jul 29, 1875 - Received a letter from an admirer warning of threats from Whiskey Ring members threatening to implicate General Babcock, Grant’s assistant. Grant forwards the letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, Benjamin Bristow, with a note, or Endorsement (pages 231-232) expressing his desire that the Whiskey Ring prosecution should “Let no guilty man escape. . . .” Grant’s statement was widely published around the country beginning on 08/10/1875
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