W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 17 February 1870

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Title: W. A. Field to George S. Boutwell, 17 February 1870
Date: February 17, 1870
Creator(s): W. A. Field | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01207
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February 17, 1870. Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to transmit, for your information, a letter of Geo. F. Talbot, Esq., U. S. Attorney for Maine, dated the 15th inst., in relation to complaints against the official conduct of U. S. Commissioner J. H. Manley, made in a letter to you from J. W. Patterson, of Augusta, Me., which is herewith returned. Very respectfully, Your obd't serv't, W. A. Field, Assistant Attorney Gen'l.

complaints ag't. U. S. Com. Manley, Maine.