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Ridgley Manor: The great summer (Aug-Nov 1899)
Ridgley Manor: The great summer (Aug-Nov 1899)
Total Records Found: 71
Aug 1899
Poem
TO MY OWN SOUL - Composed at Ridgley Manor, New York (CW SV 8.170)
28 Aug 1899
CE
Swamiji arrived at New York with Swami Turiyananda (Hari Mj.) After a little stay at Legget's at NY, he was immediately escorted to Ridgley manor by Mr. and Mrs. Leggett. Miss McLeod was also there ( ND 5.108 LSV 2.482)
Aug 1899
CE
Miss Stumm wrote letter of Swamiji's arrival and travel to Ridgely Manor. ( ND 5.109 LSV 2.482)
Aug 1899
CE
This was not Swamiji’s first visit to Ridgely Manor. ( ND 5.111)
Aug 1899
CE
Swamiji and Swami Turiananda were given the "Little Cottage". ( ND 5.111)
Aug 1899
CE
The "Big Cottage" was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leggett, Miss MacLeod and many other guests. ( ND 5.112 LSV 2.483)
31 Aug 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MCKINDLEY ISABELLE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.119 ND 5.114)
31 Aug 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod sent off an invitation to the two girls on the same day. Her letter, interesting, I believe, for its directions and time tables, read: (ND 5.115)
Aug 1899
CE
He was indeed. "I am dying to see Isabel and Harriet," he wrote to Mary Hale. But for one reason or another, the two girls were long in coming. (ND 5.115 LSV 2.484)
Aug 1899
CE
Swami Abhedananda arrived at Swamiji’s call two weeks before them. (ND 5.115)
1899
Poem
ONE CIRCLE MORE : a fragmentary poem composed at Ridgley Manor (CW SV 9.302)
Sep 1899
S
Dr. Helmer’s diagnosis of Swamiji’s illness, it should be noted here, was later to be rejected by Miss MacLeod’s next miracle worker, of whom more in a later chapter. But whatever the cause and nature of his poor health, the cheerful, well-regulated, but informal life at Ridgely was a balm to him from the start. (ND 5.120)
2 Sep 1899
S
As early as September 2 Betty Leggett had written to the absent Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.120)
2 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Sister Christine From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 5.150 ND 5.120 LSV 2.484)
Sep 1899
Notes
When Nivedita’s letter with its enclosures reached Ridgely Manor, Swamiji had already arrived. (ND 5.082)
Sep 1899
Notes
Swamiji’s hosts and fellow guests at Ridgely well understood his need for rest, for privacy, and for freedom, as well as for congenial, lighthearted company, and they gave him whatever his mood called for. (ND 5.121)
3 Sep 1899
Letter
Miss MacLeod wrote to Mrs. Bull on September 3, (ND 5.122)
Sep 1899
Letter
"New York Letter" dated September, 1899, to the Brahmavadin. (ND 5.122)
Sep 1899
Letter
But the full development and pronouncement of Swamiji’s new message had to wait its season. (ND 5.123)
Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's daily life at Ridgely. (ND 5.123)
Sep 1899
Letter
Of those evening talks (held on chilly nights around a fire) Miss MacLeod wrote in her memoirs: (ND 5.125)
Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji’s occupations at Ridgely Manor. (ND 5.125)
4 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 6.418)
4 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to BULL MRS.OLE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.470 ND 5.083)
4 Sep 1899
Notes
It was ten days before Swamiji felt inclined to write to Sturdy. Some parts of his letter of September 14 have appeared in the Complete Works. (ND 5.083)
8 Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji stayed there for ten weeks, The great summer at Ridgley. In the intimate and relaxing company of friends and admirers Swamiji recovered rapidly. He often soared into the higher realm of consciousness and an atmosphere of bliss pervaded the whole Manor. (ND 5.114 LSV 2.483)
8 Sep 1899
S
Swami Abhedananda (Kali Mj.), who was lecturing at Greenacres, came to meet him and stayed for seven days (LSV 2.483)
Sep 1899
S
By mid Sept Swamiji's health was noticeably improving (LSV 2.484)
14 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.470 LSV 2.416)
14 Sep 1899
Letter
The unpublished portions (together with a published passage or two) of Swamiji’s first letter to Sturdy from America (written from Ridgely Manor and dated September I4, 1899) read as follows: (ND 5.083)
17 Sep 1899
CE
Swami Abhedananda stayed at Ridgely for about ten days, leaving on September 17 or 18 for New York, met sister Nivedita on September 19. (ND 5.116)
17 Sep 1899
CE
Josephine MacLeod went down to New York on September 17 to meet Nivedita’s ship--so one learns, among other things, from the following letter written by Betty Leggett to Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.116)
Sep 1899
Poem
PEACE (CW SV 4.395)
19 Sep 1899
CE
Swamiji had written one of his most beautiful poems, entitled "Peace," and had dedicated it to Mrs. Bull "with eternal love. (ND 5.116)
20 Sep 1899
S
Nivedita reaches Ridgley Manor. It was not until the following day, Wednesday, September 20, that Joe and Nivedita arrived from New York. The day after that they wrote jointly to Mrs. Bull, whose ill luck at being detained for so many weeks is, one cannot help but note, our good luck, for we learn considerably more about events and people through the letters written to her from Ridgely Manor than we would otherwise have known. (CB SV ND 5.117)
20 Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 9.120)
