Orville Hickman Browning to Edward Jordan, 17 July 1868

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Title: Orville Hickman Browning to Edward Jordan, 17 July 1868
Date: July 17, 1868
Creator(s): Orville Hickman Browning | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00605
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Cite this page: Browning, Orville Hickman and Walt Whitman. "Orville Hickman Browning to Edward Jordan, 17 July 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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July 17, 1868. Edward Jordan, Esq. Solicitor of the Treasury. Sir: I have received from the District Attorney at Detroit, Michigan, through you, under your date of the 16th instant, the record of division of opinion in the case of the United States, vs. Henry C. Dewitt, which has been duly filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court, and the District Attorney so advised. Respectfully &c. yours, OH Browning Attorney General ad interim.