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November 18, 1868
Smyrna Times
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Commentary on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's anticipated troubles as President-elect from office-seekers and intrusive journalists, who have already speculated on his family's privacy, predicting the first presidential child birth in the White House after March 4 inauguration.
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The Troubles of A Great Man.—For a week or two we have all been reading how Gen. Grant was threatened to have his life worried out of him by the office-seekers, as soon as they heard he was elected President, and how he snubbed them. But he is threatened with as much trouble from the quid nuncs as the office-seekers, one class being about as "pesky" as the other, in fact more so, because he has no redress from the news-mongers. They have already invaded the privacy of his family relations. A Washington correspondent writes: "It is a singular fact that no President of the United States, up to the present time, has had a child born in the White House." He adds: "It is understood the fact will not exist long after the 4th of March next."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Grant Election
Office Seekers
Press Intrusion
White House Birth
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Grant
Where did it happen?
White House, Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Gen. Grant
Location
White House, Washington
Event Date
After The 4th Of March Next
Story Details
Gen. Grant faces annoyances from office-seekers and gossipy journalists post-election; the press speculates that his family will soon have the first child born to a president in the White House after inauguration.