Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 to Nathan Appleton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03635 Author/Creator: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 January 1881 Pagination: 3 p. ; 17.5 x 22.4 cm. Order a Copy
Former President Grant replies to a letter received 27 December 1880 from Boston lawyer Nathan Appleton. States that all investments in the construction of the Panama Canal under European management will be "sunk without any return to the investors ... to say nothing of the human lives that would be sacrificed in its construction."
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