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Barrett Grant, Ulysses S. Cabinet Card

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.045 Author/Creator: Barrett Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 19 June 1885 Pagination: 1 cabinet ; 10.6 x 16.4 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with imprint and Barret and printed caption below image: "General U.S. Grant and Family, at Mt. McGregor, Taken June 19th, 1885." Verso contains pencil inscriptions "78" and "43." View of Grant and his family gathered on the front steps of their home at Mount McGregor.

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

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