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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.