<--PREV Doc #54  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #56 Document #55; March 1, 1957 To Herman R. Purdy Series: EM, AWF, Gettysburg Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957 Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower Doctrine   Dear Dr. Purdy: General Nevins sent to me your letter of the 26th, and since he is leaving on a trip of some two or three weeks, I am replying to you directly.1 I would like to purchase the three heifers mentioned, and I am enclosing with this note two checks: (1) to W. L. Henning, for $1,500, in payment for the granddaughter of Homeplace Eileenmere 99935.2 General Nevins and Bob Hartley are appreciative of your suggestion that you keep her until after she calves and then re-breed her to your 32nd bull.3 (2) Check for $1,000 in payment of the Blackbird heifer #279 and the daughter of Bardoliermere H55. This check is made payable to The Pennsylvania State University. I assume that you will be in touch with Bob Hartley about the necessary papers; incidentally, the cows should be re-registered in the name of "The Eisenhower Farms."4 And once again I am indebted to you for the interest you take in my Angus herd. With warm regard, Sincerely P.S. I am delighted you had the opportunity to see my apartment at Culzean Castle.5 1 Purdy had written to Eisenhower's farm manager. Nevins was traveling to Asheville, North Carolina; Tyler, Texas; and Carthage, Illinois (see Nevins to Whitman, Feb. 27, 1957, and undated memo, both in AWF/Gettysburg). 2 For background on the heifers see nos. 10 and 15. Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture W. L. Henning owned Nittany Farms. 3 Purdy had suggested that Nevins consult with Hartley, who was Eisenhower's herdsman (see Purdy to Nevins, Feb. 26; Nevins to Whitman, Feb. 27; and Nevins to Purdy, Feb. 27, 1957, all in AWF/Gettysburg). 4 On March 14 (ibid.) Henning would notify the President that the Eileenmere heifer was registered to the Eisenhower Farms. For developments see no. 70. 5 In 1945 the National Trust for Scotland had presented a portion of Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, to General Eisenhower as a token of Scotland's admiration and appreciation for his wartime leadership (for background see Chandler and Galambos, Occupation, 1945, no. 444; and Eisenhower Papers, vols. VI - XIII). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Herman R. Purdy, 1 March 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 55. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/second-term/documents/55.cfm <--PREV Doc #54  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #56

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