Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . eof&ce of Chief Magistrate foreight years. Indeed it happened ^afterwards that in one of ournational conventions over 300 of \the delegates wanted Grant to benominated for a third term, andthey stuck to him until the con-vention closed. However, he didnot get the nomination. After retiring from thePresidency, General Grant went abroad and was gone for two years. Henade a tour around the world. All the principal nations of the earthreceived him with great honor, and he was one of
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . eof&ce of Chief Magistrate foreight years. Indeed it happened ^afterwards that in one of ournational conventions over 300 of \the delegates wanted Grant to benominated for a third term, andthey stuck to him until the con-vention closed. However, he didnot get the nomination. After retiring from thePresidency, General Grant went abroad and was gone for two years. Henade a tour around the world. All the principal nations of the earthreceived him with great honor, and he was one of the most celebrated menof his time. When he got back he went to New York to live during thewinters, while his summers were spent at his Long Branch cottage. Finding himself unable, with his income, to properly maintain hisfamily, he became a partner in a banking house, in which one of his sonsand others were interested, bearing the name of Grant & Ward, and putall the money he could spare in the business. He took no part himselfin the affairs of the company, which were left almost entirely in the hands. GENERAL GRANT, AS HE APPEARED ATTHE CLOSE OF THE WAR. 64 GENERAL GRANT. ^ of the youug meu. Suddenly the house suspended, and it was discoveredthat through the infamy of one of the partners the General had beenrobbed of all he possessed. Up to this time he had refused to write any His-tory of his life, but finding himself bankrupt he began to write the story ofhis life, trying thereby to make provision for the wants of bis family. In thesummer of1884 liecomplain-ed of a sore-ness in bistbroat, andfinally itwas decidedthat be hada cancer atthe root ofbis S5m-patbies ofthe nationwere nowexcited andCongresspassed abill creat-ing bim aGeneral ontbe retiredlist, tbusrestoringbim to hisrank in tbe ...,,, . , armv, tbe position be bad resigned to accept tbe Presidencv of tbe United States It ma3 be doubted if, since tbe world began, any otber book has beenwritten under simi
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