May 11 Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/11/2023
Partly-printed DS as president, signed "U. S. Grant," one page, May 5th, 1871. President Grant directs the "Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of Solomon Ownes. In fine condition
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as U.S. Secretary of War. Later, as president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who signed the bill that created the Justice Department and worked with Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction.
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U. S. Grant Signed Pardon for a Solomon Ownes
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