Amos T. Akerman to T. O. Howe and M. H. Carpenter, 10 December 1870

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to T. O. Howe and M. H. Carpenter, 10 December 1870
Date: December 10, 1870
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01534
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December 10, 1870. Hon. T. O. Howe, and Hon. M. H. Carpenter, U. S. Senators. Dear Sirs: Mr. Hazelton, U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, has tendered his resignation, to take effect of the first day of January next. I suggest to you, and through you to the other Republicans in Congress from Wisconsin, that an immediate recommendation for the office from the Republican delegation from that State is desirable. Very respectfully, &c, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

Dist. At. Attorneyship Wisconsin