by H. W. Brands
“I do not think”: to Elihu Washburne, Aug. 26, 1872.
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“The history of the government connections”: Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1869 (1870), 47.
“I come without an invitation … those obligations yourself”: Conversation with Red Cloud et al., May 28, 1872, Papers of Grant, 23:146n; Grant speech, May 28, 1872.
“The President inquired”: New York Herald, Sept. 29, 1872.
“I hear that in a few months”: Papers of Grant, 23:147n.
“If the present policy”: to Stuart, Oct. 26, 1872.
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“The policy which was adopted … the highest importance”: Annual message, Dec. 2, 1872, Public Papers.
“Under Providence … support and encouragement”: Second inaugural address, March 4, 1873, Public Papers.
“Will you do me the favor”: to Colfax, March 4, 1873.
“Good government”: Maury Klein, Union Pacific (1987) 1:298.
“pitiful and shameful”: New York Times, Feb. 27, 1873.
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“Much to my astonishment”: to Sartoris, July 7, 1873.
“When Nellie came back”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 181.
“The President’s levees”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 175.
“The servants I had”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 174.
“I was somewhat annoyed”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 174.
“The papers make the most”: Sherman to Ellen Sherman, June 5, 1872, Papers of Grant, 23:82-83n.
“I hope Fred”: from Sherman, April 24, 1872, Papers of Grant, 23:83n.
“We certainly”: from Sherman, May 23, 1872, Papers of Grant, 23:85n.
“Oh, mamma!”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 179.
“Oh, yes”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 178.
“He expressed himself”: to Adolph Borie, July 3, 1873.
“You spoke of mixing lime”: to Elrod, June 23, 1871.
“I send you $600”: to Elrod, July 8, 1871.
“I do not want any land”: to Elrod, Nov. 16, 1871.
“I engaged a thoroughbred Alderney”: to Elrod, Oct. 2, 1871.
“You had better purchase”: to Elrod, March 15, 1872.
“Fred tells me”: to Elrod, Feb. 27, 1873.
“I telegraphed you”: to Ford, June 15, 1873.
“I see by the morning papers”: to Ford, Feb. 22, 1873.
“No building”: to Adolph Borie, Feb. 25, 1873.
“The receipts”: Levi Luckey to John Long, July 3, 1873, Papers of Grant, 24:234n.
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“Results of today”: from Morton, Sept. 19, 1873, Grant Papers, Library of Congress.
“Relief must come”: from Murphy, Sept. 19, 1873, Grant Papers.
“All assistance of the government”: to Morton, Sept. 19, 1873.
“The presence of President Grant”: New York Times, Sept. 22, 1873.
“The Government is desirous”: to Horace B. Claflin and Charles L. Anthony, Sept. 27, 1873.
“Panics generally occur”: New York Times, Oct. 13, 1873. Grant’s remarks were quoted indirectly, per the custom of the day. But his words are straightforward to reconstruct.
“Pure fright”: New York Times, Oct. 5, 1873.
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“Minnesota will furnish”: from Austin, Dec. 5, 1873, Grant Papers, Library of Congress.
“I appeal to you”: from Mrs. Gebhard, Dec. 15, 1873, Papers of Grant, 24:245-46n.
“The United States are weak”: Jeanie Mort Walker, Life of Capt. Joseph Fry, the Cuban Martyr (1875), 449.
“The summary infliction”: to Fish, Nov. 7, 1873.
“This seemed to be”: Message to Congress, Jan. 5, 1874, Public Papers.
“His family”: to J. C. Bancroft Davis, May 8, 1873.
“A chief justice”: to Roscoe Conkling, Nov. 8, 1873.
“My dear Senator”: to Conkling, Nov. 8, 1873.
“My transfer now”: from Conkling, Nov. 20, 1873, Papers of Grant, 24:253-54n.
“When the President”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 193-94.
“The Judiciary Committee”: Porter to Bristow, Dec. 18, 1873, Papers of Grant, 24:285n.
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“great wrongs and frauds”: from Davis, Jan. 6, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:10n.
“This may cause”: from Davis, Jan. 11, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:10n.
