Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . one of their simple needs were stinted. Here UlyssesS. Grant was born April 27, 1822. Jesse R. Grant wasa tanner by trade, having followed this occupation onthe Western Reserve, at one time with John Brown ofOsawatomie and Harpers Ferry fame. He movedwith his young bride to Point Pleasant to take charge ofa tannery that had been erected there. The Grant cottage has sometimes been representedas a log cabin and as a log cabin fact, as the building still clearly shows, it was neitherbut a substantial, small, one-story, frame buildin
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . one of their simple needs were stinted. Here UlyssesS. Grant was born April 27, 1822. Jesse R. Grant wasa tanner by trade, having followed this occupation onthe Western Reserve, at one time with John Brown ofOsawatomie and Harpers Ferry fame. He movedwith his young bride to Point Pleasant to take charge ofa tannery that had been erected there. The Grant cottage has sometimes been representedas a log cabin and as a log cabin fact, as the building still clearly shows, it was neitherbut a substantial, small, one-story, frame building o^two rooms. We learn that it was provided with a well-walled cellar, ample for the storage of a goodly supplyof fruits and vegetables. Very humble and unpreten- Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S. Grant 235 tious it seems today, but at the time when Grant wasborn it was one of the most comfortable dwellings inthe little hamlet. The cottage has had a rather interesting Grant became famous as warrior and President. The House in Which Ulysses S. Grant Was Born. This illustration is from a pen sketch made before the building was moved to the State Fair Grounds. The drawing was furnished by Mrs. T. P. Hawkes, Danvers, Massachusetts. of the United States, the owner conceived the idea thata neat sum might be made by moving the cottage aboutto fairs and expositions and charging a small fee to seethis historic relic. At the time of the Cincinnati Cen-tennial Exposition the cottage, minus the lean-to kitchen 236 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications which was left in Point Pleasant, was set up on thebanks of the canal outside of the Exposition groundsin the Queen City. Here a young school teacher, thor-oughly familiar with the history of the cottage and thedistinguished man who was born in it, gave brief talkson both and invited visitors to pay the fee and was here that Henry T. Chittenden, of Columbus,saw the little cottage and the use to whic
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