Amos T. Akerman to George T. Vaughan, 23 February 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to George T. Vaughan, 23 February 1871
Date: February 23, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01744
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to George T. Vaughan, 23 February 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Feb. 23, 1871. Mr. George T. Vaughan, Linden, Texas. Sir: I have received yours of the 18th ultimo. I cannot give you the certificate which you request. Recommendations for pardon are presumed to come from disinterested sources, and therefore I do not see how a certificate of the sort which you desire me to give, can be useful in the settlement of any proper business transaction. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

declining certain request