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Rare late 19th century folio album containing an extensive collection of Presidential autographs, letters, carte-de-visites, and portraits in addition to those of each Cabinet. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco with five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. The album contains: a clipped signature of President George Washington with a four-page letter of provenance dated July 13 1948, several portraits of him including two rare carte-de-visites as well as a carte-de-visite of Martha Washington; and autograph letter signed by John Adams as President to Benjamin Lincoln, Quincy, July 23, 1799; a clipped document signed by Thomas Jefferson as President and James Madison as Secretary of State with numerous portraits of each; a trimmed ship's passport signed by James Monroe; clipped signatures of Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren; autograph letter signed by William Henry Harrison, North Bend, March 4, 1840; clipped signature of James Tyler; clipped document signed by James H. Polk as President and countersigned by James Buchanan as Secretary of State with the Presidential Seal intact; a card signed by Zachary Taylor and members of his cabinet; slipped signature of Millard Fillmore; autograph letter signed by James Buchanan; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signatures of Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Andrew Johnson; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Gran with numerous portraits of him including a rare carte-de-visite; clipped signature and autograph not signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, March 21, 1892; autograph note signed by James Garfield, Menton, Ohio June 22, 1880; signature card of Chester A. Arthur dated November 15, 1881; an autograph letter signed by Grover Cleveland on White House stationery, dated September 1, 1887; a card signed by Benjamin Harrison; a signature card signed by Grover Cleveland; and a letter signed by William McKinley, 27 February 1892. The Presidential autographs and portraits are followed by extensive section of cabinet officials including: a clipped signature of Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury; an autograph letter signed by Albert Gallatin; clipped signatures of Aaron Burr, John Armstrong, John Calhoun, and Henry Clay; autograph note signed by Daniel Webster; card signed by James Polk, James Buchanan and other members of his cabinet; autograph letter signed by Edward Everett; autograph note signed by Jefferson Davis and other members of the Confederacy including Howell Cobb and James Thompson; autograph note signed by William H. Seward, dated 1855; and a note signed by Gideon Welles on Navy Department stationery in addition to dozens of other notable American public figures including cabinet officials and Vice-Presidents. In very good condition. An exceptional rarity.

Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs, containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto, bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays, gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile, centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner, blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures, blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary ofÂtheÂSocietyÂofÂthe Cincinnati, November 3, 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk, Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping, New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registeringÂtheÂpurchaseÂof 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge, March 5, 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18, 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Rutherford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22, 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation, dated November 16, 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of Theodore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President, dated June 4, 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant SecretaryÂofÂthe Navy, February 15, 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President, June 30, 1950, on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President, November 13, 1956, on White House stationery. In fine condition.ÂHoused in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. Note_.

Indenture from Lord Granville to Herman Husband of Orange County in the Province of North Carolina, Planter, of six hundred and forty acres of land lying and being in the Parish of St. Matthew in the County of Orange, dated 13 November 1755, signed by Francis Corbin and Benjamin Wheatley, land agents for Lord Granville, partial red seal remaining [fragile condition], together with Land Plat surveyed by William Churton of the above Indenture. Custom framed behind archival glass. An amazing piece of American history, this is an original Lord Granville Land Grant to Herman Husband (December 3, 1724 - June 19, 1795). Herman Husband was an American farmer, pamphleteer, author, and preacher. He is best known as a leader of Regulator Movement, a populist rebellion in the Province of North Carolina in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War. In the 1760s, he was involved in the resistance to the corrupt practices of predatory government officials- mainly the lawyers and judges. He was elected to the colony's assembly and spoke out against governmental abuses. His story is reminiscent of that of John Wilkes. He was jailed for speaking out and then set loose when an angry mob of armed backwoods farmers was coming to free him. The resisters organized and began calling themselves "Regulators" because they wanted to regulate the government, that is- to force it to obey the laws. Thus the movement is known as the Regulator Rebellion. Mob action was taken to prevent the worst abuses of the courts. Husband always denied he was a Regulator, and indeed, as a pacifist, he wouldn't take part in violence or threats of violence. But he was a spokesman and a symbol for the resistance. He had several tracts printed the best-known being "Shew Yourselves to be Freemen" (1769),"An Impartial Relation of the First and Causes of the Recent Differences in Public Affairs" (1770), and "A Fan For Fanning And A Touchstone For Tryon" (1771). In 1770, Husband was expelled from the state legislature, ostensibly for libel but most likely due to his affiliation with the Regulators. When the officers of Rowan County, North Carolina agreed to decide the dispute between themselves and the Regulators through a committee of arbitration, Husband was selected to serve on the committee. Husband accompanied the Regulators on the morning of the Battle of Alamance (May 16, 1771) and sought to bring about an adjustment. Seeing this was impossible, he mounted his horse and rode away, his Quaker principles dictating that he avoid participation in a fight. After the "rebellion" was crushed at the Battle of Alamance, Husband fled to Maryland under the name "Tuscape Death" and later called himself "Old Quaker". He only openly reclaimed his own name after the American Revolution.

Condición: Near Fine. A lifelong collection of the photographs and related professional materials of Grant Haist, senior research associate at the Eastman Kodak Company and author of two important technical manuals on photographic processing. A lifelong âKodak man' until his retirement in 1983, Haist was an internationally recognized technical expert and an award-winning photographer known for his western landscapes and nature prints, and scenes of everyday American life. His photographic work appeared in *National Geographic*, *National Wildlife*, *Smithsonian*, and Kodak publications. Fellowships from the Royal Society of Great Britain, the Photographic Society of America, and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology honored his accomplishments. The collection consists of well over 10,000 (8" x 10") gelatin silver prints, and 100 mounted enlargements, together with Haist's (4" x 5") sheet film negatives; over 600 glass plate negatives; over 700 large and medium format color sheet film transparencies; about 400 (70mm) glass mounted slides; and several thousand 35mm color slides in metal and cardboard mounts. Also included are 11 volumes of Haist's manuscript laboratory journals, together with six additional volumes of manuscript laboratory journals kept by three of his colleagues at Kodak; an early Kodaslide projector together with another projector custom-made by Haist. There are also over 50 medals awarded to Haist by various international salons and camera clubs, including four Graflex awards (Haist favored the 4" x 5" Graflex camera), and six medals from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: "for outstanding achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life." Haist was born in Caro, Michigan in 1922, and graduated from Michigan State University with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1949. Included in the collection are about 350 personal letters written by him and his future wife Phyllis Keeney, most of which date from when he was in training to become an officer at three U.S. military training camps during the Second World War. In several letters he discusses his interest in photography and his early picture taking. After the war and his graduation from Michigan State, he married Keeney and moved to Rochester, New York, where he worked at the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories for 32 years, retiring in 1983. He remained active in photography, traveling the world, living in Florida, Arizona, and Michigan. He died in Naples, Florida, in 2015. Over the course of his career Haist held 28 U.S. patents for inventions and innovations made by him at Kodak. He authored many technical articles and published the classic two-volume manual: *Modern Photographic Processing* in 1979. He is known in the field as "the man who modernized the process to develop photos," and for opening the door to the digital age of photography. He also amassed an extensive collection of Kodak cameras and published a history of *George Eastman's Cameras* in 2011. The Eastman Kodak Working Journals: Haist's 12-volume set of research laboratory journals (lacking one volume, no. 11), document his series of laboratory experiments on the processing of Reversal F emulsions "in an attempt to find a non-toxic substitute for phenyl hydrazine in the developer," commencing in August, 1949 and concluding in July, 1954. Uniformly bound small quartos, the journals contain his research notes, observations, and conclusions written in manuscript on the rectos and versos. Interspersed throughout the text are charts, tables, and figures (mostly of chemical compounds). Laid-in or stapled-in throughout all 11 volumes are manuscript sheets (several folded) of additional notes, tables, charts, together with paper emulsion testing strips, and "Monthly Reports." Among the research journals of Haist's colleagues, are four manuscript note book journals by James R. King that document King's processing and dark room experiments (with folded charts tipped-in and additional manuscript sheets of notes and tables laid-in); and three other loose volumes by Paul Webb and D.E. Willoughby. The Images: Over the course of his career, Haist's photographs appeared in America's leading popular magazines and trade publications. A member of the Kodak Camera Club and the Photographic Society of America, he exhibited his work on a regular basis at international exhibitions and at U.S. State fairs. He only used Kodak film, chemicals, paper, and cameras. The bulk of his black & white prints date from the 1950s and 1960s. Most were made by Haist on Kodabromide single weight and double weight enlarging papers. As one might expect from a processing expert, Haist's images are remarkable for their clear and sharp black & white aesthetic. Every aspect and detail of a Haist print: be it the reflection of sunlight on water, a shadow on snow, or a facial expression; and every texture, be it translucent or solid, are rendered in distinct contrasting tones. While this aspect of his work is especially striking in his landscapes and nature prints, it is also characteristic of his vernacular photographs: of people at county fairs, the circus and rodeos; on the streets of New York City, Rochester, and Quebec City; of people at leisure, fishing, or bathing at lakes and at urban beaches and bays; and of various theatrical performers, and athletes. Haist travelled widely and made photographs everywhere he went: throughout the American West and Canada, New York and New England, his home state of Michigan, and adopted state of Florida. He typically made about 10 or more prints of varying contrasts from the same negative, on both single and double weight sheets. Among each set one or two prints are signed by him on the verso, most often with his ink stamp, and/or in manuscript, and/or with a typed paper label. In addition to his name and address, most of the signed prints have titles and inventory numbers, and several prints also include detailed information about.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. very good condition and signed by HECTOR GRANT TAYLOR! While close quarter battle (CQB) techniques did not originate in any single time or place, the trenches of France in World War I undoubtedly were a vast proving ground for many CQB techniques that included the pistol and the rifle with bayonet attached. This was the environment in which Leonard Hector Grant-Taylor, a British Army officer, was trained to fight and instruct others. During World War II Grant-Taylor specialized in teaching tactics for the .455 Webley revolver, Colt 1911 .45 ACP pistol, Enfield rifle with bayonet, and Thompson submachine gun. His success as an instructor kept him busyhe even took part in operations with the men he had trained. No doubt this enabled him to refine the techniques he taught. Compared to those of his contemporaries W.E. Fairbairn and E.A. Sykes, Grant-Taylor's impressive achievements have gone mostly undocumented. There were a few manuals that documented the methods and techniques taught by Grant-Taylor, but this is the best known. Entitled The Palestine Police Force Close Quarter Battle: Revolvers, Automatics, and Submachine Guns, it is more commonly known as The Palestine Police Force Manual. A compilation of lessons taught by Grant-Taylor at the Middle East School of Small Arms in the early 1940s to members of the Palestine Police Force and other units in the Middle East, this manual was not written by Grant-Taylor. Rather it was compiled from notes taken by one of his students, G.A. Broadhead, a superintendent of the Palestine Police Force. It was deemed of such high quality that it was then printed and issued as an official manual of the Palestine Police Force in 1943. Only a small number of copies were ever created for internal use, and just a handful have survived. Signed by Author(s).

