Autograph Letter Signed Edwin M Stanton To John C Knox Regarding His Silence In The Face Of

by Edwin M Stanton

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 page, on War Department stationery. Marked Private at head. 4to. Old folds, a few old stains. Item #313767 A letter from Lincoln's secretary of war, then embroiled in controversy over actions taken during the Peninsula campaign in the early spring and summer of 1862, to his friend, retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice John C. Knox. In part: I have seldom if ever been gratified so much by any token of friendship as by your

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