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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03635 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to Nathan Appleton concerning the Panama Canal project |
| Date | 7 January 1881 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Recipient | Appleton, Nathan |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Former President Grant replies to a letter received 27 December 1880 from Boston lawyer Nathan Appleton. States that all investments in the construction of the Panama Canal under European management will be "sunk without any return to the investors ... to say nothing of the human lives that would be sacrificed in its construction." |
| Subjects | President Canals Infrastructure Latin and South America Global History and Civics Death Finance Panama Canal |
| People | Appleton, Nathan (fl. 1881) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |