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Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2819TLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 27, 2015 12:00PM

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) Archive Containing Presidential Signed Items and Autographs of his Presidential Cabinet.
Three items signed by Grant: an appointment document, 29 December 1869; autograph note signed 16 December 1871; and clipped signature; together with a leather coin promoting the Grant and Wilson ticket produced in 1872.
[with] Four American passports from the 1870s signed by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and one clipped signature; calling card signed by Vice President Henry Wilson; letters signed by Vice President Schuyler Colfax, with envelopes; two letters signed by Secretary of the State Elihu Washburne; two letters signed by Treasury Secretary William A. Richardson; three letters signed by Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow; one letter signed by Treasury Secretary George Boutwell; one free frank, a clipped signature, and signed engraved portrait of Secretary of War William Belknap; note signed by Secretary of War James Cameron; three letters signed by Attorney General Ebenezer Hoar; one letter signed by Attorney General Amos Ackerman; two letters signed by Attorney General George H. Williams; two secretarial letters signed by Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont; one signature card and two notes signed by Postmaster General John Creswell; clipped signature of Postmaster General Marshall Jewell; one letter signed by Postmaster General James Tyner; one letter and one clipped signature of Navy Secretary George M. Robeson; one letter signed by Secretary of the Interior Zachariah Chandler; one letter signed with accompanying envelope of Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano; one letter signed by Secretary of the Interior Jacob Dolson Cox; and three political tickets from the Grant and Colfax campaign, two Republican, one Democratic.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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Keywords

Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson, Ulysses Simpson, Presidential Cabinet, Secretary, Treasury Secretary, Vice President, William A. Richardson, Secretary of State, Secretary of the State, Benjamin Bristow, Elihu Washburne, George Boutwell, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of the Interior, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Navy Secretary, James Tyner, John Creswell, Marshall Jewell, George H. Williams, George M. Robeson, Ebenezer Hoar, Edwards Pierrepont, Amos Ackerman, Jacob Dolson Cox, Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, Zachariah Chandler