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Title: Amos T. Akerman to Hamilton Fish, 1 December 1871
Date: December 1, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03506
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Dec. 1, 1871.
Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
Sir:
In answer to a letter from Mr. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State, dated the 29th ultimo, inquiring concerning instructions from this Department to the District Attorney of Dakota, I have the honor to enclose a copy of my letter of instructions sent to Warren Cowles, Esq. District Attorney of Dakota, on the 15th ultimo.
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
case in Dakota