General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items, 1885 Multiple Catalog Numbers

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1 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items, 1885 Multiple Catalog Numbers National Park Service Manhattan Sites General Grant National Memorial Rachel M. Oleaga March 2012 This finding aid may be accessed electronically from the National Park Service Manhattan Historic Sites Archive Processing was funded by a generous donation from the Leon Levy Foundation to the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy.

2 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY... 2 COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS... 4 PROVENANCE NOTE... 5 HISTORICAL NOTE... 6 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE... 7 ARRANGEMENT NOTE... 8 SERIES OUTLINE... 8 SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST... 9 RELATED MATERIALS NOTE SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ADDED ENTRIES/ACCESS POINTS... 19

3 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 2 SUMMARY Creator: Title: United States. National Park Service General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Dates: 1885 Extent: 16.9 linear feet (1 half document box, 8 large flat boxes, 1 custom box, 4 record cartons, 2 map drawers) National Park Service Accession Number: GEGR-00001, GEGR National Park Service Catalog Number: Multiple catalog numbers Biographical Statement: As President and Commanding General of the Union Army, Ulysses S. Grant was a key figure in the history of the United States in the late 19 th Century. Grant was greatly revered by the American public for his service to the nation during the American Civil War, as well as for his leadership in office -- including his promotion of the passage of the 15 th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -- during the turbulent post-war Reconstruction period. After he succumbed to throat cancer on July 23, 1885, the public reaction of mourning was immense. Public reverence was immediately evident throughout the streets of New York as well as across the nation. Scope and Content Statement: Cataloged memorial items in this collection consist of resolutions, testimonies, memorial books, banners, sympathy letters, and poems sent to the Grant family in response to the failing health and death of Ulysses S. Grant on July 23, Materials in this collection provide insight into the impact Ulysses S. Grant had on the American public, as well as abroad, and shed light on the strong support for the creation of a grand memorial in his honor. These items also document the nature of public sympathy and mourning in the late 19 th century. Processing Information: This collection was processed as part of the Manhattan Sites Archives Project in 2012 by Assistant Archivist Rachel M. Oleaga with the assistance of Project Archivist Tobi Adler and Lead Archivist Mimi Bowling. Funding Source: Processing of this collection was made possible by a generous donation from the Leon Levy Foundation to the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy.

4 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 3 Contact Information: Chief of Cultural Resources, National Park Service, Manhattan Sites Federal Hall National Memorial 26 Wall Street, New York, NY (212)

5 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 4 COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. The various state privacy acts govern the use of materials that document private individuals, groups, and corporations. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction if the document does not infringe the privacy rights of an individual, group, or corporation. These specified conditions of authorized use include: non-commercial and non-profit study, scholarship, or research, or teaching criticism, commentary, or news reporting as a NPS preservation or security copy as a research copy for deposit in another institution If a user later uses a copy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," the user may be personally liable for copyright, privacy, or publicity infringement. This institution's permission to obtain a photographic, xerographic, digital, or other copy of a document doesn't indicate permission to publish, exhibit, perform, reproduce, sell, distribute, or prepare derivative works from this document without first obtaining permission from the copyright holder and from any private individual, group, or corporation shown or otherwise recorded. Permission to publish, exhibit, perform, reproduce, prepare derivative works from, sell, or otherwise distribute the item must be obtained by the user separately in writing from the holder of the original copyright (or if the creator is dead from his/her heirs) as well as from any individual(s), groups, or corporations whose name, image, recorded words, or private information (e.g., employment information) may be reproduced in the source material. The holder of the original copyright isn't necessarily the National Park Service. The National Park Service is not legally liable for copyright, privacy, or publicity infringement when materials are wrongfully used after being provided to researchers for "fair use." This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if fulfillment of the order is judged in violation of copyright or federal or state privacy or publicity law.

