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Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. G. Palen, 19 August 1871
Date: August 19, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02414
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Aug. 19, 1871.
Hon. J. G. Palen,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
Elizabethtown, Colfax Co.
New Mexico.
Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 9th instant, I have the honor to say that I do not feel at liberty, under the Executive Order of March 31, 1871, a copy of which has been sent you, to accord the leave of absence which you desire.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
leave declined
New Mex