Correspondence: Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Stanton to Benjamin Gates and Abigail Crosman, 1863-1869.
1863-1869
Object ID
1953.6648.1, 1957.9211.1, 1957.9209.1, 1957.9212.1, 1957.9210.1, 1952.4820.1, 1952.4818.1, 1952.4819.1, 1957.9950.1
Physical description
9 items, 12 pages
Scope and content
Correspondence: Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Stanton to Benjamin Gates and Abigail Crosman, 1863-1869. Stanton served as Secretary of War under President Lincoln, 1862-1869. He and his wife Ellen maintained a friendly correspondence with Gates and in 1867 visited the Mount Lebanon Shakers. In addition to letters pertaining to this visit, Stanton wrote Gates a letter of introduction to Congressman R. C. Schenck regarding tax question and forwarded a letter from a woman concerning placing her children with the Shakers.
Arrangement
Series 4: Correspondence
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