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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Charles C. Beaman, 14 November 1871
Date: November 14, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03474
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Nov. 14, 1871.
Charles C. Beaman, Jr. Esq.
Examiner of Claims at Dept. of State.
Sir:
In compliance with your letter of the 9th instant, I enclose herewith a copy of the Opinion rendered by Acting Attorney General Talbot, on the 31st of August, 1870, relative to the protection by the United States of vessels purchased by a citizen of a foreign power, &c.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Opinion sent