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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 18 March 1871
Date: March 18, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02971
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March 18, 1871.
Hon. Hamilton Fish.
Secretary of the State
Sir:
I am directed by the President to request you to issue a commission appointing Walter H. Smith to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States, agreeably to the enclosed resolution of the Senate.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Commission