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U. S. Grant

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U. S. Grant

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 4.25 x 7, no date [circa Mexico 1881]. Letter written while serving as president of Gould’s Southern Railroad. Letter to “Jones.” In part: “I write to you in answer to the letter of the 30th of March, signed by the Vice President, Senator Conkling & yourself, and only just rec'd. I resent exceedingly I did not get it at Galveston in time possibly to have had some effect. Please read my letter to you, and the one to Garfield to the signers of the letter of the 30th and use your combined judgment as to whether the latter should be declined or not. I am likely to remain here another month. The work I am engaged upon is one which I believe is to result in great benefits to my own country, and of course to this. No personal consideration would tempt me to engage in what I am now doing but I believe sincerely that by building these people up we will establish a market for our products which will stave off, for years at least, a panic which is otherwise inevitable from the rapidity with which we are going on. My kindest regards to all my friends in W[ashington].” In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold and a bit of scattered light soiling.

John P. Jones, this letter’s recipient, was a longtime Republican senator from Nevada who, around this time same, had criticized President James A. Garfield for various appointments. Most notably, both Jones and Grant objected to the president’s appointment of William Henry Robertson as collector at the port of New York—without soliciting the advice of powerful New York politician Roscoe Conkling. Grant had written to Senator Jones to express his support of the senator’s outrage and their shared position. The former chief executive also sent a letter to Garfield, using Jones as the courier, as is mentioned here. In the wake of the accusations, Garfield purportedly defended his appointments and maintained that the Grant had been ‘deceived by gross exaggerations and deliberate misrepresentations as to the motives and purposes of the President.’ The message to Grant, according to published newspaper articles, was delayed in finding its way. An important and historically significant letter regarding a message from a former president to a successor.
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