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Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 25 September 1866

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  • Title: Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 25 September 1866
  • Date: September 25,1866
  • Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00106
  • 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 Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Stanbery, Henry and Walt Whitman. "Henry Stanbery to Hugh McCulloch, 25 September 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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Sept. 25, 1866 Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury, Sir: I have received yours of the 10th, enclosing a copy of an opinion, delivered by Judge Hawkins, of Tennessee, holding so much of the Internal Revenue Act of June 30, 1864, as imposes a stamp tax upon Writs, & other original process issued by State Courts to be unconstitutional. Upon a careful consideration of this opinion, I adhere to the position expressed in my letter to you of September 1st, that this portion of the Act is valid & constitutional. It would be a useless waste of time to go at large into this question, as there is only one course by which it can be set at rest, & this is, by instituting prosecution, as I have advised in my former letter. I have the honor, &c. Henry Stanbery Attorney General
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