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Reconstruction era talk in Washington and New Hampshire
A Washington era column details fierce factionalism over Reconstruction, cabinet moves, and potential candidates. It notes New Hampshire's 1868 election as a key test, discusses the Whiskey Ring, calls for restrained federal spending, and weighs possible shifts to Banks, Stanton, and Grant with Banks as a likely War Secretary option.
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Eorror Journal
Freeport
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Brickly
Representa
House
Senate
Sandwich, Islands
Seward
Alaska
North Pole
Mewin
M. Stanton
Grant
Stanton
J. B. Washburne
New Hampshire
Copperheads
Black
Blair
Vorhees
Heaven
Rollins
Internal Revenue Bureau
Agricultural Department
LE Ston
Nathaniel P. Banks
Clark
Kansas
Montana Territorial
John. W. Forney
Europe
Philadelphia
Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Co
Cody
Reverdy Johnson
State Department
Erastus
Treasury
N. P
Banks
Frank Blair
Post-Office
Department
McC
Chicago
Lincoln
U.S. Grant
Noflan
Field
Supreme Court