AS Rixey to Cary T. Grayson
Title
AS Rixey to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Rixey, Alfred S., 1861-1922
Identifier
WWP15462
Date
1918 January 31
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Culpeper, VA
Dear Cary
I have tried to get you a house boy but without success. My Colored friend Henry Mason has been on the lookout for one, he says that niggers are so sorry now that he can’t recommend them. I believe I can get you a white girl. She is a graduate nurse but couldn’t stand surgery, her profile are very poor and I think she would be willing to take a servants wage. Mrs. Grayson mentioned something about your genealogy—and I consulted Raleigh Green and he told me to tell you that the book “St Marks Parish” that he sent you would tell you all about it. Look up the index Cook, Mason, &c. Raleigh had hoped that the babys middle name would be Mason after your illustrious ancestor George Mason. You can’t tell much about little babies, I will reserve my comments until he gets some size on him—when your friends asked about him—I told them the baby had eyes something like yours—but that it would never be as pretty as its mother. I hope they are getting along fine. Give my kindest regards to Mrs. Grayson.
AS Rixey
Dear Cary
I have tried to get you a house boy but without success. My Colored friend Henry Mason has been on the lookout for one, he says that niggers are so sorry now that he can’t recommend them. I believe I can get you a white girl. She is a graduate nurse but couldn’t stand surgery, her profile are very poor and I think she would be willing to take a servants wage. Mrs. Grayson mentioned something about your genealogy—and I consulted Raleigh Green and he told me to tell you that the book “St Marks Parish” that he sent you would tell you all about it. Look up the index Cook, Mason, &c. Raleigh had hoped that the babys middle name would be Mason after your illustrious ancestor George Mason. You can’t tell much about little babies, I will reserve my comments until he gets some size on him—when your friends asked about him—I told them the baby had eyes something like yours—but that it would never be as pretty as its mother. I hope they are getting along fine. Give my kindest regards to Mrs. Grayson.
AS Rixey
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Rixey, Alfred S., 1861-1922, “AS Rixey to Cary T. Grayson,” 1918 January 31, WWP15462, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.