Ulysses S. Grant Relics

Summary

Silver menu and card from farewell dinner at San Francisco, California; Silver menu of Paris dinner; Miniature gold table, modeled after the table in Mr. McLean's house on which General Robert E. Lee signed the articles of surrender - presented to general Grant by ex-Confederate soldiers; Silver trowel used by General Grant in laying the corner-stone of the American Museum of Natural History, New York; Gold medal from United States Congress commemorating victory at Vicksburg; Silver match box; Knife made at Sheffield for General Grant.

Subject

• Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885
• United States National Museum
• United States National Museum Department of Arts and Industries

Notes

• Also known as 3736.
• See also Record Unit 95, Box 53, Folder 19.
• Identification from "Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1887. Part II," pages 649-653.
• From a donation received from Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt received in November 1886.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 010, Image No. MAH-3736

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1886
• 1886-1887

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

Presidents

Place

United States

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3736]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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