James Speed to William H. Seward, 8 August 1865

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Title: James Speed to William H. Seward, 8 August 1865
Date: August 8, 1865
Creator(s): James Speed | Walt Whitman
Whitman Archive ID: nar.00020
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Cite this page: Speed, James and Walt Whitman. "James Speed to William H. Seward, 8 August 1865." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 03 October 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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Attorney General's Office. August 8, 1865. Secretary of State. Sir: The Provisional Governor of Georgia cannot appoint officers to administer the amnesty oath. I am sir most respectfully, Your obedient servant James Speed Attorney General