A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
Chinese porcelain jars (old), presented by Prince Koon, of China.
Arabian Bible.
Coptic Bible, presented by Lord Napier, who captured it with King
Theodore, of Abyssinia.
Sporting rifle.
Sword of Donelson, presented to General Grant after the fall of Fort
Donelson, by officers of the Army, and used by him until the end of the
war.
New York sword, voted to General Grant by the citizens of New York at
the fair held in New York.
Sword of Chattanooga, presented to General Grant by the citizens of Jo
Daviess County, Ill. (Galena), after the battle of Chattanooga.
Roman mug and pitcher.
Silver menu and card, farewell dinner of San Francisco, Cal.
Silver menu of Paris dinner.
Horn and silver snuff box.
Silver match box, used by General Grant.
Gold table, modeled after the table in Mr. McLean's house on which
General R.E. Lee signed the articles of surrender. This was presented to
General Grant by ex-Confederate soldiers.
Gold cigar case (enameled), presented by the Celestial King of Siam.
Gold cigar case (plain), presented by the Second King of Siam.
Gold-handled knife, presented by miners of Idaho Territory.
Nine pieces of jade stone, presented by Prince Koon, of China.
Silver trowel, used by General Grant in laying the corner stone of the
American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Knife, made at Sheffield for General Grant.
Gold pen, General Grant's.
Embroidered picture (cock and hen), presented to General Grant by
citizens of Japan.
Field glasses, used by General Grant during the war.
Iron-headed cane, made from the rebel ram _Merrimac_.
Silver-headed cane, made from wood used in the defense of Fort Sumter.
Gold-headed cane, made out of wood from old Fort Du Quesne, Pa.
Gold-headed cane, presented to General Grant as a tribute of regard for
his humane treatment of the soldiers and kind consideration of those who
ministered to the sick and wounded during the war.
Gold-headed cane, used by General Lafayette, and presented to General
Grant by the ladies of Baltimore, Md.
Carved wood cane, from the estate of Sir Walter Scott.
Uniform as general of the United States Army.
Fifteen buttons, cut from the coats during the war by Mrs. Grant after
the different battles.
Hat ornament, used at Belmont.
Hat ornament, used at Fort Donelson.
Shoulder straps (brigadier-general), worn by General Grant at Belmont,
Fort Donelson, and Shiloh.
Shoulder straps (lieutenant-general), cut from the coat used by General
Grant in the campaigns against Richmond and Petersburg and Lee's army.
Shoulder straps (lieutenant-general), cut from General Grant's coat.
Pair of shoulder straps (general), cut from a coat General Grant used
after the war.
Medal from the American Congress (gold) for opening the Mississippi.
Gold medal, from Philadelphia.
Twenty-one medals (gold, silver, and bronze), badges of armies and
corps.
Ten medals (silver and bronze), sent to General Grant at different
times.
Fourteen medals (bronze), in memory of events.
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