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Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. G. Palen, 15 April 1871
Date: April 15, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02910
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April 15, 1871.
Hon. J. G. Palen, Chief Justice, &c.
Elizabethtown, Colfax Co. New Mexico.
Sir:
I have received your letter of the 3d instant, repeating your request for a leave of absence.
On the 22d of March last, I answered your former letter in a communication, of which I enclose a copy.
The decision therein expressed is adhered to.
The action of the Department is in accordance with the Executive order, a copy of which I enclose.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
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