6 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 5 PROVENANCE NOTE The items that comprise this collection were assembled from materials located in the Manhattan Sites Collections, now housed at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York. This collection was formed from two accessions: GEGR and GEGR Each item has been cataloged individually by the National Park Service. Both accessions, GEGR and GEGR-00039, can be traced back to the transfer of Grant s Tomb from the Grant Monument Association to the Federal Government. Resolutions, memorial books, banners, and sympathy letters, along with a variety of other Grant related ephemera, were deeded with the Tomb to the National Park Service on May 1, Shortly after the death of Julia Dent Grant in 1902, the Grants son Col. Frederick Dent Grant gave the Grant Monument Association over three thousand memorial items and resolutions created during the General s illness and following his death. A portion of those items form this collection, but there is little information concerning what happened to the bulk of them. These items were maintained by the Grant Monument Association until the transfer in Many of the resolutions and memorial books were used by the Grant Monument Association in exhibits and displays in the reliquary rooms at the Tomb over the years. 1 1 Kahn, David M. Historical Resource Study (New York: NPS, 1980). National Park Service, General Grant National Memorial Administrative Records. Catalog Number GEGR 895. Box 5, Folder 12, p. 150.

7 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 6 HISTORICAL NOTE Ulysses S. Grant is a prominent figure in 19 th century American history. Grant served in the Infantry during the Mexican American War and as Commanding General of Union Armies during the American Civil War. He emerged from the war a hero, and was elected eighteenth President of the United States, serving two full terms. After his presidency, Grant traveled extensively, aided in international diplomacy and wrote personal memoirs that provide a respected historical account of his experiences in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. Although his public life was riddled with controversy, Grant s list of accomplishments and contributions to the politics and history of the United States during the late 19 th century is immense, including his involvement in the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, passage of the coinage act of 1873, the Civil Rights Act in 1875, and establishment of Yellowstone as the first National Park in In 1884, while in the midst of drafting his personal memoirs, Grant was diagnosed with throat cancer. Grant s health continued to deteriorate after the diagnosis and in the spring of 1885, Grant and his immediate family members retreated to a cottage in Mount McGregor, New York. The cabin was a peaceful place for Grant to finish his writing, rest and recuperate away from the city heat. News of his poor health was received with dismay by the American public. Many individuals and civic organizations sent resolutions to the Grant family with get-well messages, thoughts and prayers. On July 23, 1885, shortly after completing his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant died. In the weeks following Ulysses S. Grant s death, American citizens and organizations reacted with a strong sense of grief and sympathy for the Grant family, through sympathy letters, resolutions and other acts of mourning. Private funeral services were held for the Grant family and close friends at the Mount McGregor house. His coffin was then taken to Albany where he lay in state at the State Capitol. The following day the coffin was taken to City Hall in New York City. Both instances attracted large crowds of visitors to pay their final respects to Grant. The funeral procession was held on August 8, 1885 in New York City. The procession was observed by over one million mourners and involved over sixty thousand marchers. The final portion of the procession included Grant s interment in a temporary tomb in Riverside Park, as the establishment of the Grant Monument Association and talks of creating an ornate Tomb for Grant in Riverside Park began. Grant s body was placed in the completed tomb on Riverside Drive on April 17, 1897, ten days before the official dedication on April 27, Grant s wife Julia Dent Grant was entombed alongside him following her death in Grant s Tomb remains on a plot in Riverside Park, New York and is on the National Register of Historic Places, maintained by the National Park Service as the General Grant National Memorial.

8 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 7 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection is comprised of individually cataloged memorial resolutions, including bound resolutions and memorial books, and sympathy letters, banners, and poems created in the months prior to, or immediately following, the death of Ulysses S. Grant in These items were sent to the Grant family in New York and passed on to the Grant Monument Association in Resolutions, memorial books, banners, and sympathy letters in this collection document public reaction to the sickness and death of Ulysses S. Grant. They shed light on the importance of Ulysses S. Grant to American citizens at home and abroad and provide insight into the character of Grant as interpreted through the eyes of many veterans organizations, governing bodies and the general public in Many items created by federal, local, and state governments in the United States as well as abroad attest to Grant s political reach not only in the United States, but across the globe. These ornately crafted items display the care and thought involved in their creation, and provide artistic interpretations of Grant and his life. Poems present in this collection display the emotional sentiment expressed from an individual perspective in regards to Grant s service to the country and his legacy. Overall these memorial items provide evidence of the period of great sorrow and mourning experienced shortly before and following the death of Grant. They represent physical manifestations of grief and shed light on the genesis of the memorialization of Grant and his legacy as seen in the 19 th century.

