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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Person & French, 12 October 1869

Date: October 12, 1869

Whitman Archive ID: nar.01027

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October 12, 1869.

Messrs. Person & French,

Wilmington, N. C.

Have you libelled the Hornet—or only prosecuted the officers?—or both?

Telegraph.

E. R. Hoar,

Attorney General.

(charge.)


Telegram
"Hornet" case


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