07/18/1885 AD finished
Grant finishes his memoir and would died only five days later.
Grant was nearly broke and worried constantly about leaving his wife a suitable amount of money to live on. The Century Magazine had offered Grant a book contract with a 10%t royalty, but Grant's friend Mark Twain, understanding how bad Grant's financial condition was, made him an offer for his memoirs that paid an unheard-of 70% royalty.
To provide for his family, Grant worked intensely on his memoirs at his home in New York City. His former staff member Adam Badeau assisted him with much of the research, while his son Frederick located documents and did much of the fact-checking.
Because of the summer heat and humidity, his doctors recommended that he move upstate to a cottage at the top of Mount McGregor, offered by a family friend.
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Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant) 18th President of the Un...
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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Autobiography by Ulysses...
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