Ulysses S. Grant Signed Engraving.

GRANT, Ulysses S.

Item Number: 5490

Washington, D.C:, 1871.

Portrait engraving of President Ulysses S. Grant. Boldly signed “U.S. Grant May 11th 1871.” The engraving measures 4 inches x 5.5 inches. Grant was serving in his first term as the eighteenth president of the United States when he signed this portrait engraving produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In fine condition. Matted and framed. Total piece measures 8″ x 10″. Engravings signed by Grant are rare, especially signed during his Presidency.

Three days earlier on May 8, 1871, President Grant had signed the Treaty of Washington, settling the so-called "Alabama Claims," whereby the U.S. sought reparations from the United Kingdom for attacks on U.S. ships by the British built ship, CSS Alabama, and other Confederate ships that were sold to the rebel states during the Civil War. The British government agreed to pay the U.S. $15.5 million.