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The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
een unable to obtains a hearing, and has been suffering oppressive and unlawful confinement and detention. The counsel for the petitioner, R. R. Howison, Esq., has produced in this case a letter, of which the following is a copy, to show that Mr. Boutwell had resigned his commission previous to the time of his arrest: Washington, July 31, 1861. President Lincoln:--Sir: --When you commenced the present war on the Southern States, a large number of the officers of the army and navy, ce of the United States. I resign my commission in the United States Navy. Your obedient servant, E. B. Boutwell, Com. U. S. N. Since the writ of the issue of habeas corpus, a letter has been received, under flag of truce, from Mrs. Boutwell, now in Washington, enclosing the following reply, from the Secretary of the Federal Navy, to the foregoing letter of resignation. It was offered in Court yesterday by counsel, and the handwriting of the letter and signature was sworn to by