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Title: Amos T. Akerman to William W. Belknap, 23 August 1871
Date: August 23, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03299
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Aug. 23, 1871.
Hon. Wm. W. Belknap,
Secretary of War.
Sir:
I have the honor herewith to transmit for your information the copy of a letter from the U.S. District Attorney for New Mexico, to the Solicitor of the Treasury, in reference to the case of William Knorr, charging that certain military officers of the United States in New Mexico have been guilty of improper conduct in relation to said trial.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
case of Wm Knorr, New Mex.