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Amos T. Akerman to Caroline L. Miller, 10 November 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to Caroline L. Miller, 10 November 1871
  • Date: November 10, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.02579
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar John Schwaninger
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to Caroline L. Miller, 10 November 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.02579.xml (TEI)

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Nov. 10, 1871. Mrs. Caroline L. Miller, Charleston, S. C. Madam: I have received yours of the 29th ultimo, forwarded from Yorkville. While you have my warmest sympathy, I do not feel that it would be proper official action for me to arrest the prosecution against your son. I cannot suppose that he will be convicted in New York, unless he shall be proved to be guilty, and in that case I know no reason why he should not suffer the penalty. Hoping for your sake, as well as his own, that the investigation will show him to be innocent, I am, yours respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
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