In it, he also pays for his servants, 3 of whom were black; An extreme rarity, the first such document we can find having reached the market in a quarter centuryThe battle of Fort Henry in Tennessee took place on February 6, 1862, and an obscure and virtually unknown brigadier general named Ulysses S. Grant captured the fort and opened the Tennessee River to Union movements. This early in the war, Union victories of any kind were scarce, and this one was probably the most consequential of the war to date. Grant then moved directly on Fort Donelson, entrapping the place both by land and sea from February 11-16. On the morning of February 15, the Confederate commander, Simon B. Buckner, sent a note to Grant requesting an armistice and asking terms of surrender. Buckner was expecting to give up the fort but get his soldiers paroled so they would not be prisoners of war. Grant refused to give terms, but demanded unconditional surrender. The Confederates surrendered the next day, the 16th. This victory opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South, to Union operations, and Grant became instantly famous, earning the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. President Lincoln took note of the fact that in Grant he had a general who could win. On February 20, 1862, Lincoln promoted Grant to the rank of Major General, a prerequisite to Grant's being able to command a large army.However, Grant?s very successes at Forts Henry and Donelson incurred the jealousy of his superior, Gen. Henry Halleck, who was in command of the whole Western Theater of war. Grant, not yet realizing the peril Halleck's opposition placed him in, knew Nashville was wide open with little in the way of defensive forces. Though Halleck had expressly forbade him to advance, Grant ordered Union forces to enter Nashville. It fell on February 25 with Gen. Don Carlos Buell accepting the city's surrender. Nashville thus became the first Confederate state capital to fall into Union hands. Over the next week, thousands of Union soldiers poured into the city, and Grant took a boat upriver from Donelson to Nashville to confer with Buell. Halleck saw the taking of Nashville not as Grant recognizing and seizing an important opportunity, but as willful disobedience of an order. And Grant's unauthorized trip to see Buell there only added to Halleck's anger.So on March 1, 1862, Halleck decided to tie Grant's hands by ordering him to return to Fort Henry and, from there, to launch an expedition up the Tennessee River to the state of Mississippi. The objective was the destruction of several key railroad bridges. Grant was to ?avoid any general engagement with strong forces,? and was told that it was ?better to retreat than to risk a general battle.? Grant went to Fort Henry as ordered, but did not communicate with Halleck directly. The next day, Halleck complained to Gen. McClellan that he had heard no word from Grant for a week, and that ?his army seems to be as much demoralized by the victory of Fort Donelson as was that of the Potomac by the defeat of Bull Run.? On March 4, Halleck relieved Grant from his command, writing him: ?You will place Maj. Gen. C. F. Smith in command of expedition, and remain yourself at Fort Henry.? Grant was shocked. ?Thus," say Grant's Memoirs, "in less than two weeks after the victory at Donelson, the two leading generals [Halleck and McClellan] in the army were in correspondence as to what disposition should be made of me, and in less than three weeks I was virtually in arrest and without a command.?Grant turned over command to Smith on March 5. Even as he did so, he felt intensely frustrated and longed for action, writing on the same day, ?I have not been well for the last ten days, and don?t see that I will be much better until I can get to moving again.? Grant and Halleck exchanged letters, after which Grant, on March 11, demanded that Halleck relieve him from duty altogether in order to clear his name.? "There is.

No Binding. Condición: Fine. Original pencil sketch by Ely S. Parker of Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865; measuring 5 inches by 8 inches. On the sketch, New York artist James E. Kelly penned: "Diagram of the room in which Lee surrendered, given me by Gen. Parker, Nov. 1 in 80, J. E. Kelly." ---- Drawn by Parker sometime after witnessing the historic event, the sketch identifies by name the officers present in Wilmer McLean's parlor, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia ---- Left to right: Charles Marshall; Lee and Grant; Orville E. Babcock; Ely S. Parker; Theodore S. Bowers; (added "door" ); John Aaron Rawlins; Seth Williams; Adam Badeau, Horace Porter, (added "door," "window," "Front of House," and "window"). This piece is in fine condition, no fading or wear, notwithstanding the inferior quality of the accompanying images, due to poor lighting and reflections on glass. ---- Seneca chief and grand sachem of the Iroquois Confederacy, Parker was trained in the law and excelled as a civil engineer, collaborated on the first scientific account of indigenous peoples, and was later appointed by Grant to oversee the Office of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that office, and charged to conjoin at-odds white and indigenous cultures through Grant's well-intentioned Peace Policy. Parker had formed a friendship with Grant in Galena, Illinois, before the Civil War, which lead to his service on Grant's military staff from Vicksburg to Appomattox, where, after Lee had hailed him a "real American," he responded unequivocally that "We are all Americans." It was Parker who Grant entrusted to transcribe the terms of surrender which for all practical purposes ended the war. ---- According to Parker biographer William H. Armstrong, Kelly was sent by the editor of Bryant's "Popular History of the United States" to ask Parker's advice on the illustration he was preparing of the surrender at Appomattox. After his consultation (at which time Parker may have presented the artist with this sketch to ensure accuracy), Kelley produced his famous 1880 drawing, "The Surrender of Lee," which appeared in Bryant's "Popular History" and was later reproduced in Armstrong's definitive "Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General and Senecca Chief." In 1890, Kelly made his iconic bust of Parker, attired in military uniform with a tribal medal of honor around his neck. Because of their close friendship, Kelly was adopted by the Senecas, and given the name of Ga-nos-qua. ---- This unique piece of eye-witness memorabilia documenting the Appomattox surrender is professionally matted and framed, together with a reproduction of Kelly's drawing, "The Surrender of Lee.".

