Lawrence O. Murray to Cary T. Grayson
Title
Lawrence O. Murray to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926
Identifier
WWP16112
Date
1919 December 17
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Text
FROM: Lawrence O. Murray,
Overseas Commissioner.
TO: Cary T. Grayson,
Rear Admiral,
United States Navy,
1600 - 16th. Street, NW
WASHINGTON, DC
My dear Admiral
I have been thinking of you very much for the last three months, because I know what a terrible strain you have been under, on account of the illness of the President. No one knows better than I do how you take to heart the illnesses of your patients, and, of course, with the responsibilities of a President to worry you, I would not have been surprised not to read a dispatch that you yourself had gone down.
I remember when poor Tom Pence was dying how you worked day and night in trying to save him. In fact, you seemed hardly never to sleep, as you were with him all hours of the day and all hours of the night.
I am leaving here in the first week in January for the States, and when I come to Washington, as I expect to, I will see you and Mrs. Grayson.
I do hope you are keeping very well, and I shall certainly hope to find you in fairly good shape, though I will not be surprised to see you thin and worn, after all that you have gone through.
With my kindest regards to Mrs. Grayson, and with my love to the boys, believe me always,
Your sincere and grateful friend
Lawrence O. Murray
Lawrence O. Murray,
Commissioner
P.S. I have been decorated by France with a medal and chain as important looking as the rosary beads which you brought Matt Smart!!
LOM.
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Overseas Commissioner.
TO: Cary T. Grayson,
Rear Admiral,
United States Navy,
1600 - 16th. Street, NW
WASHINGTON, DC
My dear Admiral
I have been thinking of you very much for the last three months, because I know what a terrible strain you have been under, on account of the illness of the President. No one knows better than I do how you take to heart the illnesses of your patients, and, of course, with the responsibilities of a President to worry you, I would not have been surprised not to read a dispatch that you yourself had gone down.
I remember when poor Tom Pence was dying how you worked day and night in trying to save him. In fact, you seemed hardly never to sleep, as you were with him all hours of the day and all hours of the night.
I am leaving here in the first week in January for the States, and when I come to Washington, as I expect to, I will see you and Mrs. Grayson.
I do hope you are keeping very well, and I shall certainly hope to find you in fairly good shape, though I will not be surprised to see you thin and worn, after all that you have gone through.
With my kindest regards to Mrs. Grayson, and with my love to the boys, believe me always,
Your sincere and grateful friend
Lawrence O. Murray
Lawrence O. Murray,
Commissioner
P.S. I have been decorated by France with a medal and chain as important looking as the rosary beads which you brought Matt Smart!!
LOM.
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Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Murray, Lawrence O., 1864-1926, “Lawrence O. Murray to Cary T. Grayson,” 1919 December 17, WWP16112, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.