“The act of the legislature”: to Davis, Jan. 12, 1874.
“Gentlemen”: New York Daily Tribune, March 31, 1874.
“silent contempt”: Hamilton Fish diary, March 27, 1874, Library of Congress.
“The importance of doing something”: from Morton, March 22, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:68-69n.
“I know from information”: from L. Montgomery Bond, April 15, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:70n.
“Who are these men?”: from Redstone, April 18, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:72-73n.
“In my intercourse”: from Martin B. Anderson, April 15, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:70n.
“This bill is a violation”: from Edward S. Jaffray, April 16, 1874, New York Daily Tribune, April 17, 1874.
“inflict a stain”: New York Times, April 16, 1874.
“I deem this course”: Draft message, April 22, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:65-67.
“He had given it”: Fish diary, April 21, 1874.
“The President thought”: Fish diary, April 21, 1874.
“I must express”: Veto message, April 22, 1874, Public Papers.
“God Almighty bless you”: from Pierrepont, April 22, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:77n.
“It is Vicksburg”: from Manning Force, April 23, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:78n.
“I do not forget”: from Elias Derby, April 24, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:79n.
“You have done your duty”: from McCosh, May 4, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:80n.
“noble stand”: from Drexel, May 9, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:80-81n.
“The president is mistaken … next term”: New York Times, April 23, 1874.
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“I believe it to be”: Memorandum, June 1, 1874.
“He speaks”: Hamilton Fish diary, June 7, 1874, Library of Congress.
“A wedding at the White House”: New York Times, May 22, 1874.
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“I heartily approve”: to Baxter, April 22, 1874.
“Frauds may have been committed”: from Williams, May 15, 1874, Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate, 43:2:12.
“all turbulent and disorderly persons”: Proclamation, May 15, 1874, Public Papers.
“Even our opponents”: from Kellogg, Aug. 19, 1874, Executive Documents, 43:2:9-10.
“We assure your excellency”: from Ward, Sept. 4, 1874, Papers of Grant, 25:216-18n.
“En route they were all shot”: Kellogg to George Williams, Aug. 31, 1874, Executive Documents, 43:2:11-12.
“The purpose of the riot”: S. B. Packard to George Williams, Sept. 14, 1874, Executive Documents, 43:2:14.
“Under Article 4”: from Kellogg, Sept. 14, 1874, Executive Documents, 43:2:13.
“Turbulent and disorderly persons”: Proclamation, Sept. 15, 1874, Public Papers.
“The result of our election”: from Blaine, Sept. 14, 1874, Grant Papers, Library of Congress.
“Not before the meeting”: to Cameron, Nov. 3, 1873.
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“There is no duty”: Annual message, Dec. 5, 1870, Public Papers.
“The rules adopted”: Annual message, Dec. 7, 1874, Public Papers.
“I never sought the office”: to White, May 29, 1875.
“I followed the President”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 184-85.
“The whole subject … of sectional interference”: Annual message, Dec. 7, 1874, Public Papers.
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“I think the terrorism�
�: Sheridan to William Belknap, Jan. 5, 1875, in New York Times, Jan. 6, 1875.
“Coming among us”: Cotton Exchange statement, in New York Times, Jan. 6, 1875.
“The Administration”: Statement by Illinois Democratic State Central Committee, in New York Times, Jan. 6, 1875.
“They seem to be trying … No trouble is apprehended”: Sheridan to Belknap, Jan. 7, 1875, Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate, 43:2:25-26.
“I am not afraid”: Sheridan to Belknap, Jan. 6, 1875, Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate, 43:2:25.
“The President and all of us”: Belknap to Sheridan, Jan. 6, 1875, Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate, 43:2:25.
“You had better mend”: from “Conservative,” Jan. 7, 1875, Papers of Grant, 26:19n.
“If you cannot well back out”: from “Deadshot,” Jan. 15, 1875, Papers of Grant, 26:19n.
“There will also be”: from “Charles Howard,” Jan. 18, 1875, Papers of Grant, 26:19-20n.
“To say that lawlessness”: Special message, Jan. 13, 1875, Public Papers.
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“currency of a fixed known value”: Special message, Jan. 14, 1875, Public Papers.
