Murchison Letter Affair

GPTKB entity

Statements (14)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political scandal
gptkbp:describes A political scandal involving a forged letter sent to the British ambassador to the United States, which was used to influence the 1888 presidential election.
gptkbp:heldBy 1888
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Murchison Letter Affair
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:Sir_Lionel_Sackville-West
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1888_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:resultedIn Recall of British ambassador Sir Lionel Sackville-West
gptkbp:usedAs campaign issue in 1888 election
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sackville-West_Affair
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7