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Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 6 December 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 6 December 1871
  • Date: December 6, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.02646
  • 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 Anthony Dreesen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 6 December 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 20 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Dec. 6, 1871. Lieut. J. S. McEwan, 4th Art. U.S. A. Raleigh, N. C. Sir: Your letter of the 28th ult. from Westbrook, Sampson, Co., enclosing copies of the Ku Klux oath and confessions, is received. I am obliged to you for this information, and will thank you to continue it. I trust you will, at the first opportunity, communicate the confessions, especially those which implicate parties in serious crime, to Mr. Starbuck, the District Attorney. Very resp'lly, A. T. Akerman, Attorney Gen'l.
N. C. Ku Klux
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