Matthew F. Pleasants to Horace H. Harrison, 29 September 1866

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Horace H. Harrison, 29 September 1866
Date: September 29, 1866
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00116
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to Horace H. Harrison, 29 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. 29, 1866. To H. H. Harrison, Esq. U. S. Dist. Attorney, Nashville, Tenn. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to say that you are hereby instructed to continue till the next term of your Court, the case of the United States against Junius B. Holloway,—if the interest of the Government will thereby suffer no detriment or unless there be strong reasons for its immediate pressure. Very respectfully &c M. F. Pleasants, Act'g Chief Clerk.