iDEA Collection: Drexel Family collection http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/3705 The Collection's search engine Search the Channel search http://idea.library.drexel.edu/simple-search Ulysses S. Grant letter to Anthony J. Drexel http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/4026 Title: Ulysses S. Grant letter to Anthony J. Drexel <br/> <br/>Authors: Ulysses S. Grant <br/> <br/>Description: Ulysses S. Grant wrote a letter to Anthony J. Drexel describing his travels in Europe and inviting Mr. Drexel to join him in a voyage on the U.S.S. Richmond. Included are scans of the two-sided letter as well as the transcription of the letter. The Alcedo http://idea.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/3706 Title: The Alcedo <br/> <br/>Authors: Paul, A.J. Drexel <br/> <br/>Description: This document is a brief (11 page) memoir by A.J. Drexel Paul about the Alcedo, a yacht owned by George W. Childs Drexel that was the "first ship in the United States Navy to be torpedoed and sunk by the Germans."