Letter, November 6, 1872.

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Letter, November 6, 1872.

Letter to President Ulysses S. Grant, congratulating him on his reelection and commenting on the disasters that would have resulted had Horace Greeley been elected.

4 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7452659

Abraham Lincoln Presidential 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...

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Lewis, Thomas J., ca. 1816-fl. 1872.

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Lewis, a native of Vermont, was a physician in Chicago. From the description of Letter, November 6, 1872. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 426940792 ...