November 4th, 1940

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

9:30am

Arrive Hyde Park, NY

Enroute Hyde Park, NY

TRP

2:00pm

Motor to Beacon, NY

Beacon, NY

TRP

2:25pm

Short speech in Bank Square, Beacon, NY

Note: The ferry to Newburgh was to be held to suit FDR's convenience

Beacon, NY

TRP

2:50pm

Short speech on Broadway in front of City Hall in Newburgh, NY

Newburgh, NY

TRP

3:40pm

Short speech beside park in front of George Clinton Hotel in Kingston, NY

Note: The ferry was to be held to take FDR to Rhinebeck

Kingston, NY

TRP

4:30pm

Short speech in a position between the Beekman Arms and the post office in Rhinebeck, NY

Rhinebeck, NY

TRP

4:30pm

Short speech from an erected platform in front of Nelson House Poughkeepsie, NY

Poughkeepsie, NY

TRP

9:30pm

Address in Poughkeepsie, NY

Poughkeepsie, NY

STE

11:12pm

Final Radio Address of the 1940 Presidential Campaign

Hyde Park, NY

TRP, PP

USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary

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