Collection of Ulysses S. Grant materials, 1840-1917 (bulk 1861-1885).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Collection of Ulysses S. Grant materials, 1840-1917 (bulk 1861-1885).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/288719128

This collection consists of letters, manuscripts, lithographs, and other material documenting the life of Ulysses S. Grant, including dozens of Grant autograph letters signed dating from the Civil War, his presidency, and post-presidential career. Significant Civil War documents include an 1862 letter to wife Julia Dent Grant concerning the battle of Fort Donelson, a telegrapher's pocket ledger of mainly Grant telegrams during the 1863 Vicksburg campaign, and a pocket diary listing purchases for Grant's mess during the Appomattox campaign. Among Presidential papers are 1869 letters asking Hamilton Fish and George M. Robeson to serve as Secretary of State and the Navy, respectively; an 1875 letter discussing patronage changes in the Justice Department; and lengthy drafts in Grant's hand of his 1874 and 1876 annual messages to Congress. Post-presidential highlights include letters from Grant's trip around the world (1877-79), an 1881 memorandum on currency reform, a letter of introduction for cartoonist Thomas Nast, and Grant's summary of his early army career on the Pacific coast. The collection also includes legal and other documents relating to Grant & Ward, the brokerage firm whose 1884 collapse ruined Grant financially; correspondence from Grant's father Jesse Root Grant, sons Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., and Julia Dent Grant's family; a collection of letters from U.S. Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, who served as Grant's second vice president; a handwritten review of Grant's Memoirs by journalist and historian Rossiter Johnson; sheet music and a songbook dedicated to Grant; broadsides and other ephemera related to Grant's military and political career; lithographs and other images of Grant; and photographs of Grant and his family at Mount McGregor, the cottage where he died.

2.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7265907

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r60gqx (person)

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67q9nxm (person)

Julia Boggs Dent Grant, hailing from a plantation near St. Louis, was the wife of United States war hero and the 18th President, Ulysses S. Grant. She served as First Lady of from 1869 to 1877. Daughter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent, Julia had grown up on a plantation near St. Louis in a typically Southern atmosphere. She attended the Misses Mauros’ boarding school in St. Louis for seven years among the daughters of other affluent parents. A social favorite in that circle, she met “Ul...

Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m7286k (person)

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....

Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv1wc7 (person)

American army officer; son of U.S. Grant. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, Ill., "Dear Gen." [William W. Belknap], 1874 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567237 Son of Pres. Ulysses S. Grant. From the description of Letter, 1907 Sept. 12. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953071 Soldier, U.S. Army; son of Ulysses S. Grant. Served in 4th U.S. Cavalry, 1871-1881 and Span...

Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m132q (person)

Jesse Root Grant was President Ulysses S. Grant's father. From the description of Letter : Covington, Ky., to [Elihu Benjamin] Washburn[e], [Washington, D.C.], 1865 Jan. 31. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 84171845 Grant, a successful tanner, was the father of general and president Ulysses S. Grant. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 304459852 Jesse Root Gran...