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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 To: "Judge" John F. Long.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.022 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Long Branch, NJ Type: Letter Date: 1874/07/20 Pagination: Order a Copy

Written on an envelope. Requesting that his horse, Butcher Boy, be sent to him. [This letter is quoted in William S. McFeely, "Grant A Biography" (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1981): 399]

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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