Amos T. Akerman to Edwards Pierrepont, 16 March 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Edwards Pierrepont, 16 March 1871
Date: March 16, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01789
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March 16, 1871. Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, No. 16 Wall street, New York City. Dear Sir: In answer to yours of the 14th instant, I have to request that you will take an appeal in the case of the Fox will, if the decision should be against the United States upon any material point. Very respectfully A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

Fox will case New York