roosevelt lunches with his former Navy Secretary Truman Newberry and sees Youngs, Betts and Morrisey.",["truman-h-newberry","youngs","betts","morrisey"],"New York City"],["1910-08-06","Edith turns 49","On Edith's birthday, The Outlook prints Roosevelt's article on selfish legislation. He writes Edward Vreeland on state politics and currency, and tells Nick about the coal towns and his coming tour, joking his throat may not hold out.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","edward-b-vreeland","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-07","Alice in the papers","Alice and Nick reach Beverly, Massachusetts, to stay with the Bryce Allens, while Alice takes heavy criticism for smoking cigarettes in public.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","bryce-allen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-08","At Sagamore Hill","No events recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-09","Proud of Nick","Roosevelt tells Alice he admires how Nick is carrying himself, and writes William Allen White about John Brown and his upcoming Osawatomie speech. Senator Bourne calls at The Outlook; William Loeb stays at Sagamore.",["jonathan-bourne-jr","william-loeb","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","william-allen-white"],"The Outlook"],["1910-08-10","Too much mail","Roosevelt confers with Garfield and Pinchot. He complains to Bamie that his correspondence is crushing and says young Franklin should enter politics on his own terms, and writes Ted about quietly backing Hiram Johnson in California. Most afternoons he rides with Edith.",["james-r-garfield","gifford-pinchot","anna-roosevelt-cowles","franklin-d-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","hiram-johnson","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-11","Experimental farms on Long Island","Roosevelt inspects a pair of experimental farms on Long Island, one at Medford and one at Wading River.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-12","Lunch with Griscom","Roosevelt lunches with Lloyd Griscom, leader of the fight against boss William Barnes Jr., and sees Pinchot and others at The Outlook. Bishop Charles Brent is a guest.",["lloyd-c-griscom","william-barnes-jr","gifford-pinchot","elkins","timothy-l-woodruff","r-c-morris","john-r-procter","judge-r-c-jones","charles-h-brent","william-e-humphrey"],"The Outlook"],["1910-08-13","Ethel's birthday","Ethel turns 19. Roosevelt confers with Pinchot.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-14","Pinchot stays over","Gifford Pinchot is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-15","Griscom again","Roosevelt confers with Lloyd Griscom.",["lloyd-c-griscom"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-16","Sherman gets the nod","Roosevelt meets with Griscom, Ward and Barnes. As he expected, the Republican State Committee, with Taft's blessing, backs Vice President Sherman as temporary chairman of the state convention. He calls himself a genuine radical in a letter to Arthur Lee and writes Archie, who is in the Badlands.",["ward","william-barnes-jr","lloyd-c-griscom","james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","arthur-lee","nicholas-murray-butler","archibald-roosevelt","richard-c-paine","quentin-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1910-08-17","A party split wide open","Roosevelt tells Lodge the Republican break is as deep as it could be, and that Taft can neither mend it nor let anyone else try. He also writes Pinchot about the Osawatomie speech.",["henry-cabot-lodge","gifford-pinchot","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-18","Planning with Loeb and Griscom","Roosevelt confers with Loeb, Griscom and Cocks, and writes the San Francisco editor Fremont Older about California politics.",["william-loeb","lloyd-c-griscom","william-w-cocks","fremont-older"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-19","A cornerstone in Garden City","Roosevelt lays the cornerstone for Doubleday, Page and Company's new building in Garden City, then speaks to the Negro Business Men's League in New York. He apologizes to Vice President Sherman over a letter that went astray.",["fish","william-w-cocks","c-v-collins","clarkson","j-a-stewart","james-s-sherman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-20","Nick drops by","Nick Longworth calls at Sagamore Hill.",["nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-21","Sunday","Nothing recorded at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-22","Into the convention fight","Roosevelt announces he will seek the temporary chairmanship of the state Republican convention, a direct challenge to the Old Guard. He assures William Allen White he has no wish to head a faction in the state.",["william-loeb","nicholas-longworth","william-allen-white","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-23","The western tour begins","Roosevelt sets out on a sixteen-state speaking trip to Kansas in a private car lent by The Outlook. He writes Ted that Taft is helpless as a leader and that the old Oyster Bay summers of the children's youth are over.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-howard-taft","philip-j-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-08-24","Ten thousand at a Grange picnic","At Utica, Roosevelt talks about farming and country life to a Grange picnic crowd of about 10,000.",[],"Utica"],["1910-08-25","Across the Great Lakes","Roosevelt talks railroads at Dunkirk, speaks to 250 Buffalo businessmen at breakfast about cleaning up the lake waters, and gives speeches in Ohio towns from Conneaut to Toledo before a Press Club talk in Chicago.",[],"Ashtabula"],["1910-08-26","Twins in Iowa, Archie in Omaha","Crossing Iowa, Roosevelt is shown a pair of twins at Ogden and speaks about children, then speaks at Carroll and Council Bluffs, where Walter Smith drives him around town. At Omaha, Archie and James Garfield join him.",["walter-i-smith","archibald-roosevelt","james-r-garfield"],"Carroll"],["1910-08-27","Conservation talk in Cheyenne","In Cheyenne, Roosevelt speaks on conservation, is entertained by Governor Brooks, and watches a pony race and rodeo.",["bryant-b-brooks"],"Cheyenne"],["1910-08-28","Thirty miles on horseback","Roosevelt rides 30 miles on a bronco with Senator Francis Warren to Warren's ranch, eats dinner there, and returns to Cheyenne.",["francis-e-warren"],"Cheyenne"],["1910-08-29","Taking on the Supreme Court in Colorado","In Colorado, Roosevelt reviews a parade in his honor, eats a chuck wagon lunch, and tells the state livestock association that democracy must be progressive, criticizing recent Supreme Court rulings. He also addresses the legislature and Spanish-American War veterans. Edith is at Corinne's Henderson House.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Denver"],["1910-08-30","Colorado Springs and Pueblo","Roosevelt speaks in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, conferring with Pinchot and Garfield as they travel, and meets General Bell's four-year-old daughter.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","j-franklin-bell"],"Colorado Springs"],["1910-08-31","The New Nationalism at Osawatomie","At the dedication of a John Brown memorial in Osawatomie, Kansas, Roosevelt delivers \"The New Nationalism,\" the most important speech of his post-presidency. He calls for a living wage, decent hours, and conservation that uses resources without robbing future generations, laying out the program he will carry to 1912.",["john-brown"],"Osawatomie"],["1910-09-01","Two Kansas Citys","Roosevelt speaks on both sides of the state line, in the Kansas City of Missouri and the Kansas City of Kansas. Edith comes home to Sagamore Hill from Herkimer County.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Kansas City"],["1910-09-02","Omaha speeches","Roosevelt speaks in Omaha.",[],"Omaha"],["1910-09-03","Thanking Dakota at Sioux Falls","After a stop in Sioux City, Roosevelt tells a Sioux Falls crowd that his years on a Dakota ranch were the most important part of his education. The Outlook prints two of his articles.",[],"Sioux Falls"],["1910-09-04","Preaching in Willmar","Roosevelt gives a Sunday sermon at Willmar, Minnesota, and travels through parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas.",[],"Willmar"],["1910-09-05","Fargo's library cornerstone","Roosevelt spends the day in Fargo, North Dakota, giving speeches and setting the cornerstone for Fargo College's new Carnegie-funded library.",[],"Fargo College"],["1910-09-06","St. Paul","Roosevelt gives speeches in St. Paul, Minnesota.",[],"St. Paul"],["1910-09-07","Public men mirror the public","In Milwaukee Roosevelt tells his audience that in a democracy the quality of leaders depends on the quality of ordinary citizens.",[],"Milwaukee"],["1910-09-08","No dinner with Lorimer","Roosevelt speaks at Freeport, Illinois, then addresses Chicago's Hamilton Club, having agreed to come only once Senator William Lorimer, who had bought his Senate seat, was out of the club.",["william-lorimer"],"Chicago"],["1910-09-09","Fairness for capital and labor","Roosevelt addresses the crowds at Cincinnati's Ohio Valley Exposition, then visits the Columbus scene of recent rioting in a streetcar strike and calls for justice from both companies and workers.",[],"Cincinnati"],["1910-09-10","Pittsburgh","Roosevelt makes speeches in Pittsburgh. The Outlook runs his article on the pioneer spirit, and James Derby signs the Sagamore guest book.",["james-l-derby"],"Pittsburgh"],["1910-09-11","Home from the West","The tour over, Roosevelt comes back through New York City to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-12","Explaining Osawatomie to Lodge","Roosevelt confers with Griscom and sees Parsons and Prendergast; Alice is a guest. He writes Lodge that his labor-over-capital line was borrowed from Lincoln, admits his remarks on courts have alarmed people, and discusses Lodge's reelection and Dolliver.",["lloyd-c-griscom","herbert-parsons","william-a-prendergast","alice-roosevelt-longworth","henry-cabot-lodge","abraham-lincoln","jonathan-p-dolliver"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-13","Ted turns 23","Ted marks his 23rd birthday in San Francisco.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-14","Quiet day","Nothing is recorded at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-15","The Suffolk County Fair","Roosevelt speaks at the county fair in Riverhead. He writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler about the Earl lectures he will give at Berkeley next spring, and Lodge about New England and the bosses.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","elihu-root"],"Riverhead"],["1910-09-16","Sizing up Taft for Arthur Lee","Roosevelt dines with the New York Press Club. To Arthur Lee he opposes Butler's advice that Britain slow its navy, and predicts Taft will win renomination yet lose the 1912 election, weighing his own strengths and failings too.",["arthur-lee","nicholas-murray-butler","william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1910-09-17","Speaking at the State Fair","At the state fair in Syracuse, Roosevelt links the New Nationalism to old-fashioned morality. The Outlook prints his case that the tariff is a moral question.",["l-b-moore","evelyn-irving"],"Syracuse"],["1910-09-18","A good word for LaForce","Roosevelt writes Arthur Baker on behalf of a fired employee named LaForce, father of seven, and Baker gives the man another chance.",["arthur-baker","laforce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-19","Speedboat to New Haven to see Taft","Roosevelt races across Long Island Sound in Dodge's motorboat at 40 miles an hour, nearly swamping, then drives from Stamford to New Haven. At Henry White's house he meets President Taft, with Griscom, Bannard, Norton and Yale's President Hadley present.",["dodge","william-howard-taft","henry-white","lloyd-c-griscom","otto-t-bannard","charles-d-norton","arthur-t-hadley","archibald-butt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-20","Who called the New Haven meeting?","Papers report Roosevelt's denial that he arranged the New Haven meeting, which annoys Taft by making it look like the President's idea. Quentin heads back to Groton for his second year.",["j-a-stewart","albert-shaw","william-howard-taft","quentin-roosevelt","oliver-w-roosevelt","josephine-osborn","lawrence-white","evelyn-irving"],"The Outlook"],["1910-09-21","Edith misses Quentin","Roosevelt confers with John Dwight and Cocks and writes Governor Hadley, Ted and Lodge about politics ahead of the Saratoga convention. Ethel and Evelyn Irving play tennis, and Edith, sad at Quentin's leaving, goes with Archie to Aunt Lizzie's.",["john-w-dwight","william-w-cocks","michael-j-dady","william-appleton","ethel-roosevelt-derby","evelyn-irving","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","herbert-s-hadley","theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-cabot-lodge","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-22","Asking about Harriman's money","Roosevelt meets Griscom, Bannard, Parsons and Prendergast, and asks George Cortelyou for facts on E. H. Harriman's 1904 campaign contributions.",["lloyd-c-griscom","otto-t-bannard","herbert-parsons","william-a-prendergast","george-cortelyou","e-h-harriman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-23","A new grandnephew, Baden-Powell calls","Roosevelt confers with progressive Republicans and sees a long list of callers, among them General Baden-Powell and Ernest Thompson Seton. Franklin and Eleanor's son Elliott is born. In Cincinnati, Taft dines at the Longworth house with Alice and Nick.",["c-v-collins","paul-morton","robert-baden-powell","ernest-thompson-seton","herbert-parsons","otto-t-bannard","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","archibald-butt","clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson","frances-walcott","john-kean","reginald-foster"],"The Outlook"],["1910-09-24","Defending the New Nationalism","Roosevelt's Outlook article on criticism of the courts explains the New Nationalism. Willcox and Wainwright call, and he writes Lodge about Taft and the Saratoga convention.",["willcox","wainwright","helene-coster","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-25","Sunday before Saratoga","A quiet day at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-26","Arriving at Saratoga","The state Republican convention opens at Saratoga. Roosevelt huddles with Griscom, Hapgood, Bannard, Parsons and other allies.",["norman-hapgood","lloyd-c-griscom","otto-t-bannard","herbert-parsons","john-w-dwight","fassett","payne","c-v-collins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-09-27","Beating the Old Guard at Saratoga","Delegates defy the state committee's choice of Vice President Sherman and elect Roosevelt temporary chairman, 568 to 443. In his keynote he praises President Taft. It is also Corinne's 49th birthday.",["james-s-sherman","william-howard-taft","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1910-09-28","Stimson for governor","Roosevelt speaks again, and the convention nominates his close friend Henry L. Stimson for governor of New York.",["henry-l-stimson"],"Saratoga Springs"],["1910-09-29","Dutchess County Fair","Roosevelt speaks at the fair in Poughkeepsie and returns to Oyster Bay.",[],"Poughkeepsie"],["1910-09-30","Rallying the Republican clubs","Roosevelt meets progressive Republicans, sees Griscom and Longworth at The Outlook, and speaks to the state's league of Republican clubs. Alice and Nick are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["lloyd-c-griscom","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"The Outlook"],["1910-10-01","Lunch with Nassau County delegates","Roosevelt hosts the Nassau County delegation to the state Republican convention for lunch at Sagamore Hill. He writes Lodge about speaking in New England and admits his voice is wearing thin.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-02","Family and friends at Sagamore","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill, where the guest book records Richard Derby, Nick Longworth and Willard Straight.",["richard-derby","nicholas-longworth","willard-straight"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-03","Strategy talks with Stimson and Longworth","Roosevelt meets at home with Henry Stimson, the Republican pick for governor, and his son-in-law Nick Longworth. Novelist Stewart Edward White and his wife Elizabeth are among the guests.",["henry-l-stimson","nicholas-longworth","elizabeth-calvert-white","stewart-edward-white","robert-p-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-04","Addressing volunteer firemen in Freeport","Roosevelt travels to Freeport, Long Island, to address the state's volunteer firemen, and lunches with Kansas City editor William Rockhill Nelson and journalist Ray Stannard Baker.",["william-rockhill-nelson","ray-stannard-baker","elizabeth-mills-birch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-05","Citizenship speech in Brooklyn","In Manhattan, Roosevelt confers with Lloyd Griscom, the county Republican chairman, and sees Senator Albert Cummins at The Outlook before heading to Brooklyn to talk about citizenship.",["lloyd-c-griscom","albert-b-cummins"],"The Outlook"],["1910-10-06","Busy office day, then off south","A steady stream of visitors reaches Roosevelt at The Outlook, labor leader John Mitchell and canal builder George Goethals among them. After lunch with Herbert Croly, he boards a train for a southern speaking tour with Harper and the Howlands.",["john-mitchell","james-b-reynolds","w-j-simpson","youngs","george-w-goethals","lloyd-c-griscom","robert-l-howze","herbert-croly","frank-harper","harold-j-howland","william-b-howland"],"The Outlook"],["1910-10-07","Whistle-stops across East Tennessee","Roosevelt speaks his way across East Tennessee, from Bristol to Knoxville. In a letter to Lucius Swift he defends his role at the state convention despite its tariff plank, noting the West stands firmly against the tariff.",["lucius-b-swift","laura-roosevelt","virginia-murray"],"Bristol"],["1910-10-08","Visiting his mother's girlhood home","In Georgia, Roosevelt tours the Berry School at Rome, gives speeches in Atlanta, and goes to Roswell to see Bulloch Hall, where his mother Mittie grew up.",[],"Rome"],["1910-10-09","Three states in one day","The southern tour rolls on with talks across Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.",[],"Mississippi"],["1910-10-10","Hot Springs, and a gift for Kermit","Roosevelt speaks in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Back east, Kermit turns 21 and carries on at Harvard; his father marks the day with a $500 gift.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Hot Springs"],["1910-10-11","First president to fly","In St. Louis, Roosevelt climbs into a plane with aviator Arch Hoxsey and rides about four minutes at some 50 feet. Landing, he tells reporters it was the best thing he ever did. He also addresses audiences in Clayton and St. Louis. Niece Eleanor turns 26.",["arch-hoxsey","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Clayton"],["1910-10-12","Illinois stops at Springfield and Peoria","Roosevelt addresses crowds in Springfield and Peoria, and makes a plea for religious tolerance in Africa.",[],"Peoria"],["1910-10-13","Stumping Indiana for Beveridge","Roosevelt crosses Indiana, from Covington to Indianapolis, campaigning for Senator Albert Beveridge's re-election. Beveridge is a firm opponent of President Taft.",["albert-beveridge","william-howard-taft","ellen-rogers","d-moran"],"Anderson"],["1910-10-14","Southern tier of New York","Back in his home state, Roosevelt speaks at six stops along New York's southern tier, from Dunkirk to Elmira.",[],"Dunkirk"],["1910-10-15","Meeting the state committee","In Manhattan, Roosevelt meets with Griscom and the state Republican committee. The Outlook runs his article on clean government and popular rule.",["lloyd-c-griscom"],"New York City"],["1910-10-16","Sunday lunch with Stimson","Henry Stimson comes to Sagamore Hill for lunch.",["henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-17","Up the Hudson by speech","Roosevelt works up the Hudson and Mohawk valleys with speeches from Yonkers to Hudson. He writes Sydney Brooks a frank letter about American politics, prompted by Brooks's article on the subject.",["sydney-brooks","grace-alexander"],"Albany"],["1910-10-18","Nephew Sheffield turns twelve","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the 12th birthday of his nephew Sheffield Cowles.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-19","Dogs in the bathtub","On a foggy day at home, Roosevelt writes Ted about his California political friends and reports that James is giving Scamp and Ace, the dogs, a bath in his own tub. He also writes Senator Bourne and thanks poet Edwin Arlington Robinson for a dedication.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","james","jonathan-bourne-jr","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-20","Answering a tax smear","Roosevelt speaks in New York City and writes Annie Bissell to rebut false claims that he skipped paying his 1898 taxes.",["annie-s-bissell"],"New York City"],["1910-10-21","Boston rally for Lodge and Draper","Roosevelt goes to Boston to speak for Senator Lodge and Governor Eben Draper. He tells Elihu Root he will not return to Ohio before the election, despite their wishes and Taft's.",["henry-cabot-lodge","eben-s-draper","elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1910-10-22","New Hampshire for Bass","Roosevelt campaigns in Concord, Manchester and Nashua for Robert Bass, New Hampshire's progressive candidate for governor.",["robert-p-bass"],"Concord"],["1910-10-23","Boston back to New York","Roosevelt travels from Boston to New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1910-10-24","Binghamton, Ithaca and Oswego","The upstate campaign continues with stops at Binghamton, Ithaca and Oswego.",["cornelia-landon"],"Binghamton"],["1910-10-25","Finger Lakes swing","Roosevelt speaks through the Finger Lakes country, from Penn Yan and Canandaigua to Auburn and Syracuse.",[],"Auburn"],["1910-10-26","North to the St. Lawrence","Roosevelt's train carries him north from Phoenix and Fulton through Oswego and Watertown to Ogdensburg on the St. Lawrence, with speeches at each.",["laura-wolcott-lowndes"],"Fulton"],["1910-10-27","A 52nd birthday on the stump","Roosevelt spends his 52nd birthday campaigning through the Mohawk Valley, from Fonda to Utica.",["virginia-murray"],"Amsterdam"],["1910-10-28","Rome, Lyons and Rochester","More upstate speeches, this time in Rome, Lyons and Rochester.",[],"Lyons"],["1910-10-29","Tribute to Senator Dolliver","Roosevelt addresses audiences at Kingston, at Bronxville and in New York City. The Outlook carries his piece on the late Iowa Senator Jonathan Dolliver.",["jonathan-p-dolliver"],"Bronxville"],["1910-10-30","Edith hopes for winter quiet","Edith writes Kermit that she is glad winter will keep his father safely at Sagamore, and wishes Kermit will grow more like him over the years. Roosevelt speaks in New York City and dines with Henry Stimson.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-10-31","African Game Trails hits the shelves","Scribner's publishes African Game Trails, Roosevelt's account of his safari, and it becomes a bestseller at once. Putnam's brings out his African and European Addresses the same day.",[],"New York City"],["1910-11-01","Buffalo to Manhattan in a day","Roosevelt speaks at Buffalo, Lockport and Albion, then in New York City, and dines with Buffalo publisher Edward H. Butler.",["edward-h-butler","priscilla-stanton"],"Albion"],["1910-11-02","Baltimore, and two pointed letters","Roosevelt speaks in Baltimore. He writes Simeon Baldwin, Connecticut's Democratic nominee for governor, about remarks he made against him and about the courts. To Wall Street broker Alfred Borden he defends his record, including leaving the tariff alone as President.",["simeon-e-baldwin","alfred-borden"],"Baltimore"],["1910-11-03","Through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois","A long day on the rails brings talks across Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.",[],"Illinois"],["1910-11-04","Iowa for the progressives","In Iowa, Roosevelt speaks at four Iowa stops, Davenport to Des Moines, on behalf of Grilk, Carroll and Senator Albert Cummins.",["grilk","carroll","albert-b-cummins"],"Davenport"],["1910-11-05","Remembering Justice Moody","Roosevelt speaks in Toledo and Cleveland. The Outlook publishes his tribute to William H. Moody, his former Attorney General and Supreme Court appointee.",["william-h-moody","george-marius","marion-hollins","p-erskine-wood","william-h-appleton"],"Cleveland"],["1910-11-06","Sunday at Sagamore","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-07","Election eve in New York","On the last night of the campaign, Roosevelt speaks in New York City and dines with the Hungarian Republican Club.",[],"New York City"],["1910-11-08","Republicans routed at the polls","Roosevelt casts his vote in Oyster Bay and watches the Republicans take a beating. Stimson, his choice for governor, loses. Democrats win the House for the first time since Cleveland, 26 governorships including Woodrow Wilson's, and ten Senate seats, among them Beveridge's. Franklin Roosevelt wins a state senate seat.",["henry-l-stimson","charles-evans-hughes","william-barnes-jr","franklin-d-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson","grover-cleveland","albert-beveridge","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-09","Beaten, but enlisted for the duration","The day after the defeat, Roosevelt writes General Francis Greene that he means to see the fight through.",["francis-v-greene","rudolph-bernsdel"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-10","Setting Platt's record straight","Roosevelt writes John Jacob Astor about the untruths he finds in Thomas Platt's autobiography.",["john-jacob-astor","thomas-c-platt","fitzhugh-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-11","Cats own the nights","Roosevelt sends a stack of post-election letters. He jokes to his sister Bamie about cats and dogs, tells Ted his hopes for 1912 and plans for California, and admits to Arthur Lee that the defeat was heavy, hoping he won't be a candidate in 1912 and judging Taft harshly.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-allen-white","arthur-lee","william-howard-taft","ernest-ingersoll","h-holbrook-curtis","g-h-seull"],"New York City"],["1910-11-12","Riding over to see Stimson","Roosevelt rides on horseback to call on Henry Stimson, the defeated candidate for governor.",["henry-l-stimson","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-13","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-16","Sizing up the defeat","Roosevelt tells Seth Low that leaning harder or softer toward Taft would only have made the loss worse. He forwards Low's view of the situation to Henry Stimson and writes George Tait about the wallpaper trust and his tariff position.",["seth-low","henry-l-stimson","george-tait","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-17","Too radical for New York","In the city, Roosevelt confers with Lodge and receives callers at The Outlook, including Wisconsin's Charles Van Hise and Henry Pritchett. He tells William Allen White that New Yorkers found him too radical.",["henry-cabot-lodge","silas-mcbee","william-rockhill-nelson","charles-r-van-hise","henry-s-pritchett","william-allen-white"],"The Outlook"],["1910-11-18","Lecturing Washington on African wildlife","In Washington, Roosevelt is received at the National Press Club and lectures the National Geographic Society on people and animals of Africa.",[],"National Press Club"],["1910-11-19","Back in the President's chair","With Taft away in Panama, Roosevelt revisits the White House, tours the staff quarters, inspects the new oval office and takes his old seat at the President's desk. Ike Hoover, the chief usher, weeps. He sees callers, dines with the Smithsonian, and speaks there to an overflow crowd. Quentin turns 13 at Groton.",["william-howard-taft","helen-herron-taft","irwin-h-hoover","leonard-wood","edgar-a-mearns","edmund-heller","charles-d-walcott","richard-a-ballinger","franklin-macveagh","quentin-roosevelt"],"White House"],["1910-11-20","A full Sunday guest book","Five Sunday guests, among them Richard Derby and Josephine Osborn, visit Sagamore Hill.",["josephine-osborn","olivia-cutting","richard-derby","evelyn-irving","james-bruce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-21","Relieved of a 1912 decision","Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop he is glad not to face choosing whether to accept the 1912 nomination. In a long letter to Benjamin Ide Wheeler he concedes he erred in letting himself be drawn into the fight and dissects what went wrong.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","benjamin-ide-wheeler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-22","Commuting to The Outlook","Roosevelt is based at Sagamore Hill these weeks but often goes into Manhattan to his Outlook office on Fourth Avenue. Cornelia Landon is a guest.",["cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-23","Too many speeches","Roosevelt tells Henry Pritchett where he went wrong in the campaign, chiefly by giving too many speeches, and has words for crooked politicians. He thanks author Gouverneur Morris, a descendant of the founder whose biography he wrote, for three books.",["henry-s-pritchett","gouverneur-morris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-24","Thanksgiving at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Thanksgiving Day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-25","Bamie's anniversary","At Sagamore Hill on the 15th wedding anniversary of his sister Bamie and William Sheffield Cowles.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-27","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-28","Declining Taft's invitation","Roosevelt writes Congressman William Kent about Pinchot and Ballinger, Taft, and the Japanese in California. He tells President Taft he cannot come to the White House or the Gridiron Dinner, and passes on Kent's warning of new anti-Japanese bills in California.",["william-kent","william-howard-taft","gifford-pinchot","richard-a-ballinger"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-11-30","The New Nationalism in print","The Outlook Company publishes The New Nationalism. The family is scattered: Alice in Washington with Nick, Ted selling carpets in San Francisco, Kermit a Harvard sophomore, Archie at school in Arizona, and Quentin suddenly thriving at Groton. Only Ethel is home.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-01","Bill Sewall comes to Sagamore","Roosevelt is home with frequent trips to the city. Guests include his old Maine guide and Elkhorn foreman Bill Sewall, Oscar Straus and his wife, editor Albert Shaw and his wife, and Alice and Nick.",["william-sewall","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","oscar-straus","sarah-lavanburg-straus","david-gray","arthur-d-hill","albert-shaw","mrs-albert-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-02","Twenty-four years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 24th wedding anniversary at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-03","Guests from the city","James L. Derby, Cornelia Landon and the Chadwicks sign the guest book.",["cornelia-landon","elbridge-chadwick","james-l-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-04","A long ride, then a blizzard","Roosevelt and Edith ride together for three hours. That evening they settle by the fire in the North Room as snow outside builds into a blizzard.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"North Room"],["1910-12-05","Content at home","Roosevelt writes Ted about a warm note from Johnston, pokes fun at a know-it-all letter from William Kent, and discusses Taft, the Japanese question and the California trip. Ethel is back from Geneseo and Kermit heading there. He feels no itch to be elsewhere.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","johnston","william-kent","william-howard-taft","ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt","r-b-hobart","william-s-rainsford","william-sewall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-06","Notes on Panama and Japan","Roosevelt sends a short note to Ernest Harvier and writes Taft about Panama, thanks him for his kind words, and discusses the Japanese situation in California. He plans to see Secretary Knox.",["ernest-harvier","william-howard-taft","philander-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-07","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-08","Reviewing Taft's message","Roosevelt sends Taft his comments on the President's annual message to Congress, along with thoughts on Japan and immigration.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-09","A book about beetles","Roosevelt thanks Indiana State Geologist Willis Blatchley for sending his book on beetles.",["willis-s-blatchley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-10","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-11","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-12","Books, bronzes and wood fires","Roosevelt explains to William Allen White why he should not run again, describing a happy life at home with Edith and only Ethel still under their roof. He backs the initiative, referendum and direct primaries and lays out his political creed, though many think him too radical.",["william-allen-white","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-13","New Haven, with Baldwin absent","Roosevelt speaks to New Haven's business leaders; Governor-elect Simeon Baldwin declines to come. He sends Ernest Harvier a brief note about an interesting comparison.",["simeon-e-baldwin","ernest-harvier"],"New Haven"],["1910-12-14","Harvard lecture on applied ethics","At Harvard, Roosevelt delivers the Noble Lecture on applied ethics, touching on conservation.",[],"Harvard University"],["1910-12-15","Calling on Governor Draper","In Boston, Roosevelt pays a call on Governor Eben Draper.",["eben-s-draper"],"Boston"],["1910-12-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-17","Nephew and friends visit","Visitors include Roosevelt's nephew Monroe Douglas Robinson, along with Alice and Nick.",["monroe-douglas-robinson","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","virginia-murray","helene-coster","chalmers-wood","eliot-cross"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-19","Objections to Platt's memoir","Roosevelt writes Louis Lang, who helped Thomas Platt with his autobiography, listing what he disputes: Platt's story of the 1900 vice-presidential nomination, his claimed backing for the Navy post, and money in the 1898 governor's race.",["louis-j-lang","thomas-c-platt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-20","Forests for Oregon","Roosevelt writes Oregon Congressman Abraham Lafferty about farm and forest lands, national forests in Oregon, and federal versus state control of forests.",["abraham-w-lafferty"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-22","Japan, Manchuria and the open door","In a very long letter, Roosevelt reports to Taft on his talk with Knox and the Japanese question. He will not urge steps against Japanese moves in Manchuria, though Knox favors them, and discusses the open door.",["william-howard-taft","philander-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-23","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-24","Writing about miners' homes","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's account of his August visit to Pennsylvania coal country.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-25","Stockings for everyone","Roosevelt and Edith share Christmas dinner with Alice, Nick, Kermit, Ethel and Quentin; Ted is in California and Archie in Arizona. The children fill their parents' stockings with joke gifts.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-26","A book he loves","Dorothy Whitney comes to Sagamore with Robert Bacon Jr. Roosevelt thanks Ted and Eleanor for a book he treasures and notes Kermit has not yet made the Porcellian Club.",["robert-bacon-jr","dorothy-whitney","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-27","Two holiday visitors","Barclay H. Farr and Grafton H. Pyne sign the guest book.",["barclay-h-farr","grafton-h-pyne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-28","On John Brown and Homer Lea","Roosevelt gives Lyman Draper his view of John Brown. He also writes General Ian Hamilton about Homer Lea's book imagining a Japanese invasion of the West Coast, which he dislikes.",["lyman-draper","ian-hamilton","homer-lea","john-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-30","Turning down LaFollette's league","Roosevelt turns down membership in the new progressive Republican league organized by Senators Robert LaFollette and Jonathan Bourne. Its platform calls for direct election of senators, direct primaries, recall, initiative, referendum and laws against corrupt practices.",["robert-m-la-follette","jonathan-bourne-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1910-12-31","A settee from the White House","President Taft sends Edith, as a New Year's gift, the settee she loved in the White House. The Outlook runs Roosevelt's Christmas in Mid-Africa. Isabella Hagner visits.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","isabella-hagner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-01","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-02","A zebra skin for Ted","Lloyd Griscom lunches at Sagamore, seeming less buoyant than before. Roosevelt sends Ted a zebra skin and offers a rhinoceros-foot inkstand, calls LaFollette and Bourne extremists, and writes Robert Bacon's family that Quentin has stunned Groton by ranking high in his class.",["lloyd-c-griscom","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-dudley-foulke","jonathan-bourne-jr","robert-bacon","robert-m-la-follette","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-03","Corruption talk with Lodge","Roosevelt writes Lodge about bribery charges against Vardaman and Senator William Lorimer, sends him a zebra skin, and mentions a book on superstitions he is reading. He also writes LaFollette about the new progressive league.",["henry-cabot-lodge","robert-m-la-follette","william-lorimer","james-k-vardaman"],"New York City"],["1911-01-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-05","Comparing notes with Ian Hamilton","Roosevelt writes General Ian Hamilton about conscription in the British Army and about his own soldiering at Santiago with the Rough Riders.",["ian-hamilton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-06","A promise to Harvier","Splitting the day between home and the city, Roosevelt tells Ernest Harvier he will write him about Mitchell.",["ernest-harvier","mitchell"],"New York City"],["1911-01-07","Staying out of the Lorimer fight","Roosevelt writes Taft that Beveridge is moving to expel Senator Lorimer and that both of them will keep out of the fight. He thanks Taft for the settee sent to Edith.",["william-howard-taft","william-lorimer","albert-beveridge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-08","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-09","The Greys visit","Richard Derby, Evelyn Irving and a couple named Grey are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["edward-grey","sybil-grey","evelyn-irving","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-10","Between Sagamore Hill and the city","Roosevelt splits the day between home and Manhattan.",[],"New York City"],["1911-01-11","Harvard Overseers meeting","In Cambridge, Roosevelt sits with the Harvard Board of Overseers and dines with the Alumni Association's directors.",[],"Harvard University"],["1911-01-12","Praise for Canadian reciprocity","Roosevelt writes Lodge about his re-election speech and the Lorimer case. He tells Taft that Knox's trade reciprocity pact with Canada is excellent and will help the party in the long run, and notes Lodge is cool on Beveridge's resolution.",["henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft","philander-knox","william-lorimer","albert-beveridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-13","National Civic Federation","Roosevelt addresses the National Civic Federation in New York.",[],"New York City"],["1911-01-14","A grandchild on the way","Ted and Eleanor share news that a baby is due in August, and Roosevelt answers with delight. The Outlook carries his article on international neighborliness.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-15","The Griscoms visit","Lloyd Griscom and his wife come to Sagamore Hill. They later tell Archie Butt that Roosevelt and Edith seemed low in spirits.",["lloyd-c-griscom","archibald-butt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-17","Irish Home Rule, privately","Roosevelt writes Cleveland Dodge about New Jersey progressives, answers Gifford Pinchot's complaint that he called Taft upright, tells Thomas Gill he favors Irish Home Rule but won't say so publicly, and writes Lodge about campaign lies and two Panama supply ships.",["cleveland-h-dodge","gifford-pinchot","thomas-gill","henry-cabot-lodge","everett-colby","john-d-rockefeller-jr","george-l-record","william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1911-01-18","Bamie turns 56","Roosevelt speaks to the governing council of the Reform synagogue union. It is his sister Bamie's 56th birthday. He writes Edwin Van Valkenburg about the employers' liability law and the 1912 nomination.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","cornelia-landon"],"New York City"],["1911-01-19","Reluctant vice president of historians","Roosevelt writes Maurice Egan about Catholic missions and socialism. Told he has been elected a vice president of the American Historical Association, he tells John Jameson he doubts he would serve well and wants to decline. He writes John O'Laughlin on Lorimer.",["maurice-francis-egan","j-franklin-jameson","john-callan-o-laughlin","william-lorimer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-20","Ambassador Reid comes calling","Whitelaw and Elizabeth Reid and Josephine Osborn are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["elisabeth-mills-reid","whitelaw-reid","josephine-osborn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-21","A progressive league is born","LaFollette and Bourne launch the National Progressive Republican League to liberalize the party, with the unspoken aim of blocking Taft in 1912. Roosevelt holds back from formal support but praises it in The Outlook, where he also writes on popular rule. He attends Paul Morton's funeral.",["robert-m-la-follette","jonathan-bourne-jr","william-howard-taft","paul-morton","james-bruce-jr","l-m-roosevelt","p-erskine-wood","george-marius","evelyn-irving","james-polk"],"New York City"],["1911-01-22","Grandchildren would complete the picture","Roosevelt writes Ted that he and Edith think four, or five at most, is a fine number of children, and that grandchildren are the one thing their happiness lacked. He also discusses the California trip.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-23","Naturalist Alden Loring visits","J. Alden Loring, the naturalist from the African safari, and Elizabeth S. Hoyt sign the guest book.",["j-alden-loring","elizabeth-s-hoyt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-24","Backing the league from outside","Roosevelt tells William Allen White he will support the progressive league without joining, and that a 1912 nomination would be a mistake. To LaFollette he offers help through The Outlook but wants distance, recalling complaints about his political meddling in 1910.",["william-allen-white","robert-m-la-follette"],"New York City"],["1911-01-25","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-27","Friday guests","Roosevelt goes between home and the city; five guests sign the Sagamore Hill book.",["cornelia-landon","seymour-blair","grafton-h-pyne","chester-burden","henry-forster"],"New York City"],["1911-01-28","Answering Judge Baldwin","The Outlook publishes two Roosevelt pieces: an open letter to Judge Simeon Baldwin and an essay on nationalism and special privilege.",["simeon-e-baldwin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-29","Cheering on Franklin","Roosevelt sends a warm note to his cousin, State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt, who heads a revolt of reform Democrats in Albany against Tammany.",["franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-30","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-01-31","Endorsing Frances Perkins's league","Roosevelt endorses the Consumers' League of New York, where Frances Perkins is executive secretary, in its fight against sweatshops, child labor and overlong workdays. He also writes Lodge about Platt's autobiography, Canadian reciprocity and Lorimer.",["frances-perkins","henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-c-platt","william-lorimer"],"New York City"],["1911-02-01","Commuting to Fourth Avenue","Roosevelt is based at Sagamore Hill, often heading into Manhattan to his Outlook office. Former Massachusetts governor Curtis Guild Jr. is among the guests.",["constance-d-leupp","curtis-guild-jr","john-denlie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-02","Arguing about bird markings","Roosevelt writes zoologist Charles Kofoid about a paper by Henry Chester Tracy on white markings in perching birds. He argues that protective coloration does not explain every case and rejects Abbott Thayer's theories.",["charles-a-kofoid","henry-chester-tracy","abbott-h-thayer","sloan-simpson","eleanora-simpson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-04","Rebutting the Mormon smear","Roosevelt writes Isaac Russell to refute a Pearson's Magazine charge that he traded leniency on plural marriage for Mormon electoral votes in the West. The Outlook runs his essay on nationalism and the working man. Cousins and safari naturalist Edmund Heller visit.",["isaac-russell","nicholas-roosevelt","l-m-roosevelt","cornelia-landon","philip-j-roosevelt","edmund-heller","james-l-breese-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-05","Sunday with Heller","Roosevelt spends time with Edmund Heller, the naturalist from his African safari.",["edmund-heller"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-06","Finish the specimens first","Roosevelt tells Smithsonian Secretary Charles Walcott that Heller should complete mounting the Roosevelt expedition's specimens before setting off on another trip.",["charles-d-walcott","edmund-heller"],"New York City"],["1911-02-07","For popular election of senators","Roosevelt writes John O'Laughlin about Senator Lorimer and says voters, not legislatures, should choose senators. He also writes historian William Roscoe Thayer about his article on great Italians and about the Catholic Church.",["john-callan-o-laughlin","william-roscoe-thayer","william-lorimer"],"New York City"],["1911-02-08","Lords reform and the founders","Roosevelt writes British author Frederick Oliver about a plan to reform the House of Lords, and compares Jefferson and Hamilton to today's progressives.",["frederick-scott-oliver"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-09","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-10","Blessing for Heller's next safari","Roosevelt sends regrets to Boy Scout leader James West but voices strong belief in Scouting. He wishes Heller well as he joins Paul Rainey's African expedition, and writes Eben Martin about trusts and Will Cowles about reciprocity, Admiral Sperry's death and Lodge's stand on senators.",["james-e-west","edmund-heller","eben-w-martin","william-sheffield-cowles","charles-s-sperry","henry-cabot-lodge"],"New York City"],["1911-02-11","Lincoln Day in Grand Rapids","Roosevelt gives the Lincoln Day address in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Outlook publishes his essay on nationalism and working women.",["abraham-lincoln"],"Grand Rapids"],["1911-02-12","Lincoln's birthday in New York","Roosevelt attends the Republican Club's Lincoln dinner in New York and speaks. It is Alice's 27th birthday. In Illinois, President Taft privately compares Roosevelt and Lincoln.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","abraham-lincoln"],"New York City"],["1911-02-13","Touring Brooklyn's slums","Roosevelt tours poor neighborhoods of Brooklyn and has lunch with his old friend Jacob Riis.",["jacob-riis"],"New York City"],["1911-02-14","A Hungarian count at Sagamore","Hungarian statesman Count Albert Apponyi visits, along with General Francis Greene and E. Reeve Merritt.",["albert-apponyi","francis-v-greene","e-reeve-merritt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-15","Home and the city","Roosevelt splits the day between home and Manhattan.",[],"New York City"],["1911-02-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-17","Catholics on the YMCA board","On Alice and Nick's fifth anniversary, Roosevelt presses Cleveland Dodge to let Catholics serve as YMCA directors; he later learns they may. He also welcomes Congressman Edmund Madison's support.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","cleveland-h-dodge","edmond-h-madison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-18","Two pieces in The Outlook","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's essay on Greeley, Sumner and Morton and his article on a higher-education project.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-19","Thinking of Eleanor","Roosevelt writes his daughter-in-law Eleanor, expecting her first child, that she and Ted fill his and Edith's thoughts.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-20","Overnight train to Chicago","Roosevelt boards the Lake Shore Limited at Grand Central at 5:30 p.m., bound for Chicago. He writes Michigan's progressive governor Chase Osborn about electing senators by popular vote.",["chase-s-osborn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-21","Harvard men in Chicago","In Chicago, Roosevelt addresses the Harvard Club's dinner.",[],"Harvard University Club"],["1911-02-22","Union League dinner","Roosevelt speaks in Chicago, including at a Union League Club dinner on Washington's Birthday.",["james-r-garfield","cornelia-landon"],"Union League Club"],["1911-02-23","Home and the city","Roosevelt splits the day between home and Manhattan.",[],"New York City"],["1911-02-24","Finding a lost boy","In Gramercy Park, Roosevelt comes to the aid of a little boy who has lost his way.",[],"Gramercy Park"],["1911-02-25","The Richardsons visit","Clifford and Teresa Richardson are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-26","Sunday callers","Three guests, among them James L. Breese Jr., sign the Sagamore Hill book.",["priscilla-stanton","james-l-breese-jr","joseph-w-burden"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-27","Curriculum and postage","Roosevelt writes Syracuse English professor Joseph Pennypacker about Amherst's curriculum plan, and Paul Collins about Canadian reciprocity and postal rates for periodicals.",["joseph-pennypacker","paul-collins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-02-28","Nationalism and the judiciary","Alice is among the guests at Sagamore Hill. The Outlook carries Roosevelt's piece on nationalism and the courts.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","lloyd-derby","george-marvin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-01","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-02","Proud of Quentin's marks","Roosevelt tells Quentin he can't find a Springfield rifle for Quentin's friend James White, but bursts with pride over the boy's class standing and reports that the family car is worn from a hard winter.",["quentin-roosevelt","james-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-03","Against the Aldrich plan","Roosevelt tells Elisha Garrison he opposes Senator Aldrich's banking reform plan, and writes Lodge about the pension bill both men oppose.",["elisha-garrison","henry-cabot-lodge","nelson-aldrich"],"New York City"],["1911-03-04","Writing about San Juan","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's account of the battle of San Juan along with his judiciary essay. Alice, Richard Derby and Dorothy Whitney are among the Sagamore guests.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","dorothy-whitney","george-marvin","roger-w-poor","richard-derby","james-l-breese-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-06","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-07","Tepid on suffrage","Taft accepts Interior Secretary Ballinger's resignation. Roosevelt writes General Greene about Washington, Frederick the Great and the 1905 Portsmouth peace, Frank Tracy about Francis Lowell's death, and anti-suffragist Mary Swift that he leans toward votes for women, though only mildly.",["william-howard-taft","richard-a-ballinger","francis-v-greene","frank-tracy","mary-swift","francis-cabot-lowell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-08","Off on a 34-day tour","Roosevelt sets out with Edith and Ethel on a speaking tour that will last 34 days, stopping first in Washington. He writes Lucius Swift about reciprocity and Indiana opinion.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","lucius-b-swift"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-03-09","Southern Commercial Congress","In Atlanta, Roosevelt addresses the Southern Commercial Congress.",[],"Atlanta"],["1911-03-10","Child labor conference in Birmingham","Roosevelt speaks to the National Child Labor Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.",[],"Birmingham"],["1911-03-11","Mississippi to New Orleans","Roosevelt speaks in Jackson and McComb, Mississippi, and in New Orleans. The Outlook carries his judiciary essay and a piece on the Third Avenue railway and its workers.",[],"Jackson"],["1911-03-12","Into Texas","The tour reaches Texas with speeches in Houston and Beaumont.",[],"Beaumont"],["1911-03-13","Five Texas cities","Roosevelt speaks his way through San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Fort Worth and Dallas, and visits the Army post at Fort Sam Houston.",[],"Austin"],["1911-03-14","Ready to raise a regiment","With Mexico's Díaz government collapsing, Taft quietly sends troops to Texas for so-called maneuvers. From Dallas, Roosevelt writes Taft about the danger of war and says he would want to raise a regiment if serious fighting came.",["william-howard-taft","porfirio-diaz"],"Dallas"],["1911-03-15","Edith rejoins in Albuquerque","Roosevelt speaks in El Paso and Albuquerque. Edith joins him in Albuquerque after visiting their old friend Bob Ferguson, who is ill with tuberculosis, in Silver City.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson"],"Albuquerque"],["1911-03-16","Archie meets the train","After talks at Flagstaff and then Williams, Archie meets his parents, healthy but lean.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Flagstaff"],["1911-03-17","Into the Grand Canyon","With Governor Richard Sloan, Roosevelt and his son Archie descend into the Grand Canyon on horseback while Edith rests at the rim. Later that day the party heads to Phoenix and drive out toward Roosevelt Dam, which he has been asked to dedicate.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-e-sloan"],"Grand Canyon"],["1911-03-18","Dedicating Roosevelt Dam","Roosevelt speaks at the opening of the great reclamation dam on the Salt River that bears his name, then returns to Phoenix. The Outlook again runs his judiciary essay.",[],"Roosevelt Dam"],["1911-03-19","Visiting Archie's school","The Roosevelts drive from Phoenix to Mesa to see Archie's school.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Phoenix"],["1911-03-20","Lunch with old Rough Riders","Roosevelt speaks in Phoenix, lunches with Rough Rider veterans, and visits the Territorial Normal School at Tempe.",[],"Phoenix"],["1911-03-21","Los Angeles and Pasadena","In Los Angeles, Roosevelt lunches with Earl and Francis Heney and gives a speech, then speaks at Throop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena.",["earl","francis-j-heney"],"Los Angeles"],["1911-03-22","Occidental College talk","Roosevelt speaks to the City Club and at Occidental College in Los Angeles.",[],"Occidental College"],["1911-03-23","\"I took the Isthmus\"","After a speech in San Francisco, Roosevelt gives the University of California's Charter Day address at Berkeley, with his famous line about taking the Isthmus and letting Congress debate him while the canal got built.",[],"San Francisco"],["1911-03-24","Earl Lectures begin","Roosevelt opens his Earl Lecture series at Berkeley with a talk on realizable ideals and speaks at a student rally.",[],"University of California"],["1911-03-25","Home and child; fire in New York","Roosevelt's Earl Lecture at Berkeley is about home life and children. Back east in Manhattan, fire sweeps the Triangle Shirtwaist factory near Washington Square, killing 146 workers, mostly young women, trapped by poor safety measures and too few exits. The Outlook runs his essay on nationalism and democracy.",[],"University of California"],["1911-03-26","The Bible and the people","Roosevelt's Earl Lecture at Berkeley takes up the Bible and everyday life.",[],"University of California"],["1911-03-27","Public servants and the Eighth Commandment","In another Earl Lecture, Roosevelt discusses honesty in public life and the moral duties of both employers and workers.",[],"University of California"],["1911-03-28","Staying with Ted and Eleanor","Roosevelt's last Earl Lecture concerns the press and the Ninth Commandment; he then speaks in San Francisco. Quentin meets the family there, and the three of them lodge at Ted and Eleanor's home while Ethel lodges with friends.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"University of California"],["1911-03-29","In San Francisco","Roosevelt remains in San Francisco with his family; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"San Francisco"],["1911-03-30","In San Francisco","Roosevelt remains in San Francisco with his family; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"San Francisco"],["1911-03-31","Lectures spoken, not written","Roosevelt is in San Francisco. His Earl Lectures, which included a talk on money and wealthy men, were given without a text, taken down by stenographers, and later published as Realizable Ideals.",[],"San Francisco"],["1911-04-01","His last speaking tour, he says","From San Francisco, Roosevelt tells Taft this will be his final speaking tour and thanks him for explaining the Mexican situation. He had been asked to mediate in Mexico but thought it improper. The Outlook runs his essay on international relations.",["william-howard-taft"],"San Francisco"],["1911-04-02","In San Francisco","Roosevelt is in San Francisco; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"San Francisco"],["1911-04-03","Taking on Reno's divorce trade","In Reno, Nevada, Roosevelt speaks out against the city's reputation as a haven for quick divorces.",[],"Reno"],["1911-04-04","Before the California Legislature","Roosevelt addresses the California Legislature in Sacramento. In Washington, Congress meets in special session to take up Canadian reciprocity.",[],"Sacramento"],["1911-04-05","Oregon, and Edith's proud letter","Roosevelt speaks in Eugene, Albany and Portland, Oregon. Edith writes Cecil Spring-Rice that the welcome he receives everywhere is moving and funny, and that she is proud of both the country and its people.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"Albany"],["1911-04-06","Puget Sound stops","Roosevelt speaks in Tacoma and Seattle.",[],"Seattle"],["1911-04-07","In Spokane","Roosevelt is in Spokane; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"Spokane"],["1911-04-08","Worrying about birthrates","In Spokane. The Outlook publishes two Roosevelt essays, one on old and new education and one on falling birthrates among English-speaking peoples.",[],"Spokane"],["1911-04-09","Idaho, and Archie turns 17","Roosevelt speaks in Moscow and Sandpoint, Idaho, on Archie's 17th birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Moscow"],["1911-04-10","In Spokane","Roosevelt is in Spokane; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"Spokane"],["1911-04-11","Missoula, and a portrait of Quentin","Roosevelt speaks in Missoula. Edith writes Spring-Rice that Quentin is a warm-hearted, oversized puppy of a boy, wrapped up in his wireless and anything mechanical, and now first in his class at Groton.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice","quentin-roosevelt"],"Missoula"],["1911-04-12","In Helena","Roosevelt is in Helena; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"Helena"],["1911-04-13","In Helena","Roosevelt is in Helena; no specific activity is recorded.",[],"Helena"],["1911-04-14","Helena to Madison","Roosevelt leaves Helena, Montana, heading for Madison, Wisconsin.",[],"Helena"],["1911-04-15","Madison, then homeward","After speeches in Madison, Roosevelt, Edith and Ethel turn back toward New York. The Outlook runs his piece on ethics in journalism, and Collier's prints his February letter rebutting the Mormon polygamy charges.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","isaac-russell"],"Madison"],["1911-04-16","Home to Oyster Bay","The Roosevelts arrive back at Oyster Bay and Sagamore Hill after five weeks on the road.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-17","Border clash at Douglas","Roosevelt is home again, with regular trips into the city. At Douglas, Arizona, Mexican rebels and federal troops fight, and several Americans are wounded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-19","Two guests at Sagamore","Janetta Alexander and J. T. Coolidge visit Sagamore Hill.",["janetta-alexander","j-t-coolidge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-20","A guest at Sagamore","Arnold Hunewell signs the guest book.",["arnold-hunnewell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-22","Writing about tenements","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's account of a tenement visit. The Richardsons and Cornelia Landon are guests.",["clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson","cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-23","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-24","A guest at Sagamore","R. May signs the guest book.",["r-may"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-25","For the Berry School","Roosevelt speaks to the Berry School Association in New York and sends Annie Nathan Meyer his thoughts on her play The Dominant Sex.",["annie-nathan-meyer"],"New York City"],["1911-04-26","Governor Bass talks direct democracy","New Hampshire Governor Robert Bass visits, and the two discuss initiative, referendum and recall. In Manhattan, Taft and Archie Butt attend an exposition for the blind at the Metropolitan Opera House, where Roosevelt's sister Corinne and her husband Douglas turn up too.",["robert-p-bass","william-howard-taft","archibald-butt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-27","The British ambassador visits","Ambassador James Bryce and Mrs. Bryce come to Sagamore Hill, along with F. L. Derby.",["james-bryce","f-l-derby","marion-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-28","A fund for the Smithsonian","Roosevelt lunches with Charles Walcott. He writes James Garfield about Ballinger's exit, Scouting and Taft's handling of Mexico; tries, unsuccessfully, to persuade Emma Kennedy to endow a Smithsonian publication fund; complains to Ida Tarbell about a magazine piece on James Gordon Bennett; and sends Charles Willard a long letter on direct democracy.",["charles-d-walcott","james-r-garfield","emma-kennedy","ida-m-tarbell","charles-d-willard","james-gordon-bennett-jr","evelyn-irving","charlotte-swan"],"New York City"],["1911-04-29","Corinne's anniversary","It is the 29th wedding anniversary of Roosevelt's sister Corinne. Old friends Winthrop and Margaret Chanler are among the Sagamore guests.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","madeline-pell","clarence-pell","james-l-breese-jr","winthrop-chanler","margaret-chanler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-04-30","Archie's sleeves, Ethel's proposal","Archie comes home, his long arms poking out of his sleeves. Ethel is torn: Dr. Richard Derby, a 30-year-old surgeon, has proposed.",["archibald-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-01","Back to the Outlook routine","Roosevelt is settled at Sagamore Hill again, often going in to his Manhattan office.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-02","Diplomat Henry White visits","Veteran diplomat Henry White and Florence Lafarge visit. Roosevelt writes Oscar Hallam about a historical point in his essay on the judiciary.",["oscar-hallam","henry-white","florence-lafarge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-04","Cornelia Landon visits","Cornelia Landon is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-05","No 1912 nomination, he insists","Roosevelt writes Groton headmaster Endicott Peabody about his essay on falling birthrates, Constantine Howard about the Bayne Law he helped pass to protect small game, Ted about the warm reception in Wisconsin, and William F. Knox that he will not accept the 1912 nomination.",["endicott-peabody","constantine-b-howard","theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-f-knox","helene-coster","eleanor-greene","virginia-murray","hester-chanler","dorothy-tuckerman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-06","Murder is murder","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's piece on the dynamite case. He tells Ida Tarbell what he thinks of the Herald, discusses The Outlook's format, and touches on free trade.",["ida-m-tarbell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-07","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-08","Lodge and Ian Hamilton visit","Senator Lodge and General Ian Hamilton are guests. Roosevelt tells Henry Fairfield Osborn he is at work on an article about protective coloration in animals.",["henry-fairfield-osborn","henry-cabot-lodge","ian-hamilton","evelyn-irving"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-09","Pressing for direct election","Roosevelt writes Senator William Borah about Central American treaties and direct election of senators, and urges Senator Joseph Dixon to pass the constitutional amendment providing for it.",["william-e-borah","joseph-m-dixon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-10","Americans killed at the border","Fighting across the Mexican border near El Paso, Texas, kills four Americans. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-11","Stimson to the War Department","Henry Stimson and his wife spend the night at Sagamore Hill. Taft has named Stimson Secretary of War, and he talks the appointment over with Roosevelt.",["henry-l-stimson","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-12","Taxing the childless","Roosevelt addresses students at DeWitt Clinton High School in Manhattan. He tells John Greenaway he dislikes Taft's handling of the border fighting, and suggests to W. H. Wilmarth taxing unmarried and childless people to reverse a falling birthrate.",["john-c-greenway","w-h-wilmarth","william-howard-taft","stanleigh-arnold"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-13","On workers' compensation","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's article on workmen's compensation. Clifford and Teresa Richardson visit.",["clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-16","Talking to the clergy","In New York, Roosevelt speaks to a gathering of ministers from the church federation.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-17","A guest at Sagamore","F. W. DeLaw signs the guest book.",["f-w-delaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-18","Seth Bullock calls","Roosevelt's old Dakota friend Seth Bullock, the Deadwood sheriff and marshal, is among the day's callers.",["seth-bullock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-19","Welcoming new citizens","In Brooklyn, Roosevelt speaks to immigrants seeking citizenship. He writes British envoy James Bryce about the arbitration pacts Taft proposes, Judge Ben Lindsey on the great money interests, and William Knox that he will not be the 1912 nominee.",["james-bryce","benjamin-b-lindsey","william-f-knox","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-20","Against Taft's arbitration treaties","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's case against Taft's proposed arbitration treaties with Britain, France and Germany.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-21","Sunday visitors","Four guests sign the Sagamore Hill book.",["ellen-rogers","d-moran","roger-w-poor","eliot-cross"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-22","Pinchot and Garfield come by","Conservation allies Gifford Pinchot and James Garfield visit Sagamore Hill, with Evelyn Irving.",["gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","evelyn-irving"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-23","Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico","Roosevelt tells Owen Wister he enjoyed Members of the Family, and urges Lodge to back statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The bill will pass, only for Taft to veto it.",["owen-wister","henry-cabot-lodge","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-24","Concern for Fisk University","Roosevelt writes Harvey Simmons that he is troubled to hear Fisk University, the historically Black school in Nashville, needs money.",["harvey-simmons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-25","Court strikes down workers' comp","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's article on the great moneyed interests. He writes Labor World editor Leon Sutton, upset that New York's highest court has voided the workmen's compensation law, and lays out his views on labor.",["leon-sutton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-26","Child labor and the Alaska boundary","Roosevelt writes Judge Ben Lindsey about child labor laws. To John W. Foster, who has called his arbitration views inconsistent, he sends a rebuttal that also takes up the Alaska boundary dispute.",["benjamin-b-lindsey","john-w-foster"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-27","Praising Wisconsin progressivism","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's essays on the Bible in everyday life and on Wisconsin as a model for the nation, praising that state's progressive government.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-28","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-30","Answering critics at Grant's Tomb","In Newark, Roosevelt speaks as a new statue of Lincoln is unveiled. At Grant's Tomb that Decoration Day, he criticizes Taft's policies and answers wealthy critics who claim his ideas invite revolution, saying true revolutionaries fear him most.",["william-howard-taft","abraham-lincoln"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-05-31","Tutoring Archie for Harvard","Roosevelt tells Oscar King Davis he has no intention of running in 1912 and notes Stimson's appointment as Secretary of War. He writes Lodge about the arbitration treaty and Lodge's Outlook article on American folk myths. Archie is home studying for Harvard exams, with Edith teaching him French and his father history and civics.",["oscar-king-davis","henry-cabot-lodge","henry-l-stimson","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-01","June opens at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends June based at his Oyster Bay home, heading into Manhattan often for work.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-02","Writing about House probes and arbitration","Roosevelt warns William Loeb that the new Democratic House means to use investigations of Panama, sugar and steel to embarrass Republicans, and writes James Bryce about warmer ties with Britain.",["william-loeb","james-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-03","Outlook essay on the Standard Oil ruling","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's response to the Supreme Court's Standard Oil decision, laying out his updated thinking on how to regulate trusts. Douglas and Corinne Robinson are among the day's visitors.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","j-w-barrett","helene-coster"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-04","Sunday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt spends a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-05","An angry letter to John W. Foster","Roosevelt sends John W. Foster a scorching reply to an article he wrote, objecting to several untruths in it, among them words Foster put in John Hay's mouth.",["john-w-foster","john-hay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-06","Cardinal Gibbons's jubilee in Baltimore","In Baltimore for Cardinal Gibbons's jubilee, Roosevelt speaks and meets President Taft along with Root, Lodge, Penrose, Sherman and Cannon. Archie Butt later recalled TR trading wisecracks with Taft while others spoke. He also writes Richard Knott on breaking up trusts.",["james-gibbons","william-howard-taft","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-cannon","james-s-sherman","boies-penrose","elihu-root","archibald-butt","richard-w-knott"],"Baltimore"],["1911-06-07","Speaking in White River Junction","Roosevelt gives a speech in White River Junction, Vermont. He also answers Samuel Gompers, who had replied to TR's article condemning the 1910 dynamiting at the Los Angeles Times, and writes Ralph Easley on trusts.",["harrison-gray-otis","samuel-gompers","ralph-m-easley"],"White River Junction"],["1911-06-08","Thanking Mahan for public support","Henry and Margaret White visit Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose New York Times letter backed TR's position on arbitration, and touches on the Alaska boundary fight.",["henry-white","margaret-white","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-10","James F. Curtis visits","Roosevelt welcomes James F. Curtis to Sagamore Hill.",["james-f-curtis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-11","Sunday at home","A Sunday at Sagamore Hill with nothing on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-12","A batch of letters on arbitration","Roosevelt fills the day with correspondence: to Hiram Collier on pacifists, to novelist Cora Older on her book and Jefferson, to Senator Coe Crawford on pending treaties, and to Lodge on arbitration and Mahan's Panama article.",["henry-cabot-lodge","thomas-jefferson","alfred-thayer-mahan","hiram-collier","cora-older","coe-crawford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-13","Calling John W. Foster a liar","Roosevelt writes John W. Foster again, flatly denying that John Hay ever gave Foster a mocking nickname. He also writes historian John Bury about his Romanes Lecture.",["john-w-foster","john-hay","j-b-bury"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-14","Denying a Taft endorsement story","Roosevelt writes editor Edwin Van Valkenburg about an Associated Press report, issued June 7 and denied by TR the next day, claiming he had backed Taft for 1912.",["william-howard-taft","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-16","Another day at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record is silent on the day's doings.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-17","Answering Gompers and Otis in print","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's piece on the dynamite charges, taking on both Samuel Gompers and General Harrison Gray Otis. The same day Senator Robert La Follette formally enters the race for the 1912 Republican nomination.",["samuel-gompers","harrison-gray-otis","robert-m-la-follette"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-18","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt passes Sunday at home; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-19","Ready to testify on Tennessee Coal","Roosevelt writes James Drain on pacifism, Thomas Warren on his poetry address, John Jackson on garbled reports of his Decoration Day speech, Lodge on Taft and the treaties, and Nick Longworth to say he will testify on Tennessee Coal and Iron if summoned.",["henry-cabot-lodge","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft","james-drain","thomas-warren","john-jackson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-20","Ted and Eleanor's first anniversary","As Ted and Eleanor mark a year of marriage, Roosevelt writes Ted that he likes La Follette but expects Taft to win the nomination, and reports on Archie's Harvard exams. Other letters go to Charles Willard, Gilson Gardner, Hiram Collier and Charles Walcott.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","robert-m-la-follette","william-howard-taft","charles-d-willard","gilson-gardner","hiram-collier","charles-d-walcott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-21","Edward Filene among the callers","A group of visitors comes to Sagamore Hill, including E. H. Madison, Harold Howland and Boston merchant Edward Filene.",["edmond-h-madison","harold-j-howland","chester-holsh","edward-filene","william-s-rossiter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-22","Tariff thoughts for Thomas Marvin","Grace Potter visits, and Roosevelt sends Thomas Marvin his views on the tariff.",["grace-howard-potter","thomas-marvin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-23","The Bishops come to Oyster Bay","Joseph Bucklin Bishop and his wife Harriet are among the guests at Sagamore Hill, along with R. Perkins, George Marvin and James Breese.",["robert-p-perkins","joseph-bucklin-bishop","harriet-bishop","george-marvin","james-breese"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-24","Weighing in on recalling judges","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's article on Arizona and the recall of judges.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-25","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill for a quiet Sunday.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-26","Archie Butt's prank at Alice's party","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. In Washington, Archie Butt writes of an evening at Alice's home where she sat reading the Bible amid the guests, and he livened things up by pouring mineral water from a White Rock bottle down a diplomat's collar before fleeing home to brace for revenge.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-butt","ovey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-27","A long family letter to Arthur Lee","With Alice among the day's guests, Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee a wide-ranging letter about the children, Sagamore Hill, animal camouflage and British politics. He also writes Ben Lindsey on child labor, Mahan, James Drain, Henry Wallace and War Secretary Henry Stimson.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","arthur-lee","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","madeline-stevens","evelyn-irving","benjamin-b-lindsey","alfred-thayer-mahan","james-drain","henry-wallace","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-28","Writing Maurice Egan on Europe","Roosevelt writes Maurice Egan, the American minister in Copenhagen, about Denmark and Russia.",["maurice-francis-egan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-29","Siding with suffrage against Bamie","Roosevelt tells his sister Bamie he supports votes for women, a view she does not share. He also writes Melville Post about a letter printed without his consent and Frank Chapman about Abbott Thayer's angry defense of his camouflage theories.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","abbott-h-thayer","melville-post","frank-m-chapman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-06-30","Last day of June at home","Roosevelt closes out June at Sagamore Hill with no recorded events.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-01","An Outlook piece on Haggard","July finds Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, making regular trips to his Fourth Avenue office in Manhattan. The Outlook prints his article on the novelist H. Rider Haggard and the work of the Salvation Army.",["h-rider-haggard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-02","Three young callers","Arnold Hunnewell, E. Dick Jr. and Francis Gray visit Sagamore Hill.",["arnold-hunnewell","e-dick-jr","francis-c-gray"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-03","Turning down a Morristown invitation","Hamilton Coolidge visits, and Roosevelt courteously declines Stephen Pierson's invitation to speak to a historical group in Morristown, New Jersey.",["hamilton-coolidge","stephen-pierson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-04","A sweltering Fourth","Independence Day at Sagamore Hill is scorchingly hot.