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Letter from Ulysses S. Grant, Washington, D.C., to E.B. Washburne, 1868 February 17 : autograph maniscript signed.

BIB_ID
102650
Accession number
MA 2023.5
Creator
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1868 February 17.
Credit line
Gift of John Walden Myer, 1960.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.6 x 12.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Headquarters Army of the United States."
Envelope addressed to "Hon. E.B. Washburne / M.A.[?] / Introducing / Gen. Myer / Sig. Corps [illegible]."
Docketed in ink on verso of evelope "Autograph / U.S. Grant / Introducting / Gen. Myer [?] / Hon. E.B. Washburne."
Summary
Introducing him to General Myer and indicating that he wished to speak to Washburn concerning appropriations for the Signal Corps.