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Unknown Grant, Ulysses S. Cabinet Card

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.046 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Mt. McGregor, New York Type: Photograph Date: 20 July 1885 Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 10.6 x 16.4 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with printed inscription below image: "Gen. U.S. Grant, Taken at Mt. McGregor Three Days Before His Death." Pencil inscriptions on verso: "Nelli[es?]," and "42." Image shows an elderly Grant reading on the porch of his home.

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

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