Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 1 December 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 1 December 1871
Date: December 1, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02634
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to J. S. McEwan, 1 December 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Dec. 1, 1871. Lieut. J. S. McEwan, Fourth Artillery, Raleigh, N. C. Sir: I have your letter of the 24th ultimo, from Westbrook Township, Sampson Co., and am very much obliged to you for the information which it contains. Since writing before, I have found papers which I suppose were the ones referred to in your previous communication relating to Shotwell. I have looked over with great interest the copies of the confessions which you sent me. They are of the same sort as those with which I am familiar in South Carolina. I shall be very glad if you will continue to forward similar papers when they contain any thing of an unusual character. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General

letter &c rec'd (Ku Klux N. C.)