“The Day of the Month reminds me of my Birth day, which will be on the 30th. I was born Octr. 19. 1735. Thirty Seven Years, more than half the Life of Man, are run out.—What an Atom, an Animalcule I am!” Diary, October 19, 1772 Birthdays were not celebrated the way we currently do. […]
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October 23: The End of the PA Coal Strike of 1902 ” My Dear Mr. Dunne: I have not had the heart to write to you until this coal strike was out of the way. Now I feel like throwing up my hands and going to the circus; but as that is not possible I […]
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October 16: Mr. Washington comes to dinner October 16: Mr. Washington comes to Dinner ” When I asked Booker T. Washington to dinner I did not devote very much thought to the matter one way or the other.TR, letter to Albion W. Tourgee, November 8, 1901.Theodore Roosevelt had been President of the United States for barely […]
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October 9: TR Takes On Football October 9 ” And so I have called you all down here to see whether you won’t all agree to abide by both the letter and the spirit of the rules, for that will help.TR, according to William Reid, October 9, 1905.The year 1905 was a tough year for football. […]
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October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) “Without the character of Samuel Adams the true history of the American Revolution can never be written;” to William Tudor, Sr., June 17, 1817John and Samuel Adams were nearly thirteen years apart, and second […]
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