W. A. Field to D. W. Middleton, 8 May 1869

About This Item

Title: W. A. Field to D. W. Middleton, 8 May 1869
Date: May 8, 1869
Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00910
Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
Cite this page: Field, W. A. and Walt Whitman. "W. A. Field to D. W. Middleton, 8 May 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
Source File: nar.00910.xml (TEI)

Image 1

May 8, 1869. D. W. Middleton, Esq. Clerk Supreme Court U. S. Sir: Will you please send to this office a certified copy of the opinion of the Court in the Texas case, so‑called, in which it was decided that Texas was so far a State of the United States as to be able to maintain a suit in the Courts of the United States. Very Resp. yours, W. A. Field, Ass't Attorney Gen'l.

Copy of Sup. Court opinion requested.