Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 to Edwards Pierrepont and J. B. Cutting
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04452.03 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Telegram Date: 13 May 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy
Clerical telegram stating Stanton has "proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley and Believe that I can establish a combination between him & others which may end in accomplishing my death as it did against Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward." Wants Pierrepont to prosecute Horace Greeley for what Stanton sees as Greeley's attempt to incite others to murder him. Stanton wrote this telegram in Washington and it was transcribed by the American Telegraph Company in New York.
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