Manuscripts

Grant to Admiral David D. Porter, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Description: Dated 10pm. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864 November 30
Call number: HM 3453
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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Associated people: Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893,); Halleck, H. W. (1815-1872,); Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865,); Meade, George Gordon, (1815-1872,); Sheridan, Philip Henry, (1831-1888,); Sherman, William T. (1820-1891,); Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869,)
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