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.
No. 166. Mr. Pierrepont to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, London, December 5, 1877. (Received December 21.) No. 264.] Sir: I send you, inclosed, the leading editorial in…
No. 167. Mr. Pierrepont to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, London, December 22, 1877. (Received January 7, 1878.) No. 271.] Sir: On the 11th instant Mr. Welsh arrived…