Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-07
4tNlu Wv Wv ofk Irdgtf, MATCH lor@.
the EARLY LIFE OF GEN. GRANT
by isis Fashe-.
CoyiNaroN, Ky, Jan. u, ls6s.

CoyixGroN, Ky, Jan. II, 1865.
Robert Bpiser, Egg
ne.R SIX .--Nol inform M tina. YOU
VISA {, pabish some articles about General
Coat ani "a order that they may bc per
frc Is csrreet aud reliable you reqnest me
t. inrni-h them. have no objection to
doug 50. except the Iii ,ul,v winch sbar
uaisr. At present of committing them 10
paper. living acquired, when very Young.
some t,citity Az the use Of the poA, | wa
fyr many ytats made Secretary 81 alnosi
every puhfle meeting which | attended
where eiyf.c Z sefrircs were required and
through lite | nave been IN the habit Of do
lns greet deal of writing; bu,, lately, |
have ",Iien 80 mach that il has affected
the nerves and muscles Of my rght arm &C.
~ u partially disable 1t temporarily, and
naNc the use aiit, ior much length Of time
incoLyenient
loa ialorm me that YOU wish rue to tell
You something about Gen. Grsnt's auccs.
tors. ant II my own history.
la 1920, settled temporarily Mt small
place called POINT Pleasant, situated direct,
~ on The OHIO river, twenty-five miles
ABOVE Cincinnati; and, in June, 1920 was
married 10 Mss Hannah Simpson, aud CON
msnc-d house keeping at that plsce
he". o. he 21tb day Of April Ne cur
hr>t child, y-,e- ). Grant, wa.h.ra. 10. |
house IN wa9eh this event occur ! /, skill |
standing
NJ esfly osportunitics for education we're
extremely ps'd never wen, to ,caool
as' about ase months in my life, though
t'o. Lessor n English grammar FOR our
weeks alter MAS msrred
Ihavc taken pretty active interest. gen
eraiv. IN the political qnss,ions of the day
,h'usn not 10 he neglect Of my private at
sAlfs. wrote the platform which was
al pied At the lasI Wing State Convention
that e'es assembled 1t Columbus, and PLAY
cd part IA the frat election Of salmon p
Chase A. we nor Of OHIO
l~as never what vas technically known
~ an Aboitioniet; but | never held n
save. made up my mind. when I was .
Young man, that would never have slaves.
lnls ws tue reason that | left Kentucky
and vent to Oalo. would not own slaves.
aud would no. live where there were
slaves ani no, own them.
voted Tor Gen Jackson for President
every time he was a c.ndidate-tbat il !
thrrc tunes
"A rcpl,inc TO your request for nv pho
s's'spt, WI adopt the response which |
.s,'''s male u a similar applica ion from !
AN ,e "Ash:ngton. who asked for my
oNn and Mrs. Grants:
Mrs G. Ny KIND good rrie,s !,
nsN@a request. herewith send :
- aeas's ,as-n phutogra,h
W MS ress q ant mn hc,,.- Aar
.'etu eo'd. the likeres. ,~na
Mntc nvs present to.on q
also send You one o ,nie.
DUG mat, Iced Ia p,.f -
MS was tsNea tour years ago
De'"re iei my whisSers grow
ana 10 soa NAV nos look wrong.
nut rixtt to those who'vc known me lone
W oe-t respects herewith send
iotoi aud tn Your room mate f,;s,J
And say TO both. Tor what YOU wan,
Just seadsour card TO j. Il. 0rart,
The leading passion Of Ulysses. aluas.
from the time he could 90 alone. wa, a.
horses. The first time he ever drove
horse alone, he vas about seven and half
years old. had gone AWAY from home
TO Ripley. twelve miles OF | went in the
m ,rn,ne, and did not &c: back until night
owned at the time . three year-oid colt.
which had been ridden under the saddle TO
carry the mail, bu, had never had q collar
o1 While was gone, Ulysses 90, the ,
cot ana put collar and the harness on
MN, ana hi,eted him up to sled. Then
ne pot single line on to him, aud drove
On and loaded Up the sled with brush and
came back again. lie kept at il. hau,;nc
successive loads, all dav, and when cane
homo At night, he had pile of brush as big ,
n . cabin.
He used to harness horses, when he had
% get up in the msnger to put the briIle ,
M collar on. aud then turn the halfbushe
yer and stand on that to throw the harness 4
u.
At eight and half years Of ago b had I
'seoms regular driver, and used 10 work 4