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Title	Ulysses S. Grant presidential collection
Subject	Grant Family--Photographs.; Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902--Photographs.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Photographs.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Homes and haunts.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Funeral and memorial services.; Rogers, John G.--Photographs.; Ohio River--Flood, 1937.
Description	Photographers J.P. Ball, Cowan's Photograph Gallery, Hoag & Quick & Co. Art Palace, Home Souvenir Co., Porter & Winter and Lewis P. Woltz.; Collection contains photographs, prints and ephemera related to the life, career and family of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant family members pictured in the collection include his father, Jesse Root Grant, his mother Hannah Simpson Grant, his wife, Julia Dent Grant, his siblings, children and grand children. There are portraits of Grant in military uniform during the Mexican and Civil Wars; during his presidency and near the time of his death in 1885. Also found here are images of the Grant funeral and tomb and copies of broadsides tributes, memorials, celebrations and political ephemera. Furthermore, there are photographs, postcards and brochures documenting Grant's homes. Views of Grant<U+2019>s birthplace include the cabin submerged in water during the 1937 flood and a photograph of Dr. John G. Rogers, the physician who assisted with Grant<U+2019>s birth, posed in front of the cabin. A carte de visite portrait of Dr. Rogers is also found in the collection. Additionally, there are reproductions of illustrations from magazines related to Grant and photographic reproductions of three drawings by Grant.; Ulysses S. Grant was the eighteenth president of the United States. Born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1839. Grant graduated in 1843 and stationed near St. Louis, Mo. where he met Julia Boggs Dent. They married in 1848. Grant served in the Mexican War (1846-1848) and then at forts in Oregon and California until resigning from the Army in 1854. After failing in farming and real estate, he moved to Galena, Illinois to join his father and brothers in a leather goods business. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena and then accompanied them to Springfield, where he was appointed an aide and assigned to the state Adjutant General's office. He soon was appointed Brigadier General and commander of the District of Southeast Missouri. In 1862 he won the first major Union victory at Fort Donelson. In March 1864, Grant was appointed Lieutenant General and was given command of the armies of the United States. On April 2, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the Civil War. After the war Grant was appointed General of the Armies of the United States, and then Secretary of War. In 1868 he was elected President of the United States and in 1872 he won reelection. He moved to New York City after leaving the White House. Shortly before he died Grant composed two volumes of personal recollections of the Civil War. Grant passed away on July 23, 1885.
Contributors	Ball, James Pressley, 1825-ca. 1905,; Woltz, Lewis,; Cowan's Photograph Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio); Hoag & Quick's Art Palace (Cincinnati, Ohio),; Home Souvenir Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio),; Porter & Winter (Cincinnati, Ohio),
Type	Card photographs.; Ephemera.; Prints.; Postcards.; Tintypes.; Photographic prints.; Image
Language	eng
Relation	Finding aids: Finding aid is available in the repository.; http://worldcat.org/oclc/77495138/viewonline
Rights	This collection is available for the purpose of research. Consideration of copyright is the responsibility of the author or publisher.
Date-Issued	[ca. 1856-197-]
Format-Extent	ca. 123 photographic prints : b&w and albumen, some mounted ; 22 x 33 cm. or smaller.; ca. 30 prints ; 30 x 22 cm. or smaller.; 25 ephemera. ; 30 x 24 cm. or smaller.; 53 postcards : b&w and col. ; 23 x 16 cm. or smaller.; 1 photographic print : tintype ; 8 x 10 cm.; 2 albums ; 11 x 15 cm.
PDI.Title	Ulysses S. Grant presidential collection
OCLC number	77495138

Title	Page 1 Ulysses S. Grant presidential collection
Subject	Grant Family--Photographs.; Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902--Photographs.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Photographs.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Homes and haunts.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Funeral and memorial services.; Rogers, John G.--Photographs.; Ohio River--Flood, 1937.
Description	Photographers J.P. Ball, Cowan's Photograph Gallery, Hoag & Quick & Co. Art Palace, Home Souvenir Co., Porter & Winter and Lewis P. Woltz.; Collection contains photographs, prints and ephemera related to the life, career and family of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant family members pictured in the collection include his father, Jesse Root Grant, his mother Hannah Simpson Grant, his wife, Julia Dent Grant, his siblings, children and grand children. There are portraits of Grant in military uniform during the Mexican and Civil Wars; during his presidency and near the time of his death in 1885. Also found here are images of the Grant funeral and tomb and copies of broadsides tributes, memorials, celebrations and political ephemera. Furthermore, there are photographs, postcards and brochures documenting Grant's homes. Views of Grant<U+2019>s birthplace include the cabin submerged in water during the 1937 flood and a photograph of Dr. John G. Rogers, the physician who assisted with Grant<U+2019>s birth, posed in front of the cabin. A carte de visite portrait of Dr. Rogers is also found in the collection. Additionally, there are reproductions of illustrations from magazines related to Grant and photographic reproductions of three drawings by Grant.; Ulysses S. Grant was the eighteenth president of the United States. Born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1839. Grant graduated in 1843 and stationed near St. Louis, Mo. where he met Julia Boggs Dent. They married in 1848. Grant served in the Mexican War (1846-1848) and then at forts in Oregon and California until resigning from the Army in 1854. After failing in farming and real estate, he moved to Galena, Illinois to join his father and brothers in a leather goods business. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena and then accompanied them to Springfield, where he was appointed an aide and assigned to the state Adjutant General's office. He soon was appointed Brigadier General and commander of the District of Southeast Missouri. In 1862 he won the first major Union victory at Fort Donelson. In March 1864, Grant was appointed Lieutenant General and was given command of the armies of the United States. On April 2, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the Civil War. After the war Grant was appointed General of the Armies of the United States, and then Secretary of War. In 1868 he was elected President of the United States and in 1872 he won reelection. He moved to New York City after leaving the White House. Shortly before he died Grant composed two volumes of personal recollections of the Civil War. Grant passed away on July 23, 1885.
Contributors	Ball, James Pressley, 1825-ca. 1905,; Woltz, Lewis,; Cowan's Photograph Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio); Hoag & Quick's Art Palace (Cincinnati, Ohio),; Home Souvenir Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio),; Porter & Winter (Cincinnati, Ohio),
Type	Card photographs.; Ephemera.; Prints.; Postcards.; Tintypes.; Photographic prints.; Image
Language	eng
Relation	Finding aids: Finding aid is available in the repository.; http://worldcat.org/oclc/77495138/viewonline
Rights	This collection is available for the purpose of research. Consideration of copyright is the responsibility of the author or publisher.
Date-Issued	[ca. 1856-197-]
Format-Extent	ca. 123 photographic prints : b&w and albumen, some mounted ; 22 x 33 cm. or smaller.; ca. 30 prints ; 30 x 22 cm. or smaller.; 25 ephemera. ; 30 x 24 cm. or smaller.; 53 postcards : b&w and col. ; 23 x 16 cm. or smaller.; 1 photographic print : tintype ; 8 x 10 cm.; 2 albums ; 11 x 15 cm.
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PDI.Title	Ulysses S. Grant presidential collection
OCLC number	77495138

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