Amos T. Akerman to Lewis Merrill, 4 December 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Lewis Merrill, 4 December 1871
Date: December 4, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02641
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to Lewis Merrill, 4 December 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 24 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Dec. 4, 1871. Major Lewis Merrill, U.S. A. Yorkville, S. C. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of November 27, enclosing a list of persons imprisoned in South Carolina, under the authority of the United States, and held in custody at Yorkville on the 24th of that month. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

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