Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Letters
  3. Scribal
  4. nar.01071

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 9 November 1869

About This Item

  • Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 9 November 1869
  • Date: November 9, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01071
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 9 November 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.01071.xml (TEI)

Image 1

November 9, 1869. Hon Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I herewith transmit to you the bill rendered by Mr. Phelps, of New York, for his services in attending to the case of "the Hornet." These services were wholly indispensable in doing the duty of the government in that case;—they were very valuable, and entirely satisfactory as far as he was concerned. I hope it will meet your approval, and that you will direct its payment. Very Resp. your obd't serv't, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.
Bill of Mr. Phelps, "Hornet" suit
Back to top