...PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT by U. S. Grant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication P... ...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...ng they will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERIC... ...hey will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERICAN, ... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...rris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appoint- ment.” “What appoi... ...and but few east; and above all, there were no reporters prying into other people’s private affairs. Consequently it did not become generally known th... ...he United States, we halted in the evening in a tropical climate where the orange and banana, the coffee and the sugar-cane were flourishing. We had b... ...e new States them- selves were concerned. It was never possessed at all by Florida 116 Personal Memoirs or the States west of the Mississippi, all of...

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