Edwards Pierrepont papers 1839-1910

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Edwards Pierrepont papers 1839-1910

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An American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Edwards Pierrepont practiced law in Ohio and New York before being appointed United States Attorney General under Ulysses S. Grant. Pierrepont was appointed by Governor Samuel J. Tilden to the Committee of Seventy, which was responsible for investigating the Tweed Ring's far-reaching corruption. Pierrepont's papers represent a sample of his work in New York and Ohio, both as a lawyer and as a judge, including case files and related correspondence. Also present is professional correspondence to and from notable lawyers, jurists, and statesmen; and a small quantity of financial papers, real estate files, and printed matter.

1.68 linear feet; 4 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892

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Lawyer, of New York, N.Y., U.S. attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain. From the description of Papers of Edwards Pierrepont, 1847-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81338859 A prominent New York lawyer and politician and Democrat who was against secession and supportive of the use of force to protect the Union. President Lincoln appointed him to try the cases of those who had been imprisoned in the North for suspected disloyalty to the Union cause and after the...