细节
GRANT, ULYSSES S., President. Autograph sentiment signed ("U.S. Grant Lt. Gen. U.S.A.") as Lieutenant General, Office of the Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 30 March 1864. 1 page, 4to, on Sanitary Commission stationery with large decorative medallion emblem at top center of the sheet, lightly browned.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE PHILADELPHIA SANITARY FAIR
Not long after his promotion to Lieutenant General, a rank held previously only by George Washington, Grant submits his autograph for sale at the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair. On a sheet of the Sanitary Fair's ornate stationery he writes in a bold hand: "Liberal patronage for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers is respectfully solicited..." With the launching of the Union Army's Spring offensive in early May, a little over a month later, Union casualties in the bitter fighting reached unprecedented levels and the demand for medical supplies and nursing facilities was sorely tested.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE PHILADELPHIA SANITARY FAIR
Not long after his promotion to Lieutenant General, a rank held previously only by George Washington, Grant submits his autograph for sale at the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair. On a sheet of the Sanitary Fair's ornate stationery he writes in a bold hand: "Liberal patronage for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers is respectfully solicited..." With the launching of the Union Army's Spring offensive in early May, a little over a month later, Union casualties in the bitter fighting reached unprecedented levels and the demand for medical supplies and nursing facilities was sorely tested.