This New York Times issue covers many topics, including the coming presidential election of November 3, 1868. During Ulysses S. Grant’s campaign for the presidency, his relationship with Jewish communities grew contemptuous. Years prior, in December 1862, General Grant issued “General Order No. 11” to expel all Jews from his military district in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. He gave Jews 24 hours to leave their homes. President Abraham Lincoln quickly revoked the order, but many did not forget Grant’s actions. In 1868, many Jews spoke out against Grant, while others supported him. This newspaper records the first meeting of the “Hebrew Grant and Colfax Campaign Club,” organized with the intent to “remove the prejudice against Gen. Grant.”