Editorial

It is a characteristic of all children and most of the American people that they like to take apart those things by which they set most store. With the former it may be a doll or a toy; with the latter it is most often the national idols which, in their own heroworship, they have created from the "stuff as dreams are made on," from courage in battle and the loyalty to duty that never wavered. With the creation of the idol came joy, with its cherishing, contentment, but, alas, with its dissection, disillusionment and despair. It is not necessary to enumerate here the painful list of those who have thus come into and passed from the public favor. The memory of anyone who has lived through a national crisis will yield up many such instances.

Ulysses S. Grant, to whose tomb on Riverside Drive, New York City, thousands yearly make pilgrimage, rests secure in the pages of history as a great patriot of both military and civil life. Despite this fact, the stories of his intemperance that gained thorough circulation served as an instrument for the constant inspection and analysis to which we are so addicted as a people. After all that has been written and said on the subject there comes the following communication, here presented as an interesting statement, whether or not it is generally known, and as a source of comfort to those broad-minded persons who, steadfast in their loyalty to this outstanding American, may have been distressed by the currency gained by gossip concerning him:

I have just run across a bit of information which might be developed by someone familiar with the history of General Grant.

It is a matter of grief to many that he should have had such a reputation for drunkenness. As I understand it-much of this was due to reports from Vancouver, Washington, where he was stationed before the war.

There is a possibility that this was erroneous. At the same time Grant was there as a Captain, U. S. A.,-a very silent man, quartermaster, and known to few, there was also another "Captain" Grant, so called, Richard Grant, formerly chief or "captain” of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Fort Hall.

He was usually intoxicated-had an Indian "wife" and a half- . breed child and was widely known-especially at The Dalles.

It is possible that when U. S. Grant became famous persons who remembered "Capt." Grant and his drunkenness and squaw may have originated the report which was attributed to U. S. Grant.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, Management, CIRCULATION, ETC.

REQUIRED BY THE Act of Congress of AuguST 24, 1912.

OF AMERICANA, published Quarterly at Somerville, New Jersey, for October 1, 1924.
City and State of New York,
County of New York,

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Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared Marion L. Lewis, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Vice-President and Manager of the American Historical Society, Inc., publisher of Americana, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit:

1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The American Historical Society, Inc., Somerville, N. J., and 80 East 11th street, New York City; Editor, Winfield S. Downs, No. 80 East 11th street, New York City; Managing Editor, Marion L. Lewis, No. 80 East 11th street, New York City; Business Manager, Marion L. Lewis, No. 80 East 11th street, New York City.

2. That the owners are: The American Historical Society, Inc.; Benjamin F. Lewis, Sr., No. 908 Central avenue, Wilmette, Ill.; Marion L. Lewis, No. 80 East 11th street, New York City; Metcalf B. Hatch, Nutley, N. J.; Ed Lewis, No. 192 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.; F. M. Keller, 80 East 11th St., New York, N. Y.; Benj. F. Lewis, Jr., 180 North Market St., Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. John P. Downs, 1006 East 28th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Louise M. Greuling, 22 Weston Place, Nutley, N. J.; Harriet H. Lewis, 908 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill.; Mabel E. Lewis, 171 Prospect St., Nutley, N. J.; Myrtle M. Lewis, 1006 East 28th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Florence K. Parks, State Road, Great Barrington, Mass.

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