William A. Carr diary, Volume 8, 1909

Highlights include:

Various items on E.H. Harriman, Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Henry Phipps, and aviator Louis Bleriot; deaths of William G. McCandless, Sarah J. Mellon, and William Frick; bribery case of Councilmen Klein, Brand, and Wasson; inauguration of President Taft; Willie Whitla kidnapping; “Hump” removal; Metropolitan Grand Opera performances; rumored purchase of Holbein’s Christina, Duchess of Milan; new skyscraper on South Highland Avenue; marriage of Virginia Frew; Frick Park; Forbes Field; Hudson-Fulton exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; “The Unassuming Personality of Henry Clay Frick;” purchase of land for Iron Rail; plans for William Penn Hotel.