Matthew F. Pleasants to D. W. Middleton, 12 May 1869

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to D. W. Middleton, 12 May 1869
Date: May 12, 1869
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00916
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May 12, 1869. D. W. Middleton, Esq. Clerk U. S. Supreme Court. Sir: I am directed by the Attorney General to request that you will send to this office the mandate in the case of the United States, vs. Walker & Slatter, from Louisiana, and the mandate in the case of the United States vs. Jasper Strong et. al. from Florida. Very Resp. yours, M. F. Pleasants, Ch. Clerk.