In 1843, Ulysses S. Grant first visited White Haven as a young second lieutenant. In the decades after that first visit, Grant, White Haven, and the country underwent vast changes in response to the turbulent issues that divided the nation.
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Left Colonel Frederick Dent was a prosperous St. Louis merchant, who purchased the property in 1820 as a summer home, a haven from the heat and pollution of the city. By Grant's first visit in 1843, the Dents were living here year round.
Right The slave plantation consisted of some 850 acres of land. At the center of the estate was the Main House where Colonel Dent lived with his wife, Ellen, and their seven children.
Below This 1840s watercolor depicts the main house as it appeared at the time of Grant's first visit. From Book - Grant: His Life and Character by Hamlin Garland
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