White House Dinner Cards (2), ca. 1870s

File — Box: 2, Folder: 029

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirteen boxes of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, their acquaintances, and family members. It is arranged in three series: Correspondence and Ephemera; Photographs, and Scrapbooks. The first two series have additional Sub-Series that break the material down into specific types which are then arranged either chronologically or alphabetically by topic.

Correspondents in this collection include:

Ulysses S. Grant; Julia D. Grant; Frederick Dent Grant; Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Jesse Root Grant; William T. Sherman; Philip Sheridan; John Schofield; Orville E. Babcock; B. F. Butler; W. W. Smith; J. M. Schofield; John Rawlins; Horace Porter; William McKinley; Mary Todd Lincoln; Adam Badeau; Rama V / Chulalongkorn

Dates

ca. 1870s

Extent

From the Sub-Series: 0.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

Julia D, Grant Description on Verso of one: "One of the dinner cards used at The White House by President Grant, may be placed in book about where I tell of the entertainment there." Dinner Card used by President Grant during his two terms at the White House. Julia intended to use these items in her Personal Memoirs.