ear of Mother's entire
recovery soon.

ULYSSES.

HEAD-QUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

Washington, D.C.,
Feby. 10th, 1868.

DEAR FATHER:

The memorandums you left with me relative to bounty due two needy
persons in Covington I attended to soon after you left here. The answer
of the Paymaster General was that under no circumstances could he take
up claims for bounty out of turn; therefore, it was not satisfactory to
you. I neglected to answer at the time and the matter escaped my memory
until now.

I spoke to Secretary McCulloch about giving Mrs. Porter a clerkship in
the Treasury and he promised me he would do it, but has not yet. Now, I
fancy, I would not have much influence, and if I had, would be very
careful about using it.

The family are well and send much love to Mother, Jennie and yourself.

Yours truly,

U.S. GRANT.

[March 4, 1869, General Grant was inaugurated President of the United
States.

Written to his sister Virginia, Mrs. A.R. Corbin.]

Long Branch, N.J.,
Aug. 21st, 1870.

DEAR SISTER:

By arrangement of a year's standing Julia and I go to Newport on
Tuesday morning next, to be gone there, and at West Point, one week.

But for that we would visit you and Mother this week. I shall go next
week however and if Julia is not too much fatigued, or too lazy, with
her travelling will take her along. You know I never give any one
credit with being fatigued; I always attribute the feeling to another
cause.--I hope you are all well. Give my kindest regards to Mother and
Mr. Corbin.

Yours truly,

U.S. GRANT.

[Written to his sister Mary, Mrs. M.J. Cramer. Dr. Cramer was then
United States Minister to Denmark.]

Washington, D.C.,
Oct. 26th, 1871.

DEAR SISTER:

I have been intending to write you for some time; but the moment I get
into my office in the morning it is overwhelmed with visitors, and
continues so throughout the day. I now write of a rainy evening, after
having read the New York papers.--Jennie is with us, has been for some
days. Mr. Corbin also has been with us for a few days but left to-day.
Jennie will remain until she becomes homesick which I hope will not be
soon.

I received your letter in which you gave me an extract from Mr.
Wolff's. I had no recollection or knowledge of the matter whatever. The
fact is I am followed wherever I go,--at Long Branch as well as here. I
sometimes shake off callers, not knowing their business, whom I would
be