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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Walter H. Smith, 23 March 1871
Date: March 23, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02977
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March 23, 1871.
W. W. Smith, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General U.S.
Sir:
I enclose herewith a Commission appointing you to the office of Assistant Attorney General of the United States.
You will be pleased to transmit your official oath to this Department.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Commission