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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 25 January 1871
Date: January 25, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01662
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January 25, 1871
Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request you to issue a Commission appointing Benjamin F. Tracy to be Attorney of The United States for the Eastern District of New York, agreeably to the enclosed resolution of the Senate.
Very respectfully, &c,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Commission