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Sketches of the lives and services of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax : national Republican candidates for president and vice president of the United States

Illustrations of President Grant and Vice President Colfax are included with their respective articles.
The life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant : the general in chief of the United States Army

The cover title reads "The life of Gen. U.S. Grant" and the cover includes and illustration of Grant.
The lives and public services of General U.S. Grant, U.S.A. and of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, speaker of the House of Representatives

The front cover includes illustrations of Grant and Colfax among the title and an illustration of an eagle with a United states flag between the title and the publisher.
Gen. Grant; or, The star of union and liberty. A play.--In three acts

William Adolphus Clark, 1825-1906

Dedicated to "Those who fought for the preservation of the Union, rather than from a love of bloodshed and of plunder and wholly for personal ends." The cover is slightly torn along the edges and contains some illegible notes written in pencil.
The Democratic platform. letter of acceptance of Horatio Seymour. The Radical platform. Grant's acceptance of the Radical nomination

Democratic Party (Mich.). State Central Committee.

"Issued by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee 1868" is handwritten in pencil on the cover.
Letter of the general of the army of the United States : communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1867, a statement of the number of white and colored voters registered in each of the states subject to the reconstruction acts of Congress, with other statistics relative to the same subject

Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885

Contains reports submitted by: J.M. Schofield, 1st Military District (Virginia), Ed. R.S. Canby, 2nd Military District (North Carolina, South Carolina), Geo. G. Meade, 3rd Military District (Georgia, Alabama, Florida), Alvan C. Gillem, 4th Military District (Mississippi, Arkansas), and Robert C. Buchanan, 5th Military District (Texas, Louisiana). May 13, 1868, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed.
Speech of the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont in favor of the election of Gen. Grant : delivered at the great meeting of the Grant democracy, held at Cooper's Institute, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1868

Edwards Pierrepont, 1817-1892

The speech begins by addressing "Mr. President" and then addresses friends and fellow citizens.
Grand mass meeting at the Cooper institute. : Nomination of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1867

A meeting at the Cooper Institute in response to the favorable response of those in the public industry to General Ulysses S. Grant's nomination to the presidency.
Letter of the Secretary of War ad interim, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, copies of papers relating to the case of Fitz John Porter, late an officer in the army of the United States

United States. War Department.

This pamphlet is from the 4oth Congress, 2nd Session, containing letters and responses between U. S. Grant, F. J. Porter, and other members of the United States Army concerning Fitz John Porter.
General Grant at Mount MacGregor

O. P. Clarke

The cover includes a poem comparing powerful men to oak trees and an illustration of President Grant is on the title page. The pamphlet describes what Grant's time was like at his home in Mount MacGregor.
Official report of Lieut.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant : embracing a history of the operations of the armies of the Union from March, 1862 to the closing scene of the rebellion

Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885

This pamphlet is Ulysses Grant's report at the Army Headquarters in Washington, D. C. on July 22, 1865 detailing the operations of the armies of the United States from the date of his appointment to command the same. Grant's first name is misspelled in the title on the front cover.
Report of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant : of the armies of the United States : 1864-'65

Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885

This pamphlet includes names, dates, and locations of military personnel and their reports from how the "rebellion" developed and progressed. U. S. Grant introduces the report from the Army Headquarters in Washington, D. C. on July 22, 1865. There is no cover to the pamphlet.
Report of Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant : of the armies of the United States - 1864-'65.

United States. Army.

This pamphlet is Ulysses Grant's report at the Army Headquarters in Washington, D. C. on July 22, 1865 detailing the operations of the armies of the United States from the date of his appointment to command the same. A portrait of Grant with a depiction of his signature is included on the page before the title page. The outer cover is dark purple.
Report of Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant : of the armies of the United States - 1864-'65.

United States. Army.

This pamphlet is Ulysses Grant's report at the Army Headquarters in Washington, D. C. on July 22, 1865 detailing the operations of the armies of the United States from the date of his appointment to command the same. A portrait of Grant with a depiction of his signature is included on the page before the title page.
General orders, no. 73

United States. Attorney-General

The pamphlet begins with "War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 24, 1865." on page 1 and includes reports form the United States Attorney General, Edwin M. Stanton.
Exchange of Prisoners. : testimony of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, taken by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, and relating to the exchange of prisoners

United States. Congress. House.

This pamphlet provides the transcript of Grant's testimony regarding the exchange of war prisoners during the Civil War.
The life of Ulysses S. Grant, General, U.S.A. : comprising the story of his early years ; of his cadetship and experience in the war with Mexico ; the narrative of his 'business experiences', and a complete history of his memorable services in the War for the Union

Edward Willett, 1830-1889

The title on the cover is slanted beneath the headings "The first in War, the First in Peace, the First in the Hearts of His Countrymen." and "Beadle's Dime Series." A publisher's notice is between the table of contents and the first chapter.
Personal traits of General Grant

This article is from McClure's Magazine, volume two, number 6, May 1894. Photographs of General Horace Porter, General Ulysses S. Grant, and various important places from Grant's time as a general in the Civil War are included within the article.
The life and services as a soldier of Major-General Grant : hero of Fort Donelson! Vicksburg! and Chattanooga!

The front cover contains the added title, "General Grant's Life and Public Services" along the top. An illustration of General Grant is centered between the official title and the words "Every Person should read this life of General Grant" are vertical on either side of the title and illustration. "Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi; and Captor of 472 Cannon and over 90,000 Revel Prisoners" is beneath the title.
What our Democratic generals say : the Democratic party declare that the war is a failure ...

This pamphlet includes statements of Lieutenant General Grant, Major-General Burnside, Major-General Hooker, Major-General Dix, and Major-General John E. Wool speaking on the Democratic party's declaration that the war is a failure and declare for an immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities.
The patriot's song of victory. : a thanksgiving discourse, for recent military successes, delivered in the Third Congregational Church, New Haven, September 11, and repeated, by request, in the same place, September 18, 1864

Elisha Lord Cleaveland,1806-1866

This pamphlet includes a letter to Reverend E. L. Cleveland thanking him for the principles involved in the war that were contained in the sermon which was first giving on the President's Thanksgiving day and was repeated. The group of New Haven men from whom the letter was written, request a written copy of the sermon for publication to which Cleveland responds with a the requested manuscript.
General Grant : an interview with Major W.M. Dunn, U.S.A.

W. M. Dunn

An interview with Major W. M. Dunn, U. S. A. published in the "San Francisco Call."