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Description:: One certificate issued as a Resolution by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Detroit, Michigan, to mourn the recent death of General Ulysses S. Grant. The Resolution indicated that "city hall be appropriately draped with suitable symbols of mourning, that the public offices be closed, and the city hall bell be tolled during the hours of the funeral." The Resolution was passed on July 28, 1885, by Aldermen Alter, Barbour, Baumann, Chase, Fairbairn, Falvey, Finney, Gies, Griffin, Hartness, Heck, Jackson, Jacob, Kronberg, Lemmer, Littlefield, Loomer, Moloney, Nagel, O'Reilly, Stapleton, Sweeney, Westcott, Wieser, Wilcox, and the President, Hon. Augustus Kaiser. Councilmen present included Berry, Champion, Conahan, Dust, Goebel, Look, McGrath, Phelps, Raynor, Rentz, Streeter, and President, Hon. Marvin H. Chamberlain. The Resolution was signed by Alex. A. Saenger, City Clerk, on August 1, 1885. An embossed gold seal and ribbon are attached at the lower left corner of the certificate. (Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885, in Wilton, New York.) Handwritten pencil text on the verso shows "Presented to Captain Peter Ortwine, March 11th 1886." Peter Ortwine was the Captain of the Neptune Steam Fire Engine Company No. 2 which was located at the corner of St. Antoine and Larned Streets.
Date Issued:: 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Detroit Historical Society
Collection:: Government

Description:: One certificate issued as a Resolution by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Detroit, Michigan, to mourn the recent death of General Ulysses S. Grant. The Resolution indicated that "city hall be appropriately draped with suitable symbols of mourning, that the public offices be closed, and the city hall bell be tolled during the hours of the funeral." The Resolution was passed on July 28, 1885, by Aldermen Alter, Barbour, Baumann, Chase, Fairbairn, Falvey, Finney, Gies, Griffin, Hartness, Heck, Jackson, Jacob, Kronberg, Lemmer, Littlefield, Loomer, Moloney, Nagel, O'Reilly, Stapleton, Sweeney, Westcott, Wieser, Wilcox, and the President, Hon. Augustus Kaiser. Councilmen present included Berry, Champion, Conahan, Dust, Goebel, Look, McGrath, Phelps, Raynor, Rentz, Streeter, and President, Hon. Marvin H. Chamberlain. The Resolution was signed by Alex. A. Saenger, City Clerk, on August 1, 1885. An embossed gold seal and ribbon are attached at the lower left corner of the certificate. (Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885, in Wilton, New York.) Handwritten pencil text on the verso shows "Presented to Captain Peter Ortwine, March 11th 1886." Peter Ortwine was the Captain of the Neptune Steam Fire Engine Company No. 2 which was located at the corner of St. Antoine and Larned Streets.
Date Issued:: 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Detroit Historical Society

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