Correspondence (incoming): Grant family, 1890-1899

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your great kindness in thinking of sending it to me, & I wish you many happy returns of the New Year, & all joys for this one. We are enjoying New York extreme-

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ly, & I have had a most delightful visit to Washington, where all Mama's & Papa's old friends, made a great pet of me - I was visiting Mrs John McLean & tried one of the pleasant

JESSE GRANT AND THAT TIA JUANA "CONCESSION."

The Times is glad to be able to state that it has received from authentic and absolutely reliable sources a complete and satisfactory refutation of the rumor concerning the alleged Tia Juana gambling concession to Jesse Grant. This rumor has received a good deal of publcity at the hands of the eastern press, and it gives The Times much satisfaction to say that Mr. Grant has been at no time in any way connected with the land-grant scheme which is to have a huge gambling and lottery concern for one of its main features. Mr. Grant applied for no concession whatever for privileges of any kind at Tia Juana. It is true that he was asked to apply for a concession, but he refused to do so. Then he was asked for permission to have application made by others, in his name, but he declined positively and point blank to permit such use of his name. If application has been made for any such concession in Mr. Grant's name, it is with even less warrant than if the applicant had used the name of Senator Perkins or Senator White without their authority, since (needless to say) neither of those gentlemen has refused to apply for the concession, directly or indirectly, while Mr. Grant has.

That other persistent and annoying report with regard to the money allowed Mr. Grant for expenses during the memorial week, would not have gained such wide circulation had its desseminators looked more closely into the plan of the committee on entertainment, which was to assume entirely the expenses of all invited guests. Mr. Grant has in no wise reflected on his distinguished family by his action in either affair.

Palace Hotel

San Francisco

April 19. 95

Dear Mrs Stanford:

Your letter of invitation has just come and Mrs Grant and the Misses Wood were much pleased with your kind thoughtfulness, but because accommodations on the train for Sunday morning have been secured and because the ladies have quite worn themselves out

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with shopping, they think they had better adhere to their plan of getting back to San Diego as soon as possible. Letters from the children make Mrs Grant and me quite homesick. (The children are quite well.)

We spend tomorrow in seeing Mayor Sutro's new baths, and in the park, and in resting before starting off on the long journey South. We have been hoping

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your recollection of comfortable Coronado would bring you to San Diego, when we would have the pleasure of seeing you.

I am glad to be able to write to my mother that I have seen you and that you are looking well.

Yours very sincerely

U. S. Grant Jr.

3 East 66th Street.

Dear Mrs Stanford:

I take my mother to the country with me at two twelve having come to town for that purpose; as it is now after one I am obliged to say in the briefest way that mother wants you and the Senator to make use of