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Amos T. Akerman to B. F. Potts, 15 April 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to B. F. Potts, 15 April 1871
  • Date: April 15, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.01822
  • 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 Joshua Ware Kevin McMullen John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to B. F. Potts, 15 April 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.01822.xml (TEI)

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April 15, 1871. Hon. B. F. Potts, Governor of Montana Territory Helena, M. T. Sir: I have received yours of the 5th instant. After the first of this month, instructions went from this office to the Marshal of your Territory to take possession of the Penitentiary of that Territory. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
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