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VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE BLACK JACK STAMP ON A COVER ORIGINALLY SENT FREE FROM SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON TO WELL-KNOWN JURIST EDWARDS PIERREPONT. A REMARKABLE USE.
In April 1867, Pierrepont was elected a member of the judicial committee of the New York constitutional convention. A short time later, on June 10, he started conducting the case for the government against John Surratt, who was indicted as an accomplice in Lincoln's assassination. The use of postage to forward this letter just a few doors away, to such a prominent figure as Pierrepont, is truly remarkable.
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