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- GLC#
- GLC07190
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1874/09/23
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Title
- to Thomas W. Cook re: advice to boy in school on honesty
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : + Doc [1877/02/20] Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 14 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Fatherly response to autograph request of Cook's son: "I advise him that he always keep on such (good) terms with his parents that he can, at all times tell them nothing but "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."; with 2/26/1877 letter from President's secretary, with envelope.
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