Letters, 1862-1873.

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Letters, 1862-1873.

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Letters from: Sgt. James Buck, 5th U.S. Cavalry; two Arkansas Senators requesting an appointment; G.C. Spencer, Engineer Regiment, who states the grievances of his men, the Engineer Regiment of the West. Also a letter from Grant to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. Ward, Commanding U.S. Forces, Hamburg, Tenn., setting down policy rules for the regulation of trade and the activities of sutlers within Ward's command; and one to Gov. Adelbert Ames of Miss. from Horace Porter, Grant's secretary, concerning the President's views on Republican party politics in Miss.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Buck, James H. (James Henry), 1885-1953

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James Henry Buck was born 31 January 1886 in England. James married Sarah Edith Cox Buck on 26 March 1913. For 38 years, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. From 1911 to 1914, James served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Great Britain. He died 6 November 1953. From the description of James H. Buck papers, 1886-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 433127597 James H. Buck (1886-1953) was a train car inspector and Mormon missi...

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

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Adelbert Ames was born in 1835 in the town of Rockland (then known as East Thomaston), located in Knox County, Maine. He was the younger of two sons of Jesse Ames, a sea captain who would later purchase what became the Ames Mill (renowned as the producers of Malt-O-Meal) in Northfield, Minnesota, and Martha Bradbury Ames. Adelbert Ames also grew up to be a sailor and became a mate on a clipper ship, and he also served briefly as a merchant seaman on his father's ship. On July 1, 1856, he ente...

Spencer, G. C. (Geoffrey Curzon)

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Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

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American general and ambassador. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to M. Olmstead, Secretary of the Jeweler's Association, 1886 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618680 American army officer and railroad official. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618676 Son of Pennsylvania Governor and graduate of West Point, he was an ai...

Ward, L. W. (Lawrence W.)

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