LEWIS A. GRANT:
An Inventory of His Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Grant, Lewis A., 1829-1918, creator. | |
| Title: | Lewis Addison Grant and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1781-1921. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Papers and accounts of this investor in real estate in Minneapolis and Dakota Territory and in other ventures, who was also a stockholder in the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition and the Masonic Temple Association of Minneapolis in 1886. | |
| Quantity: | 1.4 cubic feet (2 boxes, including 5 volumes; 13 oversize items). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Lewis Addison Grant was born in Bennington, Vermont on
January 17, 1829. He was the son of James and Elizabeth (Wyman) Grant. He was
educated in schools in Vermont and New Jersey and was a lawyer by profession. He
practiced law in Vermont prior to the Civil War. From 1866-1884 he lived in Des
Moines, Iowa, and held a number of positions in that city, among them being the
director of the Rock River Improvement Company (1866-1867); the Grant and Godfrey
Law Firm (1867-1868); the Grant, Regan and Company, founders of the town of Waukee,
Iowa (1868-1869); and president of the New England Loan and Trust Company
(1876-1882).
In 1884 he moved to Minneapolis, which was his residence until his death on March 20, 1918. He was engaged in the real estate and securities business in Minneapolis. From 1890-1893 he was assistant secretary of war.
On March 11, 1857 he married Sarah Augusta Hartwell, who died January 27, 1859. They had one daughter, Sarah Augusta (Mrs. George W. Stone). On September 11, 1863 he married Mary Helen Pierce, daughter of Alfred Pierce. They had two sons, Dr. Ulysses Sherman Grant and James Colfax Grant. Ulysses Grant married Avis Winchell, daughter of Newton H. Winchell, professor of geology at the University of Minnesota.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
This collection includes the papers and accounts of Lewis Grant; Civil War general orders and correspondence; a manuscript by James Colfax Grant on the Civil War; tax receipts for land in Hennepin County (Minn.); insurance policies including one for fire insurance on a home in Minneapolis; and copies of Lewis Grant's letters to his family while touring Europe (1889). Family papers consist of copies of the proprietors' records of the town of Searsburg, Vermont (1781-1817); deeds to land in Vermont, issued mainly to Alfred Pierce; a few papers of James Colfax Grant, commissary of subsistence in the United States Army in 1898; genealogical notes and charts; and family memorabilia.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Lewis A. Grant and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 3745; 6036; 7061; 7636; 7638; 7831; 7847
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017333200104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 123.A.3.4F | 1 | Genealogical notes and charts. | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers, 1781-1911, 1916, 1921. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| S. P. Smith papers, 1911. | |||||||||||
| Includes miscellaneous articles. | |||||||||||
| Blanks used by James Colfax Grant as commissary of subsistence, 1898. | |||||||||||
| Civil War manuscript. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Photograph of unknown woman. In enclosure. | |||||||||||
| [0.4 cubic feet empty] | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 123.A.3.5B | 2 | Volume 1. Journal, Lewis A. Grant, Waukee and Des Moines, Iowa, December 1874-August 1877. | |||||||||
| Volume 2. Journal, Lewis A. Grant, Waukee and Des Moines, Iowa, December 1874-1876. | |||||||||||
| Volume 3. Journal, Lewis A. Grant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 1886-June 1889. | |||||||||||
| Volume 4. Ledger, Lewis A. Grant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 1886-June 1889. | |||||||||||
| Volume 5. Letters, Lewis A. Grant, June 13, 1889-October 7, 1889. | |||||||||||
| Includes copies of letters written by Grant to his wife and other members of his family while on a trip to Europe. Grant visited the British Isles, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Holland, and Belgium. Detailed descriptions are given of each country visited including geographical features, historic sites, economic conditions, religion, character of the people, and the climate. | |||||||||||
| [0.2 cubic feet empty] | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 105.F.4.2 | 3 | Oversize material: | |||||||||
| Certificate of membership in the Society of the Army of the Potomac, undated. | |||||||||||
| Military certificates, 1861-1866. 8 items. | |||||||||||
| Includes Grant's Vermont volunteer militia commissions. | |||||||||||
| Testimonial from the Legislature of the State of Vermont commending Civil War record, July 4, 1871. | |||||||||||
| Certificate of appointment: Assistant Secretary of War, April 11, 1890. | |||||||||||
| Certificate of membership in the Old Guard of the city of Washington, D.C., July 1, 1890. | |||||||||||
| Certificate of membership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1893. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Fire insurance -- Minnesota.
- Ocean travel.
- Taxation -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Persons:
- Grant family.
- Grant, J. Colfax (James Colfax), 1869-
- Grant, Mary Helen Pierce, 1836-1927.
- Pierce family.
- Pierce, Alfred, 1802-
- Wyman family.
- Organizations:
- Masonic Temple Association of Minneapolis.
- United States. Army. Vermont Brigade, 5th.
- United States. War Department. Subsistence Department.
- Meetings:
- Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
- Minneapolis Industrial Exposition.
- Places:
- Des Moines (Iowa)
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Europe -- Politics and government.
- Europe -- Social life and customs.
- Searsburg (Vt.).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Vermont -- History.
- Waukee (Iowa).
- Document Types:
- Deeds -- Vermont.
- Genealogies.
- Insurance policies.
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