- GLC#
- GLC04360.007-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1886/11/03
- Author/Creator
- Grant, Frederick D., 1850-1912
- Title
- To: Mr. Childs.
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
Written on mourning stationery. Responding to the news that Dr. Douglas intends to raise funds as compensation for his assessing during the last stage of Ulysses Grant's illness. Julia Grant has been quite upset by letters sent by Dr. Douglas. Frederick writes that the family already paid Dr. Douglas $12,000. "I do not wish to interfere in any way with Dr. Douglas' prospects, but as there have been many misstatements in the papers on this subject, I deem it proper to let you know just what he has received from mother for his attention to my father....."
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