9 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 8 ARRANGEMENT NOTE The General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Collection is an artificial collection of individually cataloged items that have been compiled to facilitate access. The collection is arranged into three series: Resolutions and Memorial Books, Sympathy Letters and Poems. Oversize items are located in large flat boxes and map drawers (MD), bound items in record cartons (RC). Folder numbers are not imposed; items maintain their original catalog numbers. Some items may currently be on exhibit at the Overlook Pavilion at the General Grant National Memorial; notations next to these items can be found in the contents list. SERIES OUTLINE I. Resolutions and Memorial Books A. Resolutions B. Bound Resolutions and Books II. III. Sympathy Letters Poems

10 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 9 SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST Series I: Resolutions and Memorial Books, 1885, undated Extent: 16.5 linear feet Arrangement: Items in both subseries are listed according to date of creation and stored according to size. Ascribed titles represent the group, organization or individual responsible for the creation of the resolution. Oversize resolutions can be found in map drawers 22 and 23; bound resolutions in record cartons 1, 2, 3 and 4. Scope and Content: This series is comprised of resolutions, bound resolutions, banners, and memorial books created in honor of Ulysses S. Grant in The term resolution refers specifically to a formal expression of opinion or will that has been agreed upon by an official body or group of individuals 2 and then publicized. Resolutions in this series were created in official meetings and gatherings in which organizations and governing bodies agreed upon specific terms, produced official documents and forwarded them to the Grant family. Each resolution differs in terms of content and style. However, all of the resolutions in this series pertain to Ulysses S. Grant and the Grant family in some fashion. The subjects of resolutions in this series include get-well expressions created upon the news of Grant s worsening health in the months prior to July 1885, as well as expressions of sympathy and support for the Grant family in the months following his death. Examples of specific resolved acts in this series include mandatory closing of businesses on the day of Grant s funeral, August 8, 1885, and the draping of storefronts in memorial bunting to honor Grant. Many organizations also resolved to display the national colors for specific periods of time in Grant s memory and to fly the American flag at half staff. Resolutions, bound and unbound, provide information about the life and legacy of Ulysses S. Grant as highlighted by the individuals and organizations that created them. These biographical sketches and memorials include descriptions of his presidency, accomplishments as soldier and general, and his overall character. Specific events highlighted in this series include a handwritten resolution from the Board of Indian Commissioners, which recounts Grant s role in creating the Commission in 1869, and his overall respect and aid for marginalized races. A resolution from the Colored Citizens of Chicago, dated June 23, 1885 pays tribute to Grant and his involvement in the Civil War, specifically his role in ending slavery in the South. The restoration of Grant s military rank of general on March 3, is referenced in a resolution from the 66 th General Assembly of the Ohio Senate, from March 11, 1885, that expresses congratulations to Grant upon the restoration of his military rank, along with prayers for improved health. 2 Resolutions (administrative records) Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. The Getty Research Institute 3 U.S. Army Five-Star Generals. U.S. Army Center of Military History, last modified March 2012,

