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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04452.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Edwin McMasters Stanton to Edwards Pierrepont and J. B. Cutting regarding possessing proof of 'personal malice' by Horace Greeley |
| Date | 13 May 1865 |
| Author | Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) |
| Recipient | Pierrepont, Edwards Cutting, J.B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Clerical telegram stating Stanton has "proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley and Believe that I can establish a combination between him & others which may end in accomplishing my death as it did against Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward." Wants Pierrepont to prosecute Horace Greeley for what Stanton sees as Greeley's attempt to incite others to murder him. Stanton wrote this telegram in Washington and it was transcribed by the American Telegraph Company in New York. |
| Subjects | Lincoln's Cabinet Journalism Assassination Death Politics Law Lincoln Assassination President |
| People | Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Pierrepont, Edwards (1817-1892) Cutting, J.B. (fl. 1865) Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Edwards Pierrepont was a judge and lawyer appointed by Lincoln to try the prisoners of state that were confined in the various prisons and forts during the Civil War. He played a role in the prosecution of one of the conspirators against President Lincoln. Afterwards he became Attorney General of the United States. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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