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-05","Pushing for a seaside park","Ogden and Helen Rogers Reid visit. Roosevelt urges New York City Comptroller William Prendergast to buy land for an oceanfront park; Rockaway Beach was later acquired.",["ogden-m-reid","helen-rogers-reid","william-a-prendergast"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-07","Saccharin and his health","Roosevelt tells John Queeny that years of using saccharin, which he took in large daily amounts, seem to have done his health no harm.",["john-queeny"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-08","Defending the canal's management","Roosevelt's Outlook article on running the Panama Canal answers a critical piece by Hayden Talbot printed in the same issue.",["hayden-talbot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-09","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends a quiet Sunday at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-11","Midsummer at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-13","Another quiet July day","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill with nothing on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-15","Will Cowles visits; decency essay runs","Roosevelt's brother-in-law Will Cowles is a guest, and The Outlook publishes TR's essay on decency.",["william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-16","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-18","Summer days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-19","Praise for honest advertising","Roosevelt commends Samuel Dobbs for his work to make advertising truthful.",["samuel-dobbs"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-20","Why he joined The Outlook","Josephine Osborn visits. Roosevelt writes John Rose a reflective letter about his record and why he took the Outlook job, noting he must provide for his sons. To James West he praises the Boy Scouts as training for citizenship.",["josephine-osborn","john-rose","james-e-west"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-21","The Richardsons arrive","Clifford and Teresa Richardson visit. Roosevelt writes Joseph Bucklin Bishop about Hayden Talbot's Outlook article on the canal.",["hayden-talbot","clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-22","Taking on Taft over Alaska","Two Roosevelt pieces run in The Outlook. In the one on Alaska he stands by his own administration's record and faults Taft's.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-23","Alice and Nick come to visit","Alice and Nick Longworth are at Sagamore Hill, along with Austrian visitor Hans Gregor Wilczek.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","hans-gregor-wilczek"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-24","Struggling with a long letter to Trevelyan","Hans Gregor Wilczek stays on. Roosevelt tells George Otto Trevelyan he is dictating an account of his 1910 trip from Khartoum to London but finds it hard to finish, worrying it sounds too self-centered. The letter finally went out October 1.",["hans-gregor-wilczek","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-26","Taft defends his Alaska record","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as President Taft sends Congress a message standing behind his Alaska policies.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-27","Championing Captain Charles Young's book","Roosevelt suggests that Harry Judson publish Captain Charles Young's study of military morale. Young was then the only Black officer on active duty in the Army.",["charles-young","harry-pratt-judson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-28","Family news for Bamie","Roosevelt thanks Will Cowles for peaches and sends Bamie a chatty letter: Edith wants a new paved road to the house, Teresa Richardson is visiting, Archie is cramming for Harvard and Quentin plays ball with the butler. He also writes Ernest Harvier, George Wickersham and Charles Bonaparte.",["william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","teresa-richardson","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","arthur-merriam","george-earle","ernest-harvier","george-w-wickersham","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-29","Reviewing Houston Chamberlain","Edward Kent visits. The Outlook prints Roosevelt's articles on the initiative and referendum and on Oxford and Kansas, plus his review of a much-discussed book by Houston Stewart Chamberlain.",["houston-stewart-chamberlain","edward-kent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-30","Memories of baby Ted","Roosevelt writes his daughter-in-law Eleanor about Ted's infancy.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-07-31","A paved road; Kermit heads west","Workers lay a hard-surfaced road at Sagamore Hill. Kermit goes to visit the Fergusons in Silver City and hunts in the Mexican desert, Ethel is with friends in Maine, and Archie and Quentin are home.",["kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-01","Declining a New Hampshire speech","Roosevelt tells Judge Edgar Aldrich he cannot speak in New Hampshire, and comments on the Post Office Department and the supposed attack on the courts.",["edgar-aldrich"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-02","August begins quietly","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-03","Arbitration treaty goes to the Senate","Secretary of State Philander Knox signs the general arbitration treaty, which is then sent to the Senate for approval. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["philander-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-05","Testifying on U.S. Steel","Roosevelt goes into New York City to testify before the congressional committee probing U.S. Steel. The Outlook carries his article on labor unions and class feeling, along with an editorial critical of Taft's Alaska course.",["william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1911-08-06","Edith turns fifty","For Edith's 50th birthday Roosevelt gives her a set of Punch drawings she had picked and a surprise thermos pitcher. In the afternoon the two row across to the Mathisons' on Lloyd's Neck.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-08","Asking about air power abroad","Roosevelt writes Richard Knott on price fixing, Albert Walker on his steel testimony, Bamie on Archie's studying and Quentin's new beehive, and General William Wotherspoon with questions about German and Japanese air power.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","richard-w-knott","albert-walker","william-wotherspoon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-09","Telling Ted about the birthday","Roosevelt writes Ted about Edith's birthday and his U.S. Steel testimony, saying he thought it improper to have been called. He also writes Outlook writer William Hulbert about corruption in Alaska.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-hulbert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-10","Kermit in 140-degree heat","While Roosevelt stays at Sagamore Hill, Kermit is in Wellton, Arizona, with Win and Ike Proebstel, where the thermometer reads 140 degrees.",["kermit-roosevelt","win-proebstel","ike-proebstel"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-11","Kermit after desert sheep","Kermit crosses the desert to Tinajas Altas hunting bighorn. At home, Roosevelt writes Congressman Edmond Madison, who with Asher Hinds had mocked George Earle's sugar trust charges, and Arthur Farquhar on breaking up Standard Oil.",["kermit-roosevelt","hinds","george-earle","edmond-h-madison","arthur-b-farquhar"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-12","Another Alaska broadside","The Outlook prints Roosevelt's second editorial on Alaska, again critical of Taft.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-13","Lunch with Admiral Togo","On Ethel's 20th birthday, Roosevelt lunches with Japan's Admiral Togo, who presents him with small-scale samurai armor and cleans TR's samurai swords.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","togo-heihachiro"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-14","Backing Lodge's treaty changes","Roosevelt tells Lodge he likes Lodge's proposed amendments to the British arbitration treaty and is surprised the insurgents are dragging out the special session.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-15","Opposing Taft on Alaska lands","Roosevelt writes William F. Knox in dismay at the opening of Alaska public lands to railroads tied to big corporations, a point on which he firmly opposes Taft.",["william-howard-taft","william-f-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-17","First grandchild, Grace, is born","In San Francisco, Ted's wife Eleanor delivers a daughter, Grace, the first grandchild of Theodore and Edith. Edith plants pines at Sagamore Hill as a small grove for the baby to play in.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-19","His account of the 1907 panic","In The Outlook Roosevelt sums up his U.S. Steel testimony about the 1907 panic and the takeover of Tennessee Coal and Iron, granting the steel men may have had mixed motives.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-20","Sunday at home","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-21","Admiring Corinne's poem","Roosevelt praises a poem by his sister Corinne and asks Mahan to write The Outlook about the arbitration treaties, which Mahan never does.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-22","Sizing up Taft, Wilson and Pinchot","As Congress's special session ends, Roosevelt writes Rider Haggard, Lodge, Arthur Lee, Spring-Rice and Ted. He confides disappointment in Taft, hopes to retire at 60, calls Pinchot a fanatic, and predicts Wilson could beat Taft.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-howard-taft","gifford-pinchot","woodrow-wilson","robert-m-la-follette","grace-roosevelt","h-rider-haggard","henry-cabot-lodge","arthur-lee","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-23","Rebutting Thayer on animal camouflage","The American Museum of Natural History's Bulletin publishes Roosevelt's paper on concealing and revealing coloration in birds and mammals, a critique of Abbott H. Thayer's theories.",["abbott-h-thayer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-25","Late summer at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-26","Dante and the Bowery","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's essay arguing that Dante wrote about the gritty everyday life of Florence with a frankness no 19th-century author brought to his own hometown.",["dante-alighieri"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-27","Lamberts, Bridges and Hapgood visit","Dr. Alexander Lambert and his wife Ellen, editor Robert Bridges and Norman Hapgood spend the day at Sagamore Hill.",["alexander-lambert","ellen-lambert","robert-bridges","norman-hapgood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-29","Praising Viereck's switch to English","Roosevelt applauds George Viereck for turning his German-language paper into an English one, and writes William Hulbert about Alaska and public ownership of railroads and coal.",["george-sylvester-viereck","william-hulbert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-08-31","Alice and Nick head for Panama","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as Alice and Nick Longworth set out for Panama.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-01","Open to government coal mining","September opens with Roosevelt dividing his time between Oyster Bay and Manhattan. He tells Frank Knox he is open to the government working Alaska's coal fields itself.",["frank-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-02","On getting self-government wrong","Edward Kent visits, and The Outlook prints a Roosevelt article on how not to pursue self-government.",["edward-kent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-03","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-04","Lunch with a Benedictine abbot","Isabella Hagner visits, and Roosevelt shares a midday meal with Abbot Charles H. Mohr of St. Leo Abbey in Florida, who teaches theology and commercial law.",["charles-h-mohr","isabella-hagner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-05","Nonpartisan city government","Roosevelt writes Ernest Harvier in favor of nonpartisan city government, William Hulbert criticizing Taft's pick of Walter E. Clark as Alaska's governor, and Maurice Egan about notes on Russia and Father John Zahm.",["walter-e-clark","john-augustine-zahm","william-howard-taft","ernest-harvier","william-hulbert","maurice-francis-egan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-07","At home in early September","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day goes unrecorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-08","Bryan calls; treaty attack in print","At The Outlook office, Roosevelt's callers include William Jennings Bryan. His criticism of the arbitration treaty runs in the morning papers, and he writes James Bryce about Dante.",["william-jennings-bryan","james-bryce"],"The Outlook"],["1911-09-09","Making the case on arbitration","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's article laying out his position on the arbitration treaty with Britain.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-10","Sunday guests","Ellen Rogers, Chalmers Wood and Evelyn Irving visit Sagamore Hill.",["ellen-rogers","chalmers-wood","evelyn-irving"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-11","A long ride with Stimson and Wood","Roosevelt lunches and takes a long ride with Henry Stimson and General Leonard Wood, both of whom share his views on the arbitration treaty. He also urges Frederick Selous, nearly 60, to go on safari again.",["henry-l-stimson","leonard-wood","frederick-selous"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-12","Warning of war in Europe","Roosevelt tells Lodge his Outlook colleagues want the arbitration treaty adopted at once while he and Lodge want better wording. He discusses German moves in Morocco and the Congo, possible German marches through Belgium or Switzerland, and the need for a strong French army.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-13","Ted turns 24","Ted celebrates his 24th birthday in San Francisco while his father is at Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-15","A visit to the Children's Court","Roosevelt goes into New York City and visits the Children's Court.",[],"Children's Court"],["1911-09-16","Hunter-naturalist in print","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's piece on hunting and natural history across two continents.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-17","Sunday at home","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-19","Inviting William Kent to talk","Roosevelt writes Congressman William Kent, a fierce Taft opponent who wants a La Follette and Pinchot ticket, and invites him to Sagamore Hill to discuss politics.",["robert-m-la-follette","gifford-pinchot","william-kent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-21","Another day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-22","Quentin off to Groton","Roosevelt tells Ernest Harvier that Progressives try to do too much, writes Lodge on the treaty and Canada, and urges Ted not to back Wilson over Taft. Archie has finished another round of Harvard exams, and Quentin heads to Groton with a cheeky reply to his mother.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","woodrow-wilson","william-howard-taft","ernest-harvier","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-23","Writing about the Pacific Coast","The Outlook prints Roosevelt's article on West Coast Americans.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-24","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-25","Laid up with rheumatism","Teresa Richardson visits. Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about Canadian trade and the treaty, mentioning that he is suffering from rheumatism.",["teresa-richardson","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-26","Pennsylvania Grangers drop by","At The Outlook in New York, Roosevelt's callers include a party of 100 Pennsylvania Grange members.",[],"New York"],["1911-09-27","Corinne turns fifty","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 50th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-28","Belle Willard visits","Belle Willard, later Kermit's wife, and Gertrude Evans are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","gertrude-evans"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-29","Enjoying La Follette's memoir","Roosevelt writes Ernest Harvier about open primaries and tells Senator Robert La Follette he likes the autobiography running in the American Magazine.",["ernest-harvier","robert-m-la-follette"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-09-30","Edith badly hurt in a riding fall","Riding at a gallop with Roosevelt and Archie, Edith is thrown from Pine Knot onto the paved road by Cove School and knocked unconscious. TR flags down a delivery wagon whose driver, Benny Vorhis, was an old schoolmate of Ted's, to carry her home; she lies insensible for 36 hours. The Outlook runs his review of Arthur Weigall's book on ancient Egypt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","benny-vorhis","arthur-weigall","helene-coster","chalmers-wood","william-hoffman","josephine-osborn","hamilton-fish-jr","gordon-auchincloss","richard-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-01","A fifty-page letter to Trevelyan","Roosevelt finally sends George Otto Trevelyan his marathon letter: why he sent the battle fleet around the world, impressions of the Kaiser and Germany, and a country-by-country tour of his 1910 trip from Khartoum through Rome, Vienna, Paris and Scandinavia to London.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii","alfred-von-tirpitz","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","winston-churchill","victor-emmanuel-iii","andrew-carnegie","queen-wilhelmina","crown-prince-boris","edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-02","Edith suffering after her fall","Roosevelt writes Ted about Edith's riding accident; she is in severe pain from a headache.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-03","Dr. Rixey comes to treat Edith","Dr. Presley Rixey arrives to care for Edith. Roosevelt writes Lodge about her accident, the Honduras and Nicaragua treaties and the Alaska committee.",["presley-m-rixey","edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-04","At home with Edith","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-05","Kings squabbling at a funeral","Roosevelt writes Herbert Parsons on Assembly nominations and Corinne in anger at the Barnes-run state party's treatment of her son Teddy. To David Gray he sends a comic sequel to his Trevelyan letter about royals feuding over rank at King Edward's funeral.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson","william-barnes-jr","herbert-kitchener","edward-grey","herbert-parsons","david-gray"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-06","Dr. Lambert tends Edith","Dr. Alexander Lambert comes to Sagamore Hill, staying through October 8 to care for Edith.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-07","How the canal rights were won","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's account of how the United States gained the right to build the Panama Canal.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-08","Village improvement meeting","Roosevelt attends a meeting of the local society working to improve Oyster Bay village.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-10","Edith on the mend","As Kermit turns 22 at Harvard, Edith is gaining ground but recalls nothing of her fall and has lost taste and smell; her headaches are agonizing. Roosevelt brings in a neurologist and a pair of nurses for round-the-clock care. Her ability to smell would never return.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns 27","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor Roosevelt marks her 27th birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-13","Another quiet October day","Roosevelt stays at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-14","Arbitration with Russia, not abrogation","Two Roosevelt articles run in The Outlook. One deals with the Chicago Vice Commission and the post office; the other urges arbitration rather than tearing up the U.S. treaty with Russia.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-15","Sunday at home","Roosevelt spends a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-16","Progressives back La Follette","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as the National Progressive Conference calls for direct primaries and endorses Robert La Follette for president in 1912.",["robert-m-la-follette"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-18","Nephew Sheffield turns 13","Bamie's son Sheffield Cowles celebrates his 13th birthday.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-20","Carnegie Hall speech on women and children","Roosevelt speaks at Carnegie Hall on protecting women and children. He thanks Bob Ferguson for career advice to Kermit and writes Lodge about Russia's exclusion of Jews and the treaty, reporting Edith is finally better.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","bob-ferguson","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1911-10-21","Play sports, don't just watch","In an Outlook article on commercialism and hysteria, Roosevelt urges Americans to take part in sports rather than merely watch them.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-22","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-24","Dodging nomination talk","Roosevelt writes William Allen White about the novel White is working on, says he is steering clear of nomination talk, and sizes up La Follette.",["robert-m-la-follette","william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-26","Taft sues U.S. Steel","The Justice Department sues U.S. Steel, implying that Elbert Gary and Henry Frick misled Roosevelt in 1907 when the company bought Tennessee Coal and Iron. Roosevelt is furious.",["elbert-h-gary","henry-clay-frick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-27","Turning 53 and weighing a run","On his 53rd birthday Roosevelt tells Marshall Stimson he won't accept the 1912 nomination, yet confides to California's Governor Hiram Johnson that he may be the best one to lead a lost cause. He also writes Charles McCarthy, Ray Stannard Baker and Will Cowles.",["william-sheffield-cowles","hiram-johnson","william-howard-taft","robert-m-la-follette","charles-mccarthy","ray-stannard-baker","marshall-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-28","Kermit joins the Porcellian","Kermit is elected to Harvard's Porcellian Club, adding to his memberships in Hasty Pudding, DKE, the Sphinx and the Institute of 1770. Roosevelt writes Ernest Harvier and Charles Willard.",["kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","ernest-harvier","charles-d-willard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-29","Sunday at home","Roosevelt spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-30","Edith still weak","Roosevelt tells Ted that Kermit made the Porcellian after one classmate stopped blackballing him, that Edith is better but still frail and headachy, and that the new road cost a lot. He also writes Everett Wheeler about the U.S. Steel suit.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","everett-wheeler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-10-31","Taft playing politics with steel","Roosevelt tells James R. Garfield he believes Taft is using the U.S. Steel suit for political advantage. The Republican Party is now divided between conservative Standpatters and progressive Insurgents.",["william-howard-taft","james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-01","November between Oyster Bay and Manhattan","Through November Roosevelt lives at Sagamore Hill and travels often to his New York City office.",[],"New York City"],["1911-11-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"New York City"],["1911-11-03","Early November at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing on record.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-04","Carl Akeley calls","Naturalist Carl Akeley is among Roosevelt's visitors. The Outlook prints TR's piece contrasting real and sham arbitration, and he writes Henry Stimson about labor and how it is managed in government.",["carl-akeley","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-05","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-07","Voting; nephew Teddy elected","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay on Election Day. His nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson, Corinne's son, wins a State Assembly seat representing Herkimer County.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-09","Ted's letters comfort Edith","Roosevelt tells Ted his letters have cheered Edith, who is walking a little but still cannot taste or smell. He celebrates nephew Teddy Robinson's win over the party bosses and discusses Woodrow Wilson. He also denies to Edwin Van Valkenburg that he endorsed Rudolph Blankenburg for mayor of Philadelphia.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","theodore-douglas-robinson","james-s-sherman","william-barnes-jr","woodrow-wilson","rudolph-blankenburg","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-10","Owen Johnson's college stories","Roosevelt writes Harvard president A. Lawrence Lowell about Owen Johnson's articles on college life.",["owen-johnson","abbott-lawrence-lowell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-11","Kermit home from Harvard","Kermit comes down from Harvard for a visit.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-12","Kermit at home, Ethel away","Kermit spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill while Ethel is away.",["kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-13","Kermit runs cross-country","Roosevelt writes Ted that Edith keeps getting better, that Kermit is on Harvard's cross-country team, and about his forthcoming Outlook article on the trusts.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-14","Keeping religion out of politics","Roosevelt tells Ernest Harvier he will always resist mixing religion with politics. He also writes William Llewellyn on New Mexico and Senate graft, and William Hulbert on Interior Secretary Walter Fisher's plans for Alaska.",["walter-l-fisher","ernest-harvier","william-h-h-llewellyn","william-hulbert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-16","Reading Ethan Frome","Roosevelt writes Edith Wharton that Edith is recovering. His wife read Ethan Frome first and passed it to him; he found it powerful.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","edith-wharton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-18","Good trusts and bad trusts","In The Outlook Roosevelt answers the U.S. Steel suit and attacks the Taft administration's whole approach to trusts, arguing that some combinations are good and others bad.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-19","Quentin turns 14","Quentin celebrates his 14th birthday at Groton.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-20","Writing Bryan on electing senators","Olivia Cutting and the Richardsons visit. Roosevelt writes William Jennings Bryan about electing senators by popular vote and Abbot Charles Mohr about Catholic appointments and prejudice.",["olivia-cutting","teresa-richardson","clifford-richardson","william-jennings-bryan","charles-h-mohr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-21","Explaining his trust policy","Roosevelt sets out his trust policy for Brooks Adams and writes New York state Senator T. Harvey Ferris about water power.",["brooks-adams","t-harvey-ferris"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-22","Judge Learned Hand on recall","Roosevelt explains his thinking on recalling judicial decisions to Judge Learned Hand.",["learned-hand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-24","Uneasy about an Ohio endorsement","Roosevelt tells James R. Garfield he is uncomfortable that Toledo's Garfield Republican Club has endorsed him for the nomination.",["james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-25","On lynching and the tobacco trust","On Bamie's 16th wedding anniversary, The Outlook prints Roosevelt articles on the tobacco trust ruling and on lynching. He tells Alexander Moore he still does not want to run.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","alexander-moore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-26","Lady Gregory visits","Irish playwright Lady Augusta Gregory and Mary Cadwalader Jones are Sunday guests.",["augusta-gregory","mary-cadwalader-jones"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-27","Correcting a history of the Cabinet","Roosevelt writes Thomas Lounsbury about his essays, Browning and Kermit's writing, and sends Mary Hinsdale corrections for her Cabinet history, insisting Lodge was never his Senate mouthpiece.",["henry-cabot-lodge","kermit-roosevelt","leslie-m-shaw","thomas-r-lounsbury","mary-hinsdale"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-11-28","A night at Synge's Playboy","In New York Roosevelt attends Synge's Playboy of the Western World as Lady Gregory's guest. He tells John Yeiser he won't speak but says nothing about withdrawing from Nebraska's primary.",["augusta-gregory","john-yeiser"],"New York City"],["1911-11-29","Speaking at Groton","Roosevelt addresses Groton's students and spends time with Quentin. Alice and the Richardsons are with him.",["quentin-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson"],"Groton School"],["1911-11-30","St. Mark's School address","Roosevelt speaks to the boys of St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts.",[],"St. Mark's School"],["1911-12-01","December, and no to the nomination","Roosevelt starts December at home in Oyster Bay, often going in to his Manhattan office, and tells James R. Garfield he does not want the nomination.",["james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-02","Silver wedding anniversary","Theodore and Edith mark 25 years of marriage. The Outlook runs his essay on reverent inquiry, discussing books by Thomas Dwight and Émile Boutroux, and he writes George Sheldon, Dan Hanna and James Kennedy about 1904 donations, muckrakers and the nomination.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","e-h-harriman","george-r-sheldon","dan-r-hanna","james-kennedy","thomas-dwight","emile-boutroux"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-03","Telling Sheffield to stick with school","Roosevelt urges his nephew Sheffield Cowles not to quit school.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-04","A warning for Archie Butt","Janetta Alexander visits as Congress reconvenes. In Washington, Alice passes Archie Butt a spoken message from Roosevelt: leave his White House post for his own sake, since the strain is showing.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","archibald-butt","janetta-alexander"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-05","Nomination would be a calamity","Roosevelt turns down Millard Bloomes's December 30 banquet and discusses treaties. He tells Ben Lindsey a 1912 nomination would be a disaster for him personally, though he would accept it.",["millard-bloomes","benjamin-b-lindsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-06","Defending a third term in principle","Roosevelt tells Herbert Parsons he doesn't seek the nomination but insists he could rightly serve again after a gap.",["herbert-parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-08","A brief note to Harvier","Roosevelt dashes off a short note to Ernest Harvier.",["ernest-harvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-09","The American hunter-naturalist","The Outlook publishes Roosevelt's piece on the American hunter-naturalist.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-10","Auchincloss visitors","Priscilla and J. Howland Auchincloss and Cornelia Landon visit Sagamore Hill.",["priscilla-s-auchincloss","j-howland-auchincloss","cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-11","California and the McNamara trial","Roosevelt writes Charles Willard about California politics, Taft, the Progressives, his possible nomination, and the McNamara brothers' trial for the Los Angeles Times bombing.",["william-howard-taft","charles-d-willard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-12","Travelers Club in Boston","In Boston Roosevelt attends a Travelers Club meeting. He tells Ray Stannard Baker, a La Follette man, he doesn't want the nomination, and warns Pinchot that George Record's extreme plans drive people away.",["george-l-record","robert-m-la-follette","ray-stannard-baker","gifford-pinchot"],"Boston"],["1911-12-13","Harvard Overseers and Progressive talks","Still in Boston, Roosevelt attends a Harvard Overseers meeting and confers with Progressive Republicans, assuring Baker and Gilson Gardner he won't take the nomination from La Follette. He writes Lodge about his speech against direct democracy and Bishop about avoiding the nomination.",["ray-stannard-baker","gilson-gardner","robert-m-la-follette","henry-cabot-lodge","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Boston"],["1911-12-14","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-15","The Grenfells visit; dynamite essay","Young guests and Labrador missionary Wilfred Grenfell and his wife Anna visit. The Outlook prints Roosevelt's 'Murder is Murder' piece on the dynamite case.",["josephine-osborn","chalmers-wood-jr","helene-coster","hamilton-fish-jr","evelyn-irving","maurice-irving","wilfred-grenfell","anna-grenfell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-16","Preaching at the Labor Temple","In New York Roosevelt preaches a lay sermon on applied Christianity at the Labor Temple.",[],"Labor Temple"],["1911-12-17","Sunday at home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-18","Joking about the nomination","Julian Kerns visits. Roosevelt sends a playful letter to William Allen White about not wanting the nomination, repeats the point to Garfield, and writes George Sheldon about 1904 campaign money.",["julian-kerns","william-allen-white","james-r-garfield","george-r-sheldon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-20","Bannard briefs Taft","Otto Bannard informs President Taft in Washington that Roosevelt would enter the race should Taft stand aside. TR writes Herbert Croly about his 1900 vice-presidential nomination for Croly's book on Mark Hanna.",["otto-t-bannard","william-howard-taft","mark-hanna","herbert-croly"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-21","A photo for a namesake","Roosevelt writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler on treaties, trusts, the nomination and the field; introduces Medill McCormick to Cecil Lyon; writes Franklin K. Lane; and sends his picture to young Kermit Roosevelt Nothstein, a boy named for his son.",["medill-mccormick","william-j-oliver","william-howard-taft","woodrow-wilson","robert-m-la-follette","benjamin-ide-wheeler","cecil-a-lyon","kermit-roosevelt-nothstein","franklin-k-lane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-23","Quentin, taller than his father","The Outlook prints Roosevelt's Carnegie Hall speech on women and children. He writes Archie that Quentin has come home half an inch taller than his father, and tells William Howland he is not a candidate, though he'd accept a draft. Other letters go to Watts, Lodge, Hulbert and Archibald Gracie.",["quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","rudyard-kipling","harvey-watts","henry-cabot-lodge","william-hulbert","archibald-gracie","william-b-howland"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-24","Christmas Eve at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home on Christmas Eve; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-25","Christmas with chopping and a long walk","Kermit, Archie, Quentin, Alice and Nick, and Laura Roosevelt with her children Oliver and Nick spend Christmas at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt and Nick Longworth chop wood in the morning, and TR takes a walk of three or four hours in the afternoon.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt","oliver-w-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-26","Outgrown by his youngest","Roosevelt writes Ted that Christmas loses some edge when the youngest is taller than his father. He hopes to give Kermit advice and to talk politics with Ted.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-27","Only an overwhelming call","Nick and Alice Longworth visit. Roosevelt tells William F. Knox he would accept the nomination only if public demand were overwhelming.",["nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-f-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-29","Remembering Komura","Francis C. Gray visits. Roosevelt writes Japanese diplomat Kogoro Takahira on Jutaro Komura's death, the Portsmouth peace and China.",["komura-jutaro","francis-c-gray","kogoro-takahira"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-30","Denouncing the Russian treaty's end","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's attack on abrogating the treaty with Russia, which was dropped because Russia barred Jewish Americans from travel, and his denial concerning Republican campaign contributions.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1911-12-31","Year's end; Ted takes a banking job","Roosevelt ends the year at Sagamore Hill. Around this time Ted joins the New York investment bank Bertron Griscom & Co. and moves with Eleanor and Grace to East 74th Street, and Kermit's article on desert sheep appears in Scribner's.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-01","New Year at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt begins 1912 at Oyster Bay, making regular trips to his Manhattan office.",[],"New York City"],["1912-01-02","Staying on Nebraska's ballot","Roosevelt tells George Norris he won't ask to be removed from Nebraska's primary, rebuts stories to Thomas Robins that he was pandering to labor, and writes Jacob Schiff about a remark on Oscar Straus and a 'Jew in the Cabinet' falsely pinned on him.",["oscar-straus","george-norris","thomas-robins","jacob-schiff"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-04","Lawrence Abbott on TR and Taft","Lawrence Abbott publishes an article in a Cornwall, New York, paper about the relationship between Roosevelt and Taft.",["lawrence-abbott","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-05","Garfield and Mike Donovan call","At The Outlook, Roosevelt's callers include James R. Garfield and his old boxing teacher Mike Donovan. He writes Lodge about the arbitration treaties.",["james-r-garfield","mike-donovan","henry-cabot-lodge"],"The Outlook"],["1912-01-06","New Mexico joins the Union","New Mexico enters the Union as the 47th state. The Outlook runs Roosevelt's piece on judges, drawn from his Carnegie Hall speech, and he writes Bernardo San Severino about possible U.S. arbitration between Italy and Turkey, then at war.",["bernardo-san-severino"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-07","Conferring with Stimson","Roosevelt meets with Henry L. Stimson at Sagamore Hill.",["henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-09","Speech at the Aldine Club","Roosevelt speaks at an Aldine Club dinner in New York. He writes Florence Kelley that he could become a fierce suffragist if convinced women would fight sexual vice, and trades notes with William Ward, Herbert Parsons, a Taft man, and Henry Needham about the nomination.",["william-ward","florence-kelley","herbert-parsons","henry-beach-needham"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-10","Lunch with McAneny and Prendergast","In the city, Roosevelt lunches with George McAneny and William Prendergast, and urges Senator William Borah to oppose the arbitration treaties unless amended.",["george-mcaneny","william-a-prendergast","william-e-borah"],"New York City"],["1912-01-11","Advice to David Goodrich","Roosevelt suggests David Goodrich leave Wall Street for state government in New Mexico.",["david-goodrich"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-12","Edith ill with erysipelas","At The Outlook Roosevelt sees callers including Frankfurter. He tells Bamie he expects Taft to win renomination, ice covers the roads, and Edith, sick with erysipelas, is recovering in the sunny old nursery. He also writes Charles Brown recalling a long-ago Maine trip with Sewall and Dow.",["felix-frankfurter","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sewall","wilmot-dow","william-howard-taft","charles-brown"],"The Outlook"],["1912-01-13","A Roosevelt committee forms in Chicago","Alice and Cornelia Landon visit, and The Outlook prints four Roosevelt pieces. In Chicago, Tribune editor James Keeley, William Ward, Frank Knox and John C. O'Laughlin set up a Roosevelt National Committee against his wishes.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","robley-d-evans","cornelia-landon","william-ward","frank-knox","john-callan-o-laughlin","james-keeley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-14","Butt and Corinne talk of the feud","At a luncheon at the Longworths' in Washington, Archie Butt and Corinne discuss the bitterness between Taft and Roosevelt.",["archibald-butt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-15","Birds' nests and Darwin","Roosevelt praises Francis Herrick's pamphlet on how birds build nests, and discusses Darwin and his theories.",["charles-darwin","francis-herrick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-16","Won't seek it, would accept it","With Roosevelt headquarters now open in Chicago, he tells Frank Munsey he will not chase the nomination but would take it if offered, and recalls how Lincoln weathered press attacks. He writes Senator Elihu Root on the treaties.",["elihu-root","abraham-lincoln","frank-a-munsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is on record for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-18","Planning the governors' letter","On Bamie's 57th birthday, Roosevelt works with Michigan's Governor Chase Osborn to arrange a joint letter from seven Progressive governors urging him to run; his planned reply: he won't go after it, but he would serve if chosen.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","chase-s-osborn","hiram-johnson","william-e-glasscock","walter-r-stubbs","herbert-s-hadley","robert-p-bass"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-19","Who wrote the Sherman Act","Roosevelt writes former Senator Joseph Foraker about who authored the Sherman Antitrust Act, and Henry Stimson about the U.S. Steel case.",["joseph-b-foraker","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-20","Telling the governors he'll serve","Horace White and Everett Colby call at The Outlook, which runs Roosevelt's article on the George Junior Republic. He writes the Progressive governors that he would run if nominated.",["horace-white","everett-colby","hiram-johnson","william-e-glasscock","walter-r-stubbs","herbert-s-hadley","robert-p-bass"],"The Outlook"],["1912-01-21","Sunday guests","Eliot Cross, Joseph Burden and Cornelia Landon visit Sagamore Hill.",["eliot-cross","joseph-w-burden","cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-22","The political pot boils","Roosevelt dines in the city with social reformers Homer Folks and Edward Devine. He tells Chase Osborn the moment may have arrived to declare himself publicly and writes Will Cowles and William Allen White.",["homer-folks","edward-t-devine","william-sheffield-cowles","chase-s-osborn","william-allen-white"],"New York City"],["1912-01-23","More letters to the governors","Roosevelt confers with the brother of New Hampshire's Governor Bass, a war correspondent, and writes Governors Hadley, Stubbs, Johnson and Bass about the nomination.",["herbert-s-hadley","walter-r-stubbs","hiram-johnson","robert-p-bass"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-24","Still on the Nebraska ballot","Roosevelt sends a short note to Ernest Harvier and tells Franklin Shotwell his name will stay on Nebraska's primary ballot.",["ernest-harvier","franklin-shotwell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-25","Time to speak out?","Roosevelt writes Kentucky's Governor Augustus Willson that Governor Bass agrees with Willson: the moment has come for TR to declare himself.",["robert-p-bass","augustus-e-willson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-26","Pushing for a children's bureau","Roosevelt lunches in town with Governor Glasscock and Crothers; Norman Hudson and Arthur Hill are guests. He writes White that Governors Hadley and Aldrich advise silence, Perkins on the Palisades and Wilson, Root urging a federal children's bureau, and former Governor John Fort on the nomination.",["william-e-glasscock","crothers","herbert-s-hadley","chester-h-aldrich","woodrow-wilson","elihu-root","norman-hudson","arthur-d-hill","william-allen-white","george-perkins","john-franklin-fort"],"New York City"],["1912-01-27","Lunch with Governor Stubbs","Roosevelt lunches with Kansas Governor Walter Stubbs, Judge Nortoni and John C. O'Laughlin. The Outlook runs his article on the church and the people.",["walter-r-stubbs","albert-d-nortoni","john-callan-o-laughlin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-28","Archie Butt at Sagamore Hill","Archie Butt visits Sagamore Hill, joining a houseful that includes Ambassador Jusserand, Ethel, Ted and Eleanor, and little Grace. Roosevelt has been felling trees that fell across the telephone lines to the house.",["archibald-butt","jean-jules-jusserand","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-29","Touring a Brooklyn factory","At The Outlook Roosevelt sees Governor Carey, Jacob Riis and Reynolds, then tours a Brooklyn factory with William Redfield. He tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop he doubts he could be elected again, and discusses the canal investigations.",["joseph-m-carey","jacob-riis","james-b-reynolds","william-c-redfield","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"The Outlook"],["1912-01-30","Two letters to Chase Osborn","Roosevelt sends Governor Chase Osborn two letters as they consult about the nomination.",["chase-s-osborn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-01-31","Edith takes a city house","Edith leases Laura Roosevelt's house on East 31st Street in Manhattan so she can enjoy plays, the opera and friends, and above all escape the political commotion at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-01","Home base at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt opens February at Sagamore Hill, running into New York City often as talk of a 1912 candidacy builds.",[],"New York City"],["1912-02-02","La Follette stumbles in Philadelphia","A worn-out Senator Robert La Follette gives a rambling talk to publishers in Philadelphia that sinks his own presidential hopes, and many of his backers drift toward Roosevelt. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes to Robert Schauffler about race and stereotypes.",["robert-m-la-follette","robert-schauffler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-03","Quiet Saturday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt spends the day at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-04","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-05","Talks with Pinchot and a leaked letter","Roosevelt meets Gifford Pinchot and fires off letters, including an angry note to Hermann Kohlsaat after his January letter to Frank Munsey about the nomination turned up in print.",["gifford-pinchot","john-c-shaffer","henry-l-stimson","herman-h-kohlsaat","frank-a-munsey"],"New York City"],["1912-02-06","The Goethals family drops by","At The Outlook offices Roosevelt receives Colonel George Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, and Mrs. Goethals, and asks William Allen White to come see him about the nomination.",["george-w-goethals","mrs-george-w-goethals","william-allen-white"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-07","Holding off on an announcement","Roosevelt tells Missouri Governor Herbert Hadley he will wait before declaring for the nomination, writes son-in-law Nick Longworth about his backing of Taft, and hears from Michigan Governor Chase Osborn about direct primaries.",["fort","houser","irvine-lenroot","nicholas-longworth","chase-s-osborn","herbert-s-hadley","william-howard-taft"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-08","A premature report of his candidacy","A Lincoln Steffens piece in the Washington Star wrongly says Roosevelt has entered the race. Roosevelt writes about his old 1904 pledge against a third term and about La Follette's collapse.",["lincoln-steffens","edward-s-martin","walter-r-stubbs","john-callan-o-laughlin","robert-m-la-follette"],"New York City"],["1912-02-09","Outlook callers, then home","Roosevelt sees a caller named Hull at The Outlook before heading back to Sagamore Hill.",["hull"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-10","Seven governors ask him to run","Meeting in Chicago, seven progressive Republican governors, from West Virginia to Wyoming, sign a petition urging Roosevelt to declare for president. He writes William Sulzer about trust legislation.",["william-e-glasscock","chester-h-aldrich","robert-p-bass","joseph-m-carey","walter-r-stubbs","chase-s-osborn","herbert-s-hadley","william-sulzer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-11","Speech to the Historical Society","Roosevelt speaks at a New York Historical Society meeting. Edith writes Kermit that his father now feels he must join the fight since La Follette's collapse, and that politics fill her with dread.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"New-York Historical Society"],["1912-02-12","Taft goes on the attack","On Alice's 28th birthday, President Taft publicly attacks Roosevelt in New York. Roosevelt writes John O'Laughlin about the race and the bogus report of his candidacy.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","william-howard-taft","john-callan-o-laughlin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-13","Seth Bullock comes calling","Old Dakota friend Seth Bullock and D. C. Collier visit The Outlook. Roosevelt tells Nick Longworth he has to speak out and declare, and notes that Loeb, now a Taft appointee, cannot help him.",["d-c-collier","seth-bullock","john-callan-o-laughlin","william-e-dodd","nicholas-longworth","herbert-s-hadley","william-loeb"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-14","A war council at The Outlook","Roosevelt huddles with Pinchot, Bullock, Oscar Straus, California Governor Hiram Johnson and others. Arizona becomes the 48th state. He answers Elihu Root's case against running with his own.",["gifford-pinchot","d-c-collier","seth-bullock","hiram-johnson","oscar-straus","william-rockhill-nelson","flynn","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","augustus-e-willson","elihu-root"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-15","Too tame or too wild?","Amos Pinchot and his brother find Roosevelt's planned Columbus speech too mild; Roosevelt writes back that the Pinchots run a bit too radical. Senator Moses Clapp calls at The Outlook.",["moses-e-clapp","amos-pinchot","gifford-pinchot"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-16","Kansas City editor visits","William Rockhill Nelson of the Kansas City Star calls on Roosevelt at The Outlook.",["william-rockhill-nelson"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-17","An Outlook essay on industrial justice","Alice and Nick mark six years of marriage, and Roosevelt's article \"A Phase of Industrial Justice\" runs in The Outlook.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-18","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing else recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-19","Between Oyster Bay and Manhattan","Roosevelt shuttles between Oyster Bay and Manhattan; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1912-02-20","\"Purely for a principle\"","Roosevelt heads west to Columbus, Ohio. In letters he denies abandoning La Follette and tells Truman Newberry he is in it for principle, though he privately expects Taft to win the nomination.",["william-rockhill-nelson","frank-l-dingley","gilson-gardner","truman-h-newberry","william-howard-taft","robert-m-la-follette"],"The Outlook"],["1912-02-21","\"My hat is in the ring\"","Before the Ohio Legislature Roosevelt delivers \"A Charter of Democracy,\" backing popular recall of judicial decisions, a stand that alarms conservatives and business. Chatting with reporters along the way, he lets it be known that his hat is in the ring. His formal answer to the governors who urged him to run comes three days later.",["james-r-garfield","william-f-knox","frank-a-munsey","truman-h-newberry","william-howard-taft"],"Columbus"],["1912-02-22","Back east and denying rumors","Roosevelt returns to New York and writes Edwin Earl to knock down claims that he drinks to excess.",["edwin-t-earl"],"New York City"],["1912-02-23","Lunch with city reformers","Roosevelt sees Ward and Halpin at The Outlook and lunches with Prendergast, O'Meara and Curry, then writes Senator Joseph Dixon about organizing the campaign.",["ward","halpin","william-a-prendergast","o-meara","curry","joseph-m-dixon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-02-24","Accepting the governors' call","Roosevelt answers the seven governors that he will accept the nomination if it is offered, then dines at Harvard's Porcellian Club. Edith and Ethel set off for South America, and two of his essays appear in The Outlook.",["william-e-glasscock","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Porcellian Club"],["1912-02-25","Judge Grant's house at the center","In Boston Roosevelt stays with Judge Robert Grant, whose home suddenly becomes the focus of national attention as the reply to the governors is released. Dinner brings in William Allen White, Arthur Hill and William Thayer.",["robert-grant","arthur-d-hill","william-roscoe-thayer","william-allen-white"],"Boston"],["1912-02-26","Backing primaries in Massachusetts","Roosevelt tells the Massachusetts legislature he supports direct nominations and primaries, then shifts his lodging to J. D. Cushing's house. New Hampshire Governor Robert Bass drops by.",["j-d-cushing","robert-p-bass","robert-grant"],"Boston"],["1912-02-27","Dinner with Harvard's president","Roosevelt confers with Robert Bass and Matthew Hale, dines with Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, and stays with W. S. Bigelow.",["robert-p-bass","matthew-hale","abbott-lawrence-lowell","william-sturgis-bigelow"],"Boston"],["1912-02-28","Harvard Overseers, then home","Roosevelt sits in on a Harvard Board of Overseers meeting in Cambridge, lunches with Arthur Hill, and returns to New York.",["arthur-d-hill"],"Cambridge"],["1912-02-29","Campaign staff takes shape","Roosevelt's campaign team forms: Senator Joseph Dixon runs the New York office, Truman Newberry the Chicago money operation, and John O'Laughlin Washington. He writes Hadley that he is officially in, and tells Will Cowles judicial recall has split him from Lodge.",["bloomer","walter-r-stubbs","joseph-m-dixon","revell","mccormick","william-f-knox","truman-h-newberry","john-callan-o-laughlin","herbert-croly","william-sheffield-cowles","francis-e-mcgovern","dan-r-hanna","herbert-s-hadley","henry-cabot-lodge"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-01","\"Warm personal affection\" for Lodge","Roosevelt assures Henry Cabot Lodge that their split over the campaign will not cool his affection, and hosts William Allen White, Regis Post, Judge Hand and others for dinner at Sagamore Hill.",["walter-r-stubbs","henry-moskowitz","william-allen-white","regis-h-post","learned-hand","henry-cabot-lodge","john-d-long","thomas-doherty","melvin-grisby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-02","Archie Butt sails for Rome","Torn in loyalty between Taft and Roosevelt, both of whom he served as aide, Major Archie Butt leaves for a rest in Italy. Roosevelt's \"The Court of the Children\" runs in The Outlook.",["charles-b-landis","archibald-butt","richmond-pearson","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-03","Sunday visitors and family","Senator Albert Beveridge and C. B. Landis call at Sagamore Hill, and the guest book records his sister Corinne, her husband Douglas Robinson, Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Frances Theodora Parsons.",["albert-beveridge","charles-b-landis","benjamin-ide-wheeler","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","frances-theodora-parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-04","A candidate on jury duty","Even mid-campaign, Roosevelt reports for jury service at Mineola. He asks Ormsby McHarg to assure him no Southern votes have been bought.",["ormsby-mcharg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-05","Grief for Corinne, fire for the fight","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne in sorrow after her infant grandchild dies of whooping cough. He also tells Andrew Carnegie he has \"not changed\" and owes a duty to the people, and complains to Matthew Hale that party bosses oppose him.",["william-allen-white","robert-j-wynne","w-bourke-cockran","hooker","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","albert-strauss","arthur-d-hill","matthew-hale","walter-r-stubbs","charles-bonaparte","james-r-garfield","herbert-knox-smith","henry-l-stimson","andrew-carnegie","william-howard-taft"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-06","Alice stops by during jury week","George Perkins calls at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt serves another day on the Mineola jury, and daughter Alice signs the guest book.",["george-perkins","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-07","Back in the jury box","Roosevelt again sits as a juror at Mineola.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-08","Government \"by the people\"","Roosevelt writes Senator Joseph Dixon that the progressive fight is about putting the people's will into effect, not prizes for individuals. Six states hold their first direct primaries this year.",["duell","hooker","joseph-m-dixon"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-09","A Saturday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-10","Judge Lindsey to dinner","Juvenile-court reformer Judge Ben Lindsey and McCormick dine at Sagamore Hill.",["benjamin-b-lindsey","mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-11","Up against \"a hard combination\"","After another day of jury service, Roosevelt writes Congressman Charles Lindbergh, the aviator's father, about North Dakota, and tells Governor Bass that officeholders, bosses, newspapers and money are stacked against them.",["charles-a-lindbergh","robert-p-bass"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-12","War loans and the ICC","Between jury sessions Roosevelt lunches with Stoddard and Duell, and writes about the North Dakota primary and about taking a stand against loans for international wars.",["henry-l-stoddard","duell","william-f-knox","oscar-king-davis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-13","A meeting with Ward","Roosevelt confers with a man named Ward at Sagamore Hill.",["ward"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-14","No bodyguard, thanks","Roosevelt declines an offer from former Rough Rider John Rhoades to act as his bodyguard, and complains to Senator Moses Clapp that Massachusetts lacks seasoned leaders. William Draper Lewis and George Rublee visit.",["moses-e-clapp","john-d-rhoades","william-draper-lewis","george-rublee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-15","A full house at The Outlook","A stream of supporters, including Amos Pinchot, Beveridge, Perkins, Frank Munsey and Governors Hadley and Glasscock, crowds into The Outlook to see Roosevelt.",["william-h-hotchkiss","amos-pinchot","albert-beveridge","george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","revell","henry-l-stoddard","walter-f-brown","herbert-s-hadley","william-e-glasscock"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-16","Bracing for North Dakota","Expecting to lose North Dakota, Roosevelt tells Dixon to call a La Follette win a progressive triumph since it rebukes the administration. He bristles at Hermann Kohlsaat's plea to quit and notes Taft men purging his federal supporters.",["joseph-m-dixon","revell","walter-f-brown","duell","herman-h-kohlsaat","robert-m-la-follette","william-howard-taft"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-17","Pure-food crusader calls","Dr. Harvey Wiley and Richmond Pearson visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["harvey-w-wiley","richmond-pearson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-18","Doubts about winning","Roosevelt lunches with Father York in Huntington and confides to Joseph Bucklin Bishop that he sees no chance of taking the nomination.",["father-york","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Huntington"],["1912-03-19","La Follette takes North Dakota","Edith and Ethel return from Panama, Tobago and Costa Rica. In North Dakota's primary La Follette wins 34,123 votes to Roosevelt's 23,669, with Taft far behind at 1,876. A delegation of Black New Yorkers from Harlem visits The Outlook.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","robert-m-la-follette","william-howard-taft"],"The Outlook"],["1912-03-20","Carnegie Hall case for popular rule","At Carnegie Hall Roosevelt makes the case for popular government, calling for leaders who dream greatly, and clarifies that recall would never apply to judges or the Supreme Court.",[],"Carnegie Hall"],["1912-03-21","\"Much alone here\"","Owen Wister signs the guest book. Roosevelt thanks North Dakota's campaign manager and writes Arthur Lee in England that he feels isolated, rates his chances very low, and is moved by Lee's loyalty.",["joseph-m-dixon","john-f-bass","arthur-lee","owen-wister"],"New York City"],["1912-03-22","Off to Maine","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Portland, Maine.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-23","Speaking in Portland","In Portland Roosevelt meets with Robert Bass, McCormick, F. Hale and Frank Dingley, then gives a speech.",["robert-p-bass","mccormick","f-hale","frank-l-dingley","cornelia-landon","chester-burden"],"Portland"],["1912-03-24","Friends across a political divide","After meetings in Portland Roosevelt returns to New York, where he and Edith see Cabot and Nannie Lodge; the two men keep their friendship intact despite their split.",["matthew-hale","e-e-smith","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frederick-swift","george-marius"],"Portland"],["1912-03-25","Stumping on the East Side","Roosevelt gives speeches on Manhattan's Lower East Side.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-26","Crushed in the New York primary","In a deliberately confusing New York primary with a ballot 14 feet long, Taft routs Roosevelt, who wins just 13 delegates. Roosevelt sets out on a Western speaking tour and thanks John St. Loe Strachey for defending him in the British press.",["william-howard-taft","john-st-loe-strachey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-03-27","Fort Wayne and Chicago","Roosevelt speaks in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and in Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1912-03-28","Rallying Missouri","In St. Louis Roosevelt gives speeches and meets with his Missouri backers.",[],"St. Louis"],["1912-03-29","Whistle-stops across Iowa and Minnesota","Roosevelt speaks at ten stops in a single day, from Cedar Rapids and Waterloo in Iowa to the Twin Cities of Minnesota.",["isabella-hagner"],"Albert Lea"],["1912-03-30","Through Michigan to Milwaukee","The tour crosses Michigan with six speeches, ending in Detroit, then pushes on to Milwaukee.",[],"Ann Arbor"],["1912-03-31","Home to sad news","Roosevelt returns to New York and Oyster Bay. Aunt Lizzie dies, and his old friend Henry Adams is disabled by a stroke.",["aunt-lizzie","henry-adams"],"New York City"],["1912-04-01","Catching breath at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill between campaign swings; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-02","Heading south to campaign","After seeing Duell and George Henry Payne at The Outlook, Roosevelt leaves on a speaking swing through the South.",["duell","george-henry-payne"],"The Outlook"],["1912-04-03","Fourteen stops in two states","Roosevelt works his way by rail through southern West Virginia, from Ronceverte to Huntington, then across Kentucky, ending the day in Louisville.",[],"Ashland"],["1912-04-04","Along the Ohio River","More rear-platform speeches carry Roosevelt from Point Pleasant and Parkersburg in West Virginia to Covington, Augusta and Maysville in Kentucky.",[],"Augusta"],["1912-04-05","Martinsburg, then west","Roosevelt speaks in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and boards a train for Chicago.",[],"Chicago"],["1912-04-06","Ten Illinois towns in a day","Roosevelt barnstorms Illinois from Rockford to Springfield. Back east, Collier's Weekly prints Kermit's hunting story \"After Moose in New Brunswick.\"",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Amboy"],["1912-04-07","Easter at Lincoln's tomb","On Easter Sunday in Springfield, Roosevelt lunches with Illinois Governor Charles Deneen and visits Abraham Lincoln's grave.",["charles-s-deneen","abraham-lincoln"],"Lincoln Tomb"],["1912-04-08","Downstate Illinois and Indiana","Roosevelt speaks in Danville, Decatur, Mattoon, Urbana and other Illinois towns, then in Peru and Fort Wayne, Indiana.",[],"Clinton"],["1912-04-09","First primary win: Illinois","Roosevelt carries the Illinois primary two to one over Taft, his first victory, taking 56 of 58 delegates. New York's Republican convention goes for Taft. It is also Archie's 18th birthday, and Roosevelt speaks in Pittsburgh.",["archibald-roosevelt","william-howard-taft"],"Pittsburgh"],["1912-04-10","Crossing Pennsylvania","Roosevelt speaks his way east across Pennsylvania from Jeannette to Philadelphia. He wires Medill McCormick that Illinois was a win over bosses and money, and laments delegates lost in Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana conventions.",["medill-mccormick"],"Altoona"],["1912-04-11","Last Pennsylvania stops","Roosevelt speaks in Easton, Reading and Allentown before returning to New York and Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-12","Into New England","Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay for New England and speaks in Springfield, Massachusetts.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-13","Pennsylvania delivers","Roosevelt wins the Pennsylvania primary, taking 55 of 64 delegates, while he campaigns through Worcester and other Massachusetts towns and on to Nashua, Concord and Manchester in New Hampshire. Alice signs the guest book.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Ayer"],["1912-04-14","The Titanic goes down with Archie Butt","As Roosevelt returns home, the liner Titanic, bound for New York, collides with an iceberg and goes down in the North Atlantic. Among the dead is Major Archie Butt, his former military aide, coming home from his rest in Europe.",["archibald-butt"],"New York City"],["1912-04-15","Westward again","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill on another Western speaking trip.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-16","Talk of a third party","Speaking across western Illinois and southern Iowa, Roosevelt writes Michigan Governor Chase Osborn that a third party is possible should party bosses steal the nomination, and blasts the Taft managers' tactics.",["chase-s-osborn","william-howard-taft"],"Aurora"],["1912-04-17","Hastings and Omaha","Roosevelt takes his campaign into Nebraska with speeches in Hastings and Omaha.",[],"Omaha"],["1912-04-18","No debate with Gardner","Roosevelt crisscrosses southeastern Nebraska with ten speeches. By telegram he refuses Congressman Augustus Gardner's challenge to debate, and answers Gardner's claims that he went easy on Morgan-backed trusts.",["thomas-robins","augustus-p-gardner","william-lorimer","winthrop-murray-crane","j-pierpont-morgan"],"Auburn"],["1912-04-19","Sweeping Nebraska and Kansas","Roosevelt wins all 16 Nebraska delegates, polling 46,795 votes to La Follette's 16,785 and Taft's 13,341, and takes most of Kansas. Edith tells Arthur Lee his hair is curling hard, which she jokingly credits to psychic electricity.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","arthur-lee","nicholas-roosevelt","robert-m-la-follette","william-howard-taft"],"Kansas"],["1912-04-20","His voice gives out","Roosevelt speaks in Oklahoma and in three Arkansas towns, including Little Rock, then wires Oscar King Davis that his voice is failing and the rear-platform speeches must stop. \"On Natural Resources\" appears in The Outlook.",["oscar-king-davis"],"Fort Smith"],["1912-04-21","Rolling toward North Carolina","Roosevelt spends Sunday traveling to North Carolina.",[],"North Carolina"],["1912-04-22","Greensboro and Salisbury","Roosevelt campaigns in North Carolina with speeches in Greensboro and Salisbury.",["teresa-richardson"],"Greensboro"],["1912-04-23","Taft takes New Hampshire","Roosevelt heads home as Taft wins New Hampshire's primary by about two votes to one.",["william-howard-taft"],"New York City"],["1912-04-24","Puzzled by \"Gussy\"","Roosevelt writes Lodge wondering why Lodge's son-in-law, Congressman Augustus Gardner, has attacked him personally, and discusses Lodge's letters about Senators Lorimer and Crane.",["henry-cabot-lodge","augustus-p-gardner","william-lorimer","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-25","Taft fights back, then weeps","In Boston President Taft finally answers Roosevelt, charging him with breaking his no-third-term pledge, flip-flopping on Canadian reciprocity, and pushing recall; offstage Taft breaks down in tears. Roosevelt has already been calling Taft a \"fathead\" on the stump.",["hapgood","amos-pinchot","william-howard-taft","mrs-j-west-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-26","Firing back in Worcester","Roosevelt leaves for Massachusetts and, in Worcester, tosses aside his prepared text to tell a roaring crowd that Taft has deliberately twisted his record.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-27","Southeastern Massachusetts swing","Roosevelt speaks in six towns between Brockton and Fall River, finishing the day in Boston.",["claire-bird","lita-wright","eleanor-raelteer","dorothy-moran","cornelia-landon"],"Bridgewater"],["1912-04-28","Strategy in Boston","Roosevelt plans strategy with Baxter, Arthur Hill and Matthew Hale and stays with W. S. Bigelow. Edith writes Kermit that his reserved manner, like her own when young, can be mistaken for indifference.",["matthew-hale","arthur-d-hill","baxter","william-sturgis-bigelow","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","oscar-king-davis","william-l-ransom"],"Boston"],["1912-04-29","Mill towns to the Berkshires","On Corinne's 30th wedding anniversary, Roosevelt speaks in Lowell, Lawrence, North Adams and Pittsfield, then returns to New York and Oyster Bay.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-04-30","\"A fight of minutemen\"","Taft narrowly edges Roosevelt in the Massachusetts primary, 86,722 votes to 83,099, though eight at-large delegates pledge to Roosevelt. Roosevelt sweeps Oregon's 10 delegates, and Washington State's results are in dispute.",["william-howard-taft","ernest-harvier","francis-j-heney","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-01","Bowing to the Massachusetts vote","Roosevelt says he will honor the Massachusetts preference vote and tells his at-large delegates to back Taft, though they later stay with him at the convention. Pennsylvania's state convention hands him all 12 at-large delegates on top of his 55 from the primary.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-02","Off to Maryland","After callers Matthew Hale and C. H. Thompson, Roosevelt leaves for Maryland. He explains to Lodge why he held off criticizing Senator Crane before the Massachusetts vote.",["matthew-hale","c-h-thompson","henry-cabot-lodge","winthrop-murray-crane"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-03","Eastern Shore to Baltimore","Roosevelt campaigns in Salisbury and Havre de Grace and in Baltimore.",[],"Baltimore"],["1912-05-04","Taft vows to hit hard","While Roosevelt works western Maryland from Westminster to Cumberland, Taft tells a Hyattsville crowd that though he is a man of peace, he will hit hard when cornered.",["william-howard-taft"],"Hyattsville"],["1912-05-05","Home for Sunday","Roosevelt travels back to New York and Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-06","Planning Ohio with Garfield","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt meets Walter F. Brown and James Garfield, both key to his Ohio effort.",["walter-f-brown","james-r-garfield"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-07","Thin support in New York","Four callers, Amos Pinchot among them, visit The Outlook. Roosevelt writes Paul Murphy about his meager backing in New York State.",["amos-pinchot","hooker","ward","alexander-p-moore","ernest-harvier","paul-murphy"],"The Outlook"],["1912-05-08","Dinner with the Garfields","Ward calls, and James and Helen Garfield and Grace Alexander are guests; the Roosevelts dine with the Garfields.",["ward","helen-garfield","james-r-garfield","grace-alexander"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-09","Protecting Nick","Roosevelt writes Nick Longworth about Ohio and instructs Walter Brown that nothing in the campaign should set him against his son-in-law.",["nicholas-longworth","walter-f-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-10","On Buddhism","Roosevelt sends William Sturgis Bigelow his thoughts on Bigelow's Buddhism book.",["william-sturgis-bigelow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-11","\"I never drink whisky at all\"","Roosevelt refuses to be filmed with Boy Scouts, calling it cheap, and tells George Payne he drinks no whisky and no wine on the road. He bars his committee from buying liquor that critics could use against him.",["oscar-king-davis","george-henry-payne","margaret-roosevelt","evelyn-irving"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-12","Quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no further activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-13","\"Egotist\" and \"demagogue\"","As Roosevelt leaves for Ohio, Taft brands him an egotist and a demagogue. Roosevelt writes Elon Hooker about the crooked New York primary of March 26.",["william-howard-taft","elon-h-hooker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-14","California comes through","Roosevelt barnstorms a dozen eastern Ohio towns from Bellaire to Canton and wins California's primary and all 26 delegates, though Taft claims two from San Francisco. He tells Arthur Lee that Taft is \"a good bit of a blackguard.\"",["arthur-lee","william-howard-taft"],"Alliance"],["1912-05-15","Fourteen stops and an insult","Roosevelt speaks in fourteen Ohio towns from Kenton to Dayton. In Chicago, real estate man R. M. Patterson tells the newspapers Roosevelt is insane.",["r-m-patterson"],"Bellefontaine"],["1912-05-16","Northwest Ohio to Toledo","Roosevelt speaks in Greenville, Piqua, Lima and Defiance before ending in Toledo.",[],"Toledo"],["1912-05-17","Southern Ohio to the capital","From Ironton on the Ohio River, Roosevelt campaigns north through Chillicothe, Athens and Lancaster to Columbus.",[],"Columbus"],["1912-05-18","Marion to Cleveland","Roosevelt speaks in Marion, Delaware, Mansfield and Akron and closes the day in Cleveland.",[],"Cleveland"],["1912-05-19","Sunday with the Garfields","Roosevelt rests at Mentor, Ohio, as a guest of James and Helen Garfield.",["james-r-garfield","helen-garfield"],"Mentor"],["1912-05-20","Through the Muskingum valley","Roosevelt's final Ohio swing runs from Marietta through Zanesville and Newark to New Philadelphia.",[],"Coshocton"],["1912-05-21","Taft beaten in his home state","Roosevelt wins Taft's own Ohio, 165,809 votes to 118,362, with La Follette at 15,570, taking 34 of 42 delegates. Alice backs her father while the Longworth family stands with Taft, leaving Nick caught in the middle.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","william-howard-taft","robert-m-la-follette"],"New York City"],["1912-05-22","A day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill between campaign trips.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-23","A dozen New Jersey towns","Roosevelt speaks across northern New Jersey from Paterson to Jersey City. He writes about Little Missouri roundups, Denver elections, and convention plans, pushing Governor Hadley over Elihu Root for temporary chairman.",["mrs-pierce","benjamin-b-lindsey","joseph-m-dixon","herbert-s-hadley","elihu-root"],"Belleville"],["1912-05-24","South Jersey to Trenton","Roosevelt campaigns from Burlington through Egg Harbor City and Atlantic City to Camden and Trenton, and writes T. R. McAnally about the contested Washington primaries.",["t-r-mcanally"],"Atlantic City"],["1912-05-25","Shore towns and McGovern","Roosevelt speaks in eleven central New Jersey towns from Trenton to Elizabeth and tells Senator Dixon he wants Wisconsin Governor Francis McGovern as the convention's permanent chairman.",["joseph-m-dixon","francis-e-mcgovern"],"Bound Brook"],["1912-05-26","No strings attached","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt meets Senator Dixon and Medill McCormick, and writes Dixon that he welcomes industrialists like T. Coleman du Pont but will promise them nothing.",["joseph-m-dixon","medill-mccormick","t-coleman-du-pont"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-27","Northern New Jersey, and a weary Edith","Roosevelt campaigns from Hoboken and Bayonne west to Phillipsburg. At home, Edith apologizes in a note to Ethel for being stern, writing that she has much to bear.