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GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. A collection of 25 autograph notes as President, TO HIS PERSONAL SECRETARY C.C. STRIFFIN, n.p. [Washington, D.C.], various dates, 1869-1877. 25 notecards, written on rectos and versos, various sizes, from 58 x 60mm. (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.) to 65 x 100mm. (2 1/2 x 4 in.), all but one in pencil, some with brief annotations by Striffin in ink, 11 laid down, the others with traces of mounting on verso. [With:] A cabinet card photograph of "Gen. U.S. Grant," formally attired and seated, 165 x 102mm. (6 1/2 x 4 in.), very slightly yellowed. A half-length portrait of the General prior to his running for President.
GRANT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
An unusual collection of unpublished Presidential notes which direct Striffin to summon or instruct cabinet members, to confirm various appointments, etc. [1869:] "The mourning drapery about the [White] house may be taken down" (perhaps in honor of the death of former President Franklin Pierce on 8 October 1869); [undated:] "Refer to Atty. Genl. and recommend that he have this printed so the copies may be sent to Congress"; [26 May 1870:] "Withdraw nomination of Geo[rge] W. Patton...as Marshal of West Va"; [12 February 1877:] "Submit to the Sec. of War whether the unexpired sentence of Capt. Morgan might not now be remitted"; [undated:] "The Sec. of the Navy may refer the maps, surveys & reports of the different inter-oceanic routes...to the Commissioner named to examine them"; [30 November:] "Will the Adj. Gen inform me whether before the Sec. of War left Washington, he ordered a board of Eng[ineer] officers to examine and report upon Capt. Eads work at the mouth of the Miss[issippi]"; [29 April:] "Ask Atty. Gen to make his recommendation in the Georgia cases at his earliest convenience..."
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GRANT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
An unusual collection of unpublished Presidential notes which direct Striffin to summon or instruct cabinet members, to confirm various appointments, etc. [1869:] "The mourning drapery about the [White] house may be taken down" (perhaps in honor of the death of former President Franklin Pierce on 8 October 1869); [undated:] "Refer to Atty. Genl. and recommend that he have this printed so the copies may be sent to Congress"; [26 May 1870:] "Withdraw nomination of Geo[rge] W. Patton...as Marshal of West Va"; [12 February 1877:] "Submit to the Sec. of War whether the unexpired sentence of Capt. Morgan might not now be remitted"; [undated:] "The Sec. of the Navy may refer the maps, surveys & reports of the different inter-oceanic routes...to the Commissioner named to examine them"; [30 November:] "Will the Adj. Gen inform me whether before the Sec. of War left Washington, he ordered a board of Eng[ineer] officers to examine and report upon Capt. Eads work at the mouth of the Miss[issippi]"; [29 April:] "Ask Atty. Gen to make his recommendation in the Georgia cases at his earliest convenience..."
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