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  Walt Whitman Esq., Camden, N.J., Sir:

Congress at its last session abolished one of the third class clerkships in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and upon my requesting the Solicitor to designate which of the three he could best dispense with, you were named. It is, therefore, my duty to inform you that your services will not be required from and after the first proximo.

I regret to have to send you this notice, but under the law limiting the force in the office     the proposed reduction is necessary, and I do not feel at liberty to overrule the wishes of the Solicitor of the Treasury.

Very respectfully, Geo. H. Williams Attorney General.     letter of dismissal from Attorny Gen's Office—Dismissal July 1, 1874