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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ty cents besides his witnesseswho were not called on to testify. J. R. Grant, Mayor. Litigation in the court of Mayor Grant seems tohave been rather infrequent as only two other cases arerecorded, one an action of trespass and the otherassault and battery. Jesse R. Grant and Senator Thomas Morris werevery close friends, as may be inferred from what hasalready been related. Just what was the basis of thisintimate friendship has not been fully stated. Possiblyagreement on the slavery question had something to dowith it. General Grant prior to the Civil War was notin sympathy with the abolition movement. In the presi-dential election of 1856 he voted for James Buchananfor president of the United States. His father, however,was strangely opposed to slavery. Possibly his con-tact with the anti-slavery sentiment of the WesternReserve before he came to Clermont had something todo with his opinion on this subject and it is reasonable Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S. Grant 259
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