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Title: John M. Binckley to Edward G. Bishop, 5 June 1868
Date: June 5, 1868
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00551
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June 5, 1868
Edward G. Bishop, Esq.
late Paymaster U. S. Navy,
Box 3633, New York.
Sir:
Your inquiry of 4th instant, relative to your relations with the case of the United States, vs. Schooner Watchful, & cargo, No. 56, December term, 1867, has been appropriately referred to Samuel H. Torrey, Esq., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
John M. Binckley,
Assistant Attorney General.