House built by Genl Grant on the farm nr. St. Louis [Hardscrabble]

GLC05111.01.0343

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0343-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1855-1860's ca.
Title
House built by Genl Grant on the farm nr. St. Louis [Hardscrabble]
Place Written
St. Louis, Missouri
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 27.3 cm, Width: 22.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Title taken from inscription on mount. Mounted on purple mount. The full note on the picture: "House built by Genl. Grant on the farm n[ea]r St. Louis given to him by his father in Law, Judge Dent." Judge Dent gave the newly wed couple the land in 1848 and in 1855, grant built the cabin he would name "Hardscrabble." Written near St. Louis, Missouri

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