 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1895 - 926 halaman
...Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. . . . My family all this while was at the east. It consisted...concluded, therefore, to resign, and in March applied for a lea\e of absence until the end of the July following, tendering my resignation to take effect at the... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1894 - 694 halaman
...again in 1854. Gambling houses had disappeared from public view. The city had become staid and orderly. My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted...the Pacific coast out of my pay as an army officer. 1 concluded, therefore, to resign, and in March applied for a leave of absence until the end of the... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 600 halaman
...others saw them in the same light or not. — Personal Memoirs, Introduction, July, 1885. IN CIVIL LIFE. My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted now [1854] of a wife and two children. I sawno chance of supporting them on the Pacific coast out of my... | |
 | Nicholas Smith - 1909 - 432 halaman
...resignation from the army is composed of fifty-one words : "I saw no chance of supporting them (his family) on the Pacific Coast out of my pay as an army officer. I concluded, therefore, to resign, and in March (1854) applied for a leave of absence until the end of July following, tendering my resignation to... | |
 | William S Mcfeely - 1981 - 612 halaman
...Bay. By the time he left in 1854 it was, he claimed, "staid and orderly." Of himself, he wrote merely, "My family all this while, was at the East. It consisted...an army officer, I concluded therefore to resign. . . ."Julia, for her part wrote briefly and breezily of this period in their lives: "Captain Grant,... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - 1999 - 708 halaman
...city had become staid and orderly. 16 Resignation—Private Life—Life at Galena— The Coming Crisis My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted now of a wife and two children [Frederick Dent and Ulysses, Jr.]. I saw no chance of supporting them on the Pacific coast out of my... | |
 | Al Kaltman - 2000 - 356 halaman
...the last two weeks." Grant had requested a transfer, but his request had been denied. My family... consisted now of a wife and two children. I saw no...an army officer. I concluded therefore to resign. Because he had no meaningful responsibilities, Grant's feelings of loneliness were exacerbated. This,... | |
 | Michael B. Ballard - 2005 - 212 halaman
...himself never alluded to drinking problems as a cause of his resignation. In his memoir he wrote simply, "My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted...officer. I concluded, therefore, to resign, and in March [1854] applied for a leave of absence until the end of the July following, tendering my resignation... | |
 | Brenda Haugen - 2005 - 120 halaman
...from the Army and packed to go home to Julia and his children. Grant later explained in his memoirs: My family all this while, was at the East. It consisted...an army officer, I concluded therefore to resign. (J <'*.iZ Grant's resignation angered his father, who again worried about how his son would support... | |
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My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted now of a wife and two children. I saw no chance of supporting them on the Pacific coast out of my pay as an army officer. 