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Julia Boggs Grant (née Dent; January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902) was the first lady of the United States and wife of President Ulysses S. Grant. As first lady, she became the first woman in the position to write a memoir. [1] Her memoirs, The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, were published in 1975.
Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Speransky, [needs IPA] Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Speransky (June 6, 1876 – October 4, 1975), was an American author and historian. She was the eldest child of Frederick Dent Grant and his wife Ida Marie Honoré, and the second grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.
Julia Dent Grant. Julia Dent was born on January 26, 1826, in St. Louis, Missouri US, and grew up in a well-off family who owned thirty slaves. She first met Ulysses S. Grant through her brother, Fred, as they attended West Point together.
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) Julia Dent Grant, wife of 18th president Ulysses S. Grant, initially wrote these memoirs as a "family volume," with no intention of ...
Nellie Grant was born on July 4, 1855, in Wistonwisch, Missouri, near St. Louis, on the estate slave plantation of Col. Frederick Dent, known as White Haven. [1] Her father was Mexican–American War veteran Ulysses S. Grant and her mother was Julia Dent Grant, the daughter of Col. Dent.
Julia Dent recalled that they fished for minnows, climbed trees for bird nests, and gathered strawberries. However, slave children also had chores such as feeding chickens and cows, and they mastered their assigned tasks as the white children went off to school. Returning home from boarding school, Julia noted the transition from playmate to ...
Frederick Dent Grant at a Military Tournament, Toledo, Ohio, 1909. Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) [1] was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent.
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