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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: 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.
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Date: June-July 1885
Call number: photPF 24,849
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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

Gilman's Series of Grant Views taken at Mt. McGregor. No. 6: Bed Scene

Visual Materials

A view of a bedroom of the house in Mount McGregor in Wilton, New York, where President Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885. There is a fireplace on the far left, a bed in the back left corner, a table in the center of the room, and a chair and sofa on the right. There is a wreath resting on the back of the chair.

photPF 4023

Gen Cortina ; Commander of the Liberals in the vicinity of Brownsville Texas

Manuscripts

A bust-length studio portrait of Mexican General Juan Cortina turned very slightly to the right. Cortina has a neatly trimmed mustache and beard, his hair is parted on the left, and he is wearing a suit with bow tie.

HM 77745

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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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Ulysses S. Grant autograph :

Manuscripts

Note signed: "Yours Truly, U.S. Grant General" with date and location.

mssHM 39941

Ulysses S. Grant Maj. Genl. U.S.A

Visual Materials

Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant in full military uniform with sword in hand and arm outstretched (likely an incorrect likeness of General Grant); artillery and soldiers marching with American flag raised visible in background.

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