Beginning of the Grand Pageant. Catafalque in front of the City Hall, showing the State Coffin in Position. Image no. 83-Albumen Print mounted on Board. Advertisement fot the Seven-Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant on Verso., 1886

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 003, item: 002

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

1886

Extent

From the Collection: 6.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

Photograph of USG's coffin surrounded by honor guard. Page removed from the Seven-Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant, United States Instantaneous Photographic Company.