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Lot 432
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), and others—AUTOGRAPH ALBUM]. An autograph album, c.1870s, assembling more than 350 signatures and inscriptions by President Ulysses S. Grant, members of his Cabinet (c.1873-74), Supreme Court Justices, Congressman, Senators, and various other prominent American political leaders and statesmen.
8vo (219 x 138mm). (Occasional minor soiling or spotting). Contemporary morocco gilt (rebacked preserving most of the original spine); slipcase.
Includes: President U. S. Grant (“U. S. Grant”), Vice President Henry Wilson, James G. Blaine (Speaker of the House), Secretary of War William Belknap, Secretary of the Navy George Robeson, Postmaster General John A. J. Creswell, Secretary of the Treasury William A. Richardson, Adolph Sutro, the entire Supreme Court: Chief Justice Morrison Waite, Associate Justices Nathan Clifford, Noah Swayne, Samuel Miller, David Davis, Stephen Field, Joseph Bradley William Strong and Ward Hunt; and numerous others.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota