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in this office, is one in which the importance of the questions involved makes it proper to embody my
United States, in conformity to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act, it would be expedient, and in my
been both pertinent & important if I had occasion to dispose of the case of Davis as presented for my
By a perusal of my letter to Mr.
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.
My object is, to ascertain whether a resort should not be had in all cases by parties interested, to
If so, information to that effect would satisfy my present inquiry.
You ask my opinion upon the correctness of these charges. I referred the bill to Benj.
The question you ask me whether further detention of the witnesses is, in my judgment, necessary, I will
It is not in my power to assign you so early a day. Will write by mail. Wm. M.
Please forward the list called for in my letter of the 14th instant. A. T.
Sir: According to your request, I send to you my reply to the application trans letter of Judge Bowers
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
Since my dispatch of last night, I have seen the President, who directs me to say to you that your immediate
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith my accounts as Disbursing Clerk for the Department of Justice
City The subject to which your letter refers had received my official attention some days since, and
Wilkins requests me to send you the enclosed papers from the files of my office—informing me that you
Sir: I enclose herewith a copy of my Opinion of the 21st ultimo, as to the appellate jurisdiction of
Dear sir: I find on my table the copy of your recommendations from Mr. Blaine and Mr. Bingham.
The circumstances to which you refer with regret will not affect my action in the matter.
Sir: There is no fund under my control appropriated for paying such services as are described in your
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
Leese's recommendations for the office of Marshal. 4th; My acceptance of Mr.
of your friend Hatcher to the notice of the President to-day, & that he gave a favorable response to my
Howell, & Rice, to which you called my attention. Very respectfully, A. T.
acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst. and its enclosures, in response to my
Dear Sir: I return with my thanks the letter of the Attorney General to the Postmaster General of the
I should be glad to comply with his request for a detective, but the fund at my command for detective
return herewith the papers transmitted to me with your letter of the 7th of April last, requesting my
Annual Report of your Department on the state of the finances for 1870, for which be pleased to accept my
Your application for a leave of absence has been referred to me by the Secretary of the Interior for my
and from the facts which I have ascertained, I do not consider that it requires any further action on my
Sir: Though your letter of the 5th instant deeply moves my sympathy, it is impossible for me to interfere
the subject of a supposed murder of two Indians, near Alexandria, Minnesota, and to enclose a copy of my
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
If not, immediately upon my return. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.
careful perusal, it fails to satisfy me that I should reverse the determination I expressed to you in my
Sir: In accordance with your request, I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of my letter of January
Ohio, enclosing a copy of Governor Tod's letter to you, I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of my
I regret that other occupations have prevented my giving earlier attention to the application.
appeal from the Court of Claims, No 2662 on the docket of Court of Claims, and you will prepare for my
Cochran, of the 28th inst. with my certificate, as required by law. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.
My dispatch of yesterday was written in the Supreme Court Room while I was engaged in the argument of
instructions from this Department to the District Attorney of Dakota, I have the honor to enclose a copy of my
I have to inform you that the clerkships under my control have either been filled or promised.
the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sir: I hereby return, with my approval of the adjudication of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
request in your letter of this date, the leave of absence granted to you for the month of June next in my
a letter from me to the District Attorney of the Western District of Arkansas, will disclose to you my
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.