43. Put.105. Put.105.

44. Children of the widow of Mittie's half-brother Stuart Elliott (Put.102 fn.) Children of the widow of Mittie's half-brother Stuart Elliott (Put.102 fn.) 45. One anonymous item in this book is worth quoting: One anonymous item in this book is worth quoting: There was an old fellow named Teedie,/Whose clothes at the best looked so seedy/ That his friends in dismay/ Called out "Oh! I say"/ At this dirty old fellow named Teedie There was an old fellow named Teedie,/Whose clothes at the best looked so seedy/ That his friends in dismay/ Called out "Oh! I say"/ At this dirty old fellow named Teedie. (Orig. in TRC).

46. Qu. Put.107. Qu. Put.107.

47. Qu. Put.108. Qu. Put.108.

48. Mor.10-11. Mor.10-11.

49. Put.108. Put.108.

50. Vierick, Louise, Vierick, Louise, Success Magazine Success Magazine, October 1905.

51. Rob.88. Rob.88.

52. TR Sr. to Mittie, July 11, 1873 (TRC). Cutler was a brilliant young Harvard graduate who had left the wool business in order to prepare the children of wealthy families for college. Other Cutler pupils included J. P. Morgan, Harry Payne Whitney, and John D. Rockefeller (Igl.5960). TR Sr. to Mittie, July 11, 1873 (TRC). Cutler was a brilliant young Harvard graduate who had left the wool business in order to prepare the children of wealthy families for college. Other Cutler pupils included J. P. Morgan, Harry Payne Whitney, and John D. Rockefeller (Igl.5960).

53. TR Sr. to Mittie, Oct. 5, 1873. Cornelius van Schaak Roosevelt, who died in 1871, left his four sons, including TR Sr., $10 million in equal shares. (Las. 4.) TR Sr.'s glass business continued to prosper until he sold it in January 1876 (PRI. n.). See Rob.5 for TR Sr.'s founding of the Orthopaedic Hospital. TR Sr. to Mittie, Oct. 5, 1873. Cornelius van Schaak Roosevelt, who died in 1871, left his four sons, including TR Sr., $10 million in equal shares. (Las. 4.) TR Sr.'s glass business continued to prosper until he sold it in January 1876 (PRI. n.). See Rob.5 for TR Sr.'s founding of the Orthopaedic Hospital.

54. COW; photographs in TRB; fragmentary letter from TR Sr. to Mittie, c. August 1873; another dated Sep. 21. COW; photographs in TRB; fragmentary letter from TR Sr. to Mittie, c. August 1873; another dated Sep. 21.

55. COW; memorandum by Arthur H. Cutler in TRC. COW; memorandum by Arthur H. Cutler in TRC.

56. TR. Sr. to MBR, Oct. 2, 1874 (TRC). TR. Sr. to MBR, Oct. 2, 1874 (TRC).

57. Put.117; Rob.89. Put.117; Rob.89. Harper's Weekly Harper's Weekly, Sep. 1907, describes Tranquillity as "a fine old house under great trees close to the village." Now demolished.

58. COW; Par. COW; Par. passim; passim; Put.119; Rob.95. Put.119; Rob.95.

59. Qu. Las.3. For TR's bookishness, see Fanny Smith to C, July 1876: "If I were writing to Theodore I would have to say something of this kind, 'I have enjoyed Plutarch's last essay on the philosophy of Diogenes excessively.'" (qu.Rob.96.) Fanny's Qu. Las.3. For TR's bookishness, see Fanny Smith to C, July 1876: "If I were writing to Theodore I would have to say something of this kind, 'I have enjoyed Plutarch's last essay on the philosophy of Diogenes excessively.'" (qu.Rob.96.) Fanny's Perchance Some Day Perchance Some Day (see Par. in Bibl.) is the most charming and the least cloying of Roosevelt family memoirs. Copy in TRC. (see Par. in Bibl.) is the most charming and the least cloying of Roosevelt family memoirs. Copy in TRC.

60. Par. 31 ff. Par. 31 ff.

61. Cutler memorandum. Walt McDougall, in Cutler memorandum. Walt McDougall, in This Is the Life This Is the Life (Knopf, 1926, 12930), remembers TR as the village boys saw him, "undersized, nervous, studious...and somewhat supercilious besides." Inevitably known as "Four Eyes," he was game to fight but was forbidden to, on account of his spectacles. (Knopf, 1926, 12930), remembers TR as the village boys saw him, "undersized, nervous, studious...and somewhat supercilious besides." Inevitably known as "Four Eyes," he was game to fight but was forbidden to, on account of his spectacles.

62. Mor.13; Cutler memo. Mor.13; Cutler memo.

63. TR to M, Aug. 6, 1896, TRC. TR to M, Aug. 6, 1896, TRC.

64. TR.DBY.356. TR.DBY.356.

65. Donald Wilhelm, qu. Put. 125. Donald Wilhelm, qu. Put. 125.

66. Par.28, 140, 29. Par.28, 140, 29.

67. Ibid. Ibid.

68. TR to B, Sep. 20, 1886; Cutler memo. TR passed his second round of Harvard entrance exams in the spring of 1876. TR to B, Sep. 20, 1886; Cutler memo. TR passed his second round of Harvard entrance exams in the spring of 1876.

69. Rob.90. Rob.90.

70. The phrase is Putnam's, reflecting a conversation he had with Mrs. Joseph Alsop Sr. (Put.170 fn.) The phrase is Putnam's, reflecting a conversation he had with Mrs. Joseph Alsop Sr. (Put.170 fn.) 3: THE M MAN WITH THE M MORNING IN H HIS F FACE.

Important sources not in Bibliography: 1. Wilhelm, Donald, 1. Wilhelm, Donald, TR as an Undergraduate TR as an Undergraduate (Boston, 1910). Copy in New York Public Library has the added value of irascible marginalia by another classmate, Richard W. Welling. (Boston, 1910). Copy in New York Public Library has the added value of irascible marginalia by another classmate, Richard W. Welling.

1. Boston Daily Advertiser Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 27, 1876; Pri.31.

2. Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Undergraduate Undergraduate, 19. Hag. Boy.512 confirms this anecdote. See also Woo.12.

3. Hag.Boy.15; Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, TR's classmate, at final Harvard History Lecture (un. clip, 1926, TRB). Hag.Boy.15; Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, TR's classmate, at final Harvard History Lecture (un. clip, 1926, TRB).

4. King, Moses, King, Moses, Harvard and its Surroundings Harvard and its Surroundings (Cambridge, 1880) (Cambridge, 1880) passim; passim; Put. 129. Put. 129.

5. Put. 131; Grant, Robert, "Harvard College in the Seventies," Put. 131; Grant, Robert, "Harvard College in the Seventies," Scribner's Scribner's May 1897; Thayer, William Roscoe, May 1897; Thayer, William Roscoe, TR: An Intimate Biography TR: An Intimate Biography (Houghton Mifflin, 1919) 16; Wis.19; Put.130. The majority of the students were Republicans (note in TRB). (Houghton Mifflin, 1919) 16; Wis.19; Put.130. The majority of the students were Republicans (note in TRB).

6. Qu. Pri.32. Qu. Pri.32.

7. Pri.334. Put.1356. Pri.334. Put.1356.

8. Put.136. Put.136.

9. Mor.42; TR to B, Oct. 15, 1876. Mor.42; TR to B, Oct. 15, 1876.

10. Pri.32; qu. Put.131. Pri.32; qu. Put.131.

11. Wis.12: "he stood out." Montage from Wilhelm, Wis.12: "he stood out." Montage from Wilhelm, Undergraduate Undergraduate, 31, 35, 41, 54, 63; Pri.33; Welling, Richard, "My Classmate TR," American Legion Monthly American Legion Monthly, Jan. 1929; Richard Saltonstall, qu. Put.138; Gilman, Bradley, Roosevelt the Happy Warrior Roosevelt the Happy Warrior (Little, Brown, 1921) 12. (Little, Brown, 1921) 12.

12. Welling, "Classmate," 9. Welling, "Classmate," 9.

13. Anonymous reminiscence of TR Sr. in Philadelphia Anonymous reminiscence of TR Sr. in Philadelphia Press Press, April 7, 1903. The conversation took place at Moon's Lake, N.Y., in Sept. 1876.

14. Reminiscences of classmates William Hooper and Henry Jackson in HKB. Reminiscences of classmates William Hooper and Henry Jackson in HKB.

15. Thomas Perry, qu. Put.140; Hag.Boy.54; Rii.27; Tha.21; PRI.n. Thomas Perry, qu. Put.140; Hag.Boy.54; Rii.27; Tha.21; PRI.n.

16. Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Undergraduate Undergraduate, 9.

17. Mor. 16; Laughlin, J. Laurence, "Roosevelt at Harvard," Mor. 16; Laughlin, J. Laurence, "Roosevelt at Harvard," Review of Reviews Review of Reviews, LXX (1924) 393 illus.; diagram by TR in letter to B, Oct. 6, 1876; TR to B, Sep. 30.

18. TR to MBR, Oct. 29, 1876. TR to MBR, Oct. 29, 1876.

19. Mor.234. Mor.234.

20. Cut.10; Hag.Boy.54. Cut.10; Hag.Boy.54.

21. Mor.26; ib., 23. TR also caused another disturbance this winter, according to Richard Welling: "Part of his initiation into a Harvard secret society was to sit in the gallery of a Boston theatre and applaud loudly during all the quiet moments throughout a performance of Mor.26; ib., 23. TR also caused another disturbance this winter, according to Richard Welling: "Part of his initiation into a Harvard secret society was to sit in the gallery of a Boston theatre and applaud loudly during all the quiet moments throughout a performance of Medea Medea, a task which he performed with such characteristic zeal that he was speedily invited to decamp." Memo in PRI.n. See also Gilman, Warrior Warrior, 74.

22. Not to mention a certain Annie Murray. See TR to B, Jan. 22, 1877. Not to mention a certain Annie Murray. See TR to B, Jan. 22, 1877.

23. Memo by Martha Waldron Cowdin, future wife of Bob Bacon, in TRC. Elsewhere in PRI.n. Mrs. Bacon remembers TR as "a campus freak, with stuffed snakes and lizards in his room, with a peculiar, violent vehemence of speech and manner, and an overwhelming interest in every thing." 24. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 8, 1880; ib., Oct. Memo by Martha Waldron Cowdin, future wife of Bob Bacon, in TRC. Elsewhere in PRI.n. Mrs. Bacon remembers TR as "a campus freak, with stuffed snakes and lizards in his room, with a peculiar, violent vehemence of speech and manner, and an overwhelming interest in every thing." 24. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 8, 1880; ib., Oct.

24. 1878. 1878.

25. See Wag.8688. See Wag.8688.

26. Put.141; TR.Pri.Di. Apr. 18, 1878. Put.141; TR.Pri.Di. Apr. 18, 1878.

27. Mor.39; TR to B, Feb. 5, 1877; TR to MBR, Oct. 6, 1876; TR to B, Nov. 12, 1876. Mor.39; TR to B, Feb. 5, 1877; TR to MBR, Oct. 6, 1876; TR to B, Nov. 12, 1876.

28. Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Undergraduate Undergraduate, 31; Thayer, TR TR, Mor.25.

29. Gov. Curtis Guild Jr., qu. Wilhelm, Gov. Curtis Guild Jr., qu. Wilhelm, Undergraduate Undergraduate, 31; John Woodbury, qu. ib., 41.

30. Mor.27. Mor.27.

31. Laughlin, "Harvard," 3958. Laughlin, "Harvard," 3958.

32. Put.139; Thomas Perry, qu. ib. Put.139; Thomas Perry, qu. ib.

33. German, 92; Physics, 78; Classical Literature, 77; Chemistry, 75; Advanced Mathematics, 75. His other grades were Latin, 73, and Greek, 58 (Mor.25). German, 92; Physics, 78; Classical Literature, 77; Chemistry, 75; Advanced Mathematics, 75. His other grades were Latin, 73, and Greek, 58 (Mor.25).

34. Put.169; Mor.28. Put.169; Mor.28.

35. Ib., 26. Ib., 26.

36. Extract from TR's notebook qu. Cut.16-17 (see also Ch. 2, Note 14); TR.Auto.24. Extract from TR's notebook qu. Cut.16-17 (see also Ch. 2, Note 14); TR.Auto.24.

37. "By far the best of the recent lists," wrote the great biologist C. Hart Merriam in "By far the best of the recent lists," wrote the great biologist C. Hart Merriam in Nuttall Ornithological Society Bulletin Nuttall Ornithological Society Bulletin. "It bears prima facie evidence of...exact and thoroughly reliable information." See Paul Russell Cutright, "Twin Literary Rarities of TR," Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal 12 (1985) 2. 12 (1985) 2.

38. Cut.3, 7, 8 Cut.3, 7, 8 39. TR.Auto.25-6. TR.Auto.25-6.

40. TR.Pri.Di. May 20, 1878; Mor. 256; qu. Put.139. TR.Pri.Di. May 20, 1878; Mor. 256; qu. Put.139.

41. Rob.103. Rob.103.

42. Put.135. Put.135.

43. Mor.29. Mor.29.

44. Arthur was of course the future President of the United States. This account of the Collectorship crisis is based on Put.1467 fn., supplemented by Mor.29, and family letters and diaries in TRC. Arthur was of course the future President of the United States. This account of the Collectorship crisis is based on Put.1467 fn., supplemented by Mor.29, and family letters and diaries in TRC.