Rare and remarkable autograph book compiled by West Virginia senator and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) containing 289 historic autographs, including seven presidents, seven vice presidents, and scores of members of the Senate, House of Representatives, and presidential cabinets, as well as a few other 19th-century notables. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-scrolled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, title page printed in gilt. With Davis' ownership signature and subsequently that of his daughter to the title page, "H. G . Davis, 1872" and "Grace T. Davis, 1887" (Miss Davis was 18 in 1887). The book has approximately 300 unnumbered pages but only the first 144 (which were numbered in pencil by hand at some point) include theÂautographs, generally three on each side of a page, most often including the person's home state, or, in the case of cabinet members, their office title. The highlights of the album are the signatures of seven presidents, representing a half-century of American politics: U. S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison (twice), William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. Also included are seven vice presidents - Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson, William A. Wheeler, Levi P. Morton, Garrett A. Hobart, and Charles W. Fairbanks - and one first lady, Frances F. Cleveland. With the later presidents'Âautographs are several examples of partial cabinets, including: Harrison (Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster, Secretary of War Stephen B. Elkins, Attorney General William H. H. Miller, Postmaster General John Wanamaker, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble, and Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah M. Rusk), Cleveland (Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Navy Daniel S. Lamont, Attorney General Richard Olney, Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell, Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert , Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, and Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton), McKinley (Secretary of State John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of War Russel A. Alger, Attorney General Joseph McKenna, Postmaster General James A. Gary, Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss), and Roosevelt (Secretary of State John Hay, Attorney General Philander C. Knox, Postmasters General Charles Emory Smith and Henry C. Payne, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock). Others significant names include influential members of the House and Senate, many of whom were celebrated veterans of the Civil War. These include: Hamilton Fish, William M. Evarts, Charles Sumner, David Davis, Simon Cameron, James G. Blaine, George S. Boutwell, Augustus H. Garland, Roscoe Conkling, Ambrose Burnside, John A. Logan, John B. Gordon, Carl Schurz, Wade Hampton, John T. Morgan, Henry W. Slocum, and William Mahone. Interestingly, one page features the autographs of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, and famed agnostic lecturer Robert G. Ingersoll. In fine condition. A remarkable collection spanning half a century of American politics.

Original bronze bust of Ulysses S. Grant by Henry Shrady, the famed sculptor of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mounted on socle and base, the entire piece measures 18.5 inches in height, the base measures 9.5 inches square. In fine condition. An exceptional piece of Americana. Henry Merwin Shrady was an American sculptor, known for the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Shrady and architect Edward Pearce Casey won the competition to build the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in 1902. In the twenty years Shrady spent executing its sculpture program, he studied biology at the American Museum of Natural History and dissected horses to gain a better understanding of animal anatomy. The memorial was dedicated on April 27, 1922, two weeks after Shrady's death. The Grant Memorial is described as "one of the most important sculptures in Washington" by James M. Goode in The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C. It consists of a colossal equestrian statue of Grant atop a marble pedestal with bas relief plaques, guarded by four lions.

Welles had written at the President's suggestion: "The largest naval force ever assembled is ready"Fort Fisher guarded the port of Wilmington, NC, the last port open to blockade runners supplying Robert E. Lee?s Confederate forces in Virginia?As 1864 dawned, Wilmington, North Carolina, protected by Fort Fisher, was one of the Confederacy?s last remaining major ports on the Atlantic open to blockade runners, and was the chief supply line for General Robert E. Lee?s Army of Northern Virginia. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles reintroduced the idea of a joint operation against Wilmington to the Secretary of the War, Edwin Stanton, but Stanton saw it as premature. After the Navy?s occupation of Mobile Bay in August, all eyes turned to Wilmington. In October 1864, Wilmington finally became the next objective for a joint amphibious operation. Admiral David Porter was chosen to command the naval squadron and General Benjamin Butler the army contingent.On December 24, the 63 ships of Porter?s fleet prepared to bombard the fort. Thirty-seven ships formed in three lines of battle, end-to-end facing the enemy. Just after midday, Porter commenced the Navy?s first bombardment of the fort and continued firing until it became too dark to aim the guns effectively. While the Confederate troops hid and huddled beneath the mounds of the fort, this bombardment actually did little damage, with the exception of the wooden quarters of the garrison, which were set ablaze. Butler?s force returned too late on that first night to attempt a landing. The next morning, December 25, the fleet resumed its barrage, while a naval contingent sought to secure a landing area for the Union infantry north of the fort. A group of sailors was sent to take soundings south of the fort, but Porter withdrew the sounding party after it became clear that the army group was making no progress north of the fort. The timely arrival of Confederate reinforcements caused Butler to question the strength of his position. He felt his forces could not take the fort without a siege, for which they were unprepared. Butler immediately began to re-embark his soldiers. On December 27, he called off the expedition and directed the transports to return to Hampton Roads. The U.S. Navy had suffered 83 casualties and the U.S. Army 12. Thus, the first attempt by the Union forces to close the port of Wilmington ended in failure. While Butler returned to Hampton Roads, Porter remained off the coast of North Carolina dedicated to preparing another attempt to capture Fort Fisher.Following the fall of Savannah on December 21, 1864, General William T. Sherman prepared to march through the Carolinas. Knowing Sherman could soon be in North Carolina, and ready to try to capture the fort again, on December 25 Porter wrote to Sherman, clearly expressing his frustration with Butler?s decision to abandon the joint operation. Porter was also in communication with Welles. With these communications in hand, Welles spoke to President Lincoln, who was all for trying again to take the fort. On December 29, Welles wrote to General U.S. Grant, in overall command of the army, that the President hoped that another joint operation might be forthcoming.Welles?s telegram to Grant stated: ?December 29, 1864, at 9:30 pm. The substance of dispatches and reports from Rear-Admiral Porter, off Wilmington, is briefly this: The ships can approach nearer to the enemy?s works than was anticipated. Their fire can keep the enemy away from their guns. A landing can easily be effected upon the beach north of Fort Fisher, not only of troops, but all their supplies and artillery. This force can have its flanks protected by gun-boats. The navy can assist in the siege of Fort Fisher precisely as it covered the operations which resulted in the capture of Fort Wagner. The winter season is the most favorable for operations against Fort Fisher. The largest naval force ever assembled is ready to lend its co-operation. Rear-Admiral Porter will rem.

