The Walt Whitman Archive
In Whitman's Hand
Scribal Documents
About this Item
Title: John M. Binckley to L. H. Chandler, 8 November 1867
Date: November 8, 1867
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00282
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang, John Schwaninger, Nima Najafi Kianfar, and Kevin McMullen
 image 1 |
November 8, 1867.
L. H. Chandler, Esq.
United States Attorney,
Norfolk, Va.
Sir:
I enclose herewith a copy of a memorial addressed to the Attorney General by Dr. Thomas Antisell, setting forth an alleged mistake in selling the same piece of land, which had been confiscated, to two parties, each of whom has received a Deed.
The Attorney General directs you to report the facts in the case, with particulars respecting the relative dates, the amount of proceeds from each sale, the disposition which has been made of the proceeds, and your own suggestion of the most proper and expedient course to be taken in the premises.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
John M. Binckley,
Assistant Attorney General.
[Copy of Mem. enclosed]