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Bayonne"],["1912-05-28","New Jersey goes for Roosevelt","Roosevelt wins the New Jersey primary. He urges Senator Clapp to fund more battleships, discusses Trevelyan's new book, declines to pick a running mate, and seeks a convention alliance with La Follette's delegates.",["moses-e-clapp","george-otto-trevelyan","william-rockhill-nelson","brooks-adams","francis-e-mcgovern","robert-m-la-follette","laura-wolcott-lowndes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-05-29","Bound for Gettysburg","Roosevelt dines with Regis Post and Reynolds in New York, then leaves for Gettysburg.",["regis-h-post","james-b-reynolds"],"New York City"],["1912-05-30","Decoration Day at Gettysburg","Roosevelt gives a Memorial Day address on the Gettysburg battlefield and returns to New York.",[],"Gettysburg"],["1912-05-31","\"Hold a separate convention\"","Roosevelt has now won primaries in nine states, from Illinois to Oregon. He accuses Taft of stealing delegates and wires Arizona allies to meet on their own if unseated.",["c-dewey","medill-mccormick","oscar-straus","bainbridge-colby","w-s-edwards","frederick-w-whitridge","arthur-d-hill","john-c-greenway","frank-harper","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-01","Illinois delegates come calling","A delegation from Illinois visits Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, along with McNinch, Revell, F. Hale and C. Dewey.",["f-hale","revell","c-dewey","mcninch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-02","A full Sunday guest book","Ted and Eleanor visit Sagamore Hill along with Evelyn Irving, the Leigh Hunt family, Hapgood, Hand, Joseph Cutting and George Rublee.",["evelyn-irving","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","leigh-s-j-hunt","mrs-leigh-hunt","helen-leigh-hunt","joseph-cutting","george-rublee","hand","hapgood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-03","Rival conventions in Arizona","Roosevelt confers with Perkins, Gifford Pinchot, Frank Kellogg, Senator Dixon and others. Arizona's Republican convention picks only Taft delegates, and Roosevelt's backers there meet on their own.",["george-perkins","gifford-pinchot","ward","frank-b-kellogg","joseph-m-dixon","andrew-rahn","truxtun-beale","edwin-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-04","Against Root as chairman","Roosevelt tells William Kent he will fight Elihu Root's selection as temporary convention chairman, and explains his views on recall to Sydney Brooks.",["gifford-pinchot","bainbridge-colby","truxtun-beale","regis-h-post","wilford-b-hoggatt","joseph-m-dixon","william-kent","sydney-brooks","albert-cross","elihu-root"],"The Outlook"],["1912-06-05","Planning with Pinchot","Roosevelt plans with Hapgood, Judge Hand, McCormick and Gifford Pinchot at Sagamore Hill.",["gifford-pinchot","medill-mccormick","learned-hand","hapgood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-06","National Committee convenes","The Republican National Committee opens its sessions in Chicago. Roosevelt talks with Pittsburgh boss William Flinn, editor Van Valkenburg and publisher Alexander Moore, and writes Lorenzo Lake about federal help after the Mississippi floods.",["william-flinn","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","alexander-p-moore","lorenzo-lake"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-07","Hearst in the wings","Roosevelt tells Oscar Straus that William Randolph Hearst will back him if the Democrats nominate Bryan or Wilson. Enrique Fernandez of Costa Rica signs the guest book.",["c-h-murray","homer-folks","james-r-garfield","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","william-dudley-foulke","oscar-straus","francis-e-leupp","william-randolph-hearst","william-jennings-bryan","woodrow-wilson","enrique-fernandez"],"The Outlook"],["1912-06-08","Platform ideas for Borah","Roosevelt urges Senator William Borah to put conservation, government railroads and harbors for Alaska in the Republican platform; the Progressives later adopt them.",["robert-p-bass","arthur-d-hill","william-draper-lewis","c-h-thompson","james-b-reynolds","e-m-reily","william-e-borah"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-09","Sunday strategy","Roosevelt meets with Richmond Pearson and Truxtun Beale at Sagamore Hill.",["richmond-pearson","truxtun-beale"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-10","Masons on the lawn, a wire to Chicago","Some 400 Masons from three North Shore towns gather on the lawn while Perkins, Munsey and Walter Brown talk platform inside, and two telegraphers in the Gun Room keep a direct line to Chicago. Roosevelt tells Lyman Abbott how much he enjoys working at The Outlook.",["george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","walter-f-brown","lyman-abbott","william-e-glasscock","william-scott","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-11","\"No longer a Republican\"","Roosevelt writes that Kermit has taken a job with the Brazil Railroad Company, asks that a Black delegate second his nomination, and tells James B. Reynolds he no longer considers himself a Republican.",["walter-r-stubbs","william-a-prendergast","amos-pinchot","elon-h-hooker","sydney-d-redmond","james-b-reynolds","edward-c-stokes","kermit-roosevelt"],"The Outlook"],["1912-06-12","Judge Lindsey again","Roosevelt meets Judge Ben Lindsey; a caller named Fort also stops in.",["benjamin-b-lindsey","fort"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-13","A guest at Sagamore Hill","Eleanor Greene signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["eleanor-greene"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-14","Called to Chicago","Alarmed supporters summon Roosevelt after the National Committee hands Taft 238 of 254 contested seats, about a third of the convention. He and Edith leave for Chicago.",["william-howard-taft","edith-kermit-roosevelt","bronson-m-cutting"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-15","Arriving with Roman history in hand","Roosevelt and Edith reach Chicago with books of Roman history and a primary tally of 1,157,397 votes to Taft's 761,716. He speaks at the Congress Hotel and meets McCormick, Dixon, Pinchot, Garfield and Cecil Lyon.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","medill-mccormick","joseph-m-dixon","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","cecil-a-lyon"],"Congress Hotel"],["1912-06-16","Seventy delegates short","Roosevelt is 70 delegates shy of nomination. His daughter Alice with Nick, Kermit, and Ted and Eleanor join him in Chicago as he confers with allies.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","woodruff","victor-rosewater"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-17","\"We stand at Armageddon\"","After meetings with the seven progressive governors, Perkins, Dixon and Pinchot, Roosevelt gives a speech Edith and Alice helped review to a progressive rally at the Coliseum, closing with a call to battle for the Lord.",["george-perkins","joseph-m-dixon","gifford-pinchot","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-06-18","Root takes the gavel","The Republican National Convention opens, and Elihu Root, a Taft man, wins the temporary chairmanship and rules to seat the Taft delegates. Roosevelt keeps meeting with his allies.",["elihu-root","william-howard-taft"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-19","Hadley's motion fails","The convention votes down, 564 to 510, Governor Hadley's motion to keep disputed delegates from voting on their own contests. Roosevelt confers with allies.",["herbert-s-hadley"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-20","Perkins and Munsey pledge their money","As the Credentials Committee argues over seats, George Perkins and Frank Munsey meet Roosevelt late into the night and agree to fund an independent Progressive campaign. Perkins soon becomes his de facto manager. It is Ted and Eleanor's second anniversary.",["george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-21","\"Toot! Toot!\"","With ruling after ruling going to Taft, Roosevelt delegates scrape sandpaper and toot like a steamroller. Allies including Senator Borah, Perkins, Straus and Governors Johnson and Stubbs call on Roosevelt.",["william-e-borah","joseph-m-dixon","william-flinn","george-perkins","oscar-straus","walter-r-stubbs","hiram-johnson"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-22","\"Thou shalt not steal!\"","The Republicans renominate Taft and Sherman; Taft gets 561 votes, Roosevelt 107, and 349 delegates sit out. Roosevelt brands the proceedings void, and his followers gather at the Chicago Opera House to call a new party convention.",["william-howard-taft","james-s-sherman","robert-m-la-follette"],"Chicago Opera House"],["1912-06-23","Organizing for the fight ahead","Roosevelt sets up committees for the new campaign in Chicago, while Alice and Nick take the train back to Washington.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-24","Heading home","After a last round of talks with progressive leaders, Roosevelt and Edith leave Chicago for Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1912-06-25","Building a new party","Roosevelt shares lunch with editor Albert Shaw, Father John Zahm, Dean George Kirchwey and others, and writes about organizing the Progressive Party. Alice and Nick travel to watch the Democratic convention in Baltimore.",["woodruff","halpin","george-w-kirchwey","john-augustine-zahm","albert-shaw","robert-p-perkins","robert-bacon","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","charles-bonaparte","william-a-prendergast","john-glidden"],"The Outlook"],["1912-06-26","A talk with Prendergast","Roosevelt confers with William Prendergast; Delano Andrews and Teresa Richardson sign the guest book.",["william-a-prendergast","delano-andrews","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-27","Brooklyn bolters","Roosevelt meets George Perkins and a group of Brooklyn Republicans who have broken with the party, and writes about the fraudulent convention.",["george-perkins","ernest-harvier","edward-c-stokes","brooks-adams","chase-s-osborn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-28","\"A fight that must be made\"","As the Democratic convention deadlocks, Roosevelt hopes Champ Clark wins. He tells Rider Haggard the fight is worth making, discusses protective coloration with Frank Chapman, and writes Hadley that the Republican Party is finished as a tool for reform.",["william-h-hotchkiss","champ-clark","h-rider-haggard","chase-s-osborn","frank-m-chapman","herbert-s-hadley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-29","Opera House speech in print","The Outlook publishes the speech Roosevelt gave at the Chicago Opera House on June 22.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-06-30","First film at Sagamore Hill","Cameras record Roosevelt at home for the first time: riding his horse Sidar, romping with three dogs, and chopping down a tree with Archie's help. Kermit and Alice tour the African specimens at the Smithsonian, and Ted's wife Eleanor and their baby Grace are staying at Sagamore Hill.",["archibald-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-01","Wary of a progressive Democrat","R. S. McCormick calls, and Roosevelt warns William Dudley Foulke that a progressive Democratic nominee would likely carry the election.",["robert-s-mccormick","william-dudley-foulke"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-02","Democrats choose Wilson","On the 43rd ballot in Baltimore, the Democrats nominate New Jersey's reform governor Woodrow Wilson, with Alice and Kermit watching. Roosevelt lunches with Dixon, Munsey, Croly and Outlook editors and writes that Wilson's nomination makes his own path much harder.",["joseph-m-dixon","frank-a-munsey","c-h-thompson","herbert-croly","lawrence-abbott","harold-j-howland","woodrow-wilson","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","miles-poindexter","john-f-bass","henry-j-allen"],"The Outlook"],["1912-07-03","Settling on a run","Roosevelt meets Perkins, Munsey and Flinn and writes Herbert Knox Smith about his decision to run for president.",["george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","william-flinn","herbert-knox-smith"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-04","Independence Day meeting","Roosevelt spends the Fourth at Sagamore Hill conferring with C. H. Thompson.",["c-h-thompson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-05","Osborn defects to Wilson","Roosevelt confers with McCormick, Dixon, Perkins and Stoddard, and writes Governor Chase Osborn, who has publicly backed Wilson, and Paul Ewart about false drinking stories.",["medill-mccormick","joseph-m-dixon","george-perkins","henry-l-stoddard","chase-s-osborn","paul-ewart","chester-burden","roger-straus","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-06","Dissecting Taft's majority","Callers including Ransom, Heney and Merriam visit, and Roosevelt meets Perkins. His analysis of how Taft's convention majority was built runs in The Outlook.",["william-l-ransom","francis-j-heney","alsop","charles-e-merriam","george-perkins","william-o-lynch"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-07","The call for a Progressive Party","A general call goes out to form a Progressive Party. General Daniel Sickles, Curry and E. Colby visit Sagamore Hill.",["daniel-e-sickles","curry","everett-colby","barclay-h-farr","lionel-brady"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-08","New York Progressives arrive","A group of New York Progressives, with Chadbourne and W. M. Chandler, calls at Sagamore Hill.",["chadbourne","w-m-chandler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-09","How far down the ticket?","Roosevelt lunches with Hotchkiss and writes Will Cowles and others on whether Progressives should run for lesser offices or only the top of the ticket. He warns Madison Peters that backing Wilson means backing the bosses.",["w-n-mitchell","j-frank-allee","william-h-hotchkiss","charles-bonaparte","william-sheffield-cowles","john-callan-o-laughlin","madison-c-peters","john-m-bruce"],"The Outlook"],["1912-07-10","\"A forlorn hope\"","Herbert Knox Smith visits. Roosevelt thanks poet William Watson for a sonnet, admitting his cause this year is a forlorn hope, and writes about weak Iowa support and wavering insurgents.",["herbert-knox-smith","john-macvicar","john-kelly","william-watson","alford-w-cooley","albert-bushnell-hart"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-11","Pettigrew and Butler call","Former Senator Richard Pettigrew and M. Butler visit Sagamore Hill.",["richard-f-pettigrew","m-butler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-12","Delaware Progressives visit","A Delaware Progressive delegation, Woodruff, A. P. Moore, Heard and Allee call. Roosevelt writes about the tariff and about presidential electors.",["woodruff","alexander-p-moore","heard","j-frank-allee","william-watson","joseph-baldwin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-13","\"Thou Shalt Not Steal\" in print","Roosevelt's article \"Thou Shalt Not Steal\" appears in The Outlook, and he writes Herbert Knox Smith about flaws in the Democratic platform.",["herbert-knox-smith","miss-tyler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-14","Van Hise and Dr. Lambert","Wisconsin's Charles Van Hise and Henry Cochems call, and Dr. Alexander Lambert, Helen Leigh Hunt and Henry Morgan are guests.",["charles-r-van-hise","henry-f-cochems","helen-leigh-hunt","alexander-lambert","henry-morgan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-15","Calling the nomination fraudulent","Roosevelt writes Governor Hadley that he regards Taft's nomination as fraudulent.",["herbert-s-hadley","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-16","A Great Lakes-to-Gulf waterway","Roosevelt admits to W. F. Cochran his odds are small, refuses shared Taft-Roosevelt electors, and tells LaVerne Noyes a navigable channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf would rival the Panama Canal in importance.",["j-r-baldwin","jenks","j-h-harris","george-perkins","joseph-m-dixon","w-f-cochran","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","john-m-parker","laverne-noyes","eugene-thwing"],"The Outlook"],["1912-07-17","Strategy with O. K. Davis","Roosevelt meets Dixon, Perkins and Oscar King Davis and writes Robert Bass about third-party tickets.",["joseph-m-dixon","george-perkins","oscar-king-davis","robert-p-bass"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-18","Social reformers shape the platform","Roosevelt brings social reformers to Sagamore Hill to draft the Progressive platform, among them Homer Folks, Raymond Robins, Walter Weyl, Henry Moskowitz, the Kellogg brothers and Samuel McCune Lindsay.",["homer-folks","george-w-kirchwey","raymond-robins","henry-moskowitz","walter-weyl","arthur-kellogg","paul-u-kellogg","kingsbury","bruere","samuel-mccune-lindsay","w-r-orchard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-19","Hadley stays Republican","Roosevelt writes Albert Nortoni about Governor Hadley's decision to remain with the Republicans.",["albert-d-nortoni","herbert-s-hadley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-20","\"Men Who Live Softly\"","Progressive leaders including Charles McCarthy, George Record and Herbert Knox Smith gather at Sagamore Hill for strategy. Roosevelt's \"Men Who Live Softly\" appears in The Outlook.",["charles-mccarthy","george-l-record","c-h-thompson","doherty","magenis","herbert-knox-smith","lawrence-abbott","peter-s-grosscup","ernest-hamlin-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-21","The Osborns visit","Cochems calls, and Henry Fairfield Osborn and his wife Josephine, along with Hamilton Fish Jr., sign the guest book.",["henry-f-cochems","josephine-osborn","henry-fairfield-osborn","hamilton-fish-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-22","Lithuanian voters in Chicago","Roosevelt meets William Flinn and writes Medill McCormick about Lithuanian support in Chicago.",["william-flinn","medill-mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-23","Rallying New York's county leaders","Roosevelt meets 48 Progressive county chairmen from across New York State at the Metropolitan Tower, and writes about New England support and Governor Deneen's backing of Taft.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","arthur-d-hill","medill-mccormick","charles-s-deneen"],"Metropolitan Life Tower"],["1912-07-24","On Black equality","Alice visits. Roosevelt writes O. J. Moore about Cummins and boss rule in the Republican Party, and Rev. Bradley Gilman on equality for Black Americans.",["o-j-moore","bradley-gilman","albert-b-cummins","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-25","Minnesota and local Progressives","Roosevelt meets Progressives from Minnesota and Oyster Bay and writes F. A. Johnson about third-party tickets.",["f-a-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-26","A blank day","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-27","Kermit sails for Brazil","Roosevelt's first diary entry of the year notes Kermit sailing via England for a railroad job in Brazil. A Freeport delegation calls, and an Outlook article attacks the Democratic platform as insincere. Alice, kept from the convention, is home to see Kermit off.",["kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","albert-beveridge","james-b-reynolds","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-28","Sunday with Dixon","Roosevelt talks politics with Dean George Kirchwey and Senator Dixon.",["joseph-m-dixon","george-w-kirchwey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-29","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with no other details recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-07-30","Race and the new party","A delegation of Black voters from three states, Virginia among them, visits The Outlook. Roosevelt writes on Black voters and Booker T. Washington's support of Taft, jokes that Croly could write his biography, and clarifies he has no contract with The Outlook.",["ryerson-w-jennings","william-h-maxwell","herbert-croly","william-rockhill-nelson","charles-hawkins","richard-washburn-child","medill-mccormick","booker-t-washington","robert-montgomery","hope-montgomery"],"The Outlook"],["1912-07-31","Vermont Progressives visit","A group of Vermont Progressives calls on Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-01","The question of Southern delegates","Roosevelt writes Julian Harris, whose father created Uncle Remus, about Black delegates to the coming Progressive convention, favoring the white Southern delegations. The stance leaves Southern delegations all white and alienates Black voters, many of whose leaders, including Booker T. Washington, back Taft.",["julian-harris","booker-t-washington","james-l-breese-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-02","A note to Munsey","Roosevelt writes Frank Munsey about the campaign.",["frank-a-munsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-03","Deciding on Black delegates","At Chicago's Congress Hotel, the party's provisional committee gathers to settle whether Black Southern delegates will be seated. Roosevelt writes Horace Plunkett his analysis of Wilson and the Democratic platform.",["horace-plunkett","thomas-doherty","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-04","To the Bull Moose convention","Roosevelt and Edith board a train west for the new party's national convention in Chicago.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-05","The Progressive convention opens","Just after 12:40 in the afternoon the new party's convention opens at the Coliseum before 10,000 people and 2,000 delegates from every state except South Carolina. Beveridge delivers the keynote. The committee votes not to seat the Black Southern delegates.",["albert-beveridge","george-perkins","hiram-johnson","james-r-garfield","medill-mccormick","c-h-thompson","gifford-pinchot"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-08-06","A \"Confession of Faith\"","On Edith's 51st birthday Roosevelt gives a 52-minute \"Confession of Faith\" laying out the New Nationalism: direct election of senators, unemployment insurance, an end to child labor, a minimum wage, and initiative, referendum and recall.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-f-knox","j-l-mitchell"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-08-07","Nominated by the Bull Moose party","The Progressives nominate Roosevelt for president and California Governor Hiram Johnson for vice president. Jane Addams seconds Roosevelt, the first woman to address a major party convention.",["jane-addams","hiram-johnson","george-perkins"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-08-08","A platform for the people","The convention adopts a platform calling for trust regulation, farm credit, direct primaries, woman suffrage, a tariff commission, safer factories, a minimum wage, an eight-hour workday and no child labor. Roosevelt thanks Jane Addams and heads home with Edith, who tells Kermit of red bandannas and the \"Battle Hymn of the Republic.\"",["jane-addams","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-08-09","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels home through Manhattan to Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-10","\"Better contented\"","Roosevelt writes Cecil Spring-Rice that though he is probably losing, with the press and most cultivated opinion against him, he has never been more contented. Ted's wife Eleanor visits.",["cecil-spring-rice","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-11","A quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-12","Thanking Judge Lindsey","Roosevelt wires Judge Ben Lindsey his thanks for a seconding speech at the convention.",["benjamin-b-lindsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-13","Ethel turns 21","On Ethel's 21st birthday Roosevelt meets Perkins, Dixon, Bird, Judge Lindsey and O. K. Davis. The family picnics on Jayne's Hill, and Roosevelt walks there with Archie and young Nicholas Roosevelt.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","george-perkins","joseph-m-dixon","f-w-bird","benjamin-b-lindsey","oscar-king-davis","archibald-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-14","Tennis, and a forecast","Roosevelt tells Arthur Lee that Wilson will win but he will outpoll Taft; he likes Wilson but doubts he is a true progressive. He also plays tennis with Ethel, joined by Archie, and talks late with Nicholas.",["george-perkins","medill-mccormick","joseph-m-dixon","oscar-king-davis","arthur-lee","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-15","Defending his Vatican stand","Roosevelt answers charges that his 1910 Vatican episode alienated Catholics, plans how to win over Taft-pledged Republican electors, and explains again why he is running.",["cecil-a-lyon","philip-b-stewart","charles-d-willard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-16","Infantry Hall in Providence","After meeting Dixon, Perkins and Prendergast at The Outlook, Roosevelt travels to Providence and speaks at Infantry Hall.",["joseph-m-dixon","george-perkins","william-a-prendergast"],"The Outlook"],["1912-08-17","Eighteen thousand on Boston Common","Roosevelt addresses up to 10,000 people at the Point of Pines Hotel in Revere, speaks again to Progressives indoors, then draws 18,000 on Boston Common. It is granddaughter Grace's first birthday.",["grace-roosevelt"],"Point of Pines Hotel"],["1912-08-18","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-19","Ted visits","Ted signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-20","Bird for governor","Lindbergh, E. Colby and Heney call. Roosevelt asks Governor Robert Bass to urge Charles S. Bird, the governor's father-in-law, to seek the Massachusetts governorship.",["charles-a-lindbergh","everett-colby","francis-j-heney","robert-p-bass","charles-sumner-bird"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-21","A priest's golden jubilee","Roosevelt leaves for Wilkes-Barre to honor Father Curran's fiftieth jubilee. He writes Hermann Hagedorn about a poem to the Progressives and asks Gifford Pinchot for material against the Democrats, including his conservation pamphlet.",["john-j-curran","hermann-hagedorn","gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-22","The campaign officially begins","Roosevelt formally opens his campaign with speeches in Wilkes-Barre. Edith asks Corinne to send him good books: history, science, or a novel where he can play the hero.",["john-j-curran","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Wilkes-Barre"],["1912-08-23","Home again","Roosevelt returns to New York and Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-24","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home; no further activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-25","The Loebs visit","George Fred Williams and William Loeb with his family call at Sagamore Hill.",["george-fred-williams","william-loeb"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-26","A home day","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-27","Prendergast calls","William Prendergast visits Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["william-a-prendergast"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-28","Answering the money charges","Before leaving for Vermont, Roosevelt sends Senator Moses Clapp a long letter on Senate probes of 1904, 1908 and 1912 campaign gifts, including the Harriman money, Penrose's charges, and Perkins. He also praises a Catholic group fighting indecent plays and films.",["moses-e-clapp","francis-regan","e-h-harriman","boies-penrose","cornelius-n-bliss","john-d-archbold","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-08-29","Western Vermont with Metzger","With gubernatorial candidate Fraser Metzger beside him, Roosevelt speaks from Bennington north to Burlington.",["fraser-metzger"],"Burlington"],["1912-08-30","Suffrage in St. Johnsbury","Roosevelt speaks across northern Vermont, and at St. Johnsbury he backs votes for women and rebuts Senator Boies Penrose's attacks.",["boies-penrose"],"Barton"],["1912-08-31","Southern Vermont swing","Roosevelt finishes in Vermont with speeches in Barre, Randolph, Windsor, Bellows Falls and Brattleboro. A caller named Churchill visits.",["churchill"],"Barre"],["1912-09-01","\"Never was there a fight better worth making\"","Back home before heading west, Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne the campaign is a draining but worthy fight, and he looks to election day as the end of a battle.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Middlebury"],["1912-09-02","Connecticut kickoff","Roosevelt launches his long campaign tour with four Connecticut speeches, from Stamford to Hartford.",[],"Bridgeport"],["1912-09-03","Three states in a day","Roosevelt speaks in Mattoon, Illinois, Indianapolis, and St. Louis.",[],"Indianapolis"],["1912-09-04","Dawn in Keokuk","Starting at 7 a.m. in Keokuk, Roosevelt speaks across Iowa to Des Moines, where he meets Senator Albert Cummins.",["albert-b-cummins"],"Des Moines"],["1912-09-05","Fifty thousand at the State Fair","Roosevelt draws some 50,000 at the Minnesota State Fair grounds in St. Paul and rides in a Minneapolis parade. In Syracuse, New York Progressives nominate Oscar Straus for governor.",["oscar-straus"],"Minneapolis"],["1912-09-06","Back in North Dakota","Roosevelt campaigns in North Dakota, speaking at Grand Forks, Fargo and Jamestown.",[],"Jamestown"],["1912-09-07","Across Montana","Roosevelt speaks his way west through Miles City, Billings, Livingston and Bozeman to Helena, where he takes on Wilson.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Billings"],["1912-09-08","Straus over Prendergast","Leaving Helena for Spokane, Roosevelt writes Oscar Straus that though he had wanted Prendergast for governor, Straus is the stronger candidate.",["oscar-straus","william-a-prendergast"],"Helena"],["1912-09-09","Rallies with women voters","In Spokane, where women already vote, Roosevelt speaks and attends two women's rallies.",["grafton-chapman"],"Spokane"],["1912-09-10","Seattle and Tacoma","Roosevelt speaks in Seattle and Tacoma.",[],"Tacoma"],["1912-09-11","Portland, Oregon","Roosevelt gives speeches in Portland.",[],"Portland"],["1912-09-12","Boise and Borah","After more Oregon stops, Roosevelt speaks in Boise and confers with Senator William Borah.",["william-e-borah"],"Boise"],["1912-09-13","Ted turns 25","On Ted's 25th birthday, Roosevelt speaks in Blackfoot and Pocatello, Idaho, and Ogden, Utah.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Blackfoot"],["1912-09-14","Answering the New Freedom","After stops in Reno, Sacramento and Oakland, Roosevelt delivers in San Francisco a full rebuttal of Wilson's \"New Freedom,\" titled \"Limitation of Governmental Powers.\"",["woodrow-wilson"],"Oakland"],["1912-09-15","\"What a fine fight it is\"","In San Francisco Roosevelt lunches with Benjamin Ide Wheeler and meets Heney, Pinchot and Pardee. He writes Corinne that the trip is wearing but the fight is fine, and writes Loeb, who will testify to the Senate about the 1904 Harriman gift.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","francis-j-heney","gifford-pinchot","george-c-pardee","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-loeb","e-h-harriman"],"San Francisco"],["1912-09-16","200,000 in Los Angeles","Crowds estimated at 200,000 line the Los Angeles streets, and Roosevelt speaks at the Shrine Auditorium before heading on.",["geoffrey-suttrell"],"Shrine Auditorium"],["1912-09-17","Phoenix","Roosevelt speaks in Arizona, including Phoenix.",[],"Phoenix"],["1912-09-18","Laguna and Albuquerque","Roosevelt campaigns in New Mexico at Laguna and Albuquerque.",[],"Albuquerque"],["1912-09-19","Taking on the trusts in Colorado","Roosevelt speaks from Trinidad through Pueblo and Colorado Springs to Denver, hammering the trusts.",[],"Colorado Springs"],["1912-09-20","On film in Pueblo","Motion pictures capture Roosevelt speaking in Pueblo, Colorado. He then campaigns in Nebraska at Hastings, Lincoln, Minden and Omaha.",["elizabeth-falvestork"],"Hastings"],["1912-09-21","Kansas allies gather","Roosevelt speaks in Ottawa and Topeka and confers with Senator Joseph Bristow, Victor Murdock, Governor Stubbs, W. R. Nelson and William Allen White.",["joseph-l-bristow","victor-murdock","walter-r-stubbs","william-allen-white","william-rockhill-nelson"],"Ottawa"],["1912-09-22","Sunday at William Allen White's","Roosevelt spends the day in Kansas as the guest of editor William Allen White.",["william-allen-white"],"Emporia"],["1912-09-23","Kansas into Missouri","Roosevelt campaigns through southeastern Kansas towns such as Pittsburg, then crosses into Missouri for Lamar, Springfield, Aurora and Monett.",[],"Aurora"],["1912-09-24","Through Oklahoma","Roosevelt campaigns in Tulsa, Chandler, Oklahoma City and McAlester.",[],"Chandler"],["1912-09-25","Waterways in Little Rock","In Little Rock, Roosevelt speaks to a group promoting a Great Lakes-to-Gulf waterway.",[],"Little Rock"],["1912-09-26","Memphis and Jackson","Roosevelt speaks in Tennessee at Memphis and Jackson.",["robert-p-perkins"],"Jackson"],["1912-09-27","A French Quarter parade","On Corinne's 51st birthday, Roosevelt parades through New Orleans's French Quarter and gives a speech.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New Orleans"],["1912-09-28","Alabama and Atlanta","Roosevelt speaks at Montgomery, Opelika and other Alabama towns and in Atlanta.",[],"Columbus"],["1912-09-29","Hecklers, then his mother's home","Hecklers badly disrupt Roosevelt's Atlanta speech. He visits Roswell and Bulloch Hall, his mother's girlhood home.",["martha-bulloch-roosevelt"],"Atlanta"],["1912-09-30","East Tennessee swing","Roosevelt speaks at four East Tennessee stops, from Chattanooga to Knoxville. Funk publishes his collection \"Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood.\"",["helene-coster"],"Chattanooga"],["1912-10-01","Bull Moose campaign crosses North Carolina","Roosevelt carries the Progressive campaign through North Carolina, stopping at Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, Salisbury, Asheville and Hickory.",[],"Raleigh"],["1912-10-02","Home to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt heads back to Sagamore Hill after the southern swing.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-03","Strategy sessions at Sagamore Hill","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt meets a stream of Progressive allies and advisers, among them Senator Joseph Dixon, Frank Munsey, Oscar King Davis and his cousin George Roosevelt.",["william-a-prendergast","frederick-m-hotchkiss","frank-a-munsey","cecil-a-lyon","joseph-m-dixon","oscar-king-davis","timothy-l-woodruff","george-emlen-roosevelt","charles-h-duell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-04","Testifying on campaign money in Washington","Roosevelt appears before a Senate committee probing campaign contributions, then tours the National Museum. He spends time with General and Mrs. Albert L. Mills, Senator Moses Clapp, John Callan O'Laughlin and John McIlhenny.",["albert-l-mills","mrs-albert-l-mills","moses-e-clapp","john-callan-o-laughlin","h-abbott","john-a-mcilhenny"],"National Museum"],["1912-10-05","Back to New York; thanks to Henry White","Roosevelt returns through New York City to Sagamore Hill. He writes diplomat Henry White to thank him for a gift to the campaign.",["fairman-r-dick","henry-white"],"New York City"],["1912-10-06","Praise for Corinne's first poems","Roosevelt meets Oscar Straus, Governor Hiram Johnson, Frank Munsey, George Perkins and others at Sagamore Hill. He writes his sister Corinne admiring her first book of verse, The Call of Brotherhood, and admits the campaign has been costly to his friends.",["oscar-straus","hiram-johnson","joseph-m-dixon","frank-a-munsey","george-perkins","walter-f-brown","regis-h-post","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","frances-theodora-parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-07","Off on a Great Lakes speaking tour","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill to begin a campaign tour through the Great Lakes states.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-08","Whistle-stops across Michigan","The campaign train rolls through Michigan, with Roosevelt speaking at Detroit, Flint, Saginaw and Bay City.",[],"Bay City"],["1912-10-09","Upper Michigan campaign stops","Roosevelt keeps campaigning in Michigan, reaching Marquette, Cheboygan and Houghton.",[],"Calumet"],["1912-10-10","Campaigning in Duluth","The tour crosses into Minnesota, with Roosevelt speaking at Duluth. A family 23rd birthday falls on this day.",[],"Duluth"],["1912-10-11","Wisconsin stops, including Oshkosh","Roosevelt campaigns in Wisconsin, including a stop at Oshkosh. A Roosevelt family member turns 28.",[],"Oshkosh"],["1912-10-12","Hoarse at the Chicago Coliseum","After a parade, Roosevelt tears into Wilson and the New Freedom before more than 12,000 at the Chicago Coliseum, his voice worn ragged from weeks of speaking; Alice is in the hall. A Michigan paper, the Iron Ore, smears him as a liar, a curser and a drunk.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","woodrow-wilson","james-gipson","eliot-cross"],"Chicago Coliseum"],["1912-10-13","Voice gone; speeches canceled","With his voice spent, Roosevelt calls off planned appearances in Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois. He dines with Alice and with Medill and Ruth McCormick, and the talk turns to the campaign.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","medill-mccormick","ruth-hanna-mccormick"],"Chicago"],["1912-10-14","Shot in Milwaukee, he gives the speech anyway","Leaving the Gilpatrick Hotel for an evening speech, Roosevelt is shot in the chest by John Schrank. He begs the crowd to spare the gunman, then delivers all 50 pages of his address with the bullet in him, holding up his bloodied shirt. The folded manuscript and his glasses case slowed the bullet, which cracked a rib and stopped short of his lung.",["john-schrank","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Gilpatrick Hotel"],["1912-10-15","Recovering at Mercy Hospital","Roosevelt lies in Chicago's Mercy Hospital on Prairie Avenue. Alice arrives from Cincinnati while Edith is still on her way, and Father Vattman and Albert Beveridge stop in.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","edward-j-vattmann","albert-beveridge"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-16","Edith reaches his bedside","Edith arrives in Chicago with Ethel, Ted and Dr. Alexander Lambert, met by Alice. Father Curran visits, and both Wilson and Taft halt their campaigns while Roosevelt is laid up. Edith writes Bamie that he is doing well but she fears infection.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","alexander-lambert","john-j-curran","woodrow-wilson","william-howard-taft","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-17","From his hospital bed: keep fighting","Roosevelt issues a statement urging that the campaign go on without him. Jane Addams visits, and Beveridge carries a message from him to a Louisville audience. Edith tells her sister Emily the wound is no bigger than a dime and shows no infection.",["jane-addams","albert-beveridge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-18","Bacon and Johnson at the bedside","Robert Bacon and Governor Hiram Johnson call on Roosevelt at Mercy Hospital. His nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 14.",["robert-bacon","hiram-johnson","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-19","A hospital stay he calls a spree","Francis Heney reads reporters Roosevelt's answer to Wilson's charges. Visitors include Oscar King Davis and Governor Johnson. Roosevelt dictates a letter to Bamie from bed, saying the days with Edith and the children have been a treat; Edith adds that he tires easily.",["morrissey","oscar-king-davis","hiram-johnson","francis-j-heney","woodrow-wilson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-20","A quiet Sunday in the hospital","Roosevelt spends the day mending at Mercy Hospital.",[],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-21","Discharged and homeward bound","Roosevelt and Edith leave Chicago by train for Sagamore Hill. Edith writes Kermit in South America that his father is improving and reading magazines in his berth.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1912-10-22","Home again, and a demand to Bryan","Roosevelt and Edith reach New York and go on to Sagamore Hill. He writes William Jennings Bryan insisting he retract printed misstatements of Roosevelt's views on trusts and monopoly.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-23","Perkins and Lyman Abbott call","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt receives George Perkins and Lyman Abbott. Cecil Lyon signs the guest book.",["george-perkins","lyman-abbott","cecil-a-lyon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-24","Journalists at Sagamore Hill","Mark Sullivan, Finley Peter Dunne, Robert Collier and Cecil Lyon visit Roosevelt. He thanks Senator William Flinn for writing after the shooting.",["robert-j-collier","mark-sullivan","finley-peter-dunne","cecil-a-lyon","william-flinn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-25","Campaign advisers return","George Perkins, Frank Munsey and Frederick Hotchkiss call on Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","frederick-m-hotchkiss"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-26","On his feet too soon for Edith","Barely a week and a half after the shooting, Roosevelt is out of bed and moving around Sagamore Hill, much to Edith's dismay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-27","A 54th birthday with the family","The family gathers at Sagamore Hill to celebrate Roosevelt turning 54. He writes Bamie that he loved her gift and feels strong, though the wound has not yet closed.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-28","First press meeting since Milwaukee","For the first time since he was shot, Roosevelt is permitted to see reporters. Frederick Davenport calls, and Roosevelt tells Henry Cabot and Nannie Lodge he is on the mend.",["frederick-m-davenport","henry-cabot-lodge","anna-cabot-mills-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-29","Accepting the risks of public life","Roosevelt answers a worried letter from the historian George Otto Trevelyan, saying a man in public life must reckon with the chance of being shot.",["george-otto-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-10-30","A 41-minute ovation at Madison Square Garden","Still weak, Roosevelt speaks to 16,000 about what the Progressive Party stands for packed into Madison Square Garden. The crowd cheers for 41 minutes until he pounds a table and calls for quiet. Corinne and Douglas have to slip past the guards; Edith watches from a box with Ethel, Ted, Eleanor and Quentin.",["oscar-straus","hiram-johnson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Madison Square Garden"],["1912-10-31","Dixon and Perkins visit","Senator Joseph Dixon and George Perkins call at Sagamore Hill in the last days of the race.",["joseph-m-dixon","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-01","Rallying for Oscar Straus","Roosevelt returns to Madison Square Garden to speak for Oscar Straus, the Progressive candidate for governor. He also writes Frederick Selous hoping he can bag a fine bull giant eland for the museum in Kensington.",["oscar-straus","frederick-selous"],"Madison Square Garden"],["1912-11-02","Lunch with Frances Kellor","Roosevelt lunches with Frances Kellor at Sagamore Hill. A message from him runs in Collier's, and he sends Ernest Harvier a note about the race.",["frances-kellor","ernest-harvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-03","Sunday lunch with Alice and Jacob Riis","Alice Longworth and the reformer Jacob Riis join Roosevelt for lunch at Sagamore Hill two days before the election.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","jacob-riis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-04","Last speeches on Long Island","On election eve Roosevelt speaks close to home in Oyster Bay and Mineola. He writes Beveridge, Straus and other Progressive candidates that the fight was worth making whatever the outcome.",["albert-beveridge","oscar-straus","charles-sumner-bird","hugh-halbert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-05","Election Day: Wilson wins, Roosevelt runs second","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay. Woodrow Wilson takes the presidency with 435 electoral votes; Roosevelt, carrying six states and 88 electoral votes, finishes ahead of President Taft. In New York, Straus loses the governor's race, Franklin Roosevelt keeps his state Senate seat, and Nick Longworth loses his House seat by 97 votes.",["woodrow-wilson","william-howard-taft","eugene-v-debs","william-sulzer","job-e-hedges","oscar-straus","franklin-d-roosevelt","nicholas-longworth","stanley-e-bowdle","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-06","Taking stock with Progressive leaders","The day after the defeat, Roosevelt meets George Perkins, Frank Munsey, Senator Dixon, Governor Johnson and Amos and Gifford Pinchot at Sagamore Hill. Edith writes Kermit that the outcome was no surprise.",["george-perkins","frank-a-munsey","henry-l-stoddard","joseph-m-dixon","hiram-johnson","amos-pinchot","gifford-pinchot","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-07","Retelling the Milwaukee shooting","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt walks a visitor, his young cousin Nicholas Roosevelt, through the attempt on his life in Milwaukee in close detail.",["nicholas-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-08","We kept the faith, he tells Garfield","Roosevelt goes to The Outlook, where Hotchkiss, Bainbridge Colby and Senator Dixon call. He writes James Garfield that the Progressives have nothing to regret, and writes Andrew Rahn on Minnesota, a state he carried while the party lost locally.",["frederick-m-hotchkiss","bainbridge-colby","joseph-m-dixon","james-r-garfield","andrew-rahn","j-c-mckinney","m-lafarge"],"The Outlook"],["1912-11-09","A guest at Sagamore Hill","A guest identified as S. Farr signs in at Sagamore Hill.",["s-farr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-10","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-11","The Progressives are here to stay","Roosevelt tells the press the new party will endure. He answers Gifford Pinchot's ideas for its future, such as a Washington headquarters and a salary for Dixon, but rejects his doubts about William Flinn and George Perkins.",["gifford-pinchot","joseph-m-dixon","william-flinn","george-perkins","colonel-patterson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-12","Cheers for Spring-Rice; Schrank in court","In Milwaukee, John Schrank is arraigned and plainly insane. Roosevelt congratulates his old friend Cecil Spring-Rice on becoming British ambassador to the United States, and writes Henry White, Henry Summers and Seth Bullock that the new party must keep its independence.",["frederick-m-hotchkiss","john-schrank","cecil-spring-rice","henry-white","henry-summers","seth-bullock"],"The Outlook"],["1912-11-13","Standing by Flinn and Perkins","Roosevelt, dividing his time between Sagamore Hill and the city, again defends William Flinn and George Perkins, chairman of the party's executive committee, in a letter to Gifford Pinchot.",["gifford-pinchot","william-flinn","george-perkins","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-14","Shoring up local Progressive groups","Mark and Marie Sullivan visit. Roosevelt writes Charles Willard about keeping the Progressives going, with more praise for Perkins, and tells New Hampshire's Governor Robert Bass that local organizations need building up.",["charles-d-willard","george-perkins","robert-p-bass","mark-sullivan","marie-sullivan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-15","Explaining Milwaukee to Edward Grey","Roosevelt writes Britain's Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, summing up the election and describing the shooting, including why he gave his speech before going to the hospital.",["edward-grey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-16","Ruth Draper visits; Quentin glad it's over","Ruth Draper, Bill Bird and Alice Longworth are guests at Sagamore Hill. From Groton, Quentin writes his mother that school is gloomy and he is relieved the election is done. Roosevelt tells Ben Lindsey he regrets nothing and Perkins deserves support.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","benjamin-b-lindsey","george-perkins","ruth-draper","william-bird","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-17","Edith's worries about Ted","Edith writes Kermit that Ted spends too much time at the Brook Club and that Eleanor may not see it.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-18","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-19","Woman suffrage and a woman in the cabinet","Roosevelt speaks to a gathering of party leaders at the Holland House on Quentin's 15th birthday. He tells British suffragist Millicent Fawcett he favors equal footing for women and would have named Jane Addams to his cabinet, and writes on antitrust policy, judicial recall and party feuds.",["quentin-roosevelt","henry-f-cochems","millicent-fawcett","jane-addams","william-h-hinebaugh","george-crocker","william-allen-white","gifford-pinchot","amos-pinchot","george-perkins"],"Holland House"],["1912-11-20","Belle Willard visits","Belle Willard is a guest at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler about the Progressives and the incoming Wilson administration.",["benjamin-ide-wheeler","woodrow-wilson","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1912-11-21","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-22","Schrank ruled insane; a bird quarrel","A Milwaukee court formally finds John Schrank insane. Roosevelt writes Witmer Stone objecting to an article in The Auk that disputes his views on protective coloration, and sends two letters on Maine politics.",["john-schrank","frank-l-dingley","witmer-stone","e-r-parent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-23","Writing on the Balkans","Roosevelt's article on the Balkans appears in The Outlook. He writes Charles Merriam agreeing with his thoughts on the party and the income tax, and touches on Perkins.",["charles-e-merriam","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-24","At home","A quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-25","Bamie's wedding anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Bamie marks 17 years of marriage.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-26","Looking ahead to a party convention","Roosevelt sends Ernest Harvier a brief note and writes Governor Hiram Johnson about the coming Progressive convention.",["ernest-harvier","hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-27","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-28","Thanks to a supporter","Roosevelt writes Richard Newton to thank him for standing with him.",["richard-newton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-11-29","Visitors at The Outlook","In New York, Gifford Pinchot, William Draper Lewis and Roosevelt's nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson call on him at The Outlook.",["gifford-pinchot","william-draper-lewis","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"The Outlook"],["1912-11-30","Where the children are this fall","Cecil Spring-Rice reaches Washington as Britain's ambassador. Ted is selling bonds for a New York firm and often brings Eleanor and baby Grace to Sagamore Hill; Archie is a student at Andover's Phillips Academy, and Quentin, at Groton, has a nose broken by a hockey stick.",["cecil-spring-rice","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-01","Edith on Alice's hard season","Edith writes Kermit that Alice looks sick and exhausted and has struggled with Nick, who cannot accept losing his seat in Congress.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-02","Twenty-six years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 26th wedding anniversary at Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-03","Worried for Edith, writing to Kermit","Roosevelt meets William Prendergast and his nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson. He tells Kermit, traveling in South America, that Edith has not been well since a riding fall a year earlier. Other letters go to Selous, to Fanny Parsons about what a striving boy can achieve, and to two Maine correspondents.",["william-a-prendergast","theodore-douglas-robinson","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","frederick-selous","frances-theodora-parsons","william-sewall","halbert-p-gardner"],"New York City"],["1912-12-04","A note to Edna Ferber","Roosevelt writes Edna Ferber about his campaign remark that one of her characters ought to have married. He also advises Ruth Hanna McCormick that her husband Medill ought to keep his Springfield seat rather than run for the Senate, and writes Mark Sullivan and Walter Emerson on party matters.",["mark-sullivan","edna-ferber","ruth-hanna-mccormick","medill-mccormick","walter-e-emerson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-05","A long letter to Amos Pinchot","Oliver W. Roosevelt is a guest. Roosevelt writes Amos Pinchot at length on Perkins, trusts and antitrust policy, the party platform, race, and Lincoln's stand on slavery.",["amos-pinchot","george-perkins","abraham-lincoln","oliver-w-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-06","Charles Duell visits","Charles H. Duell signs the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["charles-h-duell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-07","Fairman Dick visits","Fairman Dick is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["fairman-r-dick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-08","Special train to Chicago","Roosevelt sets out for a Progressive conference in Chicago aboard a train chartered by party members from New York and New England.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-09","Speaking to Illinois Progressive lawmakers","In Chicago, Roosevelt speaks to the state legislators who joined the Progressives.",[],"Chicago"],["1912-12-10","Opening the Progressive conference","Roosevelt opens the Progressive conference at the La Salle Hotel before some 1,500 delegates and speaks again at a crowded evening dinner. He writes his old friend Bob Ferguson about the Balkan war and the Pinchots' attacks on the party's moderates.",["bob-ferguson","gifford-pinchot","amos-pinchot","cornelia-landon","evelyn-irving","oliver-w-roosevelt","laura-roosevelt"],"La Salle Hotel"],["1912-12-11","Keeping Perkins as chairman","The Progressive National Committee debates moving headquarters to Washington and whether to keep George Perkins as chairman; Roosevelt has come to Chicago to block the push to remove him. He is a guest at a Progressive women's luncheon honoring Jane Addams and dines with her that night.",["george-perkins","jane-addams"],"Chicago"],["1912-12-12","Leaving Chicago","Roosevelt starts home for New York and Sagamore Hill.",[],"Chicago"],["1912-12-13","Preparing the libel suit","Back in New York, Roosevelt writes James Pound, his Detroit lawyer in the libel case against editor George Newett of the Ishpeming Iron Ore, about witnesses to his sobriety. He also defends Perkins to Francis Heney and writes George Record on the Sherman Act plank.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","james-pound","george-a-newett","francis-j-heney","george-perkins","george-l-record"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-14","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-15","Ambassador Whitelaw Reid dies","Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador to Great Britain, dies; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["whitelaw-reid"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-16","On the man who shot him","Writing to the British editor John St. Loe Strachey, Roosevelt argues that Schrank was less a madman than a man of criminal temperament who knew where to strike, and says he bears him no ill will.",["john-st-loe-strachey","john-schrank","robert-m-la-follette","eugene-v-debs"],"New York City"],["1912-12-17","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-18","Few hopes for his own future","Mark and Marie Sullivan visit again. Roosevelt writes Sir Henry Lucy that he expects little from his own political prospects.",["henry-lucy","mark-sullivan","marie-sullivan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-19","Lawrence Abbott visits","Lawrence Abbott of The Outlook signs the guest book.",["lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-20","Praise for a book of parodies","Roosevelt compliments Franklin P. Adams on his new collection of parodies, In Other Words, and writes E. C. Bowler about Maine politics.",["franklin-p-adams","e-c-bowler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-21","Explaining his stand on Perkins","Roosevelt meets with Joseph Alsop and Herbert Knox Smith, and lays out his position on Perkins to Gifford Pinchot. Both Pinchots object to Perkins as too wealthy and not radical enough.",["joseph-w-alsop","herbert-knox-smith","gifford-pinchot","amos-pinchot","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-22","Sunday guests","Edwin Mead, Chalmers Wood Jr., and Philip and Katherine Weld sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["philip-weld","katherine-weld","chalmers-wood-jr","edwin-mead"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-23","Two bills, two opinions","Roosevelt writes Senator Joseph Bristow about bills for an industrial commission and for electing postmasters; he favors the first and is cool toward the second.",["joseph-l-bristow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-24","Snowbound Christmas Eve","A blizzard sweeps over Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-25","Christmas stockings in Edith's drawing room","The family opens stockings and gifts in Edith's drawing room, with Ted, Eleanor, Archie, Quentin and Grace Alexander on hand. Roosevelt is sorry that little Gracie must stay away because of the storm.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-alexander","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-26","Family in the guest book","Esther Rowland, Ted, Eleanor and Alice Longworth are recorded as guests.",["esther-rowland","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1912-12-27","Elected to lead the historians","In Boston, Roosevelt is elected president of the American Historical Association and delivers his address 'History as Literature.' He stays with William Sturgis Bigelow and tells Ben Lindsey the party team is pulling together.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","benjamin-b-lindsey"],"Boston"],["1912-12-28","Military historians in Boston","Roosevelt addresses the Military Historical Society in Boston.",[],"Boston"],["1912-12-29","Edith's low point with Ted","Jack Wiley and Clifford Rochman are guests. Edith writes Kermit that Ted chose lunch at the Ritz with business contacts over a trip to Sagamore Hill, and calls it his low point.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","jack-wiley","clifford-rochman"],"Boston"],["1912-12-30","Answering the drinking rumors","Nicholas Roosevelt is a guest. Roosevelt writes James Keeley about the 'Take me to Murphy at Mercy' rumor and claims that he drank heavily in Mercy Hospital.",["james-keeley","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1912-12-31","A trade risk, he tells Spring-Rice","Roosevelt returns to Sagamore Hill and writes a stack of letters: telling Spring-Rice that being shot is simply a hazard of public life, discussing Panama Canal tolls, a white slavery bill and an industrial commission, and urging the defeat of Republican Edwin Burleigh for the Senate.",["cecil-spring-rice","alton-wheeler","edwin-c-burleigh","amos-pinchot","gifford-pinchot","arthur-lee","joseph-l-bristow","harrison-morris","william-flinn","george-perkins","alexander-smith-cochran"],"Boston"],["1913-01-01","New Year between home and the city","Roosevelt begins 1913 at Sagamore Hill, making regular trips into New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1913-01-02","At work on his autobiography","Roosevelt has started writing his memoirs. Lawrence Abbott of The Outlook is a guest.",["lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-03","Letters on electors and a mother's burden","Roosevelt writes four senators about Progressive electors barred from the 1912 ballot. A woman writes him that raising a big family has held her back, a letter he later cites in his autobiography. He also wires a protest after Progressive newspapermen are jailed in Boise.",["joseph-l-bristow","william-e-borah","joseph-m-dixon","miles-poindexter","gifford-pinchot","george-perkins","roger-b-merriman","james-gipson","james-bowlker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-04","A walk with Edith to Cooper's Bluff","Roosevelt and Edith take a stroll to Cooper's Bluff. He thanks her sister Emily for two books of simple Italian stories and reports that Edith is mending but weak, with Ethel handling the mail, checkbook and household.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","henry-vedder","george-perkins","cornelia-landon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-05","No fusion in Connecticut","Roosevelt meets Connecticut Progressives about whether to merge forces with the Republicans.",[],"New York City"],["1913-01-06","Between home and the city","Roosevelt splits the day between home and Manhattan; no details survive.",[],"New York City"],["1913-01-07","Writing Brander Matthews on race","Roosevelt writes about Progressive electors, the Industrial Commission bill, and, to his friend Brander Matthews, about race problems in America.",["j-c-brandon","douglas-hix","joseph-l-bristow","brander-matthews"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-08","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-09","Senate races","Roosevelt writes Senator Joseph Bristow about Senate elections.",["joseph-l-bristow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-10","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-11","A novel for a weary mother","Roosevelt answers the woman who wrote on January 3 about her large family, sending her Kathleen Norris's novel Mother. He also writes James Bryce with news and Dan Hanna about the party.",["kathleen-norris","james-bryce","dan-r-hanna"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-12","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-13","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-14","Resisting a merger with the Republicans","Martha Wadsworth visits. Roosevelt tells Charles Bonaparte he opposes any fusion of Progressives and Republicans, and writes Bishop Charles Brent that Wilson could turn out a good President.",["charles-bonaparte","charles-h-brent","woodrow-wilson","arthur-d-hill","martha-wadsworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-15","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-16","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-17","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-18","Garment strikers and a full guest book","On Bamie's 58th birthday, Roosevelt talks with Miss Doty about striking garment workers. A crowd of guests, Father Zahm among them, signs in, and his Outlook article on white slavery appears.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","miss-doty","cornelia-landon","f-meredith-blagden","evelyn-irving","elizabeth-cutting","gerry-chadwick","chester-buxton","robin-buxton","john-augustine-zahm"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-19","Hester Chanler visits","Hester Chanler is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["hester-chanler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-20","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-21","Visiting the garment strikers","Roosevelt goes into the city to see striking garment workers at St. Mark's Place and on Henry Street. The mother he wrote to sends her thanks, and he writes several letters about West Virginia politics.",["oscar-king-davis","william-edwards","joseph-l-bristow"],"Henry Street"],["1913-01-22","Witness in the U.S. Steel case","At The Outlook, Roosevelt sees Henry Moskowitz, Bourke Cockran and John Purroy Mitchel. He testifies in a special examination in the government's U.S. Steel case, and lays out for Robert Vessey and other correspondents where he stands on the party.",["henry-moskowitz","w-bourke-cockran","john-purroy-mitchel","robert-s-vessey"],"The Outlook"],["1913-01-23","Prisons and Indiana greetings","Roosevelt writes R. G. Anderson about American prisons and sends greetings to Indiana Progressives through A. W. Tracy.",["r-g-anderson","a-w-tracy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-24","Siding with the garment workers","Roosevelt has lunch with leaders of the garment strike. He writes Michael Schaap, Progressive floor leader in the state Assembly, that he stands firmly with the union, and reports on his visit to the strikers.",["michael-schaap"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-25","A case for workmen's compensation","Collier's publishes Roosevelt's 'Sara Knisley's Arm,' an argument for a workmen's compensation law.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-26","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-27","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-28","Press attacks and canal tolls","Roosevelt writes Governor Robert Bass on New Hampshire's Senate race, Governor Hiram Johnson on hostile press coverage, the party and Wilson, and Henry White on Panama Canal tolls.",["robert-p-bass","hiram-johnson","woodrow-wilson","henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-29","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-30","On Perkins again","Roosevelt writes Walter Strong about George Perkins.",["walter-w-strong","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-01-31","Ethel will marry Richard Derby","Ethel decides to marry Dr. Richard Derby. Chapters from Roosevelt's memoirs begin appearing in print.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-01","A month of home and city","Roosevelt opens February at Sagamore Hill, going into New York City often.",[],"New York City"],["1913-02-02","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-03","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-04","New Hampshire politics","Roosevelt writes Governor Robert Perkins Bass about politics in New Hampshire.",["robert-p-bass"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-05","Recalling the moment he was shot","In a letter to his friend William Sturgis Bigelow, Roosevelt describes the Milwaukee shooting: stepping into the car from a bright hotel, telling the crowd not to hurt the gunman, and feeling almost no pain beyond his broken rib.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","john-schrank"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-06","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-07","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-08","Concerts for the cause","Roosevelt writes Maud Nathan about benefit concerts to raise money for the Progressive Party.",["maud-nathan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-09","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-10","One six-year presidential term?","Roosevelt writes Joseph Bucklin Bishop about Wilson and a proposed amendment limiting presidents to a single six-year term.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-11","Southern Democrats for the movement","Roosevelt writes Silas McBee, and Thomas Nelson Page in much the same vein, about having Democrats head the Progressive cause in the South.",["silas-mcbee","thomas-nelson-page"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-12","Claiming Lincoln's legacy","At the Progressive Party's Lincoln Day dinner in New York, Roosevelt speaks on 'The Heirs of Abraham Lincoln.' His daughter Alice turns 29.",["abraham-lincoln","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"New York City"],["1913-02-13","In the city","Roosevelt, in New York, writes George Wicker about New Hampshire politics.",["george-wicker"],"New York City"],["1913-02-14","Dinner with the Rough Riders","Roosevelt speaks at a Rough Riders dinner in New York and writes Lucius Watkins about Michigan's April local elections.",["lucius-watkins"],"New York City"],["1913-02-15","Press relations and party mergers","Roosevelt writes John Callan O'Laughlin on improving how the Army and Navy deal with the press, and Frank Munsey on talk of merging Republicans and Progressives.",["john-callan-o-laughlin","frank-a-munsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-16","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-17","A walk to the office","Roosevelt, Edith and Ethel are staying at the Marquis Hotel on East 31st Street. After a 9 o'clock breakfast he walks down Madison Avenue to his Outlook office, works till 5:30, then returns for tea with Edith. He writes Charles Bonaparte about Munsey's push to merge the parties.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","charles-bonaparte","frank-a-munsey"],"Marquis Hotel"],["1913-02-18","Evening train to Oyster Bay; coup in Mexico","Another day like the last, except Roosevelt leaves the office at 5 to catch the 5:30 home from Pennsylvania Station. In Mexico, Victoriano Huerta seizes power from Francisco Madero.",["victoriano-huerta","francisco-madero","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Marquis Hotel"],["1913-02-19","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-20","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-21","Two historians and Will Cowles visit","Historians Max Farrand and Archibald Cary Coolidge and Roosevelt's brother-in-law Will Cowles are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["william-sheffield-cowles","max-farrand","archibald-cary-coolidge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-22","Nassau County Progressives come calling","Roosevelt holds a reception at Sagamore Hill for Progressives from Nassau County.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-23","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-24","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-25","Ex-Republicans working for betterment","Teresa Richardson visits. Roosevelt writes Ernest Harvier that former Republicans in the new party are truly pursuing industrial reform, and sends Walter Clyde Jones his thoughts about the Senate.",["ernest-harvier","walter-clyde-jones","teresa-richardson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-26","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-27","Lodge likes the memoirs; African game book","Warrington Dawson visits. Roosevelt is pleased Lodge enjoyed his Outlook reminiscences, and mentions he is writing a natural history of Africa's big game together with Edmund Heller. He warns William Cochran and Beveridge that La Follette is luring Progressives back to the Republicans.",["henry-cabot-lodge","edmund-heller","william-b-cochran","albert-beveridge","robert-m-la-follette","warrington-dawson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-02-28","Alice's new life in Cincinnati","Another installment of Roosevelt's memoirs is published. Out in Ohio, Alice now lives in Cincinnati with Nick and his mother and must make big adjustments.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","susan-walker-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-01","March opens with guests","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with frequent trips to the city. W. R. Cross and three others identified only by first names sign the guest book.",["w-r-cross","julia","gwendolyn","lloyd-d"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-02","Ethel and a trip to Brazil","Edith writes Kermit that she will not stop Ethel from going to Brazil, though she needs her at home.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-03","Kellor and Abbott visit","Frances Kellor and Lawrence Abbott are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["frances-kellor","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-04","At the Armory Show as Wilson takes office","While Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as the 28th President in Washington, Roosevelt tours the modern art exhibition now known as the Armory Show, plus a housing exhibit. He suggests enlisting South American nations to deal with Mexico's new regime and argues the flood-prone Mississippi must be managed by the government as one system.",["woodrow-wilson","gilbert-d-raine","john-m-parker","b-f-harris"],"New York City"],["1913-03-05","A bullet like a pocket watch","Roosevelt writes Charles Washburn about how little real power kings hold, and says the bullet lodged in him troubles him no more than something in his vest pocket.",["charles-g-washburn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-06","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-07","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-08","Richard Derby among the guests","Charles and Edith Lindley and Ethel's fiance Richard Derby are guests at Sagamore Hill.",["richard-derby","charles-lindley","edith-lindley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-09","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-10","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-11","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-12","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-13","Philadelphia speech on Progressive service","Roosevelt speaks at the Philadelphia Opera House about the Progressive Service.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1913-03-14","Before Pennsylvania's electors","Still in Philadelphia, Roosevelt speaks before the state's Electoral College Association.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1913-03-15","Back from Philadelphia","Roosevelt returns through New York City to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-16","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-17","Franklin heads to the Navy Department","Roosevelt's cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt wins Senate confirmation as the Navy's assistant secretary.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-18","Congratulations to Franklin and Wilson's cabinet","Roosevelt writes Franklin to wish him well at the Navy Department and sends congratulations to new ambassador James Gerard, Interior Secretary Franklin Lane and Attorney General James McReynolds. He also writes O'Laughlin on organizing Progressive congressmen.",["franklin-d-roosevelt","john-callan-o-laughlin","james-w-gerard","franklin-k-lane","james-c-mcreynolds","charles-e-merriam"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-19","A portrait of Macaulay","Roosevelt thanks George Otto Trevelyan for a portrait of Macaulay and writes William Cochran on Massachusetts local elections.",["william-b-cochran","george-otto-trevelyan","thomas-babington-macaulay"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-20","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-21","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-22","A Saturday house party","James Breese, Chalmers Wood, Eleanor Greene, Cornelia Landon and H. Osborn Jr. sign the Sagamore Hill guest book.",["henry-fairfield-osborn-jr","cornelia-landon","eleanor-greene","chalmers-wood","james-breese"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-23","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-24","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-25","On the Aldrich Bill","Roosevelt writes Henry Cochems about the Aldrich Bill.",["henry-f-cochems"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-26","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-27","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-03-28","Albany, then on to Detroit","After meeting Congressman William Hinebaugh, Roosevelt goes to Albany to speak to New York Progressives and calls on Governor William Sulzer and Lieutenant Governor Martin Glynn, then leaves for Detroit. He writes Gifford Pinchot on politics and on charges about land reclamation.",["william-h-hinebaugh","william-sulzer","martin-h-glynn","gifford-pinchot"],"New York City"],["1913-03-29","Detroit, suffrage, and the Armory Show","In Detroit, Roosevelt meets Gifford Pinchot and Michigan Progressives and speaks in favor of votes for women. His Outlook piece on the Armory Show appears, waving off cubist canvases yet applauding the show's break with the conventional.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Detroit"],["1913-03-30","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels home to Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1913-03-31","Memoirs in print again","A new installment of Roosevelt's autobiography is published.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-01","Who to invite to Ethel's wedding","Roosevelt urges Winthrop Chanler to see that Lodge and George Meyer attend to Ethel's wedding, fearing election wounds might keep them away; he would rather Root, Taft and Nicholas Murray Butler stay away. He also writes Perkins about a memo for his autobiography and the tariff.",["george-perkins","winthrop-chanler","henry-cabot-lodge","george-von-lengerke-meyer","elihu-root","william-howard-taft","nicholas-murray-butler","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-02","A rallying letter to Progressives in Congress","Roosevelt sends the Progressive members of Congress an encouraging letter declaring the party stands for the people's rights.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-03","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-04","Ethel marries Richard Derby","Ethel weds Dr. Richard Derby at Christ Church in Oyster Bay before 500 guests. Alice comes but Nick does not; Lodge and George Meyer attend. Roosevelt tells Bamie that Derby is the finest young man he knows.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","henry-cabot-lodge","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-sheffield-cowles","anna-roosevelt-cowles","hester-chanler","cornelia-landon","isabella-hagner","rowland-smith","helene-coster"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-05","The morning after the wedding","Worn out, Edith stays in bed until lunch and spends the afternoon roaming the woods. Alice does not spend time with her.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-06","Supper with Lillian Wald and a settlement play","Roosevelt dines with Lillian Wald and watches the Henry Street Settlement's drama club put on The Silver Box. Edith writes Emily, Bigelow and Ethel about the wedding.",["lillian-wald","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","william-sturgis-bigelow","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Henry Street Settlement"],["1913-04-07","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-08","Spring setbacks; Wilson goes to Congress","The Progressives fare poorly in spring elections in Michigan and Chicago. In Washington, Wilson addresses both houses of Congress in person, something no president had done since George Washington. Roosevelt writes J. M. Wall about the party.",["woodrow-wilson","j-m-wall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-09","Archie turns 19","Roosevelt's son Archie celebrates his 19th birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-10","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-11","Disappointment in Illinois","Roosevelt writes Harold Ickes about the Progressives' poor showing in Illinois local races.",["harold-l-ickes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-12","Arthur and Ruth Lee arrive","Roosevelt's English friends Arthur and Ruth Lee come to stay at Sagamore Hill through April 17.",["arthur-lee","ruth-moore-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-13","Visit with the Lees","Arthur and Ruth Lee are staying at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-14","Visit with the Lees","Arthur and Ruth Lee are staying at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-15","Touring Lower East Side schools","Roosevelt visits schools on the Lower East Side, eating lunch at P.S. 95, then meets the Progressive Service's child welfare committee at The Outlook.",[],"P.S. 95"],["1913-04-16","Gifford Pinchot visits","Gifford Pinchot is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-17","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-18","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-19","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-20","Warning California on alien land law","With the California legislature set to bar non-citizens from owning land, a move stirring trouble with Japan, Roosevelt wires Governor Hiram Johnson urging that it not pass.",["hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-21","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-22","Backing Mitchel for mayor","William Rockhill Nelson and Dr. Alexander Lambert call at The Outlook. Roosevelt tells Henry Stoddard he favors John Purroy Mitchel for mayor of New York.",["william-rockhill-nelson","alexander-lambert","henry-l-stoddard","john-purroy-mitchel"],"The Outlook"],["1913-04-23","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-24","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-25","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-26","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-27","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-28","More on the California question","George Perkins calls, and Roosevelt sends Governor Johnson another telegram about California's land bill.",["george-perkins","hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-29","Corinne's anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Corinne marks 31 years of marriage.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-04-30","Wilson's essay and a new book of essays","Roosevelt wires Johnson again on California, and writes Herbert Drake about Wilson's World's Work article attacking his ideas on regulating corporations. Scribner's brings out a new collection of his essays, and another memoir installment appears.",["hiram-johnson","herbert-drake","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-01","A picture letter for Ethel","Roosevelt writes Ethel, sending a picture letter and delighting in her happiness with Dick. He notes Kermit is struggling in South America and wishes he were better company for Edith in the evenings.