Jane Lathrop Stanford Papers

that my place now, is near my Nellie. If that dreadful panic had not come last year, I would have made a fine sale of my dear beautiful book, and if I had, I was going to empty the whole of it (one hundred thousand dollars) into your lap, in exchange for your charming sunny house in Washington, and how I would have enjoyed having all my young people with me, but it was willed otherwise and now, I go to the children in place of their coming to me. I go to the Col's for a while and then to Nellie's for a longer visit. Ulysses with his family are still at San Diego, as is my Jesse with his family who are so happy just now in occupying their pretty little house I have given them. Their letters are so full of love and gratitude that I feel more than happy that I

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Cottage B. Sherrys

Narragansett Pier

Sept 18th 94

I hope you are quite well my dear Mrs Stanford, we have all talked of you and I have often thought of you and hoped you have passed the summer comfortably.

I have had a very happy summer here with first Col Fred and family and then my Nellie (my white dove)

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and her son and daughter. They too are sweet and gentle as are Freds children.

Nellie is now in Washington, where she writes since she has secured a pretty little house with a nice sunny room for (dear mama) me, with her own room next it where we can enjoy an early cup of tea. This is a pleasant antiscipation [sic] is it not? and dear Mrs Stanford I am sure you will think with me

wonderful works of our Creator.

I am here alone at Narragansett with Mary. I expect Col Fred and family for a few weeks, then Nellie and her young party. I have invited several old friends from Washington but they had all gone to their places for the summer and are too feeble to make another move

I want you to know that my thoughts are with you to day will you think of me July the twenty third?

I am always with love sincerely your friend

Julia D. Grant

God bless and keep you my dear Mrs Stanford

J.D.G.

I thank you ever so much for this, your kind thought of me and the great comfort it brought me but most of all I prized the affectionate telegram you sent me at San Francisco. I was so disappointed at not meeting you that I really was ill. I went all that long long journey across the Continent to see you my dear Mrs Stanford and for no other object. There was so much I wanted you to tell me and so much I had to tell you Oh! how much may I not hope still to see you some day? I find my son Fred and family located in a tiny little house (very pretty though) with just one pretty little spare room in which I am made more than welcome

little bag and ordered one to be made for you. I hope you will wear it and that it will make you think of me sometimes, as does the pretty little silk and chamois jewel pocket you gave me a year ago last April at the Windsor. How happy you were then with a heart full of hope for the dear Senator's restored health.

I hope dear Mrs Stanford this most ungenerous Legislation now being discussed, will not injure or distress you in any way. I realized the great comfort of your special car more fully after travelling in the ordinary one from St Louis to N York. Thank you again dear Mrs Stanford. The family here (Freds) all join me in this tenderest affection to you. My dear friend believe me always your sincere friend

Julia D. Grant.