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Excerpt from General Grant, His Services to the Country and His Qualifications for the Presidency of the United States Considered in an Address: Delivered by Hon. Hooper C. Van Vorst, Before the National Club of New York City, on the 12th Day of October, 1868
During his administration, the fearful and bloody riots occurred in the city of New York, in which the' mob had complete control and sway of the city, and its reign was marked by terror, fire, pillage and murder. This constitutes a dark page in the history of the times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.