11 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 10 Lesser known aspects of Grant s early life are also referenced in these memorial items, specifically seen in a bound resolution from the National Tanners and Hide and Leather Dealers Association, that expresses sympathy for Grant s death and discusses his time spent as a tanner apprentice, the same profession held by Grant s father Jesse Root Grant ( ). The majority of resolutions in this series were created by organizations that arose out of the aftermath of the American Civil War, specifically veterans organizations including the Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and the Woman s Relief Corps. Memorial books and bound resolutions in many instances were created by governing bodies at the federal, state and local levels. Resolutions and memorial books by foreign governments and expatriates living abroad from areas including Western Europe, Australia and South America can also be found in this series. Notable penmen responsible for the calligraphy and stylized writing found on some these resolutions include Daniel T. Ames, N.S. Beardsley, B.F. Brady, and Hamel & Ferguson. Subseries A contains handwritten and printed resolutions in the form of large posters, banners, booklets or one-page documents; these items vary greatly in shape and size. Included is a resolution created by the French-Canadians of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, written in French. Also contained is a resolution from the Union League Club of Chicago, of which Grant was an active member, a resolution from the Knights of Pythias of the State of Pennsylvania, a resolution from the Order of the United American Mechanics and various resolutions from posts of the Grand Army of the Republic located throughout the United States. Subseries B contains resolutions and memorial books that are bound. These items are largely ornate and decorative in terms of calligraphy and casing. Notable items in this subseries include a bound resolution from the Police Department of the City of New York, an oversize resolution from the Common Council of the City of New York, a memorial testimonial from the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, and a hand-painted memorial book from Citizens of the United States Resident in Australia. Also included is a bound velvet Birthday-Greeting book sent to Grant on what would become his last birthday, that includes the poem Hail to the Chief, Hero of Appomattox written in September 28, 1865 (after the end of the Civil War), that was then adapted as a tribute to the physically suffering Grant in the April of Subseries A: Resolutions Box Catalog # Title Date 5 GEGR Winchester Post No. 197, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 March 11 Department of New York, penned by Henry E. Nelmes 3 GEGR th General Assembly of the Senate of the State of Ohio 1885 March 11 [includes corresponding letter] 2 GEGR Third Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the 1885 March 12 Republic 3 GEGR General Assembly of Illinois 1885 March 18 3 GEGR House of Representatives and Senate of the State of Michigan 1885 March 19

12 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 11 Box Catalog # Title Date 3 GEGR Post No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of 1885 March 24 Illinois 3 GEGR New York State Assembly, signed by Joseph B. Carr, 1885 March 30 Secretary of State 3 GEGR Blaine and Logan Glee Club, Columbus, Ohio 1885 April 1 4 GEGR First Division of the Second Army Corps Survivors 1885 April 4 Association 5 GEGR Order of United American Mechanics, Council Chamber 1885 April 5 of Excelsior Council, No GEGR City of Rochester, New York 1885 April 7 3 GEGR Board of Supervisors of Rockland County, New York 1885 April 8 4 GEGR Henry Wilson Post No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 April 10 Department of New Jersey 5 GEGR James C. Rice Post No. 29, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 April 10 Department of New York 1 GEGR Republican District Committee of the Twenty First 1885 April 15 Assembly District, New York [banner] 7 GEGR Hudson Post No. 159, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 April 18 Department of New York 2 GEGR Young Men's Republican Club of the City of New York 1885 April 18 MD 22 GEGR Executive Department of the State of Kansas 1885 April 23 3 GEGR Sons of Veterans, James Hall Camp No. 29, New York 1885 April 24 1 GEGR Grand Whipple Post No. 414, Grand Army of the 1885 April 24 Republic, Department of Kankakee, Illinois 5 GEGR Sedgwick Post No. 186, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 May 11 Department of New York 5 GEGR National Camp of the Patriotic Order of Sons of America 1885 June 18 4 GEGR Colored Citizens of the City of Chicago, Illinois 1885 June 23 6 GEGR Lincoln Council No. 4 of the Order of United American 1885 June 26 Mechanics, San Francisco, California 1 GEGR W'm B. Greene Post No. 100, Grand Army of the 1885 June 30 Republic, Department of Methuen, Massachusetts 3 GEGR Grand Army of the Republic Encampment at Round Lake, 1885 July 10 New York 2 GEGR Special Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, at 1885 July 13 Mount McGregor, New York 6 GEGR Lincoln Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 23 Department of California 3 GEGR Veteran Relief Corps No July 23 4 GEGR General U.S. Grant Post No. 5, Grand Army of the 1885 July 23 Republic, Department of Pennsylvania 5 GEGR Citizens of the Borough of Braddock, Pennsylvania 1885 July 23 3 GEGR American Residents of Victoria, British Columbia 1885 July 24 5 GEGR Chicago Bar Association 1885 July 24 MD 22 GEGR Union League Club of Chicago, Illinois 1885 July 24