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-02","Suffrage speech; no run for mayor","Roosevelt speaks at a woman suffrage meeting. He tells Henry White that Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan have handled California badly and that he will not run for mayor, and backs Governor Sulzer's direct primary bill.",["henry-white","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan","william-sulzer","teresa-richardson"],"New York City"],["1913-05-03","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-04","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-05","No single tax in the platform","Roosevelt tells George Record the Progressive platform will leave out the single tax because the public is not ready for it.",["george-l-record"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-06","Backing Sulzer's primary bill","Roosevelt writes Dean George Kirchwey that, though he preferred the Progressive version, he heartily supports the direct primary bill Governor Sulzer is pushing.",["george-w-kirchwey","william-sulzer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-07","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-08","Lunch with Carnegie; powerless on Japan","Roosevelt lunches with Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Choate, Judge Alton Parker and British delegates to a peace celebration. To Japan's Baron Kaneko he writes that he has done all he can on California but has no power.",["andrew-carnegie","joseph-h-choate","alton-b-parker","kaneko-kentaro","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-09","Japan protests","Japan's government lodges a formal protest with Washington over California's proposed land law.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-10","Keep the fleet together","Roosevelt warns Franklin, now at the Navy Department, that trouble with Japan is unlikely but could come without warning, and the fleet must not be split.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-11","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-12","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-13","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-14","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-15","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-16","Men for woman suffrage","Roosevelt speaks in Plainfield, New Jersey, to a men's group supporting votes for women. In Albany lawmakers called back for a special session reject the primary bill, and Tammany boss Charles Murphy moves to impeach Governor Sulzer over campaign funds.",["charles-f-murphy","william-sulzer"],"Plainfield"],["1913-05-17","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-18","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-19","California's land law signed","Governor Hiram Johnson signs California's anti-Japanese land bill, calling it the people's will; it breaks no federal law.",["hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-20","Don't divide the fleet","Roosevelt writes Senator Miles Poindexter of the Naval Affairs Committee against splitting the fleet.",["miles-poindexter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-21","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-22","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-23","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-24","Off to Michigan for the libel trial","Roosevelt leaves for Marquette, Michigan, to press his libel suit against editor George Newett. Edith writes Kermit that Nick's absence from the wedding mattered little to the family but deeply hurt Alice.",["george-a-newett","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","nicholas-longworth","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-25","Traveling to Marquette","Roosevelt is on his way to Marquette.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-05-26","On the witness stand","Staying with George Shiras, Roosevelt takes the stand in his suit against George Newett, whose Ishpeming Iron Ore had branded him a liar, a curser and a drunk.",["george-shiras-iii","george-a-newett"],"Marquette"],["1913-05-27","Trial continues in Marquette","Roosevelt remains in Marquette as the libel trial goes on.",[],"Marquette"],["1913-05-28","Trial continues in Marquette","Roosevelt is still in Marquette for the libel case.",[],"Marquette"],["1913-05-29","Old friends vouch for him","A parade of witnesses testifies to Roosevelt's character and sobriety, among them Gifford Pinchot, Leonard Wood, George Dewey, Jacob Riis, his doctors Alexander Lambert and Presley Rixey, and cousins Emlen and Philip Roosevelt.",["robert-bacon","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","george-cortelyou","william-loeb","george-dewey","leonard-wood","jacob-riis","alexander-lambert","presley-m-rixey","lawrence-abbott","lyman-abbott","emlen-roosevelt","philip-j-roosevelt"],"Marquette"],["1913-05-30","Edith and Spring-Rice","Edith writes Cecil Spring-Rice that politics make a visit unwise just now, though the old friends long to see each other.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","cecil-spring-rice"],"Marquette"],["1913-05-31","Six cents and vindication","Newett gives up, and Roosevelt wins his libel case, taking just six cents in damages. He writes Bamie that the libeler caved. The 17th Amendment takes effect, moving the choice of senators from state legislatures to the voters.",["george-a-newett","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Marquette"],["1913-06-01","Kermit's news from Brazil, sent from Michigan","From Marquette, Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel that her brother Kermit has taken a job with the Anglo Brazil Iron Company in the south of Brazil.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","kermit-roosevelt"],"Marquette"],["1913-06-02","Home again, writing about Portsmouth","Roosevelt gets back to New York and Sagamore Hill and writes diplomat Henry White about his autobiography chapter on the Portsmouth peace and the Japanese complaints it drew, along with present-day trouble with Japan.",["henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-03","A picnic with Edith","Roosevelt and his wife Edith head out on a picnic. He also makes clear that Dick Derby, about to join the family through Ethel, will be counted as fully one of his own.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-04","Callers at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt receives visitors at Sagamore Hill, among them Mitchel and Father York.",["john-purroy-mitchel","father-york"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-06","Cheering schoolboy athletes in Central Park","Roosevelt travels into the city to watch a field day in Central Park put on by boys of the Public Schools Athletic League.",[],"Central Park"],["1913-06-07","Argentina's minister visits","Arthur Hill and Romulo Naon, Argentina's minister to the United States, spend time as Roosevelt's guests at Sagamore Hill.",["arthur-d-hill","romulo-naon"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-08","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-09","Commencement speech at the Hill School","Roosevelt goes to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and speaks to the graduating class of the Hill School.",[],"Hill School"],["1913-06-10","Stumping for direct primaries in Buffalo","In Buffalo, Roosevelt addresses the Progressive Club to push for direct primaries in New York, staying with C. J. Hamlin. His wife Edith sails for Europe to be near her sister Emily after emergency appendix surgery.",["chauncey-j-hamlin","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Buffalo"],["1913-06-11","Lunch with 500 Progressives","In Rochester, Roosevelt sits down to lunch with some five hundred Progressives, and speeches follow.",[],"Rochester"],["1913-06-12","Heading for Archie's graduation","Roosevelt travels toward Andover, Massachusetts. Ted, his wife Eleanor and little Gracie sign in as guests.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt"],"Rochester"],["1913-06-13","Archie graduates from Phillips Academy","Roosevelt watches his son Archie finish at Phillips Academy in Andover, speaks at the alumni luncheon, and then leaves for Hartford.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Phillips Academy"],["1913-06-14","Hartford, then home","Roosevelt leaves Hartford, Connecticut, and makes for Oyster Bay.",[],"Hartford"],["1913-06-15","A full house at Sagamore Hill","Ted and Eleanor bring baby Gracie to Sagamore Hill. Alice Longworth and Eleanor's mother, Mrs. Alexander, are staying too.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","mrs-alexander"],"New York City"],["1913-06-16","A Bunker Hill Day speech on the flag","For Bunker Hill Day, Roosevelt gives a rousing talk on the American flag at a Boston banquet of Charlestown's Hayes Square Outing Club. He dines with W. S. Bigelow, is received by the city's press club, and returns to New York.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","grace-alexander","romulo-naon"],"Charlestown"],["1913-06-17","Planning a South American journey","Roosevelt lunches at the American Museum of Natural History with Frank Chapman and Father Zahm, a South America traveler, to start arranging his trip to Brazil. He also writes several men about the Underwood tariff.",["john-augustine-zahm","frank-m-chapman","william-nelson","william-allen-white","joseph-l-bristow"],"American Museum of Natural History"],["1913-06-18","Conference with Whitman","Roosevelt meets with Whitman at Sagamore Hill. Alice and Nick are the house guests.",["whitman","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-19","Good news from Lausanne","Herbert K. Smith and his wife visit Sagamore Hill as word comes from Europe: Ethel and Dick have joined Edith at Lausanne's Hotel Mirabeau, and Emily's surgery went well. Roosevelt writes Arthur Hill about his Charlestown speech attacking the red flag.",["herbert-knox-smith","mrs-herbert-k-smith","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","arthur-d-hill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-20","Ted and Eleanor's anniversary","Ludwig Moorehead visits Sagamore Hill on the third wedding anniversary of Ted and Eleanor.",["ludwig-moorehead","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-21","The boys come home from school","Quentin and Archie arrive back at Sagamore Hill for the summer.",["quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-22","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-23","A long letter to Kermit","With his sister Corinne and her husband Douglas visiting, Roosevelt writes Kermit in Brazil, backing his work, sketching ideas for their coming South American journey, and reporting that Eleanor is keeping house while Edith is away.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","kermit-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-24","A Brazilian envoy calls","Mrs. Leigh Hunt and Mrs. Kinsolving join Roosevelt for lunch, and Jose DeLima, secretary to Brazil's foreign minister Lauro Muller, calls. Roosevelt writes William Hotchkiss about the race for mayor.",["mrs-kinsolving","mrs-leigh-hunt","jose-delima","lauro-muller","william-h-hotchkiss"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-25","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-27","Workers' compensation and Black voters","Roosevelt urges Donald Richberg to have Progressives in Congress press for a workmen's compensation law, and writes Walter Brown about Black voters in the North.",["donald-richberg","walter-f-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-28","Guests for the weekend","James B. Eustis and his wife visit Sagamore Hill, along with Ted and Eleanor.",["james-b-eustis","mrs-james-b-eustis","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-29","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-06-30","Autobiography installment; western plans","Another installment of Roosevelt's \"Chapters of a Possible Autobiography\" appears. Alice and Nick set off for Panama, and the record notes the coming western journey with Archie, Quentin and cousin Nicholas Roosevelt to the Indian lands beyond the Grand Canyon's north side.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-01","Another letter on the tariff","Roosevelt writes William Nelson again about the Underwood tariff bill.",["william-nelson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-02","The Progressive Party turns one","At Newport, Roosevelt marks the Progressive Party's first birthday with a speech on the American Navy, then joins party leaders in an open discussion.",[],"Newport"],["1913-07-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-04","Independence Day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-06","Writing Spring-Rice about Japan","Roosevelt writes his old friend Cecil Spring-Rice about friction between the United States and Japan, saying he wants to see him and never mind diplomacy. From Europe, his wife Edith complains to Kermit that Ted's in-laws have crowded into Sagamore Hill.",["cecil-spring-rice","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-07","Off west with Archie and Quentin","Roosevelt sets out on a western trip with his sons Archie and Quentin. He writes Arthur Lee about his libel trial, a peace conference and the coming South American trip, glad to be beyond the Progressives' reach for a while, and admitting he disliked Edith's going abroad though she had to.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","arthur-lee","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-08","Rolling west by train","Roosevelt and the boys are on their way west.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-09","No change on the Southern question","Still traveling west, Roosevelt writes Walter Brown that he will not change the Progressive Party's all-white policy in the South.",["walter-f-brown"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-07-10","With Bob Ferguson in Silver City","Roosevelt and his sons arrive in Silver City, New Mexico, as guests of his old friend Bob Ferguson.",["bob-ferguson","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Silver City"],["1913-07-11","Another day at Silver City","The Roosevelts remain at Silver City with Bob Ferguson.",["bob-ferguson"],"Silver City"],["1913-07-12","Bound for the Grand Canyon","From Albuquerque the Roosevelts head for the Grand Canyon, reaching Flagstaff at 9:45 at night, where cousin Nicholas Roosevelt joins them. They resolve to pack in to see Rainbow Natural Bridge while in Arizona, then ride the train on to Williams.",["nicholas-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Albuquerque"],["1913-07-13","An old professor on the canyon rim","Roosevelt, Quentin and Nicholas reach the Grand Canyon at 8 a.m. and check into the near-empty El Tovar Hotel. After a day of planning and a walk along the rim, they run into Dr. Fisher, once Roosevelt's professor, who joins them for dinner and talk of canyon plants and animals.",["quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","dr-fisher","edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow","gifford-pinchot","robert-m-la-follette"],"Williams"],["1913-07-14","Archie reaches the canyon rim","Archie comes in from Flagstaff by train, bringing Jesse Cummings of Mesa to cook, pack and wrangle for the trip. Roosevelt and Quentin spend part of the day on horseback near El Tovar. Edith writes Kermit that the coming Brazil journey worries her.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","jesse-cummings","flemming","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"El Tovar Hotel"],["1913-07-15","Down into the Grand Canyon","After an early hotel breakfast, Roosevelt, Archie, Quentin, cousin Nicholas and Jesse Cummings ride mules down the Bright Angel Trail and finish the steepest pitch on foot. Rain turns to a thunderstorm as they ride a hand-pulled cable car over the Colorado. A Bar Z hand named Stevenson lends horses for the climb north, and supper by the river is bacon, flat pancakes and canned peas.",["nicholas-roosevelt","stevenson"],"El Tovar Hotel"],["1913-07-16","Night climb to the North Rim","Woken at 1:30 a.m. by Mansfield of the Bar Z, the party eats graham meal and canned chicken and sets off up the trail at 2:45 under clouds. By noon they top out on the North Rim and meet game warden \"Uncle Jimmy\" Owens, then ready the hunt as rain falls.",["mansfield","jesse-cummings","archibald-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","james-t-owens"],"North Rim"],["1913-07-17","Trouble with the hired guides","The Mormon guides who were supposed to bring horses down to the river on the 15th never came, so they are let go. Uncle Jimmy Owens and prospector Joe Wilson will guide the hunt instead, and the party meets Forest Supervisor Pelton and his rangers.",["james-t-owens","joe-wilson","mr-pelton"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-18","Recruiting Joe Wilson","In a drizzle, the party persuades Joe Wilson to come along on the hunt.",["joe-wilson"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-19","Getting ready to hunt","The Roosevelts spend the day preparing for the hunt on the canyon's north side.",[],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-20","Nicholas bags a cougar","After a night of sour beans and rain in Uncle Jim's tent, the party gets moving at 9. The hounds tree a cougar near the canyon rim and Nicholas brings it down. Lunch comes in a thunderstorm at Kanabownits Canyon; later a cold trail, a new camp and more rain.",["archibald-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","james-t-owens","joe-wilson"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-21","Empty-handed at Point Sublime","On a clear, cold morning the hunters ride southeast along the rim toward Point Sublime looking for cougars, but find none. Back at camp, a Mormon visitor is waiting for Roosevelt and leaves soon after.",[],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-22","Writing a speech for Brazil in camp","With the horses strayed and a hound's leg broken, Roosevelt sits in the tent drafting the speech he will give in Brazil and tells the boys stories of earlier Roosevelt childhoods. Next morning, after burnt biscuits, he hunts near Cliff Spring without luck and explores ruined pueblos and cliff dwellings.",["joe-wilson","james-t-owens","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lawrence-white","henry-white"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-23","Two cougars and a supper of cougar meat","Roosevelt and Archie each kill a cougar, as does Uncle Jimmy, and Roosevelt eats the meat with gusto. Over the next days the party washes up at the ranger station, rides Wooley's Trail to camp under a ledge facing the San Francisco Peaks, hears his ghost stories, and returns to see Supervisor Pelton.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","james-t-owens","mr-pelton","mrs-pelton"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-24","Riding to the Bar Z","After a morning at the ranger station, the party rides to the Bar Z Ranch, where Roosevelt questions Al Doyle about the route to Rainbow Natural Bridge. Nicholas finds Doyle a bit of a talker.",["al-doyle","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Grand Canyon"],["1913-07-31","Autobiography chapters in print","The month closes with another installment of Roosevelt's \"Chapters of a Possible Autobiography\" in print.",[],"Navajo desert"],["1913-08-01","Sandstorm in House Rock Valley","Leaving the Bar Z before dawn, the party stops at Kane, where Mansfield lets them keep his horses free of charge, then drops down off the Kaibab into House Rock Valley beside the Vermilion Cliffs. A fierce sandstorm drives them into a stone cabin; Roosevelt beheads a rattler he has caught, and all sleep on the ground.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","mansfield"],"Bar Z Ranch"],["1913-08-02","Desert ride to Lees Ferry","Up at first light, the party rides through hot desert country that impresses Roosevelt, to Lees Ferry, where Tom Caffell gives them a chicken lunch. Archie and Nicholas go over to the far bank to meet the men J. L. Hubbell has sent: the Navajo cook Loko, Navajo policeman Choke and Sneeze, and guide Francisco Marquez.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","tom-caffell","lorenzo-hubbell","loko","choke-and-sneeze","francisco-marquez"],"Lees Ferry"],["1913-08-03","Camp moves across the river","At Roosevelt's suggestion the party shifts its gear and camp to the river's south bank. Joe Wilson and Uncle Jimmy Owens turn back for the Grand Canyon. From Europe, his wife Edith writes Kermit that she had wanted this trip so father and Quentin would come to understand one another.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","james-t-owens","joe-wilson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Lees Ferry"],["1913-08-04","Forty miles into Navajo country","With two wagons, the party reaches Tanner's Well, 25 miles out, by noon, covers 15 more after lunch, and camps on a ridge. Roosevelt has been watching the Navajo people along the way.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Tuba City"],["1913-08-05","Arriving at Tuba City","On a cool, fast day the party lunches and bathes at Willow Springs, then rides into Tuba City to the Preston trading post. They visit with Mr. Sullivan, who serves as both Indian agent and head of the school; Roosevelt and Quentin sleep in his house, Archie and Nicholas outside.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","mr-sullivan"],"Bar Z Ranch"],["1913-08-06","Hearing out Hopi and Navajo leaders","Mr. Sullivan drives the party to a Hopi village, where the chiefs lay their complaints against the government before Roosevelt; later he hears Navajo chiefs do the same. Quentin and Nicholas ride in Preston's automobile, one of three in town, and dinner is at Preston's. In Italy, Edith turns 52.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","mr-sullivan","preston","mrs-sullivan","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Tuba City"],["1913-08-07","Through deep sand toward Marsh Pass","After breakfast the group sets off for Marsh Pass across 25 miles of deep sand, an 8-hour ride, pausing an hour at Red Lake Trading Post and reaching Halfway House at 9 p.m. for the night.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Tuba City"],["1913-08-08","Camp under a half moon at Marsh Pass","The riders cross grassland past Black Mesa, see many pueblo ruins, and camp in lovely Marsh Pass under a bright half moon.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Kayenta"],["1913-08-09","At the Wetherills' post in Kayenta","After 40 miles in the saddle, the party reaches the Kayenta trading post of John and Louisa Wetherill before noon, meets Mr. Colville and Mrs. Peabody, and is shown Navajo sand paintings by Mrs. Wetherill.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","john-wetherill","louisa-wetherill","mr-colville","mrs-peabody"],"Wetherill Trading Post"],["1913-08-10","Setting out for Rainbow Bridge","The Roosevelts leave Kayenta for Rainbow Natural Bridge, seen by whites only four years before. Guiding them are John Wetherill, Jesse Cummings and a Navajo called Glad Hand, soon joined by Nasja Begay, the Paiute who first led whites there. Traveling light without tents, they pass a cave pueblo and camp by Bubbling Spring.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","john-wetherill","jesse-cummings","glad-hand","nasja-begay"],"Kayenta"],["1913-08-11","Camping beneath Rainbow Bridge","After a slow start up Paiute Canyon and a night below Navajo Mountain, the party strips down to essentials, rides rough slickrock, squeezes through a crack in the rock, and walks in for a grand first look at Rainbow Bridge. They wash in a pool and sleep under the arch as a full moon rises.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","john-wetherill"],"Rainbow Natural Bridge"],["1913-08-13","Back to Navajo Mountain; Sulzer impeached","Making good time on the way back, the party reaches its old camp below Navajo Mountain by evening. It is Ethel's 22nd birthday, and in Albany the legislature votes to impeach Governor William Sulzer.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","william-sulzer"],"Rainbow Natural Bridge"],["1913-08-14","Paiute Canyon to Bubbling Spring","The party lunches in Paiute Canyon and spends the night at Bubbling Spring.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Rainbow Natural Bridge"],["1913-08-15","Return to Kayenta","A five-hour ride brings the party back to Kayenta in time for lunch.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Rainbow Natural Bridge"],["1913-08-16","Novels and Navajo lore","Resting at Kayenta, the party reads cheap novels and listens to Mrs. Wetherill on Navajo ways.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","louisa-wetherill"],"Kayenta"],["1913-08-17","Eight hours across the mesa","With a fresh pack outfit and John Wetherill, Dave Miller and two Navajo men, Snake Dance and Hound, the party rides eight hours straight, eating only an evening meal. Back east, granddaughter Gracie turns two.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","john-wetherill","dave-miller","snake-dance","hound","grace-roosevelt"],"Kayenta"],["1913-08-18","Onto the Hopi lands","Another long day crossing Black Mesa brings the party to the Hopi reservation. The two Navajo guides shoot, roast and eat a few prairie dogs.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","snake-dance","hound"],"Arizona"],["1913-08-19","Crowds at Walpi","A short ride brings the party to Walpi, where Lorenzo Hubbell meets them amid a tangle of tourists and film crews who have come to see Roosevelt.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lorenzo-hubbell"],"Gallup"],["1913-08-20","Inside a Hopi kiva","Lorenzo Hubbell takes Roosevelt into a kiva for a quarter hour, introduces him to the Hopi chiefs, and wins permission for the family to see the next day's snake washing. They watch an antelope dance and meet Indian Service officials and Natalie Curtis. Edith, Ethel and Dick reach home from Europe.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lorenzo-hubbell","mr-abbott","mr-crane","mr-drummond","mrs-drummond","natalie-curtis","mr-o-hara","edith-kermit-roosevelt","richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Hubbell Trading Post"],["1913-08-21","The Hopi snake dance","Roosevelt watches a Hopi footrace, joins about 20 men in a kiva for the 40-minute snake washing, and at 5 p.m. sees the snake dance before some 800 whites, most there to see him. Seated with Governor Hunt before Hunt's cameramen, he then motors with Hubbell through the desert night to Ganado.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lorenzo-hubbell","mr-abbott","george-w-p-hunt","john-wetherill"],"Walpi"],["1913-08-22","Horse-trading at Hubbell's","The Roosevelts pull in at Hubbell's place at one in the morning. Hubbell's daughter, Mrs. Goodman, welcomes them after breakfast, and they spend the day bargaining for horses with Hubbell and enjoying his yarns.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lorenzo-hubbell","mrs-goodman"],"Hubbell Trading Post"],["1913-08-23","Mud, baths and the Chicago train","Roused at 4 a.m., the Roosevelts drive toward Gallup, pushing a stuck car out of the mud near St. Michaels. In Gallup the Cotton and Manning families lend their tubs, and at noon the party boards the California Limited for Chicago before a big crowd. Roosevelt writes George Perkins about the Progressive pledge.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt","lorenzo-hubbell","george-perkins"],"Ganado"],["1913-08-24","On the train east","Roosevelt, Archie, Quentin and Nicholas are aboard the train from Gallup, crossing the plains toward Chicago.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Chicago"],["1913-08-25","Sunburned and back in Chicago","Burned red by the desert sun, Roosevelt is met in Chicago by a reception committee and a crowd of photographers. He lunches and speaks at the Progressive Club, talks with party leaders, and within a couple of hours boards the Pennsylvania Limited for home.",["archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","nicholas-roosevelt"],"Progressive Club"],["1913-08-26","Home from the Southwest","The train pulls into New York in the morning. Roosevelt heads straight to the Outlook office to confer with Progressive leaders, meets George McAneny and the fusion candidates at the Harvard Club, and then goes home to Sagamore Hill. He writes Hiram Johnson about California's Progressives, admitting little faith in Wilson, and Frank Dingley about the party in Maine.",["frank-l-dingley","george-mcaneny","hiram-johnson","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-08-27","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-08-28","Quentin grows up","Edith writes Kermit that Quentin seems more grown-up since coming home from the Southwest.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-08-31","Another autobiography installment","A further chapter of Roosevelt's \"Chapters of a Possible Autobiography\" comes out.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-01","Sagamore Hill, with trips to the city","Roosevelt is based at Sagamore Hill this month and goes into New York often.",[],"New York City"],["1913-09-02","A morning of political letters","Roosevelt praises Albert Beveridge's Saturday Evening Post article, tells Governor Sulzer he believes him innocent, disagrees with George Record on the single tax, tells Arthur Lee about his trip through the West, and admits to O. K. Davis that the South's whites-only approach may need to be dropped.",["albert-beveridge","william-sulzer","george-l-record","arthur-lee","oscar-king-davis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-06","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-07","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-08","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-09","Alice arrives; Wilson's Mexico policy","Alice Longworth comes to stay until late September. Roosevelt writes Beveridge denying talk of a Progressive-Republican merger or of Progressives aiding Tammany, and writes Lodge criticizing Wilson and Bryan, above all on Mexico.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","albert-beveridge","henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-10","A blind eye and bad tennis","Roosevelt invites Robert Perkins to Sagamore Hill in hopes of drawing him into Progressive politics, says Ted acts like a boy again at home, and admits his left eye is now blind and his tennis worse than ever.",["robert-p-perkins","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-11","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-12","Talking with Prendergast","Roosevelt goes into the city to meet with Prendergast.",["william-a-prendergast"],"New York City"],["1913-09-13","Ted turns 26","Ted celebrates his 26th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-14","Edith on Alice","Edith writes Kermit that Alice is being spiteful with everyone.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-15","Party business and equal rights","Roosevelt writes William Cadmus about the Progressive Party and R. M. Meroney about equal rights for Black Americans.",["william-cadmus","r-m-meroney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-16","A note to Matthew Hale","Roosevelt writes Matthew Hale about the Progressives.",["matthew-hale"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-17","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-19","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-20","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-22","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-23","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-24","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-25","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-26","Off to Rochester","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Rochester, New York.",[],"Rochester"],["1913-09-27","Rochester luncheon and state committee","In Rochester, Roosevelt is a luncheon guest of the Chamber of Commerce and addresses the Progressive State Committee before heading back to Oyster Bay.",[],"Rochester"],["1913-09-28","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-29","Would he take the 1916 nomination?","Roosevelt writes William Allen White on whether he would accept a Republican presidential nomination in 1916.",["william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-09-30","Spelling out the Progressive creed","Privately, Roosevelt tells Victor Murdock he will not run in 1916 under either party. A Century Magazine article lays out the Progressive aims, arguing neither old party serves ordinary people. In Albany, Governor Sulzer is removed after his impeachment trial.",["victor-murdock","william-sulzer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-10-01","Last days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-10-02","Last days at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1913-10-03","A Progressive send-off in New York","New York Progressives throw Roosevelt a farewell dinner at a city roof garden. Albert Beveridge speaks, and Roosevelt follows with an attack on two party bosses, Republican William Barnes Jr. and Tammany's Charles Murphy.",["albert-beveridge","william-barnes-jr","charles-f-murphy"],"Roof Garden"],["1913-10-04","Sailing for South America","At 1 p.m. Roosevelt, in a gray suit and hat, sails from Brooklyn on the Vandyck with Edith, cousin Margaret Roosevelt, naturalist George Cherrie, Anthony Fiala and his secretary Frank Harper. Crowds pack the ship, pier and streets; the Progressives send a band, and envoys of three South American republics see him off.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","margaret-roosevelt","george-cherrie","frank-harper","anthony-fiala"],"Pier 8"],["1913-10-05","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"New York City"],["1913-10-06","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-07","Writing for Boys' Life at sea","Aboard ship, Roosevelt writes an article for Boys' Life that will run in December.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-08","No answer on 1916","From the ship, Roosevelt writes William Allen White that he will give no flat yes or no about the 1916 nomination.",["william-allen-white"],"At sea"],["1913-10-09","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-10","Ashore in Barbados","At Bridgetown, Barbados, Roosevelt gives a short speech, tours the town and lunches with the governor. Naturalist Leo Miller joins the expedition. In Brazil, Kermit turns 24.",["leo-e-miller","kermit-roosevelt"],"Bridgetown"],["1913-10-11","Eleanor's birthday at sea","The party is at sea. Back home, his niece Eleanor Roosevelt turns 29.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1913-10-12","Word of Timothy Woodruff's death","While Roosevelt is at sea, Timothy Woodruff dies in the United States. He had been Roosevelt's lieutenant governor and a Bull Moose backer in 1912.",["timothy-l-woodruff"],"At sea"],["1913-10-13","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-14","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-15","Edith on a lifted burden","At sea, Edith writes Bamie that her husband seems freed of the Progressive Party, like Christian in Pilgrim's Progress shedding his bundle.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"At sea"],["1913-10-16","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-17","Brazil's welcome at Bahia","Officials greet Roosevelt at Bahia, where Governor Seabra and Mayor Brandao receive him. After breakfast he meets the city council at City Hall, gives a speech and tours the city. Kermit, building bridges for the Anglo-Brazilian Iron Company, joins the party.",["governor-seabra","mayor-brandao","kermit-roosevelt"],"Bahia"],["1913-10-18","Father and son on film","Back at sea, Roosevelt and Kermit are caught on film aboard the Vandyck. It is the 15th birthday of his nephew Sheffield Cowles.",["kermit-roosevelt","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Bahia"],["1913-10-19","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-20","Steaming south","Roosevelt's party is at sea aboard the Vandyck, bound for South America.",[],"At sea"],["1913-10-21","Crowds in Rio de Janeiro","Officials greet Roosevelt in Rio, a great public reception fills the Naval Arsenal, and he calls on President Hermes da Fonseca and Foreign Minister Lauro Muller.",["hermes-da-fonseca","lauro-muller"],"Naval Arsenal"],["1913-10-22","Breakfast with Brazil's president","Roosevelt breakfasts with President da Fonseca, tours the Supreme Court and Military College, speaks to the YMCA, and spends the evening at the Russian ballet.",["hermes-da-fonseca"],"Municipal Theater"],["1913-10-23","Science and an embassy reception","Roosevelt tours Rio's Bacteriological Institute and is guest of honor at a reception hosted by the American ambassador, Edwin Morgan.",["edwin-v-morgan"],"Bacteriological Institute"],["1913-10-24","\"American Internationalism\" in Rio","The party goes up Tijuca Peak and attends the president's garden party in the Botanical Gardens. At the national university, Roosevelt lectures on \"American Internationalism.\"",[],"Botanical Gardens"],["1913-10-25","Birdsong on the bay","On a cruise around the bay, Roosevelt listens to the birds. He visits the Naval School and receives a group of teachers and advanced students. Edith writes a friend that she finds Brazil lovely.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","miss-eustace"],"Naval School"],["1913-10-26","Petropolis, then Sao Paulo","The party visits the mountain town of Petropolis and then leaves for Sao Paulo.",[],"Petropolis"],["1913-10-27","Turning 55 in Sao Paulo","On his 55th birthday, Roosevelt is received by President Alves of Sao Paulo, sees the city and lectures at the university on \"Character and Civilization.\"",["president-alves"],"São Paulo"],["1913-10-28","Touring Sao Paulo industry","Roosevelt inspects local industry, including the Anglo-Brazilian Iron Company where Kermit works.",[],"São Paulo"],["1913-10-29","Heading south for Montevideo","Roosevelt leaves Sao Paulo, bound for Montevideo.",[],"São Paulo"],["1913-10-30","A cattle ranch in Parana","In Parana, the travelers pause at Morungava to see a ranch run by Brazil Land, Cattle and Packing Company.",[],"Parana"],["1913-10-31","Crossing Parana","The party is in Parana. At home, another installment of Roosevelt's \"Chapters of a Possible Autobiography\" appears.",[],"Parana"],["1913-11-01","Through Santa Catarina","The party crosses the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. In New York, The Outlook prints Roosevelt's \"American Internationalism.\"",[],"Santa Catarina"],["1913-11-02","Rolling across Rio Grande do Sul","Crossing Rio Grande do Sul, the train pauses at Cruz Alta and again at Santa Maria.",[],"Rio Grande do Sul"],["1913-11-03","Greeted at the Uruguayan border","Passing through Porto Alegre, Roosevelt is met at the frontier by officials from Uruguay.",[],"Rio Grande do Sul"],["1913-11-04","Lunch with Uruguay's president","In Montevideo, Roosevelt lunches with President Batlle y Ordonez and attends a state dinner before leaving for Buenos Aires. Back home it is election day. He writes Frank Chapman about the trip and a cougar skull from the West.",["jose-batlle-y-ordonez","frank-m-chapman"],"Montevideo"],["1913-11-05","Welcome to Buenos Aires","U.S. Minister John Garrett and Argentine officials greet the party in Buenos Aires. The American community holds a reception, the Roosevelts are guests of President Saenz Pena, and Roosevelt calls on acting President de la Plaza.",["john-w-garrett","roque-saenz-pena","victorino-de-la-plaza"],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-06","In Buenos Aires","Roosevelt is in Buenos Aires; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-07","\"Democratic Ideals\" at the Colon","Roosevelt sits in on a session of the Argentine Congress, is received by Foreign Minister Bosch, and speaks at the Colon Theater to the Museo Social Argentino on \"Democratic Ideals.\"",["dr-bosch"],"Colón Theater"],["1913-11-08","Visiting schoolchildren","Roosevelt visits schoolchildren in Buenos Aires. \"Character and Civilization\" is published in The Outlook.",[],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-09","Racetrack and farm show","The party spends the day at the racecourse known as the Hippodrome and at the farm exposition.",[],"Hippodrome"],["1913-11-10","An honorary degree and \"Truths and Half Truths\"","The University of Buenos Aires gives Roosevelt an honorary doctor of laws, and he lectures at the Colon Theater on \"Truths and Half Truths.\"",[],"University of Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-11","A letter to Bamie","From Buenos Aires, Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie about the journey.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-12","Troops at Campo de Mayo","Roosevelt reviews troops at Campo de Mayo, stops at the Military Club, and speaks on \"American Ideals\" at a Museo Social Argentino banquet.",[],"Military Club"],["1913-11-13","Kermit is engaged","A telegram reaches Kermit in Buenos Aires: Belle Willard has agreed to marry him.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-14","Edith feels left out","Edith writes Ethel that she feels a little low, unable to help her husband and no longer needed by Kermit.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-15","Into the Argentine interior","Roosevelt sets off into Santa Fe province, stopping at Rosario. \"Democratic Ideals\" appears in The Outlook, and he sends Sir Edward Grey a look back at the 1912 campaign.",["edward-grey"],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-11-16","Library and schools in Tucuman","In Tucuman, Roosevelt visits the library and the industrial schools.",[],"Tucumán"],["1913-11-17","Sugar country","Roosevelt tours sugar plantations around Tucuman.",[],"Tucumán"],["1913-11-18","Three provincial capitals","Traveling through Cordoba, San Luis and Mendoza, Roosevelt stops at the provincial capitals.",[],"Córdoba"],["1913-11-19","Quentin turns 16","Roosevelt is in Mendoza province. At Groton, Quentin turns 16.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Mendoza"],["1913-11-20","Wine country in Mendoza","Roosevelt visits the agricultural college and wineries of Mendoza.",[],"Mendoza"],["1913-11-21","Arriving in Chile","Chilean officials welcome Roosevelt to Santiago.",[],"Santiago"],["1913-11-22","Lecture at the University of Chile","Roosevelt calls on President Barros Luco and lectures to the University of Chile on democracy as a movement within a republic.",["ramon-barros-luco"],"University of Chile"],["1913-11-23","In Santiago","Roosevelt is in Santiago; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Santiago"],["1913-11-24","In Santiago","Roosevelt is in Santiago; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Santiago"],["1913-11-25","Bamie's anniversary","Roosevelt is in Santiago. At home, his sister Bamie marks 18 years of marriage.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Santiago"],["1913-11-26","Edith sails for home","At Valparaiso, Edith and Margaret leave Roosevelt and Kermit and board a ship for Panama. Roosevelt visits the Navy Club.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","margaret-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Navy Club"],["1913-11-27","Valparaiso and Santiago","Roosevelt sees the sights of Valparaiso, then attends a reception by the American community in Santiago.",[],"Valparaíso"],["1913-11-28","Chile's naval base","Roosevelt tours the naval base at Talcahuano, then turns back toward Argentina.",[],"Talcahuano"],["1913-11-29","Across the Chilean lakes","Setting out from Puerto Varas, Roosevelt and Kermit travel by boat over Lake Llanquihue and Lake Esmeralda to Peulla.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Puerto Varas"],["1913-11-30","Over the Andes; the Autobiography appears","Roosevelt and Kermit ride over the Andes to Lake Frias, then go by oxcart to Lake Nahuel Huapi and Bariloche. Back home, Scribner's publishes his Autobiography, and Boys' Life prints his \"To All Boys.\"",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Bariloche"],["1913-12-01","Motoring across Patagonia","Roosevelt and Kermit drive across the barren Patagonian plains.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Patagonia"],["1913-12-02","Anniversary in Neuquen","Roosevelt and Kermit reach Neuquen. It is the 27th wedding anniversary of Roosevelt and Edith.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Neuquen"],["1913-12-03","Bahia Blanca naval base","Heading back toward Buenos Aires, Roosevelt stops to see the naval base at Bahia Blanca.",[],"Neuquen"],["1913-12-04","Horsemen and flowers","Back in Buenos Aires, the city's equestrian society hosts Roosevelt at the Club Hipico, and he visits the flower festival.",[],"Club Hípico"],["1913-12-05","Bound for Paraguay","Roosevelt leaves Buenos Aires for Asuncion.",[],"Buenos Aires"],["1913-12-06","North through Entre Rios","The journey north passes through the provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes.",[],"Corrientes"],["1913-12-07","Guests in Asuncion","In Asuncion, Roosevelt and Kermit stay with a former president of Paraguay.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Asunción"],["1913-12-08","Villa Hayes with President Schaerer","Roosevelt visits Villa Hayes with President Eduardo Schaerer.",["eduardo-schaerer"],"Asunción"],["1913-12-09","Up the Paraguay River","In the afternoon Roosevelt starts up the Paraguay River aboard President Schaerer's yacht, with Tex Rickard along. His book Through the Brazilian Wilderness, and his 1913 diary, both pick up the story here.",["eduardo-schaerer","tex-rickard","kermit-roosevelt"],"Asunción"],["1913-12-10","Piranhas and a family letter","Roosevelt and Kermit catch a piranha and reach Concepcion just before midnight. He writes Ted's wife Eleanor, glad she is expecting again, with news of Kermit, Archie and Quentin.",["kermit-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Concepción"],["1913-12-11","Reviewing Paraguay's army","In Concepcion, Roosevelt and Kermit stroll the streets, attend a reception, inspect army barracks, and Roosevelt speaks at City Hall. Back on the river he shoots two crocodilians. Edith and Margaret sail from Panama for home.",["kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","margaret-roosevelt"],"Concepción"],["1913-12-12","Colonel Rondon comes aboard","Steaming north through tropical country, the yacht reaches Brazil's border at the Apa River at noon, where Colonel Candido Rondon and the Brazilian members join. They take on wood at Porto Murtinho. Roosevelt writes Lodge that the Monroe Doctrine should rest on shared agreement.",["kermit-roosevelt","candido-rondon","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-13","Six caymans","Under gray skies, Father Zahm baptizes two children in a river town, and Roosevelt shoots caymans, which he likens to crocodiles.",["john-augustine-zahm"],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-14","Under the flag past Coimbra","Rain falls over marshy plains to the east as the boat, flying the American flag, passes Coimbra. Roosevelt later describes the river's golden sunsets in his book.",[],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-15","Reunion at Corumba","At Corumba the town council hosts a reception and official dinner. Roosevelt and Kermit rejoin Cherrie and Miller, who have gathered about 800 bird and mammal specimens.",["george-cherrie","leo-e-miller","kermit-roosevelt"],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-16","Packing up at Corumba","The expedition sorts and packs gear while Colonel Rondon checks supplies. Roosevelt hears plenty of animal tales, many about piranhas.",["candido-rondon"],"Corumbá"],["1913-12-17","Up the Taquari after an anteater","Aboard the shallow river steamer Nyoac, the party heads up the Taquari toward Senhor de Barros's ranch, Las Palmeiras. Roosevelt shoots a giant anteater and many caymans, and they camp on shore.",["senhor-de-barros"],"Corumbá"],["1913-12-18","Riding to the fazenda; Margaret ill","The party rides 20 miles over five or six hours to the de Barros ranch, with baggage hauled by oxcart. In New York, Edith and Margaret arrive home, Margaret gravely ill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","margaret-roosevelt","senhor-de-barros"],"Taquari River"],["1913-12-19","Hunting the Pantanal","Roosevelt and Kermit ride and hunt all day through the Pantanal swamp, and Kermit shoots a giant anteater.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Las Palmeiras"],["1913-12-20","A jaguar for Roosevelt","Kermit brings down two large marsh deer, and Roosevelt kills a jaguar and fires at a cayman.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Las Palmeiras"],["1913-12-21","Kermit's jaguar","Kermit gets a jaguar and Roosevelt a capybara. They push their horses through a stream full of piranhas, and Roosevelt marvels at the birdlife.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Las Palmeiras"],["1913-12-22","Back toward the Taquari","The party rides overland back to the Taquari. Roosevelt drops a wood ibis in flight.",[],"Taquari River"],["1913-12-23","Downriver; the Federal Reserve becomes law","Roosevelt and Kermit ride to the boat and steam downstream, towing a small craft for a peon. In Washington, the Federal Reserve Act is signed into law.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Taquari River"],["1913-12-24","The River of Doubt party assembles","Back at Corumba, Roosevelt and Kermit rejoin the rest aboard the Nyoac. The party includes Harper, Father Zahm and his aide Jacob Sigg, Cherrie, Miller, Fiala, Colonel Rondon, Captain Magalhaes, Lieutenants Lyra and Filho, geologist Oliveira and taxidermist Reinisch. Roosevelt writes Edith.",["kermit-roosevelt","frank-harper","john-augustine-zahm","jacob-sigg","george-cherrie","leo-e-miller","anthony-fiala","candido-rondon","amilcar-de-magalhaes","joao-lyra","lieutenant-filho","dr-oliveira","reinisch","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Taquari River"],["1913-12-25","Christmas on the Paraguay","On Christmas the Nyoac pushes upstream against a strong current, the expedition on deck and Kermit busy preparing skins.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-26","Flies and heat on the Sao Lourenco","The Nyoac turns up the narrower Sao Lourenco, with biting flies everywhere and the thermometer at 100 degrees.",[],"Paraguay River"],["1913-12-27","Rain on the Cuiaba","Steaming up the Cuiaba in heavy rain, the boat pulls in at a ranch to take on milk and beef.",[],"Cuiabá River"],["1913-12-28","Welcome at Sao Joao","The party reaches Sao Joao, the ranch of Brazil's agriculture secretary, Senhor da Costa Marques, for a big reception. Afternoon rain, 97 degrees.",["senhor-da-costa-marques"],"Cuiabá River"],["1913-12-29","A peccary with a spear","Father and son da Costa Marques take the party out after jaguars on an overcast day. Roosevelt kills a wild boar with a spear before heavy rain sets in.",["senhor-da-costa-marques"],"São João Fazenda"],["1913-12-30","Downstream in a downpour","In soaking rain the party heads back down the Cuiaba to the Sao Lourenco and anchors by the bank for the night.",[],"Cuiabá River"],["1913-12-31","Machetes, ants and a capybara","In steady rain the hunters cut through dense jungle, beset by mosquitoes and fire ants. Roosevelt shoots a monkey, the party bags coatis and bush deer, and when the sun breaks through around 2 he gets a capybara. Packed for the trip: Gibbon, Sophocles, More's Utopia, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus.",[],"São Lourenço River"],["1914-01-01","A hard, empty New Year's hunt","Up at 5, the party eats hardtack, ham, sardines and coffee, then tramps all day through jungle and marsh in the heat and comes back with nothing.",[],"São Lourenço River"],["1914-01-02","Back onto the Paraguay","The expedition runs down the Sao Lourenco to the Paraguay and begins working upstream.",[],"São Lourenço River"],["1914-01-03","Parakeets on the river; Margaret dies","Steaming up the Paraguay, Roosevelt watches parakeets build nests. At home, Margaret Roosevelt, who sailed south with the party, dies of typhoid fever.",["margaret-roosevelt"],"Paraguay River"],["1914-01-04","Quiet nights on deck","Going up the Paraguay, the party watches wildlife by day and enjoys calm nights on deck.",[],"Paraguay River"],["1914-01-05","At Sao Luis de Caceres","Leaving the marshes behind, the party reaches Sao Luis de Caceres late in the day, and Roosevelt stays with Lieutenant Lyra. In the United States, Margaret Roosevelt is buried.",["joao-lyra","margaret-roosevelt"],"Paraguay River"],["1914-01-06","Up the River of Tapirs","The expedition heads up the Sepotuba, known as the River of Tapirs, and pitches camp at Porto Campo. Baggage goes ahead to a staging point, and the flag is raised each day.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-07","Camp life at Porto Campo","At Porto Campo the party observes wildlife and hunts.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-08","In camp","The expedition stays in camp at Porto Campo.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-09","A tapir in the water","With four canoes, three dugouts and one Canadian, the party hunts tapir. Hunting on foot with Fiala, Roosevelt takes a bush deer and later shoots a tapir as it swims.",["anthony-fiala"],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-10","Peccaries elude them","A hunt for white-lipped peccaries comes up empty, and the bugs make it miserable: ticks, wasps, mosquitoes and fire ants.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-11","Five peccaries with Rondon","Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon try again for peccaries and get five, plus a small bush deer.",["candido-rondon"],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-12","The supply boat is back","The supply boat comes back to camp at Porto Campo.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-13","Breaking camp for Tapirapoan","The party strikes camp, packs a launch and houseboat, and starts up the Paraguay for Tapirapoan with 30 men and five dogs, in rain.",[],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-14","Reading Gibbon at a mile and a half an hour","The boat crawls upriver while the men cook on deck over a makeshift hearth. Roosevelt's reading includes Gibbon, Scott's Quentin Durward and the Song of Roland. At home, Alice's grandmother Lee dies, leaving her an annual income from a trust.",["caroline-haskell-lee","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Porto Campo"],["1914-01-15","Ants in the tents","A man who went missing is found, lunch is on an island, and the party reaches Tapirapoan. Ants chew through their tents at night.",[],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-16","Into the real wilderness","At Tapirapoan, Roosevelt readies for the unexplored country with Kermit, Colonel Rondon, Cherrie, Miller, Fiala, two Brazilians and the paddlers. He writes Quentin about the trip and Kermit, and reports early results to Frank Chapman.",["kermit-roosevelt","anthony-fiala","leo-e-miller","george-cherrie","candido-rondon","quentin-roosevelt","frank-m-chapman"],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-17","Vampire bats","At Tapirapoan, Roosevelt studies vampire bats.",[],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-18","The ox train goes ahead","Seventy pack oxen leave Tapirapoan ahead of the party. In the United States, Bamie turns 59.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-19","Kermit hunts","At Tapirapoan, Kermit goes out hunting.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-20","At Tapirapoan","The expedition is at Tapirapoan; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-21","Mule train to the Sepotuba falls","The party sets out on riding mules and covers 15 miles to the Sepotuba waterfall.",[],"Tapirapoan"],["1914-01-22","Hacking through the forest","Turning west away from the river, the riders cut their way through dense forest with machetes and make camp in rain.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-23","Up onto the Parecis Plateau","A steep climb brings the party to the rim of the Parecis Plateau, where the day is cool and free of mosquitoes.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-24","Over the great divide","Riding across the high plateau, the party passes the watershed that separates the Amazon basin from the Paraguay's, with rain in the afternoon.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-25","Campfire stories","Heading north, Kermit shoots two pampas deer bucks. That night stories go around the campfire while Roosevelt writes; it rains.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-26","On the trail","The expedition is traveling; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-27","On the trail","The expedition is traveling; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-28","Riding in heavy rain","The expedition travels on through heavy rain.",[],"Parecis Plateau"],["1914-01-29","Telegraph line and a swim","After a late start the party strikes a telegraph line, crosses the Sacre, and sees the falls at Salto Bello, where the motor road ends. The men go swimming.",[],"Sacre River"],["1914-01-30","A ball game near Utiarity","Two miles from Utiarity Falls, Roosevelt watches Indians play an unusual form of ball. It rains.",[],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-01-31","Rain at Utiarity Falls","The expedition is at Utiarity Falls in the rain.",[],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-01","Pausing at Utiarity Falls","Roosevelt's expedition is at Utiarity Falls, where a native village sits beside a station on Brazil's telegraph line.",[],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-02","A live armadillo for the collection","The rain stops though clouds hang on. Roosevelt heads out alone with his rifle and comes back carrying a living armadillo for naturalist Leo Miller, then sits by the falls watching the village men dance.",["leo-e-miller"],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-03","The expedition splits and heads north","Father Zahm turns back for Tapirapoan with specimens, while Fiala and Lauriado break off to descend the Juruena. Under clearing skies, Roosevelt, Kermit, Rondon, Lyra, Olivera, Cherrie and Miller push on with mules and two ox carts, covering about 15 miles of wilderness.",["john-augustine-zahm","anthony-fiala","lauriado","candido-rondon","joao-lyra","dr-oliveira","george-cherrie","leo-e-miller","kermit-roosevelt"],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-04","Biting insects at the Burity River","Fair skies, fierce insects. The party camps on the western bank of the Burity, where the men wash in the river before rain moves in.",[],"Burity River"],["1914-02-05","Watching the Nhambiquara","Through a downpour the party fords the Burity and camps where the Huatsui River begins, an automobile still traveling with them. Roosevelt studies the Nhambiquara people he meets along the way.",[],"Huatsui River"],["1914-02-06","Lightening the load","The expedition trims its baggage to travel lighter.",[],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-07","Camp on a Tapajós headwater","A brief day's march ends at a stream that feeds the Tapajós. George Cherrie returns to camp with bird specimens.",["george-cherrie"],"Utiarity Falls"],["1914-02-08","Twenty miles to Juruena","Under clear skies the party covers 20 miles and pulls into Juruena by mid-afternoon, an outpost with a garrison and a telegraph office.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-09","A working rest day at Juruena","The expedition stays put. Specimens are added to the collection, film is developed and journals caught up. Roosevelt watches native dancing as heavy rain falls.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-10","Gibbon and Arsène Lupin by the campfire","Back on the trail in the rain, the soaked party covers 15 miles and crosses the river by ferry. Evenings bring more campfire stories, and Roosevelt reads Gibbon alongside an Arsène Lupin detective tale.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-11","Marching on","The expedition continues its overland march; no details are recorded.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-12","Alice turns 30 back home","Roosevelt's party is still marching through the interior. In the United States, his daughter Alice celebrates her 30th birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Juruena"],["1914-02-13","Still on the trail","The party keeps traveling; nothing more is recorded.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-14","Another day of travel","The expedition continues north with no further details noted.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-15","Last of the carts at Campos Novos","The party reaches Campos Novos and links up with Amilcar and Mello and the pack train. From here on, everything moves without carts.",["amilcar-de-magalhaes","lieutenant-mello"],"Campos Novos"],["1914-02-16","An afternoon camp","The expedition keeps moving and pitches camp in the afternoon.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-17","Vilhena telegraph post","The party arrives at the telegraph station of Vilhena. Back in the United States, Alice and Nick Longworth mark eight years of marriage.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Vilhena"],["1914-02-18","Heading north","The expedition continues northward.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-19","Northward again","Another day of northward travel, with nothing else recorded.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-20","First sight of the River of Doubt","After woods give way to open country, the party spots a small brook and recognizes it as the source of the Rio da Dúvida, the River of Doubt. Roosevelt jots notes on local people and their dances; rain falls.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-21","Attempted theft at camp","Local people try to make off with things from the expedition's camp.",[],"Juruena"],["1914-02-22","Through hill pastures to Tres Burity","The march crosses rolling grassland and reaches a ranch at Tres Burity.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-02-23","An archery exhibition at Bonifacio","At Bonifacio, local Indians show off their skill with bows and arrows for the visitors.",[],"Bonifácio"],["1914-02-24","Two parties, two rivers","After seven miles the travelers meet Amilcar again and divide. Amilcar, Miller and Mello will follow the Gy-Paraná; Roosevelt, Kermit, Rondon, Lyra, Cherrie and the doctor take the River of Doubt with 16 paddlers, seven canoes and food for 50 days.",["amilcar-de-magalhaes","leo-e-miller","lieutenant-mello","candido-rondon","joao-lyra","dr-jose-antonio-cajazeira","george-cherrie","kermit-roosevelt"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-02-25","Fixing the camp's position","The party's camp is plotted at about 12° south latitude, 60° west longitude. Roosevelt writes Robert Bridges about a chapter of his expedition book.",["robert-bridges"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-02-26","Seven dugouts ready","In camp, the expedition's seven canoes are all heavy dugouts hollowed from logs.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-02-27","Into the unknown on the River of Doubt","Roosevelt's party pushes off down the River of Doubt, a waterway no mapmaker has charted. They survey and measure the river as they paddle.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-02-28","Mapping the first stretch","The survey canoes lead off while Cherrie gathers specimens near camp. Roosevelt and Cherrie follow around midday. Where the Bandeira joins, the river broadens; the team maps 16.5 kilometers. Film footage shows Roosevelt and the party in their canoes.",["george-cherrie"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-01","Ants, bees and monkey for supper","The men wash in the river before dawn, then paddle through heavy rain to map 20.5 kilometers. Stingless bees pester them, ants chew through even their clothing, and a monkey becomes dinner. In New York, Edith takes a hotel room to be near Ethel as her baby's birth approaches.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-02","Scouting the Navaite rapids","After 20 kilometers under light rain, the party camps and scouts the rapids ahead, which they name Navaite. Here the river squeezes to under 24 feet across.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-03","Hauling dugouts around Navaite","The whole day goes into dragging the heavy canoes and supplies overland past the rapids.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-04","Fly dope and hungry termites","The portage continues through pouring rain. The insects are so savage the men smear on 'fly dope,' and termites are devouring clothes and equipment.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-05","A sunken canoe raised","The portage wraps up by morning. One dugout goes under and must be hauled back up before the party heads downriver again, faces and hands puffy from bites. They make 12 kilometers and camp among giant ants.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-06","Winding river, slow progress","The twisting river yields 19 kilometers. The men gather wild honey and sample the sap of the 'milk-tree.' Rapids ahead mean another portage. After 100 river kilometers, they sit just 55 kilometers, as the crow flies, from the starting point.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-07","A grandson born in New York","On the river, the party moves camp around the rapids while Kermit finds yet another rapid downstream. In New York City, Ethel delivers an eight-pound boy after a 48-hour labor: Richard Derby Jr., Roosevelt's grandson.",["kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby-jr"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-08","French poetry from Kermit","While the portage goes on, Roosevelt hunts in the forest without luck. Kermit loans him a volume of French poems.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-09","Portage day","Another day spent carrying canoes and gear around the rapids.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-10","Running two rapids","The canoes travel just 1.5 kilometers but shoot two rapids rather than carrying around them. The pests never let up: ants, termites and biting flies.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-11","Two canoes smashed overnight","Two dugouts tear loose in the night and are wrecked in the current. The party will have to carve replacements.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-12","Carving a new dugout","The men set to hollowing out a huge tree trunk for a canoe. Roosevelt hunts in the forest, while Kermit has better luck finding food elsewhere.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-13","Working by candlelight","Canoe building goes on from morning until ten at night, the last hours lit by candles.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-14","Racing the rapids to save food","In drenching rain the new canoe is launched near noon and the party moves again. Short on time and food, they run the rapids, bailing after each one, until past 5 p.m., making 16 km and camping in darkness. The Outlook prints his 'South America and the Monroe Doctrine.'",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-15","Simplicio drowns; Kermit nearly lost","After 6 easy kilometers the party hears rapids. Scouting them, Kermit's canoe is caught by a whirlpool and swept over. Paddler Simplicio is killed; Kermit, pulled under, fights his way out, and his dog reaches shore too. Simplicio is buried before camp.",["kermit-roosevelt","simplicio"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-16","Losing the rope and pulleys","Under black skies and blinding rain, loads go overland and empty canoes run the rapids. One lost canoe carried the ropes and pulleys, ending heavy portages. Indians kill Kermit's dog. With four canoes and two-thirds of the food left, men will walk the banks, spare clothes are dropped, and quinine is given daily.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-17","Half walking, half paddling","Rondon, Lyra, Kermit, Cherrie and nine others hike the bank, while Roosevelt, the doctor and six men, three of them lamed by swollen feet, ride the canoes. They cover 7 kilometers and run two rapids.",["candido-rondon","joao-lyra","kermit-roosevelt","george-cherrie","dr-jose-antonio-cajazeira"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-18","The Rio Roosevelt gets its name","A tributary is found joining the river and named Rio Kermit, while the main stream itself gets a new name: Rio Roosevelt. The canoes shoot another set of rapids and slip past an Indian village, covering 8 km.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-19","Swimming with piranha","The men build more canoes. Some go swimming despite piranha in the water, and ants overrun the camp.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-20","Exploring the forest","As canoe building continues, Roosevelt explores the surrounding forest.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-21","Chile essay appears at home","The crew keeps working on canoes. In The Outlook, Roosevelt's 'Chile and the Monroe Doctrine' is published.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-22","Six canoes and moving again","With two fresh dugouts, the fleet stands at six. The party gets underway and covers 10 km, though easing the canoes down the newest rapids eats up six hours.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-23","Cherrie talks of Vermont","The party makes 13 km, seven hours of it working through a 4-km stretch of rapids. Cherrie talks about his home in Vermont.",["george-cherrie"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-24","Eating palm hearts","With rations shrinking, the men cut palm tops to eat. Big rapids hold progress to 1.5 km.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-25","Half the food gone","After bringing the canoes through the rapids, the party names a tributary the Taunay. Half the provisions are eaten, two men have fever, and more rapids rumble ahead. At home, Edith returns from New York and opens Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-26","Rock carvings found","The three most skilled boatmen take the canoes through the rapids. The party discovers carved symbols on rocks.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-27","Drenched and worn out","Three kilometers bring more rapids, which take the whole day. After a ten-minute paddle, still more rapids appear. In heavy rain, the men camp soaked and exhausted.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-28","A cataract ahead","The canoes shoot rapids and pass a stream the party names the Cherrie River. Kermit finds a perilous three-kilometer cataract downstream, so the loads must be cut further.",["kermit-roosevelt","george-cherrie"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-29","Lowering canoes through a gorge","The men ease the canoes down rapids inside a steep-sided gorge.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-30","Packing loads over a mountain","Canoe lowering continues while the cargo is carried up and over the mountain.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-03-31","One monkey for the whole party","A single monkey is shot, giving each man a few good bites. In heavy rain five canoes come down safely and a sixth breaks. Insects eat Roosevelt's last clothes. At home, Scribners publishes his two-volume natural history of African big game, written with Edmund Heller.",["edmund-heller"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-01","Spirits sag among the men","The canoes are finally all lowered, but some of the men are losing heart.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-02","Three kilometers and another gorge","Underway again, the party manages only 3 km, most of the men on foot. Ahead lie more rapids in a deep canyon.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-03","Murder in camp","Starting down the rapids, the party loses a canoe; the boots and clothing of Kermit and Lyra are falling apart. Then Julio, one of the paddlers, shoots and kills fellow camarada Paishon. Edith writes Bamie with news.",["kermit-roosevelt","joao-lyra","julio","paishon","edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-04","Roosevelt's leg strikes a boulder","While working a canoe through the rapids, Roosevelt slams his leg against a rock and comes down with fever. Kermit has dysentery. At home, Ethel marks her first wedding anniversary.",["kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-05","Delirious with fever","Julio is spotted in the jungle but left alone and never seen again. Roosevelt's fever climbs to 39°C; out of his head, he recites poetry as the party keeps working down the rapids.",["julio"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-06","Roosevelt asks to be left behind","As the party portages more rapids, Roosevelt urges his companions to go on without him so they can survive. Far away in Bogota, American and Colombian envoys sign a treaty, negotiated under Secretary of State Bryan, that voices regret over the 1903 loss of Panama and promises Colombia $25 million.",["william-jennings-bryan"],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-07","Thirty-six kilometers of flat water","The land flattens and the party makes 36 km, passing a large unmapped river that joins the Rio Roosevelt.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-08","Monkeys and piranha for food","Only 5 km today through a chain of rapids; cargo goes around two of them before the canoes are run. Three monkeys and two piranha go into the pot.",[],"Tres Burity"],["1914-04-09","Archie turns 20","The expedition is in camp. At Harvard, Archie celebrates his 20th birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-10","Wishing for a birch-bark canoe","Run, portage, run, more rapids: under 5 km in all. Roosevelt wishes for a light birch-bark canoe instead of the cumbersome dugouts. A toucan, piranha and a turtle feed the party.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-11","Still burning with fever","Loads are carried down to the base of the rapids, followed by a 30- to 40-minute run before more rapids appear. Roosevelt remains feverish. At Sagamore Hill, Clifford and Teresa Richardson are guests.",["clifford-richardson","teresa-richardson"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-12","An Easter feast of fish","On Easter Sunday the party paddles ten minutes and portages for eight hours, but 28 big fish mean everyone eats well for once.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-13","Silence at last","After a day of portaging, a late 15-km run brings the party to a camp where, the roar of rapids is gone for the first time in more than a month.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-14","Sickened by nuts and meat","A 32-km run takes the canoes through a few minor rapids and one portage. The men fall ill after eating nuts and meat.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-15","Out of the wilderness","Still queasy, the men cover 25 km and spot 'J.A.' carved on a post, a rubber tapper's mark. Houses follow, then talk with settlers: they have made it out. Roosevelt's fever lingers; abscesses on his leg need a drain, and Rondon notes erysipelas in the left leg hurt in 1902.",["candido-rondon"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-16","Downriver from house to house","The party makes long runs downstream each day, spending nights at riverside homes.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-17","No more foraging","Roosevelt purchases provisions for the men, ending their need to live off the land.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-18","Still sick on the river","The trip downstream goes on with Roosevelt still ill.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-19","A guide and a gift from Senhor Barboso","The party engages a rubber worker as guide. Senhor Barboso supplies a canoe and food and will not take payment. Past the mouth of the Rio Branco, they portage rapids; the cook buys a trumpeter bird.",["senhor-barboso"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-20","A shelter for the invalid","A sun shelter is rigged over the ailing Roosevelt in the lighter canoe they acquired. A stop at a store yields sugar and tobacco, and the party covers 52 km. In Colorado, National Guard troops massacre striking miners at Ludlow.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-21","Trading dugouts for boats","A good day's run brings the party to the Inferno rapids. At a house they pick up a large boat and a light one, leaving two dugouts behind.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-22","Down the Inferno rapids","Canoes, boats and gear are worked down the Inferno rapids, a brief run, in the rain.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-23","Nearly 50 kilometers","The canoes cover close to 50 km and shoot the Infernino rapids fully loaded. Night is spent in a grimy house.",[],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-24","Last dugout replaced","Fifty kilometers bring the party to the Carupanan rapids. At a store run by Senhor Caripe, they receive a boat to replace their final dugout.",["senhor-caripe"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-25","Kermit shoots a caiman","Guided by Caripe, the party spends a day and a half on the fairly easy Carupanan rapids. Kermit kills a caiman. On the broader river, harsh sun beating down through the trees is hard on the sick Roosevelt.",["senhor-caripe","kermit-roosevelt"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-26","Flags at the Castanho","Past the last dangerous rapids, at 1 p.m. the party reaches the Castanho, where Lieutenant Pyrineus has waited a month, Brazilian and American flags flying. Where the two rivers meet, they form the Aripuanã.",["lieutenant-pyrineus"],"River of Doubt"],["1914-04-27","The Rio Roosevelt made official","In a small ceremony Rondon lays out the expedition's findings and formally names the river Rio Roosevelt: 750 km in two months by canoe. Leaving Lyra and Pyrineus, the boats reach São João at 1 p.m. in heavy rain, and Roosevelt lodges with Senhor Caripe.",["candido-rondon","joao-lyra","lieutenant-pyrineus","senhor-caripe"],"São João"],["1914-04-28","Steamer to Manaus","At São João the party abandons boat and canoe and boards Pyrineus's river steamer for a 36-hour trip to Manaus.",["lieutenant-pyrineus"],"São João"],["1914-04-29","Into the Amazon","The steamer works down the lower Madeira and enters the Amazon in the afternoon. Back home, Corinne marks her 32nd wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Madeira River"],["1914-04-30","Reaching Manaus","At 1 a.m. the party arrives at Manaus on the Rio Negro and finds Miller. Mr. Robiliard of the Booth Line books passage for Roosevelt and Kermit and pays the camaradas in gold sovereigns. Dr. Cajazeira drains Roosevelt's leg abscess. Roosevelt wires Lauro Müller with results; the naturalists count 2,500+ birds and 500 mammals.",["leo-e-miller","mr-robiliard","dr-jose-antonio-cajazeira","lauro-muller","kermit-roosevelt","george-cherrie"],"Manaus"],["1914-05-01","Leaving Manaus","The party sails from Manaus for Belém aboard the Dunstan. Rondon writes that their findings disprove claims made by the explorer Landor, and Roosevelt sends Lauro Müller a complete account of the expedition.",["candido-rondon","a-henry-savage-landor","lauro-muller"],"Manaus"],["1914-05-02","Down the Amazon","Roosevelt's steamer continues down the Amazon.",[],"Amazon River"],["1914-05-03","Still on the Amazon","Another day steaming toward the sea on the Amazon.",[],"Amazon River"],["1914-05-04","Bedridden, writing to Arthur Lee","Aboard ship on the Amazon, Roosevelt tells his English friend Arthur Lee about his fever and abscesses and looks ahead to a visit to England.",["arthur-lee"],"Amazon River"],["1914-05-05","In Pará","The party is in Pará, Brazil.",[],"Para"],["1914-05-06","Farewells at Belém","At Belém Roosevelt meets ethnologist William Farabee of the University of Pennsylvania, then boards the Aidan. Fifty-five pounds lighter and leaning on a cane, he bids goodbye to Rondon, Dr. Cajazeira, Lyra and Kermit.",["william-c-farabee","candido-rondon","dr-jose-antonio-cajazeira","joao-lyra","kermit-roosevelt"],"Belém"],["1914-05-07","Sailing north for home","The Aidan leaves Belém bound for Barbados and New York.",[],"Belém"],["1914-05-08","At sea aboard the Aidan","Roosevelt is at sea, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-09","At sea aboard the Aidan","Roosevelt is at sea, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-10","At sea aboard the Aidan","Roosevelt is at sea, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-11","Fifty books from Barbados","When the ship calls at Bridgetown, Barbados, Roosevelt buys 50 books, and he will finish every one before reaching New York.