New York sight-seeing taxicab tours : descriptive pamphlet of tour no2, Upper West Side. . side it contains the remains of his widow. The approach to the crypt is bya stairway which gives access to the space dedicated to the sarcophagi. Onthe main floor are two rooms containing flags of the Civil War andinnumerable resolutions. Behind the tomb is a Ginko Tree, sent by LiHung Chang, the Chinese statesman, and planted by Yang Yu. A tabletin English and Chinese reads: This tree is planted at the side of the tombof Gen. U. S. Grant, ex-President of the United States of America, for thepurpose of c
New York sight-seeing taxicab tours : descriptive pamphlet of tour no2, Upper West Side. . side it contains the remains of his widow. The approach to the crypt is bya stairway which gives access to the space dedicated to the sarcophagi. Onthe main floor are two rooms containing flags of the Civil War andinnumerable resolutions. Behind the tomb is a Ginko Tree, sent by LiHung Chang, the Chinese statesman, and planted by Yang Yu. A tabletin English and Chinese reads: This tree is planted at the side of the tombof Gen. U. S. Grant, ex-President of the United States of America, for thepurpose of commemorating his greatness, by Li Hung Chang, Guardian ofthe Prince, Grand Secretary of State, Earl of the First Order; Yang Hu,Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of China, Vice-Presidentof the Board of Censors, Kwang Hsu, 23d year, 4th moon, May, of the Tomb are Japanese cherry trees, and a tablet presented bythe Japanese government in 1 9 1 2 in honor of General Grant. THE CLAREMONT, a noted restaurant, is located above the house was built soon a
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