Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Joseph R. Jones re: a "blackmailing operation", re-election campaign
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05975 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: Long Branch, NJ Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1872/09/05 Pagination: 3 p. 20 x 12.6 cm Order a Copy
Jones identified by the U.S. Grant papers. Discusses a "blackmail operation" and the "soreheads and thieves who have deserted the Republican party have strengthened it by their departure." Grant refers to the reform Republicans like Greeley, Carl Schurz, Lyman Trumbull, Andrew Curtin, David Davis, Charles Francis Adams, and others, who bolted the Republican Party because of corruption. Grant observes that "[t]he few Greeley Republicans buzzed like so many mosquitoes immediately after the nominations.... [However] [t]here was to[o] much time between nominations and elections to keep it up." (Recipient identified by Grant Papers.)
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