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Title: Amos T. Akerman to William F. Turner, 23 February 1871
Date: February 23, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01746
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Feb. 23, 1871.
Hon. Wm. F. Turner,
No. 904 F street,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Your letter of the 14th inst. is received.
Upon examining the papers which you desire to inspect, I find among them a very long document purporting to be your answer to the charges against you, and reciting that you had received a copy of those charges from the Attorney General's Office. This answer is dated March 30, 1870.
Under these circumstances, I am at a loss to see that any good end can be accomplished by a further inspection of the charges—and therefore decline to accede to your request.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
request declined