Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) to J.W. Vance
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02782 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Place Written: Long Branch, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1875 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 23 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy
Writes, "Your note of the 23rd of August inviting me to attend a reception and banquet to be given in Paris, Ill. on the 21st of Oct. by the members of my old 31st Ill. Vols. was duly received. I do not know a reception that it would be more gratifying for me to attend than this. But I must forego the pleasure. My private interests compel me to be in St. Louis about the end of this month, and it will be impossible for me to extend my visit so late as to the 21st of August [August is crossed out and "Oct." written in pencil]." Wishes them a gratifying reunion and hopes they will remember the soldiers who gave their lives fighting alongside them.
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