13 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 12 Box Catalog # Title Date 5 GEGR George H. Thomas Post No. 5, Grand Army of the 1885 July 24 Republic, Department of Illinois 3 GEGR Iron, Coal and Manufactures Association, Tennessee 1885 July 24 6 GEGR Hannibal Post No. 43, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 24 Department of Missouri 3 GEGR Phil. Kearny Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 24 Department of New Jersey 3 GEGR General Lyon Post No. 44, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 24 Department of Ohio 5 GEGR Dick Lambert Post No. 165, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 24 Department of Ohio 4 GEGR Board of Directors of the Real Estate Exchange and 1885 July 24 Auction Room (Ltd.) 4 GEGR A.R. Hulburt Post No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 25 Department of Vermont 2 GEGR Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon 1885 July 25 5 GEGR Lincoln Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 25 Department of Kansas 5 GEGR G.H. Thomas Post No. 6, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 25 Department of Dallas, Texas 2 GEGR United Labor League of America 1885 July 26 3 GEGR George Fonder Smith Post No. 255, Grand Army of the 1885 July 27 Republic, Department of Pennsylvania 3 GEGR Union Veteran Corps, First Company 1885 July 27 5 GEGR Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San 1885 July 27 Francisco, California, engrossed by W. Vallance Gray MD 22 GEGR St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota 1885 July 27 4 GEGR Citizens of Petersburg, Virginia 1885 July 27 2 GEGR Washington Artillery Battalion, New Orleans 1885 July 27 3 GEGR O.H. Rippley Post No. 41, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 27 Department of Pennsylvania 3 GEGR City of Toronto, Canada 1885 July 27 4 GEGR Citizens of the United States in Berlin, Germany 1885 July 28 MD 22 GEGR Memorial and Executive Committee of the Grand Army 1885 July 28 of the Republic, New York 6 GEGR Ulysses S. Grant post No. 28, Grand Army of the 1885 July 28 Republic, Department of Illinois MD 22 GEGR James A. Garfield Post No. 34, Grand Army of the 1885 July 28 Republic, Department of California, penned by M. Gumpel 3 GEGR The Licking Club of Newark, Ohio 1885 July 28 1 GEGR Faragut Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 28 Department of Nebraska 3 GEGR City Council of Los Angeles, California 1885 July 29 3 GEGR Slocum Post No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Rhode Island 1885 July 29

