(1) On February 14, 1884, a double tragedy devastated a young New York State legislator, Theodore Roosevelt. He was summoned home to find that his mother had died of typhoid fever.
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(2) Later in that same house, on that same day, his wife passed away from Bright’s Disease (a kidney ailment), only 2 days after giving birth to their daughter.
This was the notation in Theodore’s diary (with my apologies to those who cannot read cursive):
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This was the notation in Theodore’s diary (with my apologies to those who cannot read cursive):