Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 [Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton and related legal documents] [decimalized]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00720 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Header Record Date: April 1865 Pagination: 22 p. : docket ; 36 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
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.
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