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Amos T. Akerman to D. Ardis Miller, 15 December 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to D. Ardis Miller, 15 December 1871
  • Date: December 15, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.02669
  • 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 John Schwaninger Melanie Krupa Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to D. Ardis Miller, 15 December 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Dec. 15, 1871. Mr. D. Ardis Miller, Ludlow street Jail, New York, N. Y. Sir: Though your letter of the 5th instant deeply moves my sympathy, it is impossible for me to interfere, as you request, with the regular course of law, without departing from principles which I deem indispensable to public justice. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
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