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23 August 1872
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Amos Owens, William Teal, David Collins and William Scruggs].
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21 November 1866
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 1831-1910
to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord
Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...
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10 December 1862
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863
to James Wilson Grimes
Written by Rear Admiral Foote from the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting to Senator James Grimes of Iowa (Grimes served in the U.S. Senate 1859-1869). Grimes was a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs when this letter was written. References a...
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17 November 1870
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Thomas B. Pugh
Douglass refuses to speak at the Philadelphia Academy of Music because of its discriminatory policies towards African Americans. The letter escalates into a barrage of criticism against the Academy and Philadelphia the "City of Brotherly Love", which...
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8 May 1792
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States].
Countersigned in type by Speaker of the House Jonathan Trumbull, President pro tempore of the Senate Richard Henry Lee, and President Washington. The act requires the enrollment in the militia of all able-bodied white men between the ages of...
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