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In his capacity as military governor he was besieged by a buzzing crowd of people who wanted permission to do this and that ... business men who had come down from the North to make money out of the war — some of them his own relatives ...
In his capacity as military governor he was besieged by a buzzing crowd of people who wanted permission to do this and that ... business men who had come down from the North to make money out of the war — some of them his own relatives ...
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Grant wanted Sumner removed from his place as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee , and he spoke to a number of senators about it , unofficially . The Senate stood ready to support the administration in most measures of public ...
Grant wanted Sumner removed from his place as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee , and he spoke to a number of senators about it , unofficially . The Senate stood ready to support the administration in most measures of public ...
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Vanderbilt wanted to return these possessions , but the Grants declined to take them back . Eventually Vanderbilt gave the curios and swords to the United States government , and they are now in the museum at Washington .
Vanderbilt wanted to return these possessions , but the Grants declined to take them back . Eventually Vanderbilt gave the curios and swords to the United States government , and they are now in the museum at Washington .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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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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