In Whitman's Hand

Scribal Documents

About this Item

Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 15 November 1870

Date: November 15, 1870

Whitman Archive ID: nar.01475

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 correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.

Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang, Vanessa Steinroetter, John Schwaninger, and Nima Najafi Kianfar



page image
image 1
page image
image 2

November 15, 1870.

Hon. Hamilton Fish,

Secretary of State.

Sir:

On account of my sickness and absence, your letters of September 19th and September 22d instants, each enclosing a dispatch from the Consul of the United States at Matamoras, relating to breaches of the Neutrality Laws of the United States, near Brownsville, in Texas, never came to my hands until to-day.

The office of the U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, in which District these offences are reported to have been committed, has been vacant for some time past. An appointment has now been made, and the officer will be directed to attend to this matter at once.

Very respectfully, &c.

A. T. Akerman,

Attorney General.


Neutrality Laws, Eastern Texas


Comments?

Published Works | In Whitman's Hand | Life & Letters | Commentary | Resources | Pictures & Sound

Support the Archive | About the Archive

Distributed under a Creative Commons License. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price, editors.