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Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n                  commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n                  mercenary adventurer to be published in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n                  hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n                  defends his loyalty to \n                   America . ]","[Called at \n                   Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n                  admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n                  him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n                  of wife \n                   Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n                  friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n                  esteem in \n                   Washington ; believes that there\n                  are no plans in the \n                   Department of the Interior to\n                  remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n                  him that the President [ \n                   Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n                  a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n                  since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                   [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n                  that the president's actions have alienated many of\n                  his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n                  paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n                   Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n                  Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n                   Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n                  get him connected with the \n                   New York Staatszeitung; will also\n                  write to a German paper in the West on his\n                  behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n                  for \n                   Germany ; intends to stay until\n                  September unless the Republicans nominate \n                   [James G.] Blaine again; would\n                  return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n                  about the \n                   Treasury Department in the matter\n                  of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n                   Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n                  Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n                  oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n                  written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n                  financial transactions during the presidential\n                  campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n                  has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland 's\n                  administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n                   Indiana politician; praises\n                  Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n                  President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n                  political office.]","[Doubts whether \n                   [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n                  be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n                  him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n                  guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n                   [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n                  Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n                  conference in \n                   Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n                  1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n                  Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n                  position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                   [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n                   Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n                  should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. 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Mentions letter from\n                  Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n                  of \n                   [Grover] Cleveland in \n                   Boston ; informs him that\n                  Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n                  contest.]","[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n                  change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n                  that Curtis will give the document its final\n                  shape.]","[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n                   Joseph Jefferson , the\n                  actor.]","[with printed note from \n                   George W. Childs requesting\n                  information for the \n                   National Almanac . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Jay\u003c/persname\u003eand Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eis unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; 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Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n                  commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n                  mercenary adventurer to be published in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n                  hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n                  defends his loyalty to \n                   America . ]","[Called at \n                   Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n                  admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n                  him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n                  of wife \n                   Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n                  friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n                  esteem in \n                   Washington ; believes that there\n                  are no plans in the \n                   Department of the Interior to\n                  remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n                  him that the President [ \n                   Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; 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Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                   [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n                   Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n                  should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n                  letter to Rogers.]","[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n                  because of prior commitment.]","[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n                  paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; expects to be in \n                   Buffalo at the meeting of the \n                   National League . ]","[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n                  \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n                  with it whatever is necessary. 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