RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Ulysees S. Grant letter (RLC.Ms.518)

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Scope & content

This collection consists of one letter written by President Ulysses S. Grant to his acquaintance, Mr. Boni, from the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. In this letter, Grant asks Mr. Boni and his wife to visit the White House before Grant’s presidential term ended in March 1877. Grant also writes of his plans to travel abroad after his presidential term ended and his opinion on the Election of 1876.