You are hereby transferred from the office of the Attorney General to a clerkship of the third class in the office of Solicitor of the Treasury,1 to take effect on the 1st instant.
Very respectfully George H. Williams, Attorney General.Correspondent:
George Henry Williams (1820–1910), U. S.
Senator from Oregon, served as Attorney General from 1871 to 1875. On the
recommendation of Solicitor of the Treasury Bluford Wilson, Williams dismissed
Walt Whitman on June 30, 1874; Whitman "respectfully acknowledged" his dismissal
in his July 1, 1874, letter to Williams.