Matthew F. Pleasants to Benjamin D. Silliman, 27 September 1866

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Benjamin D. Silliman, 27 September 1866
Date: September 27, 1866
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00111
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to Benjamin D. Silliman, 27 September 1866." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Sept. 27, 1866. To Benj. D. Silliman, Esq. U. S. Attorney, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say, in reply to your letter of the 26th inst. that the dismissal of the proceedings against Jose Francis Balba, as recommended by yourself, meets with his entire approval. Very respectfully, &c. M. F. Pleasants, Act'g. Ch'f. Clerk.