Matthew F. Pleasants to W. Barnhart, 11 December 1867

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to W. Barnhart, 11 December 1867
Date: December 11, 1867
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00345
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to W. Barnhart, 11 December 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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December 11, 1867. W. Barnhart, Esq. Independence, Iowa. Sir: The Attorney General directs me to say in reply to your letter of the 4th instant, that your case is not stated with fulness enough to be understood. No opinion from this office touches the question what course a private person should take in making his settlement with the Government. Such questions are for the party's private counsel, and not for the Attorney General. Very Respectfully yours, M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.