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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04452.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Edwin McMasters Stanton to Edwards Pierrepont requesting he prosecute Horace Greeley |
| Date | 12 May 1865 |
| Author | Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) |
| Recipient | Pierrepont, Edwards |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Clerical telegram requesting Pierrpont prosecute Horace Greeley for "persistent effort the last four (4) weeks to incite assassins to finish wheir work by murdering me." Asks him to "secure copies of all Tribunes published since the night after the President's murder. 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) 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 |
| Related documents | Edwin McMasters Stanton to Edwards Pierrepont regarding his desire to prosecute Horace Greeley Edwin McMasters Stanton to Edwards Pierrepont and J. B. Cutting regarding possessing proof of 'personal malice' by Horace Greeley |