Municipal Ulysses S. Grant Monument Committee letters

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{"value"=>"Municipal Ulysses S. Grant Monument Committee letters"}

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{"value"=>"1897", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1897"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"These committee letters concern the formal transfer of Grant's tomb from the federal government to the City of New York (March-May 1897). Contributors include President William McKinley, Vice President Garret Hobart, various justices of the Supreme Court, and members of congress. The Grant Monument Association was formed in 1885 for the creation and maintenance of a tomb for Ulysses S. Grant"}

date_inclusive_start

1897

date_inclusive_end

1897

origination

{"value"=>"Grant Monument Association (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

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1897

prefercite

{"value"=>"Municipal Ulysses S. Grant Monument Committee letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.33 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1897

date_end

1897

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