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Unknown [Oval bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in civilian dress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.041 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 9 December 1872 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 29.9 x 25.2 cm. Order a Copy

Oval seated portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States. White mount with pencil inscription on verso: "Genl. U.S. Grant, Dec 9 1872, with his autograph written on face of photograph." Date and autograph below image are severely faded and barely visible.

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

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