Statistics for occurrence #1 of “E. C. Claybrook” in article 6 of The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1864., [Electronic resource]:
...mber for the year 1863 to 155,223, against 76,306 for 1862.
The Herald advocates the election of Grant to the next Presidency of the United States.
On the morning of the 30th of December, E. C. Claybrook , of the 9th Va. cavalry, was granted an audience with Lincoln, for the purpose of making an important secret communication.
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