On this day in 1885, Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) died of throat cancer at the age of 63. Grant, born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, served as the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and was commanding general of the Union army during the Civil War.
This Courthouse Steps quilt was made by an unknown quilter in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio in 1885. It was documented in the North Carolina Quilt Project by a relative of the quiltmaker.
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Source:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-president-ulysses-s-grant-dies
Posted by Amy E. Milne
Executive Director, Quilt Alliance
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org