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Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 to Henry Knox Craig

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.037 Author/Creator: Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 Place Written: Eastport, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 25, 1868 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Hunt reports that he sent papers to Craig the previous day addressed to General Schenck (possibly Robert Cumming Schenck, a Congressman from Ohio), and Wilson. Discusses whether or not the House of Representatives will vote to impeach President Andrew Johnson, using the accusation that he wrongly fired Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (on 24 February the House actually did vote to impeach Johnson). "I am of the opinion that the House will think better and that they will not impeach. Then the Rads will be furious and it is not unlikely that both S. & W. will jump at the chance of taking up any thing against Thomas [Lorenzo Thomas, Stanton's replacement], without looking so far as to see if it would hit G [Grant?]…." Goes on to discuss his own stake in an affair involving S., W. and Thomas. Notes that General Totter is visiting him. James Falconer Wilson (Iowa), John Thomas Wilson (Ohio), Stephen Fowler Wilson (Pennsylvania), and Henry Wilson (Massachusetts) all served in Congress the year Johnson was impeached.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Craig, Henry Knox, 1791-1869
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875
Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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