Our Presidents and how We Make ThemHarper & bros., 1902 - 481 pages |
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... Grant to the Presidency immediately after the close of the war would seem to be a result at once logical and inevitable ; but there are few of the present day who have any knowledge of the many obstacles which confronted Grant in his ...
... Grant to the Presidency immediately after the close of the war would seem to be a result at once logical and inevitable ; but there are few of the present day who have any knowledge of the many obstacles which confronted Grant in his ...
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... Grant after the battle of Shiloh , when Grant had few friends and none outside of Lincoln able to sustain him . When Lincoln hesitated to send the order to Grant , I spoke very freely and reminded Lincoln how he had saved Grant , and ...
... Grant after the battle of Shiloh , when Grant had few friends and none outside of Lincoln able to sustain him . When Lincoln hesitated to send the order to Grant , I spoke very freely and reminded Lincoln how he had saved Grant , and ...
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... Grant's absence his friends had made tireless efforts to organize his forces in all the States , and the friends of Blaine , who fought this battle royal with the friends of Grant , had been equally earnest and ceaseless to give Blaine ...
... Grant's absence his friends had made tireless efforts to organize his forces in all the States , and the friends of Blaine , who fought this battle royal with the friends of Grant , had been equally earnest and ceaseless to give Blaine ...
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THE ADAMSJEFFERSON CONTEST 1796 | 1 |
JOHN ADAMS | 2 |
THE ADAMSJEFFERSON CONTEST 1796 | 7 |
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