Henry Stanbery to Bennett Pike, 29 January 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to Bennett Pike, 29 January 1867
Date: January 29, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00196
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Cite this page: Stanbery, Henry and Walt Whitman. "Henry Stanbery to Bennett Pike, 29 January 1867." 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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January 29, 1867. Bennett Pike, Esq. U. S. Attorney, St. Joseph, Mo. Sir: You are hereby instructed to enter a nolle prosequi on the indictment now pending in the U. S. Dist. Court for your Dist. against A. N. Schuster, Dep. Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth Collection Dist. of Missouri; & to report your action to this office. Very respectfully, yours, Henry Stanbery, Attorney General.