Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) to John Eaton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05485.02.01 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Place Written: Wilton, New York Type: Autograph note Date: 12 July 1885 Pagination: 2 p. ; 7.5 x 13.2 cm. Order a Copy
General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is in print. Accompanied by a description written by General Eaton (refer to GLC05485.02.02). Written in pencil.
Grant died eleven days after this was written, on 23 July 1885, of throat cancer. Eaton served as chaplain to the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, colonel of the 63rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, and superintendent in charge of freedmen, based on Grant's appointment.
I am very glad to see you, and wish I could have some conversation with you. I should like to have see you something about our use of, and utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory. No doubt there will be some mistakes though they would not be as bad as errors in the [2] military part. I intended submitting that part to you but I was so ill while writing it, and so inxious [sic] to get through, that I did not have the time. The first vol. is now in print.
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