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In 1821 Jesse Grant married Hannah Simpson , a freshfaced , vigorous country girl who lived in a neighboring settlement . Her family had come from Pennsylvania , and her father was prosperous , considering the limitations of the time .
In 1821 Jesse Grant married Hannah Simpson , a freshfaced , vigorous country girl who lived in a neighboring settlement . Her family had come from Pennsylvania , and her father was prosperous , considering the limitations of the time .
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An Englishman who lived at the Spottswood Hotel in Richmond in 1864 wrote that he was paying twenty dollars a day for his room and board , and that he had never lived so inexpensively in his life , as the cost of his living was equal to ...
An Englishman who lived at the Spottswood Hotel in Richmond in 1864 wrote that he was paying twenty dollars a day for his room and board , and that he had never lived so inexpensively in his life , as the cost of his living was equal to ...
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He lived up to the high ideals of his race . He had the feeling of noblesse oblige — the sense that great authority implies great responsibilities and great humility . At his headquarters table during the Civil War meat was served only ...
He lived up to the high ideals of his race . He had the feeling of noblesse oblige — the sense that great authority implies great responsibilities and great humility . At his headquarters table during the Civil War meat was served only ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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