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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to A. S. Mitchell, 11 November 1869

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  • Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to A. S. Mitchell, 11 November 1869
  • Date: November 11, 1869
  • Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01073
  • 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 A. S. Mitchell, 11 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.01073.xml (TEI)

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November 11, 1869. A. S. Mitchell, Esq. Clerk, &c. Memphis, Tenn. Sir: Your letter of the 18th ulto., requesting to be informed "how and when" the fee for transcribing the record in the case of "The United States vs. Fifteen hundred bales of Cotton," from the decision of which an appeal has been taken by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, has been received. In reply, I enclose a copy of the letter to me from the Secretary of the Treasury upon a reference to him of your letter. Very respectfully, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.
regarding certain fee, &c.
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