Edwards Pierrepont was an American attorney, reformer, jurist, traveler, New York U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Minister to England, and orator. Having graduated from Yale in 1837, Pierrepont studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840. During the American Civil War, Pierrepont was a Democrat, although he supported President Abraham Lincoln. Pierrepont initially supported President Andrew Johnson's conservative Reconstruction efforts having opposed the Radical Republicans. In both 1868 and 1872, Pierrepont supported Ulysses S.
[54] *Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney. Washington, May 14, 1869. Sir: It has been orally represented to the Department of State, by the minister of Spain, that…
[59] *[Inclosure.] Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General. Office of the Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York, No. 41 Chambers street, May…
[63] *Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General. [Telegram.] New York, June 18, 1869. Sir: Yours of the seventeenth in relation to the Cuban expedition is received. Action had…
Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. New York, June 30, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State: Under your orders, as the President directed, the prisoners,…
[102] *Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. [Telegram.] New York, July 15, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish: The commission of the President and your orders have been…
[770] *Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Office of the Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York, No. 41 Chambers Street,…
Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State. Office of the Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York, 41 Chambers street, December 10,…