Pen used by Ulysses S. Grant to sign the presidential proclamation of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, 1870
date: label: date made
content: mid-19th century
label: date made
content: mid 19th century
label: date made
content: 19th century
label: used date
content: 1870 02 03
name: label: associated person
content: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
notes: label: Description
content: President Ulysses S. Grant used this pen to sign the presidential proclamation of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870. It guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
topic: label: general subject association
content: Voting Rights
label: referenced
content: African American
label: used
content: Presidents
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edward H. Preston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.243496.01
label: catalog number
content: 243496.01
label: accession number
content: 243496
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, brass, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 26.035 cm x .635 cm