Cary T. Grayson to Arthur W. Whitehead
Title
Cary T. Grayson to Arthur W. Whitehead
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP22096
Date
1917 November 17
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
My dear Captain:
I delight in addressing you thus. I want to congratulate you on your promotion. I am very glad that you have been commissioned but sorry that you are away from your old place in the Quartermaster’s Department here. We already feel the effects of your absence from the Quartermaster’s Stables. I appreciate your letter and enjoyed it very much.
Concerning the pictures of the horses, they were only fair. I am going to try my luck again and if they turn out well I shall send you one of each.
As to the Airedale dog, I should love to have him, but you have become so attached to the dog that my advice to you is to hold on to him if you possibly can do so. You and I are good and warm friends, but if you will give me that dog, and Mrs. Grayson and I become attached to him, and you should come back here you naturally will want him, and then I will feel like a dog in not giving him back to you. I do not want to take your dog unless you find that you cannot possibly take care of him and want him to have a good home. Of course, I could assure you of this.
The President’s horse is in good shape, thanks to the excellent care which you had given him in the past. Things at the Stables are going about as well as they could be expected, with the boss absent. I hope that you will like your new duties and that all will go well with you, and when the war is over I hope you will return to your old station here. I want to thank you for your kindness and help to me. If there is anything I can do for you at this end of the line, don’t hesitate to let me know.
Mrs. Grayson joins me in warm regards and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Cary T. Grayson
Captain Arthur W. Whitehead
Quartermaster's Corps
Auxiliary Remount Depot,
Macon, Georgia
I delight in addressing you thus. I want to congratulate you on your promotion. I am very glad that you have been commissioned but sorry that you are away from your old place in the Quartermaster’s Department here. We already feel the effects of your absence from the Quartermaster’s Stables. I appreciate your letter and enjoyed it very much.
Concerning the pictures of the horses, they were only fair. I am going to try my luck again and if they turn out well I shall send you one of each.
As to the Airedale dog, I should love to have him, but you have become so attached to the dog that my advice to you is to hold on to him if you possibly can do so. You and I are good and warm friends, but if you will give me that dog, and Mrs. Grayson and I become attached to him, and you should come back here you naturally will want him, and then I will feel like a dog in not giving him back to you. I do not want to take your dog unless you find that you cannot possibly take care of him and want him to have a good home. Of course, I could assure you of this.
The President’s horse is in good shape, thanks to the excellent care which you had given him in the past. Things at the Stables are going about as well as they could be expected, with the boss absent. I hope that you will like your new duties and that all will go well with you, and when the war is over I hope you will return to your old station here. I want to thank you for your kindness and help to me. If there is anything I can do for you at this end of the line, don’t hesitate to let me know.
Mrs. Grayson joins me in warm regards and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Cary T. Grayson
Captain Arthur W. Whitehead
Quartermaster's Corps
Auxiliary Remount Depot,
Macon, Georgia
Original Format
Letter
To
Whitehead, Arthur W.
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson to Arthur W. Whitehead,” 1917 November 17, WWP22096, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.