Group of CDVs of Civil War Era Notables, Some Signed, From the Collection of Ulysses S. Grant’s Sister
Obtained by us directly from the Grant family descendants.
Mary Frances Grant was the sister of Ulysses S. Grant. She collected CDVs during the Civil War, and these treasures came down through the family to this day. This is from her photograph collection. CDV's of: her brother's arch-rival Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a wartime image of him in uniform, original...
Mary Frances Grant was the sister of Ulysses S. Grant. She collected CDVs during the Civil War, and these treasures came down through the family to this day. This is from her photograph collection. CDV's of: her brother's arch-rival Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a wartime image of him in uniform, original photograph by Vannerson & Jones of Richmond, this being produced by a studio in the North; Abolitionist Wendell Phillips, with the Charles D. Fredericks of New York backstamp, the first of Phillips we've seen; philanthropist George Peabody, with the Desderi of Paris backstamp, dated 1867, with some creases; Gen. Charles S. Hamilton, in uniform, signed on the verso; minister Henry Ward Beecher, with the J. Gurney of New York backstamp; publisher Horace Greely, with the Charles D. Fredericks of New York backstamp, the first of Greely we've had; and George Bancroft, historian, Secretary of the Navy, and the founder of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, signed and with the backstamp of Critcherson & Storer of Newport, R.I.
We acquired these directly from Mary Grant's descendants, and they have never before been offered for sale.
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