Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Lincoln Park, Chicago

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  Ulysses S. Grant

  Visual Materials

  A three-quarters length seated portrait of President Ulysses Simpson Grant, sitting in a wicker chair on the large porch surrounding the house in Mount McGregor in Wilton, New York, where he died July 23rd, 1885. Grant has a neatly trimmed gray beard and mustache, has a stockinged cap on his head and a blanket on his lap, and is examining the papers in his hands.

  photPF 24,849

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  Flower-covered globe, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

  Manuscripts

  A view of a display of flower-covered sculpture, particularly a large model of the Earth, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The globe is ringed by flower-covered vases, with a low shrub to keep visitors out.

  mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 46, Item 1

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  Ulysses S. Grant account book :

  Manuscripts

  Accounts kept by Ulysses S. Grant while a cadet at West Point in a printed, leather-bound cadet account ledger. Columns are for Store Keeper, Taylor, Shoe Maker, Barber, Post Master, Damages U.S., Subscriptions, Cash, and Total Amount. Most ledger entries fill the Store Keeper column and list Grant's purchases and expenses for clothing, various supplies, books, and a subscription to the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. There are remarks by Grant's instructors, for example the entry dated July 1842 "The Balance due by Cadet Grant is too great to admit of any increase." Also included is a loose note titled "Memoranda for Mr. Childe" and signed Edward C. Boynton (3 pages) and two loose notes in pencil regarding "furlough clothing" issued "to Cadet Grant when he visited his home in 1841" and his "indebtedness" being "two great to allow him anything but the strictly necessary articles for daily use." End pages contain several signatures.

  mssHM 975

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  "Sol's Clock" sundial, Washington Park, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

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  A view of "Sol's Clock", a sundial made out of plants, at Washington Park for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The sundial is on the side of a slight incline, with the numbers arranged in an arch and a tilted pole in the center.

  mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 41, Item 1

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  Joseph A. Mower communication to Ulysses S. Grant

  Manuscripts

  This message from Joseph A. Mower to Ulysses S. Grant was sent during the Vicksburg Campaign, most likely in May 1863. The ironclad DeKalb mentioned in the note was sunk in July 1863. The message, written in pencil, is most likely in the hand of Mower's adjutant or aide-de-camp. The note reads: "Genl Grant- Gunboats DeKalb and Signal are here. Neither of them has instructions to convey us to Satartia. Jos. A. Mower Brig. Genl." On verso: "Signal Officer."

  mssHM 83167

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  Police statue, Randolph Street, Chicago

  Manuscripts

  A view of a statue of a Chicago police officer in the middle of Randolph Street in Chicago. The statue is mounted on a stone base with the words "In the name of the people of Illinois, I command peace" carved in the front side. A metal fence surrounds the statue, with an older man in a hat standing in front of it. There are businesses and wagons on both sides of the statue.

  mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 30, Item 1