Neville reads the newspaper account of Blair House's purchase

He recounts a newspaper story he read that morning about how Blair House came to be bought: Churchill, staying at the White House, kept Roosevelt up until 3:30 a.m. and then appeared at 7:30 in his nightgown with a cigar and a tumbler of cognac heading for the President's bedroom, so Mrs. Roosevelt insisted a separate guest house be bought.
Date (happened)
c. 1971
unresolved
  1. c. 1971 estimated · possible
    Why M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 046)
    Reasoning Passage 556232: 'the morning I read the story' -- a same-day event reported in the c.1971 (possible) lecture node 3958.
Place
the White House possible
Told / reported
  1. c. 1971 estimated · possible
    Source I Am The True Vinedelivery claim on lecture nid 3958 'I Am The True Vine' (estimated/circa/possible, from a cluster of early-1970s topical references, explicitly flagged 'weak' state)
    Reasoning Passage 556232 is Neville recounting on the platform the newspaper story he read that morning about Blair House's purchase; the lecture carrying this telling (nid 3958) is dated circa 1971 by its sole, weak delivery claim, so the telling inherits that same circa/possible date rather than being stated with any more confidence than the source supports.
Sources

Source

  • I Am The True Vine ¶19 (Like, yes, the morning I read the story told of Blair House in Washington, how we came to buy it and make it a guest house for the guests of our presidents.)