Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Elihu B. Washburne, 17 March 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Elihu B. Washburne, 17 March 1869
Date: March 17, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00842
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Elihu B. Washburne, 17 March 1869." 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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March 17, 1869. Hon. E. B. Washburne, Secretary of State. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 18th inst. inquiring if any evidence has been communicated to this office showing an illegal arming & fitting out of the steamer Mount Vernon, I have the honor to say that the only information possessed by this office in relation to that vessel is contained in a letter to R. Sherman, Esq., U. S. Marshal for Rhode Island, addressed by the Attorney General at the suggestion of the Secretary of State, Jan. 20, 1869, a copy of which is herewith transmitted. Very resp. sir, yr obt servt. E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.