Title: Grant Family Bible Records
Inclusive Dates: 1755-1799, 1865-1885, 1941

Creator:

• Grant family

Call Number: Wis Mss JR; PH Wis Mss JR

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box), 15 photographs, and 1 piece of ephemera

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Bible kept by the family of Ulysses S. Grant, containing records of births, deaths, and images of the members of the Grant family; a typewritten copy of the entries in the Bible; and a copy of a letter, May 13, 1941, written by George P. Hambrecht concerning the Bible.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000jr

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Images from the Bible include Fred D. Grant, Hannah Smith, Nellie Grant, Julia Dent Grant, Jesse R. Grant, Grampa Dent, Grandma Dent, Mrs. Simpson, Judge Dan Dent, G. Dent, Mrs. G. Dent, A. Dent, and A. Lincoln. Also included is a mourning badge dated July 23, 1885, with an image of General Grant.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Hugh M. Jones, Wausau, Wisconsin, November 29, 1954.

Wis Mss JR Box   1	Bible kept by the family of Ulysses S. Grant Note: Contains records of births, deaths, and images of the members of the Grant family
Box   1 Folder   1	Typewritten copy of the entries in the Bible
Box   1 Folder   1	Letter / by George P. Hambrecht, 1941 May 13
PH Wis Mss JR	Photographs
	Relatives of Ulysses S. Grant
Folder   1 Page   1	Fred D. Grant, 15 years old, son
Folder   1 Page   1	Hannah Simpson, mother
Folder   1 Page   1	Nellie Grant, daughter
Folder   1 Page   1	Julia Dent Grant, wife
Folder   1 Page   2	Jesse R. Grant, father
Folder   1 Page   3	Grandma Dent, St. Louis
Folder   1 Page   3	Grandpa Dent, St. Louis
Folder   1 Page   3	Unknown
Folder   1 Page   3	Unknown
Folder   1 Page   3	Mrs. Simpson
Folder   1 Page   3	Mourning Badge showing image of U.S. Grant, 1885 July 23
Folder   1 Page   4	Judge Dan Dent, St. Louis, father of Julia Dent Grant
Folder   1 Page   4	G. Dent, St. Louis, son of Judge Dan Dent
Folder   1 Page   4	Mrs. G. Dent, wife of G. Dent
Folder   1 Page   4	A. Dent, Cincinnati
	Ephemera
Folder   1 Page   4	A. Lincoln, hand colored drawing