Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is the author of Grant, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington: A Life and the best-selling Alexander Hamilton, the basis of the blockbuster Broadway musical.

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston.

What a Simple Pen Reminds Us About Ulysses S. Grant's Vision for a Post-Civil War America

President Grant’s signature on the 15th Amendment was a bold stroke for equality

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