General Louis Wagner scrapbooks circa 1869-1897

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General Louis Wagner scrapbooks circa 1869-1897

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General Louis Wagner (1838-1914) was a Civil War veteran who served as Commander of Camp William Penn, and a Philadelphia city official. He served as Director of Public Works for the City of Philadelphia. The General Louis Wagner scrapbooks, circa 1873-1897, are mainly comprised of newspaper clippings relating to Philadelphia utilities. There are also clippings on Philadelphia politics, temperance, Girard College, the German Society of Philadelphia, and other subjects. Of special interest is a volume of autographs of army officers and other dignitaries at Ulysses S. Grant's reception in Philadelphia, December 1879.

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Germantown Historical Society

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Girard College

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German Society of Pennsylvania

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Members of the German Society of Pennsylvania constituted the Executive Committee in charge of the arrangements for the Humboldt birthday centennial celebration in Philadelphia: William J. Horstmann (chair); C.M. Baumann; Julius Hein; Lorenz Herbert; Emil Herwig; Paul Jagode; Rudolphi Koradi; Josef Kinike; Oswald Seidensticker; and F.W. Thomas. From the description of Humboldt-Sàˆcular-Feier, 1869. (German Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 646218809 The German So...

Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of Public Works.

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Wagner, Louis, 1838-1914

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Louis Wagner was born in Giessen, Germany in 1838, and moved to Philadelphia with his family in 1849. He entered the Union Army during the Civil War and served as part of the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment until he was injured at the Second Battle of Bull Run on the afternoon of August 30, 1862. In 1863 Wagner took command of Camp William Penn, the first and largest Federal training facility for African-American soldiers. By the end of the war, he had attained the rank of Briga...

Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929

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Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr., son of President Ulysses S. Grant, (b. July 22, 1852, Bethel, Ohio-d. September 25, 1929, on the Ridge Route, north of Los Angeles, California), lawyer, investor and entrepreneur....

Fitler, Edwin Henry, 1825-1896.

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