Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Ranney & Bolton, 18 October 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Ranney & Bolton, 18 October 1869
Date: October 16, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01034
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Ranney & Bolton, 18 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 16, 1869. Messrs. Ranney & Bolton. Cleveland, Ohio. Sirs: I have received your letter of the 13th inst. relative to the suit in the Supreme Court of Bassett & Hager, vs. The United States. This October session is a part of the December Term, 1868, and the case last spring was marked "continued."—It would be agreeable to me to have this entry stand, and to argue the case early in next December. Very respectfully, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.

Case of Bassett & Hager, vs. U. S.

see p 114 seq.