Henry Stanbery to Ellen A. Brodnax, 13 December 1867

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Title: Henry Stanbery to Ellen A. Brodnax, 13 December 1867
Date: December 13, 1867
Creator(s): Henry Stanbery | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00354
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Cite this page: Stanbery, Henry and Walt Whitman. "Henry Stanbery to Ellen A. Brodnax, 13 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 13, 1867. Mrs. Ellen A. Brodnax, Charlie Hope, p.o. Brunswick Co. Va. My dear Madam: I have received your letter of the 9th instant, and in reply beg to say that if you will furnish specific information in regard to the cases of your husband and Mr. Hicks, I will be glad to help them. There is no petition from either on file in this office,—which is a prerequisite to the consideration of a pardon case. Nor does your letter state the grounds on which citizenship is denied. The Amnesty Proclamations of the President embraced, with but a very few exceptions, the whole population of the South. Please let me hear further from you. I am, Madam, respectfully, your obd't serv't, Henry Stanbery, Attorney General.