Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) to Edwards Pierrepoint
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04452.02 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Telegram Date: 12 May 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy
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.
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.
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