Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Rawlins, 7 June 1869

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Title: Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Rawlins, 7 June 1869
Date: June 7, 1869
Creator(s): Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01898
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Cite this page: Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood and Walt Whitman. "Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar to John A. Rawlins, 7 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 7, 1869. Hon. John A. Rawlins, Secretary of War. Sir: Understanding that the question submitted by your predecessor to this Department, by letter of September 25, 1868, has become of no farther practical importance, I return the papers connected therewith,— and am, Very Respectfully, &c. &c. E. R. Hoar, Attorney General.