14 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 13 Box Catalog # Title Date 3 GEGR Wadhams Post No. 49, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 July 30 Department of Connecticut 2 GEGR Republican Association of Richmond County, New York 1885 July 30 4 GEGR Lincoln Relief Corps No. 3, Woman s Relief Corps of San 1885 July 30 Francisco, California 6 GEGR Chicago Union Veteran Club, Illinois, penned by Horace 1885 July 31 Heath 5 GEGR th Ward Republican Club, New York 1885 July 31 1 GEGR Mrs. Theodore Seifried and Family 1885 July 6 GEGR Lincoln Camp No.1 Sons of Veterans, Division of Missouri 1885 August 1 5 GEGR Board of Alderman of the City of Detroit, Michigan 1885 August 1 3 GEGR nd New York Veteran Cavalry 1885 August 1 5 GEGR Military Service Institutions of the United States, penned 1885 August 1 by D.T. Ames 3 GEGR Résolutions de Condoléance des Canadiens-Francais de 1885 August 2 Worcester, Mass. 3 GEGR Syracuse Topographical Union No. 55, New York 1885 August 2 4 GEGR Armory Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., Boston, 1885 August 3 Massachusetts 4 GEGR Order of United American Mechanics of Hudson County 1885 August 3 New Jersey 3 GEGR C.C. Washburn Post No. 11, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 August 3 Department of Wisconsin 4 GEGR Military Order of the Loyal Legion Headquarters 1884 August 4 Commandery, State of Minnesota MD 22 GEGR George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Grand Army of the 1885 August 4 Republic, Department of California 5 GEGR British Benevolent Society of California 1885 August 4 7 GEGR Appomattox Relief Corps No. 5, Women s Relief Corps 1885 August 5 [banner] N/A GEGR Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia -On Exhibit 1885 August 5 3 GEGR City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1885 August 5 5 GEGR 00346a Noah L. Farnham Post, No. 458, Grand Army of the 1885 August 5 Republic, Department of New York 4 GEGR Queens County Agricultural Society, New York, engraved 1885 August 6 by Sam E. Warren 4 GEGR Young Men's Republican Club of the City of New York 1885 August 6 5 GEGR Sons of Temperance, New York Division, penned by D.T August 6 Ames MD 23 GEGR Austrian Protective Association 1885 August 6 6 GEGR The Board of Indian Commissioners, New York 1885 August 8 6 GEGR American Residents of Santiago Chili [sic], penned by 1885 August 8 J.M. Vincent of Santiago College 3 GEGR The Citizens of Piedmont, West Virginia and Westernport, Maryland 1885 August 8

15 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 14 Box Catalog # Title Date 5 GEGR H.H. Hoagland Post No. 170, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 August 8 Department of Pennsylvania 2 GEGR The People of Ventura County, California 1885 August 8 1 GEGR The City of Fargo, [North] Dakota 1885 August 8 7 GEGR Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic of Hamilton 1885 August 8 County, Department of Ohio [banner] MD 23 GEGR Common Council of the City of Rochester, New York 1885 August 11 3 GEGR Frank P. Blair Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 August 12 Department of Missouri 2 GEGR Council of the City of Newcastle, United Kingdom 1885 August 12 2 GEGR Union League Club 1885 August 15 5 GEGR Knights of Pythias of the State of Pennsylvania, penned 1885 August 18 by M.E. Diefenderfer 6 GEGR Order of United American Mechanics, Massachusetts 1885 August 26 6 GEGR U.S. Veteran Signal Corps Association 1885 August 27 5 GEGR City of Burlington, New Jersey 1885 August MD 22 GEGR Society of the Army of Tennessee 1885 September MD 22 GEGR John A. Dix Post No. 135, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 September Department of New York 3 GEGR th General Assembly of Colorado GEGR City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania GEGR Members of the Lyon Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand 1885 Army of the Republic, Department of California 7 GEGR U.S. Grant Post No. 123, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 Department of Iowa [banner] 5 GEGR Ex-Confederate Residents of Chicago, Illinois circa GEGR The New York Metal Exchange circa GEGR Pap Thomas Post No. 30, Grand Army of the Republic, circa 1885 Department of Minnesota MD 22 GEGR Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal circa 1885 Legion of the United States 6 GEGR American Citizens of New South Wales, Australia circa GEGR The Associated Veterans of the Mexican War circa GEGR th Ward Republican Club, Cincinnati, Ohio circa GEGR John F. Reynolds Post No. 44, Grand Army of the circa 1885 Republic, Department of Fargo [North] Dakota 2 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee undated 7 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated 7 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated 7 GEGR00014 The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated 7 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated 7 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated 7 GEGR The Japanese American Relations Committee [ribbon] undated

