circa 1868-1876

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Signature

Title: Signature

Clipped signature "U.S. Grant, General"

GLC04360.025

circa 1868-1876

Ephemera

Title: Calling card

Calling card of Miss Nellie W. Grant

GLC04360.026

circa 1868-1876

Ephemera

Title: Calling card

Calling card of Mr. Algernon C.F. Sartoris [Nellie's husband]

GLC04360.027

circa 1868-1876

Photograph

Title: Photograph "General Grant's Log Cabin"

On verso is a history of the cabin and an advertisment for "Theo. R. Appel Realty Co." Photograph copyright by Edward Joy, 1891.

GLC04360.028

circa 1868-1876

Photograph

Title: Image of Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Grant and others

General Grant, Julia Grant and five others sitting on the verandah of his house in Long Branch [see # 30].

GLC04360.029

circa November 1872-March 1873

Typed document

Title: [An address to President Ulysses S. Grant from the Republican women of Massachusetts on the occasion of inauguration for his second term].

Urges him to follow the dictates of the 14th resolution of the 1872 Republican Party Platform, which recognizes the importance of women, and so recommend women's suffrage to Congress in his inaugural address. Also asks him to prevent Congress from abridging the right of women to vote in Wyoming and Utah. The petition includes pasted signatures (as noted) as well as signatures on the document: Julia Ward Howe (pasted), L. Maria Child (pasted), Louisa M. Alcott (pasted), E. P. Peabody (pasted), Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mary A. Livermore, C. M. Severance (pasted), Abby W. May (pasted), Mary…

GLC04360.035

circa 1868-1876

Document

Title: "1874-1883 The Grant Club."

"1874-1883 The Grant Club." Engraved invitation to attend the fourth annual dinner on 2/20/[1883]

GLC04360.044

circa 1868-1876

Object

Title: Plastic pin of "Gen. U. S. Grant"

Plastic pin of "Gen. U. S. Grant" featuring portrait of Grant. Small bunch of artificial purple flowers attached to the pin. [Originally in the envelope with carte de visites # 92-97.]

GLC04360.047

circa 1868-1876

Object

Title: Campaign ribbon for General Grant

Red, white and blue campaign ribbon for General Grant. "General Grant, our, Next President." Flag bunting with portrait of Grant. "Jordan Tschopp., Fabricant. Switzerland, Basel."

GLC04360.052

circa 1868-1876

Ephemera

Title: Purple printed paper campaign ribbon with portrait of Grant

10th Ward. Purple printed paper campaign ribbon with portrait of Grant; ink inscription on mount reads: "Philadelphia, 1868, Genl. U.S. Grant."

GLC04360.053

circa 1868-1876

Ephemera

Title: Card. "For President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois."

Card. "For President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois."

GLC04360.057

circa 1868-1876

Document

Title: "Republican Ticket. Electors of President and Vice President."

"Republican Ticket. Electors of President and Vice President." Lists the electors of Massachusetts and their respective districts, who will represent Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax in the election of 1868. Also lists candidates for Governor and Congress. [with woodcut portraits of Grant and Colfax at the top.] [Same as #59.]

GLC04360.058

circa 1868-1876

Document

Title: "Republican Ticket. Electors of President and Vice President."

"Republican Ticket. Electors of President and Vice President." [Same as #58.]

GLC04360.059

circa 1868-1876

Document

Title: Republican Ticket [for New York]

Republican Ticket [for New York]. Lists the electors for Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax in the 1868 election. Also includes a referendum to vote for or against calling a Convention to form a new Constitution.

GLC04360.060

circa 1868-1876

Pamphlet

Title: Spirit of the Campaign Number One

Series: "Spirit of the Campaign Number One" Heading on the first page reads: "Compare the Principle, Acts and Men, of the Two Parties." Pro-Republican campaign material that characterizes the Democrats the Party of rebellion, Horatio Seymour the foe of freedom and equal rights, and Grant the candidate of unity.

GLC04360.061

circa 1868-1876

Pamphlet

Title: Spirit of the Campaign Number Two

Series: "Spirit of the Campaign Number Two" Heading on the first page reads: "The Candidates and the Doctrines of the Two Parties." Pro-republican campaign material attacks Seymour and the Democrats as anti-union during the war, and anti-Reconstruction now. Also attacks the Democrats for seeking direct taxation of property. The Republicans promise to reduce debt and maintain public credit.

GLC04360.062

circa 1868-1876

Pamphlet

Title: Spirit of the Campaign Number Three

Series: "Spirit of the Campaign Number Three" Heading on the first page reads: "Compare the Doctrines of the Two Parties." Pro-republican campaign material which cites former Confederates' support for Seymour and Blair (R. Semmes, Wise, Vance, Wade Hampton) and the effects of Reconstruction in the South. Claims Seymour would repudiate the debt.

GLC04360.063

1885

Ephemera

Title: "239." Black cloth ribbon

"239." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering and G.A.R. emblem. Mounting inscribed: "Grant Memorial G.A.R.."

GLC04360.070

1892

Ephemera

Title: "Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon

"Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon with gold lettering. Mounting inscribed: Knights of the Golden Eagle. Philada. 1892."

GLC04360.071

1886

Ephemera

Title: Genl. U.S. Grant. G.A.R. Post 5. Black cloth ribbon

"Genl. U.S. Grant. G.A.R. Post 5. Philadelphia. Grant Memorial 1886." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "1886."

GLC04360.072

1890

Ephemera

Title: Yellow cloth ribbon featuring portrait of Grant

"Sun Flower Association Post No. 5 G.A.R. Philadelphia 1890." Yellow cloth ribbon featuring portrait of Grant. Mounting inscribed: "1890."

GLC04360.075

circa 1861-1865

Collier, Thomas J., fl. 1861-1865

Manuscript

Title: "Grant" A manuscript poem by Thos. J. Collier.

Commemorates Ulysses S. Grant. Signed on back by manuscript dealer W. R. Benjamin with his purple stamp. [Oversized]

GLC04360.076

1885

Rice, R., fl. 1776

Typed document

Title: "The Death Knell. To the Hon. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States."

"The Death Knell. To the Hon. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States." A printed poem by R. Rice of Cambridge New York.

GLC04360.077

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family"

Photo of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family" featuring Ulysses S. Grant in uniform, Julia Grant and their four children. Capitol building is silhouetted in the background.

GLC04360.084

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of "Gen., U. S. Grant"

Entitled "Gen., U. S. Grant" Grant wears civilian clothes and the White House is visible in the background.

GLC04360.085