Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

First editions of the two volume set of the 18th President of the United States’ memoirs. Octavo, 2 volumes. Original green cloth with title and front panel in gilt. In excellent condition with some light wear. Comes with a letter written by Grant dated a month after the conclusion of the Civil War. The Letter is addressed to Grant’s old childhood friend J. Russell Jones, who would later become President Grant’s Resident Minister in Belgium. The letter reads, “Dear Jones, As I now have a home where I expect my family to remain for a time, and to be with them occasionally, I want to collect what evidence I have of ownership of worldy goods. Will you be kind enough to send me, addressed to Mrs. Grant, my 5-20 bonds, certificates of Horne railroad stocks and the sword which I believe you have. When you come east you must make your stay always at my house. I hope to pay a visit to Chicago and the west soon but cannot set the time now. Yours truly U.S. Grant. Phila Pa May 4th 1865.”