Matthew F. Pleasants to Isaac R. Hawkins, 17 December 1869

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to Isaac R. Hawkins, 17 December 1869
Date: December 17, 1869
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01115
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Cite this page: Pleasants, Matthew F. and Walt Whitman. "Matthew F. Pleasants to Isaac R. Hawkins, 17 December 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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December 17, 1869. Hon. J. R. Hawkins, U. S. House of Representatives. Sir: By direction of the Attorney General I transmit herewith certified copies of the papers referred to in your letter of the 15th and 16th instants. The statement of Mr. Taft comprises a very large number of petty items and details which I do not suppose you desire, and which it would take a longer time to copy than is at the disposal of our limited clerical force. I therefore send only the total, and his certificate. If this should not be sufficient, however, I will prepare a full copy. Very respectfully, Your obd't serv't, M. F. Pleasants, Ch. Clerk.

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