Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Letter and two telegrams requesting prosecution of Horace Greeley [Decimalized .01-.03]

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Edwin M. Stanton writes one letter and two telegrams to Edwards Pierrepont asking him to prosecute Horace Greeley, who Stanton claims has tried to incite others to murder him.

GLC#
GLC04452
Type
Header Record
Date
11 May 1865 - 13 May 1865
Author/Creator
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Title
Letter and two telegrams requesting prosecution of Horace Greeley [Decimalized .01-.03]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892
Lincoln's Cabinet
Journalism
Assassinations
Death
Politics
Law
Lincoln Assassination
President

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Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edwards Pierrepont

11 May 1865

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

Desires "to prosecute Horace Greeley and the owner of the New York Tribune for the persistent effort of the last few weekes to incite assassins to murder me." Requests that J. B. Cutting and Mr. Brady find out who owns the Tribune.

GLC04452.01
Collection Item
Telegram

to Edwards Pierrepoint

12 May 1865

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

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...

GLC04452.02
Collection Item
Telegram

to Edwards Pierrepont and J. B. Cutting

13 May 1865

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

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."...

GLC04452.03