Matthew F. Pleasants to Little, Brown, & Co., 10 May 1869

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Little, Brown, & Co., 10 May 1869
Date: May 10, 1869
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00913
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to Little, Brown, & Co., 10 May 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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May 10, 1869. Messrs. Little, Brown, & Co. Boston, Mass. Gentlemen: The Attorney General requests that you will forward this office the following books: Supplements of General Statutes of Massachusetts, from 1860 to 1868, both inclusive. Campbell's Lives of Lords Chancellor's Brougham and Lyndhurst, 8 vo.— Benjamin on Sales. Hoffman's California Land cases. Metcalf on contracts. Redfield on the Law of Railways—2 vols. Avery & Hobbs' Bankrupt Act. Conkling's Executive Powers. Very Resp. yours, M. F. Pleasants, Ch. Clerk.