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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Robert McPhail Smith, 13 December 1871
Date: December 13, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02238
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Dec. 13, 1871.
R. McPhail Smith, Esq.
Nashville, Tenn.
Sir:
The President having revoked his order of the 14th ultimo suspending you from the office of Attorney of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee, you are therefore reinstated in said office.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
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