James Speed to Bennett Pike, 11 April 1866

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Title: James Speed to Bennett Pike, 11 April 1866
Date: April 11, 1866
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt, Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00099
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt, Whitman. "James Speed to Bennett Pike, 11 April 1866." 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, April 11, 1866. To Bennett Pike, Esq. U. S. Attorney Western Dist. Mo. St. Josephs, Missouri Sir: You are hereby instructed to dismiss the proceedings for confiscation against John K. Dougherty decea'd, upon the payment of costs. I am sir, very respectfully, James Speed, Attorney General.