Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to William W. Belknap, 7 June 1870

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to William W. Belknap, 7 June 1870
Date: June 7, 1870
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01361
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to William W. Belknap, 7 June 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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June 7, 1870. Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War. Sir: I have the honor to transmit for your information a letter from A. A. Horton, Esq. U. S. Attorney for Kansas, dated the 30th ult., reporting the result of the suit of J. S. Holmes against Lt. Gen. Sheridan and Major John H. Page, which I will thank you to return to this office when you are done with it. Very respectfully, your obd't serv't, E. R. Hoar, Attorney General. (enc.)

Suit ag't Lieut. Gen Sheridan & Major Page, in Kansas.