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Amos T. Akerman to J. W. Douglass, 9 September 1871

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  • Title: Amos T. Akerman to J. W. Douglass, 9 September 1871
  • Date: September 9, 1871
  • Creator(s): Amos T. Akerman | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.03321
  • 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 John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Anthony Dreesen
  • Cite this page: Akerman, Amos T. and Walt Whitman. "Amos T. Akerman to J. W. Douglass, 9 September 1871." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: nar.03321.xml (TEI)

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Sept. 9, 1871. Hon. J. W. Douglass, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Sir: Important trials are expected to take place at the session of the U.S. Circuit Court for North Carolina, which is to begin at Raleigh on the 13th instant. It is desirable that the testimony on such trials shall be taken down. This Department has at present no phonographer who can be spared, one of our two being absent on account of sickness. Can you do me the favor to detail Mr. Dufray of your Bureau for this service—this Department of course undertaking to defray his expense? Very respectfully &c. A. T. Akerman, Attorney General.
request to detail phonographer.
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