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Gettysburg, Pa.
Oct 20. 1871.

Attorney General Akerman,

Dear Sir,

Having heard that Mrs. Akerman is a connection of the McLean family, I feel emboldened to make an inquiry, that I do not know how else to direct and about which I have been somewhat annoyed.

I prepared a claim for Joshua and Hester Owens as parents of Nathan Owens deceased private of the 4 Regt. U.S. Colored troops for additional bounty under