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Grant - Gwy

Description

Includes the following Ulysses S. Grant items: contemporary copy of letter to Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1862 February 16; autograph letter signed to Charles Smith Hamilton, 1863 January 25; autograph letter signed to Henry Halleck, 1863 April 19; autograph military pass signed, 1864 June 5; contemporary copy of testimonial for Giles Alexander Smith, 1867 January 13; contemporary copy of letter to Andrew Johnson, 1868 January 24; contemporary copy of letter to William T. Sherman, 1868 June 2; contemporary copy of letter to Frederick Augustus Pike, 1868 December 22 with autograph letter signed to James Wilson Grimes on reverse; contemporary copy of his inaugural address, 1869; autograph letter signed to Orville Elias Babcock, approximately 1869-1873 July 1; also present are copies of Grant letters to John Clifford Pemberton, 1863 July 3, and to Robert Ould, 1864 November 12; and notes and letter drafts, some autograph, undated.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1797-1902.
Call number
mssEG
Creator
Eldridge, James W (1841-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from William H. Murray, 1916.
Associated people
Garfield, James A. (1831-1881.)
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885.)
Harrison, Benjamin, (1833-1901.)
Hayes, Rutherford B., (1822-1893.)
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