16 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 15 Box Catalog # Title Date 2 GEGR Council Chamber from City Hall, Camden, N.J. undated Subseries B: Bound Resolutions and Memorial Books Box Catalog # Title Date RC 1 GEGR Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United 1885 March 4 States, Commandery of the State of Massachusetts RC 4 GEGR Lafayette Post No. 104, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 March 14 Department of New York 1 GEGR Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Address of Bevet 1885 April 17 Maj.-General Rutherford B. Hayes at the Fifth Quadrennial Congress RC 2 GEGR Birth-Day Greetings from L.W.H., Cincinnati, Ohio 1885 April 27 RC 1 GEGR State of Minnesota Executive Department, penned by 1885 July 23 N.S. Beardsley RC 1 GEGR New York Coffee Exchange 1885 July 24 RC 2 GEGR George H. Ward Post No. 10, Grand Army of the 1885 July 24 Republic, Department of Massachusetts 9 GEGR Common Council of the City of New York, penned by 1885 July 24 Berg. F. Brady, of New York RC 3 GEGR City of Brooklyn, New York, penned by F.R. Smith 1885 July 24 RC 3 GEGR Court of Common Council, City of Hartford, 1885 July 24 Connecticut RC 4 GEGR Police Department of the City of New York, penned by 1885 July 24 Sam'l E. Warren RC 3 GEGR Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, Missouri 1885 July 25 RC 1 GEGR Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of St July 27 Paul, Minneapolis RC 2 GEGR Members of the New York Produce Exchange, penned 1885 July 27 by D.T. Ames RC 2 GEGR Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United 1885 July 27 States, Commandery of the State of New York, penned by D.T. Ames RC 2 GEGR B.F. Butler Post No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 September 9 Department of Massachusetts RC 1 GEGR City Council of the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1885 August 1 penned by D.T. Ames RC 1 GEGR Headquarters Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 August 1 Department of Pennsylvania RC 3 GEGR Kit Carson Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, 1885 August 4 Department of the Potomac, penned by M.V.C. RC 1 GEGR Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1885 August 6 penned by D.T. Ames RC 4 GEGR Marine Society of the City of New York 1885 August 10

17 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 16 Box Catalog # Title Date RC 2 GEGR Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Grand Lodge of 1885 August 18 New York, penned by D.T. Ames RC 3 GEGR National Tanners and Hide and Leather Dealers 1885 September 17 Association, penned by F.W.G. 8 GEGR Citizens of the United States Resident in Melbourne, 1885 September Australia, penned by Hamel & Ferguson RC 4 GEGR George Washington Post No. 103, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New York 1885 November 18 Series II: Sympathy Letters, 1885 Extent: 0.2 linear feet Arrangement: Items are listed according to date of creation, and stored according to size. Titles represent a description of the item as well as correspondents involved. Scope and Content: This series contains articles of correspondence sent to Julia Dent Grant and Frederick D. Grant following the death of General Ulysses S. Grant in In some cases, correspondence may have accompanied a resolution or memorial book. Similar types of correspondence sent to the Grant Family following the death of Ulysses S. Grant can be found in the Grant Family Papers Collection [GEGR 625]. Also included is a letter to the Assistant Secretary of State James D. Porter that expresses sympathy for the nation after the death of Grant. Box Catalog # Title Date 1 GEGR From the Kenesaw Post, Grand Army of the Republic, to Mrs. U.S. Grant 2 GEGR From The Provost Magistrates and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Scotland, to Mrs. Julia Dent Grant 1 GEGR From the American Consulate in Nassau, Bahamas, to James D. Porter, Assistant Secretary of State 1 GEGR 00346b From the Noah L. Farnham Post No. 458, Grand Army of the Republic, to Col. Frederick D. Grant 1 GEGR From W.H. Roosevelt, Secretary Officer of the Ohio Association Union Ex-Prisoners of War, to Mrs. U.S. Grant Series III. Poems, 1885 Extent: 0.2 linear feet Arrangement: Items in this series are listed according to date and arranged according to size July August August September October 21 Scope and Content: This series contains poems written as memorials to Ulysses S. Grant around the time of his death in Items in this series are printed on paper and textiles. The poem Our Hero Sleeps by Mrs. Marion G. Perry was delivered to an audience on the occasion of the Grant Memorial Exercises in Vallejo, California, on August 8, 1885.