Rare collection of documents related to the 1871 TreatyÂofÂWashington including signatures of all of the key figures involved in its signing including President Ulysses S. Grant, his SecretaryÂof State Hamilton Fish and the British delegation led by George Robinson, Earl de Grey and Ripon. The collection was assembled by Frederic Daustini Cremer who acted as secretary to de Grey and travelled with him and his son Viscount Goderich toÂWashington for the proceedings, where he also obtained letters by William Sherman amongst others for his collection and contains:Â Two lined folio pages containing the signatures of the British and American signatories of the Treaty of Washington, including: the British High Commissioners (George Robinson, the Earl de Grey and Ripon (chairman), Stafford Northcote, Edward Thornton, John Macdonald and Montague Bernard) and the American delegation (U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish (chairman), Robert Schenck, Samuel Nelson, Ebenezer Hoar and George Williams), with seven other protagonists. 2 pages, folio, written on recto only on lined paper, watermark 'Department of State/ US', creased, page one affixed to an album leaf, page two loose, dated at head "May 8 1871 11am." A portrait photograph of President Ulysses S. Grant seated in an armchair, signed in ink on lower margin, "U.S. Grant." Affixed to the reverse of the above album leaf. An autograph note in the third person from General W. T. Sherman to Earl de Grey, accepting an invitation to dine, on US Army Headquarters notepaper. One page on a bifolium, lined paper, affixed to an album leaf, dated "28 February [18]71." Two autograph letters signed "U.S. Grant", the first to Hamilton Fish, making arrangements to meet the Italian Minister on Executive Mansion notepaper, one page on a bifolium, creased, dated 13 May [18]70; the second to an unknown recipient, arranging to meet at Harrisburg, 3 pages on a bifolium, lined paper, torn along fold, creased, sent from Long Branch, N.J., 6 August 1870, both affixed to an album leaf with an accompanying letter to Frederic Daustini Cremer on Executive Mansion notepaper sending him ".an autograph letterÂofÂGen Grant's as a memento. it is one selected for the reason that it is entirely unofficial." Three pages on a bifolium, sent from Washington, 5 May [18]71. An autograph letter signed "Hamilton Fish" to Hon Ogden HoffmanÂof San Francisco, a letter ofÂintroduction for ".Lord Goderich and his friend Mr Cremer. The former is the sonÂof the Earl de Grey & the latter is his Lordships Secretary.", 2pp. on a bifolium, sent from Washington, 6 May 1871. With an accompanying autograph envelope; and two autograph letters from Charles Sumner, one to Mrs Fish regarding a bookÂof Froissart illustrations and another in the third person to Earl de Grey accepting an invitation, 4 pages, 7 May [18]66 and 13 March [no date]; with autograph letter signed ("Schulyer Colfax") to Hamilton Fish, reporting he has not yet received his copies of the Lincoln Memorial, on Vice President's Chamber notepaper, one page on a bifolium, Washington, 9 July [18]70; with signatureÂof J. G. Blaine, Speaker, dated 19 April 1871, one page, three items affixed to an album leaf, the others loose. An autograph letter signed "de Grey" to Cremer written on the voyage back to England after the signing ofÂtheÂTreaty, sorry to leaveÂWashingtonÂand regretting that the Senate would not ratify theÂTreatyÂbefore he left, talkingÂofÂthe Free Trade movement in the US and asking him to report back on the reaction to theÂtreatyÂin Canada, 8pp., creased, remainsÂof guard, 31 May 1871; with a manuscript fragment outlining two points ofÂtheÂtreaty with regards to inshore fisheries, one page torn from a larger sheet. In very good to near fine condition. Provenance: The Rev. Frederic Daustini Cremer (1848-1927); thence by descent to the present owner. The 1871 TreatyÂofÂWashington augmented permanent peaceful relations between the United States and Canada, and the United States and Britain by settling various disputes lingering from the civil war, navigation and fishing rights, and defining the rules for neutral governments during times of war, thereby establishing a precedent for future international arbitration.

Unique 19th-century autograph album containing the signatures of six American presidents, fifteen senators, several cabinet members, and governors including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce. Narrow quarto, bound in one quarter period dark brown cloth over stiff marbled wrappers, the autograph album is a repurposed 19th-century caucus record, dating from ca. 1870. The caucus book is alphabetically tab-indexed and filled out in ink, voters are tracked by their name with caucus results appearing in the back. Although this is labeled âWard 5â in the first page, the term "Ward" was flexible in its usage. This could have been for a Ward election, precinct caucus, legislative, congressional, or state convention caucus. The autographs are mounted over the caucus records in their respective alphabetical tab. Also mounted at front are 6 printed pieces of 19th-century ephemera. The autograph album was assembled between 1877 and 1880 and can be dated by a contemporary pencil note that John Sherman had transitioned from the Senate to be Secretary of the Treasury. From the collection of a Mr. Boyd, a 19th-century Ward politician in the upper Midwest, Minnesota or Wisconsin. The Presidential autographs are primarily clipped from Presidential appointments, and include: Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce and Rutherford B. Hayes. In very good condition. A very rare and unique collection.      .

A detailed naval source documenting the Klang and Larut wars, British attempts to combat piracy around Malaya, and the immediate reaction to the death of the Emperor of China in early 1875. Near Penang, Grant was attacked by pirates and describes the heroism of Sub-Lieutenant William Rooke Creswell - later the father of the Royal Australian Navy. HMS Midge was a Beacon-class gun vessel (a class designed for use in South-east Asian waters) launched on 21 May 1868. Grant (1835-1916) was appointed captain in February 1873 - the first command of a career that ended at flag rank - having served on the China Station during the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, earning two mentions in dispatches. His letters, covering the period between his appointment and 7 April 1875, focus on the ship's proceedings and are addressed to officers including Vice-Admiral Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell (1814-1886), appointed commander-in-chief China Station in 1871, and Captain Henry Bedford Woollcombe, the commander of HMS Thalia. The accompanying log includes two short sections recording the activities of the Thalia between September 1872 and January 1873 - one of these was kept on Woollcombe's behalf by Grant - and of the Midge over the two years. Grant's assumes command in a period of great regional instability caused by the Klang and Larut wars, fought between regional rajas and sultans for political and economic superiority. The Midge leaves Hong Kong in March and reaches Penang in May, having sailed via the Sultanate of Deli to guarantee the safety of some British subjects. Over the summer, she patrols around Malacca and Singapore, heading to the entrance to the Selangor River in early August to observe a blockade of a fort and express support for Britain's favoured player, Tengku Kudin. On 10 August, Grant sails to Larut, on the express orders of Archibald Anson (Lieutenant Governor of Penang), who fears that a full-scale civil war between rival Chinese mining factions is on the point of breaking out. He offers an in-depth account of developments in a mid-August letter to Woollcombe, highlighting the influence of the Triad leader Ho Ghee Siu. Piracy thrived in such unstable conditions. On 7 August, he reports encountering "three suspicious junks" bristling with guns and powder, and the Midge is fired upon by a "Soochew Faction" village at the entrance to the Larut River in early September. These incidents prelude one of the defining incidents of Grant's career and that of his subordinate, William Creswell (1852-1933). Going up the Larut on 16 September, the Midge's boats are attacked by two junks teeming with pirates and by a stockade on the shore. "Directly after the firing commenced, the native Pilot dropped the tiller and went into the Hold, the Schooner flew up into the wind and founded on a mud bank. During the time she was aground a smart fire of rifles was kept up by Sub Lieut. A. H. Lindesay and Sub Lieut. W. R. Cresswell (belonging to H.M.S. 'Thalia' lent to do special duty) and two marines. I also used Rockets to check their advance" (17 September 1873). Lindesay and Creswell were both wounded, the latter shot in the hip, but Cresswell "afforded me every possible assistance and he, although badly wounded, did not leave the deck until we were out of the River. The loss of their valuable services is much to be regretted" (17 September 1873). Both men were promoted in recognition of their bravery, and Creswell went on to attain the rank of admiral, having emigrated to Australia a few years after serving under Grant. "From 1901, when he accepted the principle that Australia needed her own navy, he strenuously advocated it until his hopes were realized. His accomplishment as professional head in organizing and administering the new navy in 1909-19, with all that this responsibility involved, was no less outstanding" (ADB). Grant's patrolling duties continue into 1874 and, after Thalia leaves for Hong Kong in March, he replaces Woollcombe as the senior officer in the Malayan straits. In this capacity, in communications with Governor Andrew Clarke and other officials, he advocates for deploying steam launches to the coast to combat piracy, noting the difficulty of manoeuvring the Midge in shallow waters and the difficulty in gaining an element of surprise in rowed small boats. After visiting Hong Kong and Japan, Grant is ordered to winter his ship in the Chinese port of Tianjin, which has recently experienced anti-foreign protests and riots. On arrival, he reports (perhaps with some relief) that "Tientsin is all quiet" (9 November 1874) and communicates important information to other China Station personnel on the city's diplomatic comings and goings and ongoing efforts to strengthen the Chinese military in the wake of the Second Opium War. "I have been informed that the Governor General Li Hong Chang [Li Hongzhang] has made a contract with the agents of Greenwood and Batley of Leeds for purchase of a set of rifle converting machines for 660 £ and 5,000 tinder breach loading actions. for £5,000; the object is to convert Enfield into tinder rifles" (2 December 1874). Grant has an opportunity to size Li up in person in December in the company of James Mongan, the English consul; later the same month, he reports the agreement of additional contracts between Li and Greenwood & Batley, encompassing machinery to manufacture 20,000 Boxer tinder cartridges per day and the raw material for five million cartridges. His time in China coincides with a pivotal moment: the death of the Tongzhi Emperor (r. 1856-1875) from smallpox and the de facto seizure of power by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Rumours first mentioned in his letters in December 1874 become more definite in the new year: "the Emperor is dying if not already dead. The Emperor's mother had shortly after his illness been appointed to a regency until the 18th March, and that is now expected to continue for a long time" (12 January 1875). He.

