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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08978 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to Tiffany and Co. regarding funding for the Statue of Liberty |
| Date | January 1884 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Additional authors | Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901) Drexel, Joseph Wilhelm (1833-1888) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requesting a contribution of $5,000 towards completing the base of the Statue of Liberty. "You will no doubt deplore with us the marked indifference of the citizens of New York to the munificent gift of the French People to the People of the United States - A colossal Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World...We know that this is hardly a time to make an appeal for money, but the necessity is imperative." If the remaining half of the needed $250,000 is not raised soon, work must be halted, which would "produce the most unfavorable comments upon our patriotism and spirit." Therefore Tiffany and Company has been chosen as one of twenty prominent citizens asked to contribute. Co-signed by William Evarts and Joseph Drexel. |
| Subjects | President Liberty Monument France American Symbols and Seals Patriotism Finance Business and Finance Charity and Philanthropy |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901) Drexel, Joseph Wilhelm (1833-1888) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | William Evarts was a Senator from New York. Had previously served as Attorney General, chief counsel for President Johnson in impeachment proceedings, and Secretary of State. Joseph W. Drexel was President of the New York Philharmonic, trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, trustee of the National Academy of Sciences, Director of the Metropolitan opera house, New York's chairman of the sanitary commission and commissioner of education, and a banker and philanthropist. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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