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-12","Reading his way north","At sea, Roosevelt works through the stack of books from Barbados.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-13","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-14","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-15","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-16","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-17","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-18","At sea, bound for New York","Roosevelt is aboard the Aidan, heading home.",[],"At sea"],["1914-05-19","A quiet, thin homecoming","Roosevelt lands in New York 35 pounds lighter, on a cane, helped by two men, and jokes about his 'big stick.' His wife Edith and sons Ted and Archie are waiting; there are no crowds or parades. Edith and Dr. Lambert have the yacht Joyance carry him to Oyster Bay.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","alexander-lambert"],"New York City"],["1914-05-20","Politics resumes at Sagamore Hill","Home one day, Roosevelt meets with Perkins and Pinchot; Frances Kellor, Lillian Wald and Dr. Lambert call. He writes Ruth and Arthur Lee about his exploring, the skeptics, and his new grandson.",["george-perkins","gifford-pinchot","frances-kellor","lillian-wald","alexander-lambert","ruth-moore-lee","arthur-lee","richard-derby-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-21","Oyster Bay welcomes him home","Roosevelt sees Robert Bacon at The Outlook, and Oyster Bay holds an official homecoming. He writes General Francis V. Greene that he would raise a cavalry regiment if war with Mexico came.",["robert-bacon","francis-v-greene"],"The Outlook"],["1914-05-22","A full house of Progressives","Roosevelt meets with William Flinn, Pinchot, Wilkinson, Perkins, Oscar King Davis, Robert Bass and Knox. Stoddard, Mark Sullivan and Edmund Heller call. He writes Dan Hanna about the elections and Progressivism and thanks Charles Fairbanks.",["william-flinn","gifford-pinchot","wilkinson","george-perkins","oscar-king-davis","robert-p-bass","philander-knox","henry-l-stoddard","mark-sullivan","edmund-heller","dan-r-hanna","charles-w-fairbanks"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-23","Planning the trip to Britain","Roosevelt talks politics with his nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson, Garfield and Arthur Garford; Regis Post visits. He writes Ambassador Walter Hines Page about his coming British visit.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","james-r-garfield","arthur-l-garford","regis-h-post","walter-hines-page"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-24","A pound a year younger","Roosevelt meets with V. K. Kellogg, Victor Murdock, Perkins, Bourke Cockran and William Loeb. Edith writes Kermit that her husband looks a year younger for each pound lost.",["v-k-kellogg","victor-murdock","george-perkins","w-bourke-cockran","william-loeb","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-25","Callers at Sagamore Hill","Visitors include John Callan O'Laughlin, Albert Beveridge, Alsop, Schaffer, and Judge Ben Lindsey with Mrs. Lindsey.",["john-callan-o-laughlin","albert-beveridge","alsop","schaffer","benjamin-b-lindsey","mrs-ben-b-lindsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-26","Brazil lecture in Washington","In Washington Roosevelt tours the National Museum, attends a Lodge reception, and calls on President Wilson. He meets Progressive members of Congress including Garfield, Murdock, Clapp, Butler, Falconer and Pettigrew, then speaks about Brazil before the National Geographic Society.",["henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson","james-r-garfield","richard-f-pettigrew","m-butler","victor-murdock","falconer","moses-e-clapp"],"White House"],["1914-05-27","Testimony in a miners' case","At The Outlook Roosevelt sees Felix Frankfurter and Walter Lippmann, then gives testimony to a special commission in a coal miners' lawsuit. Edith writes Ruth Lee.",["felix-frankfurter","walter-lippmann","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ruth-moore-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-28","New York Progressives confer","Roosevelt meets at home with Theodore Douglas Robinson, Perkins, Frank Munsey, Frederick Davenport, Hamlin, Bird and Ransom.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","f-w-bird","chauncey-j-hamlin","frederick-m-davenport","william-l-ransom","frank-a-munsey","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-29","More Progressive talks","Robinson, Perkins, Davenport, Hamlin and Bird return for discussions, and Alexander P. Moore, Medill McCormick and Albert Shaw call.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","george-perkins","frederick-m-davenport","chauncey-j-hamlin","f-w-bird","alexander-p-moore","medill-mccormick","albert-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-05-30","Sailing for Kermit's wedding","After meeting Perkins, Moore and McCormick at Progressive headquarters, Roosevelt boards the Olympic with his daughter Alice and Philip Roosevelt, bound for Spain and Kermit's marriage to Belle Willard, daughter of the American minister there. Edith stays behind.",["george-perkins","alexander-p-moore","medill-mccormick","alice-roosevelt-longworth","philip-j-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-05-31","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Olympic, heading for Europe.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-01","Crossing to Europe","Roosevelt is at sea aboard the Olympic on his way to Kermit's wedding.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-02","Standing by Perkins","From shipboard Roosevelt writes George Perkins about demands that he leave the Progressive Party, saying that if Perkins is pushed out, he will go too.",["george-perkins"],"At sea"],["1914-06-03","Still on the Atlantic","Roosevelt remains at sea on the Olympic.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-04","Still on the Atlantic","Roosevelt remains at sea on the Olympic.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-05","Landing at Cherbourg","Roosevelt comes ashore in France at Cherbourg.",[],"Cherbourg"],["1914-06-06","A busy day in Paris","Roosevelt sees the sights of Paris, lunches with Gabriel Hanotaux and calls on President Poincaré. Philippe Bunau-Varilla and T. P. O'Connor visit, and Ambassador Myron Herrick hosts him for dinner.",["gabriel-hanotaux","raymond-poincare","philippe-bunau-varilla","t-p-o-connor","myron-t-herrick"],"Paris"],["1914-06-07","Breakfast with Edith Wharton","Roosevelt breakfasts with novelist Edith Wharton and receives Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt before he and Alice leave Paris for Madrid.",["edith-wharton","grace-vanderbilt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Paris"],["1914-06-08","Arriving in Madrid","In Madrid the Roosevelts dine at the American embassy and lodge with the Willards, the family of Kermit's bride.",["joseph-e-willard","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"U.S. Embassy, Madrid"],["1914-06-09","Lunch with the King of Spain","A couple of hours by motorcar take the Roosevelts to the country palace of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and his queen, Victoria Eugenie, for lunch; Alice recalls the royal pair as very cold. Roosevelt also talks with Spanish journalists.",["alfonso-xiii","victoria-eugenie","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Madrid"],["1914-06-10","El Greco in Toledo","Roosevelt tours the Prado and travels out to Toledo for its El Greco paintings, then dines at the American embassy.",[],"Prado Museum"],["1914-06-11","Kermit marries Belle Willard","Roosevelt and Alice witness Kermit's civil wedding to Belle Willard in Madrid, with Philip Roosevelt as best man. Roosevelt writes Edith hopefully about the couple and tells Wolfgang Joerg about the Brazil expedition, then goes back to the Prado.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","philip-j-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","edith-kermit-roosevelt","wolfgang-joerg"],"Prado Museum"],["1914-06-12","Off to London","Roosevelt sets out for London while Alice remains in Europe.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Madrid"],["1914-06-13","Welcomed in London","In London, Roosevelt is greeted by Ambassador Walter Hines Page, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his old friend Arthur Lee. He lunches with Page, and geographer J. Scott Keltie calls.",["walter-hines-page","arthur-lee","archbishop-of-canterbury","j-scott-keltie"],"London"],["1914-06-14","A grandson named Theodore","Roosevelt is Arthur Lee's guest at Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire. In America, Ted and Eleanor welcome a son, Theodore Roosevelt III.",["arthur-lee","theodore-roosevelt-iii","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Chequers"],["1914-06-15","Films of Scott's Antarctic journey","Roosevelt lunches with Sir Edward Grey and watches motion pictures of Scott's Antarctic expedition. James Bryce calls, and he dines with Lee and Lord Northcliffe.",["edward-grey","james-bryce","arthur-lee","lord-northcliffe"],"London"],["1914-06-16","Brazil talk to the Royal Geographical Society","After seeing Westminster Abbey and London's natural history museum, and lunching with Lee, Selous, Harry Johnston and Francis Younghusband, Roosevelt addresses the Royal Geographical Society on his Brazilian exploration and dines with the Geographical Club.",["arthur-lee","frederick-selous","harry-h-johnston","francis-younghusband"],"Westminster Abbey"],["1914-06-17","The National Gallery and old friends","Roosevelt breakfasts with the Bishop of London, sees the National Gallery, visits Dr. St. Clair Thomson, and lunches with Arthur Balfour, Gilbert Murray and J. B. Bury.",["arthur-winnington-ingram","st-clair-thomson","arthur-j-balfour","gilbert-murray","j-b-bury"],"National Gallery"],["1914-06-18","Homeward on the Imperator","Roosevelt leaves for America aboard the Imperator.",[],"S.S. Imperator"],["1914-06-19","At sea, homeward","Roosevelt is crossing the Atlantic on the Imperator.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-20","Ted and Eleanor's anniversary","Roosevelt remains at sea while Ted and Eleanor mark four years of marriage.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1914-06-21","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Imperator.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-22","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Imperator.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-23","Crossing the Atlantic","Roosevelt is at sea on the Imperator.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-24","Back home to Sagamore Hill","The Imperator reaches New York, and Roosevelt heads home to Oyster Bay.",[],"At sea"],["1914-06-25","Urged to run for governor","A large group of Progressives, including Perkins, Robinson, Hotchkiss, Hamlin, Childs, Davenport, John M. Parker and William Draper Lewis, gather at Sagamore Hill and press Roosevelt to seek the governorship of New York.",["george-perkins","theodore-douglas-robinson","f-w-bird","wilkinson","william-h-hotchkiss","william-l-ransom","henry-l-stoddard","chauncey-j-hamlin","william-h-childs","frederick-m-davenport","walter-f-brown","john-m-parker","william-draper-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-06-26","Progressive strategy at home","Roosevelt meets with Perkins, Medill McCormick, Albert Beveridge, John M. Parker and Holland Duell, and writes Dwight Heard about the Progressive Party.",["george-perkins","medill-mccormick","albert-beveridge","john-m-parker","holland-s-duell","dwight-b-heard"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-06-27","Doctor's orders: rest the voice","After talks with Senator Moses Clapp, Wanamaker and Frank Munsey, Roosevelt hears from Dr. Lambert that his larynx cannot stand a speaking tour. He is told to rest for four months.",["moses-e-clapp","wanamaker","frank-a-munsey","alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-06-28","Shots in Sarajevo","At Sagamore Hill Roosevelt is at home as news breaks of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo. Alice, still in Europe, attends the Grand Prix race in France.",["archduke-franz-ferdinand","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-06-29","Leaving The Outlook","Roosevelt rows on the Sound, gives up his editorial post at The Outlook in a letter to Lyman Abbott, and tells Arthur Lee that politics swallowed him the moment he got home.",["lyman-abbott","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-06-30","Back on the stump in Pittsburgh","After a Progressive League banquet, Roosevelt gives his first big speech since 1912 at Exposition Hall, blasting the Republican Old Guard and Wilson's economics. He returns home groggy with jungle fever; Edith and Lambert order months of rest. The family gathers, and Ted joins a Philadelphia investment firm.",["woodrow-wilson","william-flinn","alexander-p-moore","alexander-lambert","edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-iii","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","richard-derby-jr","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Exposition Hall"],["1914-07-01","A throat specialist's verdict","Roosevelt lunches at the natural history museum with its president, Henry Fairfield Osborn and has his throat examined by a Manhattan specialist, Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis, who links his slack vocal cords to malaria. Perkins and Governor Hadley call at headquarters. He writes Samuel McCall and Hiram Johnson.",["henry-fairfield-osborn","h-holbrook-curtis","george-perkins","herbert-s-hadley","samuel-w-mccall","thomas-b-reed","hiram-johnson"],"American Museum of Natural History"],["1914-07-02","Guests at Sagamore Hill","The Mitchels and Judge and Mrs. Ransom are guests at the house.",["the-mitchels","judge-ransom","mrs-ransom"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-03","A day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-04","Rowing Edith 16 miles","For a Fourth of July picnic at Lloyd Neck, Roosevelt rows Edith eight miles out and eight back, while the younger family members drive over.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-05","Quiet Sunday","Roosevelt is at home; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-06","Against state-run railroads and prohibition","Roosevelt tells William Allen White he opposes government ownership of the railroads and a ban on liquor.",["william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-07","Letters on Colombia, labor and Barnes","Roosevelt writes Senator Moses Clapp of his anger over Bryan's Colombia treaty, Frank Gilbreth on labor, and Richard Harding Davis about naval promotions and boss William Barnes.",["moses-e-clapp","frank-b-gilbreth","richard-harding-davis","william-jennings-bryan","william-barnes-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-08","Callers at headquarters","At Progressive headquarters Roosevelt sees Dwight Heard, Cleveland Dodge, I. E. Vernon, Augustus Gardner, Wilkinson and Nettleton. Film shows him rowing at Oyster Bay and at his Outlook desk.",["dwight-b-heard","cleveland-h-dodge","i-e-vernon","augustus-p-gardner","wilkinson","nettleton"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-07-09","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-10","With Joe Bishop","Roosevelt meets with Joseph Bucklin Bishop and writes William Draper Lewis about the party and his June 30 speech.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","william-draper-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-11","Fighting the Colombia treaty","Roosevelt writes Senator William Joel Stone that the treaty with Colombia insults the nation, opposes paying $25 million, and asks to testify before Congress. No hearing comes, but the Senate later rejects the treaty.",["william-joel-stone"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-12","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay with nothing further recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-13","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay with nothing further recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-14","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay with nothing further recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-15","New York leaders at headquarters","At Progressive headquarters Roosevelt meets Duell, Robinson, Perkins and other state leaders, and has lunch with representatives of the state's Progressive Service. His physician, Dr. Lambert, stays at Sagamore Hill.",["holland-s-duell","theodore-douglas-robinson","george-perkins","alexander-lambert"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-07-16","A quiet day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-17","A quiet day at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-18","Oyster Bay meets Belle","Roosevelt holds a reception so Oyster Bay can meet Kermit's new wife, Belle. He writes Ernest Harvier that Chautauqua opinion is running hard against him in the governor's race.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","ernest-harvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-19","Hinman and Robinson call","Harvey Hinman and Theodore Douglas Robinson visit.",["harvey-d-hinman","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-20","Planning with Perkins","Roosevelt confers with Robinson, Perkins and Frederick Davenport.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","george-perkins","frederick-m-davenport"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-21","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-22","Calling Barnes a crooked boss","After meeting Perkins and Robinson, Roosevelt backs Harvey Hinman as a Progressive-Republican fusion candidate for governor and lashes out at Republican boss William Barnes Jr., calling him as crooked as Tammany's Murphy. Barnes will sue for libel.",["george-perkins","theodore-douglas-robinson","harvey-d-hinman","william-barnes-jr","charles-f-murphy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-23","Barnes sues for libel","Boss William Barnes takes Roosevelt to court for libel, and Austria-Hungary issues its ultimatum to Serbia. Roosevelt promises Franklin D. Roosevelt an article opposing splitting the fleet.",["william-barnes-jr","franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-24","No run for governor","Roosevelt tells Chauncey Hamlin he will not seek the governorship of New York.",["chauncey-j-hamlin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-25","Weighing candidates","Roosevelt writes Royal W. France about possible candidates for governor.",["royal-w-france"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-26","Johnson for President?","Roosevelt writes California's Governor Hiram Johnson that he would make a good President, and covers New York politics and the Barnes suit.",["hiram-johnson","william-barnes-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-27","At home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-28","War begins in Europe","While Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill, the Austro-Hungarian empire goes to war against Serbia.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-29","McHarg and Colby at headquarters","At Progressive headquarters, McHarg and Everett Colby call on Roosevelt.",["ormsby-mcharg","everett-colby"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-07-30","The Progressive future, in a long letter","Roosevelt sends Hiram Johnson a lengthy letter on California and New York politics, fusion, the party's future and the Barnes suit.",["hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-07-31","Europe at war, Panama Canal open","Roosevelt receives a Maine Progressive delegation as war spreads across Europe and Alice comes home. The source also records the Panama Canal opening at a cost of $223 million, apart from $40 million to the French company and $10 million to Panama.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-01","Germany at war with Russia","As Germany declares war on Russia, The Outlook prints Roosevelt's piece on women and the state constitutional convention. To Arthur Lee he mocks Bryan and Wilson, reports Belle down with typhoid, and touches on Irish home rule and the spreading war.",["arthur-lee","william-jennings-bryan","woodrow-wilson","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-02","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-03","Germany declares war on France","Germany goes to war with France, and the first vessel moves through the Panama Canal. Roosevelt writes Winfred Denison about the Philippines.",["winfred-t-denison"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-04","Britain enters the war","Herbert Croly and Felix Frankfurter lunch at Sagamore Hill on the day Germany invades neutral Belgium and Britain declares war on Germany.",["herbert-croly","felix-frankfurter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-05","Wilson declares neutrality","Russian troops cross into Germany and President Wilson proclaims American neutrality. Roosevelt tells Governor Martin Glynn he stands by his corruption charges against the state highway department.",["woodrow-wilson","martin-h-glynn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-06","Edith turns 53","On Edith's 53rd birthday, Roosevelt writes Walter Weyl about labor, civil disorder and the push for a minimum wage for women in New York.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","walter-weyl"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-07","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-08","'Cast down over the war'","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's article on the people's right to review judge-made law. He writes Hugo Münsterberg that he won't rush to condemn Germany.",["hugo-munsterberg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-09","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-10","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-11","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-12","'A radical' in every fiber","George Record laments Roosevelt's refusal to lead the Progressives. Roosevelt writes Raymond Robins about Perkins, radicalism, Barnes and fusion, and Frederick Davenport about Barnes, bossism and Hinman.",["george-l-record","raymond-robins","george-perkins","frederick-m-davenport","william-barnes-jr","harvey-d-hinman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-13","Ethel's 23rd birthday","On Ethel's birthday, Roosevelt explains his own stance and the Progressive Party's in a letter to Henry Wallace.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","henry-wallace"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-14","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-15","Pinchot's wedding, then New England","Roosevelt attends Gifford Pinchot's marriage to Cornelia Bryce in Roslyn, then leaves for New England and speaks in Hartford. He congratulates Edward Costigan on his Progressive nomination for Colorado governor.",["gifford-pinchot","cornelia-bryce-pinchot","edward-p-costigan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-16","With Cherrie in Vermont","Roosevelt stays in Newfane, Vermont, as the guest of his Brazil expedition companion George Cherrie.",["george-cherrie"],"Newfane"],["1914-08-17","Campaigning in Boston","In Boston Roosevelt meets Massachusetts Progressive leaders and speaks for Joseph Walker. Granddaughter Grace turns three, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt have a son, Franklin Jr.",["joseph-walker","grace-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt-jr"],"Boston"],["1914-08-18","Stumping in Maine","Roosevelt gives speeches across Maine, including Lewiston and Portland, and spends the night in Massachusetts.",[],"Portland"],["1914-08-19","Heading home","Roosevelt leaves Massachusetts for Oyster Bay.",[],"Beverly"],["1914-08-20","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-21","Pulling support from Hinman","Roosevelt meets New York Progressive leaders and withdraws his backing of Harvey Hinman, because Hinman will not commit to a Progressive candidacy should Republicans reject him in the primary.",["harvey-d-hinman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-22","'Giants' locked in a death struggle","The Outlook runs Roosevelt's war article about the great powers locked in combat. He writes Arthur Lee that he would protest Germany's handling of Belgium, that Belle is well, and on Wilson, Bryan, Churchill, the fleet and the empires.",["arthur-lee","belle-willard-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan","winston-churchill"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-23","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-24","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-25","William Sulzer visits","Roosevelt confers with former New York governor William Sulzer.",["william-sulzer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-26","Childs at headquarters","At Progressive headquarters, William H. Childs calls on Roosevelt.",["william-h-childs"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-08-27","No White House bid in 1916","Writing John Callan O'Laughlin, Roosevelt shifts his support for governor from Hinman to Frederick Davenport and rules out running for President in 1916. He also covers Wilson, Bryan and the Colorado strikes.",["john-callan-o-laughlin","frederick-m-davenport","harvey-d-hinman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-28","General Wood visits","Leonard Wood is a guest at Sagamore Hill.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-29","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-30","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-08-31","Dick Derby volunteers in France","Ethel's husband, Dr. Richard Derby, joins six fellow American surgeons in volunteering at the American Ambulance Hospital in France; Ethel goes with him.",["richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-01","Writing the Brazil book's preface","Roosevelt writes the preface for Through the Brazilian Wilderness and sends Emily Carow family news about the war and each of his children.",["emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-02","Headquarters callers","Roosevelt sees William Sulzer, Theodore Douglas Robinson and Frederick Davenport at Progressive headquarters.",["william-sulzer","theodore-douglas-robinson","frederick-m-davenport"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-09-03","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-04","Kitchener and the war","Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about the war, Lord Kitchener, and the errors of Wilson and Bryan.",["arthur-lee","herbert-kitchener"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-05","South to Louisiana","Roosevelt sets out for Louisiana, with William Draper Lewis and editor E. A. Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia North American riding with him to Philadelphia.",["william-draper-lewis","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-06","Traveling south","Roosevelt is on the way to Louisiana.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-07","Speaking in New Orleans","Roosevelt campaigns in Louisiana, with speeches including one in New Orleans.",[],"New Orleans"],["1914-09-08","Cane country stump speeches","Roosevelt speaks in Franklin, Jeanerette and New Iberia, Louisiana.",[],"Franklin"],["1914-09-09","Back toward Oyster Bay","Roosevelt travels home from Louisiana.",[],"Franklin"],["1914-09-10","Oscar Straus calls","Oscar Straus visits Sagamore Hill.",["oscar-straus"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-11","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-12","A day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-13","Ted turns 27","Roosevelt is at home on Ted's 27th birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-14","Too many invitations","Roosevelt visits the Cove School and tells William Allen White he can't speak everywhere he's wanted in the campaign.",["william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-09-15","A grandson's baptism","Oscar King Davis calls, and Roosevelt attends the christening of Theodore Roosevelt III.",["oscar-king-davis","theodore-roosevelt-iii"],"Milan"],["1914-09-16","Strategy session at home","Roosevelt confers with Perkins, Robinson, Bird, Davenport, Hamlin and a Dr. Katherine whose surname is lost.",["george-perkins","theodore-douglas-robinson","f-w-bird","frederick-m-davenport","chauncey-j-hamlin","dr-katherine"],"Milan"],["1914-09-17","Off on a western tour","After a meeting with Charles J. Bonaparte and fellow party leaders, Roosevelt leaves on a western speaking trip. He writes Hungary's Count Albert Apponyi about the war.",["charles-bonaparte","albert-apponyi"],"Milan"],["1914-09-18","Westbound","Roosevelt travels west on his speaking tour.",[],"Milan"],["1914-09-20","A close call with a train in Kansas","Roosevelt speaks in Wichita, to some 6,000 people, and in Hutchinson. His car is nearly struck by a train.",[],"Kansas City"],["1914-09-21","Guest of William Rockhill Nelson","In the Kansas Citys of Kansas and Missouri, Roosevelt stays with editor W. R. Nelson.",["william-rockhill-nelson"],"Kansas City"],["1914-09-22","Suffrage appeal in Lincoln","In Lincoln, Nebraska, Roosevelt speaks up for woman suffrage. He writes Henry Coonley about his policies and the war.",["henry-e-coonley"],"Lincoln"],["1914-09-23","Iowa stops and a war essay","Roosevelt takes the stump in Iowa at Des Moines and Boone as The Outlook publishes his essay on the tragedies and lessons of the World War.",[],"Boone"],["1914-09-24","Three Illinois cities","Roosevelt addresses crowds at Peoria, Galesburg and Rock Island and is the guest of Illinois Governor Edward Dunne.",["edward-f-dunne"],"Centralia"],["1914-09-25","Stumping for Raymond Robins","Roosevelt takes the stump for Raymond Robins in two southern Illinois cities, Marion and East St. Louis.",["raymond-robins"],"East St. Louis"],["1914-09-26","Indiana for Beveridge","Roosevelt speaks in Indianapolis and Terre Haute on behalf of Albert Beveridge.",["albert-beveridge"],"Indianapolis"],["1914-09-27","Belgian commissioners call in Ohio","In Ohio Roosevelt stays with James Garfield and receives members of the Belgian commission on atrocities. A war piece by him appears in a New York paper.",["james-r-garfield"],"Cleveland"],["1914-09-28","Cleveland and Columbus","Roosevelt campaigns in Cleveland and Columbus for Garfield.",["james-r-garfield"],"Cleveland"],["1914-09-29","Toledo stop","Roosevelt speaks in Toledo, Ohio.",[],"Toledo"],["1914-09-30","Michigan, and the Brazil book is out","Roosevelt speaks in Bay City, Michigan, staying with Roy Woodruff. The Outlook runs his article on the causes of the war, and Scribners publishes Through the Brazilian Wilderness.",["roy-woodruff","raymond-robins"],"Bay City"],["1914-10-01","Rallying 12,000 in Philadelphia for Pinchot","Roosevelt campaigns in Philadelphia for Gifford Pinchot's Senate bid, addressing some 12,000 people packed into the First Regiment Armory, then heads back toward New York City.",["gifford-pinchot","oscar-king-davis"],"First Regiment Armory"],["1914-10-02","Declining a bed at Franklin's house","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Sara Delano Roosevelt that he had better not stay with her son Franklin, since his upcoming speeches will take aim at the Wilson administration.",["sara-delano-roosevelt","franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-10-03","Letters on Germany and Belgium","Roosevelt writes three letters about the European war: to Cecil Spring-Rice on German anger at his war article and the ultimatum he would have sent Berlin, to Hugo Münsterberg on Belgium, and to Rudyard Kipling on German atrocities.",["cecil-spring-rice","hugo-munsterberg","rudyard-kipling"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-10-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-10-05","Stumping up the Hudson Valley","Roosevelt opens a campaign swing up the Hudson, speaking in Yonkers, Beacon, Cold Spring, Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls before spending the night at Hyde Park. He tells Elbert Baldwin the war leaves him deeply saddened.",["elbert-francis-baldwin"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-10-06","Six more stops up the river","The campaign tour rolls on through Kingston, Saugerties, Catskill, Athens and Hudson, ending with a speech at the Music Hall in Troy.",[],"Athens"],["1914-10-07","Speaking from Schenectady to Glens Falls","Roosevelt carries the Progressive message north, with speeches at Schenectady, Saratoga, Ballston Spa, Glens Falls and Hudson Falls.",[],"Glens Falls"],["1914-10-08","Campaigning along Lake Champlain","The tour reaches the Champlain country, where Roosevelt speaks at Ticonderoga, Fort Henry, Keeseville and Plattsburgh.",[],"Ticonderoga"],["1914-10-09","North Country stops near the St. Lawrence","Roosevelt works the far north of the state, speaking at Malone, Potsdam, Canton and Ogdensburg.",[],"Malone"],["1914-10-10","Watertown and Utica on Kermit's birthday","Roosevelt speaks at Gouverneur, Watertown and Utica. Back home it is his son Kermit's 25th birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Gouverneur"],["1914-10-11","Sunday with his nephew at Jordanville","Roosevelt takes a break from the stump as the guest of his nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson in Jordanville. It is also his niece Eleanor Roosevelt's 30th birthday.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","eleanor-roosevelt"],"Jordanville"],["1914-10-12","Herkimer and Gloversville","Back on the campaign trail, Roosevelt gives speeches in Herkimer and Gloversville.",[],"Gloversville"],["1914-10-13","Through Cooperstown country","Roosevelt's tour passes through Cobleskill, Cooperstown and Oneonta, with a speech at each.",[],"Cobleskill"],["1914-10-14","Campaigning in Syracuse","Roosevelt speaks in Syracuse, among other stops on his New York tour.",[],"Syracuse"],["1914-10-15","Speeches in Auburn","The campaign brings Roosevelt to Auburn, where he speaks for the Progressive ticket.",[],"Auburn"],["1914-10-16","Speeches in Rochester","Roosevelt addresses audiences in Rochester as the upstate tour continues.",[],"Rochester"],["1914-10-17","Off to Illinois","Roosevelt leaves New York for a campaign side trip to Illinois.",[],"Rochester"],["1914-10-18","Dinner with Mercy Hospital doctors","In Chicago, Roosevelt dines with physicians from Mercy Hospital. He wires Gifford Pinchot, troubled by Pinchot's plan for a breakneck speaking tour of Pennsylvania. His nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 16.",["gifford-pinchot","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Mercy Hospital"],["1914-10-19","Chicago, then Gary, Indiana","Roosevelt speaks in Chicago and then crosses into Indiana for a speech in Gary.",[],"Gary"],["1914-10-20","Back in New York at Chautauqua","Returning to western New York, Roosevelt speaks at Westfield and Chautauqua.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1914-10-21","Another day of New York speeches","Roosevelt keeps up his speaking schedule in New York State; the stops are not recorded.",[],"Chautauqua"],["1914-10-22","Ithaca and Binghamton","The tour reaches the Southern Tier, with speeches in Ithaca and Binghamton.",[],"Binghamton"],["1914-10-23","Into the Catskill foothills","Roosevelt speaks at Liberty, Monticello and Middletown.",[],"Liberty"],["1914-10-24","Goshen and Newburgh","The New York swing winds down with speeches at Goshen and Newburgh.",[],"Newburgh"],["1914-10-25","Libel trial moved out of Albany","Roosevelt leaves for Pennsylvania. His lawyers win a change of venue in William Barnes Jr.'s libel suit, moving the trial to Syracuse and away from Albany, the heart of Barnes's political machine.",["william-barnes-jr"],"Newburgh"],["1914-10-26","A windswept day on the stump with Pinchot","Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot share the platform on a gusty October day across Pennsylvania, from Williamsport and Pottsville through Johnstown, Altoona and Uniontown, with a hop into Morgantown, West Virginia.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Altoona"],["1914-10-27","Turning 56 on the campaign trail","Roosevelt spends his 56th birthday making speeches in Pennsylvania.",[],"Pennsylvania"],["1914-10-28","Reading to Lancaster","Roosevelt speaks at Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Lancaster.",[],"Reading"],["1914-10-29","From Pennsylvania back to Manhattan","Roosevelt gives speeches in Pennsylvania and in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1914-10-30","New Jersey stops and city rallies","Roosevelt crosses into New Jersey to speak at Elizabeth, Princeton and Trenton, then returns for more speeches in New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1914-10-31","His Brazil book comes out","Roosevelt speaks in New York City as the campaign nears its end, and his account of the South American expedition is published.",[],"New York City"],["1914-11-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-02","Arguing over Belgium on election eve","Roosevelt gives a speech at Oyster Bay. In a letter to Hugo Münsterberg he insists America should have objected when Germany overran Belgium, and he answers Andrew D. White's complaints about his preparedness articles.",["hugo-munsterberg","andrew-d-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-03","Progressives routed at the polls","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay on a bad night for his party: Progressives lose across the country. Two bright spots: Hiram Johnson keeps the California governorship, and son-in-law Nick Longworth wins back his House seat.",["hiram-johnson","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-04","Praising Quentin's story in The Grot","Roosevelt writes his son Quentin that he enjoyed his story in the school paper, and writes Ethel about her war work in France and her baby, who is staying at Sagamore Hill. To Rudyard Kipling he explains his stand on Belgium.",["quentin-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","rudyard-kipling","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-05","Post-election visit to headquarters","Roosevelt goes into New York City, where George W. Perkins is among the callers at Progressive Party headquarters.",["george-perkins"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-11-06","Tired of reformers, and of him","Roosevelt writes Governor Hiram Johnson about the Progressive drubbing, concluding that voters had simply wearied of reform and of Roosevelt himself.",["hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-07","Sorting out the party's next move","Roosevelt writes to Edmund von Mach, praising the German people while condemning the war on Belgium, and to William Allen White and Charles J. Bonaparte about the Progressive defeat, the Barnes libel suit and where the party goes now.",["edmund-von-mach","william-allen-white","charles-bonaparte"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-08","Calling for an international posse","Roosevelt's essay \"The International Posse Comitatus\" runs in The New York Times. He also writes Charles McCarthy about Germany.",["charles-mccarthy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-09","Enjoying a skit in Harper's","Roosevelt sends Ernest Harvier a note saying he liked the skit in Harper's.",["ernest-harvier"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-11","Rowing and fireside evenings","Roosevelt writes Kermit that he is happy at home, rowing often and loving his evenings by the fire with Edith. To Cecil Spring-Rice he writes of the war, Wilson, and British searches of American ships.",["cecil-spring-rice","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-12","Scripture on itching ears","In a letter to his sister Corinne, Roosevelt cites 2 Timothy 4:3-4, the passage warning of people who turn from sound doctrine to fables.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-14","Never for war, only readiness","Roosevelt tells Frederick Selous he is sorry Selous's frontiersmen were not given horses and sent to the front, and assures Morris Jastrow that he has called for preparedness, not war.",["frederick-selous","morris-jastrow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-16","Talking with Croly and Lippmann","Roosevelt meets with Herbert Croly and Walter Lippmann. He writes Meyer Lissner about the election's toll on Progressives and urges Hiram Johnson to attend the party's executive committee in Chicago on December 2.",["herbert-croly","walter-lippmann","meyer-lissner","hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-17","Strategy session at headquarters","In the city, Roosevelt huddles at Progressive headquarters with George W. Perkins, Frederick M. Davenport, Albert Beveridge and C. J. Hamlin.",["george-perkins","frederick-m-davenport","albert-beveridge","chauncey-j-hamlin"],"Progressive Party Headquarters"],["1914-11-18","Reviewing Croly and Lippmann","Roosevelt's review of two new books on democracy, Herbert Croly's Progressive Democracy and Walter Lippmann's Drift and Mastery, appears in The Outlook.",["herbert-croly","walter-lippmann"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-19","Quentin turns 17","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his youngest son Quentin's 17th birthday.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-23","Keeping the radicals at arm's length","Roosevelt tells George W. Perkins he will stay off domestic subjects in print, asks William Sanger about the Swiss army system, and advises Edward Van Valkenburg against Pinchot's proposed Progressive convocation and against further ties with Amos Pinchot and George L. Record.",["george-perkins","william-cary-sanger","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","gifford-pinchot","amos-pinchot","george-l-record"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-25","Bamie's wedding anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the 19th wedding anniversary of his sister Bamie.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-26","Dreading the baby's departure","Roosevelt writes Ethel that she and Dick will sail home in December, and admits he will miss her baby, who has been staying at Sagamore Hill. He also passes on news of Archie.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-28","Wisconsin politics and the Civil War","Roosevelt writes Henry Cochems about Wisconsin politics, Amos Pinchot and the Civil War.",["henry-f-cochems","amos-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-29","Studying the Swiss army model","William Sanger comes to Sagamore Hill to talk with Roosevelt about how Switzerland raises its army.",["william-cary-sanger"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-11-30","Clearing a path and signing with Metropolitan","Roosevelt and Edith hack a path through Smith's field. He writes Henry Ford admiring his labor practices and signs a three-year, $25,000-a-year contract with Metropolitan Magazine. Archie is back from a New Brunswick hunt, bringing a moose and a few deer.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","henry-ford","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-01","Death of Alfred Thayer Mahan","Roosevelt is based at Sagamore Hill this month, making many trips into Manhattan. Naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose ideas shaped his thinking on sea power, dies.",["alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-02","Twenty-eight years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 28th anniversary as the Progressive executive committee gathers in Chicago. He writes Archie about military service, the new path in Smith's field and taking better care of his clothes.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","susan-cooley","friedrich-von-stumm"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-04","Wishing he were in the fight","Roosevelt confesses to Frederick Selous that he longs to be in the war himself, and writes Bernhard Dernburg about German designs on New York City, America and the Canal Zone.",["frederick-selous","bernhard-dernburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-05","Consoling Mahan's widow","Roosevelt writes a condolence letter to Ellen Mahan, calling her late husband one of the rare men who leave a lasting mark on history and letters.",["ellen-mahan","alfred-thayer-mahan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-06","Lunch with a Celtic scholar","Kuno Meyer, a German expert on Celtic history, lunches at Sagamore Hill. A Roosevelt article on Mexico runs in The New York Times.",["kuno-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-08","Writing Lodge about Mexico","Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge about violence in Mexico, Wilson and Bryan, and the country's lack of preparedness.",["henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-10","Brazil talk at the Natural History museum","Roosevelt travels into the city to give a Brazil lecture at New York's American Museum of Natural History.",[],"American Museum of Natural History"],["1914-12-11","Murdock for party chairman","Roosevelt writes Meyer Lissner about Victor Murdock's nomination to chair the Progressive National Committee, about the party's radicals, and about complaints over George W. Perkins.",["meyer-lissner","victor-murdock","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-12","Eyeing 1916 and the Nobel fund","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke about possible 1916 candidates, Hiram Johnson for President among them, and writes Seth Low about how to give away his Nobel Peace Prize money.",["william-dudley-foulke","hiram-johnson","seth-low"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-17","Brazil lecture in Brooklyn","Roosevelt gives a Brazil talk to the Brooklyn Institute, and tells Chester Rowell he would make a fine Progressive chairman.",["chester-rowell","george-l-record"],"Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences"],["1914-12-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-22","Backing Philippine independence","Roosevelt argues in the Times that the Philippines should be independent. He also refuses to sign Mrs. Ralph Sanger's \"Hands Across the Sea\" appeal for an alliance with Britain, since he rejects divided, hyphenated loyalties.",["mrs-ralph-sanger"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-23","Showing he plays fair","Roosevelt points Hugo Münsterberg to his refusal of the pro-British appeal the day before, as proof that he treats all sides fairly.",["hugo-munsterberg","mrs-ralph-sanger"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-24","Christmas Eve talk at Christ Church","Roosevelt joins the Christmas celebration at Oyster Bay's Christ Episcopal Church and talks to the gathering about Brazil.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-28","Supper at the city lodging house","Roosevelt goes into Manhattan and shares a meal with Frances Kellor at the city's Municipal Lodging House.",["frances-kellor"],"Municipal Lodging House"],["1914-12-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1914-12-31","Settling a teddy bear wager","Roosevelt rules in favor of young Harriet Ford, against her father, in a family bet: a teddy bear, he decides, counts as a doll. Around this time Scribner's publishes his America and the World War.",["harriet-s-ford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-01","New Year's views on foreign policy","Roosevelt opens 1915 at Sagamore Hill, with regular trips to the city ahead. The New York Times carries his remarks on American foreign policy.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-03","Chopping wood in knickerbockers","Roosevelt spends the day cutting wood on the Sagamore Hill grounds, wearing a wool army shirt and knickerbockers.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-04","Speaking out on police and Philippines","The Times quotes Roosevelt on Police Commissioner Arthur Woods and on an Independent article titled \"Utopia or Hell.\" He writes W. Cameron Forbes on the Philippines, Winthrop Chanler on a plan for him to lead volunteers against Germany, and William Allen White, promising to ease up on Wilson and Bryan.",["arthur-woods","w-cameron-forbes","winthrop-chanler","william-allen-white","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-05","On contraband with Spring-Rice","Roosevelt writes the British ambassador, Cecil Spring-Rice, about the contraband question.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-06","Visiting evicted families in Manhattan","Roosevelt walks the East Side tenements alongside Miss Pohlman, who investigates cases for the Evening Mail's Save a Home Fund, looking into evictions on East 62nd, 67th, 70th and 81st Streets. He also writes Rómulo Naón to introduce Walter Lippmann, whom he is urging to write about South America.",["miss-pohlman","romulo-naon","walter-lippmann"],"New York City"],["1915-01-07","A word for an admiral","Roosevelt writes a testimonial for Admiral Charles O'Neil and comments on the Gathmann gun.",["charles-o-neil"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-08","Recalling Taft's broken promise","Roosevelt writes Charles Washburn that in 1908 Taft promised to keep his cabinet in place, Cortelyou excepted, then reversed himself in 1909, along with a pledge to retain Henry White as ambassador to France.",["charles-g-washburn","william-howard-taft","george-cortelyou","henry-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-09","Sharing a train with Taft","Roosevelt may have taken a brief New England trip. Riding back from New Haven to New York, he finds William Howard Taft aboard the same train, and declines when reporters try to photograph the two together.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-10","Ted and Alice at the ice races","The Times photo section shows Ted Jr. and Alice at ice trotting races at Glenmore, Robert Goelet's country place. Its front page reports Roosevelt's chance train ride with Taft the day before.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth","robert-goelet","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-12","Zoo society and eviction talks","In New York, Roosevelt attends a New York Zoological Society meeting and talks over the eviction problem with Justice Gustave Hartman, who sits on the 6th District Municipal Court.",["gustave-hartman"],"New York City"],["1915-01-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-16","Giving up on Wilson","Roosevelt sends a brief note to Ernest Harvier and tells Rudyard Kipling he has concluded that Wilson has no real policy and cannot be backed.",["ernest-harvier","rudyard-kipling","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-18","Bamie turns 60","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his older sister Bamie's 60th birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-19","Cheering the short ballot","Roosevelt congratulates New York's Short Ballot Organization on its plan to trim the state ballot by making the governor's junior officers appointed rather than elected.",["new-york-short-ballot-organization"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-20","Writing on conservation in The Outlook","An article by Roosevelt on conservation is published in The Outlook.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-21","Nobel prize money comes back","The New York Times reports that Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize fund is being returned to him, with Senator Lodge introducing a bill to dissolve the foundation that held it.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-22","Urging Britain to win over America","Roosevelt writes Sir Edward Grey about relations between the two countries, his support for Britain and the contraband dispute. He tells Cecil Spring-Rice that Britain and France should work harder on American opinion, and writes Charles J. Bonaparte about Wilson, the Dominican Republic and Leslie Shaw.",["edward-grey","charles-bonaparte","cecil-spring-rice","woodrow-wilson","leslie-m-shaw"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-24","Taxes, and thanks to his publisher","The Times Book Review takes up America and the World War. Roosevelt writes his cousin Emlen that he backs an inheritance tax and, within limits, an income tax, and thanks Charles Scribner for publishing his book on African game animals.",["emlen-roosevelt","charles-scribner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-26","Calling for a federal jobs bureau","Roosevelt tours city agencies to see how the unemployed are faring, then addresses a packed Metropolitan Opera House meeting called by the Interchurch Committee on Unemployment, urging a federal bureau for the jobless. The same day, Rocky Mountain National Park is established in Colorado.",[],"Metropolitan Opera House"],["1915-01-27","Writing Kermit on the party's end","The Times covers the previous night's speech on page one. Roosevelt writes Kermit a significant letter on the passing of the Progressive Party and what the 1912 campaign stood for.",["kermit-roosevelt","joseph-bucklin-bishop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-29","Wilson no progressive","Roosevelt writes Dwight Heard that Wilson is a reactionary who does not embody the Progressive ideal, and that the party's prospects for the coming campaign look grim.",["dwight-b-heard","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-30","Fighting the Ship Purchase Bill","Roosevelt writes Senator Miles Poindexter about blocking the Ship Purchase Bill; the measure would let the government buy German merchant ships interned in American ports. He joins Republican senators in the fight to defeat it.",["miles-poindexter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-01-31","Panama article and Nobel pledge","A. S. Cochran and R. P. Perkins stop by Sagamore Hill. \"The Panama Blackmail Treaty\" appears in Metropolitan Magazine. A garbled note also records Roosevelt pledging $10,000 of his Nobel money to the jobless, alongside collections and ticket sales from the opera house meeting.",["robert-p-perkins","alexander-smith-cochran"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-04","Germany rings Britain with a war zone","Germany proclaims the seas around the British Isles a war zone where neutral vessels risk attack. At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt writes Alexander Cochran about financial help for the poet Bliss Carman and about Edwin Arlington Robinson.",["alexander-smith-cochran","bliss-carman","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-05","U-boats and the shipping bill","Roosevelt writes Cecil Spring-Rice about German submarine warfare, the shipping bill in Congress, Wilson and Bryan, and the moral duty of the United States.",["cecil-spring-rice","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-06","Likening Wilson to Buchanan","Roosevelt stops by the Bundle Day Committee's headquarters in the city. He writes Senator George Norris about beating the shipping bill, comparing Wilson to James Buchanan and calling him untrustworthy, and shares his views on the war with George Otto Trevelyan.",["george-norris","woodrow-wilson","george-otto-trevelyan"],"New York City"],["1915-02-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-10","Wilson warns of strict accountability","President Wilson declares that Germany will be held to strict accountability if a U-boat torpedoes an American ship. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-12","Alice turns 31","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his daughter Alice's 31st birthday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-17","Alice and Nick's anniversary","Alice and Nick Longworth mark nine years of marriage; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-18","Calling Wilson worse than Bryan","Roosevelt tells Cecil Spring-Rice that the British and French fight in humanity's cause, and muses on growing old. To Henry Cabot Lodge he unloads: the Wilson administration is the worst he has known, and Wilson is worse even than Bryan.",["cecil-spring-rice","winthrop-chanler","henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-19","Platform talk with Murdock","Roosevelt writes Victor Murdock about the Progressive platform, the party itself and George L. Record.",["victor-murdock","george-l-record"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-22","Rheumatism and a last great journey","In a flurry of letters, Roosevelt opposes required Bible reading in public schools, updates Hiram Johnson on Wilson, Taft and the Barnes suit, and tells his old physician Presley Rixey that rheumatism keeps him from exercise and that the South American trip was the last of its kind for him.",["michael-schaap","hiram-johnson","william-howard-taft","medill-mccormick","john-st-loe-strachey","presley-m-rixey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-23","Touring Brooklyn's relief workshops","After lunch with Ted and friends at the Brook Club, Roosevelt drives with William H. Childs over the Brooklyn Bridge to Bundle Headquarters on Fulton Street, where jobless New Yorkers make and mend clothing for Belgian relief, then visits several similar shops before heading home.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","william-h-childs"],"Brook Club"],["1915-02-24","In the papers on judges and relief","The New York Times reports Roosevelt's views on a judicial appointment and covers his tour of Brooklyn's relief workshops the day before.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-25","What really went wrong in Brazil","Roosevelt writes John Keltie, who has just published his account of the Brazilian expedition in a geographical journal, that many of the trip's mishaps came from the Brazilians' insistence on traveling in comfort.",["j-scott-keltie"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-26","Writing Senator Fall on Mexico","Roosevelt writes Senator Albert Fall about Mexico.",["albert-b-fall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-02-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-03","Relief at not running a party","Barnes answers Roosevelt in the pages of the Times. Roosevelt politely turns down a speaking request from Miss E. J. Giffin and tells E. A. Van Valkenburg how comforting it is no longer to carry responsibility for the Progressives. His Metropolitan article on Mexico appears this month.",["william-barnes-jr","e-j-giffin","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-04","Wood's American Legion in the news","The Times reports General Leonard Wood's plan for an \"American Legion\" of reserve officers. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-05","Pressing national defense on Progressives","Roosevelt writes Count Albert Apponyi about the Magyars, the war and divided loyalties, tells Mrs. John G. Graham how he felt in 1898, and urges Victor Murdock to make national defense the Progressives' theme.",["albert-apponyi","mrs-john-g-graham","victor-murdock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-06","Joining the American Legion council","Roosevelt writes William Astor Chanler about taking an independent unit into the fight against Germany, and writes Joseph Dickinson about the American Legion, a preparedness body meant to serve as the nation's first reserves. He sits on its advisory council with Taft, Root, Stimson and others.",["william-astor-chanler","jacob-m-dickinson","william-howard-taft","luke-e-wright","henry-l-stimson","george-von-lengerke-meyer","truman-h-newberry","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-07","Testifying and touring relief shops","Roosevelt testifies to the character of Major Gillette in federal court, and with Mrs. James Speyer and W. H. Childs tours workshops that employ jobless men for Belgian relief, starting at Elbert H. Gary's Fifth Avenue home and ending at the University Settlement. At Salvation Army headquarters he asks reporters to press the public for relief funds.",["major-gillette","mrs-james-speyer","william-h-childs","elbert-h-gary"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-08","Grandchildren with a fortune","A front-page Times story reports that Ted's young children, Theodore III and Grace, stand to inherit $4,000,000 from their mother's Alexander relatives. Another item says Denver's Judge Ben Lindsey will seek Roosevelt as a witness.",["theodore-roosevelt-iii","grace-roosevelt","benjamin-b-lindsey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-09","Feted by the Explorers Club","The Explorers Club gives a luncheon in Roosevelt's honor in New York, where club president Robert E. Peary talks about the Panama Canal. Roosevelt also answers George Viereck's charge that he has been unfair to the Kaiser, advising him to give up being an American and join Germany's army.",["robert-e-peary","george-sylvester-viereck","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Explorers Club"],["1915-03-10","Sitting for a studio portrait","Roosevelt has his photograph taken in a studio.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-11","Wilson and Bryan, to Bishop","Roosevelt writes Joseph Bucklin Bishop about Wilson and Bryan.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-15","Back door to the Flower Show","Roosevelt goes to the Flower Show in New York; the crowds are so thick he has to be brought in through the kitchen.",[],"New York City"],["1915-03-18","Recalling his Navy Department days","Roosevelt writes Munroe Smith about Smith's pamphlet on military strategy and diplomacy, explaining his own work as John D. Long's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The Times reports he has been called on about the shipping bill.",["munroe-smith","john-d-long"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-19","More on the rich grandchildren","The Times runs another story on the wealth awaiting Roosevelt's grandchildren Theodore III and Grace.",["theodore-roosevelt-iii","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-21","Talked up for 1916","The Times quotes Republican leaders naming Roosevelt as a possible 1916 candidate. He writes James Bryce about a world league for peace and about American pacifists who back Wilson and Bryan.",["james-bryce","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-03-31","Making the case for preparedness","Roosevelt's article \"The Need of Preparedness\" is published in Metropolitan Magazine.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-02","The Navy's slide since 1909","Roosevelt tells Bamie the Navy has declined since he left office, writes Frederick Selous, now fighting in British East Africa, about the war, and writes Jean Jules Jusserand about a peace built on righteousness. He also drafts a memo on Lady Gregory's idea for an American theater modeled on her Irish one.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","frederick-selous","ernest-harvier","augusta-gregory","jean-jules-jusserand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-03","Snowed in by a blizzard","A blizzard sweeps over Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-04","Easter in a blizzard","Easter Sunday finds Sagamore Hill snowbound, the spring storm that hit the day before still blowing. It is also Ethel and Dick Derby's second wedding anniversary.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-06","Angry over interned German ships","Roosevelt writes Frederick Whitridge of his frustration with the administration's handling of German ships sitting in American ports.",["frederick-w-whitridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-07","Brazil talk in Philadelphia","Roosevelt travels to Philadelphia to speak about Brazil.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1915-04-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-09","Archie turns 21","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his son Archie's 21st birthday.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-11","Portrait in the Sunday paper","The Times photo section publishes Roosevelt's March 17 portrait.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-13","Pallbearer for Professor Lounsbury","In New Haven, Roosevelt helps carry the coffin of Yale's Professor Thomas Lounsbury. William Howard Taft is among the other pallbearers.",["thomas-r-lounsbury","william-howard-taft"],"New Haven"],["1915-04-14","Edith goes into the hospital","Edith undergoes surgery, probably a hysterectomy, and will spend three weeks in the hospital.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-15","An evening at the Park Theater","Roosevelt goes into New York City and attends the Park Theater.",[],"Park Theater"],["1915-04-16","Against the women's peace platform","The Times prints on page one Roosevelt's letter to Washington's Mrs. George Rublee, setting out his opposition to the principles of the Woman's Party for Constructive Peace.",["mrs-george-rublee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-17","Senator Aldrich dies","Nelson W. Aldrich, the powerful Rhode Island senator Roosevelt dealt with throughout his presidency, dies.",["nelson-aldrich"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-04-18","Arriving in Syracuse for trial","Roosevelt rides into Syracuse on the same train as William Barnes Jr., and is hurried from the depot to the Walnut Avenue home of Horace Wilkinson, a rich steel man and supporter, where he will stay during the libel trial.",["william-barnes-jr","horace-s-wilkinson"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-19","The Barnes libel trial opens","The libel suit William Barnes Jr. brought against Roosevelt goes to trial in Syracuse. Justice William S. Andrews refuses the defense's motion to dismiss and the jury is seated. That evening Syracuse University students serenade Roosevelt, and he speaks to them from Wilkinson's front steps.",["william-s-andrews","william-barnes-jr","john-m-bowers"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-20","Three hours on the witness stand","Roosevelt takes the stand for three hours, testifying that Barnes and Thomas Platt pressed him to favor big corporations in legislation.",["william-barnes-jr","thomas-c-platt"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-21","Testimony continues","Roosevelt spends another day testifying in the Barnes trial.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-22","Ivins raises the 1898 tax question","Barnes's lawyer William Ivins cross-examines Roosevelt and revives the 1898 dispute over his tax residence.",["william-m-ivins"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-23","Barnes as Jekyll and Hyde","Under continued cross-examination, Roosevelt describes Barnes as a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure.",["william-barnes-jr","william-m-ivins"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-24","Strategy session and a ride","At the Onondaga Hotel, Roosevelt goes over the case with his lawyer John M. Bowers, then goes riding in the afternoon.",["john-m-bowers"],"Onondaga Hotel"],["1915-04-25","Church, a drive, and a cartoon","Roosevelt hears the Rev. John F. Dobbs preach at First Reformed Church, motors into the countryside, and meets his lawyers. A Times cartoon shows him and Barnes hauling an elephant skeleton out of a closet.",["john-f-dobbs","william-barnes-jr"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-26","A hostile cross-examiner","Syracuse lawyer William L. Barnum takes over the cross-examination and pins Roosevelt to yes-or-no answers. Letters Roosevelt wrote to Thomas Platt as Governor and as President are read into the record.",["william-l-barnum","thomas-c-platt"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-27","Turning the tables in court","Allowed at last to explain himself, Roosevelt lays out his real relationship with Platt and dismantles two days of cross-examination. Bowers resumes direct questioning; Roosevelt has now spent 35 hours on the stand.",["thomas-c-platt","william-m-ivins","william-l-barnum","john-m-bowers"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-28","Testifying on Tennessee Coal and Iron","Roosevelt testifies about U.S. Steel's 1907 takeover of Tennessee Coal and Iron.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-29","Another day in Syracuse","Roosevelt remains in Syracuse for the trial; nothing else is noted.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-04-30","On murder at sea","Roosevelt's article \"Murder on the High Seas\" appears in Metropolitan Magazine.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-01","Trial grinds on","The Barnes libel case continues in Syracuse with Roosevelt in attendance.",["william-barnes-jr"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-02","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-03","Standing by 1912","From Syracuse, Roosevelt tells Victor Murdock he still holds to the principles of 1912 and will not back John W. Weeks or Elihu Root for President.",["victor-murdock","john-w-weeks","elihu-root"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-04","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-05","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-06","What he'd do if the Lusitania sank","Roosevelt writes John Callan O'Laughlin about Germany's May 1 warning that ships under British or Allied flags may be destroyed. If the Lusitania is sunk, he says, he would seize every German ship in American waters.",["john-callan-o-laughlin"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-07","The Lusitania goes down","A German submarine torpedoes the liner Lusitania off Ireland, and more than 1,000 people drown. Roosevelt hears the news in Syracuse, in the middle of his libel trial.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-08","Speaking out on the Lusitania","Roosevelt gives the press a statement on the sinking of the Lusitania.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-09","A second Lusitania statement","Roosevelt releases another statement to the press about the Lusitania.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-10","Too proud to fight","In Philadelphia, President Wilson declares that a man may be too proud to fight. The same day fifteen men, Ted among them, telegraph Wilson urging preparedness and asking that Leonard Wood start training camps.",["woodrow-wilson","theodore-roosevelt-jr","leonard-wood"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-11","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-12","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-13","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-14","A break at home, sick at heart","Roosevelt goes home to Oyster Bay during a pause in the trial. He tells Bamie he is heartsick over how Wilson and Bryan have dealt with Germany.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","woodrow-wilson","william-jennings-bryan"],"Oyster Bay"],["1915-05-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-16","Back to Syracuse","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill and returns to Syracuse for the rest of the trial.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-17","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-18","Waiting out the trial in Syracuse","Roosevelt is in Syracuse during the Barnes libel trial; nothing more is recorded for the day.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-19","Fearing a hung jury","Roosevelt warns Bamie the trial may end with a deadlocked jury. To Archie he writes that Wilson rides on the pacifist vote, discusses the Plattsburg training camp Archie and Quentin will attend, and responds to Archie's car accident, after which Archie, who had not been drinking, swears off liquor until he finishes Harvard.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-20","Jury splits 11 to 1","The Barnes case goes to the jury, which comes back 11 to 1 in Roosevelt's favor, but the judge rules the verdict improper.",["william-barnes-jr","william-s-andrews"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-21","Victory in the Barnes libel suit","The jury finds for Roosevelt in the libel suit brought by William Barnes Jr. after deliberating 42 hours in all. The fight has cost him about $42,000 for lawyers and other expenses.",["william-barnes-jr"],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-22","Home from Syracuse","With the trial over, Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay.",[],"Syracuse"],["1915-05-23","An editorial that gets it right","A Times editorial by Charles Willis Thompson explains why Roosevelt has fallen out of political and public favor; Roosevelt considers it accurate.",["charles-willis-thompson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-24","Thanking Douglas and Corinne","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson to thank them for standing by him through the Barnes trial.",["douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-29","No longer the people's choice","Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey that Americans will not look to him again as a leader. He also writes George Otto Trevelyan about the Dardanelles, Judge Charles Amidon about the Lusitania, Richard Child about Louisiana politics, and Lodge about the trial and dual citizenship.",["john-st-loe-strachey","george-otto-trevelyan","charles-f-amidon","richard-washburn-child","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-30","Writing Borglum about Wilson","Roosevelt writes the sculptor Gutzon Borglum about Wilson and his pacifist pronouncements.",["gutzon-borglum","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-05-31","A full house of grandchildren","Roosevelt thanks his daughter-in-law Belle for all she has meant to Kermit. Ted and Eleanor are staying with their two babies; little Grace heads to the beach daily, and Roosevelt checks on Eleanor and young Ted each morning. Metropolitan also runs his article questioning divided American loyalties.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-iii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-01","Congratulating Lloyd George","Roosevelt writes Gifford Pinchot about the Lusitania and the Progressives, congratulates David Lloyd George on Britain's new coalition government, and tells Albert Bushnell Hart that Wilson's passivity recalls Jefferson.",["gifford-pinchot","david-lloyd-george","albert-bushnell-hart","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-03","A long letter to Raymond Robins","In a sweeping letter to Raymond Robins, Roosevelt covers foreign policy, Germany, Japan and Russia, leading pacifists, the Barnes trial, prohibition, Catholics and his failed 1910 papal audience, and why he will not run in 1916. He also condemns pacifists in a letter to Hudson Maxim.",["raymond-robins","jane-addams","andrew-carnegie","david-starr-jordan","nicholas-murray-butler","horace-s-wilkinson","george-perkins","hudson-maxim"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-05","Heading south","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill on a trip to the South.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-06","On the train south","Roosevelt is traveling south.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-07","Guest of John Parker on the Gulf","Roosevelt arrives at Pass Christian, Mississippi, as the guest of John M. Parker.",["john-m-parker"],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-08","Bird Island while Bryan quits","Roosevelt visits the Bird Island bird reservation, joined by Warden Sprinkle and M. L. Alexander. In Washington, William Jennings Bryan quits the State Department to lead a nationwide peace crusade, and Robert Lansing takes his place.",["m-l-alexander","warden-sprinkle","william-jennings-bryan","robert-lansing"],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-09","On the Mississippi coast","Roosevelt remains at Pass Christian; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-10","Another day at Pass Christian","Roosevelt is still at Pass Christian, with nothing more noted.",[],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-11","Weighing in on Bryan's exit","Roosevelt gives reporters a statement about Bryan's resignation.",["william-jennings-bryan"],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-12","Visiting Gulf bird sanctuaries","Roosevelt starts for home, stopping at the Pelican Island and Breton Island bird sanctuaries.",[],"Pass Christian"],["1915-06-13","Speaking in Atlanta","On the way home, Roosevelt stops to speak in Atlanta.",[],"Atlanta"],["1915-06-14","Grandson's first birthday","Roosevelt is back at Sagamore Hill for his grandson Theodore Roosevelt III's first birthday.",["theodore-roosevelt-iii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-16","Last name in the guest book","Alice Longworth signs the Sagamore Hill guest register, the final entry in the book kept since 1887.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-17","Wishing for the trenches","Roosevelt tells Arthur Lee he is sick at heart over America's course, and wishes he and his sons were in the trenches beside him. He mentions ribs broken when a horse threw him as he mounted, now nearly mended, and writes editor W. H. Cowles opposing the arbitration treaties.",["william-h-cowles","arthur-lee","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-19","Edith on a house full of guests","Edith writes Kermit that his father enjoys having the house crowded with all sorts of visitors.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-20","Ted and Eleanor's anniversary","Ted and Eleanor celebrate five years of marriage; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-21","Never looking better","Edith writes her sister Emily that Roosevelt looks better than she has ever seen him and is so full of energy she can barely keep up.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-23","Sizing up 1916 hopefuls","Roosevelt writes Charles Washburn that John W. Weeks is too standpat to be the Republican nominee and considers others. He writes Owen Wister about pacifists and Wilson, and Julian Street about historical parallels to Wilson.",["charles-g-washburn","john-w-weeks","owen-wister","woodrow-wilson","julian-street"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-25","Watching police drill at Gravesend","Roosevelt goes to Gravesend Racetrack to watch mounted and foot police rehearse.",[],"Gravesend Racetrack"],["1915-06-26","Rowing Edith into a thunderstorm","Roosevelt writes Belle about magic and magicians and reports his ribs are mending. He takes Edith rowing for the first time this summer, and a thunderstorm soaks them both. Ethel and Dick have come with the baby, and Archie is home with a Harvard friend.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-28","A visit from Ted","Ted comes to see his father at Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-29","Dreaming of cottages for the family","Roosevelt writes Ted's wife Eleanor that Ethel is staying with her baby Richard, and that he would love to build small houses on the place for his children and grandchildren. He also writes E. A. Van Valkenburg about an international peace conference.