Richard Sewell to Cary T. Grayson
Title
Richard Sewell to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Sewell, Richard
Identifier
WWP15756
Date
1919 May 9
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Dear Sir,
Please accept my heartiest thanks for the very interesting souvenir of President Wilson’s visit to Carlisle and your very kind letter that accompanied it.
I can assure you it has given me infinite pleasure to think that I was able to be of service to a stranger in a strange land, and also to do a little towards saving the credit of the old country. It would have given you and your friends a very poor opinion of English hospitality if you had been left to walk to Carlisle that morning and consequently missed your train.
It was extremely fortunate that we met where we did as one hundred yards further on my way left the main road and we would have missed one another.
I can assure you that the photograph and your letter will be handed down as an interesting memento of what is looked upon as a red letter day in Carlisle and we all trust that President Wilson’s visit to Europe may have the effect he so ardently desires for very many generations to come. I may add in connection with President Wilson’s grandfather that my grandmother Sarah Wright was a member of his congregation. She died in 1861 but I have heard her speak of him and always with happiest recollections.
I enclose my photograph which I hope may remind you sometimes of a strange adventure.
With my kindest regards and good wishes.
I remain,
Yours very sincerely,
Richard Sewell.
Admiral Grayson
C/o President Wilson
Office of the President of the United States
PARIS
Please accept my heartiest thanks for the very interesting souvenir of President Wilson’s visit to Carlisle and your very kind letter that accompanied it.
I can assure you it has given me infinite pleasure to think that I was able to be of service to a stranger in a strange land, and also to do a little towards saving the credit of the old country. It would have given you and your friends a very poor opinion of English hospitality if you had been left to walk to Carlisle that morning and consequently missed your train.
It was extremely fortunate that we met where we did as one hundred yards further on my way left the main road and we would have missed one another.
I can assure you that the photograph and your letter will be handed down as an interesting memento of what is looked upon as a red letter day in Carlisle and we all trust that President Wilson’s visit to Europe may have the effect he so ardently desires for very many generations to come. I may add in connection with President Wilson’s grandfather that my grandmother Sarah Wright was a member of his congregation. She died in 1861 but I have heard her speak of him and always with happiest recollections.
I enclose my photograph which I hope may remind you sometimes of a strange adventure.
With my kindest regards and good wishes.
I remain,
Yours very sincerely,
Richard Sewell.
Admiral Grayson
C/o President Wilson
Office of the President of the United States
PARIS
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Sewell, Richard, “Richard Sewell to Cary T. Grayson,” 1919 May 9, WWP15756, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.