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 393
... letter Johnson accused Grant of not keeping his word . Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority . He continued in the ...
... letter Johnson accused Grant of not keeping his word . Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority . He continued in the ...
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... letter to the President arguing against the sale of any gold by the govern- ment . Corbin wrote such a letter - mild in tone and sent it by a special messenger to the little village in Pennsylvania where the President and Mrs. Grant ...
... letter to the President arguing against the sale of any gold by the govern- ment . Corbin wrote such a letter - mild in tone and sent it by a special messenger to the little village in Pennsylvania where the President and Mrs. Grant ...
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... letter which rose from the past to vex him after the exposure came . This letter was addressed to Fish , as president of the Marine National Bank , and was dated July 6 , 1882. It read : My dear Mr. Fish : In relation to the matter of ...
... letter which rose from the past to vex him after the exposure came . This letter was addressed to Fish , as president of the Marine National Bank , and was dated July 6 , 1882. It read : My dear Mr. Fish : In relation to the matter of ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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