“honest graft”: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (1905), 3-4.
“Let no guilty man escape”: Endorsement on letter from William Barnard, July 19, 1875, forwarded to Bristow, July 29, 1875.
“Poor Ford is dead … Sylph”: Cases Determined in the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit (1876), 3:593, 610.
“To General Bristow”: Testimony Before the Select Committee Concerning the Whisky Frauds, House of Representatives, 44th Congress, 1st Session, Misc. Doc. No. 186 (July 25, 1876), 3.
“The President manifested … in the negative”: Hamilton Fish diary, Feb. 8, 1876, Library of Congress.
“How long have you known … Never”: Deposition, Feb. 12, 1876.
“The President then”: Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives, 44:1:369.
“Belknap felt very much hurt”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 190.
“The President spoke”: Fish diary, March 3, 1876.
“Did you ever know Orvil Grant”: Alleged Frauds in Contracts for Government Surveys in Wyoming Territory (1876), 26.
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“I feel sorry for Belknap”: William Sherman to John Sherman, March 4, 1876, Sherman Papers, Library of Congress.
“Being thoroughly of the opinion”: from Ely Adams et al., March 17, 1875, Papers of Grant, 26:85n.
“I would like to start”: Sheridan to Sherman, May 1, 1874, Papers of Grant, 26:89n.
“Such an expedition”: from Hare, June 9, 1874, Papers of Grant, 26:87n.
“A general war”: from Delano, June 9, 1874, Papers of Grant, 26:86.
“We have had great difficulty”: Speech to Sioux delegation, May 26, 1875.
“I do not believe”: Red Cloud statement, undated, Papers of Grant, 26:122n.
“We might just as well settle”: Sheridan to Sherman, May 29, 1876, Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, 44:1:14:54.
“The President has just”: Sherman to Sheridan, April 28, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:71n.
“Please intercept him”: Sherman to Sheridan, May 2, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:72n.
“The recent reports”: from Sherman, July 8, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:171-72n.
“I regard Custer’s massacre”: Interview in New York Herald, Sept. 2, 1876.
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“excellent ticket”: Speech, June 19, 1876.
“I am not aware”: to Hayes, Aug. 16, 1876.
“It seems impossible”: from Chamberlain, July 22, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:200-01n.
“The lives of white”: from Simonton, June 3, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:239-40n.
“The scene at Hamburg”: to Chamberlain, July 26, 1876.
“Our people are being shot”: from James Major et al., Sept. 25, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:332n.
“Guns and pistols”: from “Detective,” Nov. 2, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:335n.
“Insurrection and domestic violence”: from Chamberlain, Oct. 11, 1876, Papers of Grant, 27:330-01n.
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“See that the proper”: to Sherman, Nov. 10, 1876.
“There is such apprehension”: to Sheridan, Nov. 11, 1876.
“All they ask”: from William Stage, Nov. 12, 1876, Papers of Grant, 28:20-21n.
“We have a government”: from James Rusling, Nov. 14, 1876, Papers of Grant, 28:21n.
“The President must be”: Hamilton Fish diary, Nov. 14, 1876, Library of Congress.
“The course you have pursued”: from “Baltimore Secret Government,” Dec. 11, 1876, Papers of Grant, 28:35n.
“Hostilities there have grown”: Annual message, Dec. 5, 1876, Public Papers.
“again the Louisiana trouble”: Fish diary, Jan. 7, 1877.
“To do so would be”: to Kellogg, Jan. 7, 1877.
“These different kinds”: Special message, Jan. 22, 1877, Public Papers.
“The bill may not be perfect”: Special message, Jan. 29, 1877, Public Papers.
“In my daily intercourse”: from Asbury Hanes, Dec. 18, 1877, Papers of Grant, 28:132n.
“There is 200,000 men”: from John Adams, Dec. 18, 1877, Papers of Grant, 28:132n.
“Wherever you can”: Sherman to Sheridan, Dec. 11, 1877, Papers of Grant, 28:37n.
“While he most earnestly desired”: Fish diary, Jan. 17, 1877.
“Three weeks remain”: to Pierrepont, Feb. 11, 1877.
