 During the Civil War, Greeley continued his advocacy for abolition in the "Tribune"'s editorial pages.A mob angered by this threatened the house, and Mary was prepared to blow it up if that happened again during the 1863 New York City draft riots.The next year, he bowed to her complaints and bought the Haviland house, conspicuously located on the main road, from the estate of Caleb Sands, its later owner.