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Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 5 April 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 5 April 1871
  • Date: April 5, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.02995
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang Joshua Ware John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 5 April 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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April 5, 1871. Hon. Hamilton Fish Secretary of State. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, enclosing a translation of a note to you of the 1st instant, from Mr. Stenersen, Minister Resident of Sweden and Norway, in regard to the detention of the Norwegian bark "Memento" at New Orleans. I herewith transmit to you a copy of the instructions from this Department to the District Attorney for Louisiana. Very respectfully, your obd't serv't, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
case of Norwegian bark "Memento" at New Orleans.
see Ins B'k B. p 373-4
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