First Floral Decoration of the Tomb of General Grant, Massachusetts Tribute. image no. 203-Albumen Print mounted on Board, May 31, 1886

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

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection consists of fourteen boxes of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, their acquaintances, and family members. It is arranged in five series: Correspondence and Ephemera; Photographs, Scrapbooks, oversized, and Addition I. 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. Series V: Addition I contains materials donated by Grant family members in 2025. These materials came through the family of USG and JDG's youngest son Jesse R. Grant (Jr.).

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; Hamilton Fish; Horace Porter; William McKinley; Mary Todd Lincoln; Adam Badeau; Rama V / Chulalongkorn; Matias Romero

Dates

May 31, 1886

Extent

From the Collection: 7 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

Photograph of flower arrangements at Grant's tomb on first Memorial Day after his death. Man in foreground seated in front of tomb. Page removed from the Seven-Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant, United States Instantaneous Photographic Company.