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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Robert McPhail Smith, 26 December 1871
Date: December 26, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02289
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Dec. 26, 1871.
R. McPhail Smith, Esq.
U. S. Attorney,
Nashville, Tenn.
Sir:
I think it proper that the nomination of your successor should be sent to the Senate at the termination of the recess on the 8th of January; and your resignation will be then considered as tendered, to take effect upon the confirmation of your successor.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
resignation