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Title: Amos T. Akerman to John Angel James Creswell, 11 September 1871
Date: September 11, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03332
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Sept. 11, 1871.
Hon. J. A. J. Creswell,
Postmaster General.
Sir:
Referring to my letter to you under date of the 24th ult. relative to the escape from jail of the mail-robber Gilmore, I now have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter addressed to this Department, under date of the 8th instant by the Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Missouri upon this subject.
Very respectfully, &c
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
mail robber Gilmore
see pp. 209 219 ante