...PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication P... ...ring this vacation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me... ...ather would not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vac... ..., if the opportunity could have been afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant States, over Mr... ...sort. I read all of Bulwer’s then published, Cooper’s, Marryat’s, Scott’s, Washington Irving’s works, Lever’s, and many others that I do not now remem... ...MEXICAN WAR—CAMP SALUBRITY ON THE 30th of September I reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, with the 4th United States infantry. It was ... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...hest authority. This broke up the review, and the question was referred to Washington for final decision. General Taylor was himself only a colonel, i... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye...

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