REAR ADMIRAL PRESLEY MARION RIXEY (1852-1928) A SURGEON GENERAL U.S. NAVY #5532

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Rear Admiral Presley Marion Rixey (14 July 1852, Culpeper, Virginia - 17 June 1928) was a Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1902-10) and personal physician to Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Autograph Slip Writing Signed, n.d. - 4 1/2 x 2 2/3 Leaf: written in blk ink with clear and lovely golden-browning seen throughout leaf. Overall, fine condition. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the Navy on 28 January 1874. He served on the Sabine, Congress, Tallapoosa (1879-82), Lancaster (1884-87), Dolphin (1893-96), and Solace, receiving promotion to Passed Assistant Surgeon on 18 April 1877, to Surgeon on 27 November 1888, and was commissioned as a Medical Inspector on 24 August 1900. He attended President McKinley after he was shot in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. Rixey was appointed Surgeon General of the United States Navy on 15 February 1902 and served as Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, with the rank of rear admiral, until his retirement on 4 February 1910. During his tenure as Surgeon General Rixey strongly supported the foundation of a women’s nursing corps for the Navy. In his 1902 annual report he stated that, “There has been a growing conviction in the minds of many of the most experienced medical officers of the service, especially since the war with Spain, that the employment of women for the nursing of the sick in our large hospitals would result in greater efficiency than has been obtained heretofore by the use of male nurses alone, and that such employment would not conflict with the conditions arising from the military character of the institution." With his help the Navy Nurse Corps was finally established in 1908. Rixey received the Spanish Order of Naval Merit from King Alphonso XIII of Spain for assistance he gave to the crew of the replica of the Santa Maria after that vessel suffered an explosion in New York Harbor on May 26, 1893, on its way to the World’s Columbian Exposition. Legacy: Rixey’s estate in Arlington, Virginia, became the campus of Marymount University, and his home was renamed Main House. The World War II casualty evacuation transport USS Rixey (APH-3) was named for him. The Rixey station on the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad was built for his estate. ________________ Academy Stamp & Autograph Co. 139 So. Beverly Drive #313 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 {A Family Owned Business for over 65 Years} Our New East Coast Autograph Center at: 258 Willow Oak Road, Appomattox, VA 24522 (In The Heartland Of Appomattox County Where Our Country Reunited) With Over 9,000 Quality Historical Autographs From All Walks Of Life To Choose From On Our New Web Sit Today! We Fill ‘Want Lists' Too! (Life Member of the Manuscript Society and the Cambria County Historical Society plus, the Historical Society of Philadelphia and a Member of the Appomattox County Historical Society) * Upon Request Only, A Certificate of Authenticity and/or Provenance will be provided, Thank You! For additional inquiries, please contact Dr. GD Goldberg, Co-Owner & Dir. of the Manuscript Dept.; East Coast Representative. Also, Professional Consultant / Appraiser and Visiting Professor. See Dr. Goldberg's short historical articles in the New Advance. A Published E-News Paper Printed in the Lynchburg, VA. *New Postal Regulations Require (i.e., 01/ 25/2014) that all Domestic (i.e., U.S.A.) Shipments with a Tracking ID No. must be placed in a shipping box and can not go as a 1st class letter. Therefore, all fees apply. Thank You! For All Our International Clients, a Tracking ID No. must be given with each shipment. Therefore, the postal rates will reflect and a new invoice will be required before final payment is received. Thank You! HAVE YOU VIEWED OUR NEW WEB SITE? WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADD NEW ESTATE SALE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, LETTERS, AND CUT-AWAYS TO OUR ONLINE STORE! {IN NEED OF A FULL WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, WM. PENN, OR... read more

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