Correspondence: with B[arnabas] Burns, 1863 Dec.

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Correspondence: with B[arnabas] Burns, 1863 Dec.

Dec. 7, 1863 letter (contemporary copy) from Burns asks Grant to run for U.S. president on War Democrat ticket; Grant's Dec. 17, 1863 (original) reply declines and disclaims any political ambition.

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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...

Burns, Barnabas.

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War Democrat Party.

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