Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 20

Volume 20 is the first in this distinguished series to cover months when Grant held no military commission. Once he was elected president, however, Grant's significance grew rather than diminished. After his first few months in office, he continued to encourage economic expansion, to promote peaceful reconstruction in the southern states, to advocate the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, and to urge humane treatment of Indians. His major foreign policy initiative involved the annexation of Santo Domingo. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.