Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to H. H. Blackburn, 20 December 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to H. H. Blackburn, 20 December 1869
Date: December 20, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01120
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to H. H. Blackburn, 20 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 20, 1869. H. H. Blackburn, Esq. Martinsburg, West Va. Sir: Your letter of the 16th inst. is received. Your bill for services will be settled by the War Department. While I have no doubt that your services were faithful and valuable, the sum you name as compensation for them appears to me enormous and wholly unreasonable. Respectfully yours, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.

Bill for services.