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John L. McGrew informs Benjamin F. Montgomery of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s recent departure from Oyster Bay, New York. He asks that Montgomery see that White House Steward Henry Pinckney meet her at the station when she arrives, and that George B. Cortelyou be notified that she is coming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-24
President Roosevelt tasks Colonel Wood to take Henry Pinckney, the White House’s African American steward, to Rock Creek and show him where Roosevelt lost his ring. Pinckney should then advertise that the President has lost a ring and offer $25 for the ring’s return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-07
Presley Marion Rixey has just returned from the Naval Training station in Chicago and the tubercular hospital in Colorado, and thanks President Roosevelt for giving the old fort to the Navy for such a purpose. Rixey has planned a one day fox hunt for Roosevelt and his daughter Ethel Roosevelt and hopes Roosevelt will not say no. Rixey asks Roosevelt to intercede in the case of West Point Cadet William J. Nalle, who was suspended from West Point for hazing, but only to do “what you consistently can.” Rixey wishes he could accompany Roosevelt on his upcoming African Safari, but fears he would be a hindrance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-30
Presley Marion Rixey thanks President Roosevelt for the gift of a saddle and bridle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-27
Dr. Rixey forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from an admirer near Warrenton, Virginia, and mentions that he has many other admirers there as well. He invites President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to take a trip with him, either by horseback or automobile, to visit Warrenton and see some of the Civil War battlefields near there. Rixey recently returned from Newport, Rhode Island, where he consulted with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry about the site of a new hospital.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-11