Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.053.11 |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Diary, 1893 - 1894 |
Date |
1893 - 1894 |
Object Name |
Diary |
Scope & Content |
Red leather notebook. Silver circle logo on center of cover marked "Memorandum / Standard." Inside cover lists three addresses for Robert B. Suckley: 15 Cortlandt St.; 41 East 80th St.; Rhinecliff, N.Y. Record of expenses, including wages paid, and of some activities. Among the entries: 1893 July 4: Fireworks in evening July 10: Took catamaran apart in afternoon with Wright Aug. 14: Downing Vaux work at Wilderstein Oct. 21: Henry E. Montgomery and Grace S. Hunt married today at "Homestead" Nov 1: Robert and Bessie dined with Mr. & Mrs. John Jacob Astor Nov. 21: Vaux putting out shrubs Dec. 12: Payment to Lord & Burnham Co. 1894 Jan 17: Signed contract with W. U. Co. [Western Union] for poles connections to Rhinecliff Feb. 8: Dined with Henry Olin and others including Mark Twain who told story of man getting from California to Heaven |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Astor, John Jacob Hunt, Grace Sands (1869-1921) Montgomery, Henry "Harry" Eglinton (1866-1939) Suckley, Elizabeth "Bessie" Philips Montgomery (1864-1953) Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) Vaux, Downing (1856-1926) |
Subjects |
Accounting Boats and boating Employees Landscape architects |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |