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Twain, Mark Theodore Roosevelt, Henry James, Joel Chandler Harris, Ulysses S Grant, George W Cable, W Dean Howells, John BuBiblio.com

Ulysses S GrantBiblio.com

The Civil War Won General Ulysses S. Grant Praises Union Troops for Saving the Union

18653069006/06/1865. <blockquote>He is confident that â€œthe men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them.â€</blockquote>Ulysses S. Grant through his intelligence determination iron will and patriotism was the military man most responsible for leading the United States through the greatest time of crisis and chaos in the nationâ€™s history. As general of the Army during the Civil War he commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. Moreover all recognized that his strategy had compelled Lee and the Confederacy to fight the kind of war they could not win. Later as president he guided the nation through Reconstruction helping to bind the wounds between North and South while empowering newly freed African Americans.After Leeâ€™s surrender as the troops began to come home municipalities all over the North sought to give them all the kind of reception appropriate to victors. Grant was invited to some of these so many that he could not attend them all.Autograph letter signed two pages on Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead Washington D.C. June 61865 to C.T. Jones H.W. Gray T.A. Barlow A.M. Fox and S. G. King a committee who had invited Grant to a celebratory reception for returning volunteer troops in Philadelphia. Grant had to decline the invitation because he was due to attend the Great Northwest Fair in Chicago on the same date. In his letter to the committee Grant summed up his deep feelings for his men and the debt the nation owed the Union troops who had saved the Union.â€œYour invitation for me to be in Philadelphia on Saturday night at the reception to be given by the citizens to the returning is received. Having already engaged to be present at the Great Northwest Fair now being held in Chicago Ill. on the same day it will be impossible for me to attend.""The achievements of our volunteers for the last four years entitles them to the lasting gratitude of all loyal people and I therefore rejoice at the enthusiastic reception which they are everywhere receiving. It is not likely that I shall be present at any of these receptions but I know the men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them.""We donâ€™t ever recall seeing another Grant letter articulating his feelings about the soldiers he commanded nor about the debt of gratitude Americans owed them for the victory.<img class=""alignnone size-post-window wp-image-25018"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /> unknown

The Raab Collection · États-Unis14 000,00 $US≈ 11 845,40 €

Grant, Ulysses S; James G Blaine; PH Sheridan; George B McClellan; Elizabeth B Custer P HBiblio.com

The Great War Library “Shoulder Strap” Set of Civil War Memoirs Including: Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan McClellan’s Own Story and Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas.

1885147086New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885-1891. Rare Shoulder Strap set of five Civil War histories printed by Twain's publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation. Octavo eight volumes bound in full tan sheep skin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands red and black spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits to each volume illustrated with steel engravings maps and woodcuts. The set features: a first edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Two volumes 1885-1886; a first edition of McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union the Soldiers Who Fought It and His Relations to It and to Them 1887; a first edition of Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas 1887; a first edition of Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan Two volumes 1888; and a fourth edition of Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman Two volumes 1891. In very good to good condition with rubbing to the extremities and light toning to the title pages of each volume evidence of interior hinge repair and library stamps to the first and last leaves of the Sherman and Custer memoirs a gift inscription to the first volume of Sheridan's memoirs darkening to the top edge of both volumes of the Sheridan memoir library checkout card and pocket to the rear pastedown of the Custer volume. An exceptionally rare set especially in this condition. Featuring the finest of contemporary Civil War histories the Great War Library "Shoulder Strap" series pays tribute to Mark Twain's brief but impressive venture into publishing. In 1884 Twain joined with Charles Webster who was married to Twain's niece in an effort at first to publish "his own books and he began successfully with Huckleberry Finn in 1885. Almost fortuitously he got the contract to publish U.S. Grant's Memoirs 1885-86—a huge success . . . Other Civil War generals preparing their memoirs naturally hoped to appear with their great commander" Paine 831. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover

Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis12 000,00 $US≈ 10 153,20 €

Ulysses S GrantBiblio.com

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

1885048 - 122 - 912First edition in the publisher's green cloth bindingPublisher and Year: New York: Charles L. Webster and Company 1885 Vol 1 and 1886 Vol 2Edition: First edition first printing in the publisher's cloth binding. Customers could order their sets in cloth sheep leather three-quarter morocco full morocco and tree calf ranging in price from $7 to $25. Although cloth was the cheapest of these bindings at $7 it was still expensive to consumers amounting to about $234 today when adjusting for inflation. Publisher's ProspectusCondition and Description: Octavos two volumes publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt plain edges floral endpapers frontispieces with tissue guards. Vol 1: 584 pp; Vol 2: 654 pp index errata. Additional in-text plates. Complete with all pages tissue guards and fold-out materials present. Rubbing and handling marks to the boards of each volume including to the gilt medallions. Tips bumped with some exposure. Foxing to the frontispieces tissue guards and title pages. In Vol 1 there is a partially erased prior owner's name to the top-right corner of the front free endpaper and a small bookseller stamp on the front pastedown. In Vol 2 there is a small partially erased note "2 Vols" in pencil to the front free endpaper. No other writing or underlining. Pages exhibit occasional minor imperfections. A handsome set with uncommonly well-preserved covers."The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army for instance and most of the press of the country clothed General Lee with just such qualities but I had known him personally and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this."Inventory ID: 048 - 122 - 912 Charles L. Webster and Company

Hughes Rare Books · États-Unis775,00 $US≈ 655,73 €

Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke [Ulysses S Grant]Biblio.com

Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust.

1885125381New York: Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. c. 1885. Attractive bronze bust of of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army by famed American sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. The adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown Henry Kirke Bush-Brown was revered for his accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history. He produced three equestrian bronze sculptures erected at the Gettysburg battlefield depicting General George Mead the victor at Gettysburg General John F. Reynolds killed in action July 1 1863 and General John Sedgwick the senior most Union casualty of the American Civil War. In addition Bush-Brown made a bust of Abraham Lincoln dedicated in 1912 as part of the Lincoln Speech Memorial commemorating Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Mounted on a bronze base the entire piece measures 7.75 inches in height. In fine condition. Following the close of the American Civil War Congress revisited the idea of a superior General rank initially intended for bestowal upon George Washington who held the rank of â€œGeneral and Commander-in-Chiefâ€ which was a grade senior to all American major generals and brigadier generals from the American Revolutionary War but only entitled him to the three-star insignia of an Army lieutenant general. On July 25 1866 Congress enacted legislation authorizing the grade of General of the Army and on that same date the new grade was conferred on Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant as a reward for saving the Union in the American Civil War. The grade was recognized and continued in various acts until the Act of July 15 1870 which contained the requirement that â€œthe offices of general and lieutenant general shall continue until a vacancy shall exist in the same and no longer and when such vacancy shall occur in either of said offices shall become inoperative and shall by virtue of this act from thence forward be held to be repealed.â€ Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. unknown

Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis12 500,00 $US≈ 10 576,25 €

Grant, Ulysses S; Philip H SheridanBiblio.com

Ulysses S. Grant and Philip H. Sheridan Signed Willard’s Hotel Menu.

1865146517Washington D.C. May 10 1865. Rare historical daily menu from the prestigious Willard's Hotel in Washington D.C. dating to the very day that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured. One page double-sided signed inside by Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan "U. S. Grant Lt. Gen. U.S.A." and "Phil. H. Sheridan Maj. Genl. U.S.A." In fine condition with intersecting folds. Double-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and a window at the rear revealing the front of the menu. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches. This rare and unique historical document was obtained by the father of New York journalist Edward Page Mitchell who was in the Willard Hotel when the signatures were obtained. Mitchell documented the entire event in his 1924 book 'Memoirs of an Editor: Fifty Years of American Journalism.' The story which can be found on pages 31 and 32 reads: "Several times in the old Willard and many times in its grandiose successor as through a lens at focus I got close-up figures of great personages of the Civil War and of national politics. Of the Willard memories that persist in outstanding two more shall here suffice. Three years after the first visit I went back to that hotel in tow of my father the indefatigable collector of autographs coins memorabilia curios of all sorts. Something of that propensity must have been inherited by me but nothing of his systematic thoroughness in the practice. This sojourn at the inn of Messrs. Sykes Chadwick & Co. occurred a few weeks after the culminating events of the war and a few weeks before the grand review in Washington of the victorious armies. Sheridan's cavalry had rejoined Meade's army south of the James. Jefferson Davis had been captured by his pursuers under General James H. Wilson. Grant with the instinctive delicacy of a gentleman had delegated to General Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine the honor of receiving Lee's surrender. The commander-in-chief was at the capital established in Halleck's old office in the War Department. Willard's was crowded with officers of the high command. I saw Grant there and Sheridan; the third of the great triad of military success General William Tecumseh Sherman of the march to the sea is not identified in my recollection of the assembled leaders. Immense was my father's satisfaction when he procured a dinner menu for Wednesday May 10 1865 setting forth in bronze ink the chef's programme for the day beginning with cove-plant oysters and promising the guests in a queer blending of good English and indifferent near-French such things as 'Fillet de Boeuf pique' and 'Assorted Vegetables' down to 'Petit pastry au Gelee' and coffee; the entire prospectus being displayed under the more or less mysterious legend 'Still so Gently.' But what gave interest and value in my father's eyes to this menu was its joint indorsement in close juxtaposition on a blank space opposite the 'Epigramme d'Agneau' and the 'Assorted Vegetables' by 'U. S. Grant Lt. Gen. U.S.A.' in acutely angular autograph and 'Phil. H. Sheridan Maj. Gen. U.S.A.' in the sprawling scrawl or scrawling sprawl characteristic of that dashing soldier's chirography." unknown

Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis9 200,00 $US≈ 7 784,12 €

Grant, Ulysses SBiblio.com

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Letter and Inaugural Ticket.

1881150473New York March 3 1881. Letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. One page on Mexican Southern Railroad Company letterhead manuscript in another hand the letter reads in full: New York March 8 1881 Hon Hubert O Thompson Commissioner of Public Works 31 Chambers St New York Dear Sir: I take great pleasure in presenting to you Mr Ricardo Orozco Civil Engineer of Mexico who has been in the employ of the Company which I represent in locating the Mexican Southern Railroad and who has been engaged and is now largely in-terested in the public works about the City of Mexico. Mr Orozco desires to examine the Water Works particularly and other of the public works of this City with a view of acquiring information which he may make available in the work to be accomplished about the capital of his own country. I would esteem it a favor if you would facilitate him in the object he has in view. Truly Yours "U.S. Grant." Mounted and framed with a ticket to Grant's Inaugural Procession two Mexican feather art pieces one depicting the Mexican eagle and flag and another with two American flags with the gold embossed words: Welcome to Grant Mexico 1880 and an engraved portrait of Grant. In near fine condition. Mounted and framed. The letter measures 8.25 inches by 11 inches. The entire piece measures 21 inches by 17 inches. After leaving the presidency Ulysses S. Grant sought to translate his public stature into commercial authority most notably through his role in founding and leading the Mexican Southern Railroad Company. Developed in collaboration with the Mexican diplomat and statesman Matías Romero the venture aimed to build a strategic passenger-and-freight corridor linking Puebla and Oaxaca strengthening regional commerce while attracting U.S. capital to Mexican infrastructure. The company was incorporated in New York on March 1 1881 with Grant serving as its president and functioning as the project’s principal public representative to investors and the press. Despite these high-profile beginnings the enterprise was weakened by slow surveying construction delays and persistent financial instability entering bankruptcy by the mid-1880s. Under subsequent ownership construction resumed and the line was completed in 1892 operating profitably for a time before its eventual nationalization in 1936 a trajectory that underscores both the ambition and volatility of transnational railroad development in the late nineteenth century. unknown

Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis5 000,00 $US≈ 4 230,50 €

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