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Amos T. Akerman to M. M. Roche, 28 November 1870

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to M. M. Roche, 28 November 1870
  • Date: November 28, 1870
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01504
  • 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 Joshua Ware Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to M. M. Roche, 28 November 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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November 28, 1870. M. M. Roche, Portsmouth, Virginia. In answer to your letter of the 27th inst., and your telegram of the 25th inst., I have to inform you that this Department does not see cause for recommending a pardon in the case of Thomas W. Roche,—and it is not the usage of this Department to send abroad papers that belong here on file. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General. There is nothing in your letter to indicate your sex, or other address—and therefore you will excuse the abruptness of the address above.
case of pardon of T. W. Roche, Va.
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