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby-jr","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-06-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing more for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-01","Summer opens at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt begins July based at his Oyster Bay home, making regular trips into Manhattan as the month goes on.",[],"New York City"],["1915-07-02","Turning down a welcome for Jane Addams","Roosevelt writes three letters from Oyster Bay: one to Langdon Warner about digs in China and the war, a refusal to help greet Jane Addams home from the Hague peace meeting, and corrections to William Roscoe Thayer's Panama article for Harper's Monthly.",["langdon-warner","henry-green","william-roscoe-thayer","jane-addams","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-03","An empty page at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no activity is logged for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-04","Fourth of July call for preparedness","At Oyster Bay's Independence Day parade, where New York lawyer Frederick R. Coudert is the featured orator, Roosevelt is called on for a few remarks and uses them to argue that the country must get ready for war.",["frederic-r-coudert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-05","Talks with Ambassador Spring-Rice","Britain's envoy to Washington, Cecil Spring-Rice, sits down with Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-06","Sympathy for J. P. Morgan","Roosevelt writes to the financier J. P. Morgan Jr. after a pro-German assailant attacked him inside his own house.",["j-p-morgan-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-07","Writing Owen Wister about the war","Roosevelt answers his friend Owen Wister about Wister's essay \"The Pentecost of Calamity,\" and turns to the Lusitania sinking and Wilson's response.",["owen-wister","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-08","Explaining his quarrel with Wilson","In a letter to writer Julian Street, Roosevelt lays out why he objects to Woodrow Wilson, drawing comparisons from history.",["julian-street","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-09","Quiet Friday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Oyster Bay. The record notes nothing else.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-10","Planning a cavalry regiment","Roosevelt sends William Roscoe Thayer more Panama material, tells Frank McCoy how he would organize the cavalry regiment he hopes to raise, and writes William Rainsford about savage newspaper attacks on him.",["william-roscoe-thayer","frank-r-mccoy","william-s-rainsford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-11","Off to California","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill and heads west on a long journey to California.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-07-12","Westbound through Canada","Roosevelt's train carries him west by way of the Canadian Rockies, bound for California.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-13","Rolling west on the Canadian route","Roosevelt is still traveling toward California along the Canadian line through the Rockies.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-14","Mountain miles on the way west","The cross-country trip continues; Roosevelt is in transit through the Canadian Rockies.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-15","Still traveling through the Rockies","Roosevelt remains on the road to California, taking the northern route across Canada.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-16","Another day on the northern route","Roosevelt keeps moving west through the Canadian mountains toward the Pacific coast.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-17","Crossing Canada toward the Pacific","Roosevelt is in transit via the Canadian Rockies, still headed for California.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-18","Last days of the Canadian crossing","Roosevelt continues his westward trip through Canada before turning south toward California.",[],"Canadian Rockies"],["1915-07-19","Meeting Senator Poindexter in the Northwest","Coming down through Portland and Seattle, Roosevelt confers with Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington.",["miles-poindexter"],"Portland"],["1915-07-20","Arrival in San Francisco","Roosevelt reaches San Francisco, the end of his westward trip.",[],"San Francisco"],["1915-07-21","Roosevelt Day at the Exposition","San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition marks a day in Roosevelt's honor, and he uses the stage to press his case for national preparedness.",[],"Panama-Pacific International Exposition"],["1915-07-22","Touring the fair and writing to London","Roosevelt takes in the Exposition grounds, then writes British author Frederick S. Oliver a long letter about Oliver's book on readiness, the division he hopes to lead, Edward Grey, Wilson and Taft, and his own record with Britain as President.",["frederick-scott-oliver","edward-grey","woodrow-wilson","william-howard-taft"],"Panama-Pacific International Exposition"],["1915-07-23","Another day at the Exposition","Roosevelt spends a second day walking the grounds of San Francisco's world's fair.",[],"Panama-Pacific International Exposition"],["1915-07-24","Addressing the student training camp","Roosevelt talks to young men enrolled in the War Department's student instruction camp at San Francisco.",[],"San Francisco"],["1915-07-25","Down the coast to Los Angeles","Roosevelt is in Los Angeles; the record gives no other details.",[],"Los Angeles"],["1915-07-26","Arrival in San Diego","Roosevelt is in San Diego. Nothing more is noted for the day.",[],"San Diego"],["1915-07-27","Speaking at San Diego's fair","Roosevelt addresses the Panama-California Exposition and huddles with California Progressives. A film camera catches him and Edith pulling up by car and standing on a building's steps.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Panama-California Exposition"],["1915-07-28","Heading home from California","Roosevelt starts the long trip back east toward New York and Oyster Bay.",[],"San Diego"],["1915-07-29","Eastbound by rail","Roosevelt is traveling across the country on his way back to New York.",[],"San Diego"],["1915-07-30","Still crossing the continent","The homeward journey continues, with Roosevelt en route to New York.",[],"San Diego"],["1915-07-31","Sons at Plattsburg's first camp","Roosevelt is still traveling east. This summer the first Plattsburg camp trains civilians as soldiers, and his sons Archie, Ted and Quentin take part. He is also writing Metropolitan articles calling for preparedness and a harder line on Mexico and Germany.",["archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"San Diego"],["1915-08-01","Nearing New York","Roosevelt spends another day on the train heading back to New York.",[],"San Diego"],["1915-08-02","Back from the West, ready to fight","Roosevelt gets home from his California trip. A New York Times reporter finds him in fine health and spirits.",[],"New York City"],["1915-08-03","Settling back in at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; the day carries no other entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-04","Praising Winston Churchill's novel","Roosevelt writes the American novelist Winston Churchill to applaud his book A Far Country, about capital and labor, and shares thoughts on the Socialists.",["winston-churchill-american-novelist"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-05","Callers at the Metropolitan office","Roosevelt goes into Manhattan, where Theodore Douglas Robinson and a Mr. McCormick stop by his Metropolitan magazine office, and he has lunch with Robert Bacon.",["theodore-douglas-robinson","mccormick","robert-bacon"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1915-08-06","Edith turns 54","It is Edith's 54th birthday. Roosevelt writes his English friend Arthur Lee about readiness for war, his scorn for pacifists, and how the fighting is going.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-07","His imagined course for 1914","Writing to Russian diplomat Baron Roman Rosen, Roosevelt sketches the course he would have taken in the summer the war began, had he been in the White House.",["roman-rosen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-08","Sunday at home in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-09","A blank Monday at Sagamore Hill","No events are listed; Roosevelt is at his Long Island home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-10","Quiet Tuesday at home","Roosevelt stays at Sagamore Hill, with no activity noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-11","Midweek at Sagamore Hill","The record places Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and gives no details.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-12","Uneventful day on Long Island","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; the chronology is silent otherwise.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-13","Ethel's 24th birthday","Roosevelt's daughter Ethel turns 24. He is at Sagamore Hill.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-14","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at his Oyster Bay home; no events are written down.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-15","Nine hours in the Palisades","Roosevelt and George W. Perkins spend nine hours touring Palisades Interstate Park along the Hudson.",["george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-16","Back home after the Palisades","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. The day has no other entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-17","Granddaughter Grace turns 4","Ted's daughter Grace Roosevelt celebrates her fourth birthday. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-18","A quiet Wednesday","Roosevelt is home at Oyster Bay; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-19","Germans sink the Arabic","While Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill, a German U-boat torpedoes the unarmed British liner Arabic, killing two Americans aboard.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-20","Letters to Selous and on New York politics","Roosevelt writes his old hunting friend Frederick Selous, now a lieutenant with the 25th Royal Fusiliers, about the war, and writes Arthur T. Warner about a possible Democratic-Progressive alliance in New York's upcoming election.",["frederick-selous","arthur-t-warner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-21","Calling for a break with Germany","Roosevelt tells the press the United States should now cut off diplomatic relations with Germany.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-22","Sunday quiet at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the record lists nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-23","Nothing logged at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home on Long Island. No events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-24","Home before the trip to Plattsburg","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-25","The Plattsburg speech","Roosevelt visits Leonard Wood's training camp at Plattsburg and gives a speech with jabs at President Wilson that infuriate the administration; Wood is officially reprimanded. Archie is commissioned a second lieutenant, Ted is put forward for a major's rank, and Quentin is judged a future lieutenant with more age and seasoning.",["leonard-wood","woodrow-wilson","archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"Plattsburg"],["1915-08-26","A \"rational Socialist\" and a note to John L. Sullivan","Roosevelt tells writer Reginald Kauffman he counts himself a \"rational Socialist,\" and sends the old heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan good wishes for his lecture tour on temperance.",["reginald-kauffman","john-l-sullivan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-27","Owning the Plattsburg speech","Roosevelt declares that he alone answers for what he said at Plattsburg, taking the heat off Leonard Wood.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-28","Writing Kermit about Plattsburg","Roosevelt sends his son Kermit news of the Plattsburg camp and his views on Wilson and his policies.",["kermit-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-29","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay. The chronology lists no events.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-30","Late-summer lull","Nothing is recorded for the day; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-08-31","Quentin starts at Harvard","The record notes Quentin's entrance into Harvard while Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-09-01","Defending the Plattsburg remarks","Roosevelt writes Henry S. Drinker, president of Lehigh University and a backer of the training camps, to stand by his Plattsburg speech.",["henry-s-drinker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-09-02","Universal service and German agitation","Roosevelt writes Archie about the camp, the uproar over his speech, and Winchester rifles and cartridges. A long letter to Arthur Lee covers universal military service, Wilson, German agitation inside America, pacifism, his hoped-for division and Russia.",["archibald-roosevelt","arthur-lee","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-09-03","Hush on 1916, he tells Perkins","Roosevelt asks George W. Perkins to keep quiet about the 1916 presidential nomination.",["george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-09-04","North to Dr. Lambert's camp","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for a holiday at his physician friend Dr. Alexander Lambert's camp in Quebec.",["alexander-lambert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-09-05","First day in the Quebec woods","Roosevelt is in Quebec Province on his vacation; nothing specific is recorded.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-06","Holiday in Quebec","Roosevelt remains in Quebec Province. The record gives no details.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-07","Another day in Canada","Roosevelt's Quebec vacation continues, with no events noted.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-08","Quiet in Quebec Province","Roosevelt is in the Canadian woods; the chronology is otherwise blank.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-09","Still on vacation in Quebec","No activity is recorded; Roosevelt is in Quebec Province.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-10","Canadian camp days","Roosevelt continues his stay in Quebec Province. Nothing else is written down.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-11","Saturday in the Quebec woods","Roosevelt is in Quebec; the day passes without an entry.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-12","Sunday in Quebec Province","Roosevelt remains on holiday in Canada. No events are logged.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-13","Ted turns 28","Roosevelt's eldest son Ted marks his 28th birthday while his father is in Quebec.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-14","Midweek in Quebec","Roosevelt is still in Quebec Province; nothing is recorded.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-15","More vacation days in Canada","Roosevelt continues his Quebec holiday without a logged event.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-16","Unrecorded day in Quebec","The record places Roosevelt in Quebec Province and says nothing more.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-17","Quebec stay goes on","Roosevelt is in the Canadian woods. No details survive for the day.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-18","Saturday in Canada","Roosevelt remains in Quebec Province; the day has no entry.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-19","A Quebec moose","Roosevelt brings down a moose in Quebec, using his Model 1903 Springfield rifle.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-20","After the moose hunt","Roosevelt is in Quebec Province; no further events are noted.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-21","Quiet Tuesday in Quebec","Roosevelt stays on in Canada. The record is blank for the day.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-22","Late days at the Quebec camp","Roosevelt remains in Quebec Province, with nothing written down.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-23","Still in the Canadian woods","No activity is recorded; Roosevelt is in Quebec.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-24","Friday in Quebec Province","Roosevelt continues his vacation in Canada. Nothing else is listed.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-25","Quentin's start at Harvard","With his father in Quebec, Quentin begins at Harvard. A wrenched back from the Arizona hunting trip with his father keeps him out of sports; his interests run to witchcraft, demonology, mechanics and math.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-26","Sunday in Quebec","Roosevelt is in Quebec Province; the record lists nothing.",[],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-27","Corinne turns 54","Roosevelt's sister Corinne celebrates her 54th birthday as he winds up his Quebec stay.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-28","Nannie Lodge dies; a sardine box for Edith","Anna Cabot Mills \"Nannie\" Lodge, wife of Roosevelt's close friend Henry Cabot Lodge, dies of heart disease. Roosevelt comes back to New York with a pewter sardine box from Gaspé for Edith, who likes it.",["anna-cabot-mills-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Quebec Province"],["1915-09-29","To Boston for Nannie Lodge's funeral","Roosevelt and Edith travel to Boston for the funeral of Nannie Lodge.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-cabot-mills-lodge","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Boston"],["1915-09-30","Visiting the boys at Harvard","Roosevelt and Edith stop at Harvard to see Archie and Quentin, who is reading The Anti-Jacobin, Layard's Nineveh and an English version of a Chinese biography of Genghis Khan, then return home. His essay on hyphenated Americanism appears in the Metropolitan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1915-10-01","Worrying over Kermit in Brazil","Roosevelt writes Kermit's wife Belle that Kermit is unhappy at his bank job in Brazil, and that he understands what his son longs for. Edith is in bed, worn out with nervous fatigue after Nannie Lodge's funeral.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-02","October quiet at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home at Oyster Bay; no events are entered.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-03","Sunday on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. The record has nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-04","Shopping an essay on early man","Roosevelt asks Brander Matthews for help placing an essay about early humans and the ancient beasts they lived among. Renamed \"How Old is Man?\", National Geographic will print it in its February 1916 issue.",["brander-matthews"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-05","Unrecorded Tuesday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-06","Midweek at Oyster Bay","No activity is listed for Roosevelt, who is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-07","Another quiet October day","Roosevelt stays at his Long Island home. The day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-08","Friday at Sagamore Hill","The record places Roosevelt at home and gives no other details.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-09","No return to public life","Roosevelt tells British editor John St. Loe Strachey that he does not intend to come back into public life.",["john-st-loe-strachey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-10","Kermit turns 26","Roosevelt's son Kermit, working in Brazil, has his 26th birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-11","Niece Eleanor turns 31","Roosevelt's niece Eleanor Roosevelt celebrates her 31st birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-12","Columbus Day at Carnegie Hall","Roosevelt goes into Manhattan to give the Knights of Columbus a Columbus Day address at Carnegie Hall.",[],"Carnegie Hall"],["1915-10-13","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home in Oyster Bay. No events are listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-14","Quiet Thursday at home","The chronology notes only that Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-15","Equal rights for women","Roosevelt sends Perkins a playful letter about the campaign and about Wilson's courtship of Mrs. Galt. To suffragist Ethel Dreier he notes that some of history's mightiest monarchs were women and makes his case for equal rights.",["george-perkins","ethel-dreier","woodrow-wilson","edith-bolling-galt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-16","Saturday at Oyster Bay","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-17","Sunday at home","No events are entered for Roosevelt, who is on Long Island.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-18","Nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 17","Bamie's son Sheffield Cowles has his 17th birthday. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-19","A blank Tuesday","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; no events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-20","Midweek on Long Island","The record places Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and says nothing else.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-21","Thursday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home. The day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-22","Waiting on a grandchild","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is logged for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-23","A grandson, Cornelius","Ted and his wife Eleanor welcome a son, Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, Roosevelt's newest grandchild.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-24","Sunday after the birth","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-25","Weighing a protest on Mexico","Roosevelt asks Charles J. Bonaparte whether he ought to speak out against Washington's recognition of Venustiano Carranza's government in Mexico.",["charles-bonaparte","venustiano-carranza"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-26","At the movies: The Battle Cry of Peace","In New York Roosevelt watches J. Stuart Blackton's film The Battle Cry of Peace, which pictures an enemy invasion of the city. Based on Hudson Maxim's Defenseless America, it was made with advice from Wood, Garrison and Roosevelt himself.",["j-stuart-blackton","hudson-maxim","leonard-wood","lindley-m-garrison"],"New York City"],["1915-10-27","Roosevelt turns 57","Roosevelt marks his 57th birthday at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-28","Day after the birthday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing more is listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-29","Late-October quiet","No activity is recorded for Roosevelt at his Oyster Bay home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-30","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home on Long Island. The day passes without an entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-10-31","Making the case for universal service","The Metropolitan carries Roosevelt's essay on what the nation owes its citizens, calling for every American man to train for military service. Alice and her husband Nick Longworth are back in Washington, their political exile at an end.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-01","Belgium before Armenia","Roosevelt opens November at Sagamore Hill, often going into Manhattan. He tells Harry V. Osborne he won't take up the cause of the Armenians until he has spoken out for the Belgians.",["harry-v-osborne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-02","Casting his ballot in Oyster Bay","On Election Day Roosevelt goes down to the village of Oyster Bay to vote.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-03","Day after the election","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-04","Quiet Thursday on Long Island","No events are entered for Roosevelt, who is at home in Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-05","Friday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at his Oyster Bay home. The day has no other entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-06","Saturday at home","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and lists nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-07","Mr. Dooley comes calling","Humorist Finley Peter Dunne, creator of \"Mr. Dooley,\" and Pittsburgh publisher Alexander P. Moore are among the visitors at Sagamore Hill.",["finley-peter-dunne","alexander-p-moore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-08","Insisting on church-state separation","Roosevelt dines with William Allen White and George W. Perkins. He objects to Daniel P. Toomey that the Knights of Columbus printed his Columbus Day speech without its passage on keeping church and state apart, and vows to publish the whole text himself if they won't. He also writes Edwin Lawrence about Catherine the Great and Maria Theresa.",["william-allen-white","george-perkins","daniel-p-toomey","edwin-lawrence"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-09","Tuesday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home; nothing else is noted for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-10","Midweek at Oyster Bay","No activity is logged; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-11","An unrecorded Thursday","The chronology places Roosevelt at home on Long Island and is otherwise silent.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-12","Wilson begins to prepare","Roosevelt writes John Rose that President Wilson has at last started moving toward military readiness.",["john-rose","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-13","Saturday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. No events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-14","Booker T. Washington dies","Booker T. Washington, the Tuskegee educator Roosevelt famously hosted at the White House in 1901, dies. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["booker-t-washington"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-15","Monday on Long Island","Roosevelt is home at Oyster Bay; the day carries no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-16","Quiet Tuesday at Sagamore Hill","Nothing is recorded beyond Roosevelt's presence at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-17","Thanks for facts on universal service","Roosevelt writes Army Captain George Van Horn Moseley, who had supplied him with material on universal military service.",["george-van-horn-moseley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-18","Thursday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill with nothing else noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-19","Quentin turns 18 at Harvard","Roosevelt's youngest son Quentin celebrates his 18th birthday at college in Cambridge.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-20","Civil service, race and a tribute","Roosevelt writes William Dudley Foulke about a plan for competitive exams in New York City government, Charles Washburn about relations between Black and white Southerners and his own record on the question, and James Parsons with warm words about his father.",["william-dudley-foulke","charles-g-washburn","james-parsons"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-21","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; no events are listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-22","Monday at home","Nothing is recorded for Roosevelt, who is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-23","Tuesday on Long Island","Roosevelt is home; the record is otherwise blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-24","Explaining himself to British friends","Roosevelt writes Sir Edward Grey to clarify his Metropolitan article, which English readers took as hostile to Britain, and writes Ambassador Spring-Rice about it too. To Richard Gorman he discusses Boston protests against The Battle Cry of Peace.",["edward-grey","cecil-spring-rice","richard-gorman"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-25","Bamie's 20th anniversary","Roosevelt's sister Bamie and her husband, Admiral William Sheffield Cowles, mark twenty years of marriage.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-26","Friday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing more is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-27","Sizing up 1916 with Lodge","Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge about his own chances of being nominated for President in 1916 and who else might be put forward.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-28","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-29","Monday in Oyster Bay","No events are recorded; Roosevelt is at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-11-30","Pacifists, the Scouts and Henry Ford","Roosevelt tells Boy Scouts chief James West he fears pacifists have taken over the movement. He writes artist Henry Reuterdahl that he may have to go after Henry Ford in print but won't waste time on Oswald Villard, and again defends his Metropolitan articles to James Bryce.",["james-e-west","henry-reuterdahl","james-bryce","henry-ford","oswald-garrison-villard","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-01","December begins at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-02","Anniversary and an immigrant art show","On their 29th wedding anniversary, Roosevelt goes into the city, where George W. Perkins is among his callers at the Metropolitan, and visits \"The Immigrant in America\" exhibition at Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's studio.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-perkins","gertrude-vanderbilt-whitney"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1915-12-03","Blasting Ford's Peace Ship","In the New York Times, Roosevelt condemns Henry Ford's \"Peace Ship\" voyage to Europe.",["henry-ford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-04","Saturday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-05","Seton quits the Scouts","Ernest Thompson Seton steps away from the Boy Scouts, easing Roosevelt's concern that pacifists were steering the organization.",["ernest-thompson-seton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-06","Monday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-07","Weighing Republican hopefuls","Writing Henry Cabot Lodge about possible Republican nominees for 1916, Roosevelt discusses Herbert Hadley and Samuel McCall and is blunt about Charles Evans Hughes, whom he blames for drawing him into the fight with William Barnes and then forgetting it at the libel trial.",["henry-cabot-lodge","herbert-s-hadley","samuel-w-mccall","charles-evans-hughes","william-barnes-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-08","Quiet Wednesday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are entered.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-09","Thursday on Long Island","The record places Roosevelt at home and says nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-10","Friday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is in Oyster Bay. The day passes without an entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-11","Before the trip south","Roosevelt is home at Sagamore Hill; nothing is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-12","Speaking at Tuskegee","Roosevelt addresses Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a month after Booker T. Washington's death. He also writes a long open letter supporting a fundraising campaign for the Boy Scouts.",[],"Tuskegee Institute"],["1915-12-13","Home from Alabama","Roosevelt gets back to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-14","Munitions makers and Progressive unity","Roosevelt writes Hamlin Garland about readiness and the arms manufacturers, and asks Charles W. Fear to make sure Progressive leaders, himself among them, stand together on the questions facing the 1916 race.",["hamlin-garland","charles-w-fear"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-15","Backing Moton for Tuskegee","Roosevelt tells philanthropist Julius Rosenwald he supports Robert Russa Moton to succeed Booker T. Washington as head of Tuskegee Institute.",["julius-rosenwald","robert-russa-moton","booker-t-washington"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-16","Thursday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-17","Judge Gary's dinner and a threat","In the city, callers at the Metropolitan include a Mr. McCormick, and Judge Elbert H. Gary gives a dinner in Roosevelt's honor. Roosevelt warns he might back the Democratic candidate in 1916.",["mccormick","elbert-h-gary"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1915-12-18","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home in Oyster Bay after his night in the city.",[],"New York City"],["1915-12-19","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day carries no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-20","Monday before Christmas week","Nothing is recorded; Roosevelt is at home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-21","Drumming up support for 1916","Roosevelt writes William Knox about how to build public backing for his candidacy in 1916.",["william-knox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-22","Christmas approaches at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home; no events are listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-23","Two days before Christmas","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-24","Christmas Eve on Long Island","Roosevelt spends Christmas Eve at Sagamore Hill; the record has no details.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt keeps Christmas at his Oyster Bay home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-26","Day after Christmas","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-27","Hiram Johnson over Knox","Roosevelt tells George Miller he prefers California's Hiram Johnson to Philander Knox for the 1916 nomination, given Knox's stance on Mexico. He urges English novelist Mary Ward to explain Britain's view of the conflict.",["george-miller","hiram-johnson","philander-knox","mary-augusta-ward"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-28","Writing Hiram Johnson directly","Roosevelt writes Governor Hiram Johnson of California to say he backs him for the 1916 presidential nomination.",["hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-29","Democrats divided on preparedness","Roosevelt writes Medill McCormick about the rift among Democrats over Wilson's defense program.",["medill-mccormick","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-30","Last days of 1915","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1915-12-31","America First, a Metropolitan essay","Roosevelt writes Charles J. Bonaparte about what Progressives should stress in 1916. His new Metropolitan article on putting America first attacks Wilson's neutrality and his handling of Mexico.",["charles-bonaparte","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-01","A foreword for a book of travels","Roosevelt starts the new year at Sagamore Hill, with regular trips to Manhattan, and writes the foreword for his coming collection of outdoor travel essays.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-02","First Sunday of 1916","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-03","Monday at home","No events are recorded; Roosevelt is in Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-04","Tuesday on Long Island","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. The day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-05","Talking to the American Defense Society","In Manhattan, Roosevelt addresses a joint meeting of the American Defense Society's trustees and advisory board.",[],"New York City"],["1916-01-06","Lincoln, Root and Gussie Gardner","George W. Perkins calls at the Metropolitan. Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge about a critic of his portrait of Lincoln in Hero Tales, weighs Root and Lodge as Secretary of State material, and commends both Lodge and Augustus \"Gussie\" Gardner for what they have done in Congress.",["george-perkins","henry-cabot-lodge","elihu-root","augustus-p-gardner"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-01-07","Regulate arms makers, don't own them","Roosevelt tells Gardner Harding the government should oversee private munitions plants rather than take them over, and commends Madeleine Doty for her prison reform work in New York State.",["gardner-harding","madeleine-z-doty"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-08","Saturday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-09","Sunday in Oyster Bay","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and is otherwise blank.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-10","Monday at home","Roosevelt is on Long Island with no events listed.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-11","Progressives gather in Chicago","While Roosevelt stays at Sagamore Hill, the Progressive Party's national committee convenes in Chicago.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-12","Wednesday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-13","Urging Admiral Sims to testify","Roosevelt presses Admiral William S. Sims to go before Congress and argue for a stronger navy. He tells Willard Straight that a New Republic piece guessing how he would have handled Germany in 1914 gets it right, though it also repeats tales of his cursing at Santiago.",["william-s-sims","willard-straight","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-14","Friday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. No events are recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-15","Saturday on Long Island","Nothing is logged for Roosevelt, who is in Oyster Bay.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-16","Sunday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home; the day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-17","Monday at home","The record places Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and says nothing more.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-18","Bamie turns 61","Roosevelt's older sister Bamie celebrates her 61st birthday.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-19","Federal oversight of munitions","Roosevelt writes Fred P. Barnett that every private arms factory should be under federal supervision.",["fred-p-barnett"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-20","Philadelphia speech on duty and loyalty","Speaking in Philadelphia for the National Americanization Committee, Roosevelt calls for mandatory military readiness and condemns divided, hyphenated loyalties.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1916-01-21","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home after Philadelphia; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-22","A member of the Security League","Roosevelt mentions in a letter to his sister Corinne that he belongs to the National Security League, a group campaigning for preparedness.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-23","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; no events are entered.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-24","Visitors and the Boxer indemnity","Roosevelt tells Corinne that Judge Albert Nortoni and Robert Bacon have come out to see him. He writes Lawrence Abbott about putting the Chinese indemnity money toward education.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","albert-d-nortoni","robert-bacon","lawrence-abbott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-25","Tuesday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-26","Political weather report to Lodge","Roosevelt writes Henry Cabot Lodge about the political prospects, the National Security League, readiness for war, and what he sees as Wilson's poor policies.",["henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-27","Planning a Caribbean voyage","Roosevelt writes Bamie that her son Sheffield hopes to go hunting over his vacation, and that he and Edith will sail for Barbados and Trinidad in February, a trip he thinks will do Edith good.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-28","Defending his preparedness record","Roosevelt writes Franklin Hall to stand up for his record on military readiness.",["franklin-hall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-29","Telling Henry Ford where he stands","Roosevelt writes Henry Ford to make plain his opposition to Ford's pacifism, and writes Isaac MacVeagh about the upcoming Republican nomination.",["henry-ford","isaac-macveagh"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-01-30","Lecture in Brooklyn","Roosevelt gives a talk in Brooklyn at the Academy of Music, sponsored by the borough's Institute of Arts and Sciences.",[],"New York City"],["1916-01-31","A new book and a hospital dedication","Roosevelt speaks as the city's Orthopedic Hospital and Dispensary opens its new building. Doran publishes his new book of preparedness writings, named for the Philadelphia speech, and National Geographic runs his essay \"How Old Is Man?\"",[],"New York Orthopedic Hospital and Dispensary"],["1916-02-01","A luncheon and a YMCA dinner","Roosevelt speaks twice in the city: at a National Americanization Committee luncheon and at a YMCA dinner.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-02","Wednesday at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home; nothing else is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-03","Hoping not to be nominated","Roosevelt has lunch with Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, and writes Bamie that he sincerely hopes the Republicans pass him over, along with a cutting verdict on Wilson.",["bradley-a-fiske","anna-roosevelt-cowles","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-04","Four letters on Wilson and the war","Roosevelt writes Lodge that the papers are casting Root, Stimson and Lodge as supporters of Wilson's preparedness plans. He criticizes Wilson to Charles Bull, thanks Mary T. Bays for standing against pacifism, and writes the Rev. Gustavus Hiller about German-Americans.",["henry-cabot-lodge","charles-bull","mary-t-bays","gustavus-hiller","elihu-root","henry-l-stimson","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-05","A girl raising money for a battleship","Roosevelt writes 13-year-old Marjorie Sterrett of Brooklyn, who is collecting money so the Navy can build a battleship, and tells her about his four grandchildren.",["marjorie-sterrett"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-06","Sunday at home","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill; the day has no entry.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-07","Lunch with East Side neighbors","In New York, Roosevelt is the lunch guest of a group of Jewish New Yorkers from the Lower East Side at the Little Hungary restaurant, and gives a speech.",[],"Little Hungary"],["1916-02-08","German-American Progressives and Münsterberg","Roosevelt writes Gifford Pinchot about German-American Progressives who oppose his policies; lays out his views on readiness, the Alaska boundary and Panama to Harvard psychologist Hugo Münsterberg; and writes Willard Straight about a New Republic article on his Philadelphia speech.",["gifford-pinchot","hugo-munsterberg","willard-straight"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-09","More navy, less pacifism","Roosevelt writes John Graves about strengthening the Navy and tells Henry Ford again how much he dislikes pacifism.",["john-graves","henry-ford"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-10","Packing for the islands","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill the day before sailing; nothing is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-02-11","Sailing for the West Indies","Roosevelt and Edith board ship in New York Harbor for a Caribbean holiday, and he poses on deck for the cameras.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1916-02-12","Out to sea on Alice's birthday","Roosevelt is at sea on his daughter Alice's 32nd birthday. Footage survives of the ship pulling away from the pier and passing under the Manhattan Bridge.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"At sea"],["1916-02-13","Sunday on the Atlantic","Roosevelt and Edith are at sea, bound for the Caribbean.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1916-02-14","Quentin's poems arrive","At sea, Roosevelt receives a note from Edward Huntington, Quentin's Harvard math professor, enclosing some of Quentin's poetry.",["edward-v-huntington","quentin-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1916-02-15","Root breaks with Wilson","While Roosevelt is at sea, Elihu Root tells the New York Republican convention he opposes Wilson's preparedness policies, his first such stand, clearing the way for other moderate Republicans.",["elihu-root","woodrow-wilson"],"At sea"],["1916-02-16","A grandson born in Buenos Aires","Kermit and Belle welcome a son, Kermit Roosevelt Jr., in Buenos Aires. His grandfather is at sea.",["kermit-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"At sea"],["1916-02-17","Landfall in the Caribbean","Roosevelt and Edith reach the West Indies. Back home, Alice and Nick Longworth mark ten years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"At sea"],["1916-02-18","No nomination, no embargo","From the West Indies Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about Lloyd George, says he will not be the nominee, and comments on the embargo question.",["arthur-lee","david-lloyd-george"],"West Indies"],["1916-02-19","Caribbean Saturday","Roosevelt is in the West Indies; nothing else is noted.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-20","A midnight send-off in Guadeloupe","Edith writes Kermit that the whole town in Guadeloupe came out at midnight to see them to their boat, cheering for Roosevelt.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"West Indies"],["1916-02-21","Arrival in Barbados","Roosevelt and Edith are in Barbados; the record gives no details.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-22","Barbados, day two","Roosevelt remains on Barbados. Nothing else is listed.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-23","Island days on Barbados","The couple's Caribbean stay continues on Barbados, with no events recorded.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-24","Still on Barbados","Roosevelt is in Barbados; the day has no entry.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-25","Friday in Barbados","No activity is logged; Roosevelt is on the island.",[],"Barbados"],["1916-02-26","Saturday on Barbados","Roosevelt and Edith are still in Barbados.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-27","Sunday in the islands","The record places Roosevelt in Barbados and says nothing more.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-28","Late February on Barbados","Roosevelt's holiday in Barbados goes on without a logged event.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-02-29","A preparedness film and a new book","With Roosevelt in Barbados, the film Shall We Prepare? comes out, including shots of him at Sagamore Hill and at his Metropolitan desk. Scribner's also brings out his new book of outdoor travel essays.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-03-01","Caribbean holiday with Edith","Roosevelt and his wife Edith are away on a winter holiday in the West Indies.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"West Indies"],["1916-03-02","Still in the West Indies","Roosevelt's Caribbean holiday continues; the record notes only his location.",[],"West Indies"],["1916-03-03","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-04","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Spain"],["1916-03-05","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-06","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Spain"],["1916-03-07","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-08","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt is in Port of Spain, Trinidad, during his West Indies holiday. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-09","Says he does not seek the nomination","From Trinidad, Roosevelt issues a statement to reporters saying he does not want the Republican nomination for President, and that choosing him would only make sense if the nation were in a heroic frame of mind.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-10","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-11","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-12","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-13","A new Roosevelt baby for FDR and Eleanor","While Roosevelt is in Trinidad, his niece Eleanor and her husband Franklin welcome a son, John Aspinwall Roosevelt.",["franklin-d-roosevelt","eleanor-roosevelt","john-aspinwall-roosevelt"],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-14","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-15","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-16","At Port of Spain, Trinidad","Roosevelt remains in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The record lists no activity for the day.",[],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-17","Sails home on the Matura","Roosevelt boards the steamer Matura bound for New York, leaving his wife Edith behind to continue her stay in the West Indies.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Port of Spain"],["1916-03-18","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-19","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-20","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-21","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-22","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-23","At sea, northbound","Roosevelt is on the ocean, steaming north toward New York.",[],"At sea"],["1916-03-24","Home from Trinidad","Roosevelt arrives back in the United States after his Caribbean trip.",[],"New York City"],["1916-03-25","Back to politics, and lunch with Ted","Roosevelt spends the day in the city and at home on Oyster Bay, meeting with George W. Perkins and Horace Wilkinson and lunching with his son Ted.",["george-perkins","horace-s-wilkinson","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-03-26","Nick Longworth stops by","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt receives visitors, among them his son-in-law Nicholas Longworth.",["nicholas-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-03-27","Praise for a poet's new book","Roosevelt talks politics at Sagamore Hill with Charles Sumner Bird and Augustus Gardner, sends news to his sister Corinne, and writes Edwin Arlington Robinson that he likes the poems in The Man Against the Sky.",["charles-sumner-bird","augustus-p-gardner","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-03-28","Talks with Perkins and Van Valkenburg","Roosevelt meets at Sagamore Hill with George W. Perkins and the Philadelphia editor Van Valkenburg.",["george-perkins","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-03-29","Wary of a Wilson with whiskers","Roosevelt meets again with Augustus Gardner and writes George von Lengerke Meyer about his Trinidad statement, Lodge's backing of Hughes, and his wish that Hughes say plainly where he stands.",["augustus-p-gardner","george-von-lengerke-meyer","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-03-30","Speaks at a Jewish bazaar","In New York, Roosevelt addresses a Jewish bazaar at Grand Central Palace, sees callers including Robert R. Moton at the Metropolitan, and confers with Perkins and Wilkinson.",["robert-russa-moton","george-perkins","horace-s-wilkinson"],"Grand Central Palace"],["1916-03-31","Midday meal with Root, Lodge and Wood","Roosevelt lunches with Elihu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge and Leonard Wood at Robert Bacon's house, then meets Progressives at George W. Perkins's home. The Non Partisan League presses him to run for President.",["elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","leonard-wood","robert-bacon","george-perkins"],"New York City"],["1916-04-01","Visits from Bacon and Wise Wood","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's callers include Robert Bacon and Henry A. Wise Wood.",["robert-bacon","henry-a-wise-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-02","Lunch invitation for Corinne","Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne asking her and some of her friends to lunch at Sagamore Hill.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-03","Standing by the Trinidad statement","Joseph Alsop and Gifford Pinchot call at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt tells Matthew Hale he will not be the nominee and holds to his March 9 statement, and writes Governor Hiram Johnson against dual citizenship and about the Progressives.",["joseph-w-alsop","gifford-pinchot","matthew-hale","hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-04","Ethel and Dick's anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the third wedding anniversary of his daughter Ethel and Dr. Richard Derby.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-05","Strategy session at home","Roosevelt meets with George W. Perkins, Horace Wilkinson, Henry L. Stoddard and John C. Shaffer at Sagamore Hill.",["george-perkins","horace-s-wilkinson","henry-l-stoddard","john-c-shaffer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-06","Making the case for preparedness","Roosevelt writes George W. Perkins explaining why he presses for military readiness, pointing to China as a warning, and discussing Germany, Mexico and the errors he believes Wilson made.",["george-perkins","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-07","Flower show, Burroughs, and a crowd of callers","In New York, Roosevelt meets a long list of politicians, visits John Burroughs, and tours a flower show with General Wood and Ethel. Elihu Root declares for the presidency. Roosevelt writes Frederick S. Oliver praising his book.",["alexander-p-moore","james-r-garfield","d-c-collier","george-perkins","horace-s-wilkinson","frederick-m-davenport","victor-murdock","j-j-o-connell","john-burroughs","leonard-wood","c-ward","ethel-roosevelt-derby","elihu-root","frederick-scott-oliver"],"Grand Central Palace"],["1916-04-08","Lunch with the Abbotts, and memories of 1912","Roosevelt hosts George Meyer and Charles G. Washburn, then shares a midday meal with the three Abbotts (Lyman, Ernest and Lawrence), the Regis Posts and W. A. Wadsworth, and talks over his 1912 split with Taft.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","charles-g-washburn","lyman-abbott","ernest-hamlin-abbott","lawrence-abbott","regis-h-post","william-austin-wadsworth","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-09","Off to Boston on Archie's birthday","On his son Archie's 22nd birthday, Roosevelt travels to Boston to stay with William Sturgis Bigelow and has dinner with the Robert Grants, the novelist Owen Wister, and the William Roscoe Thayers.",["william-sturgis-bigelow","robert-grant","owen-wister","william-roscoe-thayer","archibald-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1916-04-10","Harvard overseers and tea with Lowell","Roosevelt sits in on a meeting of Harvard's Board of Overseers, lunches with Archie and some of his classmates, and has tea with President A. Lawrence Lowell.",["archibald-roosevelt","abbott-lawrence-lowell"],"Boston"],["1916-04-11","With the Cowleses in Farmington","Roosevelt goes from Boston to Farmington, Connecticut, staying with his sister Bamie and her husband, and dines with Joseph Alsop and Herbert K. Smith.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles","joseph-w-alsop","herbert-knox-smith"],"Boston"],["1916-04-12","Lunch with fellow naturalists","Back in New York, Roosevelt sees Frederick Davenport and Regis Post at the Metropolitan and lunches with George Cherrie, Frank M. Chapman and Mark Sullivan.",["frederick-m-davenport","regis-h-post","george-cherrie","frank-m-chapman","mark-sullivan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-13","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-14","Weighing a Tribune editorial","Roosevelt reads a New York Tribune line casting the coming convention as a choice of national direction, and likens the moment to the choices of the 1890s.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-15","Callers, then a funeral","Roosevelt sees William Loeb, Raymond Robins and George W. Perkins at Sagamore Hill and goes to Cold Spring Harbor for F. Hall's funeral.",["william-loeb","raymond-robins","george-perkins","f-hall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-17","Buried in mail","Roosevelt writes Dwight Heard about the coming Progressive convention and tells James W. White that more than a thousand letters a week reach him.",["dwight-b-heard","james-w-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-18","William Draper Lewis calls","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's callers include William Draper Lewis.",["william-draper-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-19","Visitors at the Metropolitan","Roosevelt goes into the city, where R. C. Morris and Everett Colby call on him at the Metropolitan.",["r-c-morris","everett-colby"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-04-20","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-22","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-23","Calling off a Massachusetts boom","Roosevelt writes Augustus Gardner asking him to halt the Massachusetts drive Gardner was leading to win Roosevelt the Republican nomination.",["augustus-p-gardner"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-24","A doctor for his throat","In the city, Roosevelt sees Dr. Holbrook Curtis about his throat and meets Judge Albert Nortoni. He tells Julian Street he does not expect to be nominated.",["h-holbrook-curtis","albert-d-nortoni","julian-street"],"New York City"],["1916-04-25","Back to the throat doctor","Roosevelt again visits Dr. Holbrook Curtis in New York City.",["h-holbrook-curtis"],"New York City"],["1916-04-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-04-27","Dinner speech to the Methodists","Roosevelt addresses a Methodist Social Union dinner in New York and writes his sister Bamie that Americans have yet to rouse themselves.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"New York City"],["1916-04-28","Backs a federal suffrage amendment","Roosevelt meets Alice Carpenter of the Women's Roosevelt League, then tells a Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage delegation he supports a constitutional amendment giving women the vote. He leaves that evening for Chicago.",["alice-carpenter","elisabeth-riis","anne-morgan","mrs-leigh-hunt","mrs-william-g-willcox","katharine-bement-davis"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-04-29","Speech to Illinois lawyers, visit to Jane Addams","In Chicago, Roosevelt sees callers, lunches with McChesney, gives the Illinois Bar Association an address on America's duties at home and abroad, and calls on Jane Addams. It is his sister Corinne's 34th wedding anniversary.",["mccormick","john-c-shaffer","mcchesney","jane-addams","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Chicago"],["1916-04-30","Lunch with Chicago Progressives","Roosevelt lunches in Chicago with Harold Ickes, Walter L. Fisher, Merriam, John C. Shaffer, La Verne Noyes and Revell.",["harold-l-ickes","walter-l-fisher","c-f-merriam","john-c-shaffer","laverne-noyes","revell"],"Chicago"],["1916-05-01","Homeward by train with Perkins","Roosevelt heads back to New York and Oyster Bay, talking politics on the way with George W. Perkins and Henry L. Stoddard.",["george-perkins","henry-l-stoddard"],"Oyster Bay"],["1916-05-02","Where does Hughes stand?","Roosevelt writes William Noble that nobody knows what Charles Evans Hughes thinks or where he stands.",["william-noble","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-03","Teasing Brooks Adams about age","Roosevelt jokes to Brooks Adams that the country has as little use for him as for Adams, and writes Henry Fairfield Osborn that William Beebe needs a Ford.",["brooks-adams","henry-fairfield-osborn","william-beebe"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-04","Expecting Hughes, not himself","After seeing callers at the Metropolitan, Roosevelt writes that Hughes will likely be the choice though his views are unknown, and that the Chicago convention will pass him over.",["archibald","lemuel-e-quigg","fish","james-r-garfield","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","william-austin-wadsworth","c-s-thompson","charles-evans-hughes"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-05-05","Talk at the Cove School","Roosevelt gives a talk at the Cove School near home.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-06","Letter on the convention","Roosevelt writes Charles G. Washburn about the coming Republican national convention.",["charles-g-washburn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-07","Night at Ethel's","Roosevelt goes into New York City and spends the night at his daughter Ethel's home.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"New York City"],["1916-05-08","Edith comes home from Havana","Roosevelt greets his wife Edith in New York as she returns from Havana, and they go home to Sagamore Hill.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-09","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-10","A crowded Progressive luncheon","Roosevelt sees Bacon and Butler at the Metropolitan, hosts a big lunch of Progressive and Republican leaders, speaks at a memorial for Youngs, and writes Meyer, William Allen White and Foster Brown about the nomination.",["robert-bacon","nicholas-murray-butler","walter-f-brown","herbert-knox-smith","matthew-hale","hooker","augustus-p-gardner","william-draper-lewis","c-p-dodge","harold-l-ickes","hotchkiss","chadbourne","henry-l-stoddard","oscar-straus","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","william-flinn","william-h-childs","william-l-ransom","youngs","george-von-lengerke-meyer","william-allen-white","foster-brown"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-05-11","Laying out his principles","Roosevelt writes Guy Emerson of the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League setting out the principles he stands for.",["guy-emerson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-12","His principles in the Times","Roosevelt's letter to Guy Emerson laying out his principles runs in The New York Times.",["guy-emerson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-13","Edith marches for preparedness","Roosevelt talks to the local Scouts and to a Methodist Bible class while Edith marches up Fifth Avenue in a Preparedness Parade. A four-page Saturday Evening Post ad urges his election, and he thanks Thomas Edison for a kind letter.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","thomas-a-edison","george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-15","Officers of his non-partisan backers","Guy Emerson and Desmond, the Non-Partisan League's secretary and treasurer, call at Sagamore Hill.",["guy-emerson","desmond"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-16","Lukewarm on direct democracy","Roosevelt writes Guy Emerson again about his principles and tells Frederick Eldridge his support for initiative, referendum and recall is lukewarm, just as in 1912.",["guy-emerson","frederick-eldridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-17","Meyer and Wainwright call","At the Metropolitan, Roosevelt sees George Meyer and J. Mayhew Wainwright.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","j-mayhew-wainwright"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-05-18","Off on a speaking tour","Roosevelt leaves on a speaking trip, after writing William Moody about Root and Pinchot and praising Moody.",["william-h-moody","elihu-root","gifford-pinchot"],"New York City"],["1916-05-19","Preparedness talk in Detroit","In Detroit, Roosevelt speaks for military readiness and regrets the popularity Henry Ford has won with his antiwar views, then starts home.",["henry-ford"],"Detroit"],["1916-05-20","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-22","Callers, then a train to Washington","Roosevelt receives George Meyer, Professor Hiram Bingham, J. Mayhew Wainwright, R. C. Morris and Alexander P. Moore at Sagamore Hill, then leaves for Washington.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","hiram-bingham","j-mayhew-wainwright","r-c-morris","alexander-p-moore"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-23","Character witness in Washington","In Washington, Roosevelt testifies to the good character of a man named Glover, then returns home. He writes W. Cameron Forbes that the United States should keep the Philippines.",["glover","w-cameron-forbes"],"Washington, D.C."],["1916-05-24","Belmont among the callers","At the Metropolitan, Roosevelt sees Robert Bacon, Lemuel Quigg and August Belmont Jr.",["robert-bacon","lemuel-e-quigg","august-belmont-jr"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-05-25","Mary Roberts Rinehart visits","The novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart is among Roosevelt's callers at Sagamore Hill.",["mary-roberts-rinehart"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-26","Correcting cousin Franklin","Roosevelt hosts Regis Post and Nassau County Progressives, and writes Franklin D. Roosevelt that he is mistaken: shore staff were not cut to send the battle fleet around the world in 1908-09.",["regis-h-post","franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-27","Big rally on his lawn","More than 2,000 people turn out for a rally at Sagamore Hill as Roosevelt addresses the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League. He urges Henry Reuterdahl to keep naval engineering strong and tells Brooks Adams he doubts he will be nominated.",["hurd","henry-reuterdahl","brooks-adams"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-05-28","Heading west","Roosevelt leaves New York on a western trip.",[],"New York City"],["1916-05-29","Hinting at a third-party run","In Chicago, Roosevelt meets Butz and other Progressives and writes Charles J. Bonaparte that he might run on a third ticket if the Republicans pass him by.",["butz","charles-bonaparte"],"Chicago"],["1916-05-30","Memorial Day in Kansas City","Roosevelt gives a Memorial Day address in Kansas City and meets with Progressives, writing his sister Corinne beforehand that he hopes she will like the speech.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Kansas City"],["1916-05-31","No pussy-footer in St. Louis","Roosevelt gives two speeches in St. Louis calling for universal military training and service, scorning \"weasel words.\" The Metropolitan also prints his new article warning against national drift.",[],"St. Louis"],["1916-06-01","Industrial exhibition in Newark","Roosevelt speaks at an industrial exhibition in Newark and dines with two former New Jersey governors, John Franklin Fort and Franklin Murphy.",["john-franklin-fort","franklin-murphy"],"Newark"],["1916-06-02","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-03","A book for Maurice Egan","Roosevelt sends Maurice Egan a copy of A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open and writes him about the West Indies.",["maurice-francis-egan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-05","Can't help Major Parker","George Cortelyou calls. Roosevelt writes Major John Parker that he cannot win him the nomination, describing Parker as untested but ambitious.",["george-cortelyou","john-parker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-06","Praise for Pershing in Mexico","Roosevelt lunches with General Wood and Simkhovitch, writes Carrie Chapman Catt on woman suffrage, and praises General Pershing's Mexico expedition. Lodge, while expecting Hughes, quietly works to get Roosevelt the Republican nod.",["leonard-wood","vladimir-simkhovitch","carrie-chapman-catt","john-j-pershing","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes"],"New York City"],["1916-06-07","Both conventions open in Chicago","The Republican and Progressive conventions open in Chicago on the same day, with George W. Perkins on a private phone line to Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee on politics and the war, and Thomas Warren on John Hay, books, and the Kaiser's bust of himself.",["george-perkins","arthur-lee","thomas-warren","john-hay","kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-08","Telegram on Republican-Progressive unity","Roosevelt writes Frank C. Laughlin about Root and wires Senator William P. Jackson urging Republicans and Progressives to join in a shared cause.",["frank-c-laughlin","william-p-jackson","elihu-root"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-09","Asking Chicago to delay","With nominations approaching in Chicago, Roosevelt asks his allies there to hold off.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-10","Hughes nominated; Roosevelt turns down the Progressives","After a 3 a.m. call from Nicholas Murray Butler, Roosevelt backs Lodge and refuses the Republican nod for himself. Republicans choose Charles Evans Hughes; the Progressives nominate Roosevelt, and he wires them declining and recommending Lodge.",["nicholas-murray-butler","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","julian-street","emlen-roosevelt","philip-j-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-11","Kermit's anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his son Kermit's second wedding anniversary.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-12","General Wood and old allies","Leonard Wood comes out to Oyster Bay, and Roosevelt meets with William Loeb, Gifford Pinchot, James Garfield and William Draper Lewis.",["leonard-wood","william-loeb","gifford-pinchot","james-r-garfield","william-draper-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-13","No reporters allowed","Roosevelt bars reporters from Sagamore Hill, then meets Perkins, Hiram Johnson, Chester Rowell and Oscar Straus at his daughter Ethel's city home in the city.",["george-perkins","hiram-johnson","chester-rowell","oscar-straus","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"New York City"],["1916-06-14","A tired Roosevelt at the Langdon","Roosevelt, looking worn, confers at the Hotel Langdon with Raymond Robins, Harold Ickes and Governor Hiram Johnson. His grandson Theodore Roosevelt III turns two.",["raymond-robins","harold-l-ickes","hiram-johnson","theodore-roosevelt-iii"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1916-06-15","Kermit and Belle come home","Roosevelt meets his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle at a New York pier, where he needs a doctor's attention, and holds Progressive talks at the Hotel Langdon.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","george-perkins","raymond-robins","harold-l-ickes","john-c-greenway","robert-p-bass","edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1916-06-16","Dry pleurisy, and a pledge to back Hughes","Doctors find Roosevelt has dry pleurisy. Still meeting callers at the Langdon, he writes Bamie, Isaac Russell and William Roscoe Thayer that he will support Hughes, and writes Edgar Lee Masters about his poems.",["george-perkins","winthrop-murray-crane","anna-roosevelt-cowles","isaac-russell","william-roscoe-thayer","edgar-lee-masters","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1916-06-17","Thanks to Senator Fall","Roosevelt meets Perkins and Hiram Johnson at the Langdon before going home, and thanks Senator Albert Fall for placing his name in nomination; the Roosevelt demonstration lasted 36 minutes, the convention's longest.",["george-perkins","hiram-johnson","albert-b-fall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-18","Reporters sent away again","Roosevelt once more asks the press to clear out of Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-19","Urging Progressives toward Hughes","A crowd of Progressive and Republican leaders, Lodge among them, call at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt urges the Progressives to back Hughes. He writes Henry Stimson on the platform and James Bryce on Jutland and the Germans.",["henry-cabot-lodge","hopkins","edwin-a-van-valkenburg","william-flinn","james-r-garfield","william-draper-lewis","garford","everett-colby","oscar-king-davis","charles-evans-hughes","henry-l-stimson","james-bryce"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-20","Ted and Eleanor's anniversary","Roosevelt meets George Meyer, Charles Bonaparte, Joseph Alsop and H. N. Jackson at Sagamore Hill on his son Ted and Eleanor's sixth wedding anniversary.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer","charles-bonaparte","joseph-w-alsop","h-n-jackson","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-22","Endorses Hughes, ending the Bull Moose era","At the Hotel Langdon, Roosevelt formally backs Charles Evans Hughes. His letter to the Progressive National Committee marks the party's end and calls for defeating Wilson.",["guy-emerson","desmond","george-perkins","matthew-hale","fish","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1916-06-23","Done with national politics","Kermit and Belle visit. Roosevelt tells Corinne he is through with national politics, writes Whitmell Martin about Southern Progressives, and urges William Wadsworth to back Hughes.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","whitmell-martin","william-austin-wadsworth","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-24","Callers and house guests","Chester Rowell and Kirkwood are among callers at Sagamore Hill, Nicholas Longworth is a house guest, and Roosevelt writes T. H. Wanamaker about the Progressives' prospects in Southern states.",["chester-rowell","kirkwood","nicholas-longworth","t-h-wanamaker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-25","At Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. The entry holds only a reading note on the 1916 Progressive convention.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-26","Progressives fall in behind Hughes","The Progressive committee votes to support Hughes. Roosevelt agrees with Clement Brumbaugh that Harvard is a Democratic school.",["charles-evans-hughes","clement-brumbaugh"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-27","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-28","Three-hour peace dinner with Hughes","Roosevelt and Charles Evans Hughes patch things up over a three-hour dinner at the Hotel Astor. He also writes Senator Joseph Foraker a warm letter.",["charles-evans-hughes","joseph-b-foraker"],"Hotel Astor"],["1916-06-29","Hughes won over on suffrage","Reporters finally leave Sagamore Hill at Roosevelt's repeated urging. He tells Alice Carpenter he has persuaded Hughes to back votes for women, and writes Lemuel Quigg on politics.",["alice-carpenter","lemuel-e-quigg","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-06-30","Volunteers, a carpet mill, and a houseful of grandchildren","Roosevelt sends Hughes campaign ammunition against Wilson. Offers to join a Roosevelt regiment pour in for Regis Post to handle. Archie has been at a Connecticut carpet mill; he, Quentin and Dick Derby head back to Plattsburg. Five grandchildren fill Sagamore Hill.",["charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson","regis-h-post","archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","richard-derby","richard-derby-jr","grace-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-iii","cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii","kermit-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-01","Summer at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt settles in for the summer at Sagamore Hill, going into New York City often.",[],"New York City"],["1916-07-02","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-03","Ready to raise a division for Mexico","Roosevelt tells Julian Street he will raise a division if war comes with Mexico. He writes Dwight Heard that the Progressives have split, and tells Lodge about the Cape Cod Canal, his talk with Hughes, Wilson's weakness, and the problems of sending the Guard to Mexico.",["dwight-b-heard","julian-street","henry-cabot-lodge","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-04","Fourth of July in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt joins the Independence Day parade in Oyster Bay and gives a speech. Film of the day survives.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-05","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-06","Asks the War Department for a division","Roosevelt writes Secretary of War Newton D. Baker describing the division he wants permission to raise and lead into Mexico should war break out.",["newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-07","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-08","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-09","Sketching his Mexico division","Roosevelt lays out his division plan for Frank R. McCoy: McCoy as chief of staff, Henry Stimson as quartermaster general, Dick Derby and Henry Page on the medical side, plus infantry, cavalry, machine guns, motorcycles, artillery and an air corps.",["frank-r-mccoy","henry-l-stimson","richard-derby","henry-page"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-10","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-11","Pinchot would have been Secretary of State","Roosevelt tells Gifford Pinchot that he would have made him Secretary of State had he won in 1912.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-12","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-13","Flinn and Perkins at the office","At the Metropolitan, Roosevelt sees William Flinn and George W. Perkins, and he writes William Willcox about Progressive politics.",["william-flinn","george-perkins","william-r-willcox"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-07-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-17","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-18","Vouching for Hughes","Roosevelt assures a Mrs. Nicholson of Oregon that he trusts Hughes's honesty and patriotism.",["mrs-nicholson","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-19","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-20","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-21","Nephew Teddy runs for office","Roosevelt writes Corinne about her son Teddy Robinson's bid for a seat in the state senate at Albany, hoping the family tie to him won't hurt.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","theodore-douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-22","A division only if war comes","Roosevelt assures the Army's adjutant general he would raise troops only in wartime, and writes John St. Loe Strachey on his principles and universal service.",["henry-p-mccain","john-st-loe-strachey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-23","Planning, training, and grandchildren","Roosevelt tells Bamie his division plans keep him busy, that Archie and Quentin are drilling at Plattsburg, and he is getting fit and enjoying the grandchildren. He questions to James B. Reynolds whether the state Progressive Party should go on.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","james-b-reynolds","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-24","Polio committee meeting","Roosevelt attends a meeting of Oyster Bay's committee on infantile paralysis.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-25","Talk to schoolboy cadets","Roosevelt goes to Fort Terry to speak to a military training camp for schoolboys.",[],"Fort Terry"],["1916-07-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-27","Senator Fall calls","Roosevelt confers with Senator Albert Fall at Sagamore Hill.",["albert-b-fall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-28","No diplomatic mission to France","Roosevelt tells Robert Bass he won't go to France on any diplomatic errand and can't understand Progressives backing Wilson. He tells Julian Street he opposes the Authors' League joining the AFL.",["robert-p-bass","julian-street","woodrow-wilson","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-30","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-07-31","Back at a Republican event","Roosevelt joins Ted, Robert Bacon and Henry Stimson at Carnegie Hall to hear Hughes formally accept the nomination, his first official Republican gathering since 1912. Hughes speaks for an hour and a half.