Ulysses S. Grant papers collection (at Chicago History Museum), 1832-1885.

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  • Creator Names Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
  • Title Ulysses S. Grant papers collection (at Chicago History Museum) [manuscript], 1832-1885.
  • Physical description
    • 0.5 linear feet.
    • 1 oversize folder.
    • 1 microfilm reel : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera negative of bill of lading record book).
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment with special permission required to view original items by U.S. Grant. Photocopies are available for research use for many of these items.
  • Collection summary
    • Correspondence, notes, general orders, check stubs, and other papers, including much Civil War material. Topics include the surrenders of Fort Donelson and Vicksburg, disloyalty of some newspapers, Grant's recommendations for promotion of officers, and his refusal of a cabinet post in 1864; 90 items on the presidential election returns in 1868; many items on preparations for a reception for Grant in Chicago in 1879; drafts of 2 messages to the Senate; and a few notes Grant wrote after he lost his voice during his last illness. Correspondents include Mason Brayman, Henry Wager Halleck, Joseph Russell Jones, Ellen Grant Sartoris (30 items), and William T. Sherman.
    • Early materials include a bill of lading record book from Jesse Root Grant's tannery in Galena, Illinois, (1859-1863, ca. 130 p.) with many of the records filled out by U.S. Grant, the last being that of April 10, 1861, two days before the firing on Fort Sumter. A negative microfilm of this item may be used to create more microfilm copies.
    • Collection includes 2 Bibles used in the Ulysses S. Grant family: large volume (published at Nashville by the Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1859) with penciled note that it was used by the Grant family during its residence in Galena, Ill.; and Bible (published in London, n.d.) used for the administration of the oath of office at President U.S. Grant's second inauguration (1873), inscribed to Miss Nellie Grant from L.W. Middleton.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note
    • Originals of General Sheridan's letter to General Grant about General Lee (1865 Apr. 6) and Lincoln's dispatch to General Grant are in the Abraham Lincoln papers at Chicago History Museum, cataloged separately.
    • Related Grant materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include papers of Grant's father, Jesse Root Grant, and a published volume about the 1879 reception.
  • Names
    • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Archives.
    • Sartoris, Nellie Grant, 1855-1922.
    • Brayman, Mason, 1813-1895.
    • Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872.
    • Jones, Joseph Russell, 1823-1909.
    • Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
    • United States. Army History Civil War, 1861-1865.
    • Sartoris, Nellie Grant, 1855-1922.
    • Brayman, Mason, 1813-1895.
    • Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872.
    • Jones, Joseph Russell, 1823-1909.
    • Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
    • United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant)
  • Subjects
    • Currency question United States.
    • Families Illinois Galena 19th century.
    • Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
    • Generals United States 19th century.
    • Presidents United States Election 1868.
    • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Louisiana.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Galena (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
    • Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege, 1863.
    • United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Genre
    • Bibles. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Checks. aat
    • Orders (military records) aat
  • Geographic name
    • United States Illinois Jo Daviess County Galena.
    • United States Mississippi Vicksburg County Vicksburg.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-G/GrantUS-inv.htm