![]() ![]() to lobby for the passage of a bill in 1870. ![]() After leaving his position, Twain returned to D.C. In December of that year, he briefly met Grant, then still in the U.S. In 1867, Twain, still an unknown journalist, traveled to Washington D.C., to act as private secretary to a Nevada senator. Grant’s success as a general during the American Civil War had captured the North’s attention, and Twain reportedly carried a copy of Grant’s infamous letter to Confederate General Simon Buckner during the Battle of Fort Donelson in his wallet as a keepsake.īut their first meetings hardly portended the friendship that was to follow. And both had endured difficult early careers (Grant had once named a soon-to-fail farm “Hardscrabble”). ![]() They were both from the Midwest – Grant from Ohio and Twain from Missouri. Like many other Americans, Twain had long admired Grant. The two first met years before Twain was famous On paper, the outgoing, personable author and the quiet, reserved general-turned-president couldn’t be more different, but their close bond led to the publication of a landmark work of autobiography - with both men racing against the clock as Grant neared death. ![]() Two of the most famous Americans of the 19 century, Mark Twain and Ulysses S. ![]()
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