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mont County, within a few miles of the old homestead, and is as active in mind as ever.
He was a supporter of the Government during the war, and remains a firm believer, that national success by the Democratic party means irretrievable ruin.
In June, 1821, my father, Jesse R. Grant, married Hannah Simpson.
I was born on the 27th of April, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio.
In the fall of 1823 we moved to Georgetown, the county seat of Brown, the adjoining county east [Jesse Grant set up a tannery]. This place remained my home, until at the age of seventeen, in 1839, I went to West Point.
The schools, at the time of which I write, were very indifferent.
There were no free schools, and none in which the scholars were classified.
They were all supported by subscription, and a single teacher — who was often a man or a woman incapable of teaching much, even if they imparted all they knew-would have thirty or forty scholars, male and female, from the infant learni
sit gave no umbrage.
Still, it may be that Jesse Grant's experience at Windsor was the corollary oe White House during the first three months of Grant's Administration, after which I spent four mon mostly those of the first and second years of Grant's Presidency.
I saw the first Cabinet in powehily occupy the positions they enjoyed.
But Mrs. Grant was like the General, a good deal of an autother had the sanction of the President or of Mrs. Grant, or it was not introduced at all. I fancy inry much at home at the White House during General Grant's official terms.
A few with bitter memoricial people of the past—all gathered around Mrs. Grant, and liked the geniality and simplicity of tAmerica,—made the White House its center while Grant was President and Mrs. Grant its mistress.
ThPresident and Mrs. Grant its mistress.
The old army people found themselves with a comrade; the soldiers of the war and their families were Mrs. Grant its mistress.
The old army people found themselves with a comrade; the soldiers of the war and their families were always welcome, and when the children of the President grew up there were young people and their vis
Chapter 39:
Grant and Blaine.
Grant's relations with Blaine were always amicable, up to theSpeaker of the House of Representatives when Gen. Grant was first elected President, and as one of tmately, for his election.
It was Bristow whom Grant especially opposed, and he and Blaine were unintion was in session, Mr. Blaine and Mr. Fish, Grant's Secretary of State—were seen driving togethealled into play.
Many things were said of General Grant that were disagreeable to him, and personaarfield's Administration undoubtedly increased Grant's hostility to Blaine, I never heard him speaked him to make use of crutches for months, General Grant was in Washington, and Mr. Blaine called ocasion when the candidate was in New York, General Grant called on him at his hotel.
I was out of
During the winter Mr. Elkins ascertained that Grant would not refuse to accept a copy of the firstine, however, had been a faithful supporter of Grant's Presidential policy, and his comments over t[31 more...]