45. Mor.31. Mor.31.

46. Anna Bulloch Gracie, Diary 1877, TRC. Anna Bulloch Gracie, Diary 1877, TRC.

47. TR.Pri.Di. Jan. 2, Dec. 11, 1878. TR.Pri.Di. Jan. 2, Dec. 11, 1878.

48. Ib., Jan. 2, 1878; Put.148. Ib., Jan. 2, 1878; Put.148.

49. Telegram of TR to A. S. Roosevelt, Feb. 9, 1878 (TRB); Telegram of TR to A. S. Roosevelt, Feb. 9, 1878 (TRB); N.Y. World N.Y. World, Feb. 11, 1878; C to EKR, qu. Put.148; Elliott Roosevelt memorandum in TRC.

50. Igl.39; Anna Bulloch Gracie, Diary Feb. 9, 1878. For tributes to TR Sr., see Igl.39; Anna Bulloch Gracie, Diary Feb. 9, 1878. For tributes to TR Sr., see N.Y. Telegraph N.Y. Telegraph, Feb. 11; Nation Nation, Feb. 14; Tribune Tribune, Feb. 18; Harper's Weekly Harper's Weekly, Mar. 2, 1878.

51. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 12, 1878; qu. Put.149; TR.Pri.Di. Mar. 6, Apr. 25, Apr. 30, May 1. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 12, 1878; qu. Put.149; TR.Pri.Di. Mar. 6, Apr. 25, Apr. 30, May 1.

52. Ib., June 9, 1878. Ib., June 9, 1878.

53. Ib., June 19, 1878. Ib., June 19, 1878.

54. Rob.104; TR.Pri.Di. July 11, 14, 1878. Rob.104; TR.Pri.Di. July 11, 14, 1878.

55. Qu. Put.151. Qu. Put.151.

56. Rob.106. Rob.106.

57. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 23, 1878 (No student, according to Grant, "Seventies," spent more than $2,000 a year in the 70s; most got by on $1,000 or $1,300); TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 28, May 15, 1878; TR to MBR, Mar. 24. TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 23, 1878 (No student, according to Grant, "Seventies," spent more than $2,000 a year in the 70s; most got by on $1,000 or $1,300); TR.Pri.Di. Feb. 28, May 15, 1878; TR to MBR, Mar. 24.

58. TR.Pri.Di. May 23, June 17, 1878. TR.Pri.Di. May 23, June 17, 1878.

59. Rob.106. Rob.106.

60. Qu. Put.145; TR.Pri.Di. June 28, 1878. Qu. Put.145; TR.Pri.Di. June 28, 1878.

61. Rob.102; TR.Pri.Di. Aug. 10, 1878. Rob.102; TR.Pri.Di. Aug. 10, 1878.

62. Ib., Aug. 9, 22, 1878. Ib., Aug. 9, 22, 1878.

63. Ib., Aug. 24, 1878. TR justified his cruelty, not very convincingly, by saying that the dog's owner had been warned. Ib., Aug. 24, 1878. TR justified his cruelty, not very convincingly, by saying that the dog's owner had been warned.

64. Ib., Aug. 26, 1878. Ib., Aug. 26, 1878.

65. Ib., Sep. 1, 1878. Ib., Sep. 1, 1878.

66. Hag.Boy.59; "Bill Sewall Remembers TR" (interview with Alfred Gordon Munro, TRB-un. clip, c. 1901). Sewall told this story rather more confusingly in Sew.23 (1919). Putnam accepts the later version, while admitting it to be inconsistent. The earlier tallies with all available supporting evidence, and may be accepted as more reliable. Hag.Boy.59; "Bill Sewall Remembers TR" (interview with Alfred Gordon Munro, TRB-un. clip, c. 1901). Sewall told this story rather more confusingly in Sew.23 (1919). Putnam accepts the later version, while admitting it to be inconsistent. The earlier tallies with all available supporting evidence, and may be accepted as more reliable.

67. Sew.63. Sew.63.

68. Hag.Boy.60. Hag.Boy.60.

69. Qu. Hag.Boy.62. Qu. Hag.Boy.62.

70. See Morr.140. See Morr.140.

71. Put.155; TR.Pri.Di. Sep. 27, June 17, 18, 1878. Put.155; TR.Pri.Di. Sep. 27, June 17, 18, 1878.

72. Mor.25; Put.1756 fn. Mor.25; Put.1756 fn.

73. Put.175; TR.Pri.Di. Oct. 4, 1878; Mor.25. Put.175; TR.Pri.Di. Oct. 4, 1878; Mor.25.