16 January 1871
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Franz Sigel
President Grant asks former General Franz Sigel to be Secretary of the Commission to Santo Domingo. In 1869 the Senate refused to approve a treaty annexing Santo Domingo, but in his 1870 message to Congress, Grant reopened the issue. The House...
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