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Matthew P. Deady letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Noah Haynes Swayne letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Letter from Noah Haynes Swayne to Odgen Hoffman, sent from Washington, D.C. Swayne thanks Hoffman for sending him a letter and pamphlet, and remarks on "the Roland case."
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Lafayette S. Foster letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Writing to Judge Hoffman, Foster includes copies of "the Bill to which you refer together with the amendment recommended to the same."
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John Lowell letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Letter from John Lowell in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to Ogden Hoffman. In the letter Lowell gives his recommendation of a local lawyer, and offers him in writing an introduction to Hoffman.
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William Henry Seward letter to Ogden Hoffman
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In this letter to Judge Hoffman, Seward writes of a pending civil case in California involving the consul of the kingdom of Hanover, a man named Otto Frank: "The present is not a fit time to entertain unnecessary and speculative questions of privilege in regard to either diplomatic or consular representatives of foreign Powers." However, he points out that "there can be no fit time for abating the necessary national authority, when its exercise is absolutely necessary." Seward then gives Hoffman advice on how to proceed, based on the pending actions of Otto Frank.
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John Ellis Wool letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Wood inquires about his "conduct and bearing toward civil officers" in a case recently presided over by Hoffman in a U.S. District Court case in San Francisco. The case appears to be concerned with a potential breach of international neutrality laws.
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George Henry Williams letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Williams writes of a Bill that has been introduced to him and that he has forwarded to Hoffman for his opinion. He reports that the Bill "has been favorably received & I hope it will meet with your approval."
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