After the fall of Mobile, Alabama, in August 1864, Wilmington, North Carolina, became the last major Confederate seaport open to blockade-running traffic. Throughout the war, Wilmington had thrived as a hub for Southern maritime trade. Despite a vigilant Union naval blockade, profit-minded traders successfully smuggled foreign goods and munitions of war into Wilmington.By late summer 1864, Union policy makers began to focus their attention on the "city by the sea." In assessing Wilmington?s illicit trade and the link to Lee?s army, U.S. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles deemed Wilmington "more important, practically" than the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond. Welles pushed for a combined army-navy strike to topple Wilmington and the vast network of river defenses guarding her estuary.The key to these defenses was Fort Fisher ? the largest earthen fort in the Confederacy. Commanded by Col. William Lamb, the massive 47-gun bastion protected New Inlet at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, twenty miles below the docks at Wilmington. Fisher communicated with incoming blockade-runners through a system of signal lights, and her guns dueled with Union blockaders on a regular basis. Secretary Welles understood that Fisher had to be captured in order to choke Lee?s supply line. President Abraham Lincoln and Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant agreed.As Grant wrote, ?Up to January, 1865, the enemy occupied Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear River and below the City of Wilmington. This port was of immense importance to the Confederates, because it formed their principal inlet for blockade runners by means of which they brought in from abroad such supplies and munitions of war as they could not produce at home. It was equally important to us to get possession of it, not only because it was desirable to cut off their supplies so as to insure a speedy termination of the war, but also because foreign governments, particularly the British Government, were constantly threatening that unless ours could maintain the blockade of that coast they should cease to recognize any blockade. For these reasons I determined, with the concurrence of the Navy Department, in December, to send an expedition against Fort Fisher for the purpose of capturing it.?So Grant sent an expedition to Cape Fear in January 1865. This time, the commander of army ground forces was Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry. With 58 warships, Admiral David D. Porter?s armada hurled another 20,000 projectiles onto Fort Fisher. Terry?s infantry and a naval shore contingent stormed the mighty bastion. After a savage hand-to-hand engagement, the Confederate garrison surrendered on the night of January 15. This was a major Union victory, without which the hope of taking Wilmington would be illusory. But Wilmington was still in Confederate hands, so the Confederates still had hopes of using this key port for supplies and to combat Union naval plans in the area.After Sherman took Savanah in December 1864, he suggested the idea then of marching up north through the Carolinas, joining with Grant, and destroying Confederates resources on the way. Grant agreed, writing ?if successful, it promised every advantage. His march through Georgia had thoroughly destroyed all lines of transportation in that State, and had completely cut the enemy off from all sources of supply to the west of it. If North and South Carolina were rendered helpless so far as capacity for feeding Lee's army was concerned, the Confederate garrison at Richmond would be reduced in territory from which to draw supplies, to very narrow limits in the State of Virginia; and, although that section of the country was fertile, it was already well exhausted of both forage and food. I approved Sherman's suggestion therefore at once.? Sherman?s army?s move would need both naval and land support, and Wilmington could be a thorn in his side.To speed the collapse of the faltering South, and eliminate Wilmington as a threat, Grant gat.

FIRST EDITION, 36/75 COPIES, the title-page with woodcut device and a few small spots, ex dono inscription of Barbara Bagenal (see below) to the title-page, recording this as the gift (at Christmas 1918) of 'J.M.K. [i.e., John Maynard Keynes], pencil note at foot of 'The Cup' by Fry, this by Barbara Bagenal noting her having given said object to Duncan Grant in 1916 and that is was also painted by Vanessa Bell in 'Still Life of Roses', pp. [27], royal 8vo, original purple patterned boards (a hand-printed Omega design), worn, the spine largely perished (but the boards secure), edges untrimmed and toned, poor condition. A notable association: the copy of artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles), a friend of Carrington from the Slade who - alongside Winifred Gill and Gladys Hynes - assisted at Omega. Amongst her relationships within the Bloomsbury Group were Saxon Sydney-Turner and later Clive Bell - and she is noted as having been, prior to her marriage to Nicholas Bagenal (though that presumably needn't have been an obstacle), probably the first heterosexual partner of J.M. Keynes, whom she records this book as having been a gift from (in the year of her marriage, and his first acquaintance with Lydia Lopokova). Twelve cuts; the final publication of the Omega Workshops.

(12 1/4 x 9 3/4 to 13 x 10 1/4 inches). Vol. 1: [i-v] vi-xliv 1-512, vol. 2: [6] 1-598, vol. 3: [i-iii] iv 1-510, vol. 4: [i-v] vi-vii [viii] plates 1-79, 15a, 54a, 58a, 58b, 59a. 84 hand-colored lithograph plates by and after John Gerrard Keulemans (82) and Edward Neale (2). Half navy morocco with gilt ruling, blue cloth boards, spine in six compartments with gilt decoration, title in second compartment: [BIOLOGIA | CENTRALI- | AMERICANA] and volume number and authors' names in fourth compartment, gilt top edges with other fore-edges untrimmed. Blue and gold marbled endpapers A complete set of this beautifully illustrated "sumptuous monograph of the birds of Central America." (Zimmer) These four volumes comprise the complete ornithological section, "Aves," of the authors' monumental project to record the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America, which ran to 66 volumes and was published over thirty-six years. The volumes collect 74 parts issued from September 1879 to April of 1904; the signatures themselves separately dated. The text covers 1413 bird species representing 78 families and 539 genera. For each species, there is presented a synonymy, a description, the distribution, and a discursive section that covers what is known concerning habits, nesting, eggs, and other sundry matters. The 84 plates contained here depict 149 of these species, illustrated in vibrant and faithful detail by J. G. Keulemans and Edward Neale. According to Amherst, Keulemans almost always did his own lithography when he worked in conjunction with Hanhart so most of his plates in this work are autolithographs. "The great value of Keuleman's work as an ornithological draughtsman lay in the sureness of design of the plate and his accuracy in portraying the birds themselves. The bird figures were carefully drawn and executed down to the last scales on the feet. The feathering was neatly delineated with different plumes receiving sympathetic treatment, the fine soft underplumage and the large flight feathers being equally well drawn." (Jackson, Bird Illustrators, p. 90) Biologia Centrali-Americana was the product of numerous expeditions Godman and Salvin undertook accompanied by native guides. They collected more than 55,000 specimens on these tropical forays and presented the collection to the British Museum. Salvin died before the completion of the third volume; the work was finished by Godman with the assistance of William Robert Ogilvie-Grant and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. "As with many large undertakings, if Salvin and Godman had known how long it would take and how much money it would consume, they might have thought twice about doing it . . . The bird volumes alone required twenty-five years to complete . . . As one anonymous writer quipped, the expense of production would have strained the finances of a small state, and would have required a financial vote not likely to have been granted of an enlightened empire." (LSU) Anker 437. Bird Illustrators, p. 90. Fine Bird Books (1990), p. 138. McIlhenny Collection, LSU. Nissen IVB 811. Trinity, p. 208. Wood, pp. 360, 549. Yale, p. 251. Zimmer, p. 541. 4 volumes: 3 of text, 1 of plates. Royal 4to.

