Letter from Presley M. Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt
Rear Admiral Rixey thanks President Roosevelt for his sympathy after the death of Rixey’s mother-in-law.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-18
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Rixey, Earlena English, 1855-1935
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Presley Marion Rixey
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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Presley Marion Rixey
Theodore Roosevelt hopes Presley Marion Rixey’s health is improved and sends him a copy of African Game Trails.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-12-23
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Presley Marion Rixey
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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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit Roosevelt about the events of Thanksgiving week. His son Archibald B. Roosevelt has taken extremely ill, although he has had a good time at the Groton School. Roosevelt has gone on several outings with friends and plans to go riding with Henry Cabot Lodge the next day.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-30
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Presley Marion Rixey
President Roosevelt agrees with Surgeon General of the Navy Rixey’s concern about William H. Taft’s health.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-17
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Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-30
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Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt
Rear Admiral Rixey notifies President Roosevelt of the completion of his special assignment, which he found extremely interesting and instructive. He is currently traveling home, and he hopes to speak to Roosevelt about various topics including sanitary conditions and hospitals. Rixey and his wife plan to disembark the steamer at Geneva, Switzerland, and travel to various European medical schools for further research before returning to New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-08