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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) to Mary Grant Cramer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00655.13 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 31, 1869 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his sister about family matters and office seekers. Apologizes for not having replied at once to her letter. Mentions that "Father...left here(?) last Thursday after a visit..." His father evidently had some sort of injury that "will prabably make him lame for life." Written on lined paper.

Cramer was Grant's sister.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Cramer, Mary Grant, fl. 1869

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