Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Stanley Matthews and A. F. Perry, 7 October 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Stanley Matthews and A. F. Perry, 7 October 1869
Date: October 7, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01016
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Stanley Matthews and A. F. Perry, 7 October 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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October 7, 1869. Stanley Matthews and A. F. Perry, Esq's, Cincinnati, Ohio. Gentlemen: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter just received from the Secretary of War, and to request that you will conform your action to it. If it shall be necessary, will you communicate also with Francis Bugbee, Esq., U. S. Attorney at Montgomery, Ala., so that your action and his may be in concurrence? Very Respectfully, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General. [Copy enc.]

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