Letter signed U.S. Grant to John F. Long. Grant expresses sorrow upon hearing of Long's suffering. Tells Long to "present your grand daughter, Nellie Grant, a silver cup from Nellie Grant Sartoris at my expense." Discusses possibility of selling his [Grant’s] farm. Grant is departing soon for Cuba and Mexico, and suggests that Gen. Harney should join him there. (4 pages) [accession number 63-0007], 1879 Dec 25

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34

Identifier: D01288

Staff Only

Letter signed U.S. Grant to Judge [John F. Long], December 25, 1879

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant). The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items relating to his presidency. The Grant-Dent Family Series includes items dated circa 1885–1959, and comprises material written to or by members of the Grant or Dent families. The Reference Series includes original documents that were collected because they contain information about Grant and typescript copies and reproductions of Grant-related items.

Dates

1879 Dec 25

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection. However, special reading room handling rules are applicable and should be discussed with the archivist on duty. As with all collections, if the documents exist in another format, researchers will be required to use the other format before the original documents will be paged to the reading room. In the case of the Ulysses S. Grant Collection, published versions of documents should be consulted in the series entitled The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, which is available at the Archives Reference Desk.