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1865

Little Stanton | 8

1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Secretary Seward is finally awake. Stanton’s old friend and ally proves to be a thorn in Stanton’s side.

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Starring Jeremy Schwartz as Edwin Stanton.

Also featuring (in order of appearance):

Sean Hennigan (Secretary of State William Henry Seward) 

Ian Ferguson (Major Thomas Eckert)

Ace Anderson (William H. Bell)

R. Bruce Elliott (President Andrew Johnson)

J. Michael Tatum (Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles)

Robert McCollum (Congressman John Bingham)

Lindsay Graham (President Abraham Lincoln)

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Directed by Robert McCollum

Written by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla, Robert McCollum and Steven Walters

Music and Sound Design by Lindsay Graham

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Transcript

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0:00.0

William Suord.

0:03.5

Secretary Stan. I'm still Edwin to you just because you've secured me a new office doesn't mean that has to change.

0:09.8

Congratulations, you old coot.

0:11.8

Oh, oh, this is for you.

0:14.4

It's a pie.

0:16.0

A pie.

0:17.0

Apple.

0:17.7

No, Cherry.

0:18.7

Well, actually I don't remember which.

0:20.8

You made me a pie.

0:23.2

No Mrs. Stan did. I commissioned it though as a way of saying thank you.

0:27.4

I wouldn't have this office if it weren't for your favorable recommendation to President Lincoln.

0:32.9

That is unusually kind.

0:35.7

And how are the children as young fanning well?

0:38.5

What do you want, Barton?

0:40.6

In all the years we've known each other, you've never once asked about my children much less made me a pie.

0:45.6

What do you want, friend?

0:47.0

Well, are we on the issue of arm and captured slaves?

0:50.7

So that's what you want.

0:51.8

No, where then?

0:52.7

If we arm captured slaves, the border states will turn their back on us.

0:57.0

And without their support, we cannot win the war.

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