General Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician mb-code 42-52216227 'The Parliamentary Python'

'The Parliamentary Python'

Sir Robert Lowe had recently been moved from the Exchequer to the Home Office

'The Westminster canvass'

Latin text with stylised floral decoration and mythical beasts

'Knives Combs or Ink-horns'

General Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician mb-code 42-52216227 'The Parliamentary Python'General Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician, c1860s (1955). Grant leaning over the shoulder of General George Meade. Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 1885) commanded the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War from March 1864, leading it to final victory the following year. He was elected the 18th President of the United States in 1869, holding office until 1877. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan,