Matthew F. Pleasants to D. W. Middleton, 17 October 1866

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to D. W. Middleton, 17 October 1866
Date: October 17, 1866
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00139
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Oct. 17, 1866. To D. W. Middleton, Esq. Clerk Supreme Court, U. S. Sir: By direction of the Attorney General, I transmit herewith records in the following cases, appealed by the U. S. in the Dist. of Louisiana: U. S. vs. the steamer Eleanor, &c &c. " " " " Lelia, &c. &c " " " " Countess, &c &c " " " " Anna Perret &c &c " " " " Frolic, &c. &c. " " " " T. S. Connolly, &c. " " Peter Ernest Brulatoure, & Hypolite Nores, & Francis Laforde. I have the honor to be Very respectfully, M. F. Pleasants, Act'g Ch'f. Clerk.