Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 1 June 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 1 June 1869
Date: June 1, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01883
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to Hamilton Fish, 1 June 1869." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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June 1, 1869. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Sir: On the 9th or 10th of last April, a Joint Resolution in favor of one Blanton Duncan was passed by Congress, but was not signed by the President. If you have in your Department the Resolution in the form in which it was passed, I should be pleased to have a copy of it sent me. Very Respectfully, &c E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.

Blanton Duncan's case.