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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04360.036 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Grant's presidency & family with 3 S.B. Anthony items |
| Title | Ely S. Parker to Spaulding regarding jewelry and a small medal |
| Date | 25 October 1865 |
| Author | Parker, Ely S. (1828-1895) |
| Recipient | Spaulder, H.A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Mrs. Grant has received the jewelry Spaulding sent her. He writes that Grant said he thought the ornament might have been carved from "the wood of the tree under which Col. Babcock found Gen. Lee near the Appomattox C.H. when sent after Lee to come out of his lines and capitulate." Parker also gives instructions for the striking of a small medal which would give the history of a larger medal. He lists the Indian and English names to be engraved: "Sagoyawatha or Red Jacket. Sosawah or James Johnson. Donehogawa or Ely S. Parker." [from Grant family archives] |
| Subjects | First Lady Gift Clothing and Accessories Women's History Union General Union Forces Civil War Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Appomattox Surrender American Indian History |
| People | Parker, Ely Samuel (1828-1895) Grant, Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902) Red Jacket (ca. 1750-1830) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | Native Americans; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: This collection, put together by some early twentieth century collectors concentrates on Grant's presidency, funeral and the commemoration of the centenary of his birth in 1922. #1-31 include Grant family correspondence (mostly about USG's death and funeral). Most of the correspondence is written by Frederick Dent Grant. There are also four Susan B. Anthony items: three letters to a member of the 1867 NYS Constitutional Convention (calling for women's suffrage; #32-34) and a printed petition (#35) to President Ulysses S. Grant with pasted-on (and written) signatures of women's' leaders like Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, L. Maria Child, L. M. Alcott, E. P. Peabody, E. S. Phelps, Mary A. Livermore, Mary Eastman, Margaret Campbell, Ada C. Bowles and Lucy Stone. Items #36-37 are an interesting pair of letters of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Indian chief, concerning his Indian name and his military career (10/25 and 11/1 1865). A number of printed invitations, menus and pins round-out this portion of the collection. #49-63 are election campaign materials from 1868 and 1872. These include a dramatic and vituperative letter of W.S. Rosecrans to Horatio Seymour, 7/24/1868 (#49), urging him not to run and divide the party since "[i]f you run[,] Grant[,] that weak, malignant knavish little fellow will be our next president." The "Spirit of the Campaign" leaflets (#61-63) are typical Republican "waving the bloody flag" attacks on the Democrats and Seymour. Items #64-77 are mostly funerary ribbons worn at Grant's New York funeral, while #78-115 are indifferent carte de visite photographs and engravings of Grant and contemporaries. The collection is accompanied by approximately 81 news clipping, mostly 1915-1925, concerning Grant's life, the centennial of his birth (4/1922), the Grant-Dent Memorial Association (most of these are St. Louis imprints, including a few German-language newspapers); plus four articles on the centenary of Susan B. Anthony's birth in 1920. Most of the newspapers are highly brittle. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |