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Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. P. Kidder, 25 May 1871
Date: May 25, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.01983
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May 25, 1871.
Hon. J. P. Kidder,
Associate Justice.
Vermillion, Dakota Ter.
Sir:
Under the Executive Order of the President, of March 31, 1871, a copy of which has been sent to you, I do not feel at liberty to grant the leave of absence requested in your letter of the 17th instant.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
leave declined