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Title: Amos T. Akerman to A. B. Williams, 31 October 1871
Date: October 31, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02544
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October 31, 1871.
A. B. Williams, Esq.
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
You are hereby appointed special assistant to the District Attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia for one month, at a compensation of three hundred dollars.
You will take and file in this Department the oath required by law of District Attorneys.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
special Ass't. to U. S. Atty D. C.