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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 13 December 1870
Date: December 13, 1870
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01541
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December 13, 1870.
Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request you to issue a commission appointing Charles D. Drake to the office of Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, agreeably to the enclosed Resolution of the Senate.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, &c,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Commission Judge C. D. Drake