Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 11 April 1870

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 11 April 1870
Date: April 11, 1870
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01312
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 11 April 1870." 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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April 11, 1870. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I received this morning from the U. S. Attorney for the District of Vermont a letter of which I enclose a copy for your information. It relates to certain suspected Fenian movements on the Canada frontier in Vermont. I do not know that the District Attorney can lawfully do any thing that will really prevent an invasion of the Canada frontier, if one should be attempted. If such an invasion is attempted, it can, I think, be prevented only by military force. Indictments would not, I think, prove effectual. Very respectfully, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General. (enc.)

Fenian exp.