The inside of the front lid is marked '*STATE SEAL OF*/NEUCHATEL/FOR/CARAT (18 in a shield) GOLD' and '24.' The face of the watch has a small portrait of Ulysses S. The exterior is textured and has black enamel on floral accents. It is 18 karat gold and 1 3/4 inches in diameter. She helped elevate the position of other wives of influential officials and verbally assaulted Brigham Young for the practice of polygamy and the effects she believed it had on Morman women. She is known to have been an outspoken women's rights proponent though not an open proponent of women's suffrage. She was also important during his bid for the presidency in 1868, was popular as first lady, and was disappointed Grant did not run for a third term.

Grant was sent with Grant when he took command on the Union Army because he knew she boosted his morale. President Lincoln personally ensured Mrs. Grant stayed close to her husband as best as possible throughout the war and kept her slave Jules/Julia with her as a nurse until 1864.

The decision resulted in the selling of many of his possessions in 1857 as noted above, but the looming conflict compelled him back into service and prosperity. Longing for his wife and children led Grant to resign in 1854 despite the financial uncertainty leaving his career behind meant. They married in August 1848 after Grant had been gone for four years serving in the Mexican-American War. Once they became a couple, they were very close, but Grant's positions in the Army often kept him far from home. The couple met through an introduction by her brother who attended West Point with Grant and referred to him as 'pure gold' in a letter to his sister suggesting they should meet. That latter was a point of contention with Grant's family and even led to his father not attending their wedding. Her family owned White Haven plantation near St. The hunter-case/hinged Auguste Saltzman watch is said to have belonged to First Lady Julia Boggs Dent Grant (January 26, 1826-December 14, 1902), wife of 18th President and Civil War General Ulysses S. The two watches presented here were both manufactured in Switzerland and are believed to have belonged to Ulysses S. His papers include multiple comments about gold watches he sent to Mrs. Army and became the most powerful military leader in North America. Within just a few short years he returned to the U.S. Grant' (2003) that this was his last valuable possession at the time, so it must have had great personal value. Author Kate Havelin noted in her book 'Ulysses S. Grant is known to have been forced to sell his gold pocket watch during the Panic of 1857 in order to buy his family Christmas presents. They were often wedding and graduation gifts and were deeply personal possessions carried by many every day for years on end. By the second half of the 19th century, pocket watches became more and more necessary, especially for those the railroad industry and military where failure to properly time movements could and did result in disasters.

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