![]() ![]() McGregor hoping that the milder climate would ease his discomfort and prolong his life. In mid-June doctors relocated Grant from midtown Manhattan to a mountaintop resort north of Albany, the Balmoral Hotel located atop Mount. Grant continued to write his memoirs through the spring of 1885. While friends and colleagues did what they could to secure his financial position, Adam Badeau attempted to blackmail Grant, trying to obtain more money for his work in exchange for quelling rumors that he, Badeau, was the actual author of Grant’s memoirs. Grant suffered bouts of despondency and an almost total collapse of his health in March 1885. He continued to write while his former military secretary Adam Badeau and his son Fred supported him with research, fact checking and editing. Seeing his doctor sometime in mid-October, he learned he had throat cancer. That summer Grant experienced growing throat discomfort. Although he had been offered a contract by The Century, Grant eventually contracted to publish his memoirs with Twain’s publishing company, Charles Webster & Co. Enjoying the experience Grant set out to write his memoirs. While he had previously demurred when asked by Mark Twain to write his memoirs, needing money, Grant agreed to write four articles about the war for The Century Magazine. Grant’s life changed dramatically when a Ponzi scheme run by two of his partners in the Wall Street brokerage firm Grant & Ward collapsed harming many investors including the Grant family, which was left destitute. ![]()
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