Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, [10] December 1870

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, [10] December 1870
Date: 10 December, 1870
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01522
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, [10] December 1870." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 26 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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December [no handwritten text supplied here] 1870. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: I am directed by the President to request you to issue a Commission appointing Jonas Leeley to the office of Attorney of the United States for the District of Nevada, agreeably to the enclosed resolution of the Senate. I am very respectfully, your ob't serv't, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

Commission Jonas Leeley, U. S. Att'y Nevada.