Hotel register, 1874,1875.

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Hotel register, 1874,1875.

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Hotel register, Oct. 12, 1874 and June 24-Dec. 30, 1875, of the Forbes House, Marshall (Mich.). The register includes dates and signatures of guests, among them George A. Custer [p. 2] and Ulysses S. Grant [p. 38]. W.H. Witt was the hotel proprietor.

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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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...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Forbes House (Marshall, Mich.)

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Witt, W. H., Hotel proprietor.

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