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Title: William M. Evarts to John McAllister Schofield, 18 February 1869
Date: February 18, 1869
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00800
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Feb. 18, 1869.
Hon. J. M. Schofield,
Secretary of War.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst. enclosing a communication from the Commissary General of Subsistence, dated the 29th Jan. last, & other papers, requesting that the U. S. Attorney for Kentucky be instructed to institute criminal proceedings against Edward C. Wise, a claim agent of Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
The proper instructions have, accordingly, been given, with directions that the accompanying original papers be returned to your Dept. when no longer required.
Respectfully, &c. &c.
Wm. M. Evarts,
Attorney Gen.