Ulysses S. Grant letters and documents

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 6402", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"6402", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Ulysses S. Grant letters and documents"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1867-1915", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/1915"}

physdesc

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date_inclusive_start

1867

date_inclusive_end

1915

origination

{"value"=>"Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of three letters, three documents, and one fragmentary note signed by Grant, 1869-1877; several letters to Grant, 1867-1876; letters mentioning Grant, 1868-1915; engraved portraits, a sketch map of the Battle of Island Number Ten (1862), and a few pieces of printed ephemera. Also, facsimiles, transcripts, and reproductions of Grant letters and documents, and newspaper clippings. Items signed by Grant include a letter of thanks to D. Van Nostrand for military books, dinner invitations to Horace Greeley, and a letter to John Bigelow declining to appoint Bigelow’s son a cadet at West Point. Signed documents consist of two commissions and a pardon. Letters to Grant include those from John Bigelow, Mark Baker Bird, John M. Dickey, William Greenleaf Eliot, Robert Harlan, William Frederick Havemeyer, and Edwin D. Morgan.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The collection consists of three letters, three documents, and one fragmentary note signed by Grant, 1869-1877; several letters to Grant, 1867-1876; letters mentioning Grant, 1868-1915; engraved portraits, a sketch map of the Battle of Island Number Ten (1862), and a few pieces of printed ephemera. Also, facsimiles, transcripts, and reproductions of Grant letters and documents, and newspaper clippings. Items signed by Grant include a letter of thanks to D. Van Nostrand for military books, dinner invitations to Horace Greeley, and a letter to John Bigelow declining to appoint Bigelow’s son a cadet at West Point. Signed documents consist of two commissions and a pardon. Letters to Grant include those from John Bigelow, Mark Baker Bird, John M. Dickey, William Greenleaf Eliot, Robert Harlan, William Frederick Havemeyer, and Edwin D. Morgan."}

keydate

1867

prefercite

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

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1867

date_end

1915

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