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GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph letter signed ("U.S. Grant") as President, TO ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER, Superintendant of the U.S. Naval Academy, [Annapolis]; Washington, D.C., 23 June 1869. 2 pages, 8vo, written on pages 1 and 3 only of a four-page sheet.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S CONCERN FOR A HOMESICK NAVAL CADET
A good letter, written only three months after Grant became President, in which he expresses concern for a youth from his Illinois hometown who is to attend the Naval Academy. "Dear Adml., This will be handed to you by T.B. Howard, a Galena [Illinois] boy who I have appointed to the Naval Academy, and in whom I take great interest. The boy has never been much [away] from home and may be a little home sick at first, but I have faith in his proving well at the end. I hope you will find it convenient to give him a word of encouragement...."
Porter (1813-1891) had served with distinction during the Civil War and was present with Grant at the surrender of Vicksburg.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S CONCERN FOR A HOMESICK NAVAL CADET
A good letter, written only three months after Grant became President, in which he expresses concern for a youth from his Illinois hometown who is to attend the Naval Academy. "Dear Adml., This will be handed to you by T.B. Howard, a Galena [Illinois] boy who I have appointed to the Naval Academy, and in whom I take great interest. The boy has never been much [away] from home and may be a little home sick at first, but I have faith in his proving well at the end. I hope you will find it convenient to give him a word of encouragement...."
Porter (1813-1891) had served with distinction during the Civil War and was present with Grant at the surrender of Vicksburg.