LIVING HISTORY
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A reporter for the Cincinnati Tribune recognized the connection
between his gambling and his politics. “Admittedly,”
he wrote, “Quay is a gambler and what is considered reckless
in the card player is the virtue of the man who trusts his
life to battle ... Play, play, play up to the highest notch of risk
constitutes his chief passion. Like all such men, he frequently
shows the greatest sagacity, and has no fear of an adverse majority...
any more than he would fear the opinions of dozens
of men behind him watching his hand full of cards …”
WROTE HOME FREQUENTLY
Quay wrote faithfully to his wife and children while
vacationing in Florida from 1885 to 1904. He wrote about his
health, he gave fatherly advice to his daughters, he recounted
the hunting and fishing successes of himself, his two sons,
and a parade of famous visitors. He reported on domestic
arrangements, the mosquitoes and the food. Buried in the
correspondence are gems of information about what was
once a part of Brevard County.
In a letter dated Jan. 24, 1886, the senator told his wife,
Agnes, “The cold weather has killed the fish. They are lying
dead by millions all along Indian River for 200 miles.”
Excerpt from a letter dated Nov. 25, 1890:
“We have been here since the 10th fishing a good deal and
hunting some. We have caught 31 tarpon. ... The tarpon were >>
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