Today in history
Subtitle: April 27
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Presidents; Biography; World's Transportation Commission
Other titles: April 27
Description: Presents a brief biography of Ulysses S. Grant, military leader and U.S. president, who was born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Also discusses the work of the World Transportation Commission (1894-1896), which was organized by railroad publicist Joseph Gladding Pangborn to gather information about foreign transportation systems, especially railroads, for the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago.
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