Guide to the Ulysses S. Grant letter, 1877
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Ulysses S. Grant letter
1877
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
This collection consists of one letter from Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885),
18th President of the United States, to his friend regarding his plans for
after his presidency and his opinion on the Election of 1876.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Redwood Library & Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island
Collection number: RLC.Ms.518
Access and use:
Access to the collection: Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and
Athenaeum.
Use of the materials: This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the
Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Preferred citation: Ulysses S. Grant letter, RLC.Ms.518, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Administrative information:
About the collection
Acquisition: Acquisition information is unknown.
Processing information: This collection was initially processed by Leah Podolsky in 2009 and Aimee
Saunders in 2010.
About the finding aid
Author and Encoding: Elizabeth Delmage, 2013 August
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Additional information:
Bibliography: Grant, Ulysses S. Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: C. L. Webster
& co., 1885-86.
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Sponsor: Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the
van Beuren Charitable Foundation.
Biographical note:
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He graduated from the
United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843 and went on to have a successful military career.
Grant fought in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and later served as the Union general who
brought the American Civil War (1861-1865) to an end. In 1868, Grant was elected the 18th President of
the United States and served two terms, leaving office in March 1877. As president, Grant helped
stabilize the nation after the effects of the Civil War, passed the Fifteenth Amendment which
guaranteed that the right to vote shall not be denied due to a person’s race, and ended the first Ku Klux
Klan in 1871. Following his presidency, Grant and his wife, Julia Dent (1826-1902), embarked on a two
year long world tour and then settled in New York. In 1885, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
was published and became a critical and popular success. Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer on July
23, 1885, in Wilton, New York.
Scope and content note:
This collection consists of one letter written by President Ulysses S. Grant to his acquaintance, Mr. Boni,
from the Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. In this letter, Grant asks Mr. Boni and his wife to visit
the White House before Grant’s presidential term ended in March 1877. Grant also writes of his plans to
travel abroad after his presidential term ended and his opinion on the Election of 1876.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Inventory:
Box
Manuscripts Box 1
Title
Letter to Mr. Boni
Date
1877 Jan 27
Access terms:
Subjects:
Presidents--United States--Correspondence
United States--Politics and government--1849-1877
Genre terms:
Letters (correspondence)
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