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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00655.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Jesse Root Grant to Frank A. Hilton discussing his son Ulysses and a history of the Grant family |
| Date | 28 February 1865 |
| Author | Grant, Jesse Root (1794-1873) |
| Recipient | Hilton, Frank A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written in response to a request for an autographed letter written by his son, Ulysses S. Grant. He writes, "I have no letter from him written for such a purpose..." He also gives a brief history of the family and states concerning his son, "...it affords me some satisfaction think that I have reared a boy that has rendered a little assistance to Father Abraham in finishing his "big job."" Written on lined paper. |
| Subjects | Genealogy President Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General |
| People | Grant, Jesse Root (1794-1873) Frank A. Hilton (fl. 1865) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Place written | Covington, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Grant was the father of Ulysses S. Grant, Union general and the eighteenth American President. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |