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Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) to Edwards Pierrepoint

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01428 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 May 1867 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20.2 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy

Stanton, Secretary of War, updates Pierrepont regarding the activities of Mrs. Peirrepont, who was visiting Washington, D. C. Denies charges leveled in the Tyler case, in which a woman claimed property injury sustained from "Yankee barbarians."

Pierrepont served as a judge in the New York Supreme Court 1857-1860, as a member of the military commission for the cases of state prisoners in the custody of the federal military authorities during the Civil War, and as United States Attorney General 1875-1876.

Washington, May 7, 1867

My Dear Sir,
I have your note of yesterday. We are very glad to have Mrs. Pierrepont with us but would be more so if you and your daughter were with her. The weather has been too wet & raw for Mrs. Pierrepont to go out yesterday but it is improving. I hope your Miss Marguerite will come soon. She surely must have enough German by this time.
I had noticed the Tyler case, and am not surprised at the verdict, although youthful & imaginative men like Mr. Evarts & yourself would be very likely to become deeply interested in the success of their fair client, and be deeply shocked at the injustice of a stupid jury towards a lovely & accomplished lady who claimed to be deeply injured in her property by the Yankee Barbarians. All I can say to console your sympathetic grief is, that her injuries are infinitely less than nothing. Master Edward is in high feather, & all the children are as happy as he.
Yours Truly
Hon. Edwards Pierrepont Edwin M. Stanton

Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Pierrepont, Edwards, Mrs., fl. 1867

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