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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Noah Davis, 13 November 1871
Date: November 13, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02157
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Nov. 13, 1871.
Hon. Noah Davis,
U. S. Attorney,
New York, N. Y.
Sir:
Will you inform me of the present condition of the prosecutions against the persons know as "General Jordan" and "General Ryan," who have been indicted in your District for violation of the Neutrality-Laws? In which Court, and at what time, were the indictments found? Are the defendants under arrest? Why have they not been tried? Please state any other facts showing the condition of these cases.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Gen's Jordan & Ryan's cases
N. Y.