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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Lucien Eaton, 14 February 1871
Date: February 14, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01729
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Feb. 14, 1871.
Lucien Eaton, Esq.
U. S. Commissioner
St. Louis, Mo.
Sir:
The letter of John S. Stott, which you transmitted to this office with your endorsement, dated the 9th inst. has been received and considered. I have sent a copy of it to the U. S. Marshal for the Northern Dist. of New York, with an intimation that Mr. Stott is not a fit person to remain in the public service.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
J. S. Stott,
see Ins. Bk B. pp 64.—79.—