Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) to Borie
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03018 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 February 1873 Pagination: 4 p. ; 23.5 x 14.4 cm Order a Copy
Writes, "Hearing of your illness, I, some days ago, wrote to Mrs. Borie asking if she and you would not come down and spend a few days, or as long as you pleased, and recuperate and get well again. But before the mail went out I rec'd [sic] your letter in relation to Mr. Gibson [?], and concluded there was vitality enough left to resist the impertinence of a man writing to another's wife as to his health and condition. I did not send the letter to Mrs. Borie, so you need not upbraid her with corresponding with gentlemen, without authority. But if you do not take good care of yourself, and listen to her good advice, and come down sometimes [?] and see me when you want relief, I will conduct such a correspondence, and in such a way that you will think it very serious." Invites him and Mrs. Borie to the inauguration, adding that he invited no guests except for his sister, Mrs. Cramer. Mentions that Borie's friend Gibson's business was "easily fixed," though he does not allude to what that business is.
Borie is likely Adolph Edward Borie (1809-1880), who served under Ulysses S. Grant as his Secretary of the Navy, March-June 1869.
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