Books and Manuscripts

(Camp at) Camargo, (Tamaulipas), Mex(ico)., August 31, 1846. MS. receipt in a secretarial hand, signed by Ulysses S. Grant ("U.S. Grant/2nd Lt. 4th Infy/a.a.q.m."), as 2nd Lieutenant of the 4th Infantry, during the Mexican-American War, for "Four pairs of Boots", turned over to Lieut. Jenks Beaman, Commander "J" Company, 4th Infantry. Creasing from original folds. 4 1/8 x 8 in. (105 x 203 mm).

A rare and early document signed by future president Ulysses S. Grant during his service in the Mexican-American War. It was at Camp Camargo, in Tamaulipas, Mexico, that future president General Zachary Taylor established headquarters for the Army of Occupation, as they prepared for the Battle of Monterrey (September 21–24, 1846), one of the bloodiest and most crucial battles of the war. The battle was notable for its urban combat, often home to home, which was novel for the Army at that point. After days of heavy losses on both sides an armistice was signed and the city was surrendered to the Americans.

We can locate only two other similar documents in the auction record, one of which was sold by this very house.

To Jenks Beaman, then by descent in the family.