Henry Stanbery to W. T. Otto, 8 June 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to W. T. Otto, 8 June 1867
Date: June 8, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00215
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June 8, 1867. Hon. W. T. Otto, Acting Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the account, approved by me, & amounting to Five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, ($5,450,—) of Wm. M. Evarts, for legal services & expenses in the matter of the Prosecution of Jefferson Davis & others for treason; & to request its payment out of the appropriate fund. I am sir, &c. &c. Henry Stanbery, Attorney General.