Amos T. Akerman to W. W. Belknap, 30 August 1871

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Title: Amos T. Akerman to W. W. Belknap, 30 August 1871
Date: August 30, 1871
Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03308
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Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to W. W. Belknap, 30 August 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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Aug. 30, 1871. Hon. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War. Sir: Your letter of the 29th inst. enclosing papers pertaining to a claim by E.J. Rowland, supposed to be fraudulent, has been received—and I have the honor to inform you that I have transmitted the papers to the District Attorney of the Northern District of New York, in which the offence seems to have been perpetrated, with instructions to institute a prosecution. Very respectfully, A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.

fraud of E.J. Rowland

No. N. Y.