Box 1
Container
Contains 69 Results:
Tanner’s daybook kept by Calvin or William Richardson, Guilford, Connecticut. Note on cover states that it was once the property of U.S. Grant in Galena, Illinois. (100 pages) [gift of Miss M.H. Jordan, 1903], 1788-1801
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54
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:
1788-1801
Facsimile. U.S. Grant, St. Louis. Manumission of William Jones. (1 page) (Vol. 1/347), 1859 Mar
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55
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:
1859 Mar
Photostat of letter signed U.S. Grant, St. Louis, to Hon. County Commissioners. Submits application for office of county engineer. (2 pages) (Vol. 1/348) [gift of Forrest Boecker, April 1945], 1859 Aug 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 56
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:
1859 Aug 15
Typescript copy of a letter from U.S. Grant, St. Louis, to Father [Jesse Root Grant]. Discusses county engineer appointment and family affairs. Says he is not strongly identified with the Democratic party but has never voted an out-and-out Democratic ticket in his life and discusses the Free Soil party. (2 pages) (Vol. 1/351-2), 1859 Sept 23
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57
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:
1859 Sept 23
Typescript copy of a letter from U.S. Grant, Mexico, Missouri, to Father [Jesse Root Grant]. Says that the majority of this part of the state is Secessionist but they do not like the current state of affairs and would prefer the Union restored. He is in command of the Military District and discusses his regiment and possible appointment as brigadier general. (1 page) (Vol. 2/804), 1861 Aug 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58
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:
1861 Aug 3
Calling card. Capt. M. Knowlton, U.S. Army. Notation on verso states that Knowlton was Gen. Grant’s professor at West Point. [gift of Mrs. M.D. Sisson], 1862 Sept
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 59
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:
1862 Sept
Text of an address regarding U.S. Grant’s military achievements. Author unknown. (8 pages) [accession number 72-0028], circa 1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 60
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:
circa 1870
Letter signed Gideon Welles, Hartford, to Hon. S.S. Cox [Hon. Samuel S. Cox, U.S. representative, Ohio]. Contains strong criticism of Grant’s cabinet, his personal character and his means of handling people. States that Grant has no more comprehension of the federal system of government than “when he was carting wood into St. Louis.” (4 pages) [accession number 66-0059], 1870 Feb 26
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 61
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:
1870 Feb 26
Letter signed E.B. Washburne, Galena, Illinois, to Alex C. Washburn. Thinks well of Moore’s project and thinks General Grant, who he will see in a few weeks, will also favor it. (1 page), 1885 June 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 62
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 June 17
Letter of Isaac H. Sturgeon, 1410 East Grand Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, to Miss Dalton (6 pages) and letter signed S.W. McMaster, Rock Island, Illinois, to Miss Dalton (5 pages). Both letters recall incidents in Grant’s life. (2 items), 1903 Oct
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 63
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:
1903 Oct