John M. Binckley to Orville Hickman Browning, 7 March 1868

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Title: John M. Binckley to Orville Hickman Browning, 7 March 1868
Date: March 7, 1868
Creator(s): John M. Binckley | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00455
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Cite this page: Binckley, John M. and Walt Whitman. "John M. Binckley to Orville Hickman Browning, 7 March 1868." 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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March 7, 1868. Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the account, approved by the Attorney General, and amounting to One Hundred Dollars, of Messrs. Sale & Dowd, for legal services in assisting James E. Stewart, Esq. United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi in the prosecution and conviction of certain mail robbers; and to request its payment from the appropriate fund. Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, John M. Binckley Assistant Att'y Gen'l.