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Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.054.26 |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Daily Diary, July 1910 |
Date |
1910 |
Object Name |
Diary |
Scope & Content |
Small light gray notebook with "July, 1910" printed on cover provides two lined pages for each day of the month. July 1: Mary Powell at 2 p.m. W. 42nd St. Rhinecliff motor boat across to [Rhinecliff.] $1. Packard waiting to take me home. / Found H.E.M. 2nd at house to stay over 4th. July 2: Picnic at Stoutenburgh Pond. All went except Nettie & I./ In P.M., 2 Astors bringing Willis & Huntington girls (2). Came to tennis here./ I dined at Wildercliff. / Began to smoke again. July 3: Daisy, Arthur & H.E.M. 2nd lunched with Hamersleys at Red Hook. / Cousin Margaret Tillottson buried in cemetery. / Two Wainwright me (nephews) came to lunch with us They returned to town in 3:23. July 4: Girls bathed in Fox Hollow Stream. / Arthur & Henry played tennis at Merritts. / Fireworks at Astors tonight. July 6: Helen Langdon arrived 2:02. / Edith Miller arrived 3:30 for tennis. / Mrs. A. Robers visit / Mrs. Aldrich visit / Miss Aldrich visit. / Telegraphed to Robbie to transfer his account to H.E.M. & Co. July 7: To town with H.E.M. in 5:32. / Gordon Hamersley in p.m. took Helen out in his auto. July 8: Received H.E.M. 4 won bet on Jeffries & Johnson prize fight. / Bought 6 shirts, 12 collars & 6 ties. Total 13.50. / Cards to Dobbs, Reuss, Beauclerk, etc. / H.E.M. & I dined at Racquet & taxied to Coney. July 9: To Rh [Rhinecliff] in 12:40 with the 2 H.E.M.s - uncle & nephew. / Tennis tournament begins at Merritts & Astors. July 15: New laundress arrived. July 18: Dinner. [Sketch of table with seating plan] 1. RBS / 2. Mrs. Dows / 3. Vincent Astor / 4. Daisy / 5. Miss Merritt / 6. Col. Astor / 7. Mrs. S / 8. Col. Olin / 9. Miss Crosby / 10. Arthur / 11. H.E.M. / 12. Mrs. Olin. July 20: Arthur started for Lake Placid, Adirondacks in 9:36 from Pok. [Poughkeepsie.] July 21: Daisy lunched at Olin's. Drove herself in T Ford. / Gout in left foot. July 25: Executed & mailed to Secretary of State at Albany 5 applications for license of autos, with certified RB check for 17.50 fees to Jan 31 '11. July 27: Grace my cousin has been seriously ill this afternoon. Dr. Goodell has been there hours. July 28: Daisy took me to Wager's for notorail services. Executed application to Am. Surety Co. for bond $26,000. to enable me to get some $14,000 out of Jersey Chancery which amount was my award for the seizing of some land on the heights by Jersey City (or W. Hoboken.) July 29: Newman & Wright* are to be examined today for chauffeurs' licenses at Poughkeepsie./ *Wright did not get notice and so did not go to Pok. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Astor, John Jacob Astor, Vincent Dows, Alice Townsend Olin (1881-1963) Hamersley, Louis Gordon Huntington, Helen Langdon, Helen Montgomery (1891-1946) Montgomery, Grace Sands Hunt (1869-1921) Montgomery, Henry "Harry" Eglinton (1866-1939) Montgomery, Henry E. (1878- ) Suckley, Arthur Rutsen (1890-1975) Suckley, Margaret "Daisy" Lynch (1891-1991) Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) |
Subjects |
Friendship Licenses Tennis |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |