Box 1
Container
Contains 69 Results:
Letter signed U.S. Grant to John F. Long. Grant expresses sorrow upon hearing of Long's suffering. Tells Long to "present your grand daughter, Nellie Grant, a silver cup from Nellie Grant Sartoris at my expense." Discusses possibility of selling his [Grant’s] farm. Grant is departing soon for Cuba and Mexico, and suggests that Gen. Harney should join him there. (4 pages) [accession number 63-0007], 1879 Dec 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: D01288
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1879 Dec 25
Letter signed W.S. Harney, 3518 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, to U.S. Grant. Harney states that Grant was kind enough to appoint Isaac H. Sturgeon collector of internal revenue at St. Louis, upon Harney’s recommendation. Harney now requests that Grant recommend that President Arthur retain Sturgeon in this position. Contemporary copy. (3 pages), 1881 Oct 24
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: D01295
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1881 Oct 24
Letter signed U.S. Grant, New York City, to W.S. Harney. Already put in a word on behalf of Mr. Sturgeon. Sorry to hear Harney’s sight is growing weak. (1 page), 1881 Oct 28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: D01319
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1881 Oct 28
Letter signed U.S. Grant, Long Branch, New Jersey, to James Campbell. Has Campbell’s letter offering him $75 per share for two shares of St. Louis Agricultural & Mechanical Association stock. He will gladly sell but cannot find the certificate. Even the small sum is of great importance now when everything is being swept from him. (2 pages) [gift of James Campbell, 1921], 1884 June 26
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: D01289
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1884 June 26
Letter signed F.D. Grant (for U.S. Grant), Long Branch, New Jersey, to John S. Griffin. He expected to get some photographs and intended sending one to Griffin but he has not yet received any. Thanks Griffin for his kind remarks. (1 page) [gift of Mr. C.M. McDonald at the suggestion of James Espy], 1884 Sept 13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: D01322
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1884 Sept 13
Letter of [U.S. Grant]. Cannot make definite arrangements until his book is near enough completion to feel sure it can be completed even if his health should further fail. He will receive proposals and will accept the most favorable one, consulting G.W. Childs in the matter (2 pages) (Removed from a copy of Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant. Pasted on the reverse side of a lithograph of U.S. Grant, and note signed [Andrew Carnegie] to Mr. C. "I went to see General Grant today. He has a bad throat & is prohibited from talking. The enclosed explains the situation. I don't think Mr. Childs will approve . . .") (4 pages) [gift of Mrs. John Gundlach], 1884 Dec 18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: D01260
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1884 Dec 18
Mayor’s proclamation (on newsprint) suspending business in the city of Rockville on August 8, 1885, in honor of the recently deceased U.S. Grant. (1 page), [1885 July]
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: D01311
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
[1885 July]
Funeral attendance card with black border marked "delegation from the city of St. Louis"; interior lists names. (4 pages) (Includes booklet with black border, "Within are the names of the guests of the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the occasion of the obsequies of General U.S. Grant, August 8th, 1885." 10 pages.) [accession number 74-0024], 1885 Aug 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: A0605-28445
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
1885 Aug 8
Calling card. Boggs & Grant, general agents, Saint Louis, Missouri. (1 page) [purchased from Walter R. Benjamin, New York, April 11, 1950], no date
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: A0605-28446
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
no date
Calling card. Autograph signature of U.S. Grant., no date
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Identifier: D01314
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ulysses Simpson Grant Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter (i.e., Ulysses S. Grant).
The Ulysses S. Grant Series includes items dated 1858-1885, and consists primarily of correspondence to and from Grant. The series includes eight documents relating to the Civil War and a few items...
Dates:
no date