The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
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ing letter was .ent Mrs. U. s. Grant
by MI. W, a. Vanderbilt:
No. $40, FIT III AVENUE, Jan. 10,
1885-MRs. ULYSSES 8. GRANT
Dear Madame So many misrepre-
sensations have appeared in regardt to
the loan made by me to Gen. Grant,
and ~rtfecting unjustly upon him and
myself, that 1t seems proper briefly
to recite the facts. On Sunday. the
4th of May last, Gen. Grant called ut
my house and asked me to lend MIN
$50, OOv for one day. I gave him my
check without question, not because
the transaction was business like.
simply becauee the request came from
Gen Grant. The lnisfOItunes which
overwhelmed him in the next "a
hours aroused the sympathy and re.
gret of the whole country. You and
he sent me, within q few days of the
t me, the deeds of your joint proper
ties to cover this obligation. and
urged my acceptance or the ground
that this was only a debt of honor.
which the general bad personally H.
Cured, and these deeds I returned.
During my absence in Eur, pc the
general delivered to my atlOfnev
mortgages upon all his Own real
estate, household eff. cts and swords,
medals, and works Of art, which were
memorials of his victories and
presents from governments all over
| the would. Ties securities were in
his judgment worth $4,000. At his
solicitation necessary steps were
taken by judgment. etc, to reduce
these properties to possession and the
| articles mentioned have teen this day
| bought in by me and the amounts bid
| applied in the reduction Of the debt.
Now that I am at liberty to treat these
things as my own, the disposition of
the whole matter most in accord with
my feelings is this: To you, Al
your separate estate, the debt and
Judgment l hold against Gen. Grant,
also the mortgages upon his real e.
tate and all his household furniture
and ornaments, coupled only with
the condition that the swords, COM
missions, medals, gifts from the
United States, cities and foreign
governments, and all articles of his
LOrical value and interest, shall at the
generals death, or If sou desire it,
sooner, be presented to the govern
ment at Washington, where they will
remain as perpetual memorials of his
fame and Of the history of his time.
I enclose herewith assignments to
you If the mortgage and judgments,
the bill of sale of the personal prop
eIty, and the deed of trust in whion
the articles of historical interest are
enumerated. A copy of this trust
deed will, with your approval, be for
warded to the President of the
Unlted States, for deposit in the
lr ,perty dtp irtment.
Trusting That this action will meet
with your acceptance and approval.
and with the kindest regards to your
husband, I am yours respectfully,
w. III. VANDERBILT.
GEN. GRANTS REPLY.
NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 10. 1856
w. H. VANDERRILT.-Dedr Sir: Mrs.
Grant wishes me to- answer your let
ter of this evening, to say that while
she appreciates your great generosity
in transferring to her the mortgages
given to secure my debt of $15O, 600,
she cannot accept it in the whole.
She accepts with pleasure the trus
which applies to the articles enumer-
ated in your letter to g. to the gov
ernment of the United States at my
death or sooner, at her option. in
this matter you have anticipated the
disposition which I had contemplated
making of the articles. They will be
delivered t, the government as soon
as arrangements III be made for
their reception.
The papers RI lating to all the other
requeet that you have it sold, and the
proceeds applied TO the liquidation of
the debt which I so justly owe you.
You have stated in your letter with
the minutest accuracy the history of
the transaction which brought nae
into your debt. 1 have only to add
that [ regard your giving me your
check for the amount without inquiry
as an act Of marked anu unusual
friendship. The loan was to me per-
sonaIly. l obtained the money, as I
believed to carry the Marine National
Bank over a day, being assured that
the bank was solve 1t, but owing to
unusual calls, needing assistance
until it could call IN Its loans. 1 was |
assured by Ferdinand Ward that the !
firm of Grant & Ward had over $780, |
ono to their credit Al the time in the
Marine Bank, b sides 81, 300, O0u uu- !
pledged securities In their own vault. |
1 cannot conclude without assur-
ing you that Mrs. Grants inability |
to avail herself Of your great kind
ness, in no way lessons her sense
of obligation or my own. Yours
truly, US GRANT.
w. II. VANDERBILT, ESQ.,,
64O. Fifth Avenue.
VANDERBILT WILL HAVE HIS WAY.
New YORK, Jan. II. GEN. u. s. !
GRANT.-Ay Dear SIR: On my re-
turn home last night 1 found your
letter in answer to mine to Mrs
Grant. l appreciate fully the senti-
ments which actuate both Mrs. Grant
aud yourself in declining the part of
my proposition relating to the real
estate. l greatly regret she feels it
her duty to make this decision. I
earnestly hoped that the spirit in
which the offer was made would
any scruples in accepting
it, but / must insist. I shall not be
defeated in the purpose to which I
have given so much thought, and
which l have so much at neart. I
will, therefore, as fast as the money
Is received from the sales of the real
estate, deposit 1t in the Union Trust
Co.; with TIE money thus realized. I
will at once create with that COM
pany a trust with proper provisions
Tor an income to be made for Mrs.
Grant during her life, and giving
power to her to make such disposi.
ti'n of the principal by her will as
she may elect.
Very truly yours,
w. H. VANDERBILT.
The Pope's Congratulatory Letter.
BALTIMORE, Jan. ia special
from Rome to the Sun says: "The