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1917-10-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928
2025-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt informs Presley Marion Rixey that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been recovering very slowly. After several days of pain, a medicine administered by Alexander Lambert has offered some relief.
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1911-10-09
Theodore Roosevelt would like to see Dr. Rixey and his wife Earlena. They should come out to Oyster Bay the next time they are in New York.
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1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt hopes Presley Marion Rixey’s health is improved and sends him a copy of African Game Trails.
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1910-12-23
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1915-06-09
The friendship between Dr. Rixey and the Roosevelts has been very meaningful and Theodore Roosevelt believes that Rixey was one of the most positive influences on his children. Roosevelt’s health had been poor and he is nearly “done out.” Rheumatism prevents him from exercising and lack of exercise makes it difficult to stay in good condition. Roosevelt was pleased with the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition and views it as his last adventure.
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1915-02-22
President Roosevelt declines an invitation to a fox hunt with Surgeon General Rixey, as it could not be kept secret. Roosevelt agrees with Rixey about the expulsion of cadet William J. Nalle. Roosevelt will bring ornithologist Edgar Alexander Mearns with him on his upcoming African safari.
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1908-08-01
President Roosevelt tells Dr. Rixey that it will not be possible to take the ride Rixey suggests, to see the Civil War battlefields near Warrenton, Virginia, much as he might like to do so.
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1908-07-13
President Roosevelt asks Surgeon General Rixey to attend the Sixth International Dermatological Congress and express his greetings to the participants.
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1907-07-11
President Roosevelt agrees with Surgeon General of the Navy Rixey’s concern about William H. Taft’s health.
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1907-06-17
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are relieved by Dr. Rixey’s telegram, but are still uneasy.
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1907-05-24
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear from from his personal doctor Presley Marion Rixey, and was grateful for the information about California. He has been well taken care of by Dr. William C. Braisted and Dr. James C. Pryor. The Roosevelt children have gone to Oyster Bay, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will follow soon. Roosevelt himself is not sure when he will go because of delays in Congress.
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1906-06-11
President Roosevelt thanks Surgeon General Rixey for the letter and says that he would like to go over William C. Braisted’s report with the both of them.
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1905-09-01
President Roosevelt thanks Surgeon General Rixey for the information.
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1903-07-16
Several strong recommendations have convinced President Roosevelt to appoint Dr. William A. White as Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane.
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1903-07-13
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou sends Navy Surgeon General Presley Marion Rixey tickets for the upcoming firework display. He asks that Rixey give directions to his coachman to use the west entrance to the grounds.
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1902-10-10
President Roosevelt requests Dr. Rixey’s opinion on Judge Lunsford L. Lewis’s letter recommending R. L. Rosson for reappointment as postmaster of Culpepper, Virginia.
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1902-05-10
President Roosevelt has written to Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody about Surgeon General Rixey. Roosevelt knows that Rixey does not mean to leave his current position. Although he believes that Rixey could handle troops in the field, he could only be given such a position in wartime.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18