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Collection Reference Number GLC07190
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1870s 
Title Ulysses S. Grant to Thomas W. Cook re: advice to boy in school on honesty
Date 23 September 1874
Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  
Recipient Cook, Thomas W.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Fatherly response to autograph request of Cook's son: "I advise him that he always keep on such (good) terms with his parents that he can, at all times tell them nothing but "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."; with 2/26/1877 letter from President's secretary, with envelope.
Subjects President  Children and Family  
Place written Washington
Theme Education; Children & Family
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
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