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[Appointment of Albert Harrington as a cadet in the United States Military]

Signed by Stanton as Secretary of War and Edmund Schriver as Inspector of the Military Academy.

GLC05603.01.19

to Rev. Herman Dyer

Secretary of War Stanton writes to his friend Reverend Dyer about Union strategy in Peninsula Campaign, responding to criticism in the press. He expresses condemnation of General McClellan. Stanton insists that Lincoln agrees with him concerning the...

GLC07102

to Herman Dyer

Secretary of War Stanton writes to his friend Reverend Dyer about Union strategy in Peninsula Campaign, responding to criticism in the press. He expresses condemnation of General McClellan. Stanton insists that Lincoln agrees with him concerning the...

GLC07102.01

to Jeremiah S. Black

Stanton compliments Black on the address on religious liberty that he gave before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College. He argues with some points of the essay concerning the judgment of history on William Penn, Oliver Cromwell, and St...

GLC00605

Circular letter re: announcing Salmon P. Chase's visit to the South

GLC07684

[Petition to President Abraham Lincoln to arrange for the release of Union prisoners held in Richmond, Virginia].

Mary Morrison, Amanda Morrison, and Mary Wheeler, two wives and a sister of Union supporters imprisoned by the Confederate Army request that the Union Army take seven Confederate supporters living in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and arrange to have a...

GLC08160

[Brevet appointment of William R. Smedberg]

Partially printed document appointing William R. Smedberg as "a Major, by Brevet," for "gallant services at the battle of the Wilderness." While the President has appointed Smedberg, he must also be confirmed by the Senate before assuming his new...

GLC08574

Letter and two telegrams requesting prosecution of Horace Greeley [Decimalized .01-.03]

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.

GLC04452

to Edwards Pierrepont

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

to Edwards Pierrepoint

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