Amos T. Akerman to George C. Wharton, 18 November 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to George C. Wharton, 18 November 1871
Date: November 18, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02181
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to George C. Wharton, 18 November 1871." 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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Nov. 18, 1871. G. C. Wharton, Esq. U. S. Attorney, Louisville, Ky. Sir: I enclose herewith certain additional papers transmitted from the War Department in relation to the fraudulent transactions of B. F. Wayne, late Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster of the 3d Kentucky volunteers. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

B. F. Wayne's fraud