Was Stanton a murder target?

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Thank you John, Gene and Roger.

John,
Yes, indeed I have a copy of your fascinating book, which I bought in 2015. But right now not at hand. I gave it to my brother to read and he has not returned it yet. He is now in Oxford, England and will return within two weeks. I will re-read the pages you mentioned and return to you with questions which surely will arise. I don’t exactly remember what you said about Stanton, but I think it was you who said that Stanton himself expected an assassination. He did not answer the door because the bell was not working. So, the "tall man with a high hat" went away. A slightly different account than Stewart’s. Was it you who wrote that Stanton himself told this story to a friend, a bookseller in D.C.? I know that you reject the simple conspiracy theory in favor of the theory that Booth worked with the Confederate government and its Secret Service and that Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Seward, and Stanton all were targets. Retribution and Southern independence from a weak(ened) and chaotic Union might be the motive, right? Was the attempt on Stanton suppressed because the would-be assassin was never identified?

Gene,
Thank you for the link. Very interesting. And once again thank you for the mail you wrote me!

Roger,
I’m happy to post again. I’ve missed you all, believe me! It’s my opinion that there is little chance of finding out the answers on my questions, unless some long-lost paper(s) should surface in maybe someone’s attic (who knows). In the meantime, I find it more than great to discuss what possibly might have happened at this GREAT forum!