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Amos T. Akerman to J. H. Saville, 22 October 1870

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. H. Saville, 22 October 1870
  • Date: October 22, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01439
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to J. H. Saville, 22 October 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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October 22, 1870. J. H. Saville, Esq. Chief Clerk, &c. Treasury Dept. Washington, D. C. Sir: Understanding that you act as Superintendent of the Treasury Building I inform you that six rooms in addition to those now used by the Department of Justice are needed to accomodate​ the officers and clerks of the Department, and I will be obliged to you if you will furnish them as soon as practicable, either in the Treasury Building, or in some other building in the vicinity of the same, according to the provisions of section 13 of the Act to establish the Department of Justice, approved June 22, 1870, (Pamph't Laws, p. 164.) Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
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