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","robert-bacon","henry-l-stimson","charles-evans-hughes"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1916-08-02","Tea for Hughes; a park for Hawaii","Roosevelt goes to a tea for Hughes hosted by the Women's Roosevelt League. The same day, Hawaii National Park is established.",["charles-evans-hughes"],"New York City"],["1916-08-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-05","A worn voice and a visit to Nahant","Roosevelt tells Lodge his voice is in poor shape and suggests meeting at Nahant. He presses Julian Street to make use of his July letter against joining the AFL.",["henry-cabot-lodge","julian-street"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-06","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-07","Edith turns 55","Roosevelt is at home on his wife Edith's 55th birthday.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-08","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-09","Cowboy show at Sheepshead Bay","Roosevelt takes in a cowboy show at Sheepshead Bay with a family party: Ted, Kermit and Belle, and Ethel with her husband Richard. He writes Bronson Cutting about a weak Republican slate in New Mexico and John Macrae about E. P. Dutton books.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","bronson-m-cutting","john-macrae"],"Sheepshead Bay"],["1916-08-10","Lassen Volcanic becomes a national park","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as Lassen Volcanic National Park in California is established.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-11","Campaign advice for Hughes","Roosevelt writes Charles Evans Hughes about the campaign, Wilson, the German-American vote and universal service.",["charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-12","Meeting Bacon at the Harvard Club","Roosevelt goes to the city to talk with Robert Bacon at the Harvard Club.",["robert-bacon"],"Harvard Club"],["1916-08-13","Ethel turns 25","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his daughter Ethel's 25th birthday.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-14","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-17","Granddaughter Grace turns five","Roosevelt's granddaughter Grace, Ted's daughter, has her fifth birthday.",["grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-19","Wading with little Richard","Roosevelt goes wading with his grandson Richard Derby Jr. and Belle, and writes James Walsh praising his book The Century of Columbus and discussing history and Spain.",["richard-derby-jr","belle-willard-roosevelt","james-j-walsh"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-20","Toy boats on the piazza","Roosevelt watches his grandson Richard splash a bowl of water on the porch, sailing toy boats and a little swan.",["richard-derby-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-21","Recalling the 1902 Venezuela crisis","Roosevelt writes William Roscoe Thayer about the ultimatum he says he gave Germany over Venezuela in 1902, tells Dick Derby about Ethel and their son staying at Sagamore Hill, and writes William Willcox about a Maine speech.",["william-roscoe-thayer","richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby-jr","william-r-willcox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-22","Nudging Bonaparte toward Hughes","Roosevelt writes Charles J. Bonaparte, still torn between Wilson and Hughes, with words of praise for Hughes.",["charles-bonaparte","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-23","Planning campaign speeches","Roosevelt meets Alvin Hert to plan campaign speeches and sends Thayer another letter on the 1902 German ultimatum.",["alvin-t-hert","william-roscoe-thayer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-24","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-25","The National Park Service is born","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as a new law sets up a federal bureau to run the national parks.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-27","Third letter on Venezuela","Roosevelt writes Thayer yet again about his 1902 ultimatum to Germany.",["william-roscoe-thayer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-28","Defending Hughes; Italy joins the war on Germany","Italy declares war on Germany. Roosevelt writes Hughes rejecting charges that Hughes favors German submarine warfare.",["charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-30","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-08-31","Campaigning in Maine","Roosevelt confers with Progressives on the way to Boston, breakfasts at the Copley Plaza, then speaks in Lewiston, Maine, assailing Wilson's Mexico policy and championing Americanism.",["woodrow-wilson"],"New York City"],["1916-09-01","With the Cowleses in Farmington","Roosevelt stays with his sister Bamie and her husband in Farmington, Connecticut.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Farmington"],["1916-09-02","Puzzled by a Wilson man","Back at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt tells Herbert W. Packard he cannot fathom supporting Wilson, and writes Lyman Abbott about the looming railroad strike.",["herbert-w-packard","lyman-abbott","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-03","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-05","Letter to Van Valkenburg","Roosevelt writes Edwin Van Valkenburg about his methods and what lies ahead.",["edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-06","Hughes must win it himself","Roosevelt writes William Hoster that he thinks Hughes will win, but only on his own strength.",["william-hoster","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-07","Perkins and Hitchcock","Roosevelt confers with George W. Perkins and Frank H. Hitchcock at Sagamore Hill.",["george-perkins","frank-h-hitchcock"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-08","A campaign council at home","Roosevelt holds a large strategy meeting at Sagamore Hill with Willcox, Perkins, Colby, Parsons, Robins, Hitchcock, Forbes, Bliss and Reynolds.",["william-r-willcox","george-perkins","everett-colby","herbert-parsons","raymond-robins","frank-h-hitchcock","w-cameron-forbes","cornelius-n-bliss-jr","james-b-reynolds"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-09","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-10","Cheering Johnson's Senate nomination","Roosevelt writes Meyer Lissner about California politics, pleased that Republicans chose Governor Hiram Johnson for the U.S. Senate.",["meyer-lissner","hiram-johnson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-11","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-12","Campaign lunch","Roosevelt hosts Willcox, Colby, Hitchcock, Forbes, Perkins and Beck for lunch at Sagamore Hill.",["william-r-willcox","everett-colby","frank-h-hitchcock","w-cameron-forbes","george-perkins","beck"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-13","Ted turns 29","On his son Ted's 29th birthday, Roosevelt writes Henry Reuterdahl about the April blunders at Tampico and Veracruz.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","henry-reuterdahl"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-14","Callers and a lunch in town","At the Metropolitan, Roosevelt sees Willcox, Rumely, Halbert, Gardner, Frances Kellor and Perkins, then lunches with Robert Bacon, Cornelius Bliss, Lawrence Abbott and Charles Bonaparte.",["william-r-willcox","edward-a-rumely","halbert","augustus-p-gardner","frances-kellor","george-perkins","robert-bacon","cornelius-n-bliss-jr","lawrence-abbott","charles-bonaparte"],"Metropolitan Magazine office"],["1916-09-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-17","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-18","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-19","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-20","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-21","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-22","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-23","Film on the ambulance volunteers","Roosevelt goes into New York to see a motion picture about the American Ambulance Field Service.",[],"New York City"],["1916-09-24","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-25","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-26","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-27","Corinne turns 55","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his sister Corinne's 55th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-28","Bracing to meet Taft","Roosevelt writes Henry L. Stoddard about an upcoming encounter with Taft at a club in the city, writes James R. Garfield on Hughes, and congratulates Hiram Johnson on his Senate nomination. Film exists of Hughes speaking near Pittsburgh this day.",["henry-l-stoddard","james-r-garfield","hiram-johnson","william-howard-taft","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-09-29","Off to Michigan","Roosevelt leaves New York for Battle Creek, Michigan.",[],"New York City"],["1916-09-30","Battle Creek speech on Wilson and labor","In Battle Creek, Roosevelt charges that Wilson fears organized labor and is angling for political gain. His article \"The Fruits of Unpreparedness\" runs in the Metropolitan, and another piece appears in the Ladies' Home Journal.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Battle Creek"],["1916-10-01","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-02","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-03","A stiff handshake with Taft","Roosevelt addresses members of the Union League and comes face to face with Taft; the two shake hands and stand side by side, awkwardly. He also confers with Willcox.",["william-howard-taft","william-r-willcox"],"Union League Club"],["1916-10-04","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-05","Too busy campaigning for lunch","Roosevelt tells Corinne his Western tour on October 25 means skipping lunch with her and Fannie, that he is campaigning for Hughes, and that Teddy Robinson's state senate nomination pleases him.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","fannie","theodore-douglas-robinson","charles-evans-hughes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-06","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-07","Talks with Willcox","Roosevelt confers with William R. Willcox at Sagamore Hill.",["william-r-willcox"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-08","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-09","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-10","Kermit turns 27","Roosevelt is at home on his son Kermit's 27th birthday.",["kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-11","Niece Eleanor's birthday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as his niece Eleanor Roosevelt turns 32.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-12","Protesting the U-53 raid","Roosevelt condemns the German submarine U-53 for sinking ships off the American coast, calling it a collapse of international rights.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-13","Letter to Emmett Scott","Roosevelt writes Emmett Scott about immigrants and hard work in America.",["emmett-j-scott"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-14","Speech in Wilkes-Barre","Roosevelt delivers a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.",[],"Wilkes-Barre"],["1916-10-15","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-16","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-17","Western swing begins, with three reporters","Roosevelt sets out on a campaign tour, stopping in Rochester. Three reporters, Edwin D. Lewis plus Cronin (Sun) and Yoder (UP), ride and dine with him in his car each day.",["edwin-d-lewis","cronin","yoder"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-18","Kentucky crowds","Moving from Cincinnati to Louisville, where the crowds adore him, Roosevelt also speaks in Paris, Cynthiana, Winchester and Richmond, Kentucky; the reporters act as his bodyguard. His nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 18.",["edwin-d-lewis","cronin","yoder","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Louisville"],["1916-10-19","Indiana stumping","Roosevelt makes speeches in Indiana.",[],"Indiana"],["1916-10-20","With William Allen White to Emporia","Roosevelt speaks in Missouri and Kansas, and William Allen White rides with him from Kansas City to Emporia.",["william-allen-white"],"Emporia"],["1916-10-21","Phoenix, and nature talk on the train","Roosevelt speaks in Phoenix. On the train he spins stories for the reporters and points out the plants and animals along the way, and he writes Edith that his voice is lasting.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Phoenix"],["1916-10-22","Leaving Arizona","Roosevelt leaves Phoenix for New Mexico.",[],"Phoenix"],["1916-10-23","New Mexico tour","Roosevelt gives talks around New Mexico, with stops in Albuquerque and Las Vegas. His grandson Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt turns one.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii"],"Las Vegas"],["1916-10-24","100 degrees in Albuquerque, then Denver","Roosevelt is greeted in Albuquerque in 100-degree heat, a reception caught on film, then gives speeches in Denver.",[],"Albuquerque"],["1916-10-25","Denver to Iowa","Roosevelt leaves Denver for Chicago and speaks in Iowa along the way.",[],"Denver"],["1916-10-26","Chicago street rally and Assembly Hall","After stops in Iowa and Illinois, a crowd rallies for Roosevelt outside the Congress Hotel and he speaks that evening at Assembly Hall. He wires Alvin Hert that he will not soften his attacks on Wilson.",["alvin-t-hert","woodrow-wilson"],"Illinois"],["1916-10-27","A penknife for his 58th birthday","On his 58th birthday Roosevelt speaks in Indiana, including South Bend. Leaving Buffalo in his Pullman, the three traveling reporters give him a penknife to replace one he lost; he hangs it on his watch chain next to his small gold pencil and Phi Beta Kappa key.",["edwin-d-lewis","cronin","yoder"],"Buffalo"],["1916-10-28","Brooklyn Academy of Music","Back in New York, Roosevelt addresses an audience at Brooklyn's Academy of Music.",[],"New York City"],["1916-10-29","Quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; the record notes nothing further.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-30","Telegram about New Mexico remarks","Roosevelt wires W. H. Gillenwater about what he said while in New Mexico.",["w-h-gillenwater"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-10-31","Dollar Dove and Vulture","Roosevelt's article \"Dollar Dove and Vulture\" appears in the Metropolitan.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-01","Campaigning for Hughes across Ohio","In the last week of the 1916 race, Roosevelt carries his stump tour through Ohio, with stops that include Toledo and Cleveland.",[],"Cleveland"],["1916-11-02","More stump speeches in Ohio","Roosevelt stays on the road in Ohio, speaking again as the presidential campaign nears its end.",[],"Ohio"],["1916-11-03","Cooper Union broadside against Wilson","Back in New York, Roosevelt addresses a crowd at Thomashefsky's National Theater, then gives his \"Shadows of the Tortured Dead\" speech at Cooper Union, one of his fiercest attacks on President Wilson. He also fires off a blistering letter to Amos Pinchot.",["woodrow-wilson","henry-cabot-lodge","william-jennings-bryan","amos-pinchot","george-perkins","j-pierpont-morgan"],"National Theater"],["1916-11-04","Rally in Bridgeport, Connecticut","Roosevelt leaves New York for a Republican rally in Bridgeport, then heads to the Stratford, where Republican leader John T. King has a lamp burning for him and the two talk over party organization. He also wires Murray Cutting about Cutting's backing of Wilson.",["john-t-king","murray-cutting","woodrow-wilson"],"Stratford Hotel"],["1916-11-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-06","Final campaign speech in Oyster Bay","On the eve of the election, Roosevelt speaks in his hometown of Oyster Bay. The journalist John Leary comes to see him.",["john-j-leary-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-07","Election Day: Wilson edges out Hughes","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay. On election night Charles Evans Hughes looks like the winner, but Wilson pulls ahead as the count goes on, finishing with 277 electoral votes to 254. Many blamed Roosevelt's speeches for the loss, though Hughes did not. Roosevelt also writes Quentin, hoping he can get home for his birthday.",["woodrow-wilson","charles-evans-hughes","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","nellie-tyler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-10","Declining an invitation to England","Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee that it would be wrong for him to travel to England and write war articles for Americans; Americans, and Wilson himself, would resent it. The suggestion had come from Lee and Lloyd George.",["arthur-lee","david-lloyd-george","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-11","George Perkins comes calling","George W. Perkins is among the visitors at Sagamore Hill.",["george-perkins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-15","Receiving callers at the Hotel Langdon","Roosevelt goes into the city and sees visitors at the Hotel Langdon on Fifth Avenue, among them W. M. Collier, A. P. Moore, W. H. Thompson, and men named Wilkinson and Elsberg.",["w-h-thompson","alexander-p-moore","william-m-collier","wilkinson","elsberg"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1916-11-16","Address to the nation's arts academies","In New York, Roosevelt speaks before a combined meeting of two bodies, the National Institute of Arts and the Academy of Arts and Letters.",[],"New York City"],["1916-11-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-19","Quentin turns nineteen","It is Quentin's nineteenth birthday; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-25","Defending his whaling slang","On his sister Bamie's 21st wedding anniversary, Roosevelt writes Edward Mitchell about the New England whaling phrases sprinkled through his letters, which a New Bedford paper had called into question.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","edward-mitchell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-29","Proud to have backed Hughes","A day of letters after the defeat: Roosevelt tells William Willcox he will always be glad he supported Hughes, tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler the party should have chosen him instead, and asks Dr. Alexis Carrel about his new methods at the front. Edith, writing a friend, calls Wilson a hypocrite she must endure four more years.",["medill-mccormick","thomas-d-schall","william-r-willcox","charles-evans-hughes","alexis-carrel","benjamin-ide-wheeler","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ruth-moore-lee","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-11-30","New article in Ladies' Home Journal","A Roosevelt article is published in the Ladies' Home Journal.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-01","Oyster Bay base, city trips","Roosevelt spends the month based at Sagamore Hill while making regular trips into New York City.",[],"New York City"],["1916-12-02","Thirtieth anniversary with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith mark thirty years of marriage. He writes William Allen White about the breakup of the Progressive Party, vowing to hold to the principles he fought for.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-04","Objecting to a federal elections bill","Roosevelt writes Lodge to oppose a bill that would put federal supervisors over elections, and discusses the plight of Black voters in the South.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-05","Presidential papers go to Washington","Roosevelt sends off his White House records for safekeeping at the Library of Congress: six cases that he and Edith had packed themselves. He also writes Henry Osborn about a possible Polynesian trip for January 1918. In Chicago, former Progressive leaders urge their followers to keep fighting inside the Republican Party.",["henry-fairfield-osborn","herbert-putnam","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-allen-white","chester-rowell","gifford-pinchot","raymond-robins","james-r-garfield","harold-l-ickes"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-12","Notes on A Northern Countryside","Roosevelt writes Rosalind Richards to praise her book A Northern Countryside, adding a few small critiques.",["rosalind-richards"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-15","Letter on German atrocities","Roosevelt writes F. W. Whitridge about Germany's outrages in the war.",["frederick-w-whitridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-20","Congratulating Edwin Earl on a libel win","Roosevelt sends congratulations to Edwin T. Earl, who has won a libel case, and explains that a trip to California would have been seen as \"objectionable\".",["edwin-t-earl"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-23","Christmas visit to the Cove School","Roosevelt pays his annual holiday call on the Cove School near Oyster Bay. Before going, he has lunch at Sagamore Hill with newspapermen Jennings, Hoster, Bean, Bate and Leary.",["jennings","william-hoster","bean","bate","john-j-leary-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-25","Christmas at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt spends Christmas Day at home at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-28","Looking back at the California loss","Roosevelt writes William Willcox about the Republican defeat in California, whose electoral votes gave Wilson the presidency, and wires W. J. Hand his good wishes for a meeting to protest Germany's treatment of Belgium.",["william-r-willcox","w-j-hand","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1916-12-31","Year-end: papers arrive, articles appear","Roosevelt closes the year at Sagamore Hill. Around this time his papers reach the Library of Congress in six locked cases, and two of his pieces come out: \"The Election\" in the Metropolitan, which pledges goodwill to Wilson, and \"Discipline\" in the Ladies' Home Journal.",["charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-01","\"Plain yellow\": verdict on Wilson's slogan","Roosevelt opens the year with two letters to William Allen White, judging Hughes's campaign and scorning the slogan Wilson's backers ran on about keeping America at peace, and a long letter to the British editor John St. Loe Strachey about Wilson's peace overtures to Europe and a full assessment of Hughes.",["william-allen-white","john-st-loe-strachey","charles-evans-hughes","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-03","Taking aim at the Wilson peace note","Roosevelt publicly criticizes the peace statement that Wilson and Secretary of State Robert Lansing sent to the European powers.",["woodrow-wilson","robert-lansing"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-04","Selous falls in East Africa","At Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's old hunting friend Frederick Courteney Selous dies fighting in East Africa at age 66.",["frederick-selous"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-05","Talking politics with McCormick","Roosevelt writes Medill McCormick about politics.",["medill-mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-09","Against the League to Enforce Peace","Roosevelt writes Henry Drinker laying out his objections to the League to Enforce Peace, the group led by former President Taft.",["henry-s-drinker","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-10","What Americanism means","In a long letter to S. Stanwood Menken of the National Security League, Roosevelt spells out his idea of Americanism and argues for military preparedness against the pacifists.",["s-stanwood-menken"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-16","Admiral Dewey dies","Admiral George Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay, dies. Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill.",["george-dewey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-17","Condolences to Mildred Dewey","Roosevelt wires his sympathy to Mildred Dewey on the death of her husband, the admiral.",["mildred-dewey","george-dewey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-18","New York politics with Perkins","Roosevelt talks over New York politics with George W. Perkins. It is also his sister Bamie's 62nd birthday.",["george-perkins","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-19","Peace talk without backbone","Roosevelt writes Charles Farnham that peace negotiations are worthless unless backed by real strength.",["charles-farnham"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-20","Callers, then a Home Folks gathering","Robert Bacon, Willard Straight and the publisher Doubleday call at Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt hosts a Home Folks gathering.",["robert-bacon","willard-straight","frank-n-doubleday"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-22","Last piece for the Ladies' Home Journal","Roosevelt sends William Bok his final article for the Ladies' Home Journal.",["william-bok"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-25","Wilson calls for \"peace without victory\"","President Wilson goes before the Senate with his \"Peace Without Victory\" address. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-27","Gifford Pinchot visits","Gifford Pinchot is among the day's callers at Sagamore Hill.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-28","Answering Wilson in the papers","Roosevelt's rebuttal to Wilson's \"Peace Without Victory\" speech runs in the morning newspapers.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-29","Breaking with Wilson on military service","Roosevelt publicly opposes Wilson on the question of universal military service.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-01-31","Germany declares unrestricted U-boat war","Germany's ambassador declares that U-boats will now sink ships without warning and seeks to curb American shipping, and he is sent home with his passport. Roosevelt's article \"The League to Enforce Peace\" appears in the Metropolitan, and he writes Joseph Morrell about first backing Wilson and then opposing him.",["johann-heinrich-von-bernstorff","joseph-morrell","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-02","Offering a volunteer division","Roosevelt writes Newton D. Baker, the Secretary of War, that he and Edith will give up their Jamaica holiday, and offers the government his own services along with a division he would raise himself.",["newton-d-baker","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-03","U.S. cuts ties with Germany","The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany, and Wilson addresses both houses of Congress. Roosevelt and Edith scrap a Caribbean holiday and an eight-month scientific expedition to Polynesia; he wants to lead a division against Germany. He also writes Elisabeth Cary about German-Americans.",["woodrow-wilson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","elisabeth-cary"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-06","Taft backs universal service","William Howard Taft declares his support for universal military service. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-07","Pressing Baker on his division","Roosevelt writes Henry L. Stimson about his battle with Wilson and the pacifists, and writes Secretary Baker again about the division he hopes to raise and about Frank McCoy.",["henry-l-stimson","newton-d-baker","frank-r-mccoy","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-09","Told to wait on Congress","Secretary Baker tells Roosevelt he cannot raise a division until Congress authorizes it.",["newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-12","Alice turns 33","It is his daughter Alice's 33rd birthday; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-16","Grandson Kim's first birthday","Kermit's son, Kermit Jr., called Kim, turns one. Roosevelt writes Ambassador Jusserand that a volunteer division could be ready in six months, and sends a similar letter to Cecil Spring-Rice.",["kermit-roosevelt-jr","jean-jules-jusserand","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-17","Watching drill on Governors Island","Roosevelt goes into the city to watch a military drill on Governors Island with General Leonard Wood, on Alice and Nick's 11th anniversary. He writes Hiram Johnson a scathing judgment of Wilson, and other letters to William Allen White and William Patterson.",["leonard-wood","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","hiram-johnson","william-allen-white","george-perkins","william-patterson","woodrow-wilson"],"New York City"],["1917-02-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-19","A caller named Desmond","A visitor named Desmond calls at Sagamore Hill.",["desmond"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-20","Doubting Wilson will ever fight","Roosevelt tells Lodge he is beginning to wonder whether anything at all could push Wilson into the war.",["henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-23","Eager for war, and for nature writing","Roosevelt tells Ambassador Jusserand he hopes America will enter the war soon, because he cannot take up arms before his country does. To Wilfred Osgood he wishes C. Hart Merriam and Edward Nelson would publish more on nature.",["jean-jules-jusserand","wilfred-osgood","c-hart-merriam","edward-w-nelson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-26","Wilson seeks to arm merchant ships","President Wilson appears before Congress to request authority to put guns on American merchant vessels. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-02-28","King takes over as political manager; Quentin engaged","John T. King replaces George W. Perkins as Roosevelt's political manager; Roosevelt later backed King for Republican National Committee chairman, though Will Hays won the post. Quentin becomes engaged to Flora Payne Whitney.",["john-t-king","george-perkins","will-h-hays","quentin-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-01","Hartford speech: hit Germany hard","Roosevelt, dividing his time between Oyster Bay and New York, travels to Hartford and calls on the nation to strike Germany with full force.",[],"New York City"],["1917-03-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-04","Belgian Relief rally as Wilson takes the oath","Roosevelt addresses a Belgian Relief meeting in New York on the day Wilson is sworn in for his second term. He also writes Lawrence Abbott recalling how he came to join the staff of The Outlook.",["woodrow-wilson","lawrence-abbott"],"New York City"],["1917-03-05","Carnegie Hall mass meeting","Roosevelt speaks to a huge crowd at Carnegie Hall while Wilson's inauguration ceremonies take place in Washington. He writes geologist Joseph Barrell about climate change, human origins and the apes he saw in Africa.",["woodrow-wilson","joseph-barrell"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1917-03-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-07","Gathering facts on machine guns and planes","Roosevelt thanks Frederic Walcott for research on machine guns and aircraft for his planned division, and writes John C. O'Laughlin about the senators, led by La Follette, blocking the arming of merchant ships.",["frederic-c-walcott","john-callan-o-laughlin","robert-m-la-follette"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-08","Applauding military drill in California schools","Roosevelt writes California state senator Will Sharkey to praise his push for military training in the state's high schools.",["will-sharkey"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-11","Dinner with Wood, Root and young Franklin","In New York, Roosevelt dines with C. N. Bliss, Morgan, Elihu Root, Meyer, Mayor Mitchel, General Leonard Wood and his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt.",["cornelius-n-bliss-jr","j-pierpont-morgan","elihu-root","meyer","john-purroy-mitchel","leonard-wood","franklin-d-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1917-03-12","Revolution in Russia","A provisional government takes power in Russia. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-13","The Colombia treaty again","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the 1903 treaty with Colombia and the effort to renegotiate it.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-16","The Czar steps down","Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["nicholas-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-18","Three American ships torpedoed","German submarines send three American vessels to the bottom: the Vigilancia, the Illinois and the City of Memphis. Roosevelt tells Lodge he has held his tongue for weeks and is fed up with talk of standing behind the President.",["henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-19","Protesting the sinkings","Roosevelt speaks out in public against Germany's attack on the three U.S. vessels and wires Secretary Baker once more for leave to raise a division.",["newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-20","At the Union League: a state of war exists","Speaking at the Union League Club in New York, Roosevelt argues that Germany's renewed submarine campaign means the two nations are already at war. He talks things over with Choate, Root and Hughes, and writes letters on the Colombia treaty and on a 1914 episode with the German ambassador.",["elihu-root","charles-evans-hughes","joseph-h-choate","thayer","franklin-macveagh","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Union League Club"],["1917-03-21","Views on preparedness","Roosevelt writes John Richeson setting out his thinking on military preparedness.",["john-richeson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-22","Frustration with the War Department","Roosevelt writes Lodge about the obstacles he keeps hitting with Baker's War Department.",["henry-cabot-lodge","newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-23","Off to Florida to hunt devilfish","Roosevelt leaves for Punta Gorda, Florida, to go after giant rays, called devilfish, with harpoon expert Russell J. Coles. Before going he writes Secretary Baker again about the division, citing his record as a soldier and former commander in chief.",["russell-j-coles","newton-d-baker","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-03-24","A speech in Jacksonville","On his way south, Roosevelt makes a speech in Jacksonville, Florida.",[],"Jacksonville"],["1917-03-25","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-26","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-27","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-28","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-29","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-30","Devilfishing at Punta Gorda","Roosevelt is at Punta Gorda on Florida's Gulf Coast for his devilfish hunt with Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-03-31","Last day on the Florida waters; \"Now We Must Fight\"","Roosevelt winds up his devilfish trip at Punta Gorda. His article \"Now We Must Fight\" runs in the Metropolitan, and Ted and Archie are ordered to Plattsburg for active duty as reserve officers.",["russell-j-coles","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt"],"Punta Gorda"],["1917-04-01","Heading home from Florida","Roosevelt starts north, speaking at Punta Gorda and then at Lakeland as he goes.",[],"Lakeland"],["1917-04-02","Wilson asks Congress for war","As President Wilson goes before Congress to seek war against Germany, Roosevelt stops in Washington on his way north and calls at the White House to congratulate him, but Wilson is in a Cabinet meeting. Roosevelt issues a statement praising the President's step.",["woodrow-wilson"],"White House"],["1917-04-03","Back in New York","Roosevelt returns to New York City and goes on home to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-04","Ethel and Dick's anniversary","Ethel and her husband Dick Derby celebrate four years of marriage; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-05","Send troops to France now","In a published statement, Roosevelt calls for American soldiers to be sent to France without delay. He also talks privately with reporters.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-06","America declares war","Congress formally declares war against Germany. Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-09","Archie turns 23","It is Archie's 23rd birthday; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-10","Asking Wilson in person for a division","Roosevelt and Edith go to Washington, where he has a long White House talk with Wilson and asks to lead a division in France. Wilson gives no firm answer, but Roosevelt will in the end be kept out of the fight. Staying with Alice and Nick, he lobbies Baker, Jusserand, Spring-Rice and others for his plan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","newton-d-baker","jean-jules-jusserand","cecil-spring-rice","julius-rosenwald","george-e-chamberlain","henry-cabot-lodge","john-w-weeks","s-hubert-dent","joseph-e-kuhn","john-m-parker"],"White House"],["1917-04-11","Disbanding the division","After breakfast with Brigadier General Joseph Kuhn in Washington, Roosevelt goes home and formally breaks up the volunteer division, a ceremony held in his Trophy Room at home. He also writes Don Marquis about writing.",["joseph-e-kuhn","don-marquis"],"Washington, D.C."],["1917-04-12","Asking Pershing to take his sons","Roosevelt asks General Pershing to accept his sons as officers. He thanks Secretary Baker for the April 10 meeting and urges Senator George Chamberlain to pass the draft bill.",["john-j-pershing","newton-d-baker","george-e-chamberlain"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-13","To Boston for Archie's wedding","Roosevelt and Edith set out for Boston. He sends John C. O'Laughlin a detailed account of his meeting with Wilson; Baker had courteously turned the division down.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-callan-o-laughlin","woodrow-wilson","newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-14","Archie marries Grace Lockwood","Roosevelt and Edith watch Archie marry Grace Lockwood at Emmanuel Church in Boston. Quentin is best man, Ted, Kermit and Dick Derby serve as ushers, and Alice and Ethel are there too.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","richard-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Emmanuel Church"],["1917-04-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-16","Turning down a Guard generalship","Governor Charles Whitman offers to make Roosevelt a general in the state's National Guard, and he says no. He tells Cecil Spring-Rice that Quentin is starting flight training and asks whether Britain or France might take his volunteer division.",["charles-s-whitman","cecil-spring-rice","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-20","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-21","Home Guard visit and a Mineola speech","Roosevelt welcomes Oyster Bay's Home Guard to Sagamore Hill. At Mineola he addresses a Farmers Club gathering and speaks for the Reserve Battalion.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-23","Long letter to Baker on the rejection","Roosevelt writes Secretary Baker at length about the refusal of his division, the government's conscription plans and his own military career. He tells Frederick Allen he will not write to Lowell.",["newton-d-baker","frederick-allen","abbott-lawrence-lowell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-25","Explaining the Guard refusal","Roosevelt writes Medill McCormick about why he refused a general's commission in the state Guard.",["medill-mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-26","Sidelined, while Quentin enlists","Roosevelt writes Bamie that he is sure the government will never give him a war role. Quentin, meanwhile, has signed up as a sergeant in the Army's flying service.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-04-27","Leaving for Chicago","Roosevelt goes into New York City and leaves for Chicago.",[],"New York City"],["1917-04-28","Stockyards speech in Chicago","In Chicago Roosevelt speaks at the Stockyards Pavilion for the National Security League, and a parade is held. The same day the Army draft bill clears Congress.",[],"Stockyards Pavilion"],["1917-04-29","Train back east","Roosevelt travels back toward New York. It is his sister Corinne's 35th wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"New York City"],["1917-04-30","Lunch with Count Ilya Tolstoy","In New York Roosevelt lunches with Count Ilya Tolstoy, wires Warren G. Harding about the draft bill, and writes his old Maine friend Bill Sewall that all four of his sons now wear uniforms. The Metropolitan prints his piece \"The Brotherly Court of Philadelphia.\"",["ilya-tolstoy","warren-g-harding","william-sewall"],"New York City"],["1917-05-01","Gearing industry for war","Living at Sagamore Hill and often in town, Roosevelt writes Alexander Moore that American industry must be mobilized for the war, and writes Ilya Tolstoy about the revolution in Russia.",["alexander-p-moore","ilya-tolstoy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-04","Preparedness talk with Stimson and Choate","In New York Roosevelt joins Henry L. Stimson and Choate at a preparedness meeting held at the Harvard Club.",["henry-l-stimson","joseph-h-choate"],"Harvard Club"],["1917-05-05","Baker says no again","Secretary of War Baker writes once more to explain why Roosevelt's division cannot be accepted.",["newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-07","Two thousand volunteers a day","Roosevelt reports that applications to join his proposed division are pouring in at about 2,000 a day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-08","Preparedness speech in Brooklyn","At Brooklyn's Kismet Temple Roosevelt makes the case for preparedness and sends Secretary Baker another long appeal with details of his division, objecting to reliance on the National Guard.",["newton-d-baker"],"Kismet Temple"],["1917-05-09","Meeting Marshal Joffre","Roosevelt attends a dinner for the visiting French Mission at Henry Clay Frick's New York home and meets Marshal Joseph Joffre.",["henry-clay-frick","joseph-joffre"],"New York City"],["1917-05-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-11","Waldorf dinner for the Allied missions","At a Waldorf-Astoria dinner honoring the French and British Missions, Roosevelt talks again with Marshal Joffre. Baker's latest reply holds to the same refusal.",["joseph-joffre","newton-d-baker"],"Waldorf-Astoria"],["1917-05-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-13","Four hours with Balfour","Roosevelt spends four hours at Sagamore Hill with British statesman Arthur Balfour and Ian Malcolm, a Member of Parliament.",["arthur-j-balfour","ian-malcolm"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-14","Bat Masterson offers to help","Bat Masterson writes Roosevelt about helping to organize the division for service in Europe.",["bat-masterson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-16","Call on Governor Whitman in Albany","Roosevelt travels by way of New York City to Albany and calls on Governor Charles Whitman.",["charles-s-whitman"],"New York City"],["1917-05-17","Wilson as Buchanan","Roosevelt tells Bamie he is getting four to five thousand letters a week, likens Wilson to James Buchanan, and says he cannot picture waging the Civil War under so weak a president.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-18","Wire to Wilson: let me raise two divisions","Roosevelt telegraphs Wilson seeking leave to form two divisions and take them straight to the front; Wilson answers that volunteer divisions will not be used. He asks Pershing to take Ted and Archie to France with the first troops, and praises Lodge's Senate attack on Wilson. Quentin is having back trouble.",["woodrow-wilson","john-j-pershing","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","henry-cabot-lodge","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-19","Callers at the Metropolitan","At the Metropolitan magazine office in New York, Roosevelt sees visitors including A. P. Moore.",["alexander-p-moore"],"The Metropolitan"],["1917-05-20","Congratulating Pershing","Roosevelt writes General Pershing to congratulate him on being picked to lead the American army going to France.",["john-j-pershing"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-21","Statement to his would-be volunteers","Roosevelt writes a message for the many men who had hoped to serve under him; it will be released on May 25.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-23","Dancing to \"Garry Owen\"","Roosevelt writes his daughter-in-law Belle that Ethel is visiting. Late in the afternoon in the North Room, he, Ethel, Dick and young Richard put \"Garry Owen\" on the Victrola and dance.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","richard-derby-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-25","Releasing the volunteers","Roosevelt formally releases and thanks the men who signed up for his division, which he says could have reached 200,000. He sends Charles J. Bonaparte the full exchange with Wilson from May 18.",["charles-bonaparte","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-27","Clemenceau urges him on","In remarks carried by the press, French leader Georges Clemenceau urges Roosevelt to rethink giving up the volunteer division.",["georges-clemenceau"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-28","Yale Club talk; a rebuke for White","Roosevelt speaks at the Yale Club in New York and writes William Allen White that he is shocked by White's praise of Wilson.",["william-allen-white","woodrow-wilson"],"Yale Club"],["1917-05-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-05-30","Memorial Day in Mineola","At Mineola Roosevelt reviews the Nassau County Sheriff's Reserve Corps and gives a Memorial Day speech. He writes Ted about his efforts to get the boys into the war, and delights in Ted's wife Eleanor and the children, who are staying at Sagamore Hill.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Mineola"],["1917-05-31","\"Liberal Russia\" in print","Quentin is accepted at Mineola. Roosevelt's article \"Liberal Russia\" runs in the Metropolitan, and his message to soldiers is printed in American Bible Society Bibles for the troops. Ted and Archie leave Plattsburg under confidential orders.",["quentin-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-01","Kept from France","Roosevelt writes Captain de Rochambeau of the French 5th Infantry Regiment that the American government will not let him go to France.",["captain-de-rochambeau"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-06","Thanking Clemenceau","Roosevelt tells Augustus Gardner he wants to serve, and thanks Georges Clemenceau for his editorial urging Wilson to send Roosevelt to France.",["augustus-p-gardner","georges-clemenceau","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-07","Speaking to the nation's doctors","In New York, Roosevelt speaks to the American Medical Association's convention.",[],"New York City"],["1917-06-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-10","Railroad men's memorial in Philadelphia","In Philadelphia Roosevelt speaks at memorial services held by the Railroad Brotherhood and the Order of Railway Telegraphers.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1917-06-11","Kermit and Belle's anniversary","Kermit and Belle mark three years of marriage; Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-13","Westward to Nebraska","Roosevelt leaves Sagamore Hill for Nebraska.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-14","Nebraska's fiftieth birthday","In Lincoln, Roosevelt speaks at the celebration of Nebraska's 50 years of statehood. Back east, grandson Theodore Roosevelt III turns three.",["theodore-roosevelt-iii"],"Lincoln"],["1917-06-15","Heading home","Roosevelt travels back east from Nebraska.",[],"Lincoln"],["1917-06-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-17","A granddaughter, Edith Derby","Ethel and Dick Derby welcome a daughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby.",["edith-roosevelt-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-18","Seeking a British post for Kermit","Roosevelt asks Arthur Lee to use his influence to get Kermit into British service in Mesopotamia.",["arthur-lee","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-20","Ted and Archie sail for France","On Ted's seventh wedding anniversary, he and Archie sail for France aboard the Chicago. Ted's wife Eleanor and Alice come to Sagamore Hill, where the British publisher Lord Northcliffe is visiting; through him Roosevelt arranges Kermit's British commission. He tells Arthur Lee his sons should be allowed to fight at the front.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","lord-northcliffe","kermit-roosevelt","arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-22","Wood's camps in the South","Roosevelt writes General Leonard Wood about his choice of sites for training camps in the South. Since April 2 Roosevelt has refrained from criticizing Wilson.",["leonard-wood","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-24","Red Cross meeting and the Italian Mission","Roosevelt addresses a Red Cross gathering, and the visiting Italian Mission calls at Sagamore Hill along with Lloyd Griscom.",["lloyd-c-griscom"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-26","Against excluding foreign-born from the Red Cross","Roosevelt writes C. A. A. McGee objecting to the barring of people born in enemy countries from Red Cross service in France.",["c-a-a-mcgee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-27","Missing the grandchildren","Roosevelt writes Ted's wife Eleanor that he misses her and the children. Quentin and Belle are expected to drive over later.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill, and no other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-06-30","Four sons headed to war","His latest Metropolitan article, on the kind of peace worth fighting for, is published. Ted and Archie are now officers with Pershing in France; Kermit, now a British officer, is preparing to go to Mesopotamia by way of England; and Quentin has passed his flying exams despite poor eyes and a bad back. Quentin is quietly engaged to Flora Payne Whitney.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","john-j-pershing","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney","harry-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-03","Thanking a poet, advising Kermit","Roosevelt writes to thank Marion Couthouy Smith for a poem about him, and sends Kermit a letter on getting ready to ship out, adding that he does not approve of wives following their husbands overseas.",["marion-couthouy-smith","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-04","Independence Day speech at Forest Hills","Roosevelt addresses an enormous Fourth of July crowd at Forest Hills, Queens, and reviews the local rifle club; cameras record the occasion. In France the same day, Pershing's American troops parade into Paris.",["john-j-pershing"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-05","A letter on German-American loyalty","Roosevelt writes Ralph M. Easley about the behavior of certain German-Americans during the war.",["ralph-m-easley"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-06","Clash with Gompers at Carnegie Hall","At a Carnegie Hall rally held by American Friends of Russian Freedom, Roosevelt and labor leader Samuel Gompers spar openly on stage over the deadly race riots that had just torn through East St. Louis.",["samuel-gompers"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1917-07-07","Blessing for Eleanor; Northcliffe visits","Roosevelt sets aside his objection to wives going overseas and gives his blessing to Ted's wife Eleanor, who is bound for France to work with the YMCA. Lord Northcliffe pays a call, and word comes that Kermit must be ready to go by Tuesday.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","lord-northcliffe","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-08","Alice tracks Kermit down in Boston","After hours on long-distance calls, Alice finally reaches her brother Kermit in Boston, where John Singer Sargent is drawing his portrait.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt","john-singer-sargent"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-09","Seeing Kermit in the city","Kermit, his wife Belle and little Kim come into New York and share a hotel breakfast with Alice. Roosevelt goes into the city to see Kermit, and Alice heads back to Washington.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-12","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-13","Kermit set to sail for Mesopotamia","Kermit, Belle and little Kim are about to leave for Mesopotamia. He telephones Alice, who hurries back to New York.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt-jr","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-14","Kermit sails on the Carpathia","Roosevelt, his wife Edith and Alice go down to the pier to wave off Kermit, Belle and Kim, who board the Carpathia for England on the way to the war in Mesopotamia.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-17","Writing a labor leader on lawlessness","In a letter to Victor A. Olander, Roosevelt takes up labor, the East St. Louis race riots, the I.W.W. and lawlessness in general, and returns to the Brownsville affair.",["victor-a-olander"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-18","Reviewing Beveridge's John Marshall","The Outlook carries Roosevelt's review of Albert Beveridge's two-volume life of Chief Justice John Marshall.",["albert-beveridge","john-marshall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-19","Talking suffrage with Mrs. Baker","Roosevelt meets with Mrs. Baker to discuss votes for women.",["mrs-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-20","Greetings to the new Russia","As Alexander Kerensky takes over as Russia's prime minister, Roosevelt sends a salute to the Russian people through Prince Georgy Lvov, with a like message to Mikhail Tereshchenko.",["alexander-kerensky","georgy-lvov","mikhail-tereshchenko"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-22","Quentin's last night at home","Edith tucks her youngest, Quentin, into bed one final time before he leaves for France the next morning.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-23","Quentin sails for France","Roosevelt, Edith and Alice say goodbye to Quentin at the 14th Street pier as he boards the Orduna with his school and college friend Hamilton Coolidge. Edith writes Ethel that the house on the hill now stands empty of its boys, borrowing a line from Edwin Arlington Robinson.",["quentin-roosevelt","hamilton-coolidge","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","edwin-arlington-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-24","Eleanor sails on the Espagne","Ted's wife Eleanor leaves for France aboard the Espagne to take up YMCA work.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-25","Off to Pittsburgh","Roosevelt sets out for Pittsburgh. He writes Archibald Coolidge about the Celts, and a newsy letter arrives from Quentin for Edith.",["archibald-cary-coolidge","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-26","Addressing the Moose in Pittsburgh","Roosevelt gives a speech in Pittsburgh to the Loyal Order of Moose at its convention.",[],"Pittsburgh"],["1917-07-27","On air power and Japan","Back home, Roosevelt writes Augustus Post in favor of air power, and tells George F. Miller that Japan is sending no soldiers to Europe while seizing whatever territory it can in China.",["augustus-post","george-f-miller"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-29","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-07-31","Farmers, Beveridge and the Baker letters","Roosevelt writes Ray McKaig about farmers backing the war and sends Albert Beveridge news and comments on his book. The Metropolitan prints his exchange with War Secretary Newton D. Baker over the volunteer division Roosevelt had hoped to raise.",["ray-mckaig","albert-beveridge","newton-d-baker"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-03","Sending William Allen White to France","William Allen White is heading to France for the Red Cross, and Roosevelt supplies him with letters of introduction. In the same letter he judges the administration's war preparations harshly and finds fault with Wilson's character.",["william-allen-white","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-04","Visit from Columbia summer students","A party of some 120 students from the West, attending Columbia's summer session, comes calling at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-06","Edith turns 56; a letter on Ireland","It is Edith's 56th birthday. Roosevelt writes the Irish poet George W. Russell that he favors home rule for Ireland, but warns that the Ulster counties cannot be split off from the rest of the island.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","george-w-russell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-08","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-09","Proud of Ted's new command","Roosevelt writes Ted that he is delighted his son now has a regular command with the 26th Infantry of the 1st Division. He passes along news of Archie, Quentin and Kermit, reports that grandson Richard Derby Jr. has had his appendix out, and notes that little Gracie is staying for two weeks.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","richard-derby-jr","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-10","Calling for a ban on German-language papers","Roosevelt issues a public statement urging that German-language newspapers be outlawed in the United States. Quentin, held up for a long spell at Halifax, is at last steaming across the Atlantic.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-12","Quentin lands in England","Quentin's ship docks at Liverpool, and a troop train rushes him and Ham Coolidge to Folkestone to catch a boat across the Channel.",["quentin-roosevelt","hamilton-coolidge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-13","Ethel's birthday","Daughter Ethel turns 26.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-15","Welcoming Root home from Russia","In New York, Roosevelt speaks at a reception honoring Elihu Root and the American mission just back from Russia, then talks about the war at the Harvard Club. He also writes Lodge about the conflict and what he sees as Wilson's failings.",["elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge","woodrow-wilson"],"Harvard Club"],["1917-08-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-17","Gracie turns six; letters on free speech","Granddaughter Grace has her sixth birthday. Roosevelt writes the city's police commissioner denouncing antiwar protesters, objects to Thomas E. Watson about government censorship of The Jeffersonian, and sends his English friend Arthur Lee a sharp assessment of the President.",["grace-roosevelt","thomas-e-watson","arthur-lee","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-18","Quentin reaches Paris","Quentin is in Paris, lodging at 29 Rue Villejust.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-19","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-20","Quentin posted to Issoudun","Quentin takes up duties as supply officer at the American flying camp at Issoudun.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-21","Quentin's motorcycle spill","Quentin has a motorcycle accident in France.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-22","Belgian Mission on the lawn","The Belgian Mission comes to Sagamore Hill along with Coudert and O'Connor, and Roosevelt speaks to the crowd gathered on his lawn. He writes Ted of his pride in his sons. In France, Quentin wrecks a motorcycle for the second time.",["coudert","o-connor","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-23","Dinner with Perkins; Quentin learns to fly","Roosevelt dines with R. P. Perkins. He confides to Archie how much he dislikes giving rousing \"bugle call\" speeches, and tells daughter-in-law Eleanor in France about a picnic boat outing with Edith. Quentin is learning to fly at Issoudun, home of the American aviation school.",["robert-p-perkins","archibald-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-25","Quentin's French pays off","Quentin explores Bourges, and his command of French makes it easy for him to obtain supplies for the Issoudun camp.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-26","A French officer to lunch","Captain Bertrand Vigne of the Chasseurs Alpins comes to Sagamore Hill for lunch.",["bertrand-vigne"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-27","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-28","At the Natural History museum","Roosevelt tours the American Museum of Natural History in the company of Coles and Luther. He writes Senator Hiram Johnson about limiting war profits and tells Joel Spingarn which poems he enjoys.",["russell-j-coles","luther","hiram-johnson","joel-spingarn"],"American Museum of Natural History"],["1917-08-29","From Wilson to Hannibal","Roosevelt writes William Greenough on two subjects: Woodrow Wilson and Hannibal.",["william-greenough","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-08-30","Benefit speech at the Comedy Theater","Roosevelt speaks at New York's Comedy Theater to raise money for the Divisional Headquarters Fund.",[],"Comedy Theater"],["1917-08-31","Four sons and a son-in-law in uniform","From the Union League Club balcony, Roosevelt reviews a parade of the New York National Guard, and his essay \"Must We Be Brayed in a Mortar Before Our Folly Depart From Us?\" runs in The Metropolitan. By now Ted commands a battalion of the 26th Infantry in France, Kermit serves with British engineers in Mesopotamia, Archie leads a company in Ted's division, and Quentin handles supplies at Issoudun.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-01","A round of letters to the boys","Roosevelt writes all three sons in France: praise for Ted, a promise to Quentin that he will help him and Archie get started once the war ends, and a note to Archie carrying Edith's first error-strewn try at typing. He adds how much he enjoys having little Gracie in the house.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-02","Camp Mills and a Garden City speech","Roosevelt visits the troops at Camp Mills near Mineola and speaks on military preparedness at Garden City, with film cameras on hand.",[],"Mineola"],["1917-09-03","Into the city","Roosevelt splits the day between home and Manhattan; no details are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1917-09-04","Reviewing the draftees","In New York, Roosevelt joins Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, Charles Evans Hughes and others to review a parade of newly drafted men, and the scene is filmed. He writes Judge Emory Speer that while he rejects the views of Tom Watson's Jeffersonian, the government has no business barring it from circulation.",["john-purroy-mitchel","charles-evans-hughes","emory-speer","thomas-e-watson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-05","Speaking at the Columbia County Fair","Roosevelt is the speaker at Chatham's Columbia County Fair, New York. The Outlook prints his \"The Children of the Crucible,\" a call for Americans to stand together against Germany, along with his tribute to Roger Allier, killed in France. Quentin, meanwhile, is hauling equipment across France through storms and floods.",["roger-allier","quentin-roosevelt"],"Chatham"],["1917-09-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-07","Rowing with the grandchildren; officers to dinner","Roosevelt and Edith take grandchildren Richard and Edith Derby out in the rowboat, while their mother Ethel remains with Dick. In the evening Major William Donovan comes to dinner with four of his 165th Infantry captains at the house.",["richard-derby-jr","edith-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","william-j-donovan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-08","Opening the suffrage campaign; four stars","Roosevelt speaks at the launch of New York's second state suffrage campaign. He tells Archie he has hung out a service flag with a star for each of his four sons overseas, and writes Senator Frank B. Kellogg for a graduated tax on war contractors' excess profits.",["archibald-roosevelt","frank-b-kellogg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-11","Asking Gorgas to send Dick to the front","Roosevelt writes Surgeon General William Gorgas asking that his son-in-law Dick Derby be assigned to the front.",["william-c-gorgas","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-12","A good word for Russell Coles","In a letter to Judge Joseph Buffington, Roosevelt speaks warmly of Russell Coles.",["joseph-buffington","russell-j-coles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-13","Roosevelt takes to the air","On Ted's 30th birthday, Roosevelt goes to the Mineola flying field with the Hitchcocks and goes up in a Liberty-engine airplane, then writes Ted about his brief flight with the trainee pilots. In France, Quentin joins the 1st Aero Squadron and stays with Eleanor in Paris.",["thomas-hitchcock","theodore-roosevelt-jr","quentin-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Mineola"],["1917-09-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-15","Edith writes Kermit","Roosevelt writes Dr. George C. Dyer about the war. Edith tells Kermit that his absence is harder on his wife Belle than on herself.",["george-c-dyer","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-16","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-17","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-18","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-19","How to rise in the Army","Roosevelt writes Archie about getting ahead as an Army officer.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-20","Heading west with Edith","Roosevelt and Edith set off on a trip west. In France, Quentin is asked to remain with the supply unit at Issoudun.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-09-21","Through Chicago","Roosevelt stops in Chicago on his way west.",[],"Chicago"],["1917-09-22","Signing on with the Kansas City Star","At the Kansas City Star, Roosevelt signs a $25,000-a-year contract to write for the paper, while keeping his short monthly Metropolitan editorial at $5,000 a year. He and Edith stay with the Star's editor, Kirkwood.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","irwin-kirkwood"],"Kansas City"],["1917-09-23","Sunday in Kansas City","Roosevelt remains in Kansas City; nothing else is noted.",[],"Kansas City"],["1917-09-24","Speeches and a talk with Wood","Roosevelt makes speeches in Kansas City and meets with General Leonard Wood.",["leonard-wood"],"Kansas City"],["1917-09-25","Bound for Illinois","Roosevelt leaves Kansas City and travels toward Illinois.",[],"Kansas City"],["1917-09-26","Visiting Camp Grant","Roosevelt tours Camp Grant at Rockford, Illinois, and speaks for the National Security League. Edith heads home, and writes Ruth Lee that she is well pleased with his Kansas City Star deal.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ruth-moore-lee"],"Rockford"],["1917-09-27","Fort Sheridan, Great Lakes and Racine","A full day of speaking: Roosevelt addresses audiences at Fort Sheridan, at the Navy's Great Lakes training station and in Racine, Wisconsin. It is his sister Corinne's 56th birthday.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Fort Sheridan"],["1917-09-28","Speaking in the Twin Cities","Roosevelt speaks in both St. Paul and Minneapolis, and writes Archie about the Kansas City visit and the training camps on his route.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Minneapolis"],["1917-09-29","Eastbound via Chicago","Roosevelt starts back toward New York, stopping in Chicago.",[],"New York City"],["1917-09-30","Red Cross Sunday in Johnstown","Roosevelt is the speaker for a Workingmen's Red Cross Sunday program in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Back at Sagamore Hill, Flora Whitney pays a visit and writes Quentin how much she loves the place, while Edith keeps practicing her typing.",["flora-payne-whitney","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Johnstown"],["1917-10-01","The Foes of Our Own Household published","Doran brings out Roosevelt's new book, The Foes of Our Own Household, its title an idea of Edith's. That evening he speaks in New York for John Purroy Mitchel, who is fighting to keep the mayor's office.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","john-purroy-mitchel"],"New York City"],["1917-10-02","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-03","The Japanese Mission calls","Members of the Japanese Mission visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-04","Praise for Hoover, complaints to Munsey","Roosevelt addresses the Methodist Episcopal Church's Social Service Commission in New York. He complains to publisher Frank Munsey about the nation's unreadiness and commends Herbert Hoover for his handling of food supply and rationing.",["frank-a-munsey","herbert-hoover"],"New York City"],["1917-10-05","Madison Square Garden rally","Roosevelt speaks to a patriotic gathering at Madison Square Garden. He tells his sister Corinne he plans a stay in Stamford to drop some weight, and explains why he is backing Mitchel.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","john-purroy-mitchel"],"Madison Square Garden"],["1917-10-06","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-07","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-08","Introducing Hagedorn to Bill Sewall","Roosevelt writes his old Maine guide and Elkhorn partner Bill Sewall to introduce Hermann Hagedorn, who later interviewed Sewall for his books on Roosevelt's Badlands years.",["william-sewall","hermann-hagedorn"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-10","Off to Jack Cooper's health farm","Roosevelt heads to Jack Cooper's training camp in Stamford, Connecticut, for a course of diet and exercise meant to trim him down and restore his stamina. Kermit marks his 28th birthday with the British in Mesopotamia.",["jack-cooper","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-11","At Stamford; niece Eleanor's birthday","Roosevelt continues his stay at the Stamford health farm. His niece Eleanor Roosevelt turns 33.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Stamford"],["1917-10-12","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-13","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-14","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-15","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-16","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-17","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-18","War on Germany's allies too","Writing in the Kansas City Star, Roosevelt insists that the United States declare war on Germany's partners as well. Nephew Sheffield Cowles turns 19.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Stamford"],["1917-10-19","Still at the Stamford health farm","Roosevelt remains at Jack Cooper's camp in Stamford working on his diet and exercise program; nothing else is noted.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-20","Letters from Stamford","From Stamford, Roosevelt writes Ted about his work for the war effort, and sends daughter-in-law Eleanor an account of life at Jack Cooper's and of romping with her children, telling her how dearly he loves them.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Stamford"],["1917-10-21","Last day in Stamford","Roosevelt's stay at the Stamford health farm continues; film footage exists for the day.",[],"Stamford"],["1917-10-22","Home from Stamford, fourteen pounds lighter","Roosevelt comes home from Stamford having shed 14 pounds and three and a half inches around the waist, though Edith sees little real benefit. She writes Ethel that the stay wore on his nerves.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-23","Grandson Cornelius turns two","Ted's son Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt turns two while staying with his grandparents at Sagamore Hill.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-24","Liberty Loan speech","Roosevelt speaks on behalf of the Liberty Loan drive.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-25","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-26","Furious over \"Financial Imperialism\"","Roosevelt writes Ernest E. Smith in anger over Frederic C. Howe's article \"Financial Imperialism.\"",["ernest-e-smith","frederic-c-howe"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-27","Turning 59 with a houseful of grandchildren","On his 59th birthday Roosevelt writes Ted's wife Eleanor about her children, Gracie, Teddy and Cornelius, who are living with their grandparents while Ted and Eleanor serve in Europe.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-iii","cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-29","Stumping for Mitchel","Roosevelt goes into New York to give speeches for Mayor Mitchel's reelection campaign.",["john-purroy-mitchel"],"New York City"],["1917-10-30","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-10-31","The Kaiser in the Metropolitan","The Metropolitan prints Roosevelt's \"The German Kaiser and the German People.\" Corinne's son, Captain Monroe Robinson, is serving with the 77th Division's ammunition train at Camp Upton on Long Island.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii","monroe-douglas-robinson","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-01","Campaigning for Mitchel; a job for Joe Murray","Roosevelt makes speeches in New York for Mayor John Purroy Mitchel. He asks Grayson Murphy whether his old political friend Joe Murray might be taken on by the Red Cross in France. A letter arrives from Quentin describing French towns and the cathedral city of Chartres.",["john-purroy-mitchel","grayson-m-p-murphy","joseph-murray","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1917-11-02","A school visit and a Hartford rally","Roosevelt inspects Public School 45 in New York, then travels to Hartford to address Connecticut war workers at the State Armory.",[],"New York City"],["1917-11-03","Touring Bridgeport's munitions plants","In Bridgeport, Connecticut, Roosevelt inspects munitions factories and gives a speech on behalf of S. Merritt.",["s-merritt"],"Bridgeport"],["1917-11-04","Dinner with King, Leary and Bridgeport police","Roosevelt dines with John T. King, the reporter John J. Leary, six Bridgeport policemen and others before heading home. Ethel and Dick are staying at Sagamore Hill.",["john-t-king","john-j-leary-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-05","Medals for Nassau County Scouts","Roosevelt hands out medals to Boy Scouts of Nassau County and sends news to his sister Corinne.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-06","Election Day in Oyster Bay","Roosevelt casts his ballot in Oyster Bay, and son-in-law Nick Longworth wins another term in Congress. He also writes George Dyer about his push for war declarations against Germany's allies.",["nicholas-longworth","george-c-dyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-07","Revolution in Russia","The Bolsheviks seize power in Russia. Roosevelt writes Ted that Ethel will soon see Dick off to France, and writes Representative Ernest Lundeen about his opposition to the war.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","ernest-lundeen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-08","Swapping Dakota stories over lunch","At the Hotel Langdon in New York, Roosevelt lunches with Corinne and his old friend Patty Selmes, and they trade stories of the Dakota days and the Marquis de Mores.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","martha-flandrau-selmes","marquis-de-mores"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1917-11-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-10","Breakfast for all in New Rochelle","On the drive back to New York from Bridgeport, Roosevelt stops at New Rochelle's Post Road Inn and picks up the breakfast bill for the whole party.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-12","Dick Derby sails for France","Son-in-law Dick Derby leaves for Europe to serve in the Army Medical Corps.",["richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-13","Caution on embargoes","Roosevelt writes Lodge about embargoes on neutral nations that trade with Germany, advising a careful approach.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-14","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-15","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-16","Princeton: strength and duty","At Princeton, Roosevelt delivers \"National Strength and International Duty,\" talks to the undergraduate battalion, dines with President John Grier Hibben and his wife, and stays for the student smoker.",["john-grier-hibben","jenny-davidson-hibben"],"Princeton University"],["1917-11-17","Still in love, 32 years on","Still at Princeton, Roosevelt writes Quentin on the anniversary of his engagement to Edith, telling his son he is as much in love with her as ever.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Princeton"],["1917-11-18","Speaking to the troops at Camp Upton","Roosevelt addresses soldiers at Camp Upton in Yaphank, Long Island.",[],"Yaphank"],["1917-11-19","Quentin turns 20","Quentin marks his 20th birthday in France.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-20","Addressing the suffragists","Roosevelt speaks in New York at the state convention of the Woman Suffrage Party.",[],"New York City"],["1917-11-21","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-23","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-24","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-25","Off to Canada","Roosevelt sets off for a Canadian speaking tour with Edith, Ethel and Flora Whitney. He tells William Hornaday that teachers who will not sign the loyalty oath should lose their jobs. It is his sister Bamie's 22nd wedding anniversary.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","flora-payne-whitney","william-t-hornaday","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-26","Speeches in Hamilton and Toronto","Roosevelt speaks in Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario. He writes James Bryce about the conflict and the upheaval in Russia, and Thomas Nowlin on the Mooney bombing case in California.",["james-bryce","thomas-nowlin","thomas-j-mooney"],"Hamilton"],["1917-11-27","Back from Canada","Roosevelt returns through New York City to Oyster Bay.",[],"Oyster Bay"],["1917-11-28","Lunch with Smoot and Madden","Roosevelt has Smoot and Madden to lunch at Sagamore Hill.",["reed-smoot","martin-b-madden"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-29","Thanksgiving with a full house","On Thanksgiving, Roosevelt writes Ted that Alice is visiting and Ethel and her children are at the house too, and fills him in on his war speeches. He also writes Kermit, who is now serving in Baghdad as an engineer captain.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-11-30","A Permanent Training Policy","Roosevelt's \"A Permanent Training Policy\" runs in The Metropolitan, faulting the country for failing to prepare before the war.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-02","A 31st wedding anniversary","Roosevelt and Edith mark 31 years of marriage.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-05","Lunch with Jusserand","French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, an old friend, comes to lunch.",["jean-jules-jusserand"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-06","At the Allied War Bazaar","Roosevelt gives a talk for the Allied War Bazaar at New York's Grand Central Palace.",[],"Grand Central Palace"],["1917-12-07","War on Austria-Hungary","The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary, a step Roosevelt had been urging for weeks.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-08","Pennsylvania Society dinner; Quentin takes command","Roosevelt speaks at a Pennsylvania Society of New York dinner. At Issoudun, Quentin is put in charge of the headquarters detachment, some 600 cadets and 40 officers flying Nieuports; a couple of weeks earlier he had nearly been burned in one.