Grant and Washington slander tale from Grant era recalled
Ex Postmaster General Tyner recounts a late night scene in Grant's cabinet room where Zach Chandler compares abusive newspaper attacks on Grant to those once directed at George Washington. Grant denounces the lies and longs for private life and peaceful reading as Chandler exposes the parallel from Marshall's Life of Washington.
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Tyner
Grant
President Grant
General Grant
Zach Chandler
Marshall
Washington
Chandler
United States
George Washington
New York
Cleveland Leader
Land Contests Decided in Cororapo Lamar Case List
The Garden City Kansas Sentinel reports eight wagon families passing through Garden City bound for Colorado from Iowa. In the Cororapo Lamar matter the court prints successful parties in capital letters, listing JOHN W WAMPLER vs EDWARD F CLAYTON Abel 8 BACON vs ELIZA MEEKER. The column includes a quip about ambition and a note on the traveling families.
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John W.wampler
Edward F. Clayton
Abel
Bacon
Eliza Meeker
Garden City
Colorado
Iowa
Kanesas Sentinel
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