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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Joseph Watson, 9 September 1871
Date: September 9, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02461
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Sept. 9, 1871.
Mr. Joseph Watson,
Newport, R. I.
Sir:
I have received your letter of the 4th instant—and, after a careful perusal, it fails to satisfy me that I should reverse the determination I expressed to you in my letter of the 2d.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
see p. 47 ante
letter answered.
R. I.