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1886
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
1885
"Veteran Firemen's Association of Philadelphia." Black cloth ribbon
"Veteran Firemen's Association of Philadelphia." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "Funeral of Genl. U.S. Grant New York City."
GLC04360.073
"Philadelphia Band, No. 1." Cream-colored cloth ribbon.
"Philadelphia Band, No. 1." Cream-colored cloth ribbon. Mounting inscribed: "Funeral of Genl. U.S. Grant. 1885."
GLC04360.074
1890
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
Rice, R., fl. 1776
"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
1877/06/24
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
To: Irwin McDowell
Plans to visit montana, hostile situation with Indians at Fort Lapwai, Idaho.
GLC08004
1885/12/24
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
to Yale Law school.
Offers to fund a black student's education to Yale Law School: "we have ground the manhood out of them & the shame is ours, not theirs."
GLC07971
16 March 1896
Nott, Charles Cooper, 1827-1916
to Cephas Brainerd
Discusses a disagreement over which group was responsible for booking Abraham Lincoln to speak at the Cooper Institute on 27 February 1860. Lincoln was invited by the Young Men's Republican Union. States that Mr. Bowen had no influence over the...
GLC04471.05
1881 circa
Barber, C.E., fl. 1881
[Medal of James A. Garfield]
Front of medal features James A. Garfield in relief profile with the words "James A. Garfield." Verso, designed by C.E. Barber, features a wreath with the following words inside: "Inaugurated President of the United States March 4 1881 -...
GLC02783.03
1879
Bust portrait of a mature Grant in civilian dress
Bust portrait of a mature Grant in civilian dress. "Designed & engraved by Wm. E. Marshall for Around the World with General Grant." With printed signature. Printed by Wm. E. Marshall, 1879.
GLC04360.101
Bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress.
Bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress. [Same as # 101.]
GLC04360.102
1885/06/19
"General Grant at Mt. McGregor."
"General Grant at Mt. McGregor." Seated portrait of Grant from a photograph of Grant and his family taken by Record & Epler. [Taken from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Page entitled: "Chatanooga" appears on the verso.]
GLC04360.113
circa 1880-1890
[Photograph of Cephas Brainerd]
Portrait photograph of Cephas Brainerd as a middle aged man wearing a suit. Mounted on backing board.
GLC04471.10
1885/12/08
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address.
Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address. With collateral G.L. Rives Als fowarding draft to his sister, stating " the rest of the draft wad torn up, - so this is all there is of it."
GLC07999
1893/02/09
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to John G. Bourke
"I hate to bring in any question of race origin into our politics, and I want to see us all act simply and purely as Americans."
GLC08001
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