(William and Ida McKINLEY) Admiral Presley Marion RIXEY (1852-1928) Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy fro 1902-1910, personal physician to Presidents William McKinley (1897-1901) and Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). He attended to McKinley after he was shot by American anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York in 1901.

Eleven Autograph Documents Signed “R.“, 1 page each, 85 x 124 mm. (3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.), 3 January 1899 to 12 June 1900, prescriptions for President McKinley (1) and Mrs. McKinley (10), on U.S. Naval Dispensary prescription paper. The prescription for President McKinley for Glyco-Thymoline (mouthwash) was issued on 12 June 1900, a week before he diverted troops from the Philippines to spearhead the China Relief Expedition, a multi-national military rescue mission sent to liberate U.S. Citizens and European nationals trapped in China during the Boxer Rebellion.

Light soiling and edge wear, some creasing, overall fine condition.

(EXA 6001) $950