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“After an unusually stormy passage”: to George Childs, June 6, 1877.
“I have no plans”: to John Long, Jan. 28, 1877.
“There are books enough already”: St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 2, 1877, in Papers of Grant, 28:183-84n.
“Through your statesmanship”: to Fish, March 9, 1877.
“I feel overcome”: New York Times, May 18, 1877.
“What was my surprise”: to George Childs, June 6, 1877.
“Once an emperor”: Pierrepont to William Evarts, June 27, 1877, Papers of Grant, 28:261n.
“He has been the recipient”: Badeau to Washburne, June 8, 1877, Papers of Grant, 28:215n.
“My reception”: to Fish, June 22, 1877.
“Yesterday and the day before”: to Ulysses Grant Jr., Sept. 23, 1877.
“My reception has been”: Speech, June 28, 1877.
“There is no reception”: Speech, July 3, 1877.
“There is one subject”: Speech, Oct. 17, 1877.
“We have now been in Paris”: to Borie, Nov. 19, 1877.
“The weather in Paris”: to Daniel Ammen, Dec. 10, 1877.
“All the romance”: to Ulysses Grant Jr., Jan. 7, 1878.
“I have seen more in Egypt”: to Fred Grant, Jan. 25, 1878.
“Our visit to Jerusalem”: to Badeau, Feb. 22, 1878.
“The Russian army”: to Fred Grant, March 22, 1878.
“These horses”: to Edward Beale, March 6, 1878.
“They seem to me”: to Fred Grant, March 22, 1878.
“My impression of peoples”: to Ammen, March 25, 1878.
“The General saunters … I believe so”: John Russell Young, Around the World with General Grant (1879), 1:409-17.
“I propose to stay away”: Interview, Aug. 29, 1877.
“The United States should always”: to Ammen, Aug. 26, 1877.
“The country, and the country’s credit”: to Sherman, March 21, 1878.
“It shows a willingness”: to Drexel, March 22, 1878.
“It looks to me”: to Abel Corbin, March 29, 1878.
“They have designs”: to Badeau, March 22, 1878.
“I cannot tell you”: New York Herald, July 24, 1878.
“Everything that our armies did”: New York Herald, May 27, 1878.
“It is bliss”: to Washburne, Oct. 7, 1878.
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p; “We have seen the capitals”: to Edward Beale, Dec. 6, 1878.
“Anchored outside the harbor … trade of the East”: Grant journal, Jan. 23-July 26, 1879.
“I am ready to admit”: New York Herald, Aug. 16, 1879.
“To it we owe”: New York Herald, Aug. 13, 1879.
“We all know … solemn business sessions”: New York Herald, Aug. 15, 1879.
“Nagasaki we found … the whole people”: Grant journal, Jan. 23–July 26, 1879.
“What I have learned in Japan … their own advantage”: Conversation with Meiji emperor, Aug. 10, 1879.
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“Some time has passed … of your city”: New York Times, Sept. 21, 1879.
“I cannot venture”: to Borie, Sept. 28, 1879.
“It seems like returning home”: Speech, Oct. 13, 1879.
“It is gratifying”: Speech, Oct. 14, 1879, Papers of Grant, 29:258n.
“No honors that I received”: Speech, Oct. 28, 1879.
“When I was in Europe”: Interview in Chicago Inter Ocean, Oct. 31, 1879, in Papers of Grant, 29:275n.
“I am very glad”: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 5, 1879.
“I always like to come here”: Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 12, 1879, in Papers of Grant, 29:285n.
“We think now of going”: to Ellen Grant Sartoris, Nov. 8, 1879.
“The first time I ever saw General Grant”: The Autobiography of Mark Twain, ed. Charles Neider (1959), 316-18.
“He never moved … his body ached”: Ron Powers, Mark Twain (2005), 428-31.
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“All I want”: to Washburne, Feb. 2, 1880.
“The election before us”: H. Wayne Morgan, From Hayes to McKinley (1969), 91-92.
“Individually”: to Conkling, June 10, 1880.
“Oh, Ulys”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 197.
“Do you not desire success?”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, 321-22.