Matthew F. Pleasants to A. A. Sargent, 19 May 1870

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Title: Matthew F. Pleasants to A. A. Sargent, 19 May 1870
Date: May 19, 1870
Creator(s): Matthew F. Pleasants | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01343
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May 19, 1870. Hon. A. A. Sargent, House of Representatives Sir: In reply to your inquiry of the 18th inst. the Attorney General directs me to say that the Treasury warrant in payment of the claim of Sumner & Cutter was for two thousand dollars, ($2000.) Very respectfully yours, M. F. Pleasants, Chief Clerk.

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