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Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. R. West, 5 August 1871
Date: August 5, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02398
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August 5, 1871.
J. R. West,
New Orleans, Lou.
I know nothing of any such scheme and shall not interfere with the convention. Is there any danger of violence in New Orleans next Monday or Wednesday?
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General
ch'ge
Tel. official
see Ins. B'k B. p 569