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Title: W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 4 May 1869
Date: May 4, 1869
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00896
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May 4, 1869.
Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith the papers which accompanied your letter of the 1st inst. touching a suit pending in the U. S. District Court for Iowa, ag't August Kaiser, for an alleged violation of the Internal Revenue law, and to state that I concur in the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, that a compromise of this suit be made upon the terms proposed.
I am Sir, with great respect, &c.
W. A. Field,
Acting Attorney General.