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Tag Archives: President Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford Hayes’ Secret Oath
The election of 1876 was one of the most rancorous, divisive and probably corrupt in American history. Oddly Enough… Both Governor Rutherford Hayes (R-OH) and Governor Samuel Tilden (D-NY) were honest, decent men, albeit … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Boss Tweed, Chief Justice Morrison Waite, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses S. Grant, Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, Governor Samuel TIlden, history, Horace Greeley, President Andrew Johnson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, The election of 1876, The Grant presidency, The inauguration of Hayes, US history, White House history
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President Grant and the First State Dinner
The first sovereign of a foreign country to be hosted at a White House State Dinner was the King of the Sandwich Islands – in 1874. State Dinners From the beginning of the United States as a nation, elegant dining … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, David Kalakaua, Dining at the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Dolley Madison, George and Martha Washington, Grant hosts the King of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaiian history, history, Johyn and Abigail Adams, King David Kalakaua, Mark Twain, President and Mrs. Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grant, President James Buchanan, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential entertaining, Presidential history, the Gilded Age, The Sandwich Islands, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, US state dinners, White House history
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Julia Grant’s Eyes: A Love Story
Julia Dent Grant was born with an eye condition medically called strabismus. People called it “cross-eyed.” JDG: A Plain Child Strabismus is a common anomaly, and today, it is quickly and successfully corrected in very early childhood. But in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged 19th centurn eye surgery, American history, Andrew Johnson, eye condition called strabismus, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Julia Grant's eye problem, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President and Mrs. Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, strabismus, The Civil War, the Gilded Age, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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Lucy Hayes and the Spectacular Dinner Service,
The White House, then and now, requires a huge amount of china place settings. The Precedents of China Formal Presidential dinner services have always been needed for formal occasions since the time of George Washington’s terms of office in New … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, Galt Jewelers, General Ulysses S. Grant, Harper's Weekly Magazine, Haviland & Company, history, Illustrator Theodore Davis, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Hayes White House china, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Norman Galt, President Hayes, President James Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The Reagan Dinner Service, Theodore Russell Davis, Thomas Jefferson, White House dinner services, White House Historical Association, White House history, William Seale
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The Dying General: Grant’s Final Campaign
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great and able general, but he was no businessman. The General’s Last Hurrah When Ulysses S. Grant retired from two terms as President of the United States in early 1877, he was the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Around the World with General Grant", American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, General Grant, General Grant's family, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's trip around the world, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Mark Twain publisher, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Chester Alan Arthur: “Nobody’s Damn Business”
Chester Alan Arthur, known only by his distinctive and imposing whiskers, is one of the least known and least studied of our Presidents. Chester Alan Arthur: The Basic Facts Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was a clergyman’s son, born in Vermont … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Collector of the Port of NY, Election of 1880, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Political Boss Roscoe Conkling, President Chester A. Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, The "Gentleman Boss", The Port of New York, US Presidents, US Vice Presidents, White House history
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