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Title: Amos T. Akerman to George Andrews, 26 December 1871
Date: December 26, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02684
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Dec. 26, 1871.
George Andrews, Esq.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Sir:
I enclose herewith a commission appointing you to the office of Attorney of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
If the same be accepted, I will thank you to transmit to this Department a copy of your official oath, and also inform me of the place of your nativity.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.