Letter from John W. Forney to John M. Read

John Wien Forney writes to Judge John M. Read to address his concerns about certain newspaper articles. Forney notes that "both Genl [Ulysses] Grant and Mr. [Schuyler] Colfax entirely approve the articles to which you so strongly object." Forney is editor of the Washington Chronicle and had served as Secretary of the US Senate from 1861 to June 1868. Transcript included.