Lot 576
Grant, Ulysses S. 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877.
Autograph Letter Signed ("US Grant"). As President. Two pages with integral blank, octavo, Long Branch, New Jersey, July 24, 1873. On Grant's blind embossed stationery. To Secretary of the Treasury George S. Boutwell. In black ink. With two horizontal folds, light soiling along fold. In fine condition.
As his administration was continually plagued with controversy, Grant it appears, makes an effort at reform, imploring his Secretary of Treasury to comply with a New York commissioner in the midst of the scandal involving the Union Pacific Railroad that had been linked to a company of his Congressmen:"Enclosed I send you memorandum left by Col. Davenport, United States Commissioner for New York City, of a detail which he requests made and which I told him he should have … You are no doubt aware of the eminent services of Col. Davenport in the work of reform in New York City. He is still continuing in that labor and I hope it may be practical to gratify him in this request…"
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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