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Title: Amos T. Akerman to L. D. Shoemaker, 21 December 1871
Date: December 21, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.03576
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Dec. 21, 1871.
Hon. L. D. Shoemaker,
H. of R,
Washington, D.C.
Sir: After a careful examination of the case of Richard Barrett for whom you have so earnestly urged an application for pardon, I feel bound to decline recommending one at present.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
pardon case R. Barrett