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But it is my rule to direct compensation for no unauthorized services.
Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant enclosing a communication from Captain Gillespie, Engineer of the
Dear Sir: It is not in my power to furnish you any extended report of criminal cases in the U.S. courts
I should be glad to comply with his request for a detective, but the fund at my command for detective
done by him as military duty while provost marshal for the Fourth District of Wisconsin, and inviting my
And I beg you in that case, as a precaution against any detective in Fla. slip in my memory, to remind
As he invites my criticism I transmit herewith his draft of the joint resolution, with an interlineation
Texas. for the Mexican Commission—and to say, in reply, that no answer to my communication has been received
I am resolved to do all in my power to make these prosecutions energetic and successful.
addressed to him under the impression that he is now acting as Attorney General—which is not the fact, as my
Wesson has been brought to my attention by several written and verbal communications.
10th proximo, I request that you will submit to me as soon as possible your opinion on the matter for my
who had been appointed by the Department of the Interior as agent of certain Indians, and requesting my
Richardson & Co. for refunding certain Internal Revenue taxes, in which you ask my opinion "as to whether
agreed statement of facts in the papers, and no statement of facts to be assumed by me on which to give my
—I will therefore thank you to so state the questions of law upon which my opinion is desired, as will
I have asked the Secretary of State whether he has any objection to my sending you a copy of the opinion
Department to which they are addressed, I will thank you to inform me whether you have any objection to my
I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.
Under these circumstances I do not think it my duty to interfere. your obde't serv't, &c. A. T.
appoint a Territorial auditor and Treasurer during the recess of the Legislature, I have to say that in my
You desire such instructions in the premises as in my judgment shall best comport with the interests
Schley, to whom the interests of the Government in the matter were confided by my predecessor, Mr.
Sir: On account of my sickness and absence, your letters of September 19th and September 22d instants
to breaches of the Neutrality Laws of the United States, near Brownsville, in Texas, never came to my
instant, informing me that it will not be in your power to furnish me the information requested in my
letter acknowledged & answered. to the property of patentees, and you add to that information that my
Her appeal, by the absence of exaggerations and other commendatory circumstances, has deeply moved my
There is an impression upon my mind that it was decided at the Rolls that the United States has legal
capacity to take as a Legatee—but I am unable to verify the accuracy of my recollection by a reference
Sir: The Secretary of War has called my attention to certain suits pending in the Circuit Courts of the
You will carry with you my best wishes for your success in life, and my thanks for the efficiency with
that you desire any official action upon the subject by this Department—and, in fact, none occurs to my
Mississippi, requesting the employment of assistant counsel in certain cases in his District, I refer you to my
If, upon final investigation I should arrive at a different result, my pleasure in doing so will be much
According to my information the compromise proposed by you would reduce that judgment to a little below
This he declined to do, and it would hardly be becoming in me, under the circumstances, to reverse my
In my opinion, the appointment of such an officer is desirable for many considerations.
Since my connection with the Department of Justice, I have had occasion to observe that a large proportion
in the views expressed by you to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and have the honor to add my
Sir: Upon my return, after an absence of several weeks, I find your letter of the 14th ultimo.
Attorneys during your Congressional term; and for that reason, and no other, I raised the question in my
Sir: A note from the clerk of your Committee, dated yesterday, requests my opinion as to the necessity
if the statistics of crime, &c., are forwarded by the 15th instant, they will reach me in time for my
Please accept my thanks for crime statistics S. C. your courtesy and attention in this matter.
no new facts having been presented to me, I do not feel at liberty to interfere with the action of my
Sir: On account of my absence from Washington, yours of the 27th of December has not received an earlier
Sirs: On account of my absence from Washington, your letter of the 6th ult, in relation to the case of
Hastings and others, and your claim for a retainer for services therein, has just been brought to my
In reply I have to say that I do not feel at liberty to permit the use of my official title for the purpose
Sir: According to your request, I send to you my reply to the application trans letter of Judge Bowers
Senate Sir: I learn from some gentlemen who have spoken to you upon the subject that you desire my view
Virginia, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Rothschilds, of the 17th of May, 1867, in my
the Acting Secretary of State, which at his request was returned to him, and it is not therefore in my
Will you read my letter which I enclose to you, and if you can identify the individual to whom it should
Be pleased to accept my thanks for your courtesy and attention in this matter, although I regret to say
that the statistics reached me the day after my report was submitted to Congress, and was therefore
Wells send the account to you, with my recommendation that it be paid. Very respectfully, &c A. T.
I regret that they were received too late for my Annual Report, which the law requires to be made in
Sir: On account of my absence from Washington at the time, your letter of Sept. 21st last, was not immediately
Court of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Terr Sir: I have received your letter of the 10th ultimo, asking my
Marshals—and therefore I cannot answer your letter officially, but I have no hesitation in giving you my
hundred dollars, unless it is given to them by Territorial law, or some law of Congress which has escaped my
That I may be enabled to carry out the intention of Congress properly, I desire to obtain for my information