March 30, 1870
Washington D,C,
March 30th 1870.
HON. J. SHERMAN: U.S.S.
DEAR SIR:
Your note of this date just rec'd. Presuming that no vote will be reached to-day on the Dominican treaty, I will take no steps in the matter before to-morrow, unless further advised of the necessity of so doing. I regret the failure of a favorable vote on your motion.
Truly yours
U.S. GRANT
Ulysses S. Grant, Letter to Senator John Sherman of Ohio on the Dominican Treaty Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/355329