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Davis. ,. the. Neurotic. 169 no wages of labor remained at a standstill . There was scarcity of cotton in England until 1862. During the latter part of 1861 cargoes of cotton were actually sent back from England and sold in New York .
Davis. ,. the. Neurotic. 169 no wages of labor remained at a standstill . There was scarcity of cotton in England until 1862. During the latter part of 1861 cargoes of cotton were actually sent back from England and sold in New York .
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It was Jefferson Davis ' inaugural day . Until then he had been a provisional president , but now he was to begin his regular term of six years . Davis stood under an awning by the side of the equestrian statue of George Washington ...
It was Jefferson Davis ' inaugural day . Until then he had been a provisional president , but now he was to begin his regular term of six years . Davis stood under an awning by the side of the equestrian statue of George Washington ...
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Craven , John J. , The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis . New York , 1866 . Davis , Jefferson , The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government . New York , 1881 . Davis , Susan Lawrence , Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan , 18651877.
Craven , John J. , The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis . New York , 1866 . Davis , Jefferson , The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government . New York , 1881 . Davis , Susan Lawrence , Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan , 18651877.
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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