Amos T. Akerman to William Dorsheimer, 4 April 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to William Dorsheimer, 4 April 1871
Date: April 4, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01805
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April 4, 1871. Wm. Dorsheimer, Esq. late U. S. Attorney, Buffalo, N. Y. Sir: Your letter of the 3d instant has been received. In accordance with your recommendation, and that of the present District Attorney, I have increased the salary of the first Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Sicard, to twenty five hundred dollars per annum. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

salary of Mr. Sicard

Ins. Bk. B p. 124

To Hon Wm Whiting—April 4, 1871—see p. 726, seq.