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Photographs of Ulysses S. Grant and John C. Pemberton : with descendant and collector signatures.

Authors:
Kincaid, Robert L., Brady, Mathew B., Meserve, Frederick Hill, Grant, U. S., Pemberton, John C.
Other Authors:
Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968, signer.
Item ID:
71200908300667
Publisher:
[place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [between 1902 and 1960]
Call Number:
Z42 .M47
Physical Description:
1 volume : 2 black and white photographs ; 22 x 28 cm
Topic:
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Portraits.
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 -- Portraits.
Note:
CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Photographic portraits by Mathew Brady of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General John C. Pemberton mounted on card stock by Frederick Hill Meserve. Grant defeated Pemberton at Vicksburg in a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War. They had previously served together in the Mexican War. Beneath the photograph of Grant is the signature of his grandson, U.S. Grant 3rd (1881-1968). Beneath the photograph of Pemberton is the signature of his grandson, John C. Pemberton, 3rd (1893-1984). The folder is also signed by Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962) and Robert Lee Kincaid (1893-1960, president of Lincoln Memorial University from 1947-1958).; Regarded as America's first great photography collector, Frederick Hill Meserve (1865-1962) established himself as an authority in the field of Lincoln photographs. Meserve began collecting Civil War-era photographs to illustrate his father's military memoir. In 1902, Meserve purchased more than 15,000 Mathew Brady glass negatives.
OCLC Number:
ocn903952564
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Manuscripts & Documents