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Amos T. Akerman to Orange Ferriss, 20 March 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to Orange Ferriss, 20 March 1871
  • Date: March 20, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01794
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to Orange Ferriss, 20 March 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 25 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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March 20, 1871. Hon. Orange Ferriss, Washington, D. C. Sir: Your letter of the 17th inst. to Gen. Pleasonton, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has been referred by him to this office. I will write to the Marshal of the Northern District of New York, informing him of your suggestion that a Deputy at Glen's Falls could justly be appointed. This Office has no control over the appointment of U. S. Commissioners. Such appointments are made by the Circuit Courts. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
appt'm't of U. S. Deputy Marshal at Glen's Falls, N. Y.
p 142
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