When was it published?

May 4, 1848 in Herald Of The Times, And Rhode Islander

Domestic News May 4, 1848

Herald Of The Times, And Rhode Islander

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Major Burns, General Pillow, Editor Of The Delta, Mr. Frazier

Q: What keywords are associated?

Leonidas Letter, General Pillow, Major Burns, Interlineations, Delta Editor

Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island

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What is this article about?

Controversy over the Leonidas Letter: Major Burns and the Delta editor claim responsibility for interlineations to shield General Pillow, but the letter matches a document Pillow gave to Mr. Frazier with his acknowledged additions.

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The Leonidas Letter.-Major Burns, in his anxiety to screen General Pillow from the charge of having anything to do with the Leonidas Letter, stated that he made the interlineations himself. The editor of the Delta now comes out and says that he made them.- Whoever made them, the fact remains. that the Leonidas letter is in some portions identical, word for word, with a document given by Gen. Pillow to Mr. Frazier. the interlineations in which Pillow acknowledges to be his own work.-Lowell Courier.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Leonidas Letter General Pillow Major Burns Interlineations Delta Editor

What entities or persons were involved?

Major Burns General Pillow Editor Of The Delta Mr. Frazier

Where did it happen?

Lowell

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Lowell

Key Persons

Major Burns General Pillow Editor Of The Delta Mr. Frazier

Outcome

the leonidas letter contains portions identical to a document from gen. pillow to mr. frazier, with interlineations acknowledged as pillow's work.

Event Details

Major Burns claimed he made interlineations in the Leonidas Letter to protect General Pillow. The Delta editor also claims responsibility. Regardless, parts of the letter match word-for-word a document Pillow gave to Mr. Frazier, whose interlineations Pillow admits are his own.