Manuscripts

Grant, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to Major General George Gordon Meade, near Petersburg, Virginia

Description: Dated 9am. In pencil. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864 September 16
Call number: HM 25077
Creator: Grant, Ulysses S (1822-1885)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Bixby, 1918. William K. Bixby purchased various parts of the collection from 1904 to 1914 from S.H. Beckwith, Grant's secret cipher operator, and from the sons of Colonel George K. Leet, who was a member of Grant's staff.
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