Edwin Stanton, Autograph Letter, Signed as Secretary of War

Description

Stanton responds to a letter to him (present) from a Robert Bonner (1824-1899), a newspaper publisher (N. Y. Ledger), harness racing owner, and philanthropist – also a friend of Gen. George McClellan and his executor! 

Bonner writes of a letter Stanton had written to the Rev. Dr. Prime, but which had also been marked “Confidential.”  Though Bonner would like to publish it, as it would “do you a great deal of good; more even than Mr. Greeley’s article.”  But Stanton strongly demurs, thanking Bonner for his “kind feelings”, yet goes on, “But seeking only to discharge with fidelity a solemn public duty, is my duty as well as my desire to avoid every personal consideration. That good men approve my conduct…strengthens me, but this is a private feeling that shuns notoriety.” 

Excellent, written with a beautiful and strong hand.       

(Lincoln Cabinet) Stanton, Edwin M. Autograph Letter, signed as Secretary of War.  (Washington): 26 March 1862.  8vo.; 1p.; “Confidential”. 

*The following Signatures for Cabinet members are also available individually – please contact the shop for details:  Edward Bates; Wiliam Blair; Simon Cameron; William Dennison; William Fessenden; Hugh McCullough; William Seward; Caleb Smith; Gideon Welles. We also have albumen cdv photographs for some of them.