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GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph letter signed ("U.S. Grant") to General William Rowley, New York, 12 December 1880. 2 pages, 8vo, written on rectos of two separate leaves. Fine.
"I MIGHT DO SOME GOOD FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET"
A letter to an Illinois acquaintance and a former aide-de-camp discussing two matters close to U.S. Grant's heart: presidential politics and the commercial expansion of Mexico. "...It was rather far to go to cast [a] vote in a place where there was really no contest either for County, Legislative, Congressional slate or National offices. These two friends here...effected to think that I might do some good for the republican ticket. Whether I did or did not the ticket was successful, [since the Republican candidate, James A. Garfield, was elected] and I think democrats as well as republicans breathed freer when the results were known. I am kept very busy here though I have nothing in the way of my own business to do. I hope however my efforts may have something to do with the development of the railroad, commercial & friendly relations with our sister Republic, Mexico. The subject is one of great national importance and I feel a deep interest in its success..." Grant had been in the running for a third nomination as the Republican presidential candidate, but eventually lost to Garfield. Grant's concern for Mexico stemmed from his service as an officer in the Mexican-American War.
"I MIGHT DO SOME GOOD FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET"
A letter to an Illinois acquaintance and a former aide-de-camp discussing two matters close to U.S. Grant's heart: presidential politics and the commercial expansion of Mexico. "...It was rather far to go to cast [a] vote in a place where there was really no contest either for County, Legislative, Congressional slate or National offices. These two friends here...effected to think that I might do some good for the republican ticket. Whether I did or did not the ticket was successful, [since the Republican candidate, James A. Garfield, was elected] and I think democrats as well as republicans breathed freer when the results were known. I am kept very busy here though I have nothing in the way of my own business to do. I hope however my efforts may have something to do with the development of the railroad, commercial & friendly relations with our sister Republic, Mexico. The subject is one of great national importance and I feel a deep interest in its success..." Grant had been in the running for a third nomination as the Republican presidential candidate, but eventually lost to Garfield. Grant's concern for Mexico stemmed from his service as an officer in the Mexican-American War.