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Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 to Edwards Pierrepont

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04452.01 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

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.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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