Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 59
... bank and soon reached it , wet through and without clothes on that side of the stream . I went on , however , to my destination and borrowed a dry suit from my future brother - in - law . Before I returned I mustered up courage to make ...
... bank and soon reached it , wet through and without clothes on that side of the stream . I went on , however , to my destination and borrowed a dry suit from my future brother - in - law . Before I returned I mustered up courage to make ...
Page 100
... banks were full of California gold . It was used to construct railroads , to augment the size of manufacturing establishments , to acquire mortgages , to control labor , and to manipulate the prices of farm products . It led to a ...
... banks were full of California gold . It was used to construct railroads , to augment the size of manufacturing establishments , to acquire mortgages , to control labor , and to manipulate the prices of farm products . It led to a ...
Page 142
... banks more money than the total de- posits of all the seceding states . The profits of the cotton- planters disappeared like water thrown on dry sand . There was no inherent economic necessity to buy negroes ; they were already there ...
... banks more money than the total de- posits of all the seceding states . The profits of the cotton- planters disappeared like water thrown on dry sand . There was no inherent economic necessity to buy negroes ; they were already there ...
Page 145
... banks , they found it im- possible to buy negroes from their neighbors . The intangible forces of decent society were arrayed against the brutal mas- ter ; yet , at the same time , the institution of slavery was de- fended with an ...
... banks , they found it im- possible to buy negroes from their neighbors . The intangible forces of decent society were arrayed against the brutal mas- ter ; yet , at the same time , the institution of slavery was de- fended with an ...
Page 149
... Bank Street ( New York City , I presume ) , and he had presented it to some one else . On the fly - leaf Mr. Davis pasted a printed slip which throws some light on the vigor of the anti - slavery propaganda . Mr. Davis said on this slip ...
... Bank Street ( New York City , I presume ) , and he had presented it to some one else . On the fly - leaf Mr. Davis pasted a printed slip which throws some light on the vigor of the anti - slavery propaganda . Mr. Davis said on this slip ...
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