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Title: John M. Binckley to S. L. Warren, 2 September 1867
Date: September 2, 1867
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00249
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September 2, 1867.
S. L. Warren, Esq.
U. S. District Attorney,
Memphis, Tenn.
Sir:
You are hereby instructed to take charge of, and defend, the suit indicated in the enclosed copy of a letter from the Secretary of War, ad interim, with its enclosure of a letter from E. R. Hill, dated Memphis, June 13th, 1867.
Very respectfully yours
John M. Binckley
Acting Attorney General.