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[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. STANTON, EDWIN M., Secretary of War. Autograph letter signed ("Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War") to Dr. John P. Granger[?], Washington, D.C., 29 June 1865. 1 page, 4to, on lined War Department stationery.
STANTON AND THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATORS
The Secretary of War, responsible for the trial of Lewis Paine and the others charged in the assassination of President Lincoln and the attack on Secretary of State Seward, thanks his correspondent for a report in connection with their trial. "Dear Sir, Your report on the cases of Payne [sic] and the other prisoners now on trial before the military Commission at Washington has been received, and is highly satisfactory to this Department. In relieving you from further duty it is proper to render to you the cordial thanks of this Department for the ability, industry and fidelity with which you have performed the important duties wherewith you were charged by me, and to express my personal thanks and gratification. I would also request you to return my thanks to your Board for enabling the Government to avail itself of your important service...." Paine and the other defendants had been found guilty by the military tribunal on 29 June and sentenced to death.
STANTON AND THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATORS
The Secretary of War, responsible for the trial of Lewis Paine and the others charged in the assassination of President Lincoln and the attack on Secretary of State Seward, thanks his correspondent for a report in connection with their trial. "Dear Sir, Your report on the cases of Payne [sic] and the other prisoners now on trial before the military Commission at Washington has been received, and is highly satisfactory to this Department. In relieving you from further duty it is proper to render to you the cordial thanks of this Department for the ability, industry and fidelity with which you have performed the important duties wherewith you were charged by me, and to express my personal thanks and gratification. I would also request you to return my thanks to your Board for enabling the Government to avail itself of your important service...." Paine and the other defendants had been found guilty by the military tribunal on 29 June and sentenced to death.