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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Wills, 2 April 1870

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  • Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Wills, 2 April 1870
  • Date: April 2, 1870
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01294
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Wills, 2 April 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 23 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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April 2, 1870. John A. Wills, Esq. Washington, D. C. Sir: In the matter of the application of N. S. Murphy for instructions to the United States Attorney for California to file a bill to vacate a land patent in which you appear for other persons, said to be interested, I desire, if you have any evidence touching the points on which, at the oral hearing before me, it was suggested that evidence could be produced, that it may be furnished on or before two weeks from next Monday, which will be the 18th instant. Unless it is furnished on or before that time, I shall regard the hearing as closed. Very respectfully, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.
Case of N. S. Murphy Cal.
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