This order was designed to be shown by the woman to any troops coming to provision at her expense and lacks any specific addressee; we have never seen such a remarkable and touching note by Grant having reached the market??Mrs. Bagnum will be protected from further impressments of provisions and supplies by the Federal Army while remaining at their homes??"Should they desire it they may be permitted to go out of our lines Southward at the discretion of the commanding officer"?A letter from the storied Vicksburg campaign.After occupying Willow Springs, Mississippi, on his way to Vicksburg, on May 5, 1863, Gen. U. S. Grant divided his force. The XVII Corps advanced on Hankinson?s Ferry 5 miles north in two columns. Gen. M. M. Crocker's division heading up this road encountered a Confederate roadblock held by Col. F. M. Cockrell's Missourians on Kennison Creek. After a spirited clash in which Crocker was compelled to use 5,000 troops, the Rebels fell back. Covered by Cockrell's stand, the Confederate army had retired across the Big Black River.The 20th Ohio reached Hankinson's Ferry just as the Rebel engineers were preparing to destroy the bridge. While Union guns roared, the Ohioans charged over the bridge, scattering the Confederates. Possession of the bridge enabled Grant to send patrols across the Big Black and up the Vicksburg road. Such thrusts helped confuse the Confederate leaders about Federal intentions. The XVII Corps camped in these fields south of the river from May 3-7. From May 4-7, Grant's headquarters were at Hankinson's Ferry. On May 7, 1863, Grant rode to Rocky Springs, marking the start of a new plan to attack Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant's new plan was to reach the railroad east of Vicksburg and approach from there. Then, instead of engaging Vicksburg from the south, Grant would march his men 60 miles northeast to the state capital, Jackson, and attack the Confederate forces there first, preventing them from supporting Confederate General Pemberton at Vicksburg and cutting off that city?s vital rail connection from the east. After another engagement at Big Black River Bridge on May 17, Pemberton?s men fell back in disarray to their defenses at Vicksburg, and Grant arrived at the city?s outskirts and trapped Confederate forces.If Pemberton harbored hopes of breaking out of his trap, by July 3, his men were too famished to effectively fight. His only option was surrender. That afternoon, Grant and Pemberton met between the lines under an oak tree and Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg. At almost the same moment, some 15,000 Confederates were charging up Cemetery Hill during Pickett?s Charge on the climatic third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.Local Mississippi resident Mrs. Bagnum somehow got a meeting with Grant, related her story that Union troops were looting her property, and asked Grant to put a stop to it. She was also seeking a way to get through Union lines. Grant was sympathetic, perhaps surprisingly so, and wrote this memorable letter.Autograph letter signed, Head Quarters, Dept. of the Tennessee, Hankinson?s Ferry, Mississippi, May 7, 1863, being a very rare protective order and pass for a Southern woman. Grant orders: ?Mrs. Bagnam will be protected from further impressments of provisions and supplies by the Federal Army while remaining at their homes. Should they desire it they may be permitted to go out of our lines Southward at the discretion of the commanding officer nearest their residence. U.S. Grant, Maj. Gen.?A search of auction records found no other Grant letters about impressment of civilian goods, nor have we ever seen one. The Grant Papers has nothing like it, and it may well be unique. Originally obtained by the collector from noted dealer Kenneth Rendell. A fascinating Grant war-dated letter showing his humane side towards Southern civilians, in a way we?ve never seen before.This letter lacks addressee. It was clearly given to the woman to be shown should any Union troops come to provis.

No Binding. Condición: Fine. Autograph war letter signed "U.S. Grant, Lt. Gen.", dated March 12, 1865 and marked "Cipher" (sent by telegram). An impeccably fine and critically important Civil War letter on the letterhead of Headquarters Armies of the United States. Very fine, attractive, and important full one-page war letter, entirely in Grant's hand, to Secretary of War Stanton in Washington with an account of Gen. Phil Sheridan's troop movements in the last weeks of the Civil War. On March 12, Sheridan's troops were in hot pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia en-route to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, a few weeks later. In the letter, Grant informs Stanton that "The scouts who brought Gen. Sheridan's dispatch represent having found forage and provisions in great abundance. He also found plenty of horses to remount his men where their horses failed. They say that the command is better mounted now than when they left. I start supplies and forage for Sheridan tonight. I have also sent for the command that is now on the Potomac to run up to White House [supply depot on the James River] and to remain there until they meet Sheridan." The letter is boldly signed, "U.S. Grant, Lt. Gen." The episode related in the letter concerning "the [two] scouts who brought Gen. Sheridan's dispatch" is well documented in both Grant's and Sheridan's published Memoirs. Copies of the pertinent text from each will be supplied with the letter. Reading Grant's memoir wording, it appears certain that he had this very letter at hand when, years later, he wrote the account of the incident in his highly acclaimed personal memoirs. Purchased from Goodspeed's Bookshop in Boston, 1974. Rare, extremely important, and pristinely attractive and fine.

He is confident that ?the men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them.?Ulysses S. Grant, through his intelligence, determination, iron will, and patriotism, was the military man most responsible for leading the United States through the greatest time of crisis and chaos in the nation?s history. As general of the Army during the Civil War, he commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers, leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. Moreover, all recognized that his strategy had compelled Lee and the Confederacy to fight the kind of war they could not win. Later, as president, he guided the nation through Reconstruction, helping to bind the wounds between North and South while empowering newly freed African Americans.After Lee?s surrender, as the troops began to come home, municipalities all over the North sought to give them all the kind of reception appropriate to victors. Grant was invited to some of these, so many that he could not attend them all.Autograph letter signed, two pages, on Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, Washington D.C., June 6,1865, to C.T. Jones, H.W. Gray, T.A. Barlow, A.M. Fox and S. G. King, a committee who had invited Grant to a celebratory reception for returning volunteer troops in Philadelphia. Grant had to decline the invitation because he was due to attend the Great Northwest Fair in Chicago on the same date. In his letter to the committee, Grant summed up his deep feelings for his men, and the debt the nation owed the Union troops who had saved the Union.?Your invitation for me to be in Philadelphia on Saturday night at the reception to be given by the citizens to the returning is received. Having already engaged to be present at the Great Northwest Fair now being held in Chicago, Ill., on the same day, it will be impossible for me to attend."The achievements of our volunteers for the last four years entitles them to the lasting gratitude of all loyal people and I therefore rejoice at the enthusiastic reception which they are everywhere receiving. It is not likely that I shall be present at any of these receptions but I know the men will do me the justice to believe that all my sympathies are with them."We don?t ever recall seeing another Grant letter articulating his feelings about the soldiers he commanded, nor about the debt of gratitude Americans owed them for the victory.

Attractive bronze bust of of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army by famed American sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. The adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Kirke Bush-Brown was revered for his accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history. He produced three equestrian bronze sculptures erected at the Gettysburg battlefield depicting General George Mead (the victor at Gettysburg), General John F. Reynolds (killed in action July 1, 1863), and General John Sedgwick (the senior most Union casualty of the American Civil War). In addition, Bush-Brown made a bust of Abraham Lincoln, dedicated in 1912 as part of the Lincoln Speech Memorial commemorating Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Mounted on a bronze base, the entire piece measures 7.75 inches in height. In fine condition. Following the close of the American Civil War, Congress revisited the idea of a superior General rank initially intended for bestowal upon George Washington who held the rank of âGeneral and Commander-in-Chiefâ which was a grade senior to all American major generals and brigadier generals from the American Revolutionary War, but only entitled him to the three-star insignia of an Army lieutenant general. On July 25, 1866, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the grade of General of the Army, and on that same date the new grade was conferred on Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant as a reward for saving the Union in the American Civil War. The grade was recognized and continued in various acts until the Act of July 15, 1870, which contained the requirement that âthe offices of general and lieutenant general shall continue until a vacancy shall exist in the same, and no longer, and when such vacancy shall occur in either of said offices shall become inoperative, and shall, by virtue of this act, from thence forward be held to be repealed.â.

