Matthew F. Pleasants to John H. Clifford, 11 February 1869

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to John H. Clifford, 11 February 1869
Date: February 11, 1869
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00775
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February 11, 1869. Hon. Jno. H. Clifford, New Bedford, Mass. Sir: By direction of the Attorney General, I transmit herewith a check on the Assistant Treasurer at New York for Twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500:) in payment of your acc't for services "in re Jeff Davis," presented under date of Jan'y 26, 1869. Be pleased to acknowledge its receipt. Very respectfully, &c. M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.