18 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 17 Box Catalog # Title Date 3 GEGR Our Hero Sleeps by Mrs. Marion G. Perry 1885 August 8 5 GEGR "The Last Tribute" by Mrs. Azalia E. Osgood circa GEGR "In Memoriam U.S.G." by Agatha Fortunata Yeaton circa GEGR In Memoriam. Our Own General Grant, An Obituary Poem by Charles J. Beattie, of the Chicago Bar circa 1885

19 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 18 RELATED MATERIALS NOTE General Grant National Memorial. The Grant Monument Association Records. Catalog Number GEGR 622. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. General Grant National Memorial. Chester A. Arthur Statue Committee Records. Catalog Number GEGR 624. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. General Grant National Memorial. Grant Family Papers from The Grant Monument Association Records. Catalog Number GEGR 625. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. General Grant National Memorial. Administrative Records. Catalog Number 895. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. General Grant National Memorial. Cataloged Archival Items. Multiple Catalog Numbers. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY Kahn, David M. General Grant National Memorial Historical Resource Study (New York: NPS, 1980). National Park Service, General Grant National Memorial Administrative Records. Catalog Number GEGR 895. Box 5, Folder 12, p or Resolutions (administrative records) Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. The Getty Research Institute, last modified 2012, The Grant Monument Association. The Website of the Grant Monument Association, last modified 2008, U.S. Army Five-Star Generals. U.S. Army Center of Military History, last modified March 2012,

20 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 19 ADDED ENTRIES/ACCESS POINTS Personal Names: Ames, Daniel T. Beardsley, N.S. Brady, Berg F. Carr, Joseph Bradford, Grant, Julia Dent, Grant, Frederick Dent, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), Porter, James D. (James Davis), Corporate Names: Associated Veterans of the Mexican War Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia British Benevolent Society of California Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Common Council Camden (N.J.). City Council Chicago Bar Association Colorado. General Assembly Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion Detroit (Mich.) Board of Alderman Elizabeth (N.J.). City Council Executive Departments. Kansas Grand Army of the Republic Grant Monument Association (New York, N.Y.) Harrisburg (Pa.). Mayor Hartford (Conn.). Court of Common Council Illinois. General Assembly Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of New York Inverness (Scotland). District Council Knights of Pythias Lancaster (Pa.). Common Council Los Angeles (Calif.). City Council Lyon Relief Corps, Auxiliary, Grand Army of the Republic. Marine Society of the City of New York, in the State of New York Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives Michigan. Legislature. Senate Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Military Service Institution of the United States Minnesota. Executive Council National Tanners and Hide and Leather Dealers Association National Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) New York (N.Y.). Common Council New York (N.Y.). Police Dept. New York (State). Legislature. Assembly New York Chamber of Commerce

21 Finding Aid General Grant National Memorial Cataloged Resolutions and Memorial Items Multiple Catalog # s Page 20 New York Coffee Exchange New York Metal Exchange New York Produce Exchange New York Veteran Cavalry Ohio Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War Ohio. General Assembly Order of United American Mechanics Patriotic Order Sons of America Portland (Or.). Board of Trade Queens County Agricultural Society (N.Y.) Republican Association of New York, Richmond County Republican District Committee of the Twenty First Assembly (New York, N.Y.) Rochester (N.Y.). Common Council Saint Paul (Minn.) Chamber of Commerce San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors Society of the Army of the Tennessee Sons of Temperance of North America Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Union League Club (New York, N.Y.) Union Veteran Club. (Chicago, Ill.) Union Veteran Corps United Labor League of America United States. Army. Veteran Reserve Corps United States. Board of Indian Commissioners Veteran Relief Corps Young Men Republicans Club (New York, N.Y.) Subjects: Bereavement Funeral rites & ceremonies--new York (State)--New York Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), Death & burial Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), Last years