CLEVELAND, Grover, President . Autograph letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") as Governor of New York, to Joseph L. Fairchild, Albany, 19 July 1884. Executive Mansion stationery, with autograph envelope . "PRESIDENT OR NO PRESIDENT I SHALL REMAIN 'JUST AS I AM'" Only a week after he won the Democratic party nomination for President, Cleveland reassures an old friend: "My dear Joe, You may be sure that I was very glad to hear from you and I assure you that I have no more forgotten the old times than you have. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your kind words of friendship, and assure you further that president or no president I shall remain 'just as I am.' The clematis is blooming beautifully." Cleveland was the front-runner when the Democratic Convention opened in Chicago, and although his Tammany Hall enemies tried hard to derail his candidacy, he won on the second ballot. Curiously, Cleveland had not at this date formally accepted the nomination, although it is clear from this letter that he had every intention of doing so. His official acceptance came a month later, on 18 August, 1884, launching an election contest which was noteworthy for its scurrilous attacks on the personal morals of the two contending candidates.
CLEVELAND, Grover, President . Autograph letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") as Governor of New York, to Joseph L. Fairchild, Albany, 19 July 1884. Executive Mansion stationery, with autograph envelope . "PRESIDENT OR NO PRESIDENT I SHALL REMAIN 'JUST AS I AM'" Only a week after he won the Democratic party nomination for President, Cleveland reassures an old friend: "My dear Joe, You may be sure that I was very glad to hear from you and I assure you that I have no more forgotten the old times than you have. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your kind words of friendship, and assure you further that president or no president I shall remain 'just as I am.' The clematis is blooming beautifully." Cleveland was the front-runner when the Democratic Convention opened in Chicago, and although his Tammany Hall enemies tried hard to derail his candidacy, he won on the second ballot. Curiously, Cleveland had not at this date formally accepted the nomination, although it is clear from this letter that he had every intention of doing so. His official acceptance came a month later, on 18 August, 1884, launching an election contest which was noteworthy for its scurrilous attacks on the personal morals of the two contending candidates.
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