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1917-12-09","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-10","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-12","Wartime prohibition and the Mooney case","Roosevelt tells Clarence True Wilson he favors prohibition while the war lasts, and writes Chester Rowell about the Mooney and Billings trials.",["clarence-true-wilson","chester-rowell","thomas-j-mooney","warren-k-billings"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-13","Applauding Wadsworth","Roosevelt commends Senator James Wadsworth for bringing to light the shortages in Army training camps.",["james-w-wadsworth-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-14","To Cincinnati","Roosevelt travels to Cincinnati, Ohio, and attends a dinner at a businessmen's club.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-15","Camp Sherman lacks guns","At Camp Sherman near Chillicothe, Ohio, Roosevelt sees for himself that the troops are short of machine guns and artillery.",[],"Chillicothe"],["1917-12-16","Red Cross talk; Quentin falls ill","Roosevelt speaks in Hempstead for a Red Cross campaign. In France, pneumonia forces Quentin to stop training pilots.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Hempstead"],["1917-12-17","Two hours of sledding","Snow covers Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt spends two hours sledding with his grandson Richard.",["richard-derby-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-18","Backing Wadsworth in print","In the Kansas City Star, Roosevelt stands behind Senator Wadsworth's charges of Army shortages. He writes Dick Derby about Ethel and the children. Quentin is hospitalized in France with pneumonia and will later be nursed by his sister-in-law Eleanor.",["james-w-wadsworth-jr","richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby","quentin-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-19","Against recalling Judge Fickert","Roosevelt writes Felix Frankfurter about the Mooney trial, arguing that the recall of District Attorney Charles Fickert was not justified.",["felix-frankfurter","thomas-j-mooney","charles-fickert"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-20","More on military shortages","The Kansas City Star runs another Roosevelt editorial on the Army's shortages.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-21","Presents for Ted's children","Roosevelt delivers presents to his son Ted's three youngsters, and writes George W. Perkins about William Randolph Hearst and about Japan.",["grace-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-iii","cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii","george-perkins","william-randolph-hearst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-22","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-23","Thanks for the soaps","Roosevelt writes daughter-in-law Eleanor about the gifts he has given the grandchildren and tells her how much he loves the soaps she mailed him.",["eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-24","Christmas Eve at Christ Church","Alice and Nick join the family for Christmas Eve dinner. Everyone goes to sing carols at Christ Church, where Roosevelt speaks at the Christmas party, and he makes calls on neighbors; the day is captured on film. He also presses Quentin to keep up a steady correspondence with Flora.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","quentin-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-25","A wartime Christmas","Alice and Nick, plus Ethel with her son Richard and infant daughter Edith, come for Christmas dinner while Eleanor spends the holiday with the YMCA in France. Roosevelt sends Christmas wishes to Grace, news to Ted, and tells Kermit how much he values Alice's political judgment.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby-jr","edith-roosevelt-derby","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-27","Against \"broomstick preparedness\"","In the Kansas City Star, Roosevelt ridicules troops drilling with broomsticks instead of real weapons. The thermometer stands at zero, with Nick and Cousin Laura staying as guests.",["nicholas-longworth","laura-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-28","Proud of Archie's promotion","Roosevelt tells Archie's wife Grace he is delighted by Archie's promotion and offers money if she needs it. A letter from Quentin reports a joyless Christmas.",["grace-lockwood-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-29","A bird under the piazza roof","On a bitter day, Roosevelt steps out the front door to read the thermometer and startles a small bird that had been sheltering on the piazza.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-30","A small Christmas, described","Edith writes Archie about the family's sparse Christmas, with only the two daughters at home to share it.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1917-12-31","Year's end in the cold","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie about the fierce cold. Around this time London recalls its ambassador, Cecil Spring-Rice, John T. King serves as Roosevelt's spokesman in the Midwest and West, Eleanor sets up YMCA centers at Aix and Chambéry, and The Metropolitan prints \"Put the War Through.\"",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","cecil-spring-rice","john-t-king","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-01","New Year's Day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt begins 1918 at home at Sagamore Hill; nothing else is noted.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-02","Defense groups, suffrage and a doctor's bill","Roosevelt explains to L. B. Hayes how the American Defense Society differs from the National Security League, presses William Willcox to act on woman suffrage, and tells Archie's wife Grace he will cover her doctor's bill.",["l-b-hayes","william-r-willcox","grace-lockwood-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-03","Manpower worries","Roosevelt writes General John Biddle about shortfalls in manpower and training.",["john-biddle"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-05","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-06","Edith writes Kermit about music","Edith sends Kermit a letter about music.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-07","A fan of Heywood Broun","Roosevelt writes Heywood Broun that he likes his articles about the Army.",["heywood-broun"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-08","Wilson's Fourteen Points","President Wilson lays out his Fourteen Points for peace in an address to Congress.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-09","Commencement at Peirce School","Roosevelt speaks at commencement for the Peirce School in Philadelphia.",[],"Philadelphia"],["1918-01-10","Into the city","Roosevelt divides the day between home and Manhattan; no details are recorded.",[],"New York City"],["1918-01-11","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-12","Ohio Society of New York","In New York, Roosevelt speaks to the Ohio Society.",[],"New York City"],["1918-01-13","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-14","No friend of the Bolsheviks","Roosevelt writes Raymond Robins about Russia and makes plain his dislike of the Bolsheviks.",["raymond-robins"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-15","Quentin back at Issoudun","Recovered from pneumonia, Quentin returns from Paris to the Issoudun camp.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-16","East Side homes and a new grandson","Roosevelt speaks at an American Defense Society trustees' lunch, then tours homes on the Lower East Side with the Community Clearing House to see child malnutrition firsthand. Kermit and Belle's son Joseph Willard Roosevelt is born, and Roosevelt praises Caspar Whitney's reporting on shortages at the front.",["joseph-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","caspar-whitney"],"Lower East Side"],["1918-01-17","Touring the city's child welfare work","With the Community Clearing House, Roosevelt visits an infant welfare station, the Boy Food Scouts at P.S. 40, the neighborhood association at Bowling Green, and the Post Graduate Hospital.",[],"Post Graduate Hospital"],["1918-01-18","Bamie turns 63","On his sister Bamie's 63rd birthday, Roosevelt writes Belle about her new baby.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","belle-willard-roosevelt","joseph-willard-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1918-01-19","Two New York talks","Roosevelt speaks to the League for Political Education and at the Society of the Genesee's dinner.",[],"New York City"],["1918-01-20","Remembering Choate","Roosevelt pays tribute to Joseph H. Choate at a memorial service and at a National Security League luncheon.",["joseph-h-choate"],"New York City"],["1918-01-21","Off to Washington","Roosevelt and Edith leave for Washington, D.C.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"New York City"],["1918-01-22","Holding court in Washington","Staying with Alice and Nick, Roosevelt receives a stream of senators and congressmen, among them Chamberlain, Hale, Curtis, Wadsworth, Kahn, Lenroot, Madden and Gallivan. He lunches with Senator Hiram Johnson and dines with John T. King, R. K. Hynicka and a dozen lawmakers.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth","frederick-hale","george-e-chamberlain","james-w-wadsworth-jr","charles-curtis","irvine-lenroot","martin-b-madden","julius-kahn","james-a-gallivan","hiram-johnson","john-t-king","rudolph-k-hynicka","frederick-h-gillett","frank-w-mondell","william-b-mckinley","medill-mccormick"],"Washington, D.C."],["1918-01-23","Pinchot lunch and a bad night","Roosevelt confers with politicians and lunches with Gifford Pinchot, then suffers a severe bout of indigestion; a doctor sees him and sends him to bed early. He writes Richard Hurd that Thorstein Veblen ought to be jailed for a book he wrote.",["gifford-pinchot","richard-hurd","thorstein-veblen"],"Washington, D.C."],["1918-01-24","Taking on the War Department","After another round of meetings, a lunch with Senator James Phelan and dinner with Lodge, Roosevelt takes the podium at the National Press Club and lays into the War Department.",["james-d-phelan","henry-cabot-lodge"],"National Press Club"],["1918-01-25","Breakfast with New York's delegation","Roosevelt breakfasts with New York's members of Congress, calls on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and with Edith and Alice dines with Henry Adams and McCormick before heading back to New York.",["franklin-d-roosevelt","henry-adams","medill-mccormick","edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Washington, D.C."],["1918-01-26","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-27","Snowed in, fires in the Library","A heavy snowstorm hits; the North Room is shut and fires burn in the Library. Roosevelt writes Quentin that Edith is in Baltimore with Belle Hagner James while he stays home with Ethel. In France, Quentin is weary of camp life but flying more.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","isabella-hagner","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-28","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-29","Edith writes Bamie","Edith sends news to Bamie.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-01-30","Dedicating a hall at Camp Merritt","Roosevelt helps dedicate a new hall at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. In France, Quentin receives a parcel of books from home.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Camp Merritt"],["1918-01-31","Ships too slow","Roosevelt writes Albert Shaw about America's sluggish shipbuilding and Grace Macurdy about the war. The Metropolitan publishes his \"The Countrymen of Muhlenberg and Custer.\"",["albert-shaw","grace-macurdy"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-02-01","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-02-02","Kermit at Tekrit; shoes for Archie's men","Roosevelt is thrilled to learn that Kermit helped capture Tekrit in Mesopotamia the previous November, and writes him and Belle about it, adding news of the children and his views on the Bolsheviks. He tells Archie he will personally pay to put 200 pairs of shoes on the feet of Archie's soldiers.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-02-03","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-02-04","A quiet day at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at home at Sagamore Hill; no other activity is recorded for this day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-02-05","Who should run the Republican committee","Roosevelt attends a private lunch in New York and writes John T. Adams, who hopes to chair the Republican National Committee; the post would eventually go to Will Hays.",["john-t-adams","will-h-hays"],"New York City"],["1918-02-06","Collapse at the Hotel Langdon","While dictating to his secretary Josephine Stricker, Roosevelt is felled when an abscess bursts where he was wounded in the thigh years before; in great pain and losing blood, he faints. He is taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where doctors find infection in both middle ears. He sends Will Hays word on whom to consult while he is laid up.",["josephine-stricker","will-h-hays"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1918-02-07","Ear infection worsens","Roosevelt's ear infection gets worse. Alice stays at his side, and Miss Strand is his nurse.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","miss-strand"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-08","Mastoid surgery leaves him deaf in one ear","As rumors fly that Roosevelt is near death, surgeons perform a radical mastoid operation on his left ear, which leaves him without hearing on that side.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-09","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-10","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-11","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-12","A canceled visit to Sheffield","On Alice's 34th birthday, Roosevelt wires Bamie that his illness forces him to cancel his trip, though he still hopes to see her son Sheffield on Friday.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-13","An eighth grandchild","While Roosevelt is still in the hospital, Archie and Grace have a son, Archibald Roosevelt Jr., the eighth Roosevelt grandchild.",["archibald-b-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-14","Spring-Rice dies","Roosevelt's old friend Cecil Spring-Rice, the former British ambassador, dies in Ottawa.",["cecil-spring-rice"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-15","Bishop and Perkins visit","Joseph Bucklin Bishop and George W. Perkins call at the hospital.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-perkins"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-16","Talk of 1920","On grandson Kim's second birthday, The New York Times reports speculation that plans are afoot for a Roosevelt presidential run in 1920.",["kermit-roosevelt-jr"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-17","Alice and Nick's anniversary","Alice and Nick Longworth mark 12 years of marriage while Roosevelt recuperates in the hospital.",["alice-roosevelt-longworth","nicholas-longworth"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-18","Hospital callers and 1920 rumors","Lemuel Quigg, Henry P. Fletcher, William Willcox and George Cortelyou visit. Roosevelt writes George W. Perkins about the talk of a 1920 run, and tells Kermit about the operation and his efforts to get Kermit transferred to the French front.",["lemuel-e-quigg","henry-p-fletcher","william-r-willcox","george-cortelyou","george-perkins","kermit-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-19","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-20","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-21","Better not to go to England","From his hospital bed, Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about his surgery and the progress of the war, and concludes it is wiser not to travel to England.",["arthur-lee"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-22","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-23","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-24","More friends at the bedside","Joseph Bucklin Bishop, nephew T. D. Robinson and a Major General Allen come to see Roosevelt.",["joseph-bucklin-bishop","theodore-douglas-robinson","major-general-allen"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-25","Archie's letters stay private","Roosevelt praises Archie, but tells him that a planned article drawn from his letters home is off: they are too political and too critical of the War Department.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-26","Conferring with Will Hays","Roosevelt meets with Republican chairman Will Hays, and visitors include Bishop, Cortelyou and diplomat Edwin V. Morgan.",["will-h-hays","joseph-bucklin-bishop","george-cortelyou","edwin-v-morgan"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-27","Recovering at Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York; nothing else is noted.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-02-28","Archie badly wounded in France","Word comes that Archie has been severely wounded, his kneecap shattered and his left arm broken with the main nerve severed; he receives the Croix de Guerre. From the hospital Roosevelt writes Grace, Quentin, Martin Hutchens and James Walsh, and The Metropolitan carries his \"Service and Self Respect.\"",["archibald-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","martin-hutchens","james-walsh","charles-e-van-loan","crittenden-marriott"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-03-01","Still in Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York. No other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-03-02","Still in Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains a patient at Roosevelt Hospital in New York. No other activity is recorded for the day.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-03-03","Russia signs a separate peace with Germany","Roosevelt is still in Roosevelt Hospital as Germany and Russia conclude the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, closing the war in the east.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-03-04","Discharged from the hospital","Roosevelt checks out of Roosevelt Hospital and moves into the Hotel Langdon on Fifth Avenue. He writes Will Hays about the Wisconsin Senate seat, asks William Howard Taft for advice on his upcoming Portland speech, and writes Archie about the new baby.",["will-h-hays","william-howard-taft","archibald-roosevelt","irvine-lenroot"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-03-05","Russell Coles calls at the Langdon","Roosevelt is staying at the Hotel Langdon, where his visitors include Russell Coles.",["russell-j-coles"],"Hotel Langdon"],["1918-03-06","Resting at the Hotel Langdon","Roosevelt stays on at the Hotel Langdon in New York. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Hotel Langdon"],["1918-03-07","Home to Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt leaves New York and goes back to Sagamore Hill. In France, Quentin is learning aerial gunnery at Cazaux, and General Leonard Wood is there too.",["quentin-roosevelt","leonard-wood"],"New York City"],["1918-03-08","A letter about Archie's son and twisted words","Roosevelt writes Archie about the grandson he has not yet laid eyes on, and about remarks of his that were bent to suggest Ted and Archie called the army a \"den of iniquity.\"",["archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-b-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-09","Death of George von Lengerke Meyer","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on the day George von Lengerke Meyer, who served in his Cabinet, dies.",["george-von-lengerke-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-10","Condolences to Alice Meyer","Roosevelt sends his regrets to Alice Meyer, widow of George von Lengerke Meyer.",["alice-meyer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-11","Writing Kermit about Russia","Roosevelt tells Kermit he believes the Bolsheviks have wrecked Russia. Edmund Heller had come to see him while he was in the hospital.",["kermit-roosevelt","edmund-heller"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-12","Thank-you notes from a mending patient","Roosevelt catches up on mail as he heals. He tells H. Rider Haggard and Henry Stimson he is getting better, hopes to see Henry Clay Frick's new art purchases, and thanks King George V for cabling him in the hospital.",["h-rider-haggard","henry-l-stimson","henry-clay-frick","george-v"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-13","Archie wins the Croix de Guerre","The United Press telephones Sagamore Hill with word that Archie has received the Croix de Guerre. Roosevelt, Edith, Ethel and a friend toast him with Madeira and smash the glasses, and Roosevelt writes Archie with his love.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-14","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-15","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-16","Polishing the Portland speech","Roosevelt writes William Howard Taft about Taft's ideas for his March 28 speech. Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge have also weighed in.",["william-howard-taft","elihu-root","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-17","Worrying over Archie's wounds","Roosevelt writes Quentin about Archie and about marrying Flora. To Archie's wife Grace he passes on news of Archie's injuries, hoping they are serious enough to bring him home.",["quentin-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-18","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-19","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-20","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-21","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-22","Complaining to Clemenceau about Hearst","Roosevelt writes French premier Georges Clemenceau with harsh words for publisher William Randolph Hearst.",["georges-clemenceau","william-randolph-hearst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-23","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-25","Shared views with Arthur Lee","Roosevelt writes his English friend Arthur Lee that the two of them see the war and humanity's future much alike. Both grieve the death of Cecil Spring-Rice.",["arthur-lee","cecil-spring-rice"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-26","Party politics with Will Hays","Roosevelt writes Republican chairman Will Hays about the party, the role of women in it, and William Randolph Hearst.",["will-h-hays","william-randolph-hearst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-27","Henry Adams dies; off to Boston","Word comes that Henry Adams has died of a stroke. Roosevelt and Edith travel through New York City to Boston, where they stay with William Sturgis Bigelow.",["henry-adams","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-sturgis-bigelow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-28","New Nationalism revisited in Portland","Speaking to the Maine Republican State Convention in Portland, Roosevelt lays out an updated version of his New Nationalism program. Edith stays behind in Boston.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Portland"],["1918-03-29","Meeting baby Archie in Boston","In Boston, Roosevelt and Edith see Archie's wife Grace and the infant Archibald Jr., again staying with William Sturgis Bigelow. In France, Quentin is back at Issoudun after wrecking his plane; his crew decorates the new one in red, white and blue.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","archibald-b-roosevelt-jr","william-sturgis-bigelow","quentin-roosevelt"],"Boston"],["1918-03-30","Back at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is home again at Sagamore Hill. No other activity is recorded.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-03-31","Writing Archie about his son","Roosevelt writes Archie about meeting the baby. The Metropolitan carries his article about a trip to Manhattan's East Side.",["archibald-roosevelt","archibald-b-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-01","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-02","Liberty Loan talk from the piazza","Roosevelt speaks on behalf of the Liberty Loan from the piazza at Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-03","Filmed walking at Sagamore Hill","Motion-picture film shows Roosevelt out walking near Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-04","Sane, constructive radicalism","On Ethel's fifth wedding anniversary, Roosevelt writes William Allen White that his Portland speech points the way the country should now go, and that he wants the Republicans to be a party of reform as in Lincoln's day.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","richard-derby","william-allen-white"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-05","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-06","Backing more men for the 27th Division","Roosevelt gives his support to raising 3,700 additional volunteers for New York's 27th Division.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-07","A wedding in France?","Edith has proposed that Quentin bring Flora to France and marry her there, and Quentin thinks it a fine plan.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-08","On expelling La Follette","Roosevelt writes Senator John Sharp Williams that he agrees with the effort to throw Robert La Follette out of the Senate, and adds a word on wartime breads made without wheat.",["john-sharp-williams","robert-m-la-follette"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-09","Archie turns 24 in a French hospital","Archie marks his 24th birthday while recovering from his wounds in France. Roosevelt writes George Otto Trevelyan about Archie's injuries and his four sons at war.",["archibald-roosevelt","george-otto-trevelyan"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-10","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-11","Price-fixing in wartime","Roosevelt writes Charles Van Hise about government price controls during the war.",["charles-r-van-hise"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-12","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-13","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-14","Trying to get Kermit into the U.S. Army","Roosevelt tells Ted he has asked Chief of Staff Peyton March whether Kermit, who has served well with the British in Mesopotamia, can move to the American army in France.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","peyton-c-march","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-15","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-16","Wood's reports from the front","Roosevelt writes General Leonard Wood about what Wood saw while touring the lines in France and the shortages Wood found there.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-17","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-18","Liberty Loan appeal to the Women's Civic League","Roosevelt speaks to the Women's Civic League in support of the Liberty Loan.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-19","Defending his words on Thomas Paine","Roosevelt replies to a query from W. M. Van der Weyde concerning the line in his Gouverneur Morris biography calling Thomas Paine a \"filthy little Atheist,\" and shares his views on the war with Alfred Holman.",["w-m-van-der-weyde","alfred-holman","thomas-paine"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-20","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-21","Dizzy spells and spring news","Roosevelt tells Kermit's wife Belle that turning his head quickly leaves him dizzy, and writes about Kermit heading to France. To Quentin he sends news of spring and his own doings.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-22","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-23","Too fiery for some publishers","Roosevelt writes Edwin Van Valkenburg about politics and why some publishers shy away from his sharply worded articles.",["edwin-a-van-valkenburg"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-25","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-26","Speech at Fort Totten","Roosevelt gives a speech at Fort Totten, New York, and writes Royal Cortissoz that Woodrow Wilson has degraded both the nation and morality.",["royal-cortissoz","woodrow-wilson"],"Fort Totten"],["1918-04-27","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-28","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-29","Corinne's wedding anniversary","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his sister Corinne's 36th wedding anniversary.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","douglas-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-04-30","Two articles and a visit from Masefield","Roosevelt's The American Museum Journal publishes his \"My Life as a Naturalist,\" and \"Lincoln and Free Speech\" in The Metropolitan. English poet John Masefield visits Sagamore Hill. Kermit moves from a British armored battery to an American artillery regiment while Quentin keeps training pilots at Issoudun.",["john-masefield","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-01","Back on the road: Blue Devils and Springfield","Roosevelt picks up his full pace again. At the Harvard Club in New York he greets the Blue Devils, the French Alpine chasseurs, then speaks in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the Hampden County Improvement League.",[],"Harvard Club"],["1918-05-02","Liberty Loan speech at the Naval Service Club","In Boston Roosevelt rallies support for war bonds at the Naval Service Club. He writes James Bryce about the war and William Allen White about where the Republicans go next.",["james-bryce","william-allen-white"],"Naval Service Club"],["1918-05-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-04","Quentin walks away from a crash","News arrives that Quentin has cracked up his plane, steering clear of people on the field and going into some trees. He writes of the funerals of the aces Guynemer and Richthofen.",["quentin-roosevelt","georges-guynemer","manfred-von-richthofen"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-05","Planning a trip to Farmington","Roosevelt writes his sister Bamie to arrange a visit to Farmington, and tells Belle that Grace and the baby are staying with them and that Kermit is being moved to France.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","belle-willard-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt","archibald-b-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-06","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-07","Lusitania memorial and a free-press essay","In New York Roosevelt addresses a win-the-war rally and a memorial meeting for the Lusitania. The Kansas City Star prints his editorial on sedition, press freedom and one-man rule.",[],"New York City"],["1918-05-08","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-10","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-11","Calling for war on Turkey","Roosevelt writes Cleveland Dodge that the United States ought to declare war on the Ottoman Empire.",["cleveland-h-dodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-12","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-13","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-14","Opening the Nassau County Red Cross drive","Roosevelt goes to Garden City to speak at the launch of the Nassau County Red Cross campaign.",[],"Garden City"],["1918-05-15","Remembering Sara Greenway","Roosevelt writes Sara Greenway a note of remembrance and writes Will Hays about the Progressive Party.",["sara-greenway","will-h-hays"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-16","Borglum's aircraft inquiry","Roosevelt writes Henry Price about sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his probe into the aircraft industry.",["henry-price","gutzon-borglum"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-17","A branch of the Needlework Guild","Roosevelt speaks at a meeting called to form a local chapter of the Needlework Guild of America.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-18","Red Cross parade and a Coney Island club","In New York Roosevelt reviews a parade launching a Red Cross drive and speaks as a new service club opens its doors at Coney Island. He writes G. W. Aldridge about politics.",["george-w-aldridge"],"Coney Island"],["1918-05-19","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-20","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-21","Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall","Roosevelt speaks at Carnegie Hall during a concert held for charity.",[],"Carnegie Hall"],["1918-05-22","Answering Burleson on censorship","Writing to Senator Miles Poindexter, Roosevelt rebuts Postmaster General Albert Burleson, who had disputed his May 7 Kansas City Star charge that the administration was trying to muzzle him. He also lashes out again at Hearst. The letter is published May 27.",["miles-poindexter","albert-s-burleson","william-randolph-hearst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-23","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-05-25","Speech at Wittenberg College","Roosevelt speaks at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.",[],"Springfield"],["1918-05-26","A chance dinner with Taft","In Chicago Roosevelt runs into William Howard Taft at a restaurant. The old friends dine together and talk at length, finding common ground on policy and a shared distaste for Wilson.",["william-howard-taft","woodrow-wilson"],"Blackstone Hotel"],["1918-05-27","Three speeches in Des Moines","Roosevelt gives three talks in Des Moines for the National Security League. He writes Elon Hooker about a governor's primary and sends Henry Bordeaux two letters about Archie's wounds. Quentin is back at Issoudun and Archie is improving.",["elon-h-hooker","henry-bordeaux","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Des Moines"],["1918-05-28","Madison speech, Chicago stop","Roosevelt speaks in Madison, Wisconsin, and passes through Chicago.",[],"Madison"],["1918-05-29","Two talks in Milwaukee","Roosevelt makes two speeches in Milwaukee for the National Security League.",[],"Milwaukee"],["1918-05-30","Memorial Day in Detroit","Roosevelt delivers a Memorial Day address in Detroit.",[],"Detroit"],["1918-05-31","Home again; Algonquin still going","Roosevelt gets back to Sagamore Hill. The Metropolitan prints his \"Parlor Bolshevism.\" The old pony Algonquin is still alive, and Gracie has been riding him.",["grace-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-01","Kermit decorated by the British","Roosevelt writes Ted that Kermit has won the British Military Cross for gallantry.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-02","Ted, gassed at Cantigny, meets Eleanor in Paris","Ted and his wife Eleanor reunite in Paris; he looks badly worn after being gassed at Cantigny. Quentin turns up too. Ted reads aloud, and after dinner the three go to see Archie in the hospital.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-04","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-05","A dinner for Will Hays, then west","Roosevelt says a few words at a Republican dinner in New York honoring Will Hays, then sets out with Edith on a National Security League speaking tour in the West. He writes Taft about Wilson and Russia and Henry Stimson about the war.",["will-h-hays","edith-kermit-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","henry-l-stimson","woodrow-wilson"],"New York City"],["1918-06-06","Speaking across three states","Roosevelt takes his message to audiences in Illinois, Missouri and Indiana.",[],"Indiana"],["1918-06-07","Riding the rails west","Roosevelt is traveling west by train. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Indiana"],["1918-06-08","Speech in Omaha","Roosevelt speaks in Omaha. Quentin receives orders to Orly.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Omaha"],["1918-06-09","Bound for Missouri","Roosevelt is on the road toward Missouri.",[],"Missouri"],["1918-06-10","Speech in St. Louis","Roosevelt speaks in St. Louis.",[],"St. Louis"],["1918-06-11","Speech in Indianapolis","Roosevelt speaks in Indianapolis on Kermit and Belle's fourth wedding anniversary.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt"],"Indianapolis"],["1918-06-12","Indiana University address","From Indianapolis Roosevelt goes to Bloomington and speaks at Indiana University.",[],"Bloomington"],["1918-06-13","Home with fever and erysipelas","Roosevelt gets back to Sagamore Hill running a high fever, with erysipelas in his left foot.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-14","Wiring Hiram Johnson about Wood","On grandson Theodore III's fourth birthday, Roosevelt telegraphs Senator Hiram Johnson to cheer his Senate speech asking why Leonard Wood has been denied a command in France.",["theodore-roosevelt-iii","hiram-johnson","leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-15","To Farmington to see Bamie","Roosevelt goes to Farmington, Connecticut, to visit his sister Bamie, staying two more days.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles"],"Farmington"],["1918-06-16","A Sunday sermon at Trinity College","Since it is Sunday, Roosevelt's address at Trinity College in Hartford takes the form of a sermon on a text from First Kings. Quentin is moved to active duty in the Air Service. Edith writes Kermit.",["quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Trinity College"],["1918-06-17","Honorary degree from Trinity","Trinity College gives Roosevelt an honorary Doctor of Science, alongside George Wharton Pepper and J. P. Morgan. He returns to New York for dinner with Russell Coles at the Hotel Langdon, then goes home. Granddaughter Edith Derby turns one.",["george-wharton-pepper","j-pierpont-morgan","russell-j-coles","edith-roosevelt-derby"],"Trinity College"],["1918-06-18","Quentin reaches the front","Quentin gets to the front and joins the 95th Aero Squadron.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-19","Tales of a badly run war","Roosevelt writes Arthur Page about stories of mismanagement in the war effort.",["arthur-w-page"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-20","News for Kermit","On Ted and Eleanor's eighth anniversary, Roosevelt writes Kermit about his new degree, Russia, and Quentin heading into combat.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-21","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-22","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-23","Edith names a horse Oriole","Edith writes Kermit about her father, Charles Carow, and explains that her new horse is called Oriole, a name borrowed from a horse Charles once kept.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","charles-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-25","Quentin glad to be at the front","Word reaches home that Quentin is pleased to be serving at the front.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-26","Pressing Menken to step down","Roosevelt writes S. Stanwood Menken that he and Elihu Root agree Menken must resign as head of the National Security League after praising Hearst.",["s-stanwood-menken","elihu-root","william-randolph-hearst"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-27","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-28","A hundred Dutch Reformed visitors","Sagamore Hill hosts some hundred Dutch Reformed clergymen and deacons.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-29","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-06-30","Asked to run for governor","Horace Wilkinson arrives as an emissary of the Republican Party to urge Roosevelt to seek the New York governorship. He writes James Bryce and Taft, and The Metropolitan prints \"Don't Spread Patriotism Too Thin.\" In France, Archie's arm undergoes a second operation.",["horace-s-wilkinson","james-bryce","william-howard-taft","edward-grey","quentin-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-01","Ethel heads for Islesboro","Roosevelt writes his son-in-law Richard Derby that Ethel and the children are leaving Sagamore Hill for Islesboro that day.",["richard-derby","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-02","Redirecting the Nobel Peace Prize money","Roosevelt asks Congressman James Gallivan to have the unspent $40,000 of his Nobel Peace Prize money, meant for an industrial peace foundation that never took shape, returned so he can give it to war causes. He also writes George Pepper about a Bastille Day speech and Elihu Root about Menken and the Saratoga convention.",["james-a-gallivan","george-wharton-pepper","elihu-root","s-stanwood-menken","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-04","Fourth of July in Passaic","Roosevelt travels to Passaic, New Jersey, to give an Independence Day speech.",[],"Passaic"],["1918-07-05","Quentin's first dogfight","Quentin has his first air fight, but his gun jams and the German plane gets away.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-06","No wartime wedding for Quentin and Flora","John Purroy Mitchel, former mayor of New York, is killed. Roosevelt tells Bamie the government will not let Flora travel to Europe to marry Quentin, and gives news of his other sons' wounds.",["john-purroy-mitchel","anna-roosevelt-cowles","flora-payne-whitney","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-07","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-08","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-10","Quentin's first kill","Quentin downs his first German aircraft after taking on three enemy fighters at once. At home Roosevelt writes Leonard Wood about poor appointments and Paul Shimpion about the suffering of the Armenians.",["quentin-roosevelt","leonard-wood","paul-shimpion"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-11","Honorary pallbearer in New York","Roosevelt goes to New York to serve as an honorary pallbearer and writes Lioubomir Michailovitch about Serbia. Quentin is quartered in a small French village.",["lioubomir-michailovitch","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-12","A ride with Edith; Quentin in Paris","Roosevelt writes Ethel about Quentin's victory over a German plane, rides out with Edith, and admits he misses the grandchildren. In Paris Quentin visits Ted's wife Eleanor; they eat at Ciro's and take in the Grand Guignol.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-13","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-14","Quentin killed over France","Quentin Roosevelt dies in aerial combat, hit twice in the head; his aircraft falls behind German lines near Cambrai. At home, unaware, Roosevelt writes Archie's wife Grace with news.",["quentin-roosevelt","grace-lockwood-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-15","Praising Taft's Saratoga speech","Roosevelt congratulates William Howard Taft on his Saratoga speech and tells Loren Palmer what livestock and crops he raises at Sagamore Hill.",["william-howard-taft","loren-palmer"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-16","An ominous half-message","As Roosevelt dictates to his secretary Josephine Stricker, AP reporter Phil Thompson carries out a fragment of a cable telling reporters to watch Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt begins to fear that one of his sons has been hurt. In Russia, the Bolsheviks kill Nicholas II and his family.",["josephine-stricker","phil-thompson","nicholas-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-17","Word that Quentin is down","Phil Thompson returns with an unofficial dispatch: Quentin has been shot down. Roosevelt goes inside to talk with Edith, and together they release a statement to the press. Then he goes back to his desk and dictates until his work is done.",["phil-thompson","quentin-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-18","Stirring the Saratoga convention","Two days after the news, Roosevelt and Edith travel by way of New York to the unofficial Republican State Convention at Saratoga, where Corinne joins them. His speech rouses the crowd. He meets with Will Hays, Nicholas Murray Butler, Sheffield Cowles and Cocks; Taft, Root and many others urge him to run for governor. He also writes Albert Beveridge about his John Marshall biography.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","will-h-hays","nicholas-murray-butler","william-sheffield-cowles-jr","william-m-cocks","william-howard-taft","elihu-root","albert-beveridge","john-purroy-mitchel"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-19","Ted wounded again","Roosevelt passes through New York on his way home. In France, Ted reappears in Paris with a bad machine-gun wound in the leg; Dick Derby happens along and persuades him to get to a hospital for surgery.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-20","Quentin's death confirmed","Roosevelt addresses a delegation from the Japanese Red Cross. A telegram arrives confirming that Quentin is dead.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-21","Rowing and swimming with Edith","Roosevelt writes Kermit that Edith has been steadfast, and the two of them go out rowing and swimming together. To Ted he writes that Flora is young and will heal, wishing she had married Quentin. He also writes Archie about his brother.",["kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-22","Thanking the King","Roosevelt thanks King George V for his telegram of sympathy on Quentin's death.",["george-v"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-23","Declining to run for governor","The New York Times publishes Roosevelt's statement, framed as a letter to Morgan Lewis, ruling out a candidacy for governor.",["morgan-lewis"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-24","Counsel for Leonard Wood","Roosevelt urges General Leonard Wood to stay calm in the face of the wrongs done him.",["leonard-wood"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-25","Leaving a house full of memories","Finding Sagamore Hill too full of painful reminders, Roosevelt and Edith decide to join Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. He writes Georges Clemenceau about Quentin and tells Taft he will not run for governor.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","georges-clemenceau","william-howard-taft"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-07-26","Letters from Dark Harbor","At Dark Harbor, Roosevelt writes Mary Brown about Quentin and James Ashton about the Pacific islands.",["mary-brown","james-ashton"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-07-27","With Ethel at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith are staying with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-07-28","With Ethel at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith are staying with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-07-29","With Ethel at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith are staying with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-07-30","With Ethel at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith are staying with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-07-31","Brothers reunited in Paris","Roosevelt is at Dark Harbor. In Paris, Kermit and Belle arrive and find Eleanor, Ted and Archie waiting.",["kermit-roosevelt","belle-willard-roosevelt","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","archibald-roosevelt"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-01","Quiet days at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith remain with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-02","Quiet days at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith remain with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-03","Little Richard eases Edith's grief","Roosevelt tells Corinne that Quentin's letters will stay private, that he is enjoying his stay with Ethel, and that grandson Richard has helped soften Edith's ache.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","richard-derby-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-04","Talking with the townspeople","Roosevelt gives a talk to the people of Dark Harbor.",[],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-05","Richard loved his Uncle Quentin","On a rainy day Roosevelt writes Richard Derby that little Richard was devoted to his Uncle Quentin.",["richard-derby","richard-derby-jr","quentin-roosevelt"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-06","Flora joins the family","Edith turns 57, and Quentin's fiancée, Flora Payne Whitney, comes to Dark Harbor to be with the family.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-07","Writing Bryce about his sons","Roosevelt writes James Bryce about Quentin and the other boys and about subject peoples.",["james-bryce"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-08","Edith keeps away from the water","Edith writes Corinne that she avoids the water and spends time watching little Richard play with his toy trucks.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","richard-derby-jr"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-09","Quiet days at Dark Harbor","Roosevelt and Edith remain with Ethel at Dark Harbor, Maine. Nothing else is recorded.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-10","Home, with Alice waiting","Back home at Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt and Edith find Alice there to greet them. He writes Kermit that Edith will carry this wound for the rest of her life.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","kermit-roosevelt"],"Dark Harbor"],["1918-08-11","Two letters to Belle","Roosevelt sends Belle two letters about Kermit, Quentin's death and Flora, and Ted's and Archie's recovery, tucking in a photograph of himself she had asked for.",["belle-willard-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","flora-payne-whitney"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-12","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-13","Ethel's birthday; praise for Arthur Train","On Ethel's 27th birthday, Roosevelt compliments Arthur Train on his article about Americanism.",["ethel-roosevelt-derby","arthur-train"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-14","Grateful for Alice","Edith writes Corinne how much it meant to have Alice with them.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","alice-roosevelt-longworth"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-15","Too painful to write about Quentin","Roosevelt sends news to Ted and Eleanor, writes Taft about universal military training and Will Hays about Republican politics, and tells Edith Wharton a long account of Quentin would be more than he could manage.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","william-howard-taft","will-h-hays","edith-wharton"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-16","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-17","The Alsops to lunch","Granddaughter Grace turns seven. Joseph and Corinne Alsop come to Sagamore Hill for lunch.",["grace-roosevelt","joseph-w-alsop","corinne-robinson-alsop"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-18","A poem from Corinne","Roosevelt thanks Corinne for the poem she sent and reports that General Charles Summerall has commended Ted.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","charles-p-summerall","theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-19","No monument for Quentin","Colgate Hoyt proposes an Oyster Bay memorial to Quentin, and Roosevelt gently declines. He thanks General John J. Pershing for his note about Quentin.",["colgate-hoyt","john-j-pershing","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-20","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-21","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-22","Giving away the Nobel Prize money","Roosevelt tells Congressman James Gallivan how he will divide his Nobel Prize fund into 28 gifts of varying size. The Red Cross gets the largest share, $6,900. Ted's wife Eleanor channels $5,000 to the YMCA, the Jewish Welfare Board gets $4,000, Emily Carow passes $1,000 to the Italian Red Cross, and many soldiers' families receive $500 apiece.",["james-a-gallivan","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","emily-carow"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-23","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-25","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-26","Illinois turns 100","In Springfield, Illinois, Roosevelt speaks at the centennial of Illinois statehood; film catches him speaking and stepping out of a car. He writes Taft about universal military training.",["william-howard-taft"],"Springfield"],["1918-08-27","Train back east","Roosevelt is traveling back toward New York City.",[],"Springfield"],["1918-08-28","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-29","Shipyard workers call","Visitors to Sagamore Hill include Desmond and a group of workers from the Newburgh shipyard.",["desmond"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-30","Capper for the Senate","Roosevelt writes George W. Perkins about Arthur Capper's campaign for the Senate.",["george-perkins","arthur-capper"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-08-31","Stimson and soldiers from Camp Mills","Henry L. Stimson calls at Sagamore Hill, as do twenty soldiers from Mineola's Camp Mills.",["henry-l-stimson","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-01","Ted restless in Paris","Roosevelt is at home. Across the Atlantic, a recuperating Ted is itching to return to the fighting.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-02","Launching the U.S.S. Newburgh","Roosevelt goes up the Hudson to Newburgh to speak as the U.S.S. Newburgh slides down the ways. Ted, meanwhile, earns a promotion to lieutenant colonel.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Newburgh"],["1918-09-03","Stimson home from Europe","Roosevelt writes General Leonard Wood about Henry L. Stimson, just back in the United States from Europe.",["leonard-wood","henry-l-stimson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-04","Archie comes home","Archie, discharged because of his wounds, lands in New York. His parents greet him at the Hotel Langdon, where Archie lays eyes on his baby son, now five months old, for the first time. Archie cannot yet move his left arm, and his leg faces more surgery. Roosevelt writes Lodge, now Republican leader in the Senate, about politics and the draft.",["archibald-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt","archibald-b-roosevelt-jr","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-05","Proud of Sheffield","George W. Perkins calls. Roosevelt tells Bamie how proud he is of her son Sheffield.",["george-perkins","anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-06","A League of Nations as supplement, not substitute","At Lafayette Day and Marine Day observances in New York, Roosevelt argues that any League of Nations should add to American strength, never replace it. Film shows him waving from the City Hall steps. He writes Gifford Pinchot about Perkins's push for a progressive stand and tells John T. King he could never be named a peace commissioner.",["gifford-pinchot","john-t-king","george-perkins"],"New York City Hall"],["1918-09-07","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-08","Writing Arthur Lee","Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee about Quentin's death, his other sons' wounds, and Lee's decision to quit the British food agency.",["arthur-lee"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-09","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-10","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-11","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-12","Douglas Robinson dies","Corinne's husband, Douglas Robinson, dies without warning, and Roosevelt and Edith hurry to Henderson House, her place in the Mohawk Valley. He writes Richard Derby about Archie, wires Raymond Benjamin about California Republicans coming back together, and writes Robert Montgomery about poor aircraft materials.",["douglas-robinson","edith-kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson","richard-derby","raymond-benjamin","robert-montgomery"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-13","Ted's birthday at Henderson House","Still at Henderson House, Roosevelt marks Ted's 31st birthday by congratulating him and Eleanor on Ted's fine service. He also backs Truman Newberry over Henry Ford for the Senate from Michigan.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","truman-h-newberry","henry-ford"],"Mohawk"],["1918-09-14","With Corinne in Mohawk","Roosevelt stays on in Mohawk, New York, after Douglas Robinson's death. Nothing else is recorded.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Mohawk"],["1918-09-15","With Corinne in Mohawk","Roosevelt stays on in Mohawk, New York, after Douglas Robinson's death. Nothing else is recorded.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Mohawk"],["1918-09-16","A Jewish homeland and fair draft rules","Back home, Roosevelt writes Julian Miller that it would be right to establish a Zionist state around Jerusalem, and tells James Bates that draftees will get no special favors.",["julian-miller","james-bates"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-17","The Great Adventure","Newspapers carry \"The Great Adventure,\" Roosevelt's tribute to Quentin, with its lines on living fully and facing death without fear.",["quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-18","Rallying women's war service","In New York, Roosevelt helps launch a campaign by New York's National League for Women's Service, a wartime women's group.",[],"New York City"],["1918-09-19","Archie's grave wounds","Roosevelt writes Corinne about Archie's serious injuries and Elmer Peterson about Wilson's government and the farmers' Non-Partisan League.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","elmer-peterson","archibald-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-20","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-21","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-22","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-23","Get well, Franklin","Roosevelt writes Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is down with pneumonia, wishing him a quick recovery.",["franklin-d-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-24","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-25","France honors Quentin","Roosevelt tells Bamie that President Raymond Poincaré has sent a French government certificate honoring Quentin.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","raymond-poincare","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-26","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-27","Women for the War Labor Board","On Corinne's 57th birthday, Roosevelt urges Taft to see women named to the National War Labor Board, and thanks General Pershing for his condolence letter and enclosures.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","william-howard-taft","john-j-pershing"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-09-28","Fourth Liberty Loan opens in Baltimore","At Oriole Park in Baltimore, Roosevelt speaks to launch the Fourth Liberty Loan and greets Cardinal James Gibbons.",["james-gibbons"],"Oriole Park"],["1918-09-29","On the way to Ohio","Roosevelt is traveling to Ohio.",[],"Baltimore"],["1918-09-30","Liberty Loan in Columbus","Roosevelt speaks in Columbus for the Liberty Loan. The Metropolitan carries an article of his arguing against birth control. He and Edith are enjoying the fall and often go rowing.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Columbus"],["1918-10-01","Senate rejects woman suffrage","Roosevelt is traveling toward Missouri as the Senate votes down the woman suffrage amendment.",[],"Columbus"],["1918-10-02","Still bound for Missouri","Roosevelt continues his trip to Missouri.",[],"Missouri"],["1918-10-03","Seeing Wood in Kansas City","In Kansas City, Roosevelt sees General Leonard Wood.",["leonard-wood"],"Kansas City"],["1918-10-04","Speech in Alliance, Nebraska","Roosevelt gives a speech in Alliance, Nebraska.",[],"Alliance"],["1918-10-05","Liberty Loan in Billings","Roosevelt speaks in Billings, Montana, on behalf of the Liberty Loan.",[],"Billings"],["1918-10-06","Heading home; Edith's picnic","Roosevelt starts back east. Edith writes Kermit about picnicking at Eel Beach under a beautiful sky and seeing an osprey.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt"],"Billings"],["1918-10-07","Rolling east by train","Roosevelt is on the train back to New York City.",[],"Billings"],["1918-10-08","Rolling east by train","Roosevelt is on the train back to New York City.",[],"Billings"],["1918-10-09","Back to Oyster Bay","Roosevelt arrives in New York City and goes on to Sagamore Hill.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-10","No talks with Germany until victory","On Kermit's 29th birthday, Roosevelt issues a statement that Wilson ought not to negotiate with Germany before the war is won.",["kermit-roosevelt","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-11","Niece Eleanor's birthday","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on his niece Eleanor Roosevelt's 34th birthday.",["eleanor-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-12","Another Liberty Loan speech","Roosevelt makes a speech for the Liberty Loan.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-13","Worried about Bamie","Roosevelt writes Corinne that he is pleased with her son Monroe Robinson, anxious about Bamie's illness, and against Wilson opening preliminary talks with Germany.",["corinne-roosevelt-robinson","monroe-douglas-robinson","anna-roosevelt-cowles","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-14","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-15","Speaking to the Council of Jewish Women","With Archie at his side, Roosevelt speaks for the Liberty Loan at Liederkranz Hall, addressing the Council of Jewish Women's New York section. He thanks Louise Imogen Guiney in England for her sympathy and endorses Selden Spencer for the Senate.",["archibald-roosevelt","louise-imogen-guiney","selden-p-spencer"],"Liederkranz Hall"],["1918-10-16","Republican line on peace talks","In New York, Roosevelt writes Will Hays about where Republicans should stand on negotiating peace with Germany.",["will-h-hays"],"New York City"],["1918-10-17","Rhode Island rallies; a nod to Coolidge","Roosevelt speaks for the Liberty Loan in Providence and Newport, and writes the Massachusetts Republican committee backing Calvin Coolidge for governor.",["calvin-coolidge"],"Newport"],["1918-10-18","Sheffield turns 20","On nephew Sheffield Cowles's 20th birthday, Roosevelt writes John Bartlett in support of New Hampshire's Republican candidates.",["william-sheffield-cowles-jr","john-h-bartlett"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-19","Against the Non-Partisan League","Roosevelt explains to Gifford Pinchot why he opposes the Non-Partisan League.",["gifford-pinchot"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-20","A funny story about Mrs. Vanderbilt","Roosevelt sends Ted and Eleanor an amusing account of Grace Vanderbilt at Newport.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","grace-vanderbilt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-21","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-22","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-23","Grandson Cornelius turns three","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill on grandson Cornelius's third birthday.",["cornelius-van-schaack-roosevelt-iii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-24","Demand unconditional surrender","Roosevelt wires Lodge that the Allies must insist on Germany's unconditional surrender.",["henry-cabot-lodge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-25","Leave Quentin where he fell","Owen Wister and Alice visit. Roosevelt tells Lodge peace must come by force of arms, asks Peyton March that Quentin's body stay in France, and writes Winthrop Chanler about Quentin.",["owen-wister","alice-roosevelt-longworth","henry-cabot-lodge","peyton-c-march","winthrop-chanler","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-26","Wilson asks for a Democratic Congress","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill as President Wilson openly appeals to voters to return a Democratic Congress.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-27","Turning sixty","Roosevelt marks his 60th birthday with letters to Kermit and Corinne, joking that he is now officially as old as he feels and calling himself Methuselah's understudy.",["kermit-roosevelt","corinne-roosevelt-robinson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-28","Two hours against Wilson","At Carnegie Hall Roosevelt speaks for two hours, sharply attacking Wilson.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Carnegie Hall"],["1918-10-29","Kermit joins the 1st Division artillery","After training at Saumur, Kermit joins the 1st Division as an artillery officer. Roosevelt wires Senator Albert Fall his support for reelection. Edith tells Kermit his father thinks of Quentin constantly.",["kermit-roosevelt","albert-b-fall","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-30","Taking on the Fourteen Points","The Kansas City Star runs Roosevelt's \"What Are the Fourteen Points?\", another broadside at Wilson. He wires Albert Fall again and sends Medill McCormick good wishes for the election.",["woodrow-wilson","albert-b-fall","medill-mccormick"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-10-31","Nationalism before internationalism","Roosevelt writes Albert Beveridge that nationalism must come ahead of internationalism. Scribner's brings out his new book, The Great Adventure, a collection of essays on American nationalism.",["albert-beveridge"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-01","Taft and Roosevelt call for a Republican Congress","Roosevelt and William Howard Taft jointly appeal for a Republican mandate and Germany's unconditional surrender. With Archie, he speaks at a Boys' Victory Mobilization rally in New York, and wires Stitzel Way his backing for North Dakota's Republican ticket, with words on the I.W.W.",["william-howard-taft","archibald-roosevelt","stitzel-way"],"New York City"],["1918-11-02","Carnegie Hall for Negro War Relief","Roosevelt speaks at Carnegie Hall to benefit Negro War Relief. He wires Henry Timken his support for Ohio Republicans, writes Charles Bird about John Weeks's Senate race, and tells Julian Street about the Republicans and his dealings with King.",["henry-timken","charles-sumner-bird","julian-street","john-w-weeks"],"New York"],["1918-11-03","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-04","A history textbook","Roosevelt writes William Potter about a history text titled Medieval and Modern Times.",["william-potter"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-05","Out of a sickbed to vote","On Election Day Roosevelt is in bed with swollen joints and a fever of 102, but gets up to cast his ballot in Oyster Bay. Voters turn against Wilson and elect Republicans. Ted is back in battle with the 1st Division.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-06","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-07","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-08","The Badlands made him President","Roosevelt tells A. T. Volwiler that he owes the presidency to his years in the Badlands.",["a-t-volwiler"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-09","The Kaiser abdicates","Kaiser Wilhelm II gives up his throne and flees to Holland.",["kaiser-wilhelm-ii"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-10","Flat on his back with gout","Roosevelt sends Ted family news; Edith adds a note that he is laid up in bed with gout.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-11","Armistice Day, back in the hospital","The war ends with the Armistice. Roosevelt, his left foot too swollen for a shoe, is taken back to Roosevelt Hospital with inflammatory rheumatism. Edith will sleep in a nearby corner room for 44 nights, seeing friends, going to plays, and reading him Shakespeare at night. Ted and Eleanor meet at the front, and General Francis Marshall writes TR praising Ted as a soldier.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","francis-c-marshall"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-11-12","No Non-Partisan League pamphlets, thanks","From his hospital bed Roosevelt tells Robert Pope he has no intention of reading the Non-Partisan League's pamphlets.",["robert-pope"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-13","Ted and Eleanor in Paris","Roosevelt is in the hospital. In Paris, Ted and Eleanor have some time together.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-14","Letters on peace and Bolshevism","Ted heads back to the front, not to see Eleanor for four months. From the hospital Roosevelt writes William Allen White about the peace commission and Lodge about the West's stand against Bolshevism and Weeks's loss, and wires William Davies agreeing with Australia's prime minister in opposing the Fourteen Points.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","william-allen-white","henry-cabot-lodge","william-w-davies","john-w-weeks","william-m-hughes"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-15","Nine months of service for every young man","Roosevelt writes Charles Van Hise about universal service and George Haven Putnam about closer ties with Britain, and sketches for Elmer Peterson a plan of nine months' military training for every man between 19 and 23.",["charles-r-van-hise","george-haven-putnam","elmer-peterson"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-16","Against Wilson's League","Roosevelt writes Senator Miles Poindexter that he opposes Wilson's League of Nations.",["miles-poindexter","woodrow-wilson"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-17","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-18","Hailing the Republican win","In the Kansas City Star, Roosevelt celebrates the Republican election victory.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-19","Taking stock of the war","Roosevelt writes Arthur Lee a summing-up of the war's tragedy. To James Bryce he writes about the war's causes, his view that America should have fought Turkey, the black republics, Russia, and his three surviving sons.",["arthur-lee","james-bryce"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-20","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-21","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-22","On freedom of the seas","The Kansas City Star publishes Roosevelt's article on freedom of the seas. He tells William Allen White the government should regulate, not own, the merchant marine, and writes Lodge about the Bulgarians.",["william-allen-white","henry-cabot-lodge"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-23","Writing Kipling about Quentin's chapter","Roosevelt tells Rudyard Kipling that the first chapter of The Great Adventure is about Quentin, and writes of his other sons, Wilson and the peace talks, Americanism and pacifism.",["rudyard-kipling","quentin-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-24","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-25","Bamie's anniversary","Roosevelt is still in the hospital on his sister Bamie's 23rd wedding anniversary.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","william-sheffield-cowles"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-26","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-27","One Republican at the peace table","Roosevelt writes Lodge about battle casualties and observes that Henry White is the lone Republican on Wilson's delegation to Versailles.",["henry-cabot-lodge","henry-white"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-28","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-29","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-11-30","Kipling and Anglo-American friendship","Roosevelt writes Kipling again about The Great Adventure, his opposition to the Fourteen Points, the old rivalry and newer friendship between Britain and America, the Alaska boundary, the Royal Navy, and Wilson. He is also writing a steady run of pieces for the Kansas City Star.",["rudyard-kipling","woodrow-wilson"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-01","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-02","Thirty-two years married","Roosevelt and Edith mark their 32nd wedding anniversary while he is in the hospital.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-03","A small stone for Quentin","Roosevelt writes Ted how proud he is of his war record. Quentin will be left buried in France, and he and Edith hope to visit the grave and set a small stone there.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","edith-kermit-roosevelt","quentin-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-04","Wilson sails for the peace conference","President Wilson sets sail on the transport George Washington, bound for the peace conference in France, while Roosevelt is still hospitalized.",["woodrow-wilson"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-05","Arbitration with Britain","Roosevelt tells George Haven Putnam that America and Britain should draw up a universal arbitration treaty, and writes about the navy.",["george-haven-putnam"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-06","No apology to Colombia","Roosevelt writes Lodge, who is to eulogize Senator Ben Tillman, about the revenue bill. He praises Philander Knox's resolution to keep the League of Nations apart from the German peace and opposes any treaty apologizing to Colombia over Panama. He tells H. Rider Haggard he doubts he will return to public life.",["henry-cabot-lodge","philander-knox","h-rider-haggard","benjamin-r-tillman"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-07","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-08","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-09","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-10","Introducing Wickersham to the Allies","Roosevelt writes Arthur Balfour to introduce George Wickersham and to set out Republican aims and how they differ from Wilson's. Clemenceau and Lloyd George receive much the same letter.",["arthur-j-balfour","david-lloyd-george","georges-clemenceau","george-w-wickersham"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-11","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-12","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-13","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-14","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-15","Macbeth at the bedside","Edith writes Kermit that she has just finished reading Macbeth aloud to Roosevelt. Rheumatism has spread to his left arm, and his wrist is bandaged and splinted. He writes John M. Clark about Wilson using a naval buildup to push Britain toward arms limits.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","kermit-roosevelt","john-m-clark"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-16","Eleanor home from France","Roosevelt tells Ted that Eleanor is home and came to the hospital first thing to see him, that Archie will stand in for him at the Cove School Christmas party, and writes about the Mexican oil business.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr","eleanor-butler-roosevelt","archibald-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-17","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-18","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-19","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-20","Archie plays Santa's stand-in","Archie goes to the Cove School Christmas celebration in his father's place while Roosevelt remains in the hospital.",["archibald-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-21","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-22","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-23","No future for the Progressive Party","Roosevelt writes D. H. Clark that trying to keep the Progressive Party going would be foolish.",["d-h-clark"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-24","In Roosevelt Hospital","Roosevelt remains in Roosevelt Hospital in New York, laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. Nothing else is recorded.",[],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-25","Christmas at home","Dizzy from his inflamed ear, Roosevelt still refuses the doctor's help as he walks out of the hospital. At Sagamore Hill he has Christmas dinner with Edith, Archie, Alice, Gracie and Ethel, enjoys watching little Edie Derby dash about the drawing room, and is tired enough by afternoon to be put to bed.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","alice-roosevelt-longworth","ethel-roosevelt-derby","archibald-roosevelt","grace-roosevelt","edith-roosevelt-derby","eleanor-butler-roosevelt"],"Roosevelt Hospital"],["1918-12-26","A sickroom routine","Roosevelt eats breakfast in bed, joins the family downstairs at midday, and dictates while lying on the library sofa, the pattern of his next several days.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-12-27","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-12-28","Rheumatism and the League","Roosevelt writes Bamie, on paper from his Madison Avenue office, about his rheumatism and sciatica and why he is against the League of Nations. He also writes Henry West about Wilson and the League and Henry J. Haskell about Wilson.",["anna-roosevelt-cowles","henry-west","henry-j-haskell","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-12-29","Hoping the family is home soon","Roosevelt writes Ted that he wants them all back home as soon as they can manage.",["theodore-roosevelt-jr"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-12-30","An hour's drive with Edith","Edith takes Roosevelt out for a drive of an hour. He writes Madison Grant about where soldiers came from and Richard Derby about Ethel, Ted and Kermit.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","madison-grant","richard-derby"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1918-12-31","Another drive to end the year","Edith again takes Roosevelt out for an hour-long drive.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-01","Upstairs in the old nursery","On a rainy New Year's Day, Roosevelt's leg and hand hurt badly, and he now passes most of each day upstairs, resting on a sofa in what was once the nursery. He writes Russell Coles hoping for another devilfish hunt, consoles Alice Page on her husband's death, and objects to Ogden Reid about calling Wilson an idealist.",["russell-j-coles","alice-page","ogden-m-reid","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-02","At home at Sagamore Hill","Roosevelt is at Sagamore Hill. Nothing else is recorded for the day.",[],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-03","Dictating on the League of Nations","Roosevelt dictates an article on the League of Nations for the Kansas City Star, to run January 13. He writes Richard Hurd about Americanism and sends an Iowa man, Carroll E. Armstrong, a sharp critique of Wilson.",["richard-hurd","carroll-e-armstrong","woodrow-wilson"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-04","Recovery, but slowly","Edith tells Ethel that Dr. Hartwell expects Roosevelt to get well, though not quickly.",["edith-kermit-roosevelt","ethel-roosevelt-derby","john-a-hartwell"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-05","Last words: put out the light","On a sunny day Flora Whitney visits. Roosevelt writes Kermit and jots a memo to Will Hays, his last written words. At 11 p.m. he sets down corrected proofs of a Kansas City Star editorial and asks his valet James Amos to turn out the light.",["flora-payne-whitney","kermit-roosevelt","will-h-hays","james-amos"],"Sagamore Hill"],["1919-01-06","Roosevelt dies at Sagamore Hill","Around a quarter past four in the morning, Theodore Roosevelt dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill of a coronary embolism. Archie wires his brothers Ted and Kermit in Europe that the old lion is dead. About a hundred dignitaries and Oyster Bay schoolchildren attend a plain funeral, with no music, and he is buried in Youngs Cemetery.",["archibald-roosevelt","theodore-roosevelt-jr","kermit-roosevelt","edith-kermit-roosevelt"],"Sagamore Hill"]]