1899
Letter
That same week the McKindley sisters at last arrived, much to Swamiji’s joy. Of this event, as well as of the arrival and verdict of Dr. Helmer, Miss MacLeod wrote to Mrs. Bull: (ND 5.119)
Sep 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.472)
1 Oct 1899
Letter
Emboldened, Sturdy replied to Swamiji on October I. His letter (the curious punctuation of which is not necessarily his own, for I quote from a typed copy) read in full: (ND 5.086)
3 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.475)
5 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 9.121 ND 5.135)
7 Oct 1899
CE
October brought changes to the household. Mrs. Bull finally arrived on Saturday, October 7, followed several days later by Olea. But as things turned out, Miss MacLeod’s plans again miscarried. (ND 5.127)
9 Oct 1899
CE
Miss MacLeod and her sister received a letter saying that their elder brother, Taylor MacLeod, lay seriously ill, perhaps dying, in her home in Los Angeles, where she was nursing him. (ND 5.127)
9 Oct 1899
CE
October was a relatively quiet month at Ridgely. Yet it was not a dull one. (ND 5.128)
Oct 1899
S
Swamiji's days at Ridgely Manor were in different moods. (ND 5.130)
1899
0
Swamiji told Hari mj that he is going to SF as he is low on money and Hari mj should look after himself now. Hari mj became angry at this desertion but later realized that this was the ploy top make him independent
Oct 1899
S
(Oct end) Hari Mj. Left for Montclair, a town in New Jersey to stay with Mrs. Wheeler. Here, work opened for him in the form of classes for children in the home of Mrs. Wheeler. He also visited NY once a week to hold another class for children and later participated fully in the NY work of Kali Mj. (LSV 2.485)
18 Oct 1899
S
One day at lunch his friends teased him for his pride in so relatively minor a talent as his poetry or his painting: (ND 5.131)
Oct 1899
S
At other times he could be hilariously funny. (ND 5.132)
Oct 1899
S
The next day Swamiji was "radiant," and that night he slept well. But the following day he spoke so impassionedly of a deeper anguish that Nivedita "fled to her room to cry." (ND 5.132)
20 Nov 1899
0
Miss MacLeod's brother passed away at Los Angeles at the home of Mrs. Blodgett where she was nursing him (ND 5)
23 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.122 ND 5.136)
Oct 1899
I
Incendents of Swamiji's compassion and concern for others while at Ridgely Manor. (ND 5.137)
1899
0
Met Hale family again who have now moved out of their Dearborn Ave. House. Swamiji gave private talks, staying at a studio (ND 5)
25 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.123)
30 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MARY From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.475)
30 Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.123)
Oct 1899
Notes
Swamiji replied softly, obviously wanting to bring to a close this impossible correspondence and bid his disciple Godspeed. His letter bears no date but was written in October from Ridgely Manor. Although it has been published in the Complete Works, I shall give it here in full: (ND 5.090)
Oct 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 8.478 ND 5.090)
Oct 1899
CE
Sturdy would not let the matter rest there. As though com¬pelled by some demonic spirit, he had to answer Swamiji with further insult and abuse. "Oh the terrible results when the sons of God marry the daughters of men!" Sister Nivedita had written earlier to Miss MacLeod and Mrs. Bull in connection with Sturdy’s change of attitude. Indeed the man, one thinks, was mad. (ND 5.091)
1 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER NIVEDITA From RIDGELY MANOR (CW SV 6.419)
3 Nov 1899
Letter
The following letter was written by Sturdy to Swamiji : (ND 5.091)
4 Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to SISTER CHRISTINE From NEW YORK (CW SV 9.124)
Nov 1899
S
Nivedita wrote to Miss MacLeod about tremendous mandate she received from Swamiji. (ND 5.140)
1899
ME
Before leaving Ridgley Manor Swamiji gave informal sanyasa to Mrs. Bull and gave command to her and Nivedita to carry on the work of Thakur. He is greatly relieved from his burden now (ND 5.141)
7 Nov 1899
ME
But before the last partings came, an extraordinary event took place, which seemed at the time to be of great import to all concerned. (ND 5.140)
Nov 1899
Notes
As far as is known, Mrs. Bull never made public (or, for that matter, private) claim to the title of sannyasini, which she clearly received in that spontaneous, brief, and informal ceremony at Ridgely. (ND 5.142)
Nov 1899
CE
There was a limit to the insolence Swamiji would permit. In his letter before this last Sturdy had written: "If you think there is anything further to say or to clear up, let us have it " Swamiji now let him have it. His reply, which was written from New York in November and first published in the 1958 edition of volume seven of the Complete Works, is given below in full and as it appears in an early typed copy: (ND 5.093)
Nov 1899
Letter
Swamiji's letter to STURDY E T From NEW YORK (CW SV 7.515 ND 5.093)
Nov 1899
CE
It would appear that even this did not silence Mr. Sturdy. (ND 5.097)
9 Nov 1899
Notes
Two days later Swamiji left Ridgely Manor for New York. And thus the "great summer"-so restful that it may have added almost three years to his life-that golden time, never to be repeated, came to an end. (ND 5.143)
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