Cary T. Grayson Diary
Title
Cary T. Grayson Diary
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP17028
Date
1919 January 7
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
TUESDAY.
We arrived at Paris at ten o’clock in the morning. During the afternoon the President conferred with American members of the Peace Conference. In the evening the President read an article by AG Gardiner from the London News dealing with the peace precedents, also from Gardiner’s book on the King of Italy, Theodore Roosevelt and Lord Reading. The State Department sent him a draft of a proclamation to be issued on the death of Colonel Roosevelt but the President rewrote it, in order to include mention of Colonel Roosevelt’s Spanish war record. In his revision, the President credited Mr. Roosevelt with leadership in the awakening of the demand for public justice in America and paid tribute to his great work in the defense of the people’s rights against large interests. This proclamation also declared a public holiday in the United States on the day of the funeral.
DIARY ENTRY: Arrived in Paris at 10 o’clock. Direct to Palace Murat, Two letters from A.
G.
G.President had 1½ hours conference with American members of Peace Commis. at Crillon Hotel.
Dinner—W.
W.EBW.M.
W. WilsonMiss BenhamCTG. After dinner W.
W. read article “Peace President” by A.
G. Gardner. Also read chapters in book Lord Reading—T. Roosevelt.W.
W threatend cold—tired—Rx rest.
We arrived at Paris at ten o’clock in the morning. During the afternoon the President conferred with American members of the Peace Conference. In the evening the President read an article by AG Gardiner from the London News dealing with the peace precedents, also from Gardiner’s book on the King of Italy, Theodore Roosevelt and Lord Reading. The State Department sent him a draft of a proclamation to be issued on the death of Colonel Roosevelt but the President rewrote it, in order to include mention of Colonel Roosevelt’s Spanish war record. In his revision, the President credited Mr. Roosevelt with leadership in the awakening of the demand for public justice in America and paid tribute to his great work in the defense of the people’s rights against large interests. This proclamation also declared a public holiday in the United States on the day of the funeral.
DIARY ENTRY: Arrived in Paris at 10 o’clock. Direct to Palace Murat, Two letters from A.
G.
G.President had 1½ hours conference with American members of Peace Commis. at Crillon Hotel.
Dinner—W.
W.EBW.M.
W. WilsonMiss BenhamCTG. After dinner W.
W. read article “Peace President” by A.
G. Gardner. Also read chapters in book Lord Reading—T. Roosevelt.W.
W threatend cold—tired—Rx rest.
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Diary
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Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson Diary,” 1919 January 7, WWP17028, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.