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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 10 December 1870

Date: December 10, 1870

Whitman Archive ID: nar.01525

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December 10, 1870.

Hon. Hamilton Fish,

Secretary of State.

Sir:

I am directed by the President to request you to issue a Commission appointing James R. Beckwith to the Office of Attorney of the United States for the District of Louisiana, agreeably to the enclosed resolution of the Senate.

Very respectfully, &c,

A. T. Akerman,

Attorney General.


Commission J. R. Beckwith U. S. Att'y for La.


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