Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 [Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton and related legal documents] [decimalized]

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Six documents relating to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's deposition as a defense witness in the case of John Benjamin (plaintiff) vs. Robert Murray and Jacob H. Perkins (defendants), being heard before the New York Supreme Court. The case, and Stanton's deposition, concerned Lincoln's 1862 call for a draft and Stanton's order to arrest anyone discouraging enlistment. At the top left of each page is the identifier "761-A" (the number is stamped; "-A" is handwritten), followed by a stamped page number (beginning with 86 and ending with 108). Documents (decimalized .01-.06) held together with a red seal and ribbon.

GLC#
GLC00720
Type
Header Record
Date
April 1865
Author/Creator
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Title
[Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton and related legal documents] [decimalized]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
22 p. : docket ; Height: 36 cm, Width: 22 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Lincoln's Cabinet
Judiciary
Law
Conscription
Military Law
Military History
Civil War
Draft Riots
Union Forces
President
Civil Rights
Government and Civics
Mobs and Riots

Showing 6 of 6 records

GLC00720.01
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

["Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton"].

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Stamped as pages 86-92. Signed by Stanton ("Edwin M Stanton") on the seventh page (p. 92). Also signed vertically on the left margin of each of the seven pages by Commissioner A.B. Olin, whose autograph endorsement signed appears below Stanton's...

GLC00720.01
GLC00720.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Printed War Department Order issued by Edwin M. Stanton].

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Stamped as page 93. Signed by Stanton vertically along the left-hand margin. (Not signed by Olin.) Labeled "Exhibit 'A'" (possibly in Stanton's hand). A printed copy of Stanton's 8 August 1862 "Order authorizing arrest of persons who discourage...

GLC00720.02
GLC00720.03
Collection Item
Document signed

[Printed War Department Order No. 94 issued by Edwin M. Stanton].

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Stamped as page 96. Signed by Stanton vertically along the right-hand margin; also with an autograph endorsement signed by E[dward]. D. Townsend certifying that the foregoing order is a true copy of the original. (Not signed by Olin.) Labeled...

GLC00720.03
GLC00720.04
Collection Item
Document signed

[Partially-printed attestation of Edward D. Townsend's credentials]

1 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Stamped as page 98. Labeled "Exhibit C," in support of Secretary of War Stanton's deposition (GLC00720.01).

GLC00720.04
GLC00720.05
Collection Item
Document signed

[Partially-printed appointment of A.B. Olin as commissioner to examine Edwin M. Stanton as a witness for the defense in Benjamin v. Murray and Perkins.]

15 March 1865

Wood, John, fl. 1865

Stamped as pages 99-101, with paper seal on first page (p.99).
Signed by John Wood as clerk of the New York Supreme Court. With clerical signatures of New York Supreme Court Justice John A. Lott and Murray's attorneys Vail & Sedgwick as witnesses...

GLC00720.05
GLC00720.06
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Order to issue a commission to A.B. Olin; defendant's interrogatories; plaintiff's cross-interrogatories]

15 March 1865

State of New York

Stamped as pages 102-108. Pages 102-103 comprise the New York State Supreme Court order to issue a commission to A.B. Olin to examine Edwin M. Stanton. Noted, and signed, as "A copy" by John Wood, clerk, on page 103. A 18 March 1865 note written...

GLC00720.06