Records, 1860.

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Records, 1860.

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Letters, minutes, resolutions, committee reports, ballots, and newspaper clippings (some of which deal with the convention and with the character of Ulysses S. Grant). Includes letters written by the delegations from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, and Texas upon their withdrawal from the convention and a letter of protest from the Massachusetts delegation against the excluding of Benjamin F. Hallett from the convention.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

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Hallett, Benjamin Franklin, 1797-1862

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Benjamin Franklin Hallett (December 2, 1797 – September 30, 1862) was a Massachusetts lawyer and Democratic Party activist, most notable as the first chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Benjamin Franklin Hallett was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts. After graduating from Brown University in 1816, he studied law and began a journalistic career in Providence, Rhode Island. He soon moved to Boston, where he began with the Boston Advocate, shifting to the Boston Daily Advertiser in 18...

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