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Title: Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 17 January 1871
Date: January 17, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01643
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January 17, 1871.
Hon. W. W. Belknap,
Secretary of War.
Sir:
In accordance with the request in your letter of to-day, I return to you your letter of the 13th instant, and its enclosures, relating to a supposed crime by Thaddeus Roberts. No action had been taken by this Department in the matter.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Thad. Roberts's case.