Henry Stanbery to Orville Hickman Browning, 14 November 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to Orville Hickman Browning, 14 November 1867
Date: November 14, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00298
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Cite this page: Stanbery, Henry and Walt Whitman. "Henry Stanbery to Orville Hickman Browning, 14 November 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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November 14, 1867. Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the account, by me approved, and amounting to One thousand dollars, of General H. H. Wells, being his retaining fee as associate counsel for the United States, appointed by me, in the case of Jefferson Davis, pending in the United States District Court of Virginia—and to request its payment out of the appropriate fund. Very respectfully, &c Henry Stanbery Attorney General.