Matthew F. Pleasants to Benjamin Helm Smith, 14 July 1868

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Benjamin Helm Smith, 14 July 1868
Date: July 14, 1868
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00601
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July 14, 1868. B. H. Smith, Esq. Harper's Ferry, West Va. Sir: In accordance with the suggestion in your letter of the 13th instant, I have this day transmitted to the Clerk of the United States Circuit Court a Parkersburg, West Virginia, a duly certified copy of the "Joint Resolution to provide for the removal of a suit pending in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia, to the Circuit Court of the United States." Very Respectfully, &c. M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.