Rare Shoulder Strap set of five Civil War histories printed by Twain's publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation. Octavo, eight volumes bound in full tan sheep skin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, red and black spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits to each volume, illustrated with steel engravings, maps, and woodcuts. The set features: a first edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Two volumes, 1885-1886); a first edition of McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union, the Soldiers Who Fought It, and His Relations to It and to Them (1887); a first edition of Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas (1887); a first edition of Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan (Two volumes, 1888); and a fourth edition of Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman (Two volumes, 1891). In very good to good condition with rubbing to the extremities and light toning to the title pages of each volume, evidence of interior hinge repair and library stamps to the first and last leaves of the Sherman and Custer memoirs, a gift inscription to the first volume of Sheridan's memoirs, darkening to the top edge of both volumes of the Sheridan memoir, library checkout card and pocket to the rear pastedown of the Custer volume. An exceptionally rare set, especially in this condition. Featuring the finest of contemporary Civil War histories, the Great War Library "Shoulder Strap" series pays tribute to Mark Twain's brief but impressive venture into publishing. In 1884, Twain joined with Charles Webster, who was married to Twain's niece, in an effort, at first, to publish "his own books, and he began successfully with Huckleberry Finn in 1885. Almost fortuitously he got the contract to publish U.S. Grant's Memoirs [1885-86]â"a huge success . . . Other Civil War generals preparing their memoirs naturally hoped to appear with their great commander" (Paine, 831).

4to., (10 2/8 x 8 2/8 inches). Dedication leaf, 2-page list of "encouragers of this work" at beginning. Folding engraved chart of "The N. and W. Parts of Bass's Straits." partially hand-colored in outline, folding engraved frontispiece (tear along fold neatly repaired), 6 engraved plates, that of the Fringe Crested Cockatoo hand-colored (some minor marginal staining and occasional spotting.) Contemporary marbled calf, red morocco lettering piece on spine (rebacked to style, extremities scuffed). Provenance: Small ink stamp of John Remmey on verso of c4; Frank Sherwin Streeter (1918-2006) (Collection of Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography and Science). "Highest significance to any collection of Australian books" (Wantrup) First edition, with blank d4. Using a boat with revolutionary sliding keels designed by Captain John Schanck, Grant was able to cruise the shallow waters of the Australian coastline, and make the first passage through the Bass Strait from west to east. The idea for the new design (illustrated in the engraved frontispiece) arose during the American Revolutionary War in which Schanck "gave evident proofs of his talent for invention and resource on the Lakes of that Continent" ([page v]): he built his first boat with one sliding keel at Boston in 1774. Grant entered the navy as a "captain's servant in August 1793, became a midshipman in May 1794 and master's mate in September. Shortly before his promotion to lieutenant in 1800, he was appointed to command the 'Lady Nelson', thanks to his friendship with Captain John Schanck, a commissioner of the Transport Board, and to the influence of Sir Joseph Banks. The 'Lady Nelson', of only 60 tons burden, was designed by Schanck for survey work in shallow waters, and was one of the first sea-going vessels built in England on the centre-board, or what was then known as the sliding-keel, system. It was intended that she should proceed to Australia where she would be handed over to Matthew Flinders, while Grant, who lacked technical survey qualifications, should transfer to the 'Supply'. Grant left Portsmouth on 17 March 1800 and reached the Cape on 8 July. There, while following Philip Gidley King's advice to wait for the summer, he received further orders from the Duke of Portland 'to search for the Strait which separates Van Diemen's Land from New Holland' and if possible to make his passage through it. He did this successfully, but owing to his shortage of water and provisions he could not make a close examination of the coastline. On 16 December 1800 he arrived in Sydney only to discover that Flinders had left for England and that the Supply had been condemned. There being no other officer to replace Flinders, Grant was continued in his command by Governor King who had earlier described him to Banks as 'a very good seaman but no Artist'. His first assignment was the survey of the south-western coast of the continent, a task in which he was to be assisted by Francis Barrallier; however, because of the lateness of the season the survey, which took place from March to May 1801, was confined to Bass Strait. Next, King sent Grant to the Hunter River to investigate the possibilities of settlement and the extent of the coal deposits reported by John Shortland in 1797. He was accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson, Dr John Harris, the artist John Lewin and Barrallier. The Lady Nelson reached the Nobbys on 14 June 1801 and the party spent four weeks exploring the Hunter valley, reaching a point a little beyond the modern Maitland. As a result of Paterson's report, King decided to establish a small post at the mouth of the Hunter River, the site of the future city of Newcastle" (Arthur McMartin for the Australian Dictionary of National Biography). Ferguson 375; Hill 718; Sabin 28306; Wantrup 75. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

First edition; 8vo; inscribed by Grant to his mother; xviii, 452, 33 pp.; large folding map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at end original cream cloth gilt, stamp of a tribesman with spear and shield to upper cover in black, inner joints repaired, a few marks to cloth, a very good copy. Inscribed 'To my dearest Mother', dated 8 December 1864. One of the scarcest Nile accounts and a monumental work of exploration, James Grant travelled with Speke from Zanzibar to the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, naming Ripon Falls. The book was issued in various coloured cloths, the cream is the scarcest and most desirable. This early issue without the engraved portrait found in some later copies. Czech p66.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Including remarks on the Cape Verde Islands, Cape of Good Hope, the hitherto unknown parts os New Holland, discovered by him in his Passage (the first ever attempted from Europe) the Streight separating the Island from the land discovered by Van Dieman: Together with various details of his interviews with the Narrative of New South Wales; Observations on the soil, natural productions, &c. not kown or very slightly treated of by former Navigations; with his Voyage home in the Brig Anna Josepha round Cape Horn; and an Account of the Present State of the Falkland Islands. To which is prefixed An Account of the Origin of Sliding Keels and the advantages resulting from their use; with an Appendix of Orders, Certificates, and Examinations, relative to the Trial Cutter. The Whole illustrated with Elegant Engravings. Quarto. [2 blank] title, Dedication, [7] erratum, [1] vi - xxvi. [blank] 195pp [1] 2 blank] Complete Copy. Large folding engraved frontispiece ' A Sketch of the Boats & Cutter with Sliding Keels.' (small fold tear) Large folding engraved Chart of the N.and W. Parts of Boss's Straits, discovered sailed through with Passage from England to Port Jackson. (hand-colour outline) Six engraved plates (slight spotting) (one hand-coloured) Full Contemporary polished gilt ruled calf, gilt device to front board. finely worked decorative gilt spine, original red leather title label. gilt turn-ins. (light joint wear) Marbled end-papers, Baronial Book-plate. Marbled foredges. Ferguson 375. Superb Copy.

First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28.5cm). Tan paper wrappers printed in red and green; 15,[1]pp; one page of publisher's ads at rear; 19 color lithographic plates on 10 leaves, relief map, one additional in-text wood engraving. Presentation inscription to front: "Presented to Brodie of Brodie by J. A. Grant 15 Oct 78." Slightly rubbed with minor external dustsoil, sewing perished but complete and neat, with occasional interior toning, else a well-preserved copy: Very Good. Ephemeral color plate book on East Africa, inscribed for presentation by a major explorer of the Nile. An account of the 1877 Church Missionary Society expedition to what is now Uganda, taken from the journal and drawings of a member of the expedition. In late 1876, explorer Henry Morton Stanley sent word to the UK that King Muteesa I of Buganda would be willing to receive Christian missionaries. The Church Missionary Society immediately organized a mission expedition. Eight men (including Thomas O'Neill, a young architect) set out from Zanzibar in 1877, under the leadership of Alexander Murdoch Mackay. Within two years, four of the eight men had died. O'Neill and another man were killed when they involved themselves in a dispute between King Lkonge of Ukerewe Island and an Arab traveller. Mackay alone reached Muteesa I. Though the mission expedition had not prospered, the Church Missionary Society persisted. It published this account of its progress, based on O'Neill's journals and sketches, to draw attention and raise further funds for its efforts. This copy was presented to a Scottish laird (Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie, 23rd of Brodie) by his neighbor, famed explorer James Augustus Grant (1827-1892). Grant, with John Hanning Speke, had led the 1860-63 expedition that traced the Nile River to its source at Lake Victoria, and he had met King Muteesa I personally. When he later retired to Nairn, he "became one of a small group of people influential in matters to do with Africa," and advised the Church Missionary Society on its activities (ODNB). An uncommon title. We trace five copies in the trade since the 1940s, only two of which were in the original paper wrappers. Not in Howgego, though he does discuss the Mackay expedition. HILMY II p.80.

An uncommon handwritten letter as President, showing Grant supporting Rawlins son after the General's deathUlysses S. Grant met John Rawlins in Galena, Ill., where they both lived before the Civil War. Rawlins was a lawyer who did work for the Grant family business and the two men became close. When Grant was appointed brigadier general in August 1861, he immediately added Rawlins onto his staff as adjutant; Rawlins effectively acted as Grant?s chief of staff for the rest of the war. Rawlins rose to the rank of brevet major general by war?s end, and during the conflict was Grant's chief defender. General James Harrison Wilson said of him, "John A. Rawlins, all things considered, was the most remarkable man I met during the Civil War?" That is a remarkable statement from one who served under McClellan and Grant, and was a cavalry leader in his own right. Some historians believe that without Rawlins, Grant would not have soared to the heights he achieved in the war. He was appointed Secretary of War when Grant was elected President of the United States. He died in September 1869.After Rawlins death, Grant became guardian of his three children. Rawlins had a son, James Rawlins, who sought to follow his father's military footsteps, deciding to go West Point, where Grant himself had gone. Of the 39 West Point cadets who graduated in 1843 along with Grant, four died in the Mexican-American War, 15 became Union generals during the Civil War and 3 served as Confederate generals during the war. Ironically, all three Confederate generals from the class of 1843 were from northern states. Young Rawlins entered the Military Academy.On May 29, 1875, Grant announced he would not run for a 3rd term, a momentous announcement at the time.Autograph letter signed, Long Branch, NJ, June 5, 1875, to James Rawlins. "Dear Jimmie, Your letter of the 3rd instant was received yesterday. If I can go to West Point at all it will be about the 16th of this month. I do not know when your examination takes place but I think about that time. No doubt you will be able to pass the examination and I trust will do well afterwards.?Whether or not he passed the examination, Rawlins decided on a different career path. Grant got him a job working for former New York governor Edwin Morgan.

'(Cipher)/ City Point, Va. Dec. 30th 1864/ Hon. E.M. Stanton, Sec. of War./ The accompanying dispatch was received over your signature and answered. Subsequently a dispatch from operator was received stating that it should have been signed G. Wells [sic], Sec. of the Navy. It is all right however for I do not propose to correspond with the Navy Dept about Military operations except through you. My first dispatch gives all that I would advise should be said to the Sec. of the Navy for the present. U.S. Grant/ Lt. Gen. [ink line through each]/ I will say to Mr. Welles that I will advise with you about further operations against Wilmington and he can get his information from you. U.S. Grant/ Lt. Gen.' One page; folded; excellent condition. This piece was reproduced in facsimile at page 188 in Louis A. Coolidge's The Life of Ulysses S. Grant ( Centenary Edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1922). In the list of illustrations, it is noted that this was then in the possession of the author. Grant made his headquarters at City Point, from where he directed operations against Petersburg and Richmond, as well as commanding other Union armies in the field. Famously informal and modest, the headquarters of the only regularly promoted Lieutenant-General since George Washington lodged in a log cabin. Nevertheless, this dispatch demonstrates how aware Grant was of the prerogatives of his unique rank and that he was not reluctant to assert these when he perceived these as threatened. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

A logbook maintained by the future Admiral Sir Percy Grant (1867-1952), chronicling his two years serving as a midshipman onboard HMS Constance, a 2,380-ton Comus-class steel corvette deployed on the Pacific Station. In 1919, Grant succeeded Vice-Admiral William Creswell as head of the Australian Navy. Commissioned in October 1882 and boasting six machine guns and a company of 265, Constance was captained by Frederic Proby Doughty (1834-1892) during Grant's tenure onboard. She brought extra firepower to the Pacific, being the first Royal Navy ship outfitted with a new type of compressed air torpedo launcher. Grant joined the newly commissioned Constance after serving in the Anglo-Egyptian War that summer. He made lieutenant in 1890 and captain in 1907, serving as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayley during the First World War and commanding HMS Marlborough at Jutland. He made vice-admiral in 1924, was placed on the retired list in 1928, and advanced to the rank of admiral the same year. The log opens on 8 June 1884, when Constance is moored at Esquimalt, Canada, preparing to sail southwards. Over the next two years, she makes a return voyage from Canada to Chile via the Pacific Islands. The ship is ever ready for military and ceremonial duties, in particular testing its torpedo firing systems. In Honolulu, she receives His Majesty King Kal kaua and experiences the aftershocks of an earthquake off Callao in February 1885. As usual for the genre, the log meticulously chronicles the ship's progress and happenings onboard, supported by hand-drawn maps, charts, and diagrams. Grant's plan of Honolulu Harbour, after a survey by a naval lieutenant, shows the offshore quarantine ground, while a plan of the anchorage at San Lorenzo highlights the wreck of a floating barge sunk during the EcuadorianPeruvian War. Three drawings relate to torpedo boats. In late 1885, the ship is ordered to Hong Kong and receives Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Hamilton, Commander-in-Chief, China Station, on 6 January 1886, at which point Grant transfers to a troop ship bound for England via Singapore, Aden, and Malta. Provenance: with Grant's finely engraved armorial bookplate. Quarto (315 x 200 mm). Decorative manuscript colour title page; 26 tipped-in manuscript items, including 13 track charts (Pacific islands, Rarotonga to Coquimbo, Coquimbo to Payta, Payta to Coquimbo, Coquimbo to Callao, Callao to Acapulco, Acapulco to Magdalena Bay, San Francisco to Honolulu, Magdalena Bay to Esquimalt, Esquimalt to Acapulco, Acapulco to Panama, Acapulco to Honolulu, Hawai'i to Hong Kong), 7 maps and plans (Juan de Fuca Strait, Honolulu harbour, Caroline Islands, Penrhyn I, Avarura in north Rarotonga, anchorage off San Lorenzo, Royal Bay), 3 cross-sections of torpedo boat, sheet with specifications for Constance, tables of deviation and spars. Recently rebound in half black sheep, spine ruled in gilt, incorporating original binding's purple cloth sides with later lettering in gilt, original endpapers, edges sprinkled brown, 242 pages neatly filled in manuscript, primarily tabular entries. Sides rubbed and lightly stained, a little staining and browning internally, some colour bleed, legibility unaffected, charts, maps and plans well preserved, tipped-in item now loose: a very good example.

Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant. Ulysses S. Grant served as president of the United States from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877. On January 29, 1877, (five days before he left office), Grant gave an address to the Senate of the United States regarding a controversial dispute that had arisen over the results of the upcoming presidential election. In the address, Grant argued that the people must put their trust in Congress, stating: âIn all periods of history controversies have arisen as to the succession or choice of the chiefs of states, and no party or citizens loving their country and its free institutions can sacrifice too much of mere feeling in preserving through the upright course of law their country from the smallest danger to its peace on such an occasion; and it can not be impressed too firmly in the hearts of all the people that true liberty and real progress can exist only through a cheerful adherence to constitutional law.â.

First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); inscribed by Grant to his daughter to half-title, large folding map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at end a little toned, unobtrusive remains of tape to prelims, later annotations to p.345; original green publisher's cloth, gilt vignette of a tribesman with spear and shield to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, joints professionally repaired, a couple marks to cloth, a very good copy; xviii, 452, 33 pp. Rare inscribed copy of Grant's important Nile account. Inscribed 'To my dear little good / "Mary Augusta" with her / father's fondest love / 1st of May 1873 / J. A. Grant'. One of the scarcest Nile accounts by one of the forgotten greats of African exploration. Grant's account of the illness which prevented him from accompanying Speke to where the White Nile meets Lake Victoria is now considered the first recorded description of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer). "A monumental work of exploration, this represents Grant's experiences travelling with John Hanning Speke from Zanzibar to the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, naming Ripon Falls, then trekking down river to the Mediterranean Sea. There are numerous descriptions of the terrain and people, with sporting incidents throughout." - Czech.