William Stewart to Samuel C. Fessenden, 2 December 1865

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Title: William Stewart to Samuel C. Fessenden, 2 December 1865
Date: December 2, 1865
Creator(s): William Stewart | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00058
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Cite this page: Stewart, William and Walt Whitman. "William Stewart to Samuel C. Fessenden, 2 December 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office, December 2, 1865. Samuel C. Fessenden, Esq. Examiner in Chief, Patent Office. Sir: The Attorney General directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (without date,) making inquiry as to whether there are any papers on file in this office in relation to reporting arguments in the trial of the New Almaden mine case, & to say to you in reply that a search has failed to discover any correspondence or papers on file in this office, on the subject. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wm. Stewart, Chief Clerk.