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Excerpt from Ulysses S. Grant: Conversations and Unpublished Letters During these visits, etc., the general and I conversed freely on various subjects; he readily answered all questions I put to him. I generally made a memorandum of the most interesting things he had said. He was one of the most instructive and inter esting talkers I ever conversed with. His conversations had wit and humor in them. He was well versed, not only in the history of the United States, but also in regard to the various resources of the several States and Territories of the Union; to say noth ing of his accurate knowledge of recent events in European and oriental countries. We also exchanged letters. Some let ters from him to other members of his father's family also fell into my hands. Some of them throw fresh light on both his private and public character, as well as on several of his earlier campaigns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Michael John Cramer was descended from Swedish refugees in Switzerland at the time of the Reformation. He was the eldest son of John Jacob and Magdalene (Baumann) Cramer, and was born on February 06, 1835 near Schaffhausen, Switzerland. When he was five years old his mother died. In 1845 the family emigrated to America, making its home first in Pittsburgh and later in Cincinnati.
Cramer entered the German department of the Methodist Book Concern, learning the printer’s trade. He devoted his spare time to preparation for college, entering Ohio Wesleyan University, where by teaching German and Latin he earned his expenses, graduating with honors in 1859.
In 1860 Cramer joined on trial the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and became the pastor of the Pearl Street Church of Cincinnati. In 1864 he reorganized the Methodist churches of Nashville, Tennessee, which had been abandoned after the fall of Vicksburg. After serving as chaplain at Newport Barracks, he was appointed in May 1867, by President Johnson, consul at Leipzig. President Grant in 1871 appointed him minister to Denmark, a position which he held for ten years. At his own request, he was transferred by President Garfield in 1881 to Berne, Switzerland, where he was resident minister and consul-general for four years. Resigning from office, he returned to the United States in July 1885.
For one year he was professor of systematic theology at the Boston University School of Theology. Ill health compelled him to resign this position as the climate caused a recurrence of his old trouble. In 1886-1887 he substituted for Dr. George R. Crooks as professor of church history at Drew Theological Seminary. He then became assistant editor of a theological magazine published at Cleveland, called Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche. At the time of his death, which occurred at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he was occupying the chair of philosophy at Dickinson College.
His European friendships included such scholars as Christlieb, Tischendorf, Luthardt, and Harnack. While Cramer wrote many articles and essays on European affairs, on art and literature, and on theology, his only book is Conversations and Unpublished Letters of Ulysses S. Grant (1897).
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Cramer was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Cramer was a member of the Victoria Institute, the Society of Biblical Exegesis, the American Society of Church History, and the American Institute of Christian Philosophy.
Cramer married on October 27, 1863 Mary Frances, daughter of Jesse Root and Hannah (Simpson) Grant, and sister of General Grant.
