Long Branch House

Long Branch House. Drexel Family Photo Album, Volume 1, page 33. Digital resource page 34. MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection. Drexel University Archives. 2007029box16_033.

It is no coincidence that Ulysses S. Grant’s summer home was next door to the house Anthony J. Drexel and George W. Childs shared in Long Branch, New Jersey, a popular beach resort town since the late 18th century. General Ulysses S. Grant met George W. Childs in the summer of 1863, after the Union Army’s victory at Vicksburg. The two formed a strong friendship. Childs soon introduced Grant to Drexel, who became a friend and financial counselor to the future president.

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Long Branch House—Double Parlor, p. 37. 1890–1939. Drexel Family Photo Album, Volume 1, digital resource page 38. Photograph. MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection. Drexel University Archives. 2007029box16_037.

Long Branch House—Double Parlor, p. 39. 1890–1939. Drexel Family Photo Album, Volume 1, digital resource page 40. Photograph. MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection. Drexel University Archives. 2007029box16_039.

Long Branch House—Sitting Room, p. 40. 1890–1939. Drexel Family Photo Album, Volume 1, digital resource page 41. Photograph. MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection. Drexel University Archives. 2007029box16_040.

Long Branch House—Bedroom, p. 41. 1890–1939. Drexel Family Photo Album, Volume 1, digital resource page 42. Photograph. MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection. Drexel University Archives. 2007029box16_041.

A Republican Sentinel of the Army of Var. Ink wash on paper painting of a soldier standing in a field near a stone wall.

A Republican Sentinel of the Army of Var. 1874. Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815–1891. Painting. Ink, wash, on paper. Bequest of Anthony J. Drexel. The Drexel Founding Collection, Drexel University. 26.