Amos T. Akerman to M. T. Patrick, 9 November 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to M. T. Patrick, 9 November 1871
Date: November 9, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02146
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to M. T. Patrick, 9 November 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Nov. 9, 1871. M. T. Patrick, Esq. U. S. Marshal, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sir: I am directed by the President to say that after consideration of the application for pardon in the case of Wm. Knorr who has been found guilty in your Territory of "removing from postage stamps the canceling or defacing marks thereon with intent to use the same a second time," he declines to grant a pardon. You will therefore proceed at once to execute the sentence as far as it is incumbent on you to do so. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

Wm. Knorr.