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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Presidential Oath of Office administered to Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07682 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 1869/03/04 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 25.1 x 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Includes Chase's note: "The Oath from this paper